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Scientists are recognizing the similarities between the workings of the DNA code and computer science. DNA is, after all, a complex information storage system. But comparing DNA as an information storage system to our largest and fastest computers is like comparing the Space Shuttle with a bow and arrow.Harvard biologists have been amazed at what they have learned about the DNA workings of a single-celled protozoan. Its DNA routinely solves mathematical problems that only a very advanced modern computer can handle.All of us have seen the complex problem of the traveling salesman. He has seven points of departure, and seven destinations. The problem is to work out the most efficient route for him to follow. By comparison, the protozoan under study solves the equivalent problem with up to 50 points of departure and 50 destinations.This little protozoan has two nuclei, with nucleus arranging the same DNA differently. The smaller nucleus stores only the DNA needed to live in small units and must be reassembled before they do anything. This means it may discard up to 95 percent of the DNA, similar to compressed computer information. When the protozoan needs to reassemble its DNA, each end of each unit needs to find the proper end of the only other unit it attaches to. This is not "simple" life. Even scientists now recognize that this one-celled creature is a complex computer. And this bears witness to God, Who is the author of life, mathematics and all knowledge.Isaiah 40:12"Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”Prayer: I thank You, Father, that You have given knowledge to us. Amen.Ref: Kathy Sawyer, “Biological Software,” Princeton Alumni Weekly. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Changing the Narrative featuring world-renowned eye surgeon Dr. Ming Wang. Trained at Harvard and MIT and having performed more than 55,000 laser eye procedures—including thousands on fellow doctors—Dr. Wang has an incredible story to tell. Growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution, he experienced a time when both science and faith were heavily restricted. His journey eventually brought him to America, where his work in medicine and laser physics led him to explore deeper questions about faith, purpose, and the Creator behind the remarkable complexity of the human eye. In this episode, Dr. Wang shares his perspective on the reality of a life beyond what we can see—and how faith can point us toward something far greater than ourselves.

What if you woke up one day as a rock star—but couldn't play guitar? Author Charles Harvey joins Booked On Rock to discuss his novel Xylene X Band: A Fictionalized Chapter in the History of X Band, a story that mixes rock and roll, identity, ambition, relationships, and the pressures that come with success. The novel follows brilliant but troubled guitarist Joe Ecks, whose life takes an extraordinary turn when he wakes up believing he is Mike Smith—a Harvard graduate who knows nothing about being a rock star and, most importantly, doesn't know how to play guitar.Charles reveals how a recurring nightmare about being handed a guitar and told to go onstage inspired the original story. We also explore one of the book's central ideas: being good at something doesn't necessarily mean you'll be happy doing it. Along the way, we discuss the psychology of Joe and Mike, the effect the transformation has on Joe's wife Angie and the members of X Band, creativity versus technical talent, the darker side of the music business, ambition, success, and what happens when the career everyone thinks you should want becomes the very thing making you miserable.It's a rock-and-roll story with a Twilight Zone-style premise, but underneath it is a question almost anyone can relate to: Are you living the life that actually makes you happy—or simply the life you're good at?Purchase a copy of Xylene X Band: A Fictionalized Chapter in the History of X BandVisit the Xylene X Band Website----------

Creatures in inky trenches. Exploring the sea floor. Mud medicine. Tube worms. Harvard professor and Deep Sea Microbiology legend Dr. Peter Girguis tells tales of ocean expeditions and answers questions about extremophiles, life on other planets, Atlantis, shark encounters, methane munching, hydronauts, Trekkie trivia, the safety of submersibles, deep sea simulations, and how ocean organisms may just save your life. Visit the Girguis Laboratory and follow Dr. Girguis on Google Scholar A donation went to the National Immigration Law Center More episode sources and links Other episodes you may enjoy: Oceanology (OCEANS), Teuthology (SQUIDS), Medusology (JELLYFISH), Toxinology (JELLYFISH VENOM), Benthopelagic Nematology (DEEP SEA WORMS), Ichthyology (FISHES), Tardigradology (TINY SEMI-INDESTRUCTIBLE WATER BEAR MOSS PIGLET CREATURES CALLED TARDIGRADES), Evolutionary Biology (DARWINISM), Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS) 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The second part of Percy Fawcett's story delves into his fascination with a document known as Manuscript 512 and how it impacted his life. His obsession led to his disappearance; there has been endless speculation about what exactly happened. Research: Biello, David. “Ancient Amazon Actually Highly Urbanized.” Scientific American. August 28, 2008. “The Brazilian Indigenous People.” Survival International. https://www.survivalinternational.org/peoples/brazilian Britannica Editors. "Mato Grosso". Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Jan. 2026, https://www.britannica.com/place/Mato-Grosso Canal-Soler, Jordi. “The man who died searching for the Lost City of Z.” National geographic. June 13, 2024. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/percy-fawcett-search-lost-city-of-z Fawcett, Lt-Col P.H. “Exploration Fawcett.” Hutchinson & Co. London. 1953. “Fawcett’s Bones Believed Found; Explorer Lost in Brazil Jungle in ’25.” New York Times. April 4, 1951. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/04/04/82103136.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 “Fawcett Mystery Unsolved.” New York Times. Nov. 5, 1951. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/11/05/81775504.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Grann, David. “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.” Doubleday. 2009. “Hidden City Is the Goal.” Los Angeles Times. Jan 12, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/image/380427463/ Hutchison, Percy. “Hunting for Lost Explorers in the Jungles of Brazil.” New York Times. Jan. 26, 1930. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/01/26/96041140.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Moutinho, Sofia. “A Foundation of Trust.” Science. Nov. 6, 2025. https://www.science.org/content/article/unearth-their-past-amazonian-people-turn-language-white-men-understand “'Lost' report exposes Brazilian Indian genocide.” Survival International. April 25, 2013. https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9191 “On Colonel Fawcett’s Train in Unknown Brazil by Air and River.” Illustrated London News. Sep 10, 1932. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1143308620/?match=2&terms=%22Vincenzo%20Petrullo%22&search-id=72603589-1171-4291-b93b-9c5eeffb7d90&search-rank=1 “Percy Fawcett.” Spike Island. https://www.spikeislandcork.ie/percy-fawcett/ “Lieutenant Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett DSO, (MiD).” Tiegnmouth & Shaldon Remembers WW1. Teign Heritage. https://www.teignheritageworldwar.org.uk/index.php/lieutenant-colonel-percy-harrison-fawcett Pezzati, Alessandro. "The Lost Explorer." Expedition Magazine59, no. 2. September, 2017. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-lost-explorer/ Potts, Mary Anne. “Finding Machu Picchu: A Look at Explorer Hiram Bingham, A Real-Life Indiana Jones.” National Geographic. May 26, 2010. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/machu-picchu-hiram-bingham “Remembering Col. Fawcett in WWI.” Torquay Museum. Nov. 4, 2021. https://torquaymuseum.org/news/view/remembering-col-fawcett-in-wwi Ribeiro, Taisa Alves and André Luiz Alves Moreno. “Towards an Archaeology of the Written Culture of Chapada Diamantina-BA: The Case of Manuscript 512.” Garimpus: Journal of Languages, Education and Culture in Chapada Diamantina. Vol. 2, no. 1. 2021. https://www.revistas.uneb.br/garimpus/article/view/8740 “Son of Lost Explorer Says Bones Are Not Fawcett's.” New York Times. Nov. 4, 1951. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/11/04/96221387.html?pageNumber=66 Squires, Cole. “TRANSCRIPTION/TRANSLATION NOTES (Manuscript 512).” Harvard. https://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/mathe320_2021/exhibits/manuscript512/translation.pdf “Sustainable Mato Grosso.” Amazon Fund. https://www.amazonfund.gov.br/en/projeto/Sustainable-Mato-Grosso/ “Swindon Woman Awaits News of Colonel Fawcett.” Swindon Advertiser. April 13, 1932. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1209686028/?match=2&terms=%22percy%20fawcett%22&search-id=667a33c0-fac9-457e-bcf9-349a1d9b7e9f&search-rank=2 “Why do they hide?” Survival International. https://www.survivalinternational.org/articles/3104-why-do-they-hide See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Sarah sits down with Dr. Tony Nader, a physician, neuroscientist, and leader in the Transcendental Meditation movement, to explore one of the biggest mysteries of our existence: consciousness. Together, they explore the relationship between the mind and body, science and spirituality, meditation and creativity, and what it means to access a deeper sense of self. On this episode of Moonbeaming you'll hear: How Dr. Tony Nader went from physician and neuroscientist to studying consciousness and Transcendental Meditation What consciousness actually is and why Dr. Nader believes it extends far beyond human consciousness How meditation can create a state of inner silence while maintaining deep alertness and awareness Why stress and fear narrow our consciousness and limit the possibilities we can see How calming the nervous system can create more space for creativity, intuition, and clearer decision-making The connection between meditation, the brain, creativity, and the default mode network How Transcendental Meditation can help us reconnect with what Dr. Nader describes as our deeper, truer self What it means to live from a place of greater consciousness, connection, and care --- Dr. Tony Nader is a physician, neuroscientist, Vedic scholar, and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement. A Harvard- and MIT-trained scientist, he is the author of Consciousness Is All There Is and his newest book, The Power of Caring, which explores how caring is rooted in consciousness and how we can cultivate deeper, more fulfilling connections with ourselves and others. https://drtonynader.com/ --- Join Our Community: Join the Moon Studio Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themoonstudio Buy the 2026 Many Moons Lunar Planner: https://moon-studio.co/products/many-moons-2026?srsltid=AfmBOopThx1yrmKl0tMjecc_EFeeN5DAiIafqPqvQ4Uke1WEi5droeam Subscribe to our newsletter: https://moon-studio.co/pages/newsletter Find Sarah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gottesss/

Legal scholar and Harvard professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz joins us today to explain why he left the democrats and became a "reluctant" republican - and why he encourages other democrats to do the same. Harry Enten tells us polls may be undercounting republicans and GOP issues because conservative voters don't trust the people asking the questions. Why aren't democrats equally as suspicious? A young woman explains how the Lindsay Clancy trial exposes a huge difference between men and women.  

