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In this episode, Louis is joined by tech entrepreneur turned longevity evangelist, Bryan Johnson. Dialling in from his home in Los Angeles, Bryan tells Louis all about his quest to live forever, from the psychedelic experience that changed his life, to the role of superintelligence in the future. Plus, Louis learns the importance of night-time erections.    Warnings: Strong language and some adult themes.   Links/Attachments:    Mind – UK Mental Health Charity  https://www.mind.org.uk/     Suicide Prevention UK  https://spuk.org.uk/     Book: The Ghost in the Machine, Arthur Koestler (originally published in 1967)  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Machine-Arthur-Koestler/dp/1939438349     ‘How to be 18 years old again for Only $2 million a year' - Bloomberg (2023)  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-25/anti-aging-techniques-taken-to-extreme-by-bryan-johnson?embedded-checkout=true    TV Show: ‘Silicon Valley' (2014-2019) - HBO   https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley     ‘Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps up live longer and be happier' - The Harvard Gazette (2017)  https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/     Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Maan al-Yasiri  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D'Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards   Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump administration continues to escalate its authoritarian assault on higher education, free speech, and political dissent—and university administrators and state government officials are willingly aiding that assault. On the morning of April 23, at the direction of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, raided the homes of multiple student organizers connected to Palestine solidarity protests at the University of Michigan. “According to the group Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), agents seized the students' electronics and a number of personal items,” Michael Arria reports at Mondoweiss. “Four individuals were detained, but eventually released.” In this urgent episode of Working People, we speak with a panel of graduate student workers from the University of Michigan and Columbia University about how they and their unions are fighting back against ICE abductions, FBI raids, and top-down political repression, all while trying to carry on with their day-to-day work. Panelists include: Lavinia, a PhD student at the University of Michigan School of Information and an officer in the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO); Ember McCoy, a PhD candidate in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan and a rank-and-file member of GEO and the TAHRIR Coalition; Jessie Rubin, a PhD student in the School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University and a rank-and-file member of Student Workers of Columbia (SWC); and Conlan Olson, a PhD student in Computer Science at Columbia and a member of the SWC bargaining committee.   Additional links/info: Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), University of Michigan website, Instagram, Facebook page, and X page Student Workers of Columbia-UAW Local 2710 website, Instagram, Facebook page, and X page TAHRIR Coalition UMich X page Legal Fund of Michigan Students for Palestine GEO Worker Solidarity Fund GEO Press Release: FBI and police raid homes of pro-Palestine activists, including a GEO member Mahmoud Khalil statement from ICE detention: “My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner” Allie Wong, The Intercept, “This is not about antisemitism, Palestine, or Columbia. It's Trump dismantling the American dream“ Grant Miner, The Nation, “Columbia expelled me for my palestine activism, but I won't be silenced” Michael Arria, Mondoweiss, “FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan” Alvin Powell, The Harvard Gazette, “Harvard files lawsuit against Trump administration” Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “‘Worse' than McCarthyism: Trump's war on higher education, free speech, and political dissent” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘A tremendous chilling effect': Columbia students describe dystopian reality on campus amid Trump attacks” Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘People are hiding in their apartments': Inside Trump's assault on universities” Permanent links below… Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page Featured Music… Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme Song Studio Production: Maximillian Alvarez Post-Production: Jules Taylor      

The Trump administration continues to escalate its authoritarian assault on higher education, free speech, and political dissent—and university administrators and state government officials are willingly aiding that assault. On the morning of April 23, at the direction of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, raided the homes of multiple student organizers connected to Palestine solidarity protests at the University of Michigan. “According to the group Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), agents seized the students' electronics and a number of personal items,” Michael Arria reports at Mondoweiss. “Four individuals were detained, but eventually released.” In this urgent episode of Working People, we speak with a panel of graduate student workers from the University of Michigan and Columbia University about how they and their unions are fighting back against ICE abductions, FBI raids, and top-down political repression, all while trying to carry on with their day-to-day work.Panelists include: Lavinia, a PhD student at the University of Michigan School of Information and an officer in the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO); Ember McCoy, a PhD candidate in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan and a rank-and-file member of GEO and the TAHRIR Coalition; Jessie Rubin, a PhD student in the School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University and a rank-and-file member of Student Workers of Columbia (SWC); and Conlan Olson, a PhD student in Computer Science at Columbia and a member of the SWC bargaining committee.Additional links/info:Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), University of Michigan website, Instagram, Facebook page, and X pageStudent Workers of Columbia-UAW Local 2710 website, Instagram, Facebook page, and X pageTAHRIR Coalition UMich X pageLegal Fund of Michigan Students for PalestineGEO Worker Solidarity FundGEO Press Release: FBI and police raid homes of pro-Palestine activists, including a GEO memberMahmoud Khalil statement from ICE detention: “My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner”Allie Wong, The Intercept, “This is not about antisemitism, Palestine, or Columbia. It's Trump dismantling the American dream“Grant Miner, The Nation, “Columbia expelled me for my palestine activism, but I won't be silenced”Michael Arria, Mondoweiss, “FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan”Alvin Powell, The Harvard Gazette, “Harvard files lawsuit against Trump administration”Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “‘Worse' than McCarthyism: Trump's war on higher education, free speech, and political dissent”Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘A tremendous chilling effect': Columbia students describe dystopian reality on campus amid Trump attacks”Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘People are hiding in their apartments': Inside Trump's assault on universities”Permanent links below…Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter pageIn These Times Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.

In this episode you discover 3 research based ways to enhance your happiness and wellbeing. You learn how to easily incorporate these 3 happiness habits into your daily life.---Resources for expanded insights into these 3 habits:Dr. Robert Emmons' research at UC Davis on gratitude and happiness. https://emmons.faculty.ucdavis.eduHill PL, Allemand M, Roberts BW. Examining the Pathways between Gratitude and Self-Rated Physical Health across Adulthood. Pers Individ Dif. 2013 Jan;54(1):92-96. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.011. PMID: 23139438; PMCID: PMC3489271.“7 Scientifically Proven Benefits Of Gratitude That Will Motivate You To Give Thanks Year-Round”. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2014/11/23/7-scientifically-proven-benefits-of-gratitude-that-will-motivate-you-to-give-thanks-year-round/“Harvard Study of Adult Development”.  https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.orghttps://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org“Good genes are nice, but joy is better”. “Harvard Gazette”. Link: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/“Gratitude and Wellbeing”. https://emmons.faculty.ucdavis.edu/gratitude-and-well-being/#:~:text=Summary%20of%20Findings,Emmons%20&%20McCullough%2C%202003).“Associations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: do motives for social media use matter?”. Pub Med. Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9817115/#:~:text=Conclusion%20and%20implications,for%20maintaining%20contact%20with%20others.“How to make friends? Study reveals how many hours it takes”.  KU News. https://news.ku.edu/news/article/2018/03/06/study-reveals-number-hours-it-takes-make-friend#:~:text=In%20a%20new%20report%20published,long%2Dterm%20belongingness%20needs.”“The Protégé Effect: How You Can Learn by Teaching Others”.  https://effectiviology.com/protege-effect-learn-by-teaching/#:~:text=Expecting%20to%20teach%20and%20teaching%20can%20lead,and%20seeking%20out%20key%20pieces%20of%20information. ---Technical information:Recorded with Ocenaudio. Edits with Twisted Wave, Amadeus Pro, Hush,, and Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone CAD E100Sx.---Key words:joy, happiness, gratitude, mindful_gratitude, emotional_wellbeing,

Jenny talks with Matt Griffin from the University of Pennsylvania and Melissa Lesica from Harvard University about the tumultuous and challenging landscape of higher education social media over the past academic year. They explore the impact of significant global events, bot attacks, and the increasing vitriol directed at higher ed institutions. They also delve into how their teams managed these crises and the lessons learned to prepare for future challenges.Guest Names:Matt Griffin, Dir. of New Media Communications at University PennsylvaniaMelissa Lesica, Senior Dir. of Content strategy at Harvard UniversityGuest Social Handles:Matt: LinkedInMelissa: LinkedInGuest Bios: Matt Griffin is Director, New Media Communications, in the Office of University Communications at the University of Pennsylvania, with 20+ years of experience in digital marketing and communications for publishing companies, business journals and educational institutions. Matt joined Penn in 2012 as part of a then-new push to consolidate social media strategy at the University, and has since grown the University's social footprint, expanded access to social media tools across Penn, and worked to build a cross-departmental collaborative working group of more than 300 communications professionals across campus.Melissa Lesica is the Senior Director of Content Strategy at Harvard University. She manages a team that produces, manages and measures Harvard's flagship digital properties, including Harvard.edu, the Harvard Gazette news website, the @Harvard social media channels and a variety of email newsletters. Melissa has worked in higher education for 17 years, advocating for digital transformation, innovation and accessibility. - - - -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! Some of our favorites include Higher Ed Pulse and Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO.Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com.

Cub Kuker Supernatural Podcast EP442 Harvard Gazette: This article details a study conducted by Harvard University researchers, which examined the psychological and physiological responses of individuals who claimed to have been abducted by aliens. The findings indicated that these individuals exhibited emotional and physiological reactions similar to those of people who have experienced severe trauma, suggesting that their memories, whether real or imagined, have a significant impact on them. The researchers also explored the possibility of these experiences being linked to episodes of sleep paralysis combined with hallucinations (Harvard Gazette) . Smithsonian Magazine: This source highlights the CIA's release of a vast collection of declassified UFO documents. These documents, available through The Black Vault, provide insights into various UFO sightings and investigations conducted by the CIA over several decades. This collection is an invaluable resource for anyone researching extraterrestrial phenomena, including reports related to gray aliens (Smithsonian Magazine) . Monstrum (KET): This source discusses why Gray aliens are a common figure in alien abduction stories and explores the possibility that their presence could be linked to advanced, possibly artificial, origins. The video examines the consistency in descriptions of Grays, which some believe points to them being engineered beings designed for specific tasks, such as medical examinations during abductions (KET) . The Betty and Barney Hill abduction: a landmark case in ufology and significantly influenced the popular image of alien abductions. Their story was widely publicized in the media and was later adapted into a book, "The Interrupted Journey," and a television movie, "The UFO Incident." History.com: Offers a detailed account of the abduction and its significance in the context of UFO sightings and alien encounters. History.com - Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Britannica: Provides an overview of the case, including its impact on the UFO phenomenon and subsequent investigations. Britannica - Betty and Barney Hill This video represents my personal opinion but what do you think? Leave me a comment…  _________________________________________

En este episodio, hablamos sobre los algoritmos y cómo estos influyen en nuestras vidas y decisiones a diario. Desde personalizar lo que vemos en redes sociales hasta crear “echo chambers” que limitan nuestra exposición a nuevas ideas. En este episodio hablamos de algunos de los pros y los contras de esta tecnología. And while it's true that los latinos consumimos contenido muy variado, I still share a few ideas on how to diversify the content we consume and our info sources even more.  No se pierdan este “inch deep” dive into how algorithms shape our digital experience y cómo podemos navegar mejor este landscape para que nos controlen menos. ¡Join me para una conversación súper interesante! Music this week by: La Noche Oskura, Silvermansound.com and LESFM. Social Media Handles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betorizo_ Watch on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@betorizo_:  Works cited:  Target story: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/?sh=6c8138af6668 Bipartisan Policy Center: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/download/?file=/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BPC_Tech-Algorithm-Tradeoffs_R01.pdf Reason.com: https://reason.com/2022/12/07/in-defense-of-algorithms/?comments=true#comments Northwestern University: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/08/social-media-algorithms-exploit-how-humans-learn-from-their-peers/ Pew Research Center: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/11/16/algorithms-in-action-the-content-people-see-on-social-media/ The Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/03/harvard-professor-says-surveillance-capitalism-is-undermining-democracy/

One of our greatest roles as parents, in my opinion, is to teach our children how to be independent, good human beings. While academics are important, are we (society) putting enough emphasis on basic life skills and emotional intelligence? I'm not sure. I think that life skills can often be misunderstood as "chores." However, life skills are independence skills and organizational skills. There's more to intelligence than just IQ. There's EQ (emotional quotient, also known as emotional intelligence). And in my opinion, that is just as important, if not more important, especially in this technological, AI/digital world we live in today. So, how do we raise good humans? It's a great question and we're chatting all about it with our guest today, Dr. Jenny Woo. Who is Dr. Jenny Woo? Jenny Woo, MBA, PhD, is a Harvard-trained researcher and educator. As the founder and CEO of Mind Brain Emotion, she has created a series of award-winning card games and tools to help adults and kids build emotional intelligence and social mastery. Her product line has been used by teachers, psychologists, parents, and teens in more than 50 countries. In addition to her MEd from Harvard, MBA from UC Berkeley, and PhD from UC Irvine, she also spent several years as a Montessori school director and seven years as a human capital consultant at Deloitte and executive coach at Cisco Systems. Dr. Woo teaches emotional intelligence at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Woo is a two-time TEDx speaker, author, and has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo! Finance, Parents, and The Harvard Gazette. Dr. Woo is the former host of 52 Essential Conversations to Inspire Children for Life podcast. She has also done two TEDx talks, including "How to Be Self-ish Without Feeling Selfish." Dr. Woo has spoken at the Institute for Child Psychology conference, the Happy Family conference, and other gatherings for parents, teachers, educators, and school administrators across the country. That's right, she's been everywhere, and we're excited to have her here with us on our podcast. What Did We Discuss? Today, we're chatting with Dr. Jenny Woo about how to build life skills and emotional intelligence for children. As I mentioned, life skills can often be misunderstood, so we are thrilled to have Dr. Woo here to "chick chat" with us about mastering these important skills, as well as how to raise good humans. As an educator and mother, Dr. Woo has seen and experienced all of this firsthand. Her warm presence on this episode and valuable insight on these topics are encouraging and refreshing. She gives parents and kids a great place to start to grow life skills, and she gives us hope for what the future can look like for our children. Be sure to tune into this episode and leave us a review! Mentioned in the Episode EQ Workshop video Empty-Nester Coach on Wall Street Journal Practical Life Skills for Kids on YouTube Dr. Woo's Resources Website: mindbrainemotion.com Mind Brain Emotion cards Facebook: @mindbrainparenting Instagram: @mindbrainparenting YouTube: @mindbrainemotion LinkedIn: @jennyjcwoo Thank you for listening to this episode! Follow us on our podcast Instagram page @thebabychickchat, and let us know what you think and if there are any other topics you'd like for us to cover. Cheers to life skills and being a good human! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special WordPress seven-part teardown series, Jeremy Fremont and Vahe Arabian explore The Harvard Gazette. When Harvard has a $51 billion endowment, one might wonder why Harvard needs to monetize their sites in the first place. The Harvard Gazette doesn't. Rather, it's a super-connector of all the microsites and communities that help raise Harvard's profile internally and for alumni abroad. So what are the mechanics behind this? As part of this special WordPress seven-part teardown series, Jeremy Fremont and Vahe Arabian explore The Harvard Gazette – the official news website for Harvard University covering campus life and times, university issues and policies, science, teaching, learning innovations, and broader national and global concerns. It also helps to distribute stories from University affiliates. This special series is sponsored by Multidots.Support the show: https://www.stateofdigitalpublishing.com/slack-community/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Je kunt geen nieuwssite of social media-kanaal openen, geen American football wedstrijd kijken of daar is ze, Taylor Swift. Nu zelfs de academische wereld gegrepen lijkt te zijn door deze Amerikaanse singer-songwriter, kunnen ook wij niet meer om haar heen. In deze aflevering bespreken we hoe wetenschappers vanuit verschillende disciplines onderzoek doen naar Taylor Swift en gaan we in op de complotverhalen die de ronde doen over de zangeres. Met als belangrijkste vraag, gaat zij bepalen wie de nieuwe president van de VS wordt?Onderzoek: Dr. Anita Eerland, prof.dr. Rolf ZwaanPresentatie: Rolf Zwaan & Anita EerlandBronnenAvdeeff, M. (9 februari 2024). Taylor Swift-NFL conspiracy theories are the result of two sets of hardcore fans colliding. The Conversation. Kheraj, A. (9 november 2022). The curate's Easter egg: how Taylor Swift turned pop into a multiplayer puzzle. The Guardian. Levy, N. (2023). Conspiracy theories as serious play. Pazzanese, C. (2 augustus 2023). So what exactly makes Taylor Swift so great? The Harvard Gazette.Walker, J. (9 februari 2024). Taylor Swift is just the latest subject in a long history of pop conspiracy theories. The Atlantic.Zwaan, R.A. (2021). Drang naar samenhang: de psychologie van het begrijpen. Amsterdam: Boom. Een compleet overzicht met alle thema's uit de podcast en de bijbehorende afleveringen is hier te vinden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uma viagem pelo amor e suas belezas, tragédias e a busca do humano por respostas sobre esse tão forte sentimento. ---------- Esse episódio é não só uma regravação do original de mais de dez anos atrás, mas, também, uma nova pesquisa, roteiro e, definitivamente, uma construção mais madura sobre esse tema tão complexo. ---------Bibliografia “EROS - Greek God of Love (Roman Cupid, Amor).” Theoi.com, 2017, www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Eros.html. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023. Fábio Augusto Caló. “Amor: Os 3 Tipos de Amores Dos Gregos.” Psicólogos Em Brasília - DF E Psicólogos Online, 28 Sept. 2019, inpaonline.com.br/tipos-de-amor/. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024. Fuks, Rebeca. “O Banquete de Platão: Resumo E Interpretação Da Obra.” Cultura Genial, Cultura Genial, 15 Oct. 2018, www.culturagenial.com/livro-o-banquete/. Accessed 1 Jan. 2024. gazettejohnbaglione. “When Love and Science Double Date.” Harvard Gazette, Harvard Gazette, 13 Feb. 2018, news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/02/scientists-find-a-few-surprises-in-their-study-of-love/. Accessed 21 Jan. 2024. Paulo Rezzutti. “Rainha Após a Morte: A Trágica História de Inês de Castro E D. Pedro I de Portugal.” Aventuras Na História, Aventuras na História, 24 Oct. 2023, aventurasnahistoria.uol.com.br/noticias/paulo-rezzutti/rainha-depois-de-morta-a-tragica-historia-de-ines-de-castro-e-d-pedro-i-rei-de-portugal.phtml. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024. Whipps, Heather, and Remy Melina. “The 6 Most Tragic Love Stories in History.” Livescience.com, Live Science, 13 Dec. 2011, www.livescience.com/16922-history-tragic-love-stories.html. Accessed 20 Jan. 2024 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/escribacafe/message

