Podcasts about George Washington University

In this special edition of Emerging Tech Horizons, recorded live from the Emerging Technologies Conference in Washington, DC, Mark Lewis speaks with Sarah Starr, a PhD student in Systems Engineering at George Washington University and an Army Reserve officer.They discuss the challenges of testing and evaluating multi-agent AI systems, the importance of appropriate human reliance and oversight, and how human-AI teaming could evolve as AI systems become more capable and complex. Sarah also shares insights from her research into how AI systems should be designed to support better human decision-making in defense workflows.NDIA Emerging Technologies Institute: https://www.ndiaeti.orgBe sure to follow us on social media for updates, early access to upcoming events, inside scoops, & more:LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4htROo0Twitter: https://bit.ly/48LHAx3Facebook: https://bit.ly/47vlht8And for more podcasts, articles, & publications covering all things emerging tech, visit: ndiaeti.org#ArtificialIntelligence #MultiAgentAI #HumanAITeaming #DefenseTechnology #EmergingTechnology

Send us Fan MailFor centuries, surgeons have learned by watching other surgeons. But what happens when we can record virtually every movement, every instrument, every decision - and then have AI analyze millions of operations?Could we create a new “language of surgery”? Could AI become a surgical copilot? And as brain-computer interfaces begin generating entirely new forms of neurological data, who ultimately owns the data generated by the human brain?Dr. Daniel Donoho, MD is a pediatric and adult neurosurgeon at Children's National Hospital ( https://appointments.childrensnational.org/provider/daniel-aharon-donoho/2359746 ) and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at George Washington University ( https://faculty.smhs.gwu.edu/daniel-donoho ).  He is also Co-Founder of the Foundation for Digital Neurosurgery ( https://www.neurosurgery.foundation/ )Dr. Donoho specializes in some of the most challenging conditions encountered in neurosurgery, including brain and spinal tumors, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, spina bifida, craniocervical disorders and complex skull-base disease. Dr. Donoho's training includes neurosurgical residency at USC, fellowship training in skull-base and endoscopic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, and pediatric neurosurgery fellowship training at Texas Children's Hospital.Dr. Donoho is also the Founder of the Surgical Data Science Collective ( https://www.surgicalvideo.io/ ), a nonprofit organization building a global ecosystem for collecting, sharing and analyzing surgical data - particularly surgical video - and applying artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision to the practice of surgery.Dr. Donoho is also a Principal Investigator on an NIH K23-funded project studying video analysis of neurosurgical technical performance and adverse events, and his academic work encompasses AI, computer vision and data science in surgery.There is also a fascinating global-health dimension to Dr. Donoho's work.Through the Surgical Data Science Collective, he is interested in using shared surgical data and AI to make expertise more accessible across borders and potentially help surgeons in resource-limited environments learn from procedures performed by experts around the world.On today's show we're going from the operating room, to surgical AI, to brain-computer interfaces, to neural privacy - and ultimately to the question of what technology may be doing to the human brain itself.#DanielDonoho #Neurosurgery #SurgicalAI #ArtificialIntelligence #SurgicalDataScience #ComputerVision #DigitalSurgery #Neurotechnology #BCI #BrainComputerInterface #Neuralink #MedicalAI #HealthcareAI #SurgicalInnovation #FutureOfMedicine #PediatricNeurosurgery #BrainHealth #AI #Surgery #ProgressPotentialAndPossibilitiesSupport the show

When families have support, children and youth do better at home, in school and in their communities. Yet many conversations about “student success” focus narrowly on classrooms and test scores, overlooking the pregnancy, early childhood, housing, mental health, special‑needs and basic‑needs supports that shape whether children can show up ready to learn in the first place. This program will explore how family resource centers and other family support services operate in San Francisco, drawing on the experiences of community leaders and parents who know these systems firsthand. Through stories from their work and lives, the panel will highlight how family support helps families navigate complex systems, build stability, and prevent crises before they escalate. The conversation will also consider what we can all do to support cradle‑to‑career supports for families, so that all San Francisco children and youth can thrive.About the Speakers Our moderator will be Kula Koenig, the chief policy officer at Safe & Sound, where she leads policy, advocacy and strategic partnerships to strengthen child abuse prevention through upstream investment, cross-sector collaboration, and systems change that centers families most impacted by inequities. She directly oversees Safe & Sound's role as the backbone organization of the Family Services Alliance, working to make San Francisco a place where all children, youth, and families can thrive. Kula grounds her leadership in the belief that prevention and civic engagement must be inclusive, accessible and healing. She brings more than 15 years of leadership experience at the intersection of public health, early childhood, and racial equity, including senior roles at Public Health Advocates, United Way, and the American Heart Association. She is also the founder and executive director of Social Justice PolitiCorps. Kula holds a B.A. from UCLA and an MBA from The George Washington University. Gloria Tan has been the executive director of the San Francisco nonprofit Gum Moon since 1986. Gum Moon operates a residence hall in Chinatown for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. In addition, Gum Moon has 3 family resource centers in the Chinatown, Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods. The FRC's are all funded through the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood's Family Resource Center Initiative. Originally from Singapore, Gloria came to the United States for college and earned a Business Administration degree from the University of San Francisco. In 2020, the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco honored her with its Lifetime Achievement Award in Community Building for her decades-long community leadership. In May 2026, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission recognized her contributions on behalf of women, children, immigrant families and underserved communities across the city. She is also an active member of the Family Services Alliance. Vicente Milan is a proud San Franciscan, born and raised. A former U.S. Army Specialist who deployed to Iraq, Vicente later worked in landscaping before stepping into his most important role: primary caregiver to three young boys in a blended family. Vicente and his family have turned to Compass Family Services' Family Resource Center for parenting support, help with one of his children's special needs, and housing stability services.  He now serves as a parent leader in Compass's “Repeat and Repair” group and brings to this panel the perspective of a father who has seen how family resource centers can strengthen families and improve children's outcomes. He loves taking his kids to museums and connecting with other parents.  A Social Impact Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. ORGANIZER Virginia Cheung Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us Fan MailRear Admiral Michael N. Parks, United States Coast  Guard, Retired, assumed the responsibilities in April 2015  as Regional Executive of the Northern Ohio Region of the American Red Cross. In this capacity he oversees five  American Red Cross Chapters covering 31 Northern Ohio counties serving 5.3 million people. From 2010 to 2013, Parks was based in Cleveland and served as Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District, responsible for leading and directing all Coast Guard operations throughout the eight-state Great Lakes region, including the 1,500-mile international border with Canada. In that capacity he led more than 6,000 active, reserve, civilian and auxiliary (volunteer) personnel at 75 operational units. During his 35-year Coast Guard career, Parks was deployed in 2010 in support of the U.S. Southern Command to help direct emergency response following the devastating earthquake in  Haiti, working directly with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also deployed in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, providing port security, search and rescue, and support for recovery efforts. While serving for over a decade in the Red Cross, Parks has deployed around the country more than a dozen times supporting major disaster relief efforts. Parks has a Bachelor of Science degree in Government from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Public Administration degree from George Washington University, and a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy and Policy from the National War College. He and his wife Cynthia have two daughters and live in Bay Village. A Few Quotes From This Episode"It takes time to care... you can't care on the cheap.""Bad news doesn't get better with age.""Talk to people, not about people. Think the best of people. And don't overreact."ResourcesBook: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Book: Failing Forward by John Maxwell About The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. Attend The Global Conference in Toronto, October 28-31.About  Scott J. AllenWebsiteWeekly Newsletter: Practical Wisdom for LeadersMy Approach to HostingThe views of my guests do not constitute "truth." Nor do they reflect my personal views in some instances. However, they are views to consider, and I hope they help you clarify your perspective. Nothing can replace your reflection, research, and exploration of the topic.♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.

In this episode of The Truth In This Art, the guest is Johab Silva!About Johab Silva: Brazilian artist and arts educator who has lived in the Washington, D.C. region for 18 years. Based in Virginia, Silva works across AI, NFTs, VR and AR, generative media, animation, video projection, and 3D modeling to explore environmental and community issues connected to urban development.Johab reflects on how his practice shifted around 2017, after a major, material-focused exhibition at Transformer prompted him to investigate where his materials came from and how they connected to the environmental issues already present in his work. He also discusses how his education in the D.C. area, including earning the final Master of Arts in Education degree from the Corcoran before its acquisition by George Washington University, shaped his professional practice.We get into the hands-on nature of working with digital tools. Even when he is using a mouse and computer, Johab explains that he still needs to feel the work visually and remain deeply engaged with what he is making. His process can move through three or four different software programs, from sketching and 3D modeling to animation, rendering, and video projection—each stage adding another layer to the final piece.Johab also shares why he created New Media Workshop while teaching in the University of Maryland's immersive media department. Beginning with YouTube tutorials for his students, the project grew out of his desire to make intimidating technologies more accessible to artists and people working in the humanities. Drawing from his own experience learning software independently during his MFA, he emphasizes patience, kindness, and side-by-side support as essential to helping artists enter new media.Be sure to follow Johab Silva and New Media Workshop to keep up with his work, educational resources, and future projects.Photo courtesy provided by subject The Truth In This Art is supported by William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, the Maryland State Arts Council's Creativity Grant and Mayor's Individual Artist Award - Creative Baltimore Fund (Baltimore). Host: Rob LeeMusic: Original music by Daniel Alexis Music with additional music from Chipzard and TeTresSeis.Production:Produced by Rob Lee & Daniel AlexisEdited by Daniel AlexisShow Notes courtesy of Rob Lee and TransistorPhotos:Rob Lee photos by Vicente Martin for The Truth In This Art and Contrarian Aquarian Media.Guest photos courtesy of the guest, unless otherwise noted.Support the podcastThe Truth In This Art Podcast Fractured Atlas (Fundraising): https://www.fracturedatlas.orgThe Truth In This Art Podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetruthinthisart.bsky.socialThe Truth In This Art Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthinthisart/?hl=enThe Truth In This Art Podcast Website: https://www.thetruthinthisart.com/The Truth In This Art Podcast Shop: Merch from Redbubble ★ Support this podcast ★

