Rational Alchemy
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Rational Alchemy
All videos have been uploaded to YouTube in High Resolution (1080), so will work perfectly if you go to the full screen option when viewing.
The studio is very active in production, releasing shows like "Actors Take", "What a Director Needs", Rational Alchemy ....
You will also find video's that have been shot away from the studios.
Hosted by Nigel Aves, these videos will cover unlimited topics from fishing to health and topics that solicits skeptical inquiry and responses. Rational Alchemy was conceived as a talk show on KRFC 88.9 Fort Collins. The program was live from the KRFC studios and streamed from their web site. Topics included religion, acupuncture, homeopathic, inoculations (Wakefield studies), various “machines” for health benefits, UFOs, aliens, and moon landings. The new Rational Alchemy will explore these topics and other diverse themes of community interest.
Lilith Jenovax interview | Nigel Says, Lilith and myself discussed working together over a year and a half ago. In fact we had the entire day planned from interview to shoot. Then we were hit by COVID and Lilith made the very wise decision to cancel her tour. | Go To The Show  |
Jessica Hartung | Rational Alchemy brings you a behind-the-pages look at author Jessica Hartung's new book, The Conscious Professional, a way to transform your life at work and attain greater job satisfaction, skills improvement, and success! | Go To The Show |
Aurora Red | Aurora Red is a travelling model who goes from city to city advertising her talents as a model. This is a tough life on the road, and Aurora explains how she copes, her expectations, and how she organizes this will travelling. | Go To The Show |
Phil Kelley | Phil Kelley tells us why he's the right person for Colorado's Senate District 13 and how he'll improve healthcare in Colorado. | Go To The Show |
Susie Velasquez | Interview with Susie Velasquez, running for Clerk and Recorder in Weld County Colorado. Short, sweet, to the point. | Go To The Show |
Laci Hageman | Laci has accomplished: video/live modelling, dancer in night clubs, she's a fire spinner, a hula hoop dancer and a model. But circus acts are her main driving force, and soon she is going to be learning trapeze and aerial acrobatics while hanging from fabric. | Go To The Show |
Money in Politics | Phil Kelley tells us what's wrong with money in politics today, and what he'll try and change if elected to Colorado's Senate District 13. | Go To The Show |
Colorado District 13 | Phil Kelley tells us why he's the right person for Colorado's Senate District 13 this fall! - This man has passion! | Go To The Show |
Gbenga Ajiboye | Oil and Gas Engineer and 2018 Colorado House District 48 Candidate Gbenga Ajiboye explains why he's the one for the job of representing the people of Weld County in the fight to protect the environment. | Go To The Show |
Rational Greenings | Maurae is one of Denver’s most clever up and coming comedians. As a single mother and sarcastic individual, her humor derives from every day life. Irrepressible honesty is her trademark. Because of TBIs, Maurae suffers chronic migraines, hence her extensive experience with God’s favorite plant. | Go To The Show |
History of Education | Nigel is joined by Cameron Hoxie, where we discuss the founding of education in America. We end the first show with a look at Charter Schools. | Go To The Show |
Charter Schools Part 1 | On the continuing theme of education we discuss charter schools verses public schools. The Good, The Bad and the Rotten. Cameron Hoxie is a special needs educator, and has a vast knowledge on the educational system in the US. | Go To The Show |
Charter Schools Part 2 | On the continuing theme of education we discuss charter schools verses public schools. The Good, The Bad and the Rotten. Cameron Hoxie is a special needs educator, and has a vast knowledge on the educational system in the US. | Go To The Show |
Eric Hozempa | In this episode of Rational Alchemy I interview Eric Hozempa and we talk about the Longmont Community Foundation. The foundation is split into three pillars .... watch and find out all the exciting and interesting things they do! | Go To The Show |
Tim Ellis - Part 1 | Tim (and his family) ended up in Longmont, Colorado after the harrowing events of Hurricane Katrina. We talk about that episode of his life, photography and we start off with, when his family owned a Pool Hall! | Go To The Show |
Tim Ellis - Part 2 | Tim (and his family) ended up in Longmont, Colorado after the harrowing events of Hurricane Katrina. We talk about that episode of his life, photography and we start off with, when his family owned a Pool Hall! | Go To The Show |
Exploring Religion | Felicia SmithGraybeal the pastor at the St Brigit Episcopal Church in Fredrick, and Nigel Aves (as host) discuss the church, it's founding in 2009 and how St. Brigit became their patron saint. | Go To The Show |
Democratic Reform | Discussion on the shake up within the Democratic Party and with the advent of Bernie Sanders shaking the Democratic Party to it's roots, do we need a real viable 3rd Party. | Go To The Show |
Why Do Only 53 Percent Vote? | This panel discussion looks at possible reasons why only 53% of the USA voting population actually vote. (here in Colorado it's 73% and two other states have a higher percentage). | Go To The Show |
Electoral College | Discussion on the antiquated "Electoral College". Is it time to once again update the EC for more modern times. When the EC was introduced, America was 13 states of approx. the same size, with a total population of 4 million. And this would not be the first, second or even third time it was modified | Go To The Show |
Racism in America | In this program we discuss the difficulties of Racism in America. Something that is still running rampant, and sadly raised it's ugly head on more than one occasion during the 2016 election. | Go To The Show |
Jonathan Singer | Jonathan Singer ( Legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado - District 11) where we talk about the "State Innovation Exchange" (S.I.X), and will Federal Government now try to stop States from legalizing Marijuana. (Jump to minute 9 to hear this discussion) | Go To The Show |
The Revolution Continues Part 1 | Four Bernie Sanders political activists and national DNC delegates from Colorado join Nigel Aves and Rational Alchemy in a Political Alchemy - The Revolution Continues. The discussion focuses on what Bernie and his movement is all about. | Go To The Show |
The Revolution Continues Part 2 | Four Bernie Sanders political activists and national DNC delegates from Colorado join Nigel Aves and Rational Alchemy in a Political Alchemy - The Revolution Continues. The discussion focuses on what Bernie and his movement is all about. | Go To The Show |
Vanessa Aves | Vanessa and myself talk about the escalating costs of getting a higher education in the US. Vanessa explains her progression from Front Range, through Metro (Denver), to PAFA, to Anticho in Seattle. | Go To The Show |
Ben Prytherch | Interview with Ben Prytherch who was the artist that wrote and performed the "Knowledge and Fun" song, that we adopted as the Rational Alchemy theme song. | Go To The Show |
Jamie Folsom | We discuss the original Rational Alchemy as transmitted on KRFC 88.9 Fort Collins (and of course streamed on the Internet). This video covers the creation of the original Rational Alchemy, why we decided to do it, and the importance of counteracting the massive amount of "Woo-Woo" that we would hear. | Go To The Show |
T.G. Lewis | We talk about the creation of Captn's Lounge (Studio), and the direction that we would like it to head in. Most importantly, why Thom has created a studio that produces such high quality video for the internet. | Go To The Show |