So why don't politicians talk about meat consumption and animal agriculture? Is meat a “vote losing” topic and are governments and the elite actually “pushing veganism” on us?Or can animal ethics become a political issue too, and if so, what framing will work best at the political level?In today's episode I speak with Sparsha Saha at Harvard university about her research studying meat politics from an empirical perspective! Sparsha Saha is a Lecturer at the Department of Government at Harvard University. She is the only (empirical) political scientist who studies meat politics. Her research is broadly situated in the field of political behavior. She uses experiments to understand how voters respond to political attention on meat, animal rights, and related issue areas. Her work has been or will be featured in Political Behavior, Journal of Social and Political Psychology (forthcoming), and Frontiers in Nutrition (accepted). She has been covered by New York Times, Fortune, Fast Company, Yahoo Finance, Harvard Gazette, among others. She was honored as Harvard's South Asian Woman of the Year in 2022Get a FREE vegan living guide!Learn about my Vegan Van TourSupport the podcast on Patreon For more information or to contact Sarina visit www.bornvegan.org or send an email to info@bornvegan.org

In this episode I review and discuss the Harvard Gazette article about the increase of men becoming Incels (aka Involuntary Celibates). With the increase of incels, that can cause an issue in more violence. Check it out! Reference: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/10/new-paper-explores-the-rise-of-incels/ https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/yyapcq/cmv_incels_are_an_increasing_of_the_male/?onetap_auto=true --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/my-reality/message

“ … it's really fascinating actually like the human, at the biological level at the psychological level, we are built to tolerate pain, and we're built to grow stronger from enduring difficulty, we're actually made for it. That's like how it works. Joy matters too - don't get me wrong, you know, but the difficult stuff is always there. So, we might as well get good at utilizing that end of the spectrum as well.” Ralph De La Rosa   Music with kind permission from Krishna Das https://www.krishnadas.com/ Gathering in the light-Om-Narayani. Krishna Das. https://krishnadasmusic.com/collections/music/products/gathering-in-the-light   What is this and why read or listen? What follows is an exploration of my journey of living with chronic pain and accompanying mental health challenges. I now understand, the experience of mental ill health has contributed to the degree and severity with which I have felt this pain.   I started collating my thoughts around the idea of exploring chronic physical pain, and how meditation might help as an intervention to assist people living with these conditions, to experience less suffering. As we will discuss in a bit, pain, whether is physical, emotional, or social, is experienced in similar parts of the brain. So is you know someone who experiences any of these challenges, there may be something in here that might help.   So primarily, we will look at how using a meditative practice might help to reduce suffering, reclaim access to moments of joy and openness and foster the ability to be able to pursue a life worth living, in the presence of pain. Someone once sent me a post on social media with a picture and a quote saying “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.” I was near vomiting with a migraine at the time, so there was no dancing to be done and the message was not received with the love it was sent with.   I think it's important to mention that there is no part of my life that living with chronic pain has not affected. I remember sitting in a psychologist's office on the North Side of Brisbane, and I was quiet for quite a while, trying to curate the thoughts so that I could adequately relay how desperate I felt, but not so much so that I have a short involuntary time in hospital. The words that came out of my mouth spoke to the total sense of loss that I felt as a result of living with chronic pain and the ‘things' that I was not able to do or participate in as a result – “Am I even lovable?” I choked out, in tears. I am not sure what my psychologist answered.   In mental health circles they often talk about the biopsychosocial contributors to understanding mental ill health, and that a clear understanding of these can be the bedrock to solid recovery. It's fair to say and not at all dramatic to say that living with chronic pain for the last 14 years has nearly cost me my life, my marriage, and my grip on sanity. So, the fact that I am writing this, and that this episode is being produced is testament to the fact that recovery is definitely possible.   Recovery as I've come to understand it is a concept which is defined by each person as to how they might like to live despite the challenges they face, be they mental health, chronic physical health or other challenge.   Having a living experience of chronic and persistent pain, has also come with many gifts. This is one of the reasons for this episode - I would like to be able to pass these gifts forward so that hopefully, wherever you are on your journey, whether it's living with chronic pain, mental health or other challenge, that you may find a point of resonance here and maybe a tool that you can add to your toolkit. The second reason is that this forms part of an assessment for an advanced diploma in meditation. Having skin in the game as it were, I feel like I may have a bit of an advantage, by way of lived experience. However this works meets you, may you be well, play be happy may you be safe and may you live at ease of heart with whatever comes to you in life.   “What counts in battle is what you do when the pain sets in.” John Short   The quote above comes from a book that I read about 14 years ago from Dean Karnases called Ultra Marathon Man. In the book Dean talks about nearing the end of one of the ultra marathons, that he ran, with several injuries and nothing left in the tank. Dean's dad offers some advice and empathy, but as he's about to walk away he says “what counts in battle is what you do when the pain sets in”. This has become somewhat of a guidepost for me,  as I explored the terrain chronic physical and emotional pain.   Towards the end, I will include a selection of resources and links. In hosting the Don't Quit on Me podcast, I have spoken with a variety of subject matter experts, in an effort to understand ways to navigate intense stress and pain, in the most intelligently, i.e with the least amount of suffering possible.   A key point from the show comes to mind, talked about by Dr Dan Harvey and Insight Meditation teacher Sebene Selassie, about the experience of emotional, social pain and physical pain being processed in similar parts of the brain. In my very limited understanding, this means that tools that help to reduce suffering for physical pain, may also be useful for the experience of social and emotional pain.   Skin in the Game   “It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself”. Jon Kabat-Zinn   It's just after 4am and the birds are starting to sing. First one … then another… during the dawn chorus their songs seem louder, livelier and more urgent than during the day. Maybe they seize this space to sing, before the noise of the day can interrupt their beautiful, melodic songs that call each day in to being.   I am awake at this time most mornings. This morning a sequence of experiences; a conjoined blur - pain from a decent tension headache that has been hanging around for days, coupled with pain from fibromyalgia, panic and it's cousin a dense cognitive fog – the residue of a nightmare – I still sense, something dark, very close, too close to see, temporarily I can't move.   As consciousness returns, and with-it, limited movement, I go through the morning ritual, an attempt to ease the pain and fog, and see how much I am able to function and extract from the day. Off to the loo, two bottles of water and then into a portable infrared sauna, to warm up the heaviness living in the muscles and connective tissue, and with any luck subdue the constant companion. Infrared Sauna is also starting to be looked at as a tool for living with chronic pain conditions. (Tsagkaris et al., 2022)   I have a living experience with chronic migraines, tension headaches and fibromyalgia, something that has been around for roughly the last 14 years. Each day is a balancing act between the pain, the anxiety caused by the pain, my energy levels, and as I am beginning to understand and will touch on later, any sense of imminent danger that I may perceive. Each day, an attempt to balance accomplishment without overtaxing a system in survival mode, so much that I pay for it for the coming days.   There are a couple of reasons why the pain may have become such a permanent fixture in my life, and I'll explore them briefly, but one thing I have noticed, is that focusing on why is nowhere near as helpful as what now. If I look back for a point of origin with the physical pain several things happened around the time it started; my mom's passed away, I also trained for a marathon, before which I came down with a respiratory virus. Post race I had blood work done which showed Ross River virus and another virus had been present in my system but were not currently active. I am also a survivor childhood trauma which in and of itself heightens someone's baseline perception of threat and as we'll explore can accentuate and amplify the body's attempt to report pain signals. There is also a strong correlation between trauma survivors and chronic pain sufferers (Asmundson, PTSD and the experience of pain: Research and clinical implications of shared vulnerability and mutual maintenance models).   In 1994 Dr Paul brand wrote the book Pain the Gift That Nobody Wants, describing his work with leprosy patients in India, and the essential role that pain has in keeping us safe. Without , he argues, we would be exposed to an unacceptable level of danger, leaving us devoid of mechanisms to warn us of impending threat.   If I think about my own experience, this is certainly a truism - pain by its very nature, and the way we experience it, is deeply unpleasant, very real, and is designed to get our attention and cause us to recoil. It is a message for us to act, to protect ourselves from the perceived threat. What happens through, when these signals fall out of calibration, when they report pain too loudly or for too long - when there is no longer a present threat that requires us to act, or the message we are receiving is disproportionate to the threat?   This is something I have sat with and worked through for many years, leading to this exploration of how the practice of meditation may be helpful to those, like me, who live with chronic pain.   As I said earlier, through hosting the Don't Quit on Me podcast I have had the opportunity to ask many people for their insights about the nature of pain, and why creating mental space around the experience of pain can reduce suffering. I have also looked at the links between how we experience physical pain and emotional pain, and how they are felt in similar parts of the brain.   Can meditation really help with pain? An article published in May 2023 on Healthline.com, looked at exactly this, Meditation for Chronic Pain Management and, spoiler alert, they found, amongst other things, the following three key points:   “A 2018 study of meditation, mindfulness, and the brain suggested that in the long term, meditation can change the structure of your brain. The resulting change in cortical thickness in some brain areas makes you less pain-sensitive. The neural mechanisms meditation uses to modify pain are different from those used by other techniques. For example, a 2012 studyTrusted Source determined that meditation promoted cognitive disengagement and an increased sensory processing of the actual pain. Meditation also induces the body's own opioid system. A very small, randomized, double-blind study from 2016 used the opioid blocker naloxone or a placebo and studied pain reduction with meditation. The group with the placebo experienced significantly less pain than the group that had the opioid blocker. Research is ongoing to look at the exact physiological mechanisms involved with meditation.” (Hecht, 2020)   That Sounds Painful   What is Pain?   Dr Dan Harvey is a Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and a pain scientist at the University of South Australia.  Along with Dr Lorimer Moseley, Dan is an author of the book 'Pain and The Nature of Perception: A New Way to Look at Pain' which uses visual illusions to describe features of perception that are relevant to understanding and treating pain. Dan holds a Masters of Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy, a chronic pain focussed PhD, and serves on the education committees for the Australian Pain Society and Pain Revolution. Below is and excerpt from my interview with Dan (Coriat, Dr Daniel Harvey - The path through pain 2022): I asked Dan about his preferred definition for pain. Dan said “ the official definition from the international association for the study of pain, “Pain is an unpleasant, sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.”” He went on to say: “... I prefer a simpler definition, which is just something that's unpleasant that has a location to it. The location part is what distinguishes pain from other unpleasant experiences. I guess anxiety for example is very unpleasant, but you can't point to it. You know, you could simplify my definition even further … It's (pain) something unpleasant you can point to. Because it's certainly unpleasant, but it's unique from other unpleasant experiences, in that it actually has a location, usually in the body, but obviously the exception to that is something like phantom limb pain. You can still point to the pain, but you are effectively pointing in mid air. Because you're experiencing it in a location of the body which no longer exists.”   The Mental and Psychological Experience of Pain   I asked Dan about the similarities between psychological and physical pain. “There's a lot of overlap. … one of the early discoveries when we started using imaging techniques to see what was happening in the brain of people in pain, was that we discovered that there is no one pain area, but rather it's many different areas that seem to be active. And there's something about that combination of brain areas that gives rise to the experience. Many of those areas that are active overlap with areas associated with anxiety and fear and other unpleasant experiences. And I guess that's one reason why we might see a higher prevalence of persistent pain problems in people who tend to be higher in trait, anxiety and depression, and maybe even have clinical levels of anxiety and depression. We think there's some sense in which brain areas that are active, and resulting in anxiety, facilitate the networks associated with pain and sort of have this facilitating effect.   On this point, when I spoke with much loved Insight Meditation teacher Sebene Selassie, I asked her the following question (Coriat, Dr Daniel Harvey - The path through pain 2022):   Nick: “I've heard you say in an interview. You were talking about the pain you experienced during cancer, and how it started to become a predictive response, you would feel some pain and you would assume that that would continue, and it would be without break. However, when you deepened your practice, you discovered that you could find spaces between the pain. Could you talk about this. And also, I think if there's a link to how many of us are experiencing pain, and when we do feel pain, obviously there's an instinctual response to assume it's going to be ongoing and be to kind of self-medicate...”   Sebene: “I could talk about physical pain, and just to name that this is true for social pain as well, because actually, our brains process them in the same way. So physical pain and social pain are processed in the same parts of the brain. So, you know, our perceptions of them are really similar and so predicated on what's happened in the past. You know, we build kind of our perceptual reality based on what we've seen before. So, you know, I have a mic in front of me, if I've never seen a mic before, you know, but then I learned what it is every time I see something shaped like this, I'm going to assume it's a mic, and I don't have to kind of go through the relearning process to figure it out. Our brain kind of builds up that knowing something, and that's useful for a lot of things, but it's not very useful in kind of a moment-to-moment sensory experience of a sensation or emotion, or, other people's emotions or speech or relationship with us. And so again, whether it's physical pain or social pain, like our interactions with others, we really want to develop, through this capacity of mindfulness, of embodied awareness of what's happening, the capacity to sense what's happening moment to moment. Instead of, you know, I see Nick and the last time Nick and I met, you know, we had a little bit of a misunderstanding, and now I'm going to interpret every different look of his as some kind of critique of me. Rather than meeting you fresh and deciding, you know, Nick has bad days too, and I'm gonna see what today brings rather than the assumption of, you know, what my experience has been in the past.  And that's what I experienced with physical pain that I went through some periods of really, really painful surgeries or treatments or emergency conditions that emerged in my body and even lying in the hospital or at home experiencing this pain, I could kind of predictably assume, oh, there's that sensation in my belly. I know what that's going to lead to. And so, start to kind of almost anticipate and tense and create more tension and pain and not really have a moment to moment kind of intimate experience of what was happening. And when I could slow down, actually connect to this embodied awareness, feel the sensation in my belly, I could see that, Oh yeah, it's this throbbing strong pain, but now it's actually dissipated.  When I breathe really deeply, actually it creates some space there and now my foot's going numb. I actually don't even really feel this pain in my belly right now. So, rather than having kind of this fixated fear, tense attention to things there internally our own physical or emotional experience, or externally what's going on with someone, we kind of create more spaciousness, create kind of more awareness, bring some relaxation and ease to what's happening, and that can often change everything for us.”   The Mechanisms of Pain   Back to the chat with Dan, I asked him if there was a simple way to understand the mechanisms that drive or report the experience of pain. “I'm not sure if there's a simple way, but a way we like to break it down in the physio program is thinking about inputs, processing and outputs. So, what this does is just let you think about the different components that might be happening in the background that lead to an experience of pain. The input is (comprises) the information that arrives at the brain, so some of that information comes through nerves in the body. Some of it also comes through our eyes and ears, because our brain is always gathering data, about what's happening in our bodies and what's happening in the world. So, we can refer to those things as inputs. Of course, information from the body is really important, particularly in acute pain. But the other inputs are also really important. I could give an example there. A paper cut might hurt extraordinarily, but someone could actually fracture a bone in their foot, in a football game and not notice it. So, there's something about the totality of data, not just the information itself from the body, but what it's combined with at a given time. So that's the inputs. The processing is about what's happening in the brain. So, how is the brain interpreting that data, and how's it making sense of it. In order to make sense of it, the brain considers not just the inputs, but also, what those inputs mean with respect to information that's already stored in the brain, from past experience, from knowledge, from what the doctor told you, from what you read on a scan, all of these things are also influential, when the brain is interpreting what's happening in the body. So, all of those things can potentially have an influence as well. So that's inputs and processing. Then we can think about outputs. And these days we actually think about pain as an output because anatomical textbooks used to describe pain as an input from the body in the quote unquote pain nerves, which we now call nociceptors or danger detectors. But the pain isn't pain until we experience it. And so, because of that fact, we tend to think of it as an output. My physio students always say an output to where though? And I think that the best way to phrase that is it's an output from our brains into our conscious awareness -  and that's much more philosophical than it is scientific, but I think we know so little about the brain that sometimes philosophy is the best way to explain and articulate these sort of things. You know, pain exists amongst a range of outputs. So often when you have pain, you also have some level of fear about it. You might have muscle tension associated with it, along with stress responses, go hormonal responses like cortisol, and then that can interact with the immune system. And so what's happening there can then feed back into the system in a sort of circular way.”       Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.   I asked Dan about a quote that iI heard him make in a lecture “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. ” I think some background to this is that the brain is bombarded with so much sensory information at a given time, that it needs some sort of method to make sense of all that data, because there remember what comes to the brain from our sensors is merely electrical impulses. It's  (the brain's) task is to filter out the irrelevant ones and make sense of the relevant ones. What seems to seems to be happening is the brain uses its past experience and knowledge that it already has stored to determine what's the irrelevant information that it can filter out, and how it might make sense of the relevant information and give us feelings and perceptions that help us make sense of the world and our bodies and help to guide our actions in a way that you know, helps us to flourish and promotes our survival and all that. So again, it's quite, it's quite philosophical … I think there's still a lot to be drawn out of that way of thinking that can help people with pain. I think we are really just at the start of that. I guess it's only fairly recently that we've moved from continuing to look for some ‘Magic bullet' or some specific problem in the body. We've started to open our minds to looking more broadly about what's happening in the immune system and in the brain and our perceptual system more broadly.”   A New Reality? Based on what Dan was saying it's interesting to also note that a study in 2018 at Harvard showed that short daily doses of meditation can literally grow the grey matter in the areas of the brain associated with self-awareness and self-compassion, and can reduce the grey matter in the parts of the brain associated with stress. This to me and, obviously to the researchers is incredibly promising for those who are walking a path accompanied by pain of any kind - that a no/low cost intervention, that is simple to instigate, with little known side effects, can have this profound an effect. (Powell, Harvard researchers study how mindfulness may change the brain in depressed patients 2018) What is Meditation?   Meditation sort of hit me in the face in the late ‘90s. I was working at a bank at the time, as a technical writer, and was experiencing what I have now come to understand as early signs of a severe depression episode. I wondered up the Queen Street mall in Brisbane, and there was a Virgin Music Store off to left. In there they had listening stations with a selection of some of the newest CDs to have a listen to. This lunch break I felt like I was about to break. I made my way in to the classical room which was sectioned off from the rest of the store by a glass wall. On one stand was a CD by a fella called Robert Gass, singing, with his choir, Om. The primordial syllable over and over for about 30 minutes. As I pushed passed the initial boredom, I was transported to a world where things were calm, still and all that was present was this moment. What is meditation? Well, it depends on who you ask. After having asked many people for definitions of what meditation and mindfulness are one definition of Mindfulness shared by Dr Christine Runyan I loved for it's simplicity and humanness. Christine is a clinical health psychologist, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Co-Founder of Tend Health. Christine is also a mindfulness teacher at the University of Massachusetts Centre for Mindfulness. I asked Christine during the show how she defines Mindfulness, and what it meant to her: (Coriat, Dr Christine Runyan - Mental Health and covid - On Forgiveness and Healing 2021) Christine: “So, I define mindfulness both as present moment awareness, but I add the quality of compassion, if you will. You know compassion is often a term we think of around the presence of suffering.  All our present moment experiences don't include suffering, so in moments where there are, I would say present moment with awareness with compassion, and maybe if there's not suffering, present moment awareness with kindness. I think that standard Jon Kabat-Zinn definition is without judgment. I find that whether you're parenting a child or sort of teaching an animal something, offering something to do rather than not to do can be a little more helpful right? So instead of don't do this, rather offer an instruction of something to do, and I've really come to that. And in my work, MBCT is a treatment for people who have recurrent depression and there is amount of judgment and self-judgment that comes alongside recurrent depression and experiencing that phenomenon. And so it can be a hard stop, cause it's sort of like they don't have a frame for how to be in a way that doesn't include self-judgment, so instead kind of an invitation to sort of have that present moment awareness with kindness can be an invitation of something to add rather than something not to do, because as soon as you sort of have that without judgment and people notice that they judge, you know then you start down the rabbit hole of judgment. So that's how I define it.”   Another description about what meditation is, comes from one of my favourite Buddhist teachers Pema Chodron. “Meditation is a process of lightning up, of trusting the basic goodness of what we have and who we are, and of realising that any wisdom that exists, exists in what we already have. We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we're doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or what we're doing. The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves.” There are a couple of points that I particularly like about what Pema said: 1)     We are already wise, despite what our inner monologue may tell us, and the limitations that the experience of being in pain has led us to believe. 2)     Many of us are sort of asleep to what's going on in our lives. This is understandable in the presence of persistent pain. One of the initial ways to deal with the constant onslaught of noxious stimuli is to literally disassociate from what's going on in the body. A critical part of the healing journey Is to become aware of the sensations in our body and learn to meet them with curiosity instead of an inbuilt narrative and catastrophizing. 3)     Curiosity and not self-condemnation is one of the keys to loosening the shackles of self-imposed suffering.   And lastly, I feel that no discussion on a definition of meditation would be complete without a word from one of the founders of insight meditation in the West. Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. I spoke with Sharon in November of last year and asked her what is the invitation that meditation offers.   “Well, right from the beginning, I am going to introduce the idea of meditation as a skills training.  And the first night of the first retreat, (that Sharon attended) which is 10 days long, he said, the Buddha did not teach Buddhism. The Buddha taught way of life. And that's exactly what I was looking for. You know, he said, this is open to anybody. Maybe you belong to a different faith tradition. Maybe you don't really, feel drawn to faith traditions. Doesn't matter, it's a practice and, and it's like a muscle group. You exercise, you know, So the first skill is really concentration or stabilizing attention somewhat. Most of us would say we're kind of all over the place. You sit down to think something through, and you're gone, you're just gone. And our minds jump to the past, or the future and we're anxious and we're just all over the place. And what we do in concentration training, as we gather our attention, we bring it together and we rest, we settle. So, there's a very different sense of centeredness and settledness and just kind of stability in awareness. And then there's mindfulness training, which is kind of like the word of the hour, which can mean many different things. It does mean many things. And I like to think of mindfulness as a quality of awareness where our attention to what's happening in the present moment, our perception of what's happening in the present moment is not so distorted by bias, like old fears - I should never let myself feel this thing. Or many times something happens, especially let's say, it's discomfort in the body, or we feel a shattered expectation, or we feel disappointment, or heartache. We start projecting it into the future. Like, what's it gonna feel like tomorrow? It'll be even worse. What's gonna feel like next week? What's gonna feel like next month? And before we knew it, we've got like a whole lifetime of anticipated struggle as well as what's actually going on right now - that makes it of course, much harder. So, there are a lot of ways in which we have filters or we have distortions of our perception and what we learn to do is relinquish the hold of those things so we're left with what's actually happening and that's why mindfulness is set to be the vehicle for inside understanding. You know, instead of being all caught up in like fighting our experience or being overwhelmed by our experience, we can take a look at our experience and have a very different view of it and mixed up in there always both as a kind of a constituent element and later as a fruition or a benefit is loving kindness or kindness. I don't think you can actually do these practices well without, in a sneaky way, developing some loving kindness, even if it's never talked about. It's like, the fundamental exercise in many systems. Even if they grow and they change and it becomes a much more elaborate kind of practice. The foundational note, which we keep coming back to again and again, is usually choosing an object of awareness, like I'd say the feeling of the breath, the sensation of the in and out breath, resting our attention on that object, and then when our attention wanders, which it will, learning how to gently let go and come back. That sounds easy. Isn't that easy? You know? Because the great temptation as soon as we realize, oh, I'm not with the breath, is to judge ourselves and be down on ourselves, and berate ourselves and feel like a failure. You know, to actually let go and start over means there's a good degree of self-compassion that's developing also, even if we never name it that, even if we didn't even realize that it's happening, and so, to do any of these things well means that's cooking also. So, it will be there, it has to be there. And then of course it is like a fruition because the more we see, yeah, this is not just me, you know, it's like that sense of isolation was another addon. There was something else I plopped on top of what was going on. I don't need to do that. The more we see this is the human condition we're all trying, we're all kind of a mess, you know? Uh, and we wish ourselves well. We wish others well. That starts to get more and more natural.”   My Journey with Meditation    I first started a meditation practice through attending a yoga class. I was having a chat with the teacher at the end of the class, and I asked her for some tips on navigating the pain and suffering that I was going through, without overdoing it. She asked if I had experienced Kirtan before. I hadn't but heard in her explanation the word meditation, and this was something I wanted to explore more, as my sister had sent me a copy of the Jon Kabbat Zin book Full Catastrophy Living a few years earlier and the promise of stillness or calm inside stressful moments was very appealing. At the time I had an orange VW bus which I drove up to a yoga school just on the outskirts of Eumundi and enjoyed one of the strangest and yet most profound evenings that I've ever had. I was both fearful and intrigued, and at one point was wondering whether it should be experienced closed or eyes open, so as not to miss what was going on. As I closed my eyes, I could see a white light connecting all of our foreheads together. Powerful and strange. Given that this was my first ‘go' at it, I made my excuses and jumped in the van to go home, a little bit freaked out but pleasantly so. In retrospect I wonder what might have happened if I'd stayed. However I listened to a CD that I had bought from the studio at the beginning of the chant, all the way home and was instantly hooked. I bought a couple of yoga magazines and found out that Krishna Das was coming to Australia, immediately booked in for a workshop and Kirtan on two separate days at Palmwoods on the sunshine coast in QLD. Again I started the weekend in a decent amount of pain and experiencing very high levels of anxiety and severe depression, however by the end of the weekend I was beaming and felt such a strong bond to the people who I had been chanting with. It was quite unfathomable. I have a beautiful picture of myself with Krishna Das at the end the weekend. For many years mantra repetition became my default meditation. Something that I could pull out of my back pocket whether I was at work at home or out and about, a non pharmaceutical intervention that helped to center me and bring me out of the tyrany of cascading thoughts and more in to this moment – the only moment in which we have any say about what goes on. Many years later I interviewed KD for a book and he mentioned a quote by the Indian sage Ramana Maharishi; He said ‘“The only freedom we have is in the moment. How we meet each moment, how we meet each experience.” All the practices we do, bring us more into the moment, give us more of a sense of confidence in ourselves, and in just being. And from that deeper place, we can meet all the difficult things that come to us in life and all of the wonderful things that come to us in life, without being totally washed away by them or absorbed in them or lost in them. We can enjoy the beautiful things and we can allow the unhappy things to exist and pass away again.'   Now it's probably imprtant to clarify, mostly for my own understanding as I mix the two up, the difference between Kirtan and bhakti. Kirtan and bhakti are both related to the devotional singing of mantras, sacred names or praises of the divine. However, they are not exactly the same.   Kirtan is a form of call-and-response chanting that involves a leader and a group of participants. The leader sings a line of a mantra, and the group repeats it back. Kirtan is usually accompanied by musical instruments such as harmonium, tabla, mridanga, etc. Kirtan is a way of expressing love and devotion to the divine through sound and music. Kirtan can also help to cut through the illusion of separation and connect to the heart and the present moment.   Bhakti is a Sanskrit word that means “love, devotion, faith, loyalty, attachment”. Bhakti is one of the paths of yoga that focuses on cultivating a personal relationship with the divine through various practices such as kirtan, bhajan, japa, puja, etc. Bhakti is also a philosophical and theological concept that describes the nature of devotion and surrender to the supreme reality.   One of the differences between kirtan and bhakti is that kirtan is a specific practice or technique of bhakti, while bhakti is a broader term that encompasses various forms of devotion. Another difference is that kirtan is usually performed in a group setting, while bhakti can be practiced individually or collectively. A third difference is that kirtan follows a structured format of call-and-response, while bhakti can be more spontaneous and creative in expressing one's feelings and emotions.   KD also says of chant more generally ““It's like an older, deeper, bigger being. It's a space, a presence, a feeling. These names are the names of that place inside of us that is love, pure being, pure awareness, pure joy.” Kirtan—and other forms of mantra practice, such as seated meditation—help us uncover that place inside of us, he says: “our true nature.” (Kripalu Centre for Yoga and Health, 2021)     Over the follwing years I have adopted a fluid approach to meditation, utilising practices from Vedic, Buddhist and some secular Mindfulness traditions, and varying types of breathwork grounding and awareness of sound meditations. The important point to mention here is, I feel that, as a person living with pain, the last thing you probably need in your life is another stick to beat yourself with about what you should be doing. I think if the promise of a clamer mind, less catastrophising and less pain resonates with you, look for and try something that makes sense, or feels good you. Or more eloquently from the Buddha's teachings: “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”     Self Compassion   Before we have a go at a practice to draw this to a close, it's essential to add a point that I touched on very briefly before, and that's the point of self-compassion. The most succinct way I've heard described, was by Liz Stanley: “I would just say it's really important (for listeners) to recognize that one of the ways we actually make things worse for ourselves, is when we let our thinking brains judgments about what might be going on in our mind and body, kind of get stuck because those judgements actually make things worse. So, to give an example, if somebody is experiencing chronic pain, and they're feeling self-judgment, or shame, or impatience, or anger, about the fact that they are feeling chronic pain, that kind of judgment and any narrative that the thinking brain might be kicking up around it ‘it shouldn't be this way', you know it was doing better, I should have done my exercises, any sort of stories that might be there, when the thinking brain does that, the survival brain perceives those thinking brain judgements as threatening. And so, it turns on even more stress arousal. So, if someone's experiencing discomfort and then they're judging it, they're actually making that stress arousal. Likewise, we often have habits to compare what's going on in us with someone else. Like we might experience a wave of anxiety about an upcoming test or something. And then the thinking brain's like, well, I shouldn't be anxious about that, that's not really a big deal. You know, this other person, well, they're dealing with this and this and this and this in comparison, what I'm dealing with is really not a problem. You can hear the judgment in that. And when the thinking brain starts, those kinds of comparing thoughts that devalue what's going on in our body, again, the survival brain finds that challenging, and it will turn on more stress arousal. So as much as possible, if someone is experiencing a wave of emotion or a wave of stress or defaulting to engage in a coping mechanism that they might not want to be engaging in, a habit they wish they could break - as much as possible just meet that experience with some kindness, and see if you can set that judging aside, because the judging is only making it worse. It's only making the, the survival brain that much more amped up.” (Coriat, Dr Christine Runyan - Mental Health and covid - on forgiveness and healing 2021)   That's the last thing I really wanted to say, Nick, because I know it's something I really struggled with”   Practice     References   Music throughout the podcast Das, K. (2007). Gathering in the light-Om-Narayani. Krishna Das. https://krishnadasmusic.com/collections/music/products/gathering-in-the-light   Other References Haggai et al, S. (2016, July). Mindfulness meditation modulates pain through endogenous opioids. 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European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8946909/   Hecht, M. (2020, September 4). Meditation for pain relief: What to know & how to try it. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/meditation-for-chronic-pain   Asmundson, G. J. (2022, December 2). PTSD and the experience of pain: Research and clinical implications of shared vulnerability and mutual maintenance models. Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12553128/   Coriat, N. (2022, October 20). Dr Daniel Harvey - The path through pain. Don't Quit on Me. https://www.podpage.com/dont-quit-on-me/dr-daniel-harvey-the-path-through-pain/   Coriat, N. (2021, March 11). Sebene Selassie - belonging in an age of disconnect. Don't Quit on Me. https://www.podpage.com/dont-quit-on-me/s1e3   Coriat, N. (2021, December 31). Dr Christine Runyan - Mental Health and covid - on forgiveness and healing. Don't Quit on Me. https://www.dontquiton.me/dr-christine-runyan-mental-health-and-covid-on-forgiveness-and-healing/   Center for Yoga and Health, K. (2021, July 11). The Beginners' Guide to Kirtan and Mantra. Kripalu. https://kripalu.org/resources/beginners-guide-kirtan-and-mantra