Send us Fan MailRead Brooke Goodman's Cover Story. Brooke Goodman is a New York–based fashion model represented by The Management NYC and Karin Models in Paris. Standing 5'10" with brown hair and striking hazel eyes, she brings an elegant, editorial presence to the runway and the lens, pairing classic bone structure with an easy, magnetic confidence in front of the camera.A summa cum laude English graduate of The George Washington University, Brooke balances her modeling career with a lifelong devotion to horses, competing in the jumper ring and working within the equestrian industry. That dual life—equal parts high fashion and horsemanship—gives her a distinctive range, from polished editorial and campaign work to the poised athleticism of equestrian-inspired shoots. Grounded, articulate, and effortlessly photogenic, Brooke is a fresh face who moves seamlessly between the show ring and the fashion world.Brooke Goodman is an Account Executive at The Plaid Horse, where she combines a lifelong passion for horses with a talent for storytelling and connecting brands to the equestrian community. Horses have always been in her blood—her grandparents were renowned breeders of Trakehner sport horses—and her own riding journey began at an eventing barn when she was just eight years old. After years spent traveling and competing in the jumper ring, she now treasures quiet rides and quality time with the horse who gave her everything, Oskar 253.Brooke first discovered The Plaid Horse in 2015 and became a devoted reader, officially joining the TPH team in the spring of 2025 during her final semester at The George Washington University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a BA and top honors in English. Since joining, she has represented The Plaid Horse at premier venues—presenting awards at the Devon Horse Show and speaking to young riders about building a life and career around the sport—while championing education and horsemanship throughout the hunter/jumper world.theplaidhorse.comThank you so much for joining us today on the Plaidcast. This podcast is a labor of love, and every single episode exists because of this incredible community of riders, trainers, barn managers, parents, and horse lovers who show up in the barn, in the ring, and right here with us.At The Plaid Horse, our commitment goes far beyond the show ring. We believe deeply in the power of literacy and education and that every rider, at every level, deserves access to knowledge, stories, and ideas that make them a better horseperson and a better human being. Reading matters. Learning matters. And the stories we tell each other in this sport matter more than we sometimes realize.Whether you are a junior rider picking up your first copy of The Plaid Horse  Magazine, a professional trainer looking for inspiration, or someone who simply loves horses and everything this world stands for then this community is for you. You belong here.We build this together. Every article, every episode, every conversation is an opportunity to learn something new, to feel less alone in the challenges of this sport, and to be reminded of why we fell in love with horses in the first place.Until next time, keep reading, keep learning, keep riding, and remember that the horse world is better when we build it together. I will see you at the ring!

In a 2018 TED Talk, Yuval Harari argued that democracy prevailed over fascism and communism in the 20th century not because of any inherent advantage, but because the technology of that age favored open and democratic societies. It was simply too difficult and too costly to centralize power using pre-digital technology.But, Yuval warned, with the rise of AI, the calculus might flip: it might actually become far more efficient to run highly centralized authoritarian governments.Eight years later, we're starting to see what Yuval was warning about. Right now, police across all levels of government, from small-town sheriffs to massive federal agencies, are adopting AI at a staggering rate and using it to build the kind of efficient, centralized surveillance-state apparatus that Yuval warned about.Take, for example, the recent deployment of hundreds of thousands of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the country by companies like Flock and Axon. These cameras have made headlines in recent weeks, but as you'll hear in this episode, they are just the most visible frontier of an AI-powered digital dragnet that gives police the ability to analyze extraordinary amounts of data about private citizens.Today on the show, Tristan speaks with two experts on how police are using AI technology today, what we can expect in the near future, and what protections we need to create now before it's too late. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is a law professor at George Washington University who studies how policing technology collides with constitutional law. He's the author of Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance.Garance Burke is an investigative journalist at The Associated Press, where she leads high-impact projects on the intersection of technology and society. Her investigations into the global surveillance industry were part of a package that won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. RECOMMENDED MEDIA Your Data Will Be Used Against You by Andrew Guthrie FergusonYuval Noah Harari's 2018 TED talk: “Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it”The full series of AP stories produced by Grance Burke and her Pulitzer Prize-winning colleaguesFurther reading on Estonia's data tracker tool RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODESWhy Are Migrants Becoming AI Test Subjects? With Petra MolnarAmerica and China Are Racing to Different AI FuturesLaughing at Power: A Troublemaker's Guide to Changing TechCorrectionsAndrew said that real-time crime centers are in 300 cities across the US, which matches the findings of the National Real Time Crime Center Association; however, this figure is disputed, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation putting it at 150.Andrew incorrectly described the resolution of the case of a man misidentified by AI in New Orleans. He said the man was acquitted, but in fact the charges were dropped. ClarificationsAs noted in the episode, Andrew's discussion of agentic AI was a theoretical account of a tool that police may use in the future, not something actively used on the ground today.Garance referred to the protests in Ferguson as the impetus for police-worn body cameras. Body cameras were being piloted in the US and UK prior to Ferguson, but federal grants in the wake of the protests made them much more common. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Will President Trump be a boon or a burden for GOP candidates in the midterms? Todd Belt, Professor and Director of the Political Management Program at George Washington University, joins us.

Collin Kohlasch is an Athletic Performance Coach at Lindenwood University. Kohlasch joined Lindenwood in 2019 and oversees training for the women's lacrosse, men's lacrosse and women's ice hockey programs. In addition to his collegiate role with the Lions, he also holds a strength and conditioning role with USA Hockey, where he works with national camps over the summer. Kohlasch is also a strength coach within the New England District for USA Hockey and outside of that, has served in consulting roles for various lacrosse programs. Prior to Lindenwood, he spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at George Washington University working with the baseball, men's rowing, swimming and diving, and women's water polo teams. Kohlasch began his coaching career at his alma mater, George Mason University, in 2016 as an intern coach. In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, he also spent time in the private sector working from athletes from youth to the professional ranks in their respective sports at Power Train Sports and Fitness from 2016-2017 as well as Inside Edge Strength from 2017-2019. A former lacrosse player in his own right, Kohlasch was the vice president and team captain of the George Mason club lacrosse team. He remains active himself in the weight room and trains year-round while balancing the rigors of the collegiate coaching schedule. Kohlasch has also begun to incorporate more endurance training into his regimen and has competed in multi marathons recently. Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comSport KiltUse Code: TSG at SportKilt.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Happy Labor Day!  On this pop-up episode, Robert and Adam wish a happy holiday to all, with a special shoutout to our federal workforce. Plus, some quick updates from Congress and upcoming events to tie you over through the long weekend. Show Notes: Allocore.com Federal News Network: House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election Bloomberg Government: House Cancels Two September Session Weeks Ahead of Midterms  What's on the GovNavigators' radar? September 9th  GovNavigators Policy Wonk Happy Hour, benefiting the Senior Executives Association, The Exchange, Washington D.C., 5-7 PM September 15th  The Data Foundation's govDATAx Conference, George Washington University 

Today, I'm thrilled to connect with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer. Dr. Gajer was previously an academic emergency medicine physician who pivoted after realizing ER medicine was functioning less as a place that saves lives and more as a place that manages chronic conditions that should have been caught and addressed years earlier. That observation led her to leave ER medicine and take over an established Northern Virginia internal medicine practice focusing on hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and preventative longevity-oriented care. In our conversation today, we discuss how perimenopause is treatable and suffering through it is optional. Dr. Gajer explains how she manages body composition changes, weight loss resistance, bone health, and orthopedic-related complaints in midlife. We take a deep dive into the sourcing and research limitations of peptides, exploring healing peptides, growth hormone-promoting peptides, and thymic peptides, and also discussing immunosenescence, bioregulators, mitochondrial RNA-coded peptides, pheno age testing, and using low-dose ketamine, when appropriate, for mental health challenges. Stay tuned for a fascinating conversation about the science and limitations of research on peptide therapies, and what Dr. Gajer is looking forward to in the near future. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: The health struggles Dr. Gajer experienced that led her to explore integrative therapies Why women may wake up at 2 or 3 a.m. during perimenopause How hormone changes in midlife can contribute to weight loss resistance Why Dr. Gajer encourages women to have their bone mass assessed earlier than conventionally recommended How declining estrogen and estradiol can contribute to orthopedic-related symptoms during perimenopause and menopause What women need to understand about sourcing peptides and the limitations of peptide research The different ways in which growth hormone-promoting peptides, thymic peptides, epitalon, and MOTC work How GLP-1s can be helpful for midlife women beyond changing their body composition and assisting with weight loss How Dr. Gajer uses low-dose ketamine lozenges for treatment-resistant anxiety and depression   Bio: Dr. Aleksandra Gajer is a board-certified physician and founder of The Gajer Practice. In this precision and longevity medicine clinic, she helps high-performing patients optimize their healthspan through a whole-person, root-cause approach. Trained in emergency medicine at the University of Maryland and George Washington University, she brings rigorous clinical thinking to hormone optimization, peptide therapy, metabolic health, and gut healing. Her own journey through Lyme, alongside more than twenty years of contemplative practice, shapes her belief that emotional and spiritual health underlie physical wellness. A recurring Fox 5 DC health expert with more than fifty podcast appearances, she is also building physician education around the responsible, evidence-based use of peptides. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow   Follow on X, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia's website. Submit your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com.  Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community: The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow.  Purchase Cynthia's book, The Menopause Gut. Cynthia's Intermittent Fasting Transformation Book The Midlife Pause Supplement Line Connect with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer The Gajer Practice 