Home services marketing has a hidden battleground, and most owners never fund it. It is the messy middle, the 40 to 100 days a homeowner spends circling a project before they ever search your name. Rick Brown and Carole Lawson of MarketStorm have spent years mapping that window, and what happens inside it decides who gets the call. In this episode, Tersh Blissett and Josh Crouch sit down with Rick, CEO and co-founder of MarketStorm, and Carole, its co-founder and chief data officer and a Harvard-trained data scientist, to break down how buyer behavior changed after the pandemic and why the last click is no longer the whole story. You will hear why a competitor can outrank you on your own brand name, the 50/50 split Google now recommends between upper and lower funnel, and how one plumbing company chased last-click reporting from 10 million back down to 2. This episode is brought to you by UpFrog. They turn paid ad spend into booked, sold system replacements instead of wasted leads. Learn more at upfrog.com. CHAPTERS 0:00 – The Hidden Battleground in Home Services Marketing 2:32 – Meet Rick Brown and Carole Lawson of MarketStorm 4:47 – What MarketStorm Does: Catching Buyer Intent Early 6:25 – The Messy Middle and How Buyer Behavior Changed 8:23 – Why a Competitor Can Outrank You on Your Own Name 11:50 – The Death of Legacy Customer Loyalty 13:47 – The 50/50 Split Between Upper and Lower Funnel 15:12 – Where 83 Percent of Online Attention Actually Lives 17:30 – How a 10 Million Dollar Shop Chased Last Click and Shrank 29:30 – Why Google Calls Itself a Marketing Company Now 41:30 – Inside the 45 Day Buyer Journey 58:18 – Measure What Matters, Not Just What Is Easy WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - Why home services marketing now runs through the messy middle, the 40 to 100 days before a homeowner ever searches your name - How a competitor who shows up more often can outrank you on Google even when someone searches for your exact brand - Why Google now points to a 50/50 split between upper funnel influence and lower funnel search - Where the other 83 percent of online attention lives, and how programmatic ads reach it across streaming, apps, and the open web - What chasing last-click reporting actually costs, told through a plumbing company that shrank from 10 million back to 2 THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY UPFROG System replacement leads from paid ads, nurtured and booked into sold jobs before your team arrives: upfrog.com TRAINUAL Trainual is an AI-powered training and knowledge platform for growing teams. Describe the training you need and it builds the steps, structure, and quiz: https://trainual.com/ MARKETSTORM An AI-powered advertising platform. Results vary by market, budget, and campaign configuration: https://marketstorm.ai/ CALLRAIL CallRail's Voice Assist is a 24/7 AI voice assistant that answers every call, handles customer questions, and books jobs directly onto your calendar, all without you ever having to step away from the current job. Try Voice Assist for free today at voiceassist.com BREEZY Capture 25-30% more clients with Breezy AI Agents. Use code 'SBM' to book a demo and get $500 on us: https://getbreezyapp.com/schedule-demo?utm_source=partner_servicebusinessmastery&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=servicebusinessmastery_partnership&utm_content=youtube_video PHONETAP Your calls hold the key to growing your business. PhoneTAP gives you instant AI analysis, real customer lifetime value, and tools to coach your team. Learn more: phonetap.ai/demo COMPANYCAM Capture work, track job progress, and stay connected from the field to the office with photo documentation and AI tools that keep work moving. Start a free trial at https://companycam.com/ CONNECT WITH OUR HOSTS AND GUEST Tersh Blissett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tershblissett/ Josh Crouch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-crouch/ Rick Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of MarketStorm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marketstormrick/ Carole Lawson, Co-Founder and Chief Data Officer of MarketStorm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroleslawson/ MarketStorm: https://marketstorm.ai/ ABOUT SERVICE BUSINESS MASTERY Service Business Mastery helps home service owners run better, more profitable companies. Every week, Tersh Blissett and Josh Crouch break down the operations, technology, and leadership behind growing an HVAC, plumbing, or electrical business, with the operators actually doing the work. More at https://servicebusinessmastery.com/ Subscribe on YouTube and follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts so you never miss an episode. If this one helped, share it with an owner who needs it. #ServiceBusinessMastery #HomeServices #HomeServicesMarketing #DigitalMarketing #MarketStorm

We're heading back to Vista Consulting Team's "A Seat at the Table" event for one of the best conversations Conrad and Gyi had there, and it's been sitting in the vault for a reason. Josh Porte, Partner and M&A Attorney at Holland & Knight, joins the guys to break down the ethics and mechanics of MSO deals, and with private equity continuing to move into law firms, this one's more relevant now than when it was recorded. Josh co-leads Holland & Knight's legal services transactions team and works both sides of these deals, buyers and sellers. He breaks down Rule 5.4 and Rule 5.3, the two rules that actually shape how an MSO can be structured and how money is allowed to move between the MSO and the law firm; plus transfer pricing, AI-native law firm structures, rollover equity instead of non-competes, and how EBITDA multiples drive valuation. Whether or not you're interested in dancing with the PE people, Josh makes the case for running your firm as if it's always ready to be sold. The News: Turns out a lot of the internet isn't written by people anymore: How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI? Morgan & Morgan gets blocked from the Harvard body-parts case over an old AI citation sanction:  Morgan & Morgan Atty Barred From Harvard Suit Over AI Error And a Georgia arbitrator hits Morgan & Morgan with $4.3M for settling a case without the client's permission: Marietta man wins $4.3M in fight against Morgan & Morgan Your rank tracker is about to get a lot less reliable: Google confirms deploying goto URL redirects to search results links Want to hear more about what we learned from ‘A Seat at the Table'? There's a place for that: Tidbits - Lunch Hour Legal Marketing  Hey, you! Send us a question and we might just feature it on the show.  Ask us a question!  On the road again… We'll be joining our good friends at Case Status CX Summit for a live episode! CX Summit 2026 | The Legal Client Experience Conference A special thanks to our supportive sponsors: Juvo Leads, Lawmatics, CallRail, Eve, and ALPS Insurance!

Why would a parent take their child on a dangerous journey to the United States? Gabrielle Oliveira argues that one of the most overlooked answers is care.Oliveira, a Harvard professor who studies immigration, education, and family migration, spent years following 16 migrant families from Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. She explains how violence, insecurity, and a lack of opportunity push families to leave, while safety and education become central to what they hope to find in America.We talk about border detention and family separation, what children remember about migration, why American schools can represent opportunity for immigrant families, and Oliveira's idea of “constrained care” among teachers trying to support immigrant students.She also challenges the way immigrant children are often portrayed only as victims or extraordinary success stories, leaving out the ordinary lives most children eventually build.BOOKBook: Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children's Education, and Dreams for a Better Lifehttps://bookshop.org/a/112456/9781503644540GUEST BIOGabrielle Oliveira is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Associate Professor of Education and Brazil Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. An anthropologist of education, her research examines immigration, mobility, family life, and children's schooling across borders. She is the author of Motherhood Across Borders and Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children's Education, and Dreams for a Better Life, which received the 2026 American Educational Research Association Outstanding Book Award.

Tech-Bosse häufen gigantische Vermögen an, Millionen befürchten einen Verlust der Stelle wegen KI, die Ungleichheit bewegt. Überdreht der Kapitalismus? Um die Gegenwart zu verstehen, müssen wir auch die Geschichte kennen, sagt Sven Beckert, Professor für Geschichte in Harvard, bei Simone Hulliger Beckert hat sich die Entwicklung des Kapitalismus in den letzten 1000 Jahren angeschaut. Er betont, dass diese Form des Wirtschaftens nicht immer da war und sich auch immer wieder gewandelt hat. Die aktuelle Form des Kapitalismus, den Neoliberalismus, sieht er in der Krise. Es gebe Widerstand von links und rechts. Wir befänden uns in einem Moment des Umbruchs. Was kommt danach? Der Historiker Sven Beckert lehrt an der Universität Harvard in den USA, sein aktuelles Buch heisst: «Kapitalismus, Geschichte einer Weltrevolution».

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America's national debt recently hit a new milestone of $40 trillion. It is estimated that interest payments on the national debt are now the second largest expense in the US government budget, trailing only social security. How was the US able to borrow so much and for so long? One answer, according Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff, is the US dollar's status as the world's reserve currency. In this episode, Rogoff, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, explains how the US dollar came to enjoy this hegemonic status, what being the world's reserve currency actually means in practice, and why he believes the dollar is now in decline. (Photo: An Asian-American man passes by the passes by the National Debt Clock in New York City, US, 19 August, 2026. It is a digital display screen that shows the National Debt figures 39, 393, 882, 535, 284 against a background of dollar notes. Credit: Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Producer: Valerio Esposito, Aron Keller and Lucy Pawle Executive producer: James ShieldSound engineer: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins

Everyone's chasing the wellness hack that'll finally crack the code on living longer: cold plunges, biological age tests, or extreme fasts.But my guest today just wrote an entire book making the opposite argument: most of that noise doesn't matter nearly as much as we think, and the real answer to a long, healthy life is a lot simpler than the wellness industry wants you to believe.Dr. Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel is a Harvard-trained oncologist, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, and a former special advisor on health policy to the Obama administration. His new book, Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life, lays out six evidence-based rules for a longer, better life.This one will change how you think about "doing wellness right."For full show notes and transcript: https://drgundry.com/zeke-emanuel-longevity-rules-eat-your-ice-creamOn this episode, you'll learn: Why perfectionism should NOT be your goal when it comes ot healthy habits (3:37)Why early retirement could be quietly speeding up cognitive decline (10:12)The simple "wellness trifecta" that is way easier than you'd think (14:17)A surprisingly consistent habit shared by nearly every person who lives past 100 (21:44)How a nightly scoop of the right ice cream might actually lower your risk of type 2 diabetes (24:48)Why doing THIS has a real edge over structured workouts when it comes to protecting your brain (29:44)Why Dr. Emanuel refuses to do this standard male screening test (34:12)One small fix for the late-night screen habit that's sabotaging your sleep (43:48)The actual evidence-based guidance on wine and longevity (49:46)Thank you to our sponsors! Check them out: Get a quote today at Progressive.com.Transform your sleep experience with Cozy Earth bedding. Go to cozyearth.com/gundry for 20% off. Visit Sunlighten.com and mention DrGundry when you fill out the get-pricing form and save up to $600 on your purchaseGo to Quince.com/gundry to upgrade your wardrobe and get free shipping on your orderShop my new air filter, Homekind Total Air! Use code CLEANAIR for 10% off. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years.  In this episode, Kim Scott speaks with Angela Duckworth. Her first book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, is a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her second book is Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best. In this conversation, Kim interviews Angela about her new book, 'Situated.' They explore a deceptively simple three-box model that explains all of human behavior. Angela emphasizes the power of environment in shaping our thoughts and leading us to–or away from–the results we want. She and Kim discuss the limitations of willpower. Angela describes the two key ingredients of a good situation: challenge and support. Kim and Angela explore why it is important to seek managers and peers who both challenge and support us. They discuss the importance of feedback and why Ruinous Empathy is so damaging to both personal and professional growth. If you're looking for one thing you can control to get better situated, Angela shares some practical advice on curating your personal space to foster positive habits and growth. Guest Background: Prof. Angela Duckworth, PhD, is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative.  Prior to her career in research, Angela founded an academic enrichment program for low-income children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and today serves hundreds of students each year. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher at public schools in New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Angela co-founded Character Lab, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing scientific insights that help children thrive. Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela's TED talk is among the most viewed of all time. CHAPTERS (00:00) Introduction to Radical Sabbatical and Angela Duckworth's New Book (03:23) The Snorkeling Incident: A Metaphor for Situational Awareness (05:58) Finding Your Best Situations: The Power of Environment (08:31) The Three Boxes Model: Understanding Behavior and Thoughts (11:13) The Role of Situations in Shaping Our Thoughts (14:16) Changing Your Situation vs. Changing Your Thoughts (17:10) The Limitations of Willpower and Self-Control (20:13) The Quest for Control: Understanding Human Nature (23:15) Creating Supportive and Challenging Situations (27:11) Understanding Radical Candor (32:56) Navigating Ruinous Empathy (33:19) The Dilemma of Short-Term Comfort vs Long-Term Growth (34:30) Feeding the Good Wolf: A Metaphor for Growth (36:40) Economic Disparities and Their Impact (39:23) Agency and the Power of Choice (43:09) Curating Your Personal Space for Better Outcomes Connect with the Radical Candor team: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throwbacks are where I re-release old episodes from the archives. So don't worry if you have heard it already, as 'New episodes' will continue to come out on Sundays. To get some of the old episodes heard.~~~Tonight guest is Brigitte Barclay from the United Kingdom, and Brigitte has worked with many of the world's leading researchers of the alien abduction phenomena, including the late Bud Hopkins, Dolores Cannon and Harvard psychology professor John E. Mack. She will be sharing her own personal experiences, including an encounter with a UFO on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles in 1993. Brigitte BarclayEmail: brigittebarclay@gmail.comWebsite: https://www.brigittebarclay.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BBBBrigitteBarclayX: https://x.com/BrigitteBarclayMore information on this episode on the podcast website:https://ufochroniclespodcast.com/ep-272-the-405-freeway-encounter/Want to share your encounter on the show?Email: UFOChronicles@gmail.comOr Fill out Guest Form:https://forms.gle/uGQ8PTVRkcjy4nxS7Podcast Merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/ufo-chronicles-podcastHelp Support UFO CHRONICLES by becoming a Patron:https://patreon.com/UFOChroniclespodcastX: https://x.com/UFOchronpodcastAll Links for Podcast:https://linktr.ee/UFOChroniclesPodcastThank you for listening!Like share and subscribe it really helps me when people share the show on social media, it means we can reach more people and more witnesses and without your amazing support, it wouldn't be possible.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ufo-chronicles-podcast--3395068/support.