We all know that rates of cancer seem to be rising for many different types of cancer. Most notably colorectal, breast, prostate, and skin cancer. But why? This is a complicated question with no simple answer. Colorectal cancer is definitely food-related, but smoking, weight, and epi-genetics play a role. Breast and prostate cancer can be influenced by hormones, but also by quality of food intake. Even skin cancer, which is tied to the amount of protective melanin in your skin and lower UV protection in the atmosphere, can result in improved healing and prognosis with an anti-cancer diet. In part 2, I go through the evidence of specific nutrients and their potential role in preventing and treating cancer. I refer to a large review article in the journal Nature. The link can be found here. There is a quote from the Harvard Gazette that I mentioned:  “Diet directly affects microbiome composition and eventually these changes can influence disease risk and outcomes.” The National Institute of Health also posts a large review article saying the same thing. It can be found here.  I did 2 episodes on the benefits of broccoli sprouts for symptoms of autism. They are episode 255 and episode 256.  If you wish to reach me for any reason, don't hesitate to contact me on my website contact page, healingoutsidethebox.com  

532. Part 2 of our conversation with Eli Langley, a member of the Coushatta Tribe and a graduate of Harvard. “Eli Langley '21 grew up in a family devoted to safeguarding the culture, history, and language of the Coushatta Tribe. His father, a tribal cultural adviser, and his mother, an anthropologist and tribal historian, nourished him with Native folktales and inspired him early on to take pride in his roots. At 12, he asked his parents to send him to a boarding school to challenge himself academically. At 18, he learned Koasati, the language of his tribe, becoming its youngest speaker, and in 2016, he became the first member of the Coushatta Tribe to be admitted to Harvard. Now, upon his graduation this month, he will become the first tribal member to use their Native language to fulfill the College's second language requirement.... 'My story is a continuation of my people's story,' said Langley. 'I'm a cog in the wheel, and I stand on the shoulders of giants. I know that I'm only able to undertake these things with the strength and the knowledge of my culture.'” (Harvard Gazette) This week in Louisiana history. July 21 1861 William T Sherman (former head of LSU) was the Union General to lead forces at the battle of Manassas, Va. This week in New Orleans history. The Carondelet streetcar began its run on July 29, 1866.  This uptown line ran on its namesake street from Canal Street to Napoleon Ave. At its most extensive, it also ran on Freret Street from Napoleon to Broadway, on trackage that eventually became part of the Freret line, and it crossed Canal Street into the French Quarter, pioneering the route of the later Desire line. It ceased on September 7, 1924. This week in Louisiana. Sabine National Wildlife Refuge 3000 Holly Beach Highway Hackberry, LA 70645 Email sabine@fws.gov Sabine National Wildlife Refuge ,about 8 miles south of Hackberry, on State Highway 27, was established in 1937 to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl and other birds. The refuge consists of a basin of wetlands located between the Gulf's beach cheniers (oak ridges)and the coastal prairie, which is one of the most productive and fertile areas of North America. It encompasses 124,511 acres of fresh,intermediate and brackish marshes and is one of the largest estuarine-dependent marine species nurseries in southwest Louisiana. It has also been designated as an "Internationally Important Bird Area" due to the numerous wading, water and marsh birds that utilize it throughout the year. Over 280,000 people visit the refuge annually. The exhibits in the refuge visitor center and the Wetland Walkway are considered two of the principal tourist attractions in southwest Louisiana. The refuge is an integral part of the Creole Nature Trail All American Road Postcards from Louisiana. Single Malt Please with Maude Caillat at the BMC Bar on Decatur St. in New Orleans.Listen on Google Play. Listen on Google Podcasts. Listen on Spotify. Listen on Stitcher. Listen on TuneIn. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

531. Part 1 of our conversation with Eli Langley, a member of the Coushatta Tribe and a graduate of Harvard. “Eli Langley '21 grew up in a family devoted to safeguarding the culture, history, and language of the Coushatta Tribe. His father, a tribal cultural adviser, and his mother, an anthropologist and tribal historian, nourished him with Native folktales and inspired him early on to take pride in his roots. At 12, he asked his parents to send him to a boarding school to challenge himself academically. At 18, he learned Koasati, the language of his tribe, becoming its youngest speaker, and in 2016, he became the first member of the Coushatta Tribe to be admitted to Harvard. Now, upon his graduation this month, he will become the first tribal member to use their Native language to fulfill the College's second language requirement.... 'My story is a continuation of my people's story,' said Langley. 'I'm a cog in the wheel, and I stand on the shoulders of giants. I know that I'm only able to undertake these things with the strength and the knowledge of my culture.'” (Harvard Gazette) This week in Louisiana history. July 14 1937 First piling driven for N.O. Charity Hospital. This week in New Orleans history. Oretha Castle was born in Oakland, Tennessee and moved to New Orleans with her parents in 1947. After graduating from Joseph S. Clark High School she enrolled at Southern University in New Orleans where she joined other students in the struggle for civil rights, eventually becoming the head of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in New Orleans. In 1967, Oretha married fellow CORE member Richard Haley. Mrs. Haley served as deputy administrator at Charity Hospital where she instituted better health care for the Black Community. While at Charity, she helped organize the New Orleans Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation. In 1972, she directed the political campaign of Dorothy Mae Taylor who became the first Black woman legislator in the state. After a lengthy battle with cancer, Oretha Castle Haley died at the age of 48. This week in Louisiana. Masur Museum of Art 1400 S. Grand St. Monroe, LA 71202 Website Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 12-5 p.m. 318.329.2237 Located in the former home of the Masur family, the Masur Museum of Art is the largest collecting and exhibiting visual arts museum in Northeast Louisiana. We are dedicated to providing our community with a dynamic visual arts experience through exhibitions, public programming, and collections management. Postcards from Louisiana. Rug Cutters at the Favela Chic Bar on Frenchmen. Listen on Google Play. Listen on Google Podcasts. Listen on Spotify. Listen on Stitcher. Listen on TuneIn. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

