Hello, my friends. I hope you had a good weekend. It's September 11th, 2023. A date of course that lives in infamy, but nonetheless, happy birthday to my brother-in-law Mark. I know it's tough to have your birthday on September 11th. What a brutal piece of unfortunate luck as part of your biography.

But it is also my brother-in-law Mark that first told me that it's very possible that magic mushrooms, psilocybin, could be a therapeutic breakthrough for addiction. How about that? Just one of the things I'm going to be talking about with my guest today, Dr. Candita Mauer, psychologist that I connected with had a really amazing conversation with out in Iowa City. I think you're going to love it. I learned so much in this conversation and we went deep and had a real great connection.

So if you want to skip the news and start with the interview, you can go ahead and skip to 18 minutes in. But for those of you staying with me to see the fruits of my labor hours every night, putting together this news segment Monday through Thursday night, picking the most impactful stories and sound bites I can pack it into 10 or 15 minutes. Then let's jump into it, shall we?

Of course, the biggest story over the weekend was the horrific 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday night killed more than 21 people as of late Sunday night.

The country's strongest earthquake in more than a century according to Morocco's interior ministry. Of course, hopefully they'll be finding survivors and the days to come.

But terrible news and not much to say about it here in the podcast, thoughts and prayers if you've got them and always a reminder not to take any moment for granted.

Now quickly, a pala cleanser and something happier over the weekend, of course, cocoa golf won the US open. You might not be a golf fan, but if you're a fan of happy human stories, you'll love this one because she's just 18 years old and she rallied to beat a Russian player, aren't you?

Saba Lanka, a lot of people maybe you were watching it the other night and cocoa golf rallied to come back and beat her everybody talking about it over the week and just a wonderful story in this video going viral of her dancing as a child in spectator when she was like eight years old at the US same US open that she just won as an 18 year old.

And if you haven't heard this, it's worth here in 10 more times. This is a fun and inspiring quote from the young tennis player.

And then the last couple things I want to say, honestly, thank you to the people who didn't believe in me.

I mean, like a month ago, I won a 500 title and people said I would stop at that. Two weeks ago, I won a thousand title and people were saying that was the biggest who's going to get.

So three weeks later, I'm here with this trophy right now. So you know, I tried my best to carry this with grace and I've been doing my best.

So honestly, to those who thought we're those who thought we were putting water on my fire, you're really adding gas to it. And now I'm really burning so bright right now.

Such a really awesome story, hashtag black girl magic trending all over social media. And that was I think a happy story over the weekend to see that young woman fulfilling her dreams and she's just beginning.

All right, now back to serious news, the curb gun violence in New Mexico, the governor there, Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday and at a temporary 30 day ban on open and concealed carry of firearms and any public spaces crossed Bernillo County, that's Albuquerque.

And of course, that's led to three quick lawsuits and two new Mexico lawmakers calling for impeachment. The reaction is going to be swift there.

But I definitely wanted to mention that story because I think it's an interesting one to see the governor doing that. And even some Democrats are saying that she can't do that because she doesn't have the legal jurisdiction to under the US Constitution. So we'll see what happens.

But it is worth hearing. I feel like the audio of the New Mexico government, Michelle Lujan Grisham explained why she declared a state of emergency for gun violence.

We've got to conceal care for men and help for people walking on public street. They're not going to get arrested.

I can make the point that maybe they should be. And this is the point. I'm willing to do anything and everything within a shred of evidence-based effort.

Because if you're not horrified that on any street corner in too many cities in New Mexico, there is someone with guns sticking out of their waist or their belt.

And I'll tell you, if you're a young person, you're not allowed to have a handgun.

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