What does it cost to love a place and a faith that shaped you, even after they've hurt you?This week I sit down with Emilee Hackney, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir All That's Unseen, to talk about growing up in Tazewell, Virginia, and the long, winding path that took her from a Pentecostal church pew to Harvard Yard to a bestseller list.We talk about the church she grew up in from age five, the engagement she entered as a teenager, and the slow, painful process of questioning beliefs she'd never been taught to question until she left home for Harvard. Emilee is remarkably generous about her younger self throughout our conversation, and that same compassion runs through every page of her book. We get into the isolation she felt as an Appalachian student surrounded by people who saw her as, in her words, an exotic creature from a shameful corner of the country, and how spite became an unlikely motivator for her education.Of course... politics come up too. Emilee doesn't shy away from the uncomfortable truths in her research, from Trump's proposed defunding of the Appalachian Regional Commission to his rollback of coal dust health protections, even as she pushed back against easy judgments of the people who voted for him anyway. We talk about fear as a political currency, about algorithms that feed conservatism to anyone who engages with Appalachian content, and about the quiet apathy Emilee believes both parties have shown her home region for generations.We end with hope, opossums, and the strange, permanent tension of loving a place you can never quite be happy in or without. This is a memoir about reckoning with faith, class, and identity, and Emilee brought every bit of that nuance into our conversation.Share this conversation with anyone who grew up somewhere they had complicated feelings about leaving."A personal essay, as it turned out, was about more than the people and places I knew. It was about how those people and places affected me: how I saw them, how I interpreted them, how I understood them in my greater understanding of the world." - Emilee Hackney's memoir ALL THAT'S UNSEENConnect with Emilee Hackney:@emileehackneyBooks Referenced:ALL THAT'S UNSEEN by Emilee HackneySTOLEN PRIDE by Arlie Russell HochschildSupport the show:Buy us a bookBuy cute merchon PatreonSubscribe on AppleSubscribe on SubstackThis episode is produced, recorded, and its content edited by me. Xx, AlexConnect with us and suggest a great memoir!Follow us on instagram! @babesinbooklandpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Impostor Syndrome Files, we talk about career pivots, self-discovery and why waiting for the perfect time can keep us from pursuing what matters. My guest this week is Niki Lazaridou, who has held a number of entrepreneurial and senior leadership roles.Niki shares her diverse career background and the journey that led her to finding her purpose. In our conversation, we discuss the balance between having enough pressure to motivate us and having so much pressure that we shift into survival mode. Niki introduces the Greek word meraki, which describes putting a piece of your soul into what you do, and explains why curiosity, effort and personal investment can create a deeper sense of purpose.Finally, we explore how our core values can help us distinguish impostor syndrome from a work environment that is genuinely out of alignment. Niki shares how identifying directness, empathy and freedom as her three core values helped her better understand her emotional reactions at work, and why saying our fears out loud can release pressure and create stronger human connection.About My GuestWith 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur and working in senior positions in a variety of corporations and organizations, Niki has been positioned as a Pool of Experts Team in the United Nations, Senior Risk Manager in PWC, and Program Manager in Publicis Sapient.Currently serving as Strategy Manager at Minc Sweden, she is commissioned to redesign the entire incubator model in order to foster collaboration in the Nordic Region.She is also a Mentor in Entrepreneurship at Harvard University, as well as a professional advisor at MIT, currently driving her own collaboration initiative between Harvard and CERN in Geneva.Niki is also a member of Forbes Women connecting to a global network of women leaders, founders, and professionals.As an entrepreneur, Niki has worked on projects with MIT Media Lab, ABC, BBC, Puma, Amazon, Peabody Essex Museum, Blue Lagoon Iceland, Body Worlds Exhibition while also being published in Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Boston Globe, i-D, Cosmopolitan.She has delivered workshops & Academic Teaching at IKEA, Hyper Island, Apple, and BA courses in Media Technology at BTH. Her education focuses in Software Engineering, Media and Communications, and AI.~Connect with Niki:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikilazaridou/ Website: https://www.nikilazaridou.com/~Connect with Kim and The Impostor Syndrome Files:Join the free Impostor Syndrome Challenge:https://www.kimmeninger.com/challengeLearn more about the Leading Humans discussion group:https://www.kimmeninger.com/leadinghumansgroupJoin the Slack channel to learn from, connect with and support other professionals: https://forms.gle/Ts4Vg4Nx4HDnTVUC6Join the Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadinghumansSchedule time to speak with Kim Meninger directly about your questions/challenges: https://bookme.name/ExecCareer/strategy-sessionConnect on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmeninger/Website:https://www.kimmeninger.com

Jovens fogem do digital para o trabalho manual. O apocalipse da IA pode estar superdimensionado. Meta paga US$ 17 bi por viciar jovens em redes sociais.Qual é o ponto de fuga?No RESUMIDO #379: IA deve ser feita para humanos, medo do apocalipse da automação pode ser exagerado, jovens fogem para o analógico, Meta paga bilhões por viciar crianças em redes sociais, motorista paga para trabalhar, Harvard clona professores e muito mais!--Assine a newsletter da inovabra "Do hype ao ROI":https://inovabra.substack.com--RESUMIDO #378, apresentado por Bruno Natal--Loja RESUMIDO (camisetas, canecas, casacos, sacolas): ⁠https://www.studiogeek.com.br/resumido⁠ -- Faça sua assinatura! ⁠https://resumido.cc/assinatura⁠ 

Chronic back pain that no scan explains? Dimple Jangda sits down with Prof. Dr. Ali Irani — the first sports physiotherapist in the Indian subcontinent and physiotherapist to the Indian cricket team from 1987 to 1997 — to unpack why pain persists, why vitamin deficiencies are so widely missed, and what actually supports a long, mobile life.In this episode, Dimple shares her own diagnosis publicly for the first time: eight episodes of being bedridden with sciatica-like pain, MRIs, X-rays and blood tests that explained nothing — until one question from Dr. Irani led to an HLA-B27 diagnosis and ankylosing spondylitis.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN▪ The one question that changes a pain diagnosis: if pain is worst in the evening it's usually mechanical; if it's worst on waking and eases as you move, it points to something pathological.▪ Why vitamin D and B12 deficiency is so common — Dr. Irani estimates over half of Indians are deficient — and why sunlight alone isn't enough. In a study of eight Mumbai football teams training 3–4 hours daily in the sun, almost all players were still deficient.▪ The missing mineral: without enough magnesium, your body can't hold on to vitamin D3 and B12. Pumpkin seeds and roasted chana are traditional sources.▪ Why standard blood panels don't include D3 and B12 — you have to ask for them.▪ Swimming for spinal conditions, why extension exercises undo a day spent bending forward, and the posture problem behind widespread neck pain.▪ Brain mapping and the five states of mind — delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma. Athletes recalling their best games measured in alpha; those recalling their worst measured in beta or gamma. Why chanting Om and echo sounds shift you into alpha.▪ Lung capacity and lifespan: why breathing rate correlates with longevity across species, and what pranayama does to vital capacity.▪ Grounding and earthing — why two-pin phone chargers have no earth, and what that means for your nervous system.▪ Flat feet, foot arches and why insoles change posture, knees and spine.▪ Colon health and medication absorption — why cleaning the gut can matter more than increasing a dose.▪ Ice versus heat, cold plunges, pelvic floor health, Indian versus Western toilets and hip replacement rates.▪ Dr. Irani's 40-day no-gossip challenge, and why he believes your relationship with your parents predicts your success.ABOUT DR. ALI IRANIHead of Department, Physiotherapy and Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Centre, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai. Physiotherapist to the Indian cricket team 1987–1997. Two PhDs, in Sports Medicine and in Anatomy of Body Movement and Dance. Chairperson (International Affairs), Indian Association of Physiotherapists.ABOUT DIMPLE JANGDAAyurvedic health coach, author of Heal Your Gut, Mind & Emotions, and founder of Prana by Dimple. Trained at Harvard in Lifestyle Medicine and at Stanford in Gut Health and the Microbiome.