¿Cuáles son las claves para afrontar las amenazas de la inteligencia artificial? ¿Supone la inteligencia artificial una vuelta a capacidades clásicas como la expresión oral? ¿Cómo se relacionan la ética y la inteligencia artificial? ¿Se oponen las experiencias humanas a los algoritmos, cada vez más?   Si quieres saber más, y si quieres reflexionar, te recomendamos:   El artículo 'Chat GPT y los mediocres', de David Cerdá en La Gaceta de la Iberosfera https://gaceta.es/opinion/chatgpt-y-los-mediocres-20230420-0600/   La película de Chris Columbus, 'El hombre bicentenario', del año 2000 https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film220063.html   El artículo en inglés 'Gran promesa pero con potencial peligroso' de Christina Pazzanese en The Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/ethical-concerns-mount-as-ai-takes-bigger-decision-making-role/   El libro 'Sapiens, de animales a dioses', en el que Yuval Noah Harari aborda la historia de la humanidad explorando las formas en que la biología y la historia nos han definido y han mejorado nuestra comprensión de lo que significa ser «humano». https://www.ynharari.com/es/book/de-animales-a-dioses-sapiens/      

The Hamilton Sing-Along is on Disney+! To celebrate, we're rewinding back to our extra-long Hamilton episode, featuring Gillian Pensavalle of The Hamilcast and True Crime Obsessed!    We gush about the turntable, the costumes, the voices. We dissect to the best of our ability the few musical themes we could spot. We talk (briefly and naively) about the show being an entryway into more in-depth learning and critical thinking of the founding fathers. And even after all that - we bring on the one and only Gillian Pensavalle and gush even more about having the show whenever we want it for the low, low price of $6.99 a month.   - Have you read this? - - “Correcting Hamilton,” The Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/correcting-hamilton/ - “In ‘The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,' Ishmael Reed Revived an Old Debate,” The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/in-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda-ishmael-reed-revives-an-old-debate - The Washington Post speaks with the Cabinet about Helpless/Satisfied: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/one-key-scene-helped-cement-hamilton-as-a-broadway-legend-the-team-that-crafted-it-explains-how/2018/11/21/a1dcaba6-e915-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html - Follow the trajectory of The Bullet at DigitalSpy: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a33022157/hamilton-disney-plus-the-bullet-explained/ —- Research and references completed using Wikipedia, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Box Office Mojo, and Disney.Fandom.Com.  ----- People who can get pregnant have a right to safe and legal abortions, for any reason. Visit Action For All at https://choice.crd.co/ for information on donating, volunteering, and more.  ----- We're bringing hexy back! Use code NONPLUSSED10 for 10% off MCU and Nonplussed merch at MischiefMerch.com!   ----- Use code nonplussed for $10 off after your first order of $25 or more when you download Tavour from your app store today! ----- We are (out and) proud members of the Mischief Media Network! To check out their full slate of shows, search “Mischief Media” your podcast app or visit mischiefmedia.com.  ----- And if you like what you hear and want more, check out the Mischief Media Patreon at patreon.com/makingmischief! Drop us a line!  Email: submissions@nonplussedpod.com   Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @nonplussedpod   Hosted and edited by Clancy Canto and Josh Wittge. Produced by them in conjunction with Mischief Media.    Theme Music: "Quirky Dog" by Kevin MacLeod. Check out more tunes at https://incompetech.com.

DrBeen#59 Why Are Cancers Increasing in Young Adults? Cancers are increasing at an alarming rate, especially in young adults. Let's review the statistics of the increase and possible contributing factors. DrBeen: Medical Education Online ⁠https://www.drbeen.com/⁠ FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance ⁠https://covid19criticalcare.com/⁠ URL list from Thursday, June 15, 2023 Colon Cancer In Younger Adults: What to Know About Symptoms and Screening - The New York Times ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/well/colon-colorectal-cancer-symptoms-screening.html⁠ Colon cancer is rising in younger adults. Know the signs and protect yourself : Shots - Health News : NPR ⁠https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/20/1163697875/colon-cancer-signs-screening-young-adult⁠ Colorectal cancer keeps rising among younger adults. No one's sure why | CBC News ⁠https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/colorectal-cancer-keeps-rising-among-younger-adults-no-one-s-sure-why-1.6772096⁠ Colorectal Cancer: What Millennials and Gen Zers Need to Know > News > Yale Medicine ⁠https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/colorectal-cancer-in-young-people⁠ Colon cancer is rising among young adults. Here are signs to watch for. ⁠https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/colon-cancer-increasing-young-adults-symptoms⁠ Cancer rates are climbing among young people. It's not clear why. | The Hill ⁠https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4041032-cancer-rates-are-climbing-among-young-people-its-not-clear-why/⁠ Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications | Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology ⁠https://www.nature.com/articles/s41571-022-00672-8⁠ Cancer survival rates | Nuffield Trust ⁠https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/cancer-survival-rates⁠ Cancer - Our World in Data ⁠https://ourworldindata.org/cancer#cancer-prevalence-by-age⁠ USCS Data Visualizations - CDC ⁠https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/Trends/⁠ Cancer mystery as cases rise among younger people around the world | New Scientist ⁠https://www.newscientist.com/article/2366565-cancer-mystery-as-cases-rise-among-younger-people-around-the-world/⁠ Why Are Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising Among Younger Adults? < Yale School of Medicine ⁠https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/with-colorectal-cancer-rates-rising-among-younger-adults-a-yale-cancer-center-expert-explains-there-may-be-more-factors-behind-this-worrisome-trend/⁠ Why Cancer Rates Are Rising in People Under 50 ⁠https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2023/01/why-are-cancer-rates-rising-in-adults-under-50#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20causes%20behind,Eating%20a%20Western%20diet⁠ Why Is Cancer on the Rise in People Under 50? | University Hospitals ⁠https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2022/10/why-is-cancer-on-the-rise-in-people-under-50⁠ Dramatic Increase in Cancer Among Those Under 50 ⁠https://www.health.com/news/cancer-under-50-rising-globally⁠ Researchers report dramatic rise in cancer in people under 50 – Harvard Gazette ⁠https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/09/researchers-report-dramatic-rise-in-early-onset-cancers/⁠ Disclaimer: This video is not intended to provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or medical advice; it also does not constitute provision of healthcare services. The content provided in this video is for informational and educational purposes only. Please consult with a physician or healthcare professional regarding any medical or mental health related diagnosis or treatment. No information in this video should ever be considered as a substitute for advice from a healthcare professional.

IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode our host, Denise Silber, is joined by Jenny Woo, alumna of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and founder/CEO of Mind Brain Emotion, a company that was born at the renowned Harvard Innovation Lab. Together they discuss how Jenny Woo designed and built her company to not only generate income but also, and amazingly so, to solve many of the pain points she identified in her own  life and in the business world. How did Jenny Woo achieve what seems to be impossible? What does it mean for you? Incredible as it sounds, Jenny Woo created her business and evergreen product line, while completing her PhD.  By identifying a major 21st century market need, and through an astute use of Kickstarter, she was able to simultaneously raise the necessary cash and get all the  market feedback she needed to launch.  And there's much more to learn from this episode,  whether you are seeking to rethink your current venture or  to come up with a new one. This  episode will provide you with the inspiration and knowledge to build a profitable business that aligns with your values and, most importantly, allows you to thrive.Tune in and embark on a transformative journey towards a more fulfilling business and life. GUEST BIO: Dr. Jenny Woo, the Founder/CEO of Mind Brain Emotion , is an alumna of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the creator of award-winning card games and mental health tools to help children and adults build emotional intelligence and social mastery. Her bestselling games, 52 Essential Conversations and 52 Essential Coping Skills for families, schools, and workplaces, have been featured by The Harvard Gazette, Business Insider, and Forbes. She is passionate about helping people realize their potential from classroom to boardroom. She has worked as a School Director, Cognitive Science Researcher, MBA Career Coach, Management Consultant, and HR professional in Talent & Succession Planning.  

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Michael Fisher, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Lisa Leaverton, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: We’ll talk about whether modern polling techniques have been good for democracy. Is polling a reflection of public opinion; is it shaping public opinion; or is it distorting public opinion? Who is it helping? And how can we be responsible consumers of polling information? Guest/s: Ashley Koning, Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Dan Shea, Chair and Professor of Government at Colby College. To learn more about this topic: Public Opinion Polling Basics | Pew Research Center Two Schools of Polling Are Converging: Reflecting on a Tumultuous Decade | The New York Times, May, 2023 How Public Polling Has Changed in the 21st Century | Pew Research Center Methods, April, 2023 Polls' Representative Samples Often Merit Skepticism | WSJ, April, 2023 The Polls Were Historically Accurate In 2022 | FiveThirtyEight, March, 2023 Some midterm polls were on-target – but finding which pollsters and poll aggregators to believe can be challenging | The Conversation, November, 2022 Seven Ways to Evaluate a Poll | FiveThirtyEight, August, 2021 Harvard experts weigh the good and bad of political predictions | The Harvard Gazette, November, 2020 The Problems Inherent in Political Polling | The New Yorker, March, 2020 Can We Trust the Presidential-Election Polls? | The New Yorker, March 2020 About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 6/16/23: Public Opinion Polling: Is It Good for Democracy first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Forgiveness is a virtue strongly recommended in the Qur'an and practiced by believers. It is the best way to ensure peace of heart, mind and body, and to lead a healthy and happy life. Allah commands that we should forgive those who have wronged us, as He will forgive us when we seek His forgiveness.Forgiveness is essential to a healthy life, both physically and psychologically. Studies have found that religious people are less prone to depression, stress, and mental illness due to forgiveness being encouraged by their faith. Anger, however, has been scientifically linked to a higher risk of heart disease, increased production of inflammatory proteins, and a greater chance of heart attack. Harvard Gazette and The Times have both published articles that further support this notion. Forgiveness is a positive virtue that eliminates the physical and psychological effects of anger and is pleasing to Allah. Notes: 73. Jennifer Desai, "Stanford Forgiveness Project's Dr. Frederic Luskin studies why learning to forgive might be good for the body as well as the soul," Almanac, June 9, 1999; www.almanacnews.com/morgue/1999/1999_06_09.forgive.html 74. Ibid. 75. Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., "Forgiveness," Healing Currents Magazine, September-October 1996; www.stanford.edu/~alexsox/4_steps_to_forgiveness.htm 76. Ibid. 77. Claudia Kalb, "Faith & Healing," Newsweek, November 10, 2003; http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3339654/site/newsweek 78. William J. Cromie, "Anger is Hostile to Your Heart," Harvard Gazette; www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/11.07/AngerisHostileT.html 79. Ibid. 80. Peter Lavelle, "Anger trigger to heart disease found?," ABC Science Online, August 5, 2003; www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s915243.htm 81. Ibid. 82. Ibid. 83. Mark Henderson, "Anger Raises Risk of Heart Attack," The Times, London, April 24, 2002; www.rense.com/general24/anger.htm 84. Ibid.

“When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil asking, ‘Who is this?'” Mt. 21 Matthew 21:1-11 Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 26:14-27:66 What is God like? And how will we respond? Give me your hand and we will see. In December 1945, halfway up the Egyptian portion of the Nile River, a farmer named Muhammad ‘Alī al-Sammān made an extraordinary archaeological discovery. Thirty years later he told his story. Not long before he and his brothers avenged their father's murder, they were digging for soil to fertilize their crops when they found a three foot high red, earthenware jar. Wondering if it contained an evil spirit, at first they hesitated to break it open. Then he had the idea that it might contain gold, so he smashed it with his axe and discovered thirteen papyrus books bound in leather. [i] At home he dropped the books on a pile of straw by the oven. His mother used much of the papyrus along with the straw to kindle fire. A few weeks later, after killing their father's enemy ‘Alī worried that the police might search the house, so he left the books with a local priest. For years experts tried to collect the manuscripts. In the end they discovered fifty-two texts at Nag Hammadi. Carbon dating of the papyrus used in the bindings places these Coptic translations sometime between the years 350-400 CE. Some scholars, including my New Testament professor Helmut Koester, believe that these are translations of Greek manuscripts that may be even older than the gospels of the New Testament. One of the first European scholars to discover the texts was startled to read the following line, “These are the secret words which the living Jesus spoke, and which the twin Judas Thomas, wrote down.” [ii] This is the opening of the first complete copy of the Gospel of Thomas ever discovered. We had fragments of it in Greek but suddenly we had the whole thing along with pages of other sources we had never dreamed of. My favorite quotes from the Gospel of Thomas describes the kingdom of God as a “state of self-discovery.” That ancient papyrus says, “Rather, the Kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will realize that you are the sons of the living Father.” It says, “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” [iii] For years all we knew about the Gnostic Christians in the first centuries after Jesus' death came from the orthodox Christians who called them heretics. Now finally, to some degree, we can hear them speak for themselves. I first encountered these ideas at the age of twenty-one when I read Elaine Pagels' book The Gnostic Gospels. I am attracted to their thought primarily because Jesus has changed my life and I long to learn more about what people in the first centuries thought of him. I am also sympathetic to the Gnostics' respect for wisdom. We are often trapped in stories that make us miserable. Great thinkers can lift us into a truth that frees us. The Greek word gnosis means a kind of knowing by experience that differs from rational or scientific knowing. [iv] It also describes an ancient faith, a family of religious convictions that shaped what we believe today. This year on Palm Sunday as we enter Holy Week rather than trying to tell the whole story of Jesus' passion, I want to talk about this ancient faith. We cannot be a Gnostic in the way that third century people could. But studying these ideas give us a way of talking about our tradition's value and how we experience God in our own lives. On this Palm Sunday I am going to talk about three central gnostic ideas. But first I need to say a little more about what Gnostics believed. Gnostic groups differed from each other but mostly they believed in a kind of dualism between the spiritual which they regarded as good and the evil material world. They held that the spiritual human soul is part of the Divine and is imprisoned in physical existence. They believed that the soul could be saved by coming to realize its greatness, its origin in a superior spiritual world. For Gnostics an inferior god or demiurge (sometimes called the god of the Old Testament) made the material world. In their upside down interpretation of the Genesis creation story, the snake was the hero. Many Gnostic Christians (the Docetists) believed that it only seemed as if Jesus suffered, or was mortal. 1. The first idea that I would like to criticize is the Gnostic belief that there are secret teachings for the elite that are not available to everyone else. The Gnostic believed that, in the words of an ancient manuscript, he was, “one out of a thousand, or two out of ten thousand.” [v] This contrasts with Christians who believe that everything we need to know about God and Jesus is public. There is no hierarchy of secret knowledge, or spiritual wisdom. We can all read the Bible and with help, draw our own conclusions. Christians go further than this. In Paul's Letter to the Galatians he writes, “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). This may be one of the most difficult ideas for us to assimilate. It is the basis for our democracy. We are all equal before God, and before the law. As humans we naturally form groups and are drawn into conflict based on our identity. For instance, it is very difficult to avoid the culture war tension between liberals and conservatives. The philosopher Agnes Callard spoke about this recently at Harvard. She pointed out that the science journal Nature endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. It's editors wanted to speak out for science and objective truth. She pointed out that in a world where everything becomes ideological this had the unintended outcome of making some people distrust science as political. Callard said that people on the left use the same tactics as those on the right. “We bully people without knowing it. Not bullying people is harder than it appears.” Her answer is to take a Socratic approach. We should ask people to explain their position rather than trying to beat them in an argument. She says that Socrates is, “not trying to win. He's trying to find out.” [vi] 2. A second Gnostic belief is that we should focus on overcoming illusion through introspection rather than worrying about sin or morality. The important thing for the Gnostic is a relation with our true self not our neighbors. In the second century Irenaeus rejected the idea that knowledge is enough to save us. He insisted that participating and growing in Christ is a “practical, daily form of salvation.” [vii] In the third century Clement of Alexandria writes that God became human so that humans can become God. Every day we improve. He writes about choosing to live joyously so that, “all our life is a festival; being persuaded that God is everywhere present on all sides we praise him as we till the ground, we sing hymns as we sail the sea, we feel God's inspiration in all that we do.” [viii] 3. Finally, Gnostics taught that the material world is evil. In contrast, Christians believe that God created the world and that it is good. We have a responsibility for nature. We see God through the material world. It gives us opportunities to care for each other. Over the next seven days we will experience the implications of this belief. We will follow Jesus through the exultant crowds, witness his poignant goodbye at his last meal with friends. We will see his betrayal, abandonment death and finally his triumphant resurrection and reunion with his loved ones. My friend Matt Boulton says that we cannot take all of this in at once. These events require time and space for us to adequately feel and understand them. [ix] Last night I received an email from one of our readers who feels overwhelmed by the passion narrative. My friend writes, “the most powerful moment that stands out for me is Jesus' response to Judas' kiss.” Jesus says, “Friend do what you are here to do” with no blame or shame, just a sense of love and grief. This idea that God is present to us in the material world gives us the hope that we can change some things for the better. In an interview the poet Maya Angelou said that believing in God gave her courage. “I dared to do anything that was a good thing. I dared to do things distant from what seemed to be in my future. When I was asked to do something good, I often said, yes, I'll try, yes, I'll do my best. And part of that is believing, if God loves me, if God made everything from leaves to seals and oak trees, then what is it I can't do?” [x] What is God like? And how will we respond? There is no secret religious knowledge or a spiritual elite. Introspection will not bring us as close to God as care for those around us. The material world matters and the presence of Jesus in this world then and now is a message of hope and salvation. All our life is a festival, so bring forth what is within you and may God bless you as you walk with Jesus this week. I would like to close with these lines from the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). “God speaks to each of us as he makes us / then walks with us silently out of the night.//These are the words we dimly hear. // You, sent out beyond your recall, / go to the limits of your longing / embody me. //Flare up like flame / and make big shadows I can move in. // Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. / Just keep going. No feeling is final. / Don't let yourself lose me. // Nearby is the country they call life. / You will know it by its seriousness. // Give me your hand.” [xi] [i] Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels (NY: Random House, 1979) xiff. [ii] “These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.” The Gospel of Thomas, translated by Thomas O. Lambdin. https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/Gospel%20of%20Thomas%20Lambdin.pdf [iii] And later, “When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and female one… then you will enter [the Kingdom].” Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels (NY: Random House, 1979) 152, 154-5. [iv] Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels (NY: Random House, 1979) xvii. [v] Ibid., 176. [vi] Clea Simon, “In an era of bitter division, what would Socrates do?” The Harvard Gazette, 27 March 2023. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/03/in-era-of-bitter-division-what-would-socrates-do/ [vii] Margaret Ruth Miles, The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005) 33. [viii] Ibid., 38. [ix] https://www.saltproject.org/progressive-christian-blog/2020/3/29/palms-and-passion-salts-lectionary-commentary-for-palmpassion-sunday [x] https://www.saltproject.org/progressive-christian-blog/2019/2/6/maya-angelou-on-being-christian [xi] Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God tr. Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy (NY: Riverhead, 2005) 119.