Daniel Ivan Redfern was born in the late 1980s in San Francisco, California. In 1993, after relocating to Northern Virginia, he frequently traveled between the two states. From a young age, Daniel harbored a deep passion for painting and crafting exquisite fine artworks.  Following his graduation from George Washington University, Daniel has worked for major technology firms in Northern Virginia. There, his love for unified branding and fine art shaped his artistic vision. Daniel regularly travels between San Francisco, Beverly Hills, and Northern Virginia to serve his prestigious clientele who seek his creative expertise.   In this episode, Karen and Daniel discuss: Success Story of Daniel  Commit to Get Leads Don't underestimate the power of word of mouth with those clients who love your work.  Consult to Sell Understand your clients and communicate clearly how you can solve their dilemma or fulfill their needs.  Connect to Build and Grow Respond to every email and be consistent on social media. Be consistent, share with others, and growth will come.  Success Thinking, Activities and Vision Maintain good relationships with those around you. There is space for everyone to succeed. Live with a mindset of plenty, not scarcity.  Sweet Spot of Success   "That's where the creative process has always been. It's about the transcending, taking what you see in your head and then translating that onto the canvas along with the passion and all the elements with it as well." - Daniel Redfern    Connect with Daniel Redfern: Website: https://www.danielredfern.net/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-r-7a8a97143/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielredfern_art  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@danielredfern_art      About the Podcast Join host Karen Briscoe each month to learn how you can achieve success at a higher level by investing just 5 minutes a day! Tune in to hear powerful, inspirational success stories and expert insights from entrepreneurs, business owners, industry leaders, and real estate agents that will transform your business and life. Karen shares a-ha moments that have shaped her career and discusses key concepts from her book Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed.   Looking to uplevel your success?  DM Karen to schedule a mini-session to see how Up Level Coaching can help you love the life you have as you create and co-create the life of your dreams! Here's to your success in business and in life!   Connect with Karen Briscoe: Facebook: 5MinuteSuccess Website: 5MinuteSuccess.com Email: Karen@5MinuteSuccess.com   5 Minute Success Links Learn more about Karen's book, Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day Karen also recommends Moira Lethbridge's book "Savvy Woman in 5 Minutes a Day" Subscribe to 5 Minute Success Podcast   Spread the love and share the secrets of 5 Minute Success with your friends and colleagues!     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:08) Morley Robbins' background and path into mineral research (3:58) Why copper matters for oxygen use and cellular energy (10:15) The relationship between copper and iron (14:11) How the body recycles iron (19:55) Hemoglobin, ferritin, and serum iron explained (25:42) Morley's views on iron supplementation and fortified foods (29:33) Supplements he recommends avoiding or reconsidering (32:06) Synthetic vs. whole-food vitamin C (33:54) Vitamin D, cod liver oil, and mineral balance (35:58) Why Morley cautions against zinc supplements (37:50) Copper supplementation and the Recuperate formula (41:18) Testing copper, iron, magnesium, and related markers (46:20) Diet, stress, hepcidin, and iron recycling (48:52) Final takeaways for supporting mineral health (50:12) Where to learn more about Morley and his resources (51:29) Outro Who is Morley Robbins?   Morley M. Robbins, MBA, CHC, is a health educator, author, and creator of the Root Cause Protocol, a nutrition-focused framework centered on the relationship between copper, iron, magnesium, and other nutrients. He earned a BA in Biology from Denison University and an MBA in Healthcare Administration from George Washington University. Before focusing on nutrition and mineral research, Robbins spent more than three decades working as a hospital executive and healthcare consultant. He later trained in wellness coaching, nutritional counseling, and functional diagnostic nutrition and became a certified health coach.   Robbins is also the founder of the Magnesium Advocacy Group and author of [Cu]re Your Fatigue. His work explores mineral metabolism, cellular energy, stress, and the relationships among copper, iron, magnesium, and calcium. His second edition of [Cu]re Your Fatigue was published by BenBella Books in November 2025. His podcast interview also describes his transition from hospital administration and consulting into years of independent research on minerals and health. Connect with Morley: Website: https://therootcauseprotocol.com/ Email: morleyrobbins@gmail.com Phone: 847-922-8061 Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life  Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram  

Former President George W. Bush was wrong when he iconically stated "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" Actually, it's asked all the time (dubious grammatical structuring aside). Politicians and social influencers are quick to bemoan the state of education, but thoughtful conversations on how we might meaningfully change things for the better are few and far between. Saving Elephants has assembled an all-star panel to have a real conversation about education: Have we failed to educate our children? To what extent are problems in education a matter of bad policies, structures, or philosophy? What is the purpose of education, and do our schools align with that purpose?   The panel includes:   Brooke Medina From spn.org Brooke Medina serves as Vice President of Communications for State Policy Network. She is SPN's on-the-record spokesperson. Prior to joining SPN, Brooke was the Vice President of Communications at the John Locke Foundation, a state-based think tank in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brooke's writing has been published in outlets such as Fox News, The Hill, Entrepreneur, Washington Examiner, WORLD, Daily Signal, and other publications. In addition, she is a contributor to The Digital Public Square: Christian Ethics in a Technological Society, published by B&H Academic Press. Brooke was also the executive producer of Sowing Resilience, Securing Our Food Supply from Farm to Table, a feature length film about North Carolina's food systems and agriculture industry, as well as A Letter to the King, a film highlighting the historical significance of the Edenton Tea Party, America's first all-female political movement.   Luke Sheahan From lukesheahan.com Luke Sheahan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Duquesne University, Non-Resident Scholar at the Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS) at the University of Pennsylvania, and editor of The University Bookman. Luke's research and speaking focuses upon civil society and freedom of association. Luke is the author of Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism.     Caylan Ford From caylanford.com Caylan Ford is a documentary filmmaker, writer, researcher, charter school founder, and a former political candidate. Born in Calgary, Canada, and earning a Bachelor's degree (Hons.) in Chinese history at the University of Calgary, Caylan obtained a Master's degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and worked on and off as a senior policy advisor for Canada's foreign ministry. Between the birth of her two children she earned another Master's in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford. In 2022 Caylan founded Canada's first tuition-free classical charter school network, Alberta Classical Academy. Here is a short video introduction to their work and how they aim to promote knowledge of things that are true, good, and enduring.

Christina Ho knows some people would describe audit as “painful,” so what if there was a way to make it “faster, better, and cheaper?” In this episode, Robert and Adam sit down with Christina Ho, former PCAOB Board Member and Chief Assurance Officer at Oath to discuss her new project using AI to improve the auditing process by testing 100% of transactions. Plus, learn about her vision for a “whole new category” of independent verification, and how the current view of audit as a compliance exercise is not producing the value it is intended to. Thanks to our sponsors at Allocore! Show Notes: Allocore.com Variety: Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 The Washington Post: Red Tape Newsletter Piece Treasury: Treasury Announces the Quantum-Readiness Task Force DOJ: Department of Justice Announces Launch of National Fraud Detection Center to Combat Fraud Against Taxpayer-Funded Programs FedScoop: Draft OMB memo mandates agency use of Login.gov on government websites Federal CDO Council: DCAT-US v3.0 Schema Implementation Guide WSJ: Former Audit Regulator Helps Set Up Accounting Firm Targeting 80% Automation PCAOB: Christina Ho Oath Verified: oathverified.com HHS: HHS Cracks Down on Years of Unchecked Audit Findings OMB: M-25-30 OMB: Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust OMB: Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government  What's on the GovNavigators' radar? August 31st  The House is back in session September 9th  GovNavigators and Senior Executives Association Policy Wonk Happy Hour, The Exchange, Washington D.C., 5-7 PM September 14th  The Senate is back in session September 15th  The Data Foundation's govDATAx, George Washington University 

ACTA President Michael Poliakoff welcomes Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president emeritus of George Washington University and member of ACTA's National Commission on American History and Civic Education. A distinguished university leader, Dr. Trachtenberg examines the systemic breakdown of American history education in America. He and Dr. Poliakoff explore the potential for reform, highlighting how university leaders, law associations, and governing boards can reinstate essential history requirements while avoiding the pitfalls of heavy-handed legislative control. 