Tune the-f*ck in, this is a goodie. I love chatting with people who question the status quo in their field, who challenge convention, who think outside the box and who do so with intelligence, integrity, compassion (for patients) and courage (it’s not a great way to gain popularity). Dr Matt Bernstein is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and one of the leading voices in the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry. With more than 25 years of clinical experience, he has held senior roles at McLean Hospital and is Chief Medical Officer at Ellenhorn and CEO of Accord. His work explores how metabolism, nutrition, exercise, sleep and therapeutic ketosis can influence brain function and mental health, particularly in conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Not surprisingly, I loved this chat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can working professionals do the full-time MBA without dropping their jobs? Columbia is the most recent business school to bet yes.

Tongue tie is a process not just a procedure.  We say this all the time but not all providers actually mean they practice interdisciplinary care.  Dr Jaju at Smile Wonders in Virginia is a big advocate for collaborating with other providers.  Katie and Dr Jaju discuss the trends causing babies to not be treated young, all about interdisciplinary care and communication and aftercare.  As we said it's a whole process not just a procedure.  Listen here for the episode Podcast Guest: Dr. Rishita Jaju, is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist, and founder of Smile Wonders in Reston, VA. She is a Harvard trained mommy dentist, a TEDx speaker, author and a published expert in Pediatric Laser Dentistry. Dr. Rishita's expertise in laser dentistry and passion for infant oral health have come from her experience in providing care for thousands of infants, toddlers and children with feeding difficulties over the last 15+ years. She is one of the few pediatric dentists in the country who has achieved Advanced Laser Proficiency Certification and Mastership Status from the Academy of Laser Dentistry as well as Breastfeeding Specialist Certification from Lactation Educational Resources. Her service as the chief resident and visiting faculty at Children's National Medical center,  the Council of Clinical Affairs for American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and as a part of the Examination Committee of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, has given her a unique opportunity to have a positive influence on her profession. When it comes to research and publications her work can be found in peer reviewed journals on topics of pediatric dental care for patients with special healthcare needs, behavior guidance, esthetic dentistry, pain management and lasers in dentistry. Her numerous live and virtual training to  introduce the benefits of laser applications have been well received by her colleagues in general dentistry, pediatricians, lactation consultants, speech pathologists and other allied healthcare professionals. Each year she participates in Give Kids a Smile initiative to provide pro bono care for  children of Northern Virginia in an effort to give back to her community. Dr. Rishita and her husband are both proud UGA bulldogs who adore their son and their 2 Maltese doggies named Kaju and Kulfi. They have traveled together all over the world and have visited every continent (except Antarctica).Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.comSupport the show

Pema Sherpa is a mindfulness researcher and keynote speaker who helps organizations boost employee well-being and performance. Born and raised in Nepal, she studied the mind-body relationship at Harvard University and teaches mindfulness in a way that's both philosophically grounded and useful for people in demanding careers. She co-authored The Daily Buddhist with her husband, pairing short, daily teachings with practical, modern application. Presented by the City Bar's Mindfulness & Well-Being in Law Committee, Pema talks with committee members Katiuska Moure and Nancy Batterman about her upbringing, her path into mindfulness research, and some practical keys lawyers and law students can use to build healthier daily habits even before they're ready to meditate. Selected Links from the Episode: The Daily Buddhist (book): https://thedailybuddhist.net/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daily.buddhist/ 00:00 Introduction 02:02 Pema's Journey 06:28 Harvard and Career Pivot 08:54 Immigrant Law Student Challenges 12:38 Tools for Students 16:44 Bringing Resilience into Legal Practice 20:09 Body Basics and the Nervous System 24:30 "Work With What You Have" 30:21 Meditation Isn't the Entry Point 33:28 Daily Buddhist Resources 39:44 Closing Thoughts and Committee Resources

Throwbacks are where I re-release old episodes from the archives. So don't worry if you have heard it already, as 'New episodes' will continue to come out on Sundays. To get some of the old episodes heard.~~~Tonight guest is Brigitte Barclay from the United Kingdom, and Brigitte has worked with many of the world's leading researchers of the alien abduction phenomena, including the late Bud Hopkins, Dolores Cannon and Harvard psychology professor John E. Mack. She will be sharing her own personal experiences, including an encounter with a UFO on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles in 1993. Brigitte BarclayEmail: brigittebarclay@gmail.comWebsite: https://www.brigittebarclay.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BBBBrigitteBarclayX: https://x.com/BrigitteBarclayMore information on this episode on the podcast website:https://ufochroniclespodcast.com/ep-272-the-405-freeway-encounter/Want to share your encounter on the show?Email: UFOChronicles@gmail.comOr Fill out Guest Form:https://forms.gle/uGQ8PTVRkcjy4nxS7Podcast Merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/ufo-chronicles-podcastHelp Support UFO CHRONICLES by becoming a Patron:https://patreon.com/UFOChroniclespodcastX: https://x.com/UFOchronpodcastAll Links for Podcast:https://linktr.ee/UFOChroniclesPodcastThank you for listening!Like share and subscribe it really helps me when people share the show on social media, it means we can reach more people and more witnesses and without your amazing support, it wouldn't be possible.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ufo-chronicles-podcast--3395068/support.

At college, young people have the opportunity to get to know peers from different ethnic, social, and political backgrounds. As a result, they meet students who see the world in completely different ways. So what should happen when students encounter ideas, histories, or each other in ways that make them deeply uncomfortable? Avoiding those conversations may reduce conflict in the short term. Simply encouraging students to “speak freely” isn't enough either. Without trust and skill, difficult conversations can reinforce divisions instead of bridging them. Professors and other educators can provide guidance drawing from a wide array of sources and points of view. But how can educators teach healthy constructive ways to engage with new ideas and different perspectives, especially in an age of polarization? Universities have become one of the places where America's conflicts over race, history, identity, and free expression play out most intensely. In the 2010s many scholars adopted a more critical view of American history and how it shaped our present. But the past few years have seen a roll-back of racial studies programs and diversity initiatives. Universities around the country have opened civics education centers, in some cases as a way of restoring a more traditional take on history. Our two guests this episode are professors who teach divisive topics including race in America and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. They've each found ways to engage students and create classroom cultures based on curiosity and respect. And they're leading the way for other educators. Stephanie Shonekan is Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland. While chair of the Black Studies Department at the University of Missouri, Stephanie created and ran several programs geared towards inclusion and diversity. She's also an ethnomusicologist, and uses music to address difficult topics in class. She's the co-author of the book Race and the American Story. John Rose is a professor of the practice at the School of Civic Life and Leadership at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He teaches several courses on civil discourse, including one titled “How to Think in an Age of Polarization,” which has inspired similar classes at colleges across the country. He holds a doctorate in theology. Learn more from our guests: Watch Stephanie Shonekan's TED talk: “SPF, WTF?” Watch Stephanie Shonekan and John Rose speak on a panel on civil dialogue at the Ohio Civic Center Symposium at the Ohio State University, May 2025 Watch Stephanie Shonekan and co-author Adam Seagrave discuss their book Race and the American Story Order Race and the American Story Read John Rose's essay for the Wall Street Journal, “How I liberated my college classroom.” Dig deeper: 10 highlights from Yale's new report detailing why Americans distrust higher education -The College Fix Higher Education's Problems Go Way Beyond Trust – The Ringer Ibram X. Kendi vs. America's “Antiracism Backlash” – Reveal The Most Important Question Is ‘What if I'm Wrong?' - David French, New York Times Inside the Trump Administration's Assault on Higher Education - the New Yorker Buckley Institute 2025 national survey report on free speech and related issues on campus College Uncovered: the New College Compact - College Uncovered podcast, GBH Related article: Local colleges targeted amid growing campus culture wars A five-point plan to save Harvard from itself - Steven Pinker for the Boston Globe Harvard Derangement Syndrome - Steven Pinker for the New York Times ABOUT THE SHOW The Making Peace Visible podcast is hosted by Jamil Simon and produced by Andrea Muraskin. The associate producer and graphic designer is Faith McClure. Learn more at makingpeacevisible.orgSupport our workConnect on social:Instagram @makingpeacevisibleYouTube @makingpeacevisibleLinkedIn @makingpeacevisibleBluesky @makingpeacevisible.bsky.socialMaking Peace Visible is a proud member of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts dedicated to creating a more informed, civically engaged electorate.We want to learn more about our listeners. Take this 3-minute survey to help us improve the show!

Legal is the department that can stop a business transaction cold. A contract goes into review and two weeks disappear. Procurement waits. Sales waits. And the tools that were supposed to fix that — an assistant bolted into Word, a chat window with a contract pasted into it — ask an in-house lawyer to trust a system that can give one answer today and a slightly different answer next week. In a field where the human carries the liability and the model does not, that is not a rounding error. That is the whole problem.In this episode of Talking AI, Matt Paige sits down with Emad Khazraee, co-founder and CTO of RiskVantage AI, previously VP of AI at Xometry, a data science and AI leader at Turing, an information science professor, and a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center. For years Emad told his co-founder, Mark Afshar — a practicing lawyer turned in-house counsel for big pharma — that legal AI was a bad idea: a wrapper has no moat, and Anthropic or OpenAI will do it better than you overnight. What changed his mind was an architecture, not a market: a deterministic ontology that owns the legal reasoning, and small domain-specific language models that handle the language.The conversation covers why a nine-billion-parameter model running sub-second on a commodity GPU can match a frontier model inside a single domain, how subsidized token prices are distorting the entire legal AI market, why RiskVantage AI sells to procurement and sales ops rather than to lawyers who bill by the hour, what a failed PhD project on symbolic AI taught him about where determinism belongs, and whether the billable hour survives the decade.In this episode, you'll hear about:What ChatGPT can't know about your company: its risk appetite, its baselines, and the practices it expects every single timeWhy the legal services market — north of $900 billion, by Emad's count — has every frontier lab gunning for itThe objections that made him refuse to build a legal AI company, and the one that still holdsWhy a Word plugin stopped being defensible the moment Anthropic shipped its ownHow subsidized token pricing echoes Uber and Lyft, and who gets hurt when the subsidy endsThe consistency problem: one answer today, a different answer next week, and a lawyer's confidence goneNeuro-symbolic AI in plain English — a deterministic ontology for legal risk, LLMs for document understandingThe three years Mark Afshar spent codifying legal risk before there was a productWhy a 9B domain-adapted model is “dumb enough” that it can't wander outside its sandboxKnowledge distillation, silver datasets, and self-distillation policy optimization in practiceThe sovereign-cloud niche: ITAR data, commodity GPUs, and customers whose data will never leaveOutcome-based pricing, AI-enabled law firms, and what happens to the billable hourThe access-to-justice case: pro se filings, public defenders, and what a $20 subscription changesKey Moments00:01:30 — What ChatGPT can't know: your company's risk appetite and baselines00:05:12 — $700 an hour, a tenth at a time — and Coinbase's AI mandate to outside counsel00:08:12 — Why he told his co-founder no: a wrapper has no moat00:10:22 — Subsidized tokens, Uber and Lyft, and Legora's move to consumption pricing00:14:31 — The sovereign-cloud niche: ITAR data, commodity GPUs, and data that can't leave00:16:56 — “I am on the hook for the liability, not which model I used”00:18:15 — Same question a week later, a different answer, and confidence gone00:22:13 — If a rule can govern it, you should never use an LLM00:23:00 — The PhD failure: narrative machines, Frege, and symbolic AI's rigidity00:26:53 — Mark Afshar's three years codifying legal risk into an ontology00:29:00 — Neuro-symbolic AI, explained00:31:03 — Don't use a missile to hit a fly: why smaller models are safer00:35:47 — A 9B model, sub-second on a commodity GPU, matching Fable 5 in-domain00:38:00 — Does the billable hour survive? Outcome pricing and AI-enabled firms00:42:40 — Why affordable legal access is a democratic-society problem00:44:00 — The pro se surge: people filing their own cases with ChatGPT and Claude00:48:30 — “I'm talking with Copilot.” “That's not research.”Key LinksRiskVantage AIConnect with Emad on LinkedInMentioned in this episode:AI Opportunity FinderFeeling overwhelmed by all the AI noise out there? The AI Opportunity Finder from HatchWorks cuts through the hype and gives you a clear starting point. In less than 5 minutes, you'll get tailored, high-impact AI use cases specific to your business—scored by ROI so you know exactly where to start. Whether you're looking to cut costs, automate tasks, or grow faster, this free tool gives you a personalized roadmap built for action.