Intro: Taylor Nichols, Seamus Garrity, and Nick Richert 51:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/PM8s1 Safe? No. Why? Cars: Dr. Anne Lusk talks to Seamus Garrity about her article, "Is cycling safe? In many cases, the answer is no," in the Harvard Gazette. 22:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/oJc9R Bikes4Ukraine: Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of Copenhagenize, talks from Kyiv with Seamus about his project to get used bikes from Western Europe to the front lines in Ukraine. 40:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/fZnEC Bikes4Ukrainians in the USA: The Boise Bicycle Project, which provides access to refurbished bicycles for the Boise community, gave over 50 bikes to Ukrainian refugees last Martin Luther King Day. Seamus talks with Devin McComas, Programs Director of the Boise Bicycle Project. 56:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/Cj6vY Ride for Year of the Rabbit: This Year of the Rabbit Firecracker Ride/Run/Walk/Dogwalk is February 18. Lisa Goldfarb gives Taylor a preview. https://firecracker10k.org/bike Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

In this episode, Salman Safir and Helen Neville speak with internationally recognized psychology and mental health scholar Dr. Joseph Gone. We cover topics related to decolonizing and Indigenous research methodologies and reclaiming American Indian therapeutic traditions. In this conversation, Dr. Gone outlines attributes of traditional knowledge, disrupts ideas about psychological mindset, discusses how some forms of counseling is ideological work, and complicates our understanding of collaborative partnerships. ABOUT THE GUEST Joseph P. Gone (website) is an international expert in the psychology and mental health of American Indians and other Indigenous peoples. A professor at Harvard University, Dr. Gone has collaborated with tribal communities for over 25 years to critique conventional mental health services and harness traditional culture and spirituality for advancing Indigenous well-being. He has published over 100 scientific articles and chapters, and received recognition in his fields through several fellowships and career awards, including a year-long residency at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. A graduate of Harvard College and the University of Illinois, Dr. Gone also trained at Dartmouth College and McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He is currently a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, and of seven divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA). An enrolled member of the Aaniiih-Gros Ventre Tribal Nation of Montana, he also served briefly as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Fort Belknap Indian reservation. In 2014, Gone was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2021 he received the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. DR. JOSEPH GONE - SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP  Articles Mentioned in this Podcast: Gone, J. P. (2021). Decolonization as methodological innovation in counseling psychology: Method, power, and processin reclaiming American Indian therapeutic traditions. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(3), 259-270. Gone, J. P. (2019). Considering Indigenous research methodologies: Critical reflections by an Indigenous knower. Qualitative Inquiry, 25(1), 45-56. Video referred to in article: Citation: Gone, J. P. (2014, October). Considering Indigenous research methodologies: Critical reflections by anIndigenous knower. Invited keynote address for the 2014 Meeting of the American Indigenous Research Association, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT. Link to Video Additional Articles: Gone, J. P. (2022). Indigenous research methodologies: X-marks in the age of community accountability and protection. Qualitative Inquiry, 28(2), 164-170. Gone, J. P. (2022). Re-imagining mental health services for American Indian communities: Centering Indigenousperspectives. American Journal of Community, 69(3-4), 257-268. Gone, J. P. (2022). Four principles for cultivating Alternate Cultural Paradigms in psychology: Summary reflections oninnovative contributions. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(4), 614-623. Gone, J. P. (2021). Recounting coup as the recirculation of Indigenous vitality: A narrative alternative to historicaltrauma. Transcultural Psychiatry. Advance online publication. Gone, J. P. (2021). The (post)colonial predicament in community mental health services for American Indians: Explorations in alter-Native psy-ence. American Psychologist, 76(9), 1514-1525. Gone, J. P. (2019). “The thing happened as he wished”: Recovering an American Indian cultural psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 64(1-2), 172-184. Gone, J. P. (2017).“It felt like violence”: Indigenous knowledge traditions and the postcolonial ethics of academicinquiry and community engagement. American Journal of Community Psychology, 60(3-4), 353-360. Gone, J. P. (2016). Alternative knowledges and the future of community psychology: Provocations from an American Indian healing tradition. American Journal of Community Psychology, 58(3-4), 314-321. “Looking ahead, informed by where he's been.” Interview with Dr. Gone, published in The Harvard Gazette in 2019. Videos: Gone, J. P. (2021, June). Challenges to evidence-based practice in Indigenous community mental health. Invitedvirtual workshop presentation, Summer Institute in Indigenous Mental Health Research, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC. Link to Video Gone, J. P. (2021, February). The Urban American Indian Traditional Spirituality Program: Community engagement andcultural adaptation in Indigenous health. Invited virtual presentation, Proseminar in Social Medicine, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Link to Video STAY IN TOUCH! #LiberationNowPodcast Email: liberationlab.uiuc@gmail.com | Instagram & Twitter: @liberationlab_   EPISODE CREDITS Music: Amir Maghsoodi and Briana Williams Podcast Artwork: B. Andi Lee & Amir Maghsoodi Episode Intro/Outro: Salman Safir Episode Editing: Helen Neville and Salman Safir Episode Transcript: bit.ly/LibNowE13

Today I read you an article I wrote that was recently published in Independent Australia. Today we're covering: - The online dating landscape - Mental health statistics - Why we're so lonely - The need to be more realistic and interpersonal in our dating References 13 Online Dating Statistics Australians Should Know in 2022. Retrieved from: https://takeatumble.com.au/insights/lifestyle/online-dating-statistics/. Does Social Media Use Cause Depression? Child Mind Institute. Retrieved from: https://childmind.org/article/is-social-media-use-causing-depression/. Good genes are nice, but joy is better. The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved from: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/. Maya Massing-Schaffer, Jacqueline Nesi, Eva H. Telzer, Kristen A. Lindquist & Mitchell J. Prinstein (2022) Adolescent Peer Experiences and Prospective Suicidal Ideation: The Protective Role of Online-Only Friendships, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 51:1, 49-60, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1750019. Social isolation and loneliness. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Retrieved from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/social-isolation-and-loneliness-covid-pandemic. The Importance of Connection. PsychCentral. Retrieved from: https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-importance-of-connection. Young People Are Lonelier Than Ever. vice.com. Retrieved from: https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n5aj/loneliness-epidemic-young-people.

Claudine Gay is the first black female president of Harvard below is the article from The Harvard Gazette https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/12/harvard-names-claudine-gay-30th-president/ also below is my name to better help and keen And don't forget to go pick up my book a conversation with Alexandria August https://betterhelp.com/preservationof1https://trykeen.com/preservationof1https://www.preservationof1.com/

The holiday season, a mixed bag of joy, excitement, sadness, frustration, overwhelm, pressure, and so many more emotions. We all dream of enjoying the holiday season but often do not create a plan to manifest this dream until it is too late. Not this year! This is your year to celebrate in the ways that bring you joy, connection, and fulfillment, rather than overwhelm, obligation, and dread. Join us as we give some tangible and practical tips to not only survive the holidays, but actually enjoy them. We challenge you to consider what is most important to you during the holidays and provide you the tools to prioritize your sanity and fulfillment. We also discuss how to create space for not only joy, but also grief, disappointment, and personal boundaries. We encourage you to enter into this holiday season prepared and free from guilt. Let us show you how!  If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at RelationshipsInsideOut@gmail.com! In two weeks, we unpack how to talk about and navigate finances as a couple. Later topics include: the impacts of mental health on physical health, parenting, self-acceptance, compassion in couples, neurodivergence, navigating milestones as a couple, and so much more! For more updates and resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!Some resources related to this episode:1. Managing the Seemingly Inevitable Holiday Season Stress2. What Are the Holiday Blues? 3. Tips for Managing the Holiday Blues - National Alliance on Mental Illness4. Merry and Bright? -The Harvard Gazette

An immigration attorney provides an update Ukrainians and Russians seeking asylum in Northern California. The CEO of WEAVE discusses Domestic Violence Action Month. A conversation with the new host of NPR's “It's Been a Minute” show and podcast.   Russians and Ukrainians seeking refuge It's been more than seven months since Russia's war in Ukraine and developments are continuing to unfold rapidly. This week, Russia claims more than 200,000 people have been drafted into their army, but the conscription has also sparked an exodus of hundreds of thousands of Russians from their homeland as well as protests. Many have escaped to neighboring countries. But we're learning some are also seeking asylum here in Northern California. Alex Tovarian is an immigration attorney who is active in the Russian, Ukrainian, and broader Slavic communities in California. He's joined us on Insight a few times since the onset of the war to share the experiences of Ukrainians fleeing the conflict and provided an update on the ever-evolving asylum crisis.  Domestic Violence Action Month Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been serious discussions about the unintended consequences of sheltering at home beyond COVID-19. The United Nations has called it a “shadow pandemic” a rise in domestic violence that is difficult to measure behind closed doors but one that the UN believes has risen to unprecedented levels. The Harvard Gazette reports an increase in the U.S. at about 8% / following the 2020 lockdowns, but finding an accurate number is difficult because calls to hotlines dropped at the beginning of the pandemic. But that doesn't mean domestic violence dropped. Two and a half years in, we're starting to get a better picture of the demand for domestic violence resources and support. WEAVE is leading the provider for domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking in Sacramento County and their CEO Beth Hassett joined us to discuss this issue as well as Domestic Violence Action Month. NPR's new It's Been A Minute host NPR's “It's Been a Minute” explores how pop culture shapes current events. But for the past several months, the search has been on for a new host to take the place of Sam Sanders. That search is over. Brittany Luse is the new host of NPR's “It's Been a Minute” podcast.  Brittany is an award-winning journalist and cultural critic with a love for podcasting.  Most recently, she has been co-hosting the podcast “For Colored Nerds.”  Brittany's work has been seen in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vulture, Harper's Bazaar as well as NPR's “Planet Money” podcasts. Insight spoke with Brittany ahead of her weekend debut.   

What the heck happened to Crypto?  Over the past couple of years, there have been many headlines around crypto.  And recently, the market, as well as various cryptocurrencies, have dropped off sharply.   Shanna Tingom starts by breaking down some numbers, and what's behind them.We also talk about the legal troubles faced both by a big-name backer of crypto, as well as a popular trading app.   And what about taxes?   What are the tax implications for people who buy and sell cryptocurrencies?If you'd like to reach out to Shanna Tingom and her team at Heritage Financial Strategies, find them online at https://www.heritagefinancialaz.com/Additional Resources:Previous podcast episode on Gamestop and "Meme Stocks:" https://makingmoneyfun.simplecast.com/episodes/explaining-the-gamestop-storyReuters Article on Robinhood:  https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/robinhood-must-face-us-market-manipulation-claims-over-meme-stock-rally-judge-2022-08-11/Tech Crunch Article on Voyager:  https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/11/mark-cuban-mavericks-face-lawsuit-over-crypto-voyager-ponzi-scheme/Harvard Gazette article:What Happened to Crypto:  https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/07/so-what-happened-to-crypto/#:~:text=Recent%20high%2Dprofile%20financial%20meltdowns,less%20than%20%24900%20billion%20today.

Arabella Proffer Arabella Proffer is a visual artist based in Cleveland. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and bred in Southern California, she has a BFA from CalArts. Her loose narrative themes revolve around the history of medicine, psychedelic visions, and biomorphic organisms. She delves into the practice of oil painting, tying together its relationships to nature, biology, and emerging sciences. Arabella's work appears in over 80 private collections and she participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, SF Weekly, The Plain Dealer, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, The Harvard Gazette, NPR, Hektoen International Medical Journal, The Portland Review and more. Her achievements have been recognized by the Ohio House and Senate. She has received grants from Ohio Arts Council, Akron Soul Train residency, Rauschenberg Award, Andy Warhol Foundation Satellite Award, and ArtsCleveland. She balances a studio practice of commissions, transcendental painting, drawing crude comics for cheap laughs, all while living with terminal cancer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

We are welcoming a special guest to the show this week: Robert Reed of Gin and Truth on YouTube. If you're a fan of a pull-no-punches, take-no-prisoners approach to secular humanism, we think this is probably going to be the show for you. Tune in or call in to talk with our guest at 585-526-8774 or https://tiny.cc/callSG.Find more Robert Reed: Subscribe to his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLaC... Follow his Twitter: https://twitter.com/RCReed40 Stream his podcast wherever you like to listen! ___________________TIME STAMPS & CALL NOTES 00:00 - Intro04:11 - Robert Gets On the Soapbox 11:39 - Ditch Your Therapist, Come to Church! - Andrew (he/him) - MN20:25 - Ontological Evidence for God... AGAIN - Xeno (he/him) - SK35:10 - Thank You For Speaking Up! - Uncle Beck (he/him) - NM38:26 - Fighting Spiritual Abuse with Skepticism - Tim (he/him) - Czech Republic1:00:15 - Do Debate Bros Actually Deradicalize Anyone? - Garrett (he/him) - MT1:16:50 - You Never Really Believed! - Nick (he/him) - TN1:28:24 - Superchats00:00Intro04:11From taking a leak in peace to preferred pronouns, why does it seem like we aren't ever having the same conversation when it comes to trans rights? Being an ally is more than just recognizing the humanity of our neighbors, it's recognizing that arguments to the contrary make you part of the problem.11:39This caller got to learn about the evils of LGBTQ and poly folks from a religious friend. He also got recommended church instead of actual therapy. We all have a little laugh, but Robert hits the nail on the head when he says, “Make sure you can tell the difference between a doctor and a pastor.”20:25Xeno calls in to make yet another ontological argument for God, and Robert meets his claims with exactly the right reaction: uproarious laughter. Meanwhile, Vi points out the exact reason that Xeno's argument doesn't work using set theory, and Xeno suddenly needs to go… 35:10Uncle Beck wants to shout out just how important it is to have allies that are willing to go to bat. You can find Uncle Beck's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeNoJustBe 38:26If we need to pick one, should we pick skepticism or critical thinking? This caller thinks that addressing spiritual abuse is an easier pill to swallow if it doesn't include any extra baggage. Our hosts counter that just like leaving any other abusive relationship, recognizing the signs of abuse can prevent those who have suffered abuse from falling into it again in the future.1:00:15Does it really matter if bad reasoning is used to de-radicalize people? Vi shoots back that the problem isn't deradicalization, it's perpetuating bad thinking! If the louder person seems to “win” the debate, it's only a matter of time before listeners are convinced bv a louder person. The better tactic is to place less value on the “debate bro” culture in the first place.For more information about the Federalist Society, check out this article by the Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... 1:16:50Nick has been placed in a church mediation program to determine if he is allowed to communicate with his siblings. During the mediation, he has been told that he was never a true Christian… because he never did miracles! Robert calls it out for the absolute horseshit that it is. We're with you Robert!1:28:24Superchats___________________Skeptic Generation is LIVE every Sunday at 11:30am-1:00pm CTCall on your phone: 585-LA-MURPH (585-526-8774) Call online: https://tiny.cc/callSG Love the show? Become a patron: https://tiny.cc/donatetoSG Buy our new Class of ‘22 merch: tiny.cc/SG22MerchHelp with our studio: https://tiny.cc/SGwishlist Join us after the show on Discord: https://tiny.cc/SGdiscord To find out more, visit https://www.skepticgeneration.com Copyright © 2022 Skeptic Generation. All rights reserved.

Article in Harvard Gazette written by Steve Bradt in November 2010. The research, by psychologists Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert of Harvard University. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Content warning: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to mental health, such as severe major depression, self-harm, and suicide or suicidal ideation. We encourage you to care for your safety and well-being. If you or someone close to you may be in crisis, or simply needs support, we encourage you to reach out to a health or mental health professional. If you believe that you or a loved one may be in immediate danger, call 911.When your child is experiencing symptoms of severe major depression, having suicidal ideations, or engaging in self-harming behaviors, it may feel as if your entire world is being upended. Much of your time and energy will be directed toward helping them heal; but your own well-being is also an important component of the healing journey. Tune in as Exceptional Parenting Podcast host, Stefanie Boucher, has a candid discussion with author, special needs advocate, certified mind-body coach, and mother of three, Deborah Blackwell, about how to help yourself and other family members feel safer and more grounded when a child is facing a mental health crisis. As someone who has been there, Deborah offers deep insights about the perspectives that are – and are not – most helpful when a child is struggling and how to build on rare moments of clarity, grace, or even beauty, among otherwise horrible circumstances. About Our Guest:Deborah Blackwell is a writer, special needs advocate and certified mind-body life coach devoted to helping others conquer adversity and discover the hidden wisdom found in everyday life. Inspired by her own courageous journey through trauma, her forthcoming book is an insightful story of one woman's determination to welcome truth, expand knowledge, and embrace joy. She also writes for The Harvard Gazette, and contributes to Torchlight's digital platform. Deborah is married to her kindred spirit and raised three sons, one on the autism spectrum. She is a longtime practicing yogi, passionate about global health, well-being, and happiness. Learn more about her at https://deborahblackwell.com.*Torchlight does not provide medical advice. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never ignore professional medical advice because of something you read on Torchlight. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or dial 911.