Five Senate primaries this cycle. Five candidates with an enormous money advantage. Five losses. Dr. Casey Burgat of George Washington University joins Micaela Isler and Adam Belmar to work out what campaign money actually buys, and where it stops working. Casey's Substack piece “So Much for Buying Elections” is the starting point, but the conversation turns practical fast: if the late advertising blitz has the worst return, what does that say about the PAC dollar written early, off a relationship, before anyone knows the race is competitive?Crash Course with Casey Burgathttps://www.caseyburgat.com/

The transplant system in America is evolving. And you deserve to know what that means. Today, we unpack the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Act with experts Miriam Godwin and Jullie Hoggan. Learn why this legislation was introduced, how it could improve the organ transplant system, and what it means for people waiting for or living with a transplant. In this episode we heard from:  Miriam Godwin is a kidney donor and Vice President of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes at the National Kidney Foundation. She previously led transformative initiatives at CMS, including the ESRD Treatment Choices Model, and supported groundbreaking programs like Kidney Care Choices. With a strong foundation in health policy, clinical trials, and drug development, Miriam has dedicated her career to advancing kidney care and increasing access to transplants. She holds a master's degree in public policy from George Washington University. Jullie Hoggan is the Transplant Director at patients.app and previously co-founded Square Knot Health, where she helped develop a peer-led transplant navigation program alongside a transplant nephrologist. She is also a kidney transplant recipient, bringing both lived experience and professional expertise to her work.  Jullie provides peer mentoring, education, and support to patients, living donors, and care partners through Kidney Solutions. She serves on the OPTN Patient Affairs Committee, the National Kidney Foundation Public Policy Committee, and several other national committees and advisory groups focused on improving transplantation and living donation.   Additional Resources NKF Advocacy Transplantation   Do you have comments, questions, or suggestions? Email us at NKFpodcast@kidney.org. Also, make sure to rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts.

For the month of August, we’re highlighting episodes from the 2025-2026 season of Energy Policy Now. We’ll be back with new content, and a new season, on September the 8th. John Helveston of George Washington University discusses why a U.S. pullback from China on EVs is risky, and why engagement could strengthen America’s auto industry. --- China has rapidly become the center of global EV innovation, producing cars that are cheaper, faster to develop, and increasingly competitive in international markets. The United States, by contrast, is pulling back, eliminating incentives and pursuing policies that distance the country from China just as the global EV transition accelerates. George Washington University’s John Helveston, whose work focuses on global EV markets and China’s manufacturing system, argues that this course risks sidelining the U.S. from the technologies and supply chains shaping the automotive future. On the podcast, he explains why a more pragmatic approach that protects national security and workers while engaging with China’s central role in the EV ecosystem may be essential for America’s long-term position in the global auto industry. John Helveston is an associate professor in the department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at George Washington University. Related Content Electric Vehicle Penetration and Urban Spatial Restructuring: A Case Study of Beijing with Geospatial Machine Learning https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/electric-vehicle-penetration-and-urban-spatial-restructuring-a-case-study-of-beijing-with-geospatial-machine-learning/ Battling for Batteries: Li-Ion Policy and Supply Chain Dynamics in the U.S. and China https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/battling-for-batteries-li-ion-policy-and-supply-chain-dynamics-in-the-u-s-and-china/ Energy Policy Now is produced by The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. For all things energy policy, visit kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, at 73 years old, is still very much alive, yet the “After Putin” conversation is an active one inside and outside of Russia. What could come next and how to think about that question? My guest is Julian G. Waller, a political scientist at George Washington University and author of a recent Foreign Affairs article “After Putin: Russia's Coming Succession Crisis.” In our discussion, Waller anchors the “After Putin” question in historical context, as to how succession played out after Stalin's death in the 1953. And we talk about how the current political environment in Moscow, shaped by Putin's protracted war in Ukraine, is informing the “After Putin” discussion. Could a revolutionary scenario play out? How bodily safe is Putin? Waller is author of Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy under Authoritarianism (University of Michigan Press, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, at 73 years old, is still very much alive, yet the “After Putin” conversation is an active one inside and outside of Russia. What could come next and how to think about that question? My guest is Julian G. Waller, a political scientist at George Washington University and author of a recent Foreign Affairs article “After Putin: Russia's Coming Succession Crisis.” In our discussion, Waller anchors the “After Putin” question in historical context, as to how succession played out after Stalin's death in the 1953. And we talk about how the current political environment in Moscow, shaped by Putin's protracted war in Ukraine, is informing the “After Putin” discussion. Could a revolutionary scenario play out? How bodily safe is Putin? Waller is author of Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy under Authoritarianism (University of Michigan Press, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, at 73 years old, is still very much alive, yet the “After Putin” conversation is an active one inside and outside of Russia. What could come next and how to think about that question? My guest is Julian G. Waller, a political scientist at George Washington University and author of a recent Foreign Affairs article “After Putin: Russia's Coming Succession Crisis.” In our discussion, Waller anchors the “After Putin” question in historical context, as to how succession played out after Stalin's death in the 1953. And we talk about how the current political environment in Moscow, shaped by Putin's protracted war in Ukraine, is informing the “After Putin” discussion. Could a revolutionary scenario play out? How bodily safe is Putin? Waller is author of Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy under Authoritarianism (University of Michigan Press, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, at 73 years old, is still very much alive, yet the “After Putin” conversation is an active one inside and outside of Russia. What could come next and how to think about that question? My guest is Julian G. Waller, a political scientist at George Washington University and author of a recent Foreign Affairs article “After Putin: Russia's Coming Succession Crisis.” In our discussion, Waller anchors the “After Putin” question in historical context, as to how succession played out after Stalin's death in the 1953. And we talk about how the current political environment in Moscow, shaped by Putin's protracted war in Ukraine, is informing the “After Putin” discussion. Could a revolutionary scenario play out? How bodily safe is Putin? Waller is author of Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy under Authoritarianism (University of Michigan Press, 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, at 73 years old, is still very much alive, yet the “After Putin” conversation is an active one inside and outside of Russia. What could come next and how to think about that question? My guest is Julian G. Waller, a political scientist at George Washington University and author of a recent Foreign Affairs article “After Putin: Russia's Coming Succession Crisis.” In our discussion, Waller anchors the “After Putin” question in historical context, as to how succession played out after Stalin's death in the 1953. And we talk about how the current political environment in Moscow, shaped by Putin's protracted war in Ukraine, is informing the “After Putin” discussion. Could a revolutionary scenario play out? How bodily safe is Putin? Waller is author of Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy under Authoritarianism (University of Michigan Press, 2024).Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jenny Li Fowler chats with Joel Renner, VP of Partnerships at MeetYourClass. Joel shares how higher education communicators can establish a campus storytelling network—a human infrastructure made up of champions, connectors, and contributors. They also discuss treating storytelling as an ongoing relationship network rather than a contact list, leveraging authentic organic social media over polished marketing, and how human trust, rather than software, breaks down institutional silos. Guest Name: Joel Renner, Vice President of Partnerships, MeetYourClass Guest Socials:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelrenner/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/joelrrenner/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@joelrrenner Guest Bio: Joel Renner is the Vice President of Partnerships at MeetYourClass, where he works with colleges and universities to better understand how students actually make enrollment decisions and how institutions can influence those decisions earlier in the process. MeetYourClass helps enrollment leaders gain visibility into student intent before deposit, improving yield, reducing melt, and strengthening the transition from admission to arrival. Joel brings nearly two decades of experience across higher education strategy, enrollment, and digital engagement. His career has focused on helping institutions connect insight to action, whether through strategic planning, graduate and undergraduate enrollment growth, student success initiatives, or marketing and community-building efforts.  Prior to MeetYourClass, Joel served as a Strategic Leader at EAB, where he partnered with presidents, provosts, and enrollment leaders at institutions across the country. His work centered on enrollment strategy, market-responsive program development, and building scalable frameworks to improve student outcomes. He also played a key role internally in advancing thought leadership and social selling, helping leaders strengthen their voice and influence in the market. Joel spent more than a decade at The George Washington University, where he led digital strategy and career systems initiatives that significantly expanded the student community connection and employer connectivity. During that time, he also became a recognized voice in higher education marketing and community-building, serving as co-chair of the eduWeb Digital Summit, faculty for CASE's Social Media and Community programming, and a frequent speaker on how digital behavior shapes the student journey. Across his work, Joel has consistently focused on one idea: student decisions don't happen in systems, they happen online and with their community. Today, he brings that perspective to MeetYourClass, helping institutions rethink how they engage students before they ever step on campus and follow their journey till they are experienced alumni. Based in the Washington, D.C. area, Joel lives with his wife and three kids. Outside of work, he can usually be found coaching, cooking, or following soccer. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Jenny Li Fowlerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jennylifowler/https://twitter.com/TheJennyLiAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:Confessions of a Higher Ed Social Media Manager is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — The AI Workforce Platform for Higher Ed. Learn more at element451.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Most institutions in a crisis don't believe they're in one. The word calls up a scandal with a camera crew outside, and nothing on this week's agenda looks like that, so the answer is often no. In this episode of the Changing Higher Ed® podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Evan Nierman, founder and CEO of Red Banyan, a strategic communications firm built around high-stakes rapid response. The conversation covers why a crisis is any circumstance with the potential to negatively impact reputation and/or revenue, and what that definition changes for colleges and universities. Nierman explains why the old instinct to stay quiet and avoid giving oxygen to a fire now cedes the battleground to whoever is willing to characterize your institution, how most colleges can pinpoint their likeliest crises well before one arrives, and why the day-to-day spokesperson should usually be a trained communications professional rather than the president. This conversation is especially relevant for presidents, boards, provosts, and communications leaders deciding whether to respond publicly, and when. Topics Covered The broader definition of a crisis and why institutions may not recognize one before it escalates How hyper-connectedness, self-selected news, and hyper-partisanship changed the response calculus When to respond publicly instead of leaving well enough alone Why the bulk of crisis work happens before the crisis Who belongs on the core crisis response team, and when to bring in outside expertise Why the day-to-day spokesperson should usually be a trained communications professional Why Nierman says PR is dead, and what powering reputation means in its place Guilt by association, due process, and how colleges can center their institutional values Why institutions should teach students and faculty to use AI effectively instead of treating it primarily as a cheating problem Examples and Emerging Risks Discussed College presidents dragged before Congress over antisemitism on campus A George Washington University commencement speech, and the dean's response to it Colleges taking fire because donors' names surfaced in the Epstein files Deepfake cases where recordings exist of conduct that never happened Public opposition to AI data center construction Three Key Takeaways for Higher Education Leadership Reputation is the institution's single most valuable asset; protect it, preserve it, and invest in powering it The time to deal with a crisis is before you have one, with a detailed plan, media-trained people, and set procedures When it comes, be strategic and be speedy, even though that runs against the pace academia normally moves Read the full episode summary and transcript: https://changinghighered.com/higher-ed-crisis-communications/ #CrisisCommunications #HigherEducation #HigherEducationPodcast

