Podcast appearances and mentions of diana thomas

On 27th April 2025, our guest speaker Diana Thomas shared her powerful testimony of being held by the Taliban for allegedly preaching the gospel.

Recent studies have found that the famous ‘Body Mass Index' is a flawed system. Instead, we should be using a new measurement: the Body Roundness Index or BRI. Simply, the process calculates how round you are, with high and low scores being dangerous.Joining Kieran to discuss is Diana Thomas from the US Military Academy in West Point, New York.

Welcome to the series, Women and Policy, where Jessica Carges will interview women who work on policy research related to women.On this episode, Jessica Carges chats with Diana Thomas on why childcare is so expensive and what can we do to improve it. They discuss key points on how changes of regulation in the childcare industry impact women in the labor force.Diana Thomas is an Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Inquiry at the Heider College of Business at Creighton University. A German native, she earned her Diploma in Business Administration from Fachhochschule Aachen and her BS in Finance from George Mason University. After gaining some experience as a junior portfolio manager at a mutual fund management company in Frankfurt, Germany, Dr. Thomas returned to George Mason University to complete her MA and PhD in Economics. Diana is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.Listen to Diana's episode on the regressive effect of regulation.Learn more about Jessica Carges' work here.If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Virtual Sentiments, our new podcast series from the Hayek Program is now streaming! Subscribe today and listen to seasons one and two.Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramLearn more about Academic & Student ProgramsFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: Twisterium

This may be the most serious topic we've discussed on Inside Reproductive Health, and it is a vital conversation to be having in the fertility space. The buying and selling of human trafficked eggs. Diana Thomas, CEO and Founder of The World Egg and Sperm Bank and an early recipient of donor egg IVF, addresses the concerning rise in trafficked eggs reaching clinics and patients, along with the associated legal and ethical concerns. Diana talks about: The spike in donor eggs from developing countries (And how many of them are flagged as high risk for human trafficking) How victims are coached to amend their profiles to look upper class (Reducing suspicion of exploitation) Specific examples of different egg donor agencies and banks where there's contradicting information regarding donor information. A new Human Trafficking Act (Including the legal and financial implications) TWESB's strict protocols to minimize the risk of providing trafficked eggs to their patients Her checklist any clinic can use to help ensure they are not buying and selling trafficked eggs

In Episode One of That Wilbur Smith Show hosts and co-writers Tom Harper and Diana Thomas take a look at the first part of Wilbur's debut novel, the classic coming of age adventure story When the Lion Feeds, in which we are introduced to Sean and Garrick Courtney, whose exploits and relationships would go on to spawn the longest running family saga in literary history. They also discuss some of the writing techniques that Wilbur would hone over the next 55 years of his matchless career as an author and recall their own memories of reading the book for the first time and what they learned from it, along with the thrill of working with Wilbur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In That Wilbur Smith Show two of Wilbur's co-writers, Tom Harper and Diana Thomas, explore the exhilarating world of adventure writer Wilbur Smith, one of the greatest story tellers of all time. They discuss his books, meet his extraordinary cast of characters, talk with special guests about the historical events that form the background to the books, visit the places that Wilbur brings so vividly to life and learn about the incredible real life exploits and adventures that inspired Wilbur and his writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diana Thomas, Grace Thomas, Mariah Peel of Utah Insulin for All -- Utah Outdoor Recreation grant program opens

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we'll hear a book panel discussion on The Legacy of Richard E. Wagner, an edited volume recently published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The panel is moderated by Peter Boettke and features Richard E. Wagner, reflecting on his career, his notion of entangled political economy, and future work still left to be done. They are joined on the panel by:Diana Thomas, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Inquiry at the Heider College of Business at Creighton University, on "Emergence, Process, and the Asymmetries of Regulation: Wagnerian Political Economy"Adam Martin, Political Economy Research Fellow at the Free Market Institute and an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the Gordon W. Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources at Texas Tech University, on "Expressive Entrepreneurship"Randall Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University, on "Untangling Political Economy"If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Virtual Sentiments, our new podcast series from the Hayek Program is now streaming! Subscribe today and listen to season one on digital democracy.Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramLearn more about Academic & Student ProgramsFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: Twisterium