ENGLISH starts after our intro! Also finally on YouTube (https://youtu.be/MoxpsgpenAk) - We are starting CON FUERZA in our 3rd season of Contraelite! We interviewed Lithuanian-American author Silvia Foti, who wrote "The Nazi's Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather was a War Criminal" and buckle up, because it's a super interesting ride into how Silvia found out the very painful history of her grandfather, Jonas Noreika, or "General Storm" who was hailed as a Lithuanian war hero, while in reality, he had been an anti-Soviet partisan and Nazi collaborator. Follow us @Contraelite1 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Contraelite podcast on different platforms: Apple: https://tinyurl.com/ContraeliteOnApple Anchor: https://anchor.fm/contraelite Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ContraeliteOnSpotify Google: https://tinyurl.com/ContraeliteOnGoogle YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ContraeliteOnYouTube Our breaks music is "Draco" by Yung Kartz (https://www.yungkartzbeats.com/) Related reading and more information about our guest: New York Times article "No more lies. My grandfather was a Nazi" by Silvia Foti: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/opinion/jonas-noreika-lithuania-nazi-collaborator.html NYT article en español: https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/01/31/espanol/opinion/abuelo-nazi.html Silvia Foti on HardTalk BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1n10 Silvia's article: https://www.silviafoti.com/who-is-jonas-noreika/ Article on the Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-lithuania-nazi-jonas-noreika-20210407-k72dbr373fforgk6kuq5ubzkru-story.html My grandfather, a national hero in Lithuania — and a war criminal - Article on the Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/10/how-author-silvia-foti-discovered-her-grandfathers-nazi-past/ Silvia's book: https://www.amazon.com/Nazis-Granddaughter-Discovered-Grandfather-Criminal/dp/1684511089 Articles about controversial monument in Budapest, Hungary: -EURACTIV article https://www.euractiv.com/section/central-europe/news/controversial-monument-divides-hungarians-angers-jewish-community/ -Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-holocaust-german-memorial/hungary-pm-defends-contested-monument-to-nazi-victims-idUSBREA0L1H820140122

We turn the compass north on this Dogwatch and thankfully are joined by Andrea Pitzer, a person who not only has been on multiple Arctic expeditions, but has also written Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, a book about one of the early European polar explorers of the region, William Barents. Along with being a writer of books and a freelance journalist, Andrea has a wealth of other experiences that inform her perspectives. In our conversation, we discuss what life was like at the end of the 16th century, what questions Barents and others were trying to answer on their expeditions to the Arctic, and some of how those adventures turned out. Ultimately, Andrea helps us see Barents as someone who made his name not so much for his specific discoveries but for his ability to endure and persist in the face of incredible suffering, which became a template for later polar expeditions. She even points out how Shakespeare included a reference to Barents and his men in Twelfth Night, referring to an “icicle on a Dutchman's beard,” and shows how widely this adventure was known despite the account of the voyages not being published in English at the time.Given that this episode focuses on the Arctic, our feature is the late James McCarthy, who was a Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. H passed away in 2019 at the age of 75. The Harvard Gazette quoted Al Gore:“Nobody communicated the importance of the climate crisis in the context of the oceans as eloquently and passionately as Jim.”I definitely looked up to Jim in our interactions, and remember his generosity, passion, and particularly his commitment to understanding and taking action on climate issues. It is now up to us to follow Jim's lead, to redouble our efforts, and commit each day to take on this challenge.

To understand what Coercive and Nuclear Negotiations are, I discuss with Professor Eugene B. Kogan, a researcher and an expert in the power dynamics of negotiation. This is also the core of his fast-paced and interactive pro-seminar, offering an in-depth introduction to the principles and dynamics of coercive and nuclear negotiations worldwide, focusing on a few conflicts for reference. The world is now overwhelmed with a few ongoing negotiation processes over conflicts with multiple actors in the global north and south countries. Although the list of these conflicts might be probably endless depending on how each conflict is reported and to who it affects, different data sources and conflict analysis have put together some for our benefit and focused discernment. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) reported last February 2022 that Ethiopia, Yemen, The Sahel, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Haiti, Colombia, and Myanmar would be the 10 conflicts to watch this year (ACLED, 2022). Eugene Kogan is a professor of conflict resolution at Harvard, Brandeis, and other Universities. He is also a Co-Author of the book Mediation: Negotiation by other moves. In addition, he has also been engaged in delivering an analytical message and strategies a contribute to sustainable negotiation processes. Episode cover Photo by Humphrey Muleba on Unsplash Here are the readings we recommend: Walsh, C. (2022, March 18). Finding exit to war in Ukraine. Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/03/finding-exit-to-war-in-ukraine/ Kogan, E. B. (2022, March 7). Without giving in, a united West needs to offer Putin a face-saving way out | Opinion. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/without-giving-united-west-needs-offer-putin-face-saving-way-out-opinion-1685551 Robert J. Art and Patrick Cronin, The United States and Coercive Diplomacy. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Institute of Peace, 2003), Introduction and Conclusion. Alain Lempereur, Jacques Salzer, Aurelien Colson, Michele Pekar, Eugene B. Kogan, Mediation: Negotiation by Other Moves (Wiley 2021), Chapter 1. James K. Sebenius and Eugene B. Kogan, Henr --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/support

Arabella Proffer Arabella Proffer is a visual artist based in Cleveland. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and bred in Southern California, she has a BFA from CalArts. Her loose narrative themes revolve around the history of medicine, psychedelic visions, and biomorphic organisms. She delves into the practice of oil painting, tying together its relationships to nature, biology, and emerging sciences. Arabella's work appears in over 80 private collections and she participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, SF Weekly, The Plain Dealer, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, The Harvard Gazette, NPR, Hektoen International Medical Journal, The Portland Review and more. Her achievements have been recognized by the Ohio House and Senate. She has received grants from Ohio Arts Council, Akron Soul Train residency, Rauschenberg Award, Andy Warhol Foundation Satellite Award, and ArtsCleveland. She balances a studio practice of commissions, transcendental painting, drawing crude comics for cheap laughs, all while living with terminal cancer. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil's experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil's primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

No matter where you turn, so many people seem on edge or angry right now. Why is that? What is the root of so much anger and fear? How do we better analyze the effects of the last two years and move towards being a healthier people and a healthier society? Riffing off a recent Harvard Gazette article on the current state of anger in the world, Tim and Russ dive into all this and more. As always, we appreciate you taking the time to rate and review and share around. And if you haven't hit the subscribe button, now's the time! Click one of the links below to dive in. Subscribe to get the latest videos and live worship: https://www.youtube.com/xchurch Connect with X Church Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/theXchurch.oh Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/theX_church/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/theX_church Helping people get on the path to God. This is the vision of X Church, led by Pastor Tim Moore and based in South East Columbus, OH Stay Connected Website: www.thex.church #theXchurch

This episode is all about the practices of centering, grounding, & meditation & how they can help strengthen your spiritual practiceThis episode also includes a giveaway announcement!-As Always Larissa can be reached at thatwitchfromthesouth@gmail.com and their twitter @WitchyBigSister Music by Timmoor from PixabayMusic by enrique27naveda from Pixabay-Sources for this episode include Powell, A. (2018, August 27). Harvard researchers study how mindfulness may change the brain in depressed patients. Harvard Gazette. Retrieved November 4, 2021, from https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-researchers-study-how-mindfulness-may-change-the-brain-in-depressed-patients/. Kynes, S. (2013). Llewellyns Complete Book of Correspondences - a comprehensive and cross-ref. Llewellyn Publications,u.s. Diaz, J. (2019). Witchery: Embrace the witch within. Hay House. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/WitchyBigSis)

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-october [Remember, I haven't independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in each links post are wrong or misleading. I correct these as I see them, and will highlight important corrections later, but I can't guarantee I will have caught them all by the time you read this.] 1: Our World In Data - we are winning the war on oil spills: 2: @incunabula: “Cheese is one of the 5 things the Western book as we know it depends on. The other four are snails, Jesus, underwear and spectacles. If even one of these things was absent, the book you hold in your hand today would look completely different. I'll explain why…” 3: Mansana de la Discordia (“the block of discord”) is a city block in Barcelona where four of the city's most famous architects built houses next to each other in clashing styles: It's also a pun on manzana de la Discordia, “Apple of Discord” 4: As late as the 1930s, most upper-middle-class American families had servants. By the end of World War II, almost nobody did. The transition was first felt as a supply-side issue - well-off people wanted servants as much as ever, but fewer and fewer people were willing to serve. Here's an article on the government commission set up to deal with the problem. I first saw this linked by somebody trying to tie it in to the current labor shortage. 5: Harvard Gazette reviews Stephen Pinker's new book on rationality. Someone sent this to me for the contrast with Secret Of Our Success - Pinker argues that hunter-gatherer tribes use critical thinking all the time, are skeptical of arguments from authority, and “owe their survival to a scientific mindset”. I'd love to see a debate between Pinker and Henrich (or an explanation of why they feel like they're really on the same side and don't need to iron anything out). 6: It's hard to talk about IQ research without getting accused of something something Nazis. But here's a claim that actually, Nazis hated IQ research, worrying that it would “be an instrument of Jewry to fortify its hegemony” and outshine more properly Aryan values like “practical intelligence” and “character”. Whenever someone tells you that they don't believe in IQ, consider calling them out on perpetuating discredited Nazi ideology.

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Anna Young, a woman who led The House of Prayer for All People, about 10 miles south of Gainesville back in the 1980s. There, she tortured and beat people while preaching about Jesus. She ended up killing at least two children. We dive into the setting (12:40), the killers early life (19:17) and the timeline (21:24).  Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (49:37), "Where are they now?" (53:29) followed by our takeaways and what we think made the perp snap (55:51).   As usual we close out the show with some tips on how not to get murdered (01:03:23) and our shout outs (01:09:56).  Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there! 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You can make a donation on the Cash App https://cash.me/$fruitloopspod Or become a monthly Patron through our Podbean Patron page https://patron.podbean.com/fruitloopspod Footnotes Articles/Websites Sederstrom, Jill. (04/09/2021). ‘House Of Prayer' Cult Leader Anna Young Died Soon After Sentencing For Child Deaths, Had Contracted COVID-19, Authorities Reveal. Oxygen. Retrieved 09/04/2021 from https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/house-of-prayer-cult-leader-anna-young-died-soon-after-sentencing-for-child-deaths-had Adelson, Aaron. (03/31/2021). Cult leader Anna Young dies in state custody. CBS4 News. Retrieved 09/02/2021 from https://mycbs4.com/news/local/cult-leader-anna-young-dies-in-state-custody Swirko, Cindy. (05/13/2021). Young's grip on House of Prayer followers unyielding. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 09/02/2021 from https://www.gainesville.com/news/20180513/youngs-grip-on-house-of-prayer-followers-unyielding Swirko, Cindy. (03/31/2021). Cult leader Anna Young, convicted of killing toddler, dies in prison. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 09/02/2021 from https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/31/cult-leader-anna-young-convicted-killing-toddler-dies-prison/4818649001/ Howard, Josslyn. (02/17/2021). Cult leader's daughter gives an inside look at the House of Prayer. First Coast News. Retrieved 09/02/2021 from https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/features/cult-leaders-daughter-gives-an-inside-look-at-the-house-of-prayer/77-8592f668-f156-4da0-bbe3-300c7780470f Mostek, Audrey. (02/18/2021). ‘A Long Time Coming': Micanopy House of Prayer Leader Sentenced to 30 Years. WUFT. Retrieved 09/02/2021 from https://www.wuft.org/news/2021/02/18/a-long-time-coming-micanopy-house-of-prayer-leader-sentenced-to-30-years/ Brasch, Ben. (03/25/2021). Mother Anna unmasked. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://specials.myajc.com/mother-anna/ Swirko, Cindy. (02/17/2021). Anna Young gets 30 years in toddler's death. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/crime/2021/02/17/house-prayer-leader-gets-30-year-term-toddlers-death-micanopy-cult-leader/6784385002/ Huff, Steve. (12/13/2021). Mother Anna: The Cult Leader Suspected of Torture and Murder. Inside Hook. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://www.insidehook.com/article/crime/mother-anna-elizabeth-young-murder Johnston, Joni E. PsyD. (02/16/2018). Mother Anna Young and the House of Prayer. Psychology Today. Retrieved 09/06/2021 from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201802/mother-anna-young-and-the-house-prayer Noll, Jessica; Diez, Christie. (12/06/2017). EXCLUSIVE: Torture victim's sister relives pain family endured. 11 Alive. Retrieved 09/06/2021 from https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/exclusive-torture-victims-sister-relives-pain-family-endured/85-497324247 Sederstrom, Jill. (04/09/2021). How Is Joy Fluker, Who Turned In Her Mother Anna Young For House of Prayer Deaths, Helping Others Speak Up? Oxygen. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/joy-fluker-anna-youngs-daughter-trying-to-help-others-speak-up Leigh, Cat. (03/08/2019). Cult Leader Accused Of Abusing/Killing Children. Medium. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/cult-leader-accused-of-abusing-killing-children-47b76270c0ed Stevens, Alexis; Brasch, Ben. (). Georgia woman describes growing up in mom's violent cult. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/exclusive-georgia-woman-describes-growing-mom-violent-cult/D4Jff5NmpS2uJXWSC6EgDK/ Photo Gallery https://www.nwfdailynews.com/photogallery/DA/20200130/NEWS/130009991/PH/1 History Masci, David. (02/07/2018). 5 facts about the religious lives of African Americans. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/02/07/5-facts-about-the-religious-lives-of-african-americans/ The Harvard Gazette. (03/09/2021). How the Black Church saved Black America. Retrieved 09/06/2021 from https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/the-history-and-importance-of-the-black-church/ Podcasts Day, Leila; Karas, Beth. (Hosts). (2021). The Followers: House of Prayer [Audio podcast]. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://www.ucpaudio.com/podcast/followers-house-prayer Video The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, Season 1[Prime Video] By: Stacey L. Holman, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Shayla Harris  How Not to Get Murdered Sherwood, Joseph. (08/14/2021). The BITE Model of Cult Mind Control Explained. A little Bit Human. Retrieved 09/05/2021 from https://www.alittlebithuman.com/the-bite-model-of-cult-mind-control-explained/ Music “Abyss” by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy● Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License “In Accordance”, “Dust Free” & “Cove Me” by Marlene Miller. Used with permission. Find her Facebook and Instagram under SEMNCHY or marlenemiller138@gmail.com “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Connect with us on: Twitter @FruitLoopsPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fruitloopspod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fruitloopspod and https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod

Arabella Proffer is an artist, author, and co-founder of the indie label Elephant Stone Records. Her work combines interests in portraiture, visionary art, the history of medicine, and biomorphic abstraction. She delves into the her practice of oil painting tying together its relationships to biology, nature, and emerging sciences. She attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA before receiving her BFA from California Institute of the Arts where she studied under artists such as John Mandel, Derek Boshier, Jim Shaw, and Suzan Pitt. Arabella's work is in over 60 private collections, and she participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. She has authored several art books including, The National Portrait Gallery of Kessa: The Art of Arabella Proffer (2011) Gurls (2016-17) and The Restrooms of Cleveland (2019) . She was awarded an Ohio Arts Council grant in 2016, Akron Soul Train Fellowship in 2019, a Rauschenberg Foundation award, and a Satellite Award from the Andy Warhol Foundation and SPACES in 2020. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Plain Dealer, The Portland Review, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, The Harvard Gazette, Scene, Snob, SF Weekly, Dallas Arts Review, Pittsburgh City Paper, Westfälische Nachrichten, Hektoen International Medical Journal, Creative Minds in Medicine, and more. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and bred in Southern California, she and her husband live on the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio. https://www.instagram.com/arabellaproffer/