Suffering Is Collective, and So Is Healing: Belonging, Ritual, and Meaning in Uncertain Times - An Interview with Suzan Song, MD Suzan Song, MD, psychiatrist and medical anthropologist, on why suffering is collective and healing comes through belonging, ritual, and meaning. Curt and Katie talk with Suzan Song, MD about why the exhaustion so many therapists and clients are carrying right now is not only personal. Drawing on more than two decades of global mental health work with survivors of war, trafficking, and mass violence, Suzan makes the case that distress is often collective, shaped by culture and unstable systems, and that healing happens through belonging, narrative, ritual, meaning, and agency, not symptom elimination alone. She names what American mental health training often misses when it treats suffering as something bounded inside a single person, and offers concrete, low-cost rituals therapists can use to stay grounded. The conversation moves from collective grief and moral exhaustion to the difference between functioning and healing, and to grounding in relationship: who you matter to, and who matters to you. This is a grounding conversation for therapists feeling stretched by the current moment, and for anyone drawn to a global mental health lens on collective trauma, ritual, and sustainable healing. In this episode, we discuss: - Why the distress therapists and clients carry right now is collective, not only individual - What American mental health training misses when it locates suffering inside a bounded self - How belonging, narrative, ritual, and meaning function as healing - Why functioning is not the same as healing - Grounding in relationship as an alternative to purely individual nervous-system regulation - How small acts of agency protect against demoralization - Low-cost rituals therapists can use to keep moral exhaustion from following them home Timestamps: 01:44 - Who Suzan Song is and what she puts into the world 02:58 - How a medical anthropology lens changes clinical work 05:34 - When the self is collective, not bounded 09:18 - Collective suffering and the loss of agency 12:18 - Moral injury and disengagement in therapists 17:23 - Finding your own rituals as a therapist 24:07 - Grounding in relationship 28:13 - Why functioning is not healing Guest Bio: Suzan Song, MD, MPH, PhD is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and medical anthropologist, and a professor of psychiatry at George Washington University. She has spent more than two decades advising on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in humanitarian and conflict-affected settings, and is the author of Why We Suffer and How We Heal (Harmony / Penguin Random House, 2026). Learn more at suzansong.com. Full show notes and transcript: mtsgpodcast.com Join the Modern Therapist Community Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mtsgpodcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/therapyreimagined Modern Therapist's Survival Guide Creative Credits Voice Over by DW McCann: https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/ Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano: https://groomsymusic.com/

This episode features Ian Christensen, Audrey Schaffer, and Clayton Swope, who join USAI Program Assistant Jillian to discuss Chinese and American advancements in orbital data centers and satellite infrastructure, and what these developments mean for space security, competition, and international governance.Ian Christensen is Senior Director of Private Sector Programs at Secure World Foundation (SWF), where he leads engagement with the commercial space industry on policy and governance topics, including space debris mitigation, safety, and traffic coordination. He was a member of the Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group and the CONFERS Secretariat, and from 2019 to 2025 co-organized Track II dialogues between U.S. and Chinese space stakeholders. He was a 2025 Karman Fellow. Prior to SWF, he worked at Futron Corporation and Avascent, leading market and forecasting studies for space sector clients. He holds an M.A. in international science and technology policy from George Washington University's Elliott School and dual B.S. degrees in political science and biochemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Audrey Schaffer is Senior Vice President of Global Policy and Government Strategy at Slingshot Aerospace, a space data and AI company focused on space safety and sustainability. She spent over 15 years in government, most recently as Director for Space Policy on the National Security Council, where she advised the President on military, intelligence, civil, and commercial space policy. She led efforts to establish the U.S. Space Force in law, set U.S. policy against destructive anti-satellite missile testing, and negotiated the first UN guidelines for space sustainability. She is a non-resident senior associate at CSIS and serves on SWF's Advisory Committee. She holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and an M.A. in International Science and Technology Policy from George Washington University.Clayton Swope is Deputy Director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the Defense and Security Department at CSIS. He previously led national security and cybersecurity public policy for Amazon's Project Kuiper and worked on cloud policy at Amazon. Earlier, he was a senior adviser on national security, space, foreign affairs, and technology policy for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and spent over 14 years at the CIA, largely in the Directorate of Science and Technology. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.Support the show

Do you believe that it's possible to use your nighttime dreams as a practical tool to develop your fullest potential and live a life of purpose? According to Dr. Bonnie Buckner, we all have a “secret mind” that can be accessed through dreams. She shares her method for translating the mystery of dreams so you have access to your inner powerhouse for transformation. Dr. Buckner is the founder and CEO of the International Institute for Dreaming and Imagery. In addition, she serves as an executive coach and senior fellow at George Washington University's Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. Dr. Buckner is the author of the book, The Secret Mind: Unlock the Power of Dreams to Transform Your Life.

The August 16, 1976 issue of Sports Illustrated featured Calvin Hill on the cover under the headline "The Redskins Shop for a Super Bowl," a nod to George Allen's expensive off-season spending spree that brought Hill, John Riggins, Jean Fugett, and Pat Sullivan to Washington in pursuit of a championship. Photographed by Neil Leifer, the cover captured Hill mid-action against the Baltimore Colts, fitting given that his preseason performance against Baltimore was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise rocky exhibition slate for the newly star-studded Redskins. Hill, a former Cowboys standout and Yale product, was seen as the steadiest of Allen's "Rich Four" additions, and the issue captured a Washington team loaded with talent and expectations but still searching for cohesion — a storyline that mirrored the very real growing pains chronicled in that period's Redskins training camp coverage. Jean Fugett was a standout tight end who played for both the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins during the 1970s, part of that same "Rich Four" free-agent class alongside Riggins, Hill, and Sullivan. A graduate of Amherst, Fugett brought a rare dual identity to the NFL — while playing out his option with the Cowboys, he had already begun building a career in journalism, working as a straight news reporter covering Maryland for The Washington Post and even setting up a Black news radio program during his time in Dallas. He left Dallas in part to reconnect with his hometown roots in Baltimore, telling reporters he wanted to "set down some roots" both for himself and his family, and he balanced his NFL career with genuine ambitions in the written word, hoping to communicate directly with Black kids through journalism in a way he felt television news could not. Fugett joins us on Past Our Prime to take us inside the Cowboys and Redskins of the 1970s, sharing firsthand insight on the Roger Staubach–Craig Morton quarterback dynamic under Tom Landry and the strategic thinking behind Dallas's use of the shotgun formation and the famous "Landry shift" up front. He offers a revealing comparison between Landry's buttoned-up, systems-driven approach and George Allen's very different, veteran-trusting style in Washington, giving listeners a rare look at two of the era's most contrasting coaching philosophies from someone who played for both. He also opens up about the remarkable balancing act of his own career, working as a reporter for The Washington Post and CBS News while still an active NFL player, before later attending night classes at George Washington University to earn his law degree while still suiting up on Sundays — all while speaking warmly about teammates like John Riggins, Calvin Hill, Cornell Green, and Herb Adderley. The Redskins-Cowboys rivalry was at its best in the '70s, and Jean Fugett shares, in the only way he can, what it was like to be in the middle of it all on Past Our Prime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA is evolving to embrace commercial enterprise unlike any time in its past, and American lunar efforts are lagging. What are the stakes? Does it matter who returns humans there first? What does the future of lunar commerce look like? Dr. Scott Pace, the Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, joins us. Main Topic: The Evolving Lunar Domain and US Space Policy • Dr. Scott Pace's space policy background and legacy • Policy continuity from Trump to Biden and the focus on implementation • Artemis program direction and geopolitical influences • The importance of commercial and international partnerships • NASA's commercial contract successes and limitations • Need for an off-ramp from SLS as commercial heavy lift matures • Differentiating between short-term wins and long-term infrastructure goals in lunar strategy • Tension between NASA centers and commercial LEO station development • Challenges and prospects for lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin • Recommendations for NASA's future focus: tough technical problems, integration, and talent • The cultural and inspirational necessity of human presence in space despite advancing AI and robotics Host: Rod Pyle Co-Host: Dale Skran Guest: Dr. Scott Pace Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit rippling.ai/twis