Caitlin Begg is the founder of Authentic Social and a sociologist. Authentic Social is a NYC-based applied research lab at the intersection of sociology and technology. Since her undergraduate Harvard sociology thesis in 2016, she has spent the last decade researching how digital communication reshapes human interaction. Caitlin speaks around the U.S. and Europe, presenting her work at venues ranging from TEDxPrincetonU to World Summit AI in Amsterdam. She is also the host of the Hypercommunication podcast (with a corresponding substack). You can watch her recent TEDxPrincetonU talk "Stuck in your screen? Here's how to detach" here. 

For years, the debate about AI was mostly about what it could do, whether it could write, make convincing art, or beat us at our own games. The questions now are older and harder. What makes us human? How do we find meaning? If a machine can do more of the things we thought made humans special, where does that leave us? These aren't new questions, but rapid advances in AI have made them feel a lot more urgent. Even Pope Leo XIV chose artificial intelligence as the subject of his first encyclical. Greg Epstein, the humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT and author of Tech Agnostic, has been asking these questions long before the machines showed up. He argues that we're living in a moment with too much certainty, and that the most useful thing we could embrace right now might be doubt. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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How would you build a world-class brand around a niche, somewhat intangible service like accelerated learning? Jim Kwik has done just that.   Jim is a speaker, podcaster, and bestselling author ("Limitless"), who's become a world-class voice in cognition and accelerated learning. He's worked with Google, Harvard, Nike, Oprah and Elon Musk to name a few. But Jim isn't just a brain expert: he's also an excellent communicator and loves distilling his message into short, powerful statements his community calls "Kwik-isms".   In this week's episode, bestselling author Donald Miller sits down with Jim to discuss the in-depth story behind his brand, brainstorm soundbites they can use to make his offer instantly appealing to customers, and Jim shares his process for making sure he uses AI effectively and without turning off his brain.   Check out Jim Kwik's newly released book, "Limitless Daily", here: https://www.amazon.com/Limitless-Daily-Train-Brain-Master/dp/1401978940     ----------------------   If you ever wonder why some marketing instantly grabs your attention while the rest gets ignored, know that it's not about luck. It's not about a bigger budget. The marketing that works follows just a few simple principles that make it easy to understandable, memorable, and impossible to overlook. That's why StoryBrand has a free guide. The Four Rules of Messaging PDF will teach you those principles and in just a few minutes you'll have a simple but powerful framework for improving every message you create from your website and emails to your ads and sales calls. Download your free copy of The Four Rules of Messaging: https://storybrand.com/the-4-rules-of-messaging?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=4rules-lead-gen-2026&utm_term=sbpod&utm_content=sbpodcast   ----------------------   Ready to clarify your message and grow your business?   Attend StoryBrand Your Business LIVE to learn how to explain what you do in a way customers instantly understand: https://storybrand.com/live/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=sbyourbusiness&utm_term=sbpod&utm_content=SB_workshop    Visit StoryBrand.com for business training, messaging tools, and resources to help you grow: https://storybrand.com/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=storybrand&utm_term=sbpod&utm_content=SB_home    Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storybrand   Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/storybrand

→ Aquatru | Unlock your hair & skin's true potential with 20% Off AquaTru Shower using promo code SHDRG at https://aquatrushower.com. It comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Episode Description:Your lab work is not your health. Your biography is. Dr. Lucy McBride is a Harvard-trained internal medicine physician with 25 years of clinical practice and the author of Beyond the Prescription, published with Simon and Schuster in August 2026 with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver. She practices medicine the way almost no one does anymore: by treating the whole person, not the panel. This conversation moves through childhood trauma and metabolic disease, weight loss and GLP-1s, SSRIs and the one thing no pill will ever fix. It is one of the most honest conversations about what health actually is that Heal Thy Self has ever had. Dr. Lucy McBride's health takes: Take 1: "The lab work you get done with your doctor rarely shows the most interesting aspects of your health" Dr. McBride makes the case that biographic data is clinical data. Growing up in poverty, in a chaotic household, with an alcoholic parent — none of that appears on a blood panel, and all of it directly shapes how a patient thinks, eats, drinks, relates, and heals. Take 2: "The body is the scorekeeper" Chronic nervous system dysregulation does not stay in the nervous system. Dr. McBride explains how unprocessed emotional stress shows up as high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and autoimmunity, and why prescribing a pill without asking the deeper question is solving the wrong problem entirely. Take 3: "Sometimes you don't need a GLP-1. Sometimes you just need to eat lunch" One of the most counterintuitive takes of the episode. Dr. McBride explains why chronic low-grade restriction sends the metabolism into survival mode, why stubborn weight that will not move is sometimes the body's response to not being fed enough, and why the first question to ask is about your relationship with food — not your caloric intake. Take 4: "Sometimes you don't need Prozac. You need a divorce" Dr. McBride closes with her most powerful take. SSRIs are not the problem — the system that prescribes them in five-minute appointments is. She makes the case that no amount of pharmacology can resolve the social and emotional toll of living in chronic fear or unhappiness, and that agency is the medicine no pill can replicate. In this episode, you'll discover:  • Why abnormal metabolic markers are often downstream symptoms of chronic nervous system dysregulation, and why understanding a patient's emotional and social context changes the entire treatment picture  • Why the metabolism responds to restriction the same way it responds to famine, what that means for stubborn weight that will not move, and why your relationship with food is sometimes the most complicated relationship you have  • Why SSRIs are overprescribed not because they are bad but because the system does not have time to ask better questions, and what the actual work of mental health requires that no supplement or medication can substitute for Health is not about having all the answers. It is about asking better questions. Find Dr. Lucy Mcbride:Website: https://www.lucymcbride.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlucymcbride/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:26 - Childhood Trauma as a Data Point That Never Shows Up in Any Test 2:16 - How a Dysregulated Nervous System Becomes High Blood Pressure and High Blood Sugar 5:11 - When Abnormal Labs Are a Downstream Symptom of What's Really Going On in Someone's Life 6:18 - Autoimmunity and Why the Body Is Always the Scorekeeper 7:15 - Does Cancer Have a Life Story Element? A Harvard-Trained Doctor Answers 8:59 - Dr. G Opens Up About Addiction in His 20s — and Why Shame Made It Worse 9:27 - The Most Surprising Discovery From GLP-1 Research (It's Not the Weight Loss) 10:28 - Why Most Patients With Obesity Aren't Lazy — They Just Haven't Had the Right Tool 14:52 - What Menopause Actually Is Beneath the Hot Flashes and Brain Fog 16:00 - Hormone Replacement Therapy: The Standard of Care Most Women Are Still Being Denied 21:07 - Perimenopause: What It Is, When It Starts and What You Can Actually Do About It 23:27 - For Stubborn Weight Gain: Sometimes You Just Need to Eat Lunch 25:32 - Your Body Makes Its Own GLP-1 — Here's What Triggers It 26:30 - Is Excess Weight Sometimes Emotional Protection? She Answers Honestly 27:21 - What to Ask Yourself About Your Relationship With Food (Before You Try Anything Else) 28:44 - "Sometimes You Don't Need Prozac — You Need a Divorce" 30:22 - The Hard Work No Pill, Supplement or GLP-1 Can Do for You 33:18 - The Book, the Foreword and What It's Really a Guide For Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm going to assume you are aware that we are at a time when, even though we are often in communication with more people than ever, quantity wise, we are statistically connecting with fewer people than ever. The stats on loneliness and isolation are at equal or all time highs. I have been giving focus to how we connect, but a key issue is what we are connecting with. Meaning, what are we sharing with other people? My guest in this episode is Leslie John, the James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Her award-winning research appears in top academic journals and media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. She has taken her research direct from her teaching at Harvard and is giving it to us in her new book, REVEALING: The Underrated Power of Oversharing. So right there, oversharing. It's easy to look at social media and feel everyone is literally, oversharing. But set that aside, here we are talking about your personal relationships. In your home, at work, with friends and family. In these instances, Leslie is finding that we are for the most part, undersharing. We aren't being open and honest with people. Authentic is a popular word these days. So of course her call is for us to share more deeply and honestly. Now are we to do this with everyone, everywhere, all the time? Of course not. But where we care and where it counts, I'll ask you, do you want to connect more deeply? Do you want to feel more resonance with people you care about? This is the show. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to start your free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you stay motivated in your career after years of success - and conquering so many mountains? How do you decide if taking on people management is the right move for you? How should you respond to an ambitious employee that you think needs to be more patient? In this episode, Muriel and her producer, Mary, answer listeners' questions to help leaders of all levels navigate the challenges they are facing. For further reading: A Guide to Motivating Yourself at Work: https://hbr.org/2023/07/a-guide-to-motivating-yourself-at-workThe 7 Hidden Beliefs That Hold Leaders Back: https://www.radicalcandor.com/podcast/hidden-beliefsHow Do I Stay Motivated After Surviving Layoffs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjy_GCrZTnQShould I Become a People Manager? https://medium.com/@fun_cuddles/should-i-become-a-people-manager-the-difficulty-of-identifying-management-potential-8fbfb534f0b1Want to stay connected? You can find Muriel here:Website: murielwilkins.comLinkedIn: @Muriel Maignan WilkinsInstagram: @CoachMurielWilkinsWant to be coached by Muriel?If you're facing a professional challenge, apply to be coached by Muriel on the Coaching Real Leaders podcast: Apply here Keep the conversation going:Join the Coaching Real Leaders Community where Muriel hosts live debriefs and Q&A sessions: coachingrealleaderscommunity.comGo deeper:Read Muriel's newest book, Leadership Unblocked: LeadershipUnblocked.comFor executive coaches:Learn more about Evolve, Muriel's immersive program for executive coaches: murielwilkins.com/evolveSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Women have been told for years that they need to negotiate more—but what if that isn't the real problem? In this episode, Nicole welcomes negotiation consultant, Harvard research fellow, and founder of Moon Negotiation, Joan Moon, to unpack what the research actually says about women and negotiation. Together, they challenge outdated myths, explore the impact of gender bias at the bargaining table, and share practical strategies that help women advocate for themselves without abandoning who they are. From salary conversations to flexible work arrangements and everyday communication, this conversation reveals that negotiation isn't about becoming more aggressive—it's about becoming more strategic.  In This Episode Nicole and Joan Discuss: Why the idea that women are "bad negotiators" is a myth unsupported by research. How gender bias—not lack of skill—often influences negotiation outcomes. Why women excel when negotiating for others but face different expectations when advocating for themselves. The power of the win-win approach and how to frame requests around shared success. How asking better questions leads to stronger negotiation outcomes, and why listening is often a negotiator's greatest advantage. The importance of uncovering the other person's underlying interests instead of making assumptions. How to negotiate non-salary benefits like flexibility, time, and professional support. Practical strategies for performance reviews, raises, and promotion conversations. Common negotiation mistakes women make—and how to avoid them. Together, these insights offer a practical roadmap for approaching negotiation with confidence, clarity, and a win-win mindset.  Thank you to our sponsors! Start your risk-free Greenlight trial today at Greenlight.com/TIWW. Don't wait to teach your kids real-world money skills! Connect with Joan: Website: ww.moonnegotiation.com  IG: https://www.instagram.com/moonnegotiation/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonnegotiation  LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanmoon413/   Mini Online Course: https://course.moonnegotiation.com/fundamentals-of-negotiation-for-women-EXPRESS  Related Podcast Episodes The 3 N's - Negotiation, Networking & No with Kathryn Valentine | 327 162 / Compensation Myths with Kelli Thompson How To Ask Better Questions with Elizabeth Weingarten | 347 Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the beginning of the new application season. Cambridge / Judge is the first top MBA program with their Round 1 deadline, which was last week. This upcoming week, London Business School, Oxford / Said and Duke / Fuqua all have admissions deadlines. Graham highlighted Clear Admit's upcoming events. We plan to do a livestream event this Tuesday, to kick off the new admissions season. This event is for participants to ask any questions they have for their Round 1 strategy. Graham and Alex will be hosting, as usual. You can subscribe to Clear Admit's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@ClearAdmitMBA Later in September, Clear Admit will also host several more webinar events featuring admissions professionals from all the top MBA programs. Signups for those events are here: https://www.clearadmit.com/events Graham highlighted a recently published deep-dive piece on Adcom's considerations regarding the use of AI in MBA admissions. Graham also noted admissions tips related to GMAT & GRE test waivers and video essays. Clear Admit also published a handy chart that highlights which top MBA programs allow for test waivers. Clear Admit continues its Adcom Q&A series. This week Graham notes a Q&A with Texas / McCombs. Graham also highlighted several podcast Q&As that continue to be released, including Q&As with Harvard, Fuqua, Booth and Stern. For this week, for the candidate profile review portion of the show, Alex selected two ApplyWire entries: This week's first MBA admissions candidate is planning to apply in 2028. They are a structural engineer and want to use the MBA to pivot to investment banking. This week's second MBA applicant is from India and has a master's in chemistry. They have a 645 GMAT score and we wonder if they should retake the test. This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England. It was produced and engineered by the fabulous Dennis Crowley in Philadelphia, USA. Thanks to all of you who've been joining us and please remember to rate and review this show wherever you listen!