Diana Thomas is the Founder and CEO of The World Egg and Sperm Bank. After having to find her own egg donor in the early 1990s, and successfully becoming pregnant, fertility specialists began approaching Diana asking for her help in finding egg donors for their own patients, at a time when only one other egg donor agency existed in the U.S. She quickly discovered that there was a desperate need for a company that understood empowering recipients with information about egg donors, and the emotional sensitivity to navigate through the process of involving another person in their reproductive life. Through her own personal experience, she created a company that catered to the needs of intended parents as well as brought the best quality of care to egg donors. For over 25 years, Diana's egg donor agency, that evolved into The World Egg and Sperm Bank, has matched thousands of donors and couples nationwide and internationally. In 2004, she was one of three partners to start the first “frozen” egg bank in the world. Since then, The World Egg and Sperm Bank has increased egg donor options by shipping vitrified (frozen) eggs and sperm to recipients' doctors around the globe, and as such, removed many geographic and emotional barriers for those who hope to one day have a child of their own. The World Egg and Sperm Bank is the only egg bank worldwide that focuses solely on egg and sperm donors, and the only bank that has full operational control in its own state of the art facility to manage all donor cycles, retrievals and egg and sperm freezing from one lab, and one location. This is a unique powerful benefit in managing quality control, and the data outcomes reflect the focus and efforts to continually improve pregnancy outcomes. Listen as Diana discusses with Ellen and Jenn: • After over 20 years of fertility treatments, working to find an egg donor on her own before egg donation was fully available. • Finding a potential donor, meeting her family, creating her own contract, and being in the room during the retrieval! • Finding out she only had a 12% chance of the embryo taking; transferring two and experiencing a disappearing twin. • How her son was one of the first 100 children born via egg donation. • Having triplets take, losing one, then delivering twins at 29 weeks. • How her second donor had complications getting pregnant and Diana was able to help her! • Finding ways to improve the egg donation process. • Being 100% open to allowing visitors to walk through their facility and see the process firsthand.

Island Market history exhibit opens -- Diana Thomas of Utah Insulin-4-All

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we continue a special summer series of the podcast on Liberalism for All, hosted by Jayme Lemke as she explores the underpinnings and outworkings of a free and open society. Driving the discussion is a set of core questions, including:What does it mean to be liberal in the 21st century?What is the relationship between liberalism and equality?Is the pursuit of equality a threat or opportunity for the liberal project?Joining Lemke for this episode is Diana Thomas, associate professor of economics at Creighton University and an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship. Thomas begins by detailing what regressive effects are, followed by the manners in which regulations, even those with the best of intentions, tend to create such effects. Additionally, she tackles the issue of public risk reduction strategies, and how these can often end up crowding out private risk reduction strategies. As part of the conversation, Lemke and Thomas both discuss the push for equality, and whether this push is complementary or in tension with the vision of a liberal, free society.If you like the show, be sure to leave a 5-star review for us on Apple Podcasts and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever else you get your podcasts.Learn more about Thomas's work.Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramLearn more about Academic & Student ProgramsFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: TwisteriumDirt Rhodes by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3650-dirt-rhodesLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode, Patrick is joined by Diana Thomas, Former Vice President US Training Learning and Development at McDonald's. They discuss the resonant leadership, how Diana boosted Hamburger University's engagement by 50% in two years and how remote work could impact the development of your people.

In this episode hear Diana Thomas' Monat Story and her top tips for running your business!  This audio was originally part of our Virtual Super Saturday on 6.26.21.  You can catch video versions of this and other trainings at:https://rumble.com/c/EffingSimplehttps://www.youtube.com/user/tonivans

NC Emergency Management meteorologists Kevin Kalbaugh and Diana Thomas and NC State Highway Patrol Sergeant Marcus Bethea discuss how North Carolinians can prepare for winter weather in their homes and vehicles. Knowing what to do before severe weather hits is an important part of being weather ready, especially in the winter time.

In all the disruption of 2020, certain basic principles of strategic leadership have become even more critical to surviving and thriving. In episode #44, guest host Mary McNevin interviews Diana Thomas and Stacey Boyle about their 2018 book, Be More Strategic in Business: How to win through stronger leadership and better decisions. They discuss the gamut of issues facing leaders in the talent space today, including the importance of driving business results, how to connect with people remotely, investing in your own career, and what the next year will hold.

In this episode, Patrick is joined by Diana Thomas, Former Vice President US Training Learning and Development at McDonald's. They discuss resonant leadership, how Diana boosted Hamburger University's engagement by 50% in two years and how remote work could impact the development of your people.

Diana‘s journey into surrogacy started about eight years ago when a friend of hers approached her about being an egg donor. It was an experience that completely opened her eyes. A few years later she had the opportunity to donate her eggs again to another friend and business partner. After helping these two couples build their family, she was inspired to try surrogacy. She had a friend introduce her to a couple who had been searching for a surrogate for 7 years. This couple has now become family and she is currently carrying their second child for them. Diana is a wife and busy mother of 3. She is from eastern Canada, but has been in Calgary for 15 years. She is a singer with the Dino Martini's band, a dental hygienist and loves to live an active life. In the last 4 years, she has built a successful, full time Network Marketing business allowing her the flexibility to help families.

Alex Aragona speaks with Diana Thomas as she explores the factors that play into increasing childcare costs, and some potential solutions to the problem.