The centerpiece of Melodrama as Provocateur (Duke UP, 2026) is an essay by Linda Williams (1946–2025). Williams was Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Her highly influential work reframed some of cinema's most neglected or denigrated genres from a feminist perspective, including documentary, pornography, horror, and melodrama. Melodrama is the focus of what would become Williams's final project. In the last few years of her life, she was working on a project that traced melodrama's divergent fortunes in France and the US—and argued for its enduring relevance in contemporary life and culture. Williams's work on this project was curtailed when she suffered a stroke, the complications of which led to her death in 2025. In the wake of her passing, some of her friends, collaborators, and admirers joined together to make a book that honors and memorializes her. Not only sharing Williams's unfinished work with the world, Melodrama as Provocateur also expands on that work through a series of essays by scholars working in melodrama studies across time, place, and media. For New Books in Film, Alix Beeston sits down with the three editors of Melodrama as Provocateur: Christine Gledhill, an esteemed scholar of film and feminism who is presently a Visiting Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Leeds; Laura Horak, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University; and Elisabeth R. Anker, Professor of American Studies and Political Science and Director of Film Studies at the George Washington University. Celebrating the model of incisive and generous research, teaching, mentorship, and collaboration Williams provided, the editors of Melodrama as Provocateur discuss the unique shape of a scholarly book generated in response to a colleague's unfinished labor. They also take up some of Williams's provocations, including the political possibilities of melodrama in contemporary culture—from Trumpian discourse to trans cinema and beyond—and explore the kinds of labor, thought, and feeling necessary for studying melodrama as a form that moves or provokes us. Like their book, a work forged in grief and loss, Gledhill, Horak, and Anker's conversation casts film and media scholarship as an act of collectivity and love: a bid for a better kind of world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The centerpiece of Melodrama as Provocateur (Duke UP, 2026) is an essay by Linda Williams (1946–2025). Williams was Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Her highly influential work reframed some of cinema's most neglected or denigrated genres from a feminist perspective, including documentary, pornography, horror, and melodrama. Melodrama is the focus of what would become Williams's final project. In the last few years of her life, she was working on a project that traced melodrama's divergent fortunes in France and the US—and argued for its enduring relevance in contemporary life and culture. Williams's work on this project was curtailed when she suffered a stroke, the complications of which led to her death in 2025. In the wake of her passing, some of her friends, collaborators, and admirers joined together to make a book that honors and memorializes her. Not only sharing Williams's unfinished work with the world, Melodrama as Provocateur also expands on that work through a series of essays by scholars working in melodrama studies across time, place, and media. For New Books in Film, Alix Beeston sits down with the three editors of Melodrama as Provocateur: Christine Gledhill, an esteemed scholar of film and feminism who is presently a Visiting Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Leeds; Laura Horak, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University; and Elisabeth R. Anker, Professor of American Studies and Political Science and Director of Film Studies at the George Washington University. Celebrating the model of incisive and generous research, teaching, mentorship, and collaboration Williams provided, the editors of Melodrama as Provocateur discuss the unique shape of a scholarly book generated in response to a colleague's unfinished labor. They also take up some of Williams's provocations, including the political possibilities of melodrama in contemporary culture—from Trumpian discourse to trans cinema and beyond—and explore the kinds of labor, thought, and feeling necessary for studying melodrama as a form that moves or provokes us. Like their book, a work forged in grief and loss, Gledhill, Horak, and Anker's conversation casts film and media scholarship as an act of collectivity and love: a bid for a better kind of world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

We're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA is evolving to embrace commercial enterprise unlike any time in its past, and American lunar efforts are lagging. What are the stakes? Does it matter who returns humans there first? What does the future of lunar commerce look like? Dr. Scott Pace, the Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, joins us. Main Topic: The Evolving Lunar Domain and US Space Policy • Dr. Scott Pace's space policy background and legacy • Policy continuity from Trump to Biden and the focus on implementation • Artemis program direction and geopolitical influences • The importance of commercial and international partnerships • NASA's commercial contract successes and limitations • Need for an off-ramp from SLS as commercial heavy lift matures • Differentiating between short-term wins and long-term infrastructure goals in lunar strategy • Tension between NASA centers and commercial LEO station development • Challenges and prospects for lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin • Recommendations for NASA's future focus: tough technical problems, integration, and talent • The cultural and inspirational necessity of human presence in space despite advancing AI and robotics Host: Rod Pyle Co-Host: Dale Skran Guest: Dr. Scott Pace Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit rippling.ai/twis

The centerpiece of Melodrama as Provocateur (Duke UP, 2026) is an essay by Linda Williams (1946–2025). Williams was Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Her highly influential work reframed some of cinema's most neglected or denigrated genres from a feminist perspective, including documentary, pornography, horror, and melodrama. Melodrama is the focus of what would become Williams's final project. In the last few years of her life, she was working on a project that traced melodrama's divergent fortunes in France and the US—and argued for its enduring relevance in contemporary life and culture. Williams's work on this project was curtailed when she suffered a stroke, the complications of which led to her death in 2025. In the wake of her passing, some of her friends, collaborators, and admirers joined together to make a book that honors and memorializes her. Not only sharing Williams's unfinished work with the world, Melodrama as Provocateur also expands on that work through a series of essays by scholars working in melodrama studies across time, place, and media. For New Books in Film, Alix Beeston sits down with the three editors of Melodrama as Provocateur: Christine Gledhill, an esteemed scholar of film and feminism who is presently a Visiting Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Leeds; Laura Horak, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University; and Elisabeth R. Anker, Professor of American Studies and Political Science and Director of Film Studies at the George Washington University. Celebrating the model of incisive and generous research, teaching, mentorship, and collaboration Williams provided, the editors of Melodrama as Provocateur discuss the unique shape of a scholarly book generated in response to a colleague's unfinished labor. They also take up some of Williams's provocations, including the political possibilities of melodrama in contemporary culture—from Trumpian discourse to trans cinema and beyond—and explore the kinds of labor, thought, and feeling necessary for studying melodrama as a form that moves or provokes us. Like their book, a work forged in grief and loss, Gledhill, Horak, and Anker's conversation casts film and media scholarship as an act of collectivity and love: a bid for a better kind of world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

We're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA is evolving to embrace commercial enterprise unlike any time in its past, and American lunar efforts are lagging. What are the stakes? Does it matter who returns humans there first? What does the future of lunar commerce look like? Dr. Scott Pace, the Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, joins us. Main Topic: The Evolving Lunar Domain and US Space Policy • Dr. Scott Pace's space policy background and legacy • Policy continuity from Trump to Biden and the focus on implementation • Artemis program direction and geopolitical influences • The importance of commercial and international partnerships • NASA's commercial contract successes and limitations • Need for an off-ramp from SLS as commercial heavy lift matures • Differentiating between short-term wins and long-term infrastructure goals in lunar strategy • Tension between NASA centers and commercial LEO station development • Challenges and prospects for lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin • Recommendations for NASA's future focus: tough technical problems, integration, and talent • The cultural and inspirational necessity of human presence in space despite advancing AI and robotics Host: Rod Pyle Co-Host: Dale Skran Guest: Dr. Scott Pace Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit rippling.ai/twis

The centerpiece of Melodrama as Provocateur (Duke UP, 2026) is an essay by Linda Williams (1946–2025). Williams was Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Her highly influential work reframed some of cinema's most neglected or denigrated genres from a feminist perspective, including documentary, pornography, horror, and melodrama. Melodrama is the focus of what would become Williams's final project. In the last few years of her life, she was working on a project that traced melodrama's divergent fortunes in France and the US—and argued for its enduring relevance in contemporary life and culture. Williams's work on this project was curtailed when she suffered a stroke, the complications of which led to her death in 2025. In the wake of her passing, some of her friends, collaborators, and admirers joined together to make a book that honors and memorializes her. Not only sharing Williams's unfinished work with the world, Melodrama as Provocateur also expands on that work through a series of essays by scholars working in melodrama studies across time, place, and media. For New Books in Film, Alix Beeston sits down with the three editors of Melodrama as Provocateur: Christine Gledhill, an esteemed scholar of film and feminism who is presently a Visiting Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Leeds; Laura Horak, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University; and Elisabeth R. Anker, Professor of American Studies and Political Science and Director of Film Studies at the George Washington University. Celebrating the model of incisive and generous research, teaching, mentorship, and collaboration Williams provided, the editors of Melodrama as Provocateur discuss the unique shape of a scholarly book generated in response to a colleague's unfinished labor. They also take up some of Williams's provocations, including the political possibilities of melodrama in contemporary culture—from Trumpian discourse to trans cinema and beyond—and explore the kinds of labor, thought, and feeling necessary for studying melodrama as a form that moves or provokes us. Like their book, a work forged in grief and loss, Gledhill, Horak, and Anker's conversation casts film and media scholarship as an act of collectivity and love: a bid for a better kind of world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

We're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA is evolving to embrace commercial enterprise unlike any time in its past, and American lunar efforts are lagging. What are the stakes? Does it matter who returns humans there first? What does the future of lunar commerce look like? Dr. Scott Pace, the Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, joins us. Main Topic: The Evolving Lunar Domain and US Space Policy • Dr. Scott Pace's space policy background and legacy • Policy continuity from Trump to Biden and the focus on implementation • Artemis program direction and geopolitical influences • The importance of commercial and international partnerships • NASA's commercial contract successes and limitations • Need for an off-ramp from SLS as commercial heavy lift matures • Differentiating between short-term wins and long-term infrastructure goals in lunar strategy • Tension between NASA centers and commercial LEO station development • Challenges and prospects for lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin • Recommendations for NASA's future focus: tough technical problems, integration, and talent • The cultural and inspirational necessity of human presence in space despite advancing AI and robotics Host: Rod Pyle Co-Host: Dale Skran Guest: Dr. Scott Pace Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit rippling.ai/twis