Send me a text! I'd LOVE to hear your feedback on this episode!Are you outsourcing your inner knowing about your body to a stranger with a discount code?Did you know the world's leading experts on honesty allegedly faked their own data? In this week's episode, I unpack the vital difference between character and integrity, and why true wholeness is eroding in the modern world. We are living in a moment where a machine can do the lying for you, and the wellness space has been taken over by a "coupon-code" economy that more often prioritizes profits over your actual health. And did you know your character isn't a life sentence; it's a muscle you can rebuild.In this episode, I dive into:How two prominent honesty researchers had their data exposed as fabricated, leading to the retraction of papers and the revocation of Harvard tenure.The psychological concept of moral disengagement and why delegating tasks to artificial intelligence increases dishonest behaviour.The reality behind the $32.5 billion influencer marketing industry.The startling fact that over 80 percent of wellness influencers failed to disclose advertising or conflicts of interest.Actionable steps to stop outsourcing your judgment, start keeping small promises, and become the author of your own choices.Your power is within you first—don't let anyone sell it back to you with a discount code. Tune in to rebuild your integrity and reclaim your inner wisdom.Support the showI'm Sandy Kruse, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, credentialed & long-standing host of Sandy K Nutrition Health & Lifestyle Queen, and a solo, independent podcaster who has been doing this passion-over-profit for 6+ years. Mostly me now in 2026, chasing the truth about health and wellness. If this episode gave you something, the most powerful way to support shows like mine is free: hit subscribe and leave a quick review with a few kind words wherever you're listening. Those little reviews are how independent voices actually get found - they help this show reach the next person who needs to hear it. Thank you for being here. Oh, and please share this with a friend.Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sandyknutrition/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/sandyknutritionTikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@sandyknutritionYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIh48ov-SgbSUXsVeLL2qAgLinkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyknutrition/Substack:  https://sandykruse.substack.com/Podcast Website:  https://sandykruse.ca

"When something becomes a measurement, it stops becoming a good target." In a world obsessed with digital efficiency and quick fixes, the real currency of a meaningful life remains independent thought, presence, and intentional effort. In this episode of Gratitude Through Hard Times, host Chris Schembra sits down with Nishat Mehta, CEO of Lexitas. A Harvard-trained mathematician and computer scientist turned executive, Nishat breaks down how leaders can navigate rapid change by embracing dialectical thinking—holding two seemingly competing truths at the same time. From balancing bottom-line performance with human empathy to shifting parenting styles as children grow, Nishat shares key insights on Goodhart's Law, confident humility, and finding extraordinary meaning in ordinary moments. 10 Memorable Quotes: "The new normal is that it will just keep changing. It really comes down to the ability to accept the change yourself and then lead the change amongst those around you." — Nishat Mehta "Confident humility balances high confidence in one's ability to figure things out with low ego regarding one's own current knowledge." — Chris Schembra "When something becomes a measurement, it stops becoming a good target." — Nishat Mehta "Always find the extraordinary in the ordinary." — Chris Schembra "Everything is on a spectrum... the edges of the spectrum are rarely the right answer." — Nishat Mehta "Efficiency increases consumption if you're not careful." — Chris Schembra "The journey is far more important than the destination... if we are constantly changing, it's because we are succeeding at the things we needed to do before." — Nishat Mehta "We must step out of the tyranny of the 'or' and into the genius of the 'and'." — Chris Schembra "Great work is something you're supposed to do, but recognizing what might seem ordinary is worthy of extraordinary gratitude." — Nishat Mehta "Gratitude doesn't change your circumstances; it changes your capacity to carry them." — Chris Schembra 10 Key Takeaways: Practicing Confident Humility: Balancing low ego regarding current knowledge with high confidence in a team's adaptability to solve complex, unfamiliar problems. Overcoming Goodhart's Law: Why single metrics distort business outcomes, and how pairing competing targets (like quantity vs. quality) maintains operational integrity. The "Genius of the 'And'": Replacing rigid "either/or" tradeoffs with dialectical thinking that unites radical acceptance with proactive change. Navigating Shifts in Family & Parenting: Transitioning from physical, hands-on care for young children to emotional, social mentorship as they grow into independence. Understanding Jevons Paradox in Modern Work: Recognizing how efficiency gains from AI can be swallowed by routine busyness unless leaders intentionally safeguard time for human connection. Harnessing "Collective Effervescence": Leveraging physical experiences, shared sports, and community gatherings to foster genuine human harmony and connection. Lowering Barriers to Access Justice: Applying technology and low-level AI guidance to make legal support more affordable, equitable, and fair. Change Management as a Core Leadership Skill: Shifting focus from day-to-day tactical execution toward building organizational consensus and motivating teams through continuous evolution. Finding Extraordinary Meaning in Ordinary Moments: Cultivating daily awareness to appreciate quiet family routines and ordinary acts of care that are often taken for granted. Embracing the Business Journey Over Destinations: Accepting that strategic goals evolve naturally as progress is made, making the growth process the ultimate measure of success. About our Guest: Nishat Mehta is the Chief Executive Officer of Lexitas, a leading national provider of technology-enabled litigation services and an Apax portfolio company based in Houston, Texas. He stepped into the CEO seat on January 1, 2025, having originally joined the company as President and Chief Operating Officer in March 2024. Under his leadership, Lexitas is launching AI-enabled deposition analysis, expanding its eLaw case-tracking platform, and continuing to serve law firms, insurance companies, and corporations across all 50 states. Nishat brings more than two decades of leadership across data, analytics, and enterprise technology. He most recently served as President of Global Products and Solutions and Chief Product Officer at Circana (formed from the merger of IRI and The NPD Group), where he ran the firm's global media, analytics, e-commerce, software, and consulting divisions. Prior to Circana, he led the customer communications team at 84.51° (Kroger's data-science and personalization arm), directed strategic partnerships at dunnhumby, and spent 15 years at MicroStrategy. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) and on the Board of Advisors of Adelaide Metrics. Nishat holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics and a Master's degree in Computer Science, both from Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife, Shalini, and their three children. His guiding quote, from John Wooden: ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Alzheimer's, Surgery & Radical Honesty: Dr. Anthony Goodman on “Great Saves and Terrible Losses” | Inner Voice with Dr. Foojan Zeine In this deeply moving episode of Inner Voice, A Heartfelt chat with Dr. Foojan, Dr. Foojan Zeine sits down with Dr. Anthony A. Goodman — a Harvard- and Cornell-trained surgeon, Vietnam-era Army Medical Corps physician, medical educator, and author — to discuss his powerful memoir, Great Saves and Terrible Losses: The Journeys of a Surgeon. Joined by his wife and caregiver, Mary Beth Goodman, Dr. Goodman opens up about his 20-year surgical career, the corporatization of modern medicine, and his own Alzheimer's diagnosis at age 83. This conversation covers patient-centered care, the importance of radical transparency between doctors and patients, what it really feels like to live with dementia, breakthrough amyloid-clearing treatments, and practical caregiving wisdom for families navigating memory loss. Whether you're a healthcare professional, a caregiver, or someone facing your own diagnosis, this episode offers hard-won insight and hope.