Learn about ESP; why people panicked about electricity in the 1800s; and how embryos use sound to prepare for the world. Please vote for Curiosity Daily in the 2021 People's Choice Podcast Awards! Register at https://podcastawards.com, select Curiosity Daily in the categories of Education and Science & Medicine, and then click/tap "save nominations" at the bottom of the page. Voting in other categories is optional. Your vote is greatly appreciated! Is there such a thing as ESP? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Anay in Georgia) ESP: What can science say? (2021). Berkeley.edu. https://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/esp  ‌Engber, D. (2017, June 7). Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real. Which Means Science Is Broken. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/health-and-science/2017/06/daryl-bem-proved-esp-is-real-showed-science-is-broken.html  ‌Lavoie, A. (2008, January 3). Neuroimaging fails to demonstrate ESP is real. Harvard Gazette; Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/01/neuroimaging-fails-to-demonstrate-esp-is-real/  ‌Bem, D. J. (2011). Feeling the future: Experimental evidence for anomalous retroactive influences on cognition and affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(3), 407–425. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021524  In the 1800s, the War of the Currents led to panic over electricity by Cameron Duke Lantero, Allison. “The War of the Currents: AC vs. DC Power.” Energy.gov, 18 Nov. 2014, www.energy.gov/articles/war-currents-ac-vs-dc-power  Owen, Jonathan. “Electrocution: A Shocking Misuse? : Word Count : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus.” www.visualthesaurus.com, 19 Dec. 2013, www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/electrocution-a-shocking-misuse/  Sullivan, J.P. “Fearing Electricity: Overhead Wire Panic in New York City.” IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 14, no. 3, 1995, pp. 8–16, http://doi.org/10.1109/44.464629  Wuebben, Daniel L. Power-Lined : Electricity, Landscape, and the American Mind. University Of Nebraska Press, 2019  Embryos use sound to prepare for the outside world by Cameron Duke “Embryos of Many Species Use Sound to Prepare for the Outside World.” ScienceDaily, 26 May 2021, Embryos of many species use sound to prepare for the outside world. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210526132128.htm  Mariette, M. M., Clayton, D. F., & Buchanan, K. L. (2021). Acoustic developmental programming: a mechanistic and evolutionary framework. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.04.007  Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day withCody Gough andAshley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Long COVID" is the name for the phenomenon experienced by people who have "recovered" from COVID-19 but are still suffering from symptoms months after the virus invaded their bodies. In this episode, listen to highlights from a 7 hour hearing in Congress about Long COVID so that you can recognize the disease and know where to turn for treatment. Even if you didn't catch the rona yourself, Long COVID is far more common that you probably think and is almost certainly going to affect someone you know. 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Recommended Episodes CD145: The Price of Health Care Articles/Documents Article: Why Impact of ‘Long Covid' Could Outlast the Pandemic, By Jason Gale, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, June 8, 2021 Article: Long covid has lasted over a year for 376,000 people in the UK, By NewScientist, June 4, 2021 Article: Long-COVID-19 Patients Are Getting Diagnosed With Rare Illnesses Like POTS, By Cindy Loose, Kaiser Health News, TIME, May 27, 2021 Article: Long Covid symptoms ease after vaccination, survey finds, By Natalie Grover, The Guardian, May 18, 2021 Article: A pandemic that endures for COVID long-haulers, By Alvin Powell, The Harvard Gazette, April 13, 2021 Article: Atlantic Council urges Biden to enforce regime change in Belarus, By Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service News Release: Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Dr. Francis Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health, August 7, 2009 Sound Clip Sources Hearing: THE LONG HAUL: FORGING A PATH THROUGH THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF COVID–19, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 28, 2021 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Francis Collins, M.D., Ph. D. Director of the National Institutes of Health John T. Brooks, M.D. Chief Medical Officer for COVID-19 Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Steven Deeks, M.D. Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Jennifer Possick, M.D. Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine Director of Post-COVID Recovery Program at the Winchester Center for Lung Disease at Yale-New Haven Hospital Natalie Hakala COVID patient Lisa McCorkell COVID patient Chimere Smith COVID patient Transcript: 1:01:34 Francis Collins: We've heard troubling stories all of us have people who are still suffering months after they first came down with COVID-19, some of whom initially had very few symptoms or even none at all. And yet today these folks are coping with a long list of persistent problems affecting many different parts of the body, fatigue, brain fog, disturbed sleep, shortness of breath, palpitations, persistent loss of taste and smell, muscle and joint pain, depression and many more 1:02:35 Francis Collins: I would like to speak directly to the patient community. Some of you have been suffering for more than a year with no answers, no treatment options, not even a forecast of what your future may hold. Some of you have even faced skepticism about whether your symptoms are real. I want to assure you that we at NIH hear you and believe you. If you hear nothing else today here that we are working to get answers that will lead to ways to relieve your suffering. 1:03:13 Francis Collins: New data arrived every day. But preliminary reports suggested somewhere between 10 to 30% of people infected with SARS COVID2 to may develop longer term health issues. To get a solid measure of the prevalence, severity and persistence of Long COVID we really need to study 10s of 1000s of patients. These folks should be diverse, not just in terms of the severity of their symptoms and type of treatment received, but in age, sex, race and ethnicity. To do this rapidly, we are launching an unprecedented metacohort. What is that? Well, an important part of this can be built on existing longitudinal community based cohorts are also the electronic health records of large healthcare systems. These resources already include 10s of 1000s of participants who've already contributed years worth of medical data, many of them will by now suffer from long COVID. This approach will enable us to hit the ground running, giving researchers access to existing data that can quickly provide valuable insights on who might be most at risk, how frequently individual symptoms occur, and how long they last. 1:04:24 Francis Collins: Individuals suffering with long COVID including those from patient led collaborative groups will be invited to take part in intensive investigation of different organ systems to understand the biology of those symptoms. Our goal is to identify promising therapies and then test them in these volunteers. 1:05:07 Francis Collins: Finally we need a cohort for children in adolescence. That's because kids can also suffer from long COVID and we need to learn more about how that affects their development. 1:05:35 Francis Collins: As we recruit volunteers, we will ask them to share their health information in real time with mobile health apps and wearable devices. 1:08:09 John Brooks: Although standardized case definitions are still being developed, CDC uses the umbrella term Post COVID conditions to describe health issues that persist for more than four weeks after a person is first infected with SARS-CoV-2 to the virus that causes COVID-19. Based on our studies to date, CDC has distinguished three general types or categories of post COVID conditions, although I want to caution that the names and classifications may change as we learn more. The first called Long COVID involves a range of symptoms that can last for months. The second comprises long term damage to one or more body systems or an organ and the third consists of complications from prolonged treatment or hospitalization. 1:09:45 John Brooks: Among these efforts are prospective studies that will follow cohorts of patients for up to two years to provide information on the proportion of people who develop post COVID conditions and assess risk factors for their development. 1:10:00 John Brooks: CDC is also working with multiple partners to conduct online surveys about long term symptoms and using multiple de-identified electronic health record databases to examine healthcare utilization of patient populations after initial infection. 1:20:21 John Brooks: Not only are there persons who develop post COVID symptoms, who we later through serology or testing recognizes having had COVID. But there's also there also were people who develop these post COVID conditions who have no record of testing, and we can't determine that they had COVID. So we've got to think carefully about what that how to manage that when we're coming up with a definition for what a post COVID condition is. 1:20:55 John Brooks: One of the most important things is to make sure that this condition is recognized. We need to make sure that folks know what they're looking at, as you've heard it's sort of protean. There are all sorts of different ways. Maybe we'll talk about this later. But the symptoms and ways that people present are very varied. And people need to be thinking, could this be post COVID and also taking patients at their word. You know, we've heard many times of patients have been ignored or their symptoms minimized, possibly because they didn't recognize that and COVID previously. 1:24:33 John Brooks: It's common, it could be as common as two out of every three patients. Study we recently published in our flagship journal, the Morbidity and Mortality weekly report suggested two out of three patients made a clinical visit within one to six months after their COVID diagnosis. So that is unprecedented, but people who've recovered from the flu or a cold don't typically make a scheduled visit a month later. It does seem that for some people, that condition gets better but there are definitely a substantial fraction of persons in whom this is going on for months. 1:25:37 Francis Collins: Basically what we did was to think of all of the ways in which we could try to get answers to this condition by studying people, both those who already have self identified as having long COVID, as well as people who just went through the experience of having the acute illness to see what's the frequency with which they ended up with these persistent symptoms. And if you look around sort of what would be the places where you'd find such large scale studies, one would be like we were just talking about a minute ago, with Mr. Guthrie, the idea of these long standing cohort studies, Framingham being another one where you have lots of people who have been followed for a long time, see if you can learn from them who got long COVID. And what might have been a predisposing factor that's part of the medical work. You could also look at people who have been in our treatment trials, because there are 1000s of them that have enrolled in these clinical trials. And they've got a particular treatment applied like a monoclonal antibody, for instance, it would be really interesting to see if that had an effect on how many people ended up with long COVID did you prevent it, if you treated somebody acutely with a monoclonal antibody, and then there are all these patient support groups, and you'll be hearing more for them in the second panel, were highly motivated, already have collected a lot of data themselves as citizen scientists, we want to tap into that experience and that wise advice about how to design and go through the appropriate testing of all this. So you put those all together, and that's a metacohort, where you have different kinds of populations that are all put together in a highly organized way with a shared database and a shared set of common data elements so we can learn as quickly as possible. 1:32:59 John Brooks: Extreme fatigue. I mean fatigue, as you probably heard, so bad, you can't get out of bed, it makes it impossible for you to work and limits your social life, anxiety and depression, lingering, chronic difficulty breathing with either cough or shortness of breath. That loss of smell persists for a very long time, which incidentally is particularly unique to this infection to the best I know. 1:37:10 Francis Collins: So the idea of trying to assemble such a large scale effort from multiple different kinds of populations of patients, is our idea about how to do this quickly and as vigorously and accurately as possible. But it won't work if we can't actually compare across studies and figure out what we're looking at. So part of this is the ability to define what we call common data elements, where the individuals who are going to be enrolled in these trials from various sources have the same data collected using the same formats so that you can actually say, if somebody had shortness of breath, how did you define that? If somebody had some abnormality in a lab test, what were the units of the lab test that everybody will agree so you can do apples to apples comparisons? That's already underway, a part of this metacohort is also to have three core facilities. One of those is a clinical sciences core, which will basically come up with what are the clinical measures that we want to be sure we do accurately on everybody who's available for those to be done. Another is the data sciences core, which will work intensively on these common data elements and how to build a data set that is both preserving the privacy and confidentiality of the participants, because these are people who are human subject participants in a trial, and also making sure that researchers have access to information that they can quickly learn from. And then there's a third core, which is a bio repository where we are going to be obtaining blood samples and other kinds of samples. And we want to be sure those are accurately and safely stored. So they can be utilized for follow up research. All of that has to fold into this. And so I'm glad you asked that question. That is the mechanism by which we aim to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts here even though the parts are pretty impressive. The whole is going to be pretty amazing. 1:41:03 Francis Collins: Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the launch of RADX, Rapid Acceleration and Diagnostics. Another program made possible by the Congress by providing us with some additional funds to be able to build new platforms for technology to detect the presence of that SARS COVID-2 virus, increasingly being able to do those now as point of care instead of having to send your sample off to a central laboratory. And even now doing home testing, which is now just in the last month or so become a reality and that's RADX that developed those platforms. 1:41:30 Francis Collins: It was a pretty amazing experience actually. 1:41:40 Francis Collins: We basically built what we call the shark tank. And we became venture capitalists. And we invited all of those people who had really interesting technology ideas to bring them forward. And the ones that looked most promising, got into the shark tank and got checked out by business people, engineers, various other kinds of technology experts, people who knew about supply chains and manufacturing and all of that to make sure that we put the funds into the ones that were most promising. And right now, today, Congressman, there's about 2 million tests being done today, as a result of RADX that otherwise would not have been. 2 million a day, or 34 different technologies that we put through this innovation funnel. And that has opened up a lot of possibilities for things like getting people back to school where you have testing capacity that we didn't have before. 1:42:32 Francis Collins: What did we learn about that that applies to long COVID? Well, one thing I learned was we can do things at NIH in really novel ways that move very quickly when we're faced with a crisis like COVID-19 pandemic, we're applying that same mentality to this effort on long COVID normally would have taken us more than a year to set up this kind of metacohort. We're doing it in a couple of months because we need to utilizing some of those same mechanisms that you gave us in the 21st Century CARES bill, which has been a critical part of our ability to move swiftly through something called Other Transactions Authority. 1:43:16 Francis Collins: You saw in the President's budget proposal for FY-22, something called ARPA H, which is basically bringing the DARPA attitude to health that also builds on these experiences and will give us, if approved by the Congress, the ability to do even more of these very rapid, very ambitious, yes, high risk, but high reward efforts as we have learned to do in the face of COVID and want to continue to do for other things like Alzheimer's disease, or cancer or diabetes, because there's lots of opportunities there, too. 2:02:53 John Brooks: The number of people seeking care after recovering from COVID is really unprecedented. And it's not just people who had severe COVID it may include people had very mild COVID and in fact, we know there's a number of people who never had symptomatic COVID who then get these long symptoms. 2:03:09 John Brooks: Just historically, the other disease I can think of that may have a little analogy to this is polio. It was a more devastating sequentially that people lived with the rest of their lives. But it was thanks to the enrollment of some early cohorts of these patients followed over the course of their life, that when post polio syndrome later came up in the population, we had the wherewithal to begin to understand it. And it happens with been a condition in many ways, sharing some characteristics of this post COVID condition. 2:16:33 Francis Collins: The virus has been evolving. So one question is, how long will you be immune to the same virus that infected you the first time. And we think that's probably quite a few months. But then are you immune to a variant of that virus that emerges like the one called B117, which now is almost 60% of the isolates we're seeing in the United States after it ran through the UK and then came to us, that degree of immunity will be somewhat lower. The good news here, though, is that, and this may surprise people, the vaccine actually provides you with better broad immunity, then the natural infection, and you don't quite expect that to be the case. Usually, you would think natural infection is going to be the way that revs your immune system to the max and the vaccine is like the second best, it's flipped around the other way in this case, and I think that's because the vaccine really gets your immune system completely awake. Whereas the natural infection might just be in your nose or your respiratory tree and didn't get to the rest of your body. With a vaccine. We think that immunity lasts at least six months. But is it longer than that? We don't know yet because this disease hasn't been around long enough to find that out. And so far, the vaccines, the Pfizer, the Moderna, do seem to be capable of protecting against the variants that are now emerging in the US like this B117. 2:26:09 John Brooks: Anosmia are the loss of smell or change and smell is an often overlooked, but surprisingly common problem among people. This disease really seems to target that and cause it. I can say this, you know, I've been I've had a particular interest in this topic, the reading that I've been doing seems to suggest that the virus isn't necessarily targeting the olfactory nerves, the nerves that transmit smell, but more of the nerves that are sort of around in supporting those nerve cells, and it's the swelling and the inflammation around those cells that seems to be leading to some kind of neurologic injury. I will say the good news is that many people will eventually recover their sense of smell or taste, but there are others in whom this is going to be a permanent change in terms of treatment, smell training, interesting therapy, but it really works. And it's I really want to raise people's awareness around that because the earlier you can begin smell training, the better the chances that you'll recover your sense of smell. 2:43:13 John Brooks: We hold regular webinars and calls for clinicians they can call into these often are attended by 1000s of providers. We use these as an opportunity to raise awareness because I think you made a really critical point that patients feel like their doctors don't recognize their problem or they don't accept that it's possible they have this condition. We use those calls and webinars to raise awareness that this is a real entity. We also then publish papers and put out guidelines that illustrate how to diagnose and begin to pull together what we know about management. 2:52:27 Francis Collins: But it certainly does seem that the risk of developing Long COVID goes up. It's fairly clear that the initial seriousness of the initial illness is somewhat of a predictor. Certainly people are in the hospital have a higher likelihood of long COVID than people who stayed out of the hospital but people who weren't hospitalized can still get it. It's just at a somewhat lower rate. 2:53:07 Francis Collins: Risk factors. older age people higher likelihood, women have a slightly higher chance of developing long COVID than men. BMI, obesity also seems to be a risk for the likelihood of long COVID. Beyond that, we're not seeing a whole lot of things that are predictive. And there must be things we don't know about yet. That would give you a chance to understand who's most vulnerable, to not be able to just get this virus out of there and be completely better, but we don't know the answer is just yet. 3:29:30 Francis Collins: First of all, let me say anxiety and depression is a very common feature of long COVID. But there are instances of actual induction of new psychoses sees individuals who previously were normally functioning who actually fall really into a much more serious psychiatric illness. We assume there's must be some way in which this virus has interfered with the function of the brain maybe by affecting vascular systems or some other means of altering the the way in which the brain normally works. But we have so little information right now about what that actual anatomic mechanism might be. And that's something we have to study intensively. 3:33:13 Francis Collins: When you look at what is the likelihood that somebody who is just diagnosed with COVID-19 is going to go on too long COVID It looks as if it's a bit higher for older people, but on the other hand, they're more young people getting infected. So if you go through the mathematics, you can see why it is that long. COVID seems to be particularly prominent now. And younger people who may not have been very sick at all with the acute infection, some of them had minimal symptoms at all, but now are turning up with this. 3:34:10 Francis Collins: We have 32 million people who've been diagnosed with the acute infection. SARS-COVI-2 to COVID-19. Let's say 10% is right. That means there are 3 million people going to be affected with this are already are and whose long term course is uncertain and may very well be end up being people with chronic illnesses. 3:35:07 John Brooks: It's a great opportunity to remind young people they're not immune to this right? This is really the audience you want to reach. Vaccination is something you should strongly consider. This affects people like you. 3:44:06 John Brooks: Some of the symptoms are the ones you see in adults, as you would expect, particularly pulmonary conditions, persistent shortness of breath, maybe cough, as well as persistent fatigue. There is also some evidence that he experienced what is called a brain fog, but it's probably some issue or probably neurocognitive in nature. And this is important for kids when they're growing and developing that, that we understand what's happening there because we don't want that to impair their ability to learn and grow properly. 4:35:54 Lisa McCorkell: I'm testifying today as a long COVID patient and as a member at the leadership team of the patient led research collaborative, a group of long COVID patients with backgrounds in research, policy and data analysis, who were the first to conduct research on Long COVID. My symptoms began on March 14 2020. Like many of what we call first waivers, I was not afforded a COVID test, because at the time tests were limited to hospitalized patients and those with shortness of breath, cough and fever, the last of which I didn't have. I was told that I had to isolate and within two weeks I'd be recovered. A month later, I was in worse health than in that initial stage. I couldn't walk more than 20 seconds without having trouble breathing, my heart racing and being unable to get out of bed the rest of the day. 4:37:18 Lisa McCorkell: Our ost recent survey asked about 205 symptoms over seven months and received almost 7000 responses. In our recent paper, 92% of respondents were not hospitalized, but still experienced symptoms in nine out of 10 organ systems on average. We found that patients in their seventh month of illness still experienced 14 symptoms on average. Most commonly reported were fatigue, post exertional, malaise and cognitive dysfunction. In fact, 88% experienced cognitive dysfunction and memory loss impacting their ability to work, communicate and drive. We found that this was as likely an 18 to 29 year olds as those over 60. Lesser known symptoms include tremors, reproductive changes, months long fevers and vertigo. Over two thirds require a reduced work schedule or cannot work at all due to their health condition. 86% experienced relapses were exerting themselves physically or mentally can result in a host of symptoms returning. 4:38:14 Lisa McCorkell: Long COVID is complex, debilitating and terrifying. But patients aren't just dealing with their symptoms. They're dealing with barriers to care, financial stability and recovery. Due to the lack of a positive COVID test alone, patients are being denied access to post COVID clinics, referrals to specialists, health insurance coverage, COVID related paid leave, workers comp, disability benefits, workplace accommodations and participation in research. When we know that not everyone had access to COVID testing that PCR tests have false negative rates of 20 to 40%. That antibody tests are more accurate on men and people over 40 and that multiple studies have shown that there's no difference in symptoms between those with the positive test and those without. Why are we preventing people who are dealing with real symptoms from accessing what they need to survive? 4:39:00 Lisa McCorkell: Even with a positive test patients are still being denied benefits or have to wait months until they kick in. Medical bills are piling up. People are being forced to choose between providing for themselves and their family and doing what's best for their body. 4:39:58 Lisa McCorkell: The stimulus checks that you all provided us to get through the pandemic. I do really appreciate them. But every cent of mine was spent on urgent care and doctor's visits where I was repeatedly told that mycotic cardio my inability to exercise and brain fog was caused by anxiety and there was no way that I could have had COVID since I didn't have a positive test. 4:41:37 Jennifer Possick: I hope to share my perspective as a pulmonologist caring for people with post COVID disease including Long COVID. So in Connecticut, the surge initially arrived in March of 2020. And within weeks thereafter, people were reaching out to us about patients who remained profoundly short of breath after their acute illness had passed. My colleagues and I were struck by how difficult it was to tell the difference between people recovering from mild, acute COVID and those who had required ICU level care. Both groups had the physical, cognitive and psychological fallout we would expect from a critical illness or a prolonged intubation. And in addition to being short of breath, they reported a host of other symptoms. I saw a teacher who had recurrent bouts of crushing chest pain, mimicking a heart attack, a young mother, who would have racing heartbeat and dizziness every time she played with her toddler, a local business owner who couldn't remember the names of his long term customers or balance his books, and a home health aide who didn't have the stamina or strength to assist her elderly clients. 4:42:53 Jennifer Possick: We've spent this year learning alongside our patients, about half of whom are never hospitalized. They are mostly working age, previously high functioning. Many were frontline or essential workers. Many were initially disbelieved. Their quality of life has been seriously impacted. Some can't walk to the mailbox or remember a shopping list, much less resume their everyday lives and work. 4:43:16 Jennifer Possick: They've used up their paid sick leave. They've cut back their hours they have left or lost jobs. They have difficulty accessing workman's compensation benefits and FMLA or securing workplace accommodations. Some have even cut back on food, rent or utilities to pay for mounting medical expenses. 4:44:03 Jennifer Possick: Consensus practice supports many forms of rehabilitation services but insurance approval and coverage have been beyond challenging and demand outpaces availability in any case. For patients with ongoing oxygen needs, requests for portable oxygen concentrators can be delayed or even denied complicating physical recovery and mobility. 4:44:27 Jennifer Possick: We are a well resourced program at an academic medical center. But we are swamped by the need in our community. This year, we have seen more patients with post COVID-19 conditions in our clinic alone then we have new cases of asthma and COPD combined. Looking ahead, the magnitude of the challenge is daunting. There are over 31 million survivors of acute COVID-19 in the United States, and we don't know how many people will be affected, what kind of care they will need, or how long, or what kind of care that will entail or how long they'll need it. Research will ultimately help us to understand the origin of the symptoms and to identify effective treatment, but in the meantime, their care cannot wait. 4:49:37 Steven Deeks: First, we don't have a way of measuring this, right? Everyone everyone has got a cohort or a clinic measures it differently. They report stuff differently. As a consequence, the epidemiology is a mess, right? We don't really have a good sense of what's going on we need and this has been said before, a general consensus on how to define the syndrome, how to measure it and study so that we can all basically be saying the same thing. Deeks we don't know prevanlence Deeks we don't know prevanlen... 270.5 KB 4:50:06 Steven Deeks: We don't really know the prevalence of either the minimally symptomatic stuff or the very symptomatic stuff. 4:50:27 Steven Deeks: Women in almost every cohort, women are more likely to get this than the men. And This to me is probably the strongest hint that we have in terms of the biology, because women in general are more susceptible to many autoimmune diseases and we know why. And so paying attention to that fact why it's more common in women I think is providing very important insights into the mechanism and is directing how we are going about our science to identify therapies. 4:51:09 Steven Deeks: The same time people are getting acute COVID. They're living in a society that's broken. There's lots of social isolation. There's lots of depression, there's lots of people struggling, who did not have COVID. And the way this social economic environment that we're living in, has interacted with this acute infection is likely contributing to what's happening in ways that are very important but I think ultimately going to be hard to untangle and something that has not been discussed. 6:00:36 Jennifer Possick: I don't think that we can broadly say that there is any treatment that is working for all patients. We don't have that answer yet. As Dr. Deeks had suggested, there are things we try empirically. Sometimes they work for some patients other times not, but we're not in a position yet to say that this is the regimen, this is the treatment that works. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

Episode 01: Dr. Robert Waldinger, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, currently serves as the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. The longest of its kind, this longitudinal study has been following two groups over the last 75 years to identify the psychosocial predictors of healthy aging. The surprising result of this research revealed one important lesson about what really makes for a happy and healthy life — and it's not what you'd expect.Harvard Study of Adult DevelopmentDr. Robert WaldingerLifespan Research Foundation“Good genes are nice, but joy is better” The Harvard Gazette 

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In his annual look back at this podcast, host Kevin Patton reviews what we learned this year in A&P teaching. Which was a lot! He also looks ahead to what to expect in teaching—and in the podcast—as we go forward. 00:49 | Looking Back 10:15 | Those Darn Sponsor Messages 14:40 | There's More! 22:49 | Psychic Predictions 38:30 | TAPP Community 47:02 | TAPP Education | TAPP-ed 51:34 | Our Complex Selves 55:35 | Staying Connected If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Apply for your credential (badge/certificate) for listening to this episode. Please take the anonymous survey: theAPprofessor.org/survey Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings. 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Check it out! nycc.edu/hapi   There's more! 8 minutes Some changes and additions over the last year... And listens are up 30% over last year! We moved away from Preview episodes, but till have occasional Word Dissections (22 in 2020) and recommendations from The A&P Professor Book Club (7 in 2020). Kevin's new bestselling book based partly on podcast content: Pandemic Teaching: A Survival Guide for College Faculty. The free eBook was released in April and the paper back is due out any day. books2read.com/pandemicteaching Krista Rompolski created The A&P Professor Journal Club, which offered three special episodes this year. TAPP Journal Club (listing of all the Journal Club episodes)   Psychic Predictions 15.5 minutes Kevin uses his psychic powers (meaning he uses his mind) to predict trends for the coming year and beyond. The current pandemic will extend through the next academic year and there may be more pandemics to come. Fauci says herd immunity possible by fall, ‘normality' by end of 2021 (news from The Harvard Gazette) my-ap.us/3ceYHtY Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1): a Threat to Human Health (review article) my-ap.us/3pi0CBH 100 Years Since 1918: Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? (interesting slide presentation published just prior to COVID-19 pandemic, links the 1918 pandemic to current needs for preparedness) my-ap.us/3a1NaeO 10 infectious diseases that could be the next pandemic (post from a vaccination alliance) my-ap.us/36fp27o Changes in staffing, working conditions, contract protections, tenure, etc. As the Pandemic Hits Campus Finances, Faculty Face Layoffs (article from The Scientist) my-ap.us/3cqmtDt Hit by Covid-19, Colleges Do the Unthinkable and Cut Tenure | Schools facing steep drops in revenue scale back the age-old role of faculty in governance (article from The Wall Street Journal) my-ap.us/2M3ZRO0   TAPP Community 8.5 minutes This year, we took The A&P Professor experience to a new level by offering the new online private community away from distracting social media platforms, tangle email threads, and the roiling sea of available webinars. It's still in its embryonic stage, but we wanted to get it out there during the pandemic when faculty need it the most. Discussions that matter. In our private space, we can have the vulnerability needed for authentic, deep discussions. Discussions not limited to a sentence or two at a time. No ads. No spam. No fake news. No thoughtless re-shares. Just plain old connection with others who do what you do! Privacy. The A&P Professor community has the connectivity of Facebook and Twitter, but the security of a private membership site. None of your information can be shared outside the community, so you can share what you like without it being re-shared to the world. Like your dean, for instance. In our community, you can share your frustrations freely. And find support. No algorithms. You get to choose what you want to see. You curate your own feed, selecting only those topics that interest you. Join subgroups that resonate with who you are—or who you want to be. 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Episode 1 is all about the Disney damsel who started it all: Snow White. What's her story? Where did she come from, and where has she taken us? Research into her historical, psychological and mythological context is the name of the game. In the first half, Sarah spins some history and delves into Snow's origins and the development of the film. Then Jess steps in to mine the psychology of the tale from multiple magical angles: Freudian, Jungian— the gang's all here! We finish off the inaugural episode with a game, and leave with new understanding of what Snow White can teach us, poisoned apple and all. History References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsF4Y7m1i5s - Fairy Tales With Jen Campbell “The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters,” Maria Tatar, - Harvard Gazette https://random-times.com/2020/02/08/the-dark-origins-of-the-fairy-tale-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs/ SuperCarlinBrothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV98kBWBqig http://www.frockflicks.com/disney-princess-historical-influences-snow-white-1937/ https://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/history-of-snow-white https://medium.com/@sadissinger/a-film-to-remember-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-1938-912740ec8f8c https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs Psychology References: https://mariellisdunning.cymru/2013/12/20/fairy-tales-and-freud-psychoanalysis-in-childrens-stories/ https://fairytalesandfreud.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/the-death-drive-psychoanalysis-in-snow-white/ ELIZABETH BRONFEN: The Death Drive https://www.cgjungpage.org/learn/articles/analytical-psychology/677-analysis-of-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarves (By Stephen Flynn, CQSW, ECP, BPA https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/transcending-the-past/201706/how-snow-whites-cruel-stepmother-helps-us-cope-evil Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Dr. Rebecca Hains (By Lori Day, M. Ed.) The tale of Snow White and what the various versions mean to us – Harvard Gazette --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is a short podcast. 13 minutes and change. And in that time we're going to talk about 12 minute workouts, which are becoming more popular since there was a study that was published in the journal Circulation that was picked up by the Harvard Gazette. (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/11/12-minute-bursts-of-exercise-have-bigger-impact-than-thought/ (Find that article by clicking here.)) We wanted to weigh in on this because it's an intriguing prospect to commit to only 12 minutes of exercise per day that is not insane cardio or HIIT (though it can be, if you want!) Most people think of shorter time limits meaning much more intensity, which can be off-putting, but this study suggests that this notion is incorrect. So for people that have struggled with motivation, maybe we can look to just starting with 12 minutes of movement per day and building on that. When you find out what all of the benefits of this are, we think you'll be willing to give it a go. And when you pair that with our podcast about motivation, you may really have some tools to get yourself going!

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Michael Klarman, of Harvard Law, to discuss the notion of expanding the Supreme Court, the 2020 election and its potential outcomes, political history, and what Justice Barrett’s recent conformation could mean for our future. Aaron and Michael have a truly riveting conversation that covers many critical topics which may prove paramount to our country’s democratic future.    We post this episode days after one of the most contentious and important election nights of our lifetime. In today’s episode, Aaron and Michael talk about entrenching democracy and how this is absolutely a moment of opportunity. Delving into all of the relevant topics of this week, Michael and Aaron touch on the electorate, the Constitution, geographic clustering, race, voter suppression and more. Michael explains why he believes it absolutely necessary to expand the Court, exploring both the arguments for and against this idea, as well as why in his opinion we as a society can’t afford not to. Aaron and Michael discuss the electoral college, the future of Roe v. Wade, the role of politics in the Supreme Court and the potential agenda of conservative Justices, court legitimacy, and the questions surrounding the future of our institutions’ norms. Is the system broken?   Professor Klarman is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School. He received his B.A. and M.A. in political theory from the University of Pennsylvania, his J.D. from Sandford and his D. Phil. In legal history from the University of Oxford. After law school, Professor Klarman clerked for the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit before joining the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, which are primarily in the areas of Constitutional Law and Constitutional History. In 2009 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Professor Klarman is also a published author; he is currently working on a revisionist history of the Founding.   Listen now to learn more!   To learn more about Professor Klarman and to find a list of his publications, please click here.   To read Professor Klarman’s recent Q&A feature in the Harvard Gazette, please click here.   Host: Aaron Freiwald Guests: Michael J. Klarman     Follow Good Law | Bad Law: YouTube: Good Law | Bad Law Facebook: @GOODLAWBADLAW Instagram: @GoodLawBadLaw Website: https://www.law-podcast.com

Summary African History Quickies – Episode 4 – State of IndigenousAfrican ReligionsOn this quickie episode we define and discuss the status indigenous religionsin Africa.Featuring: Indigenous African religions; Christianity; Islam; and much moreFurther Reading:1. Britannica. African Religions.Https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-religions2. Olupona, J. 2015. The Spirituality of Africa. The Harvard Gazette.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/the-spirituality-of-africa/3. Van Beek, W.E.A. 2020. African Indigenous Religions. OxfordResearch Encyclopaedias. (published March 2020)4. Van Klinken, A; Ndzovu, H.J; & Grillo, L.S. 2019. Religions inContemporary Africa: An Introduction. Published by Routlegde See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you keep yourself grounded? Do you meditate? Do you take your time to say a little prayer before you do things? What are the benefits of meditation and how does it help with silencing negative self-talk? In this episode, I am sharing with you why I started meditation and the benefit of practicing meditation, and what we can do to enhance our life experiences with mindfulness in our lives. Here is an article from Harvard Gazette that talked about the benefits of meditation with a more scientific approach: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-researchers-study-how-mindfulness-may-change-the-brain-in-depressed-patients/If you want to join in the conversation, come meet me in my private Facebook Group - The confidence Lab http://www.facebook.com/groups/theconfidencelabJoin me on a live group coaching & meditation circle http://elevatelifecoaching.org/meditateSupport the show (http://patreon.com/michellekuei)

In one of the most terrifying episodes yet, Dee is left on her own to face down police violence, evil magic, and two monstrous creatures dreamed up by white imagination. And let's not forget the trauma of her mother's disappearance and the murders of her father and good friend. She began the series as a little girl with a beautiful Afrofuturist vision and we don't want her to lose that—but as Montrose says, they keep taking. All the adults, except Montrose, are caught up in making devil's bargains with Christina. Montrose really tries to come through for Dee, but it's not what she needs. On that note, the Harvard Gazette recently published a story on the financial fallout of the Tulsa massacre. Nor was that the only one. The authors mention that every lynching was a reminder the entire community that personal security, freedom to work and innovate, could be taken away at any moment. It's true and also so much more, which we see in the devastation Montrose carries. While the shoggoth who never skips leg day can't fix things, it evens the score a little bit in this episode. Ruth: While we shouted-out Chris Spivey's work in one of our earliest media breaks, I want to talk about the Harlem Unbound RPG setting again in light of this week's episode. Like our protagonists, you may cast dangerous spells, carry curses, and fight monsters who just happen to be the police—you'd be lucky to get a Lovecraftian monster on your side, and by lucky I mean it would come with a dangerous consequence, for sure. The first edition sold-out in print and available as PDF supports the Call of Cthulhu and Trail of Cthulhu systems. The second available now in PDF and for pre-order supports Call of Cthulhu 7th edition and includes 4 new scenarios. You can check out an August 2020 actual-play of "Harlem Hellfighters Never Die" Intro music from "The Ninth Crewman" by Patrick de Arteaga. Outro music "In the Pines" performed by Micah Tillman.

Gone is life as the world knew it    When New Year's Day 2020 came in, the resolutions began and planners made their plans for the year. Some people already had dates in 2020 scheduled well before 2019 came to an end. Most people in America had no idea that in March 2020 everything would come to a screeching halt. Because COVID-19 changed life as the world knew it. So, with all that is happening daily, there are those who are searching for peace in stressful times.   Sadly, many people have lost their lives and others have lost loved ones to the coronavirus. In May of 2020, The Harvard Gazette published the article, ‘The lesson is to never forget,’ by Liz Mineo. And in it, Olga Jonas, a senior fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute, compares COVID-19 to the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918.   A new normal  Now, generally speaking, one's daily responsibilities can cause a great deal of stress. For many, that is their norm. But there is a new normal. And the change is harder on some than it is on others. Thus, in the wake of COVID-19, stress is at an all-time high.  No doubt, the quarantine, and loss of jobs have some people worried about the future. Because they can't pay their rent/mortgage or any other bills they may have. Moreover, some can't provide their families with the essentials for daily living. And let's not forget the parents who now find themselves homeschooling their kids. And this, as some parents are also working from home.  Searching for peace  To have peace in the midst of stressful situations can make all the difference in how one handles them. According to Dictionary.com, peace is freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, or anxiety. In particular, everyone knows someone who seems ‘at peace’ no matter what's going on around them. But how is that even possible, smack dab in the middle of chaos? Well, let's see what the Holy Bible has to say about that.  Peace that transcends human understanding   Isaiah 26:3 Amplified Bible says,  “You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both [inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation]."  In other words, when life overwhelms you, first pray--ask God for His help. Next, listen for His directions. And last but not least, read His word as written in the Holy Bible. I am a witness, if you ask, He will give you His perfect peace. But know this, His peace only comes through Jesus Christ. In fact, it is, a peace that transcends human understanding.   Jesus explained peace to His disciples. John 14:27 The Passion Translation says, “I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous!"  Essential Workers  For sure, I would be remiss if I did not mention all the essential workers on the frontlines of this world crisis. Admittedly, they have been the heroes throughout this pandemic. Being that they put their lives on the line each time they go to work. It goes without question that some essential workers have an element of danger on the job. But, the employees, at your favorite supermarket do not usually have that same level of risk. Neither do the delivery drivers or pharmacy associates. That is an added stress they did not have before COVID-19.  Again, there is a peace that is readily available in the darkest of times. Luke 1:79 New Living Translation says, "to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”  John 16:33 New Living Translation offers assurance,   “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”  Receive God’s perfect peace 

SHOW NOTES: On this show….we are talking about teamwork and the power of connections. Even though being self-sufficient and independent might be A goal it’s not THE goal. We need each other to survive and thrive... and guess what, our soul craves each other. So before you strike out on your own, making your journey to self-discovery a solo mission, settle in as we talk about why creating a healthy network of friends, family, and acquaintances is the only way to travel! Teamwork makes you think of business but we are talking about relationships with family and friends and the need for connection. LEAH MANDEL interviewed a scientist to find out why we need friends in an article she wrote for thefader.com Friends are important. So important, in fact, that it’s been proven that friendship can extend life expectancy and lower chances of heart disease. Friendship helps us survive. Part of why that is has to do with what happens in our brains when we interact with other humans: a 2011 study detailed the role of the neurobiological endogenous opioid system (the stuff in our brains that make us feel good) in positive social relationships; in 2016, researchers found evidence of the release of oxytocin in primate brains during social interactions; and later that year, psychologists conducted a study that suggested levels of pain tolerance can predict how many friends someone has. At one point we needed each other to survive, really survive - it was