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr260814.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- There is a movement in the UK to impose an annual 2 percent wealth tax on families with more than 10 million pounds in assets. Stephen Kinsella is a former EU antitrust lawyer and a founding member of Patriotic Millionaires UK. The report talks about the level of poverty in the UK and how a the tax would be a huge boost to social services and not actually cause a loss of assets for the wealthiest- who would never be able to spend all their money in the lifetimes anyway. From FRANCE- Greenland issued a warning to a US oil company to not drill on its territory after they already unloaded drilling equipment onshore. The Texas based company connected to Donald Trump had purchased the rights from a UK company called 80 Mile- they had obtained the drilling license before the Greenland government stopped issuing them in 2021. In an interview with Lukas Wahden from George Washington University, Trumps motives in Greenland are also discussed. The new right-wing Colombian president Abelardo Gabriel de la Espriella was sworn in, promising a crackdown on armed cocaine producing guerrillas with the assistance of the US and Israeli militaries. From CUBA- The new Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has joined the US as the only two countries recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, a Syrian territory. A retired Israeli General says Gaza should remain destroyed for generations, and that Israel should retain the Yellow Line which marks the military territory. China has called on the US not to slander relations between countries, and reiterated its support of Cuban self-defense. From JAPAN- The Japanese PM spoke with the Iranian president on the Hormuz situation and the Houthi vessel attacks in Yemen. Trump wrote an executive order placing a new 15 percent tariff on polysilicon products such as solar panels. Ukraine continues to attack oil refineries in Russia with subsequent unburned carbon pouring into the atmosphere, along with human collateral deaths. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "Because we cannot save ourselves without contesting oligarchic control, the fight for democracy and justice and the fight against environmental breakdown are one and the same. Do not allow those who have caused this crisis to define the limits of political action. Do not allow those whose magical thinking got us into this mess to tell us what can and cannot be done." --George Monbiot Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net

I finished recording this episode with body liberation psychotherapist Paula D. Atkinson and immediately knew:This is one of my favorite conversations I've ever had on the podcast.Not because we agreed on everything (although we agreed on a lot), but because Paula made me think in entirely new ways.About body image.About dieting.About permission.About rage.About why so many of us have spent decades believing our bodies are the problem.This conversation challenged me, validated me, made me laugh, and honestly blew my mind more than once.If you've ever wondered why you think the way you do about food or your body, this episode is going to give you the answers.We cover:why diet culture functions more like a cult than a wellness practicethe connection between women's rights and beauty idealsThe role and impact of GLP-1sThe mindset shift that is non negotiableWhy the goal isn't fixing your body...it's questioning the beliefs that convinced you it needed fixing in the first place.Paula D. Atkinson is a queer, woo-woo desert witch and a liberation-focused psychotherapist. She has been working for over 15 years with those who suffer from disordered eating, food obsession, exercise addiction, and body hatred. Paula created and taught a course on the history of fat phobia and our culture's thin worship as a professor of Weight & Society at George Washington University.  She trains professionals, clinics, and organizations in doing less harm in a thin-obsessed world. She has been interviewed for various articles, podcasts and broadcasts, including on NPR, and co-hosts a podcast that explores how psychotherapy conspires with the many systems that cause mental suffering. She is a second-generation yoga teacher, a psychic witch, an artist, and an aspiring DJ! Paula grew up in the Bay Area, lived in DC and NYC for over 20 years, and recently relocated to Palm Springs CA where she is grateful every day for the dry heat, big sky and the desert vibrations.Insta: @pauladatkinsonWebsite: https://www.pauladatkinson.com/FB: https://www.facebook.com/pauladatkinson/TikTok: @pauladatkinson5YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WINWWYEpisode of Surrounded: https://youtu.be/M7K87rGoGps?si=KPjMLmxc4KPfp0nJConnect with JordanaFind me on InstagramSign up for my weekly letter with personal stories and nutrition, body image and mindset tipsSchedule a free discovery call to talk more about working together Listen to more episodes of The Diet Diaries

D/Annie Liontas joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about suffering 3 brain injuries in one year and how that changed their relationship to their body and to the world, post-concussive syndrome, how science is delayed around all things female body, gender and selfhood, being a reluctant nonfiction writer and how memoir was the last thing on their mind, understanding the external and internal forces that we have to reckon with to live, the narratives around women and queer people, interrogating our own patterns, knowing when we're sidestepping a thing, the cascading problem of vulnerability, considering how you protect the people you love in a memoir, what stories need to be told, and doing so on our own terms, the lonely condition of being inside the human body, how memoir has its own timeline, getting to the story beneath the story and their new memoir Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery.   Ronit's upcoming workshop: Writing Dynamic Memoir: From Lived Experience to Gripping Story https://www.lmcmurtrylitcenter.org/workshops/writing-dynamic-memoir-from-lived-experience-to-gripping-story   Also in this episode: - redacting text - knowing when we're hiding - finding comfort in the telling   Books mentioned in this episode - Fit Into Me by Molly Gaudry - Decade of the Brain by Janine Joseph - The Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken - The Writing Life by Annie Dillard - Bone Black by bell hooks - Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life by bell hooks - Mad Eden by Morgan Thomas - Clam Down by Anelise Chen   Essay: “Against Catharsis: Writing is Not Therapy” by Essay by T Kira Madden https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/litfriends-podcast/id1717357361   D/ANNIE LIONTAS is the trans-genderqueer author of the crip-queer memoir Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery, which won the ALA's 2025 Stonewall Award for Nonfiction and was shortlisted for The Athenaeum of Philadelphia's Literary Award. They are a recipient of the 2025 Lambda Literary Córdova prize, and their debut novel, Let Me Explain You, was selected as New York Times Editors Choice. They co-edited the anthology A Manner of Being: Writers on their Mentors, and their work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, BOMB, McSweeney's, The New Review, Oprah Daily, and elsewhere. An Associate Professor at George Washington University, LIONTAS helped secure a Mellon Foundation grant on Disability Justice to bring storytelling to communities in the criminal justice system. They write the Most Anticipated Queer Books list at Electric Literature and live in Philadelphia with their wife, dog, and Email the rabbit.    Connect With D/Annie Liontas:  https://www.instagram.com/aliontas/ https://www.annieliontas.com/ (currently being updated)   Purchase Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sex-with-a-Brain-Injury/Annie-Liontas/9781668085561 https://www.theshipmanagency.com/annie-liontas Lit Friends Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/litfriends-podcast/id1717357361

Jonathan Turley, constitutional law professor at George Washington University, Fox News Contributor, and author of the new book Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution, joined us on the Guy Benson Show today to discuss the outlook of Sen. Rand Paul's upcoming contempt vote for Dr. Anthony Fauci following him pleading the fifth in front of Congress last week. Listen to the full interview with Turley and guest host Paul Mauro below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Dr. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa, a leading reproductive endocrinologist, associate clinical professor at George Washington University, and author of The Quest for Fertility: The Quest for a Long Life. Dr. Oluyemisi shares what inspired her to write the book after years of watching patients struggle with fertility issues that could have been prevented. Together, they explore the surprising connection between reproductive health and everyday productivity.Gerald and Dr. Oluyemisi discuss how sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress quietly shape our biology long before we notice the effects. They explore the science behind blue light and melatonin, how the brain's "tick-tock center" regulates fertility, and the emerging field of epigenetics, showing how life experiences and environmental factors can influence which genes get "read." Dr. Oluyemisi also shares a powerful patient story about unprocessed trauma and allostatic stress, illustrating how the body remembers experiences the mind may have buried.Whether you're planning a family, recovering from burnout, or simply trying to understand why sleep and stress affect every part of your health, this episode offers a science-backed reminder that the body and mind are never truly separate, and that living in alignment with your biology is one of the smartest investments you can make in your productivity and well-being.What We Discuss[00:00] Productivity Smarts introduction[02:01] Meet Dr. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa and The Quest for Fertility[06:36] Why Dr. Oluyemisi wrote the book[10:43] The butterfly garden: finding stillness on purpose[13:23] Fertility planning and irreversible damage[14:11] Smoking, diabetes, STDs, and marijuana's impact on fertility[18:11] The biggest misconception: "time will work itself out"[20:03] Epigenetics explained: the DNA "cookbook" analogy[26:26] The food, sleep, and movement trifecta[29:19] Blue light, melatonin, and the circadian clock[32:27] Living in alignment as a form of productivity[33:22] Allostatic load: the body remembers[34:37] A patient's story of trauma, survival, and healing[40:07] Where to find Dr. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa and her book[41:52] Final thoughts Notable Quotes[06:45] "I always joke that I visit the whole world vicariously through my patients." – Dr. Oluyemisi[16:33] "Sometimes it comes down to how badly do you want it. Do you want it bad enough to make changes in your life?" – Dr. Oluyemisi[18:58] "You can't ignore your biology. You can't reverse engineer your biology. Your biology really doesn't wait." – Dr. Oluyemisi[20:54] "Epigenetics means you have your normal DNA, but something latches onto it and gums it up—like a paperclip on a cookbook. You can't read those chapters until you remove what's clipping them together." – Dr. Oluyemisi[25:57] "The same things that will help your reproductive health will also make you live longer. What's wrong with that? The worst that could happen is you live a little longer." – Dr. Oluyemisi[27:52] "There's a Yoruba proverb that says, 'Whatever the bird eats is what the bird carries around.' You are what you eat." – Dr. Oluyemisi[38:49] "The body remembers. Even when we don't, our bodies record every stressful situation we live through." – Dr. Oluyemisi[38:18] "When there is no closure, that wound gets picked open again and again. It takes a toll on people." – Dr. OluyemisiResource and LinksDr. Oluyemisi FamuyiwaWebsite: montgomeryfertilityInstagram: @MontgomeryFertilityLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/Oluyemisi-famuyiwaBook: Quest for FertilityProductivity Smarts PodcastWebsite - productivitysmartspodcast.comGerald J. LeonardWebsite - geraldjleonard.comTurnberry Premiere website - turnberrypremiere.comScheduler - vcita.com/v/geraldjleonardKiva is a loan, not a donation, allowing you to cycle your money and create a personal impact worldwide. https://www.kiva.org/lender/topmindshelpingtopmindsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join us in this episode as we dive into sustainable weight loss, hormone balance, metabolic health, and longevity with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer. As a board-certified physician specializing in metabolic health, performance medicine, and hormone optimization, Dr. Gajer is passionate about helping people improve their health through personalized, proactive care that focuses on prevention rather than treatment. Originally from Poland and raised in the United States, she is dedicated to educating others on the lifestyle habits that promote lasting vitality and wellness. Hit play to discover: The foundations of sustainable weight loss. Why hormone balance is essential for long-term health. How metabolic health impacts energy, performance, and longevity. The importance of preserving muscle as we age. Dr. Gajer graduated with top honors from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed her residency in academic emergency medicine at The George Washington University. Inspired by years of caring for patients with preventable chronic diseases, she founded The Gajer Practice to deliver personalized, root-cause-focused care that empowers individuals to take control of their health. Her mission is to help patients optimize their biology through evidence-based nutrition, exercise, hormone health, and lifestyle medicine so they can live healthier, more vibrant lives. Connect with Dr. Gajer: The Gajer Practice Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Youtube