Cornelia Choe explains why being right is no longer enough for leaders operating in environments of constant change. She calls the problem "perspective blindness": we may be correct about what we see while still seeing only part of the picture. Drawing on experiences across private equity, government, nonprofits, and leadership advisory, Cornelia argues that information has become increasingly commoditized while context and judgment have become more valuable. AI can broaden our understanding and challenge our thinking, but it can also become "a very easy substitute for judgment" when leaders accept its answers without questioning them. The discussion examines two forms of perspective blindness. Reality blindness occurs when leaders fail to get close enough to different people, ideas, and situations. Projection blindness occurs when they assume others see the world as they do. Both become increasingly consequential when different members of an organization are responding to rapidly changing realities. Cornelia encourages leaders to move "from being an expert to the chief investigator of their company": continually seeking perspectives that challenge their assumptions, listening closely to customers and stakeholders, and questioning whether the value they have historically created still meets what people need today. Her advice for customer conversations is deliberately simple: "just zip it and listen." AI can support the same discipline. Cornelia uses AI personas representing people who see an issue differently from her to expose blind spots and expand the range of possibilities, while continuing to triangulate those perspectives with human judgment. Before an important decision, she recommends asking: "Who sees this differently? Why do they see this differently? What do they see? And which of my assumptions would they change?" The goal, she argues, "is not to eliminate uncertainty," but to take a wider view before making consequential decisions. Get Cornelia's book, The Panoramic Leader, here: https://tinyurl.com/57mkz4dw Claim your free gift: Free gift #1 McKinsey & BCG winning resume www.FIRMSconsulting.com/resumePDF Free gift #2 Breakthrough Decisions Guide with 25 AI Prompts www.FIRMSconsulting.com/decisions Free gift #3 Five Reasons Why People Ignore Somebody www.FIRMSconsulting.com/owntheroom Free gift #4 Access episode 1 from Build a Consulting Firm, Level 1 www.FIRMSconsulting.com/build Free gift #5 The Overall Approach used in well-managed strategy studies www.FIRMSconsulting.com/OverallApproach Free gift #6 Get a copy of Nine Leaders in Action, a book we co-authored with some of our clients: www.FIRMSconsulting.com/gift

#448 In this podcast episode, Guy talked with Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan about blindfold perception, telepathy, and the possibility that expanded human abilities were innate capacities that had become dormant and could be reawakened through joyful, methodical training. Dr. Edith explained how her children's program had brought parents into the process so the whole family could create a coherent environment for these abilities to open. She also shared how blindfold perception had become a form of "telepathy 101," helping people move from guessing to deeper intuition, inner knowing, and eventually confident perception beyond the physical eyes.  The conversation also explored how this work had supported focus, self-awareness, coherence, and discernment, especially for children who had been labeled with dyslexia or ADHD. By the end, Dr. Edith reflected on her own path from Harvard, software, Chinese medicine, Te, and mystical experience into helping people embody a more luminous, coherent, and awakened version of human potential.  ====================  Guy's Official Partners  The DNA Company – Get 10% Off https://thednacompany.com/letitinpodcast  FLFE – 2 Week Free Trial (No Credit Card Required) https://www.flfe.net/rp-affiliates.php?p=LiveInFlow&w=TryFLFEfree ====================  Key Points Discussed:  (00:00) - Beyond the Five Senses: Awakening Our Hidden Human Abilities! (01:42) - Ava's Blindfold Breakthrough and the Bigger Question It Opens (02:55) - What If Humans Were Told They Couldn't Swim? (04:36) - The Methodical Way Children Reawaken Expanded Perception (05:25) - Why Parents Had to Become Part of the Training (07:45) - The First Moment a Child Sees Colors Through the Blindfold (09:05) - The Telepathic Teenager Who Asked to Find Dr. Edith (11:25) - Soul Sisters, Blind Adults and the Birth of Adult MindSight Training (13:24) - Seeing, Touching, Hearing and Knowing Beyond the Five Senses (15:22) - Why Blindfold Perception Is Actually Telepathy Training (17:44) - The Joyful Game That Becomes Advanced Coherence Training (20:30) - Dyslexia, ADHD and the Hidden Gifts Inside "Disorders" (24:42) - When Blindfold Vision Becomes as Clear as Physical Sight (26:58) - LIVE IN FLOW — Experience This Work in Person (27:54) - Adult Retreats, Intuitive Senses and Changing the pH of Water (29:30) - Why Superpowers Are Byproducts, Not the Real Goal (31:45) - Truth Discernment in a World Full of Narratives (33:25) - The Qigong Healer Who Changed Four-Year-Old Edith's Life (43:40) - The Qigong Experience That Returned Her to "Home" ==================== Guy's Offerings  www.liveinflow.co ====================  How to Contact Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan:dredithubuntu.com ====================  Listen on Podcast Spotify Apple Podcasts ====================  Connect with Guy Instagram www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence Live In Flow www.instagram.com/live.in.flow ====================  Continue Your Journey Explore Guy's complete collection of solo podcast episodes: www.youtube.com/show/VLPLKOgPYwzskDo?sbp=Kgt1clRBdHJGem9pd0AB

What does it take to figure out who you really are when race, gender, culture, family, relationships, and society are all telling you who you're supposed to be? In this book club discussion, we explore Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan and its examination of transgender identity, immigration from the Philippines to the United States, growing up with albinism, attending Harvard, gender transition, queer identity, body image, privilege, belonging, and ultimately self-acceptance.Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek discuss how Meredith's childhood in the Philippines shaped her identity, why moving to America created both freedom and new forms of pressure, and how Harvard simultaneously became a place of liberation and exclusion. We also explore the memoir's complicated relationships, the difference between changing yourself for another person and changing because it reflects who you truly are, and the photograph that helped Meredith see herself differently.Rather than treating Fairest simply as a story about gender transition, we look at the larger question underneath it: how much of our identity belongs to us, and how much is shaped by our desire to be accepted?Upcoming Reads: Nervous Conditions – Tsitsi Dangarembga (September 2026) Midnight Train – Matt Haig (October 2026) Maus: A Survivor's Tale – Art Spiegelman (November 2026) Prudence Marsh Is Not a Nobody Anymore – Emily Krempholtz (December 2026) Circe by Madeline Miller OR Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter (January 2026)

What happens when you put a climate impact label on beef in the supermarket? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Maiken Maier, a political scientist and environmental behavior researcher who studies how climate and food policies influence human behavior, social norms, and public opinion.We dive into her paper, “Increasing the Uptake of Plant-Based Diets: An Analysis of the Impact of a CO₂ Food Label,” and its fascinating findings about the relationship between individual behavior and systems change.Dr. Maier explains why seemingly modest interventions — like carbon labels, choice architecture, and behavioral design — may be far more powerful than they first appear, particularly when they begin changing what people see as normal, desirable, and politically possible.LINKS

Wall Street treats demand like a line on a chart. Rob Snyder says that's exactly why investors keep getting burned. Motley Fool analyst Rachel Warren talks with Rob Snyder — Harvard Innovation Labs fellow, serial startup founder, and author of The Power of Pull — about why customers almost never buy things because they were convinced to, what that means for how you evaluate a publicly traded company's growth story, and how the AI boom is exposing which software businesses have genuine demand and which ones are papering it over with an ever-growing sales and marketing budget. He also shares the one financial metric he trusts above all others — and the surprisingly mundane AI use cases he's most excited about. Host: Rachel Warren Guest: Rob Snyder Producers: Kristi Waterworth, Lauren Budabin Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We're committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk www.LearningLeader.com The Price of Becoming www.LearningLeader.com/Becoming My guest: Angela Duckworth is a psychologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a MacArthur "genius" grant recipient. Her book Grit was a #1 New York Times bestseller, and her TED Talk is among the most-watched ever. Her new book is Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best. Key Learnings She almost lost her mom in the Atlantic. Angela took her 87-year-old mom snorkeling miles offshore. Her mom had not swum in decades. Within minutes, she had aspirated water into both lungs and was unconscious. Angela treaded water, held her mom's head up with one arm, and waved the other until help came. Her mom is 91 now and painting. No amount of grit would have saved them. Angela could not have swum her mother to shore. What saved them was changing the situation, which meant getting other people to their side. The situation is the ocean. It's that powerful, and most of us don't know what water we're swimming in. Grit isn't wrong. It's incomplete. Angela hasn't renounced anything. She's expanding it. Effort is what you bring. The situation determines whether that effort compounds or gets swallowed. Angela was a striver, and it worked for a long time. She knew she wasn't the most talented kid, but nobody was going to outwork her. She wanted to make the cheerleading squad without being able to do a split. She wanted a solo in choir while barely able to carry a tune. She worked her way to both. Most people would be surprised how far sheer effort can take them. Then it stopped being enough. To get as far as she actually wanted to go, and to do it sustainably for herself and the people around her, ignoring the situation was a mistake.  The shift: stop making the best of your situation through effort alone, and make the situation better first. "Of all the ways you can change your behavior, willpower is the absolute worst." You can white-knuckle a donut. You just can't do it forever. Resisting works in the moment and reliably leaves people exhausted, which is why it fails on day three. Your urges come from your thoughts. Your thoughts come from your surroundings. Donut, delicious. Then your hand moves. Instead of fighting the urge, ask where the thought came from. The better question: what situation would give me different thoughts? Not "how do I resist," but "where can I be so that the thought never arrives?" Three inputs shape what you think: the people around you, the physical objects within reach, and the place you're in. Situational agency. Angela coined the term. The situation isn't given to you. It's taken. Leon Marchand was already sixth in the world. His parents, both former Olympians, didn't tell him to train harder or wake up earlier. They told him to change his situation. He emailed Bob Bowman, moved to Arizona, and within two years cut more than eight seconds off his personal best and broke Michael Phelps's last-standing individual world record. A year after that, he won four golds in Paris. What actually changed for Marchand: the best coach in the sport, a lane full of people who all believed they could win it all, better facilities and nutrition and physical therapy, and a culture where world-class was the baseline rather than the ceiling. The situation isn't a given. The situation's taken. Control the controllables. The situation is one of them. Angela agrees with the mantra. Her objection is that most people apply it only to what's between their ears: mindset, attitude, goals. Marchand didn't rethink his attitude. He got on a plane. Get the outside game right, and you get much of the inside game for free. Change the room and the thoughts change with it. Every reason you can't change your situation is probably true, and beside the point. When Angela told people what she was writing, they immediately listed the reasons they were stuck. The mother-in-law, the spouse's job, the kids' school. None of it is wrong. All of it ignores the list of things they could change. Her late father-in-law's whole philosophy was two words: show up. Wedding, funeral, baseball game. Show up. John Wooden taught high school English for 14 years. He kept an apple on his desk. He thought of himself as a teacher first, which is also why he sat high in the bleachers during games instead of courtside. He'd taught them in practice. The game was theirs. What Wooden's players took with them: to be your best at anything, find a great teacher. Angela sees a DIY culture pulling the other way. When she tells young people to email someone, the answer is often that they'll just learn it on YouTube or ask a chatbot. You can teach yourself a lot of guitar that way. You will not become a great guitarist alone. Belief is borrowed more than you'd think. Nobody tries hard at anything without the thought "I can do this" somewhere in their head. That thought usually arrives from someone else first. Angela was a self-described ditzy cheerleader throwing keg parties. Her 10th- and 12th-grade English teacher, Mr. Carr, saw a writer. He handed her books. He took time on her pages. By graduation, she was the rare Harvard freshman who signed up for a second semester of the required writing course, just to keep going. The Pygmalion effect. Bob Rosenthal made up a test, told elementary teachers which kids were about to bloom, and picked the names at random. The teachers called on those kids more, listened harder, encouraged more. By year's end, the kids fulfilled the prophecy they'd been randomly assigned. Every single person she has interviewed has a Mr. Carr. Olympic athletes, Olympic coaches, CEOs, world leaders. Someone who could see farther than they could see. Confidence is a half-filled helium balloon. It has to get batted back up again and again. Which means you don't need your mentor once. You need them on the bad days. Angela forwards her rejection letters to her team. The journals she submits to reject over 90 percent of submissions, and the rejections run eight single-spaced pages. She sends them around so the younger scientists watch her fail, hear that she's angry and discouraged, and then watch her get back up. She failed writing this book the first time. Up before dawn seven days a week through an entire sabbatical, and the clock ran out. She called her publisher and her agent to give the money back and asked whether she owed interest. They called it a pause. She said remote controls have separate buttons for pause and stop. Burnout and imposter syndrome were abstractions until they weren't. She had taught both. She had never lived either. Not eating, not sleeping. What got her out was not more effort. It was a better situation: additional editorial support and mentors to get her back on track. Frankl and Maslow argued about this for decades, and Maslow conceded. Self-actualization aimed only at yourself leaves you unfulfilled. Maslow's final writing added a level above it and named it self-transcendence. There are only two types of people: those who are humble, and those who are about to be humbled. Angela's champagne moment a year from now: celebrating the people around her. Erikson called this stage generativity, and the question it asks is how everything you've learned can help the next generation do better than you did. Her students should excel her. They should be the ones on podcasts. She wants to cede the spotlight on purpose rather than have it taken. Her core identity is psychological scientist. Not speaker. Not author. The stage is a flow state, and she's good at it, but take away the research, and it isn't her anymore. Worth knowing which one yours is. Reflection Questions Pick the goal you've been grinding on the longest with the least to show for it. Is that an effort problem or a situational problem? Who is the best in the world at the thing you're trying to learn? What would it take to send the email this week, and then get on the plane? What is your purpose, in one sentence, written down? Mine is to inspire others to value and pursue excellence. What's yours? More Learning #679: Kat Cole - The Four Mindsets Every Leader Needs #591: Ryan Holiday - Do The Right Thing Right Now #673: Dan Coyle - Flourish. The Transformative Power of Creating CommunityPodcast Chapters 00:00 Apply for the Learning Leader Circle  01:39 Meet Angela Duckworth  02:57 The Dedication to Her Mother  04:17 Her Mother Nearly Drowned  07:08 Grit Isn't Enough  09:47 Willpower Is the Worst  12:26 Where Your Urges Come From  14:31 Marchand Got on the Plane  19:57 The Excuses That Sound True  22:27 Wooden Taught English for 14 Years  26:25 The Confidence You Borrow  32:22 Five Minutes With Pete Carroll  34:27 A Half-Filled Helium Balloon  35:29 She Forwards Her Rejections  37:05 What Success Feels Like  40:28 Frankl, Maslow, Self-Transcendence  45:59 The Book She Failed to Write  52:57 The Champagne Question  54:03 She Wants to Be Surpassed  57:27 Scientist First, Speaker Second  01:01:34 EOPC

Harvard researcher and Populace CEO Dr. Todd Rose joins Brian Kilmeade to reveal shocking private opinion data on how Americans truly feel about capitalism, socialism, and the rise of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates. Plus, Dr. Todd Rose exposes Chinese social media propaganda campaigns targeting US data centers and AI development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we are joined by Gary Melnick, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard & the Smithsonian and the Principal Investigator of NASA's Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite. Today, we discuss the latest developments in lunar exploration and what the Artemis 2 mission could mean for the future of human spaceflight… With decades of experience working on major NASA missions and space-based observatories, Gary offers insight into how modern space exploration differs from earlier missions and where the Artemis program could take us next. This podcast explores: The goals and significance of the Artemis 2 mission. What the latest lunar missions can teach us about future space exploration. How modern spaceflight differs from the Apollo era. Why spacecraft use gravitational slingshots when traveling between the Moon and Earth. Gary is also involved with The Galileo Project, which applies systematic scientific methods to the search for potential evidence of extraterrestrial technological civilizations. His work spans astronomy, astrophysics, space-based observatories, and some of the most ambitious questions in modern science. What could the Artemis 2 mission mean for the future of lunar exploration and human spaceflight? Listen now as Gary Melnick shares his insights into the mission, NASA's plans for the Moon, and where space exploration could go from here. Connect with Gary: Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian The Galileo Project

Dr. Shawna Pandya is a Canadian physician, commercial astronaut, aquanaut, researcher, and international speaker working at the intersection of space medicine, human performance, technology, and extreme environments. She is the first named female Canadian commercial astronaut and is scheduled to fly aboard Virgin Galactic's Delta-class spacecraft with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS).Dr. Pandya serves as Director of the IIAS Space Medicine Group, Chief Instructor for Operational Space Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Alberta, and Chief of Space Medicine at the Advanced SpaceLife Research Institute. She is also VP of Immersive Medicine at Luxsonic Technologies and a Fellow of the Explorers' Club.Her field experience spans 12 parabolic-flight campaigns and more than 180 microgravity/reduced-gravity parabolas, two aquanaut missions totaling over 235 hours underwater, suborbital research, centrifuge training, spacecraft emergency egress, sea survival, wilderness medicine, and a command role at the Mars Desert Research Station. Her research has contributed to experiments associated with the International Space Station, Polaris Dawn, and Blue Origin.She previously trained or interned at the European Astronaut Centre and NASA Johnson Space Center and has published work covering commercial spaceflight medicine, human resilience, space technology, and long-duration space exploration.An internationally recognized speaker, Dr. Pandya has presented for organizations and institutions including the Canadian Space Agency, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, World Extreme Medicine, and the Explorers' Club, as well as major aerospace and medical conferences worldwide.Her recognitions include being named among the Women's Executive Network Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada, the Explorers' Club 50 Explorers Changing the World, a Canadian Space Agency Space Ambassador, a Karman Pioneer, and a recipient of recognition from the Women's Space Awards.Dr. Pandya holds degrees in Neuroscience, Space Studies, and Medicine. Beyond medicine and spaceflight, she is an advanced and rescue diver, solo skydiver, pilot-in-training, and black belt in Taekwondo, reflecting a career built around exploration, resilience, science, and pushing the boundaries of human potential.

El patrimonio no crece por invertir bien, crece por diseñarlo. Pablo Sánchez , experto en diseño patrimonial y family offices, regresa al podcast para explicar por qué las familias que ganan el juego del dinero son las que le dedican tiempo a diseñar su patrimonio —y no las que simplemente acumulan inversiones aisladas. ¿Tu patrimonio no está diseñado? Del 2 al 4 de octubre es Wealth Mastery 2.0, la inmersión de 3 días para diseñarlo.

The Nazca Mummies may be real, but not extraterrestrial. Steve Aspin and Dr. Andreas Lück challenge decades of UFO assumptions, arguing the mysterious Peruvian bodies could be terrestrial biological organisms and that so-called alien-human hybrids may actually be genetically engineered humans. A provocative, science-driven journey into one of ufology's greatest mysteries. GUEST: Steve Aspin spent more than 35 years working in surgery and medical diagnostics before turning his investigative skills toward the UFO and abduction mystery. Author of Out of Time and co-author of Investigating the Impossible, Aspin explores the possibility that the phenomenon may involve genetics, family bloodlines, and realities far stranger than extraterrestrial visitation. GUEST: Dr. Andreas Lück is a molecular biologist, geneticist, and former Professor of Medical Biochemistry, Genetics and Cell Biology. With research experience at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital, he brings rigorous scientific analysis to some of the most controversial questions in ufology, applying genetics, DNA analysis, and cellular biology to the impossible. WEBSITE: https://investigatingtheimpossible.info/ BOOK: Investigating the Impossible: Biology Offers New Answers and Insights FOLLOW RICHARD Website: https://www.strangeplanet.ca YouTube: @strangeplanetradio Instagram: @richardsyrettstrangeplanet TikTok: @therealstrangeplanet SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! ETHOS – Life Insurance for Any Budget The #1 no-medical-exam, instant life insurance provider. Get Covered in 10 Minutes. Up to $3 Million in Coverage. Life Insurance Made Easy. Application Times May Vary. https://www.ethos.com HIMS Weight Loss By HIMS -HIMS now offers access to an affordable range of FDA-approved GLP-1 medications, including the Wegovy® pill and the Wegovy® pen. Ready to reach your goals? Visit hims.com/strangeplanet to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. MARS MEN Mars Men helps you reclaim your edge with natural testosterone support for energy, focus, and strength GWo to MenGoToMars.com right now, for a limited time, listeners of this program get 50% off for life, plus free shipping AND 3 free gifts. QUINCE Luxury, European linen that gets softer with every wash! Turn up the luxury when you turn in with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash RSSP for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. CARGURUS CarGurus is the #1 rated car shopping app in Canada on the Apple App and Google Play store. They've got hundreds of thousands of cars from top-rated dealers, plus advanced search tools that let you zero in on exactly what you want. And you can set real-time alerts for price drops and new listings — so you never miss a great deal. Buy your next car today with CarGurus at cargurus dot ca. Go to cargurus dot ca to make sure your big deal is the best deal. ⁠ BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER!!!⁠ ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Three monthly subscriptions to choose from. Commercial Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and a Subscription to my monthly newsletter, InnerSanctum. Visit ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Use the discount code "Planet" to receive $5 OFF any subscription. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/