Weighing the evidence from clinical trials and faulty belief systems in obesity control, errors in self-reporting of energy balance, dynamic model for predicting obesity, machine learning to predict injuries in combat training, the Vitruvian Man (Woman), and how many steps per day to stay fit. Prof. Diana Thomas is a professor of mathematical sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point. She holds joint research appointments at Columbia University, Obesity Research Center, and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and serves on the editorial board for the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, PloS One, and Nutrition and Diabetes. She has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles in exercise, fitness, nutrition, and body weight regulation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/support

SpokenLayer June 5, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for June 5, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Why You Should Question Mask Mandates Diana Thomas and Michael Thomas Guidelines are usually based on scientific evidence. But the scientific process is incredibly complex. Settled opinion in an area is loath to update in response even to legitimate challenges from outsiders.

In this first guest podcast, Mark and Kelly interview Nick and Diana about becoming surrogate donors . An amazing gift some folks might not understand fully. Have a listen, as this lovely couple talk about carrying a child for another couple who are wanting to start a family of their own. How do you pick, what’s that first conversation like, and what if someone changes their mind? Also; Does your partner still have all the same baby responsibilities, and who’s doing the foot rubs? Diana has also been an egg donor, find out which one she prefers. Her answer might shock you.

Talent Champions is the best source of relevant and engaging discussion focused on the issues facing the world of HR and talent development. Join host and talent development veteran, Diana Thomas, on your commute, coffee break, down time, and gym time as she shares best practices, promotes new approaches and discusses important solutions available to HR and talent development professionals.

Diana is the Founder and CEO of The World Egg Bank. After successfully becoming pregnant, fertility specialists began approaching Diana asking for her help in finding egg donors for their own patients. She quickly discovered that there was a desperate need for a company that understood empowering recipients with information about egg donors, and the emotional sensitivity to navigate through the process of involving another person in their reproduction life. Through her own personal experience, she created a company that catered to the personal needs of intended parents as well as brought the best quality of care to the egg donors. For over 20 years, Diana’s egg donor agency has matched thousands of donors and couples nationwide and internationally. In today’s episode, Diana shares her experience with infertility, and why it drove her to create The World Egg Bank to support women and families experiencing fertility challenges. My Fertility Awareness Programs are designed to help you to master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles. Gain confidence charting your cycles, and gain deep insights into the connection between your health, your fertility, and your cycles. Click here for more information! The Fertility Friday Podcast is supported by the Women’s Monthly Kit by DAO labs Head over to mydaolabs.com and use the code FERTILITY to receive 20% off your first purchase. Don’t forget to sign up for my FREE FAM 101 video series. Click here for access. Topics discussed in today's episode: Diana's 15 year infertility journey, and how egg donation allowed her to conceive all 3 of her children A comparison between egg donation as it is now, to what it was like 20 years ago How to know if egg donation is right for you Why the age of the egg donor is more important when it comes to success rates The parallels between egg donation and adoption The difference between open and closed donation Should you tell your child the truth about their conception (if they were conceived via a donor egg)? How are egg donors selected? Are there restrictions for donors? The importance of egg quality when seeking egg donation Connect with Diana: You can connect with Diana on her Website, on Facebook and on Twitter. Resources mentioned: American Society for Reproductive Medicine Resurrection Year by Sheridan Voysey Donor Egg Bank USA Fertility Friday Programs Women's Monthly Kit | DAO Labs Fertility Awareness 101 FREE Video Series Fertility Friday Facebook Group Related podcasts & blog posts: FFP 011 | Age-Related Fertility Decline | Using Reproductive Technologies | IVF IUI & IVM | Dr. Melanie McDowall FFP 074 | Resurrection Year | Maintaining Hope Through Infertility | Sheridan Voysey FFP 088 | IVF Using Donor Eggs | Egg Donation | Infertility | Donor Egg Bank USA | Heidi Hayes FFP 109 | The Reality of Aging & Fertility | IVF & Assisted Reproductive Technology | The Future of Fertility Treatments | Dr. Marjorie Dixon FFP 160 | Clomid, Letrozole & IUI | How Effective Are Infertility Treatments? | IVF | Lisa | Fertility Friday Fertility Awareness Episodes | Fertility Friday Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors: DAO Labs | Women's Monthly Kit This episode is sponsored by the Women's Monthly Kit by DAO Labs. Herbal medicine is an integral part of Chinese medicine. Herbs have been used for centuries for a variety of treatments and needs and remain incredibly popular today. DAO Labs is on a path to making Chinese herbal medicine more approachable, convenient and tasty. Revitalize and harmonize your cycle with two ancient herbal formulas with a modern twist. Click here for more information. Don't forget to use code: FERTILITY at check out for 20% off your first order. Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here for more information!    

The Carolinas have had their fairshare of Diasters over the past few years. Catastrophic flooding, Major Winter Storms, Hurricanes, Tornado outbreaks. On this show we will dive into how local and state officials work with meterologist to get states, cities and towns ready for natural diasters. John Quagliariello from the National Weather Service in Columbia, SC and Diana Thomas with North Carolina Emergency Mangement will be our guest to discuss how the two entities work together to keep the public safe and informed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Hello, SleepyHeads!  This week on Witness Prophecies, we discuss Sleepy Hollow Season 4 Episode 3, entitled Heads of State, which originally aired on January 20, 2017.  Ichabod Crane faces the Headless Horseman, as Diana Thomas learns her daughter, Molly, is the next Witness.  Read more...

Hello, SleepyHeads!  This week on Witness Prophecies, we discuss Sleepy Hollow Season 4 Episode 3, entitled Heads of State, which originally aired on January 20, 2017.  Ichabod Crane faces the Headless Horseman, as Diana Thomas learns her daughter, Molly, is the next Witness.  Read more...

In this episode, Diana Thomas discusses the relationship between the Virginia School of Political Economy and the Austrian School of Economics. Diana is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Heider College of Business at Creighton University. The Virginia School is a branch of public choice, the application of the tools and techniques of economics to the study of political actors. The Virginia School’s founders, James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, were the first to systematically apply a rational choice framework to the study of politics in The Calculus of Consent. Two assumptions commonly made by neoclassical economists are the “benevolence assumption” and the “omniscience assumption.” The benevolence assumption is implicit in normative analysis of what governments “ought” to do, as this assumes that political actors are motivated to maximize the common good rather than pursuing their self-interest. This assumption is challenged by public choice economists. The omniscience assumption is at play in economic models that depict the economy as being in equilibrium, whereby nobody is misinformed of or surprised by economic reality. This assumption is challenged by Austrian economists. The omniscience assumption implies that the economy should be possible to rationally plan, an idea that Mises and Hayek debunked in the socialist calculation debate of the 1920s and 30s. As Diana states in her paper, Entrepreneurship: Catallactic and Constitutional Perspectives, “both Buchanan and Tullock reference Mises’ Human Action as the central reference for their understanding of methodological individualism.” The Virginia and Austrian schools also share common understandings of rationality and of self-interest. Diana draws a parallel between Israel Kirzner’s distinction between calculative and entrepreneurial action and Buchanan’s distinction between reactive and creative action. While calculative or reactive action consists in simply responding to known incentives and constraints, entrepreneurial or creative action consists in envisioning a future that is different from the present and in acting on that expectation. Kirzner applies the concept of entrepreneurship to businessmen seizing anticipated arbitrage opportunities in the market. Buchanan applies the concept of creative action to political actors attempting to reform constitutional rules. Buchanan conceives of constitutional rules as being made behind a “veil of uncertainty” since it is beyond political actors’ ability to predict in precisely what situations the rule will be applied, and whether their own self-interest will be served or hurt in those situations. Diana believes that political action is more entrepreneurial than most economists recognize.  But while market entrepreneurship is guided by profit and loss towards those processes that best serve consumers, political entrepreneurship has no such guiding principle. Political entrepreneurs may innovate in ways that actually harm their constituents, but these innovations may nonetheless thrive and endure. Poll numbers and bad press can motivate political actors, but these signals may not conform to the actual impacts of the policy. Good policies are often derided as evil, while bad policies are often popular. A US President can boost his popularity by declaring war, but US military ventures have a terrible track record in terms of their ultimate consequences (see Chris Coyne’s After War). Market innovations such as Lyft and Uber clearly benefit consumers, and yet there has been a political backlash against these popular businesses. Public choice economists recognize that voters are “rationally ignorant,” since becoming informed about issues is costly, while the benefit is only manifested in better policy if the specific voter happens to be the swing vote in an otherwise tied election. Given these incentives, it would be irrational to be informed about policy, so it’s surprising that so many people vote at all. Diana explains it in terms of “expressive voting.” Voters vote because they want to express their views, not because their vote is particularly potent in shaping political outcomes. Diana argues that policies aren’t particularly strongly affected by who is elected to office, rather they stem from institutional incentives. The median voter theorem demonstrates how, under plausible conditions, politicians attempt to please the most people by converging to a centrist policy. Another theory says that policy is not directed primarily by elections but by the lobbying efforts of special interest groups (see Olson). Since these groups get concentrated benefits from preferential policies, they have a strong incentive to agitate for them. Those who pay the costs of these policies (usually consumers) have only a small incentive to agitate against them, as the costs are dispersed among a great number of individuals. Specific examples of policies made for the benefit of concentrated special interests are the US sugar quota, and Canadian customs duties charged for the importation of dairy products (leading to absurd cases of cheese smuggling). You can read more from Diana Thomas at her professional website.