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right 111 times during a high-stakes Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearing followed the release of Fauci's 1,100-page personal diary which had contradicting entries and personal reflections from the pandemic era. Senator Paul has long argued Fauci outright lied to the American people about COVID's origins and his recommendations about school closures. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Jonathan Turley, Fox News contributor, criminal defense attorney and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, who says Dr. Fauci's refusal to testify could have larger consequences for him. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can the U.S. Constitution survive the rise of socialism in America? Fox News contributor and Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, Jonathan Turley, joins to discuss his new book, Rage and the Republic. He examines the current rise of socialism in the United States, focusing on the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and their political agenda. He shares his observations on how radical ideologies threatening the Supreme Court, free markets, and the Rule of Law are gaining traction among young Americans—and what must be done to stop them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host: Dr. Melissa Seibert Guest: Dr. Matt Chesler, Board-Trained Endodontist & Resident Faculty at Spear Education Episode Summary In this episode of Dental Digest, host Dr. Melissa Seibert sits down with endodontist Dr. Matt Chesler to break down the most intimidating aspects of molar endodontics . From overcoming access anxiety in deeply calcified teeth to navigating complex MB2 anatomy and proper hand-file selection, Dr. Chesler shares practical, evidence-based strategies to improve clinical confidence and prevent misadventures . Guest Bio Dr. Matt Chesler is a board-trained endodontist with over 20 years in the specialty and serves as resident faculty at Spear Education . He earned his DDS from the University of Southern California (USC), completed his endodontics residency at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School in Bethesda, and holds a Master of Science from George Washington University . He has been teaching clinical endodontics to dentists for over a decade . Key Takeaways & Clinical Pearls 1. Molar Access vs. Anterior/Premolar Access Greater Forgiveness: Molars offer significantly more space and room for minor access errors compared to anterior teeth or premolars, where the margins for error are much tighter . Magnification & Illumination: High magnification and proper illumination are mandatory for identifying heavily calcified canals . 2. Access Strategy for Calcified Canals Trajectory: Canals enter the pulp chamber at an angle rather than straight vertically . Search Laterally First: Before taking down the pulpal floor, expand the access preparation laterally . Look for color changes and the historical outline of the pulp chamber . Orifice Location: Orifices are typically located at the floor-wall junction . Ultrasonics Over High-Speeds: Put away high-speed handpieces early to avoid damage . Use end-cutting ultrasonic tips (such as the Buck II tip) to drop the pulpal floor safely . 3. Critical Depth Benchmarks Research Data (Dr. Alan Deutsch Studies): Average distance from occlusal surface to chamber roof: 6.25 mm . Average pulp chamber height: 1.5 mm to 2 mm . Safety Rule: You generally have roughly 6.5 mm of safe drilling depth from the occlusal surface before reaching the chamber . Radiographic Checkpoint: If you reach 6.5 mm to 7 mm in depth and have not entered the chamber, stop and take a radiograph to verify alignment and prevent perforation . 4. Workflow & Tactile Training Initial Access: Start with a small bur (e.g., #330 or #1931) to identify the safe zone while preserving tooth structure . Unroofing: Once inside the chamber, switch exclusively to non-end-cutting burs (e.g., Pulp Shaper or Endo-Z bur) to unroof without damaging the floor . Tactile Practice: Practice access preps on extracted teeth with your eyes closed to develop a refined tactile feel for dropping into the chamber and running burs along walls . 5. Radiographs & CBCT 3D vs. 2D Imaging: CBCT serves as an "open book test" . It helps determine whether a canal is truly occluded versus calcified, eliminating unnecessary structure removal . Follow Natural Pathways: Never try to create a new canal; always follow natural anatomy . 6. MB2 Anatomy & Canals Prevalence: Expect to locate an MB2 canal in approximately 75% of maxillary molars . Type 2 vs. Type 3 Systems: Type 2 System: Two separate orifices join into a single endpoint (V, Y, or lowercase h shape) . Type 3 System: Two completely independent canals from orifice to apex ("11" shape) . Instrumentation Tip: On Type 2 systems, your file may hit a wall where MB2 joins MB1 . When backfilling MB1 with warm gutta-percha, you will often see MB2 fill simultaneously via the confluence . 7. Hand File Selection & Pre-Curving Start Small: Use a #6 hand file rather than a #10 file to negotiate tight or calcified canals . A #6 file often glides through where a #10 file buckles . C-Files vs. K-Files: C-Files: Feature a stiffer shaft and active tip, making them ideal for finding and opening orifice tops . K-Files: Switch to K-files once the orifice is located to prevent ledging . Single-Use Files: Discard distorted hand files immediately to avoid file separation . Understanding Calcification: Canals calcify top-down, not bottom-up . Hitting a hard stop mid-canal (e.g., at 15 mm in a 20 mm canal) usually indicates a curve rather than calcification . Pre-Curving Technique: Place a smooth 30° to 55° bend on the last few millimeters of the file (acting like a mini explorer) using your fingers or an explorer handle to bypass curves . Avoid sharp kinks .  

The Late Bronze Age, when the Trojan War supposedly took place, was way more modern than Homer made it seem. But around 1177 BCE, a vast network of interconnected societies suddenly collapsed. What caused arguably the greatest societal collapse in the history of the world? Hint: It's a lot more complicated than the "Sea Peoples." Guest: Eric Cline, professor at George Washington University and author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠And please email us! ⁠⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠⁠We read every email.Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/members⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In this episode, Ron talks to Jay Solomon (executive director of investigations at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University and cohost of The Threat podcast) and Hagar Chemali (former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN and cohost of The Threat podcast) about what the latest war with Iran reveals about the limits of American power. They explore why allies failed to rally around the United States, how the Strait of Hormuz became a political weapon, and why both ends of the political spectrum increasingly argue that America itself is the problem. Then they trace the radicalization of one young American activist as a window into the forces pulling at the country from the outside.  Later, Ron, Jay, and Hagar turn to corruption, transactional foreign policy, and where American leadership goes once the old institutions can no longer be rebuilt. They discuss: (5:01) What this war revealed about the limits of American power (6:41) Why allies didn't rally, and the Strait of Hormuz as a toll booth (8:34) The case that confrontation with Iran was inevitable (15:21) The left's turn: DSA, the Mamdani primaries, and a hollowing party (20:26) Populism meets foreign policy (25:52) The radicalization of Calla Walsh (35:02) Utopian movements and the dream of a perfectible world (39:09) The anti-war tradition versus foreign influence (46:30) The right's turn: JD Vance, Qatar, Pakistan, and the Quincy Institute (54:40) Transactionalism, corruption, and values that left the room (1:02:41) Anti-Semitism, legitimate debate, and the new litmus tests (1:09:47) What Israel does if American support collapses (1:13:12) The industrial complexes and their competing incentives (1:21:47) Iran's real motives and the lessons of the pallets of cash (1:33:49) Is this our Suez Canal moment? Check out The Threat podcast: The Threat podcast: https://bit.ly/3QPoKhZ Follow Ron on Twitter:https://twitter.com/RonSteslow Follow Jay on Twitter: https://x.com/FPJaySolomon Follow Hagar on Twitter: https://x.com/HagarChemali  Email your questions to podcast@politicology.com or leave us a voicemail at ‪(202) 455-4558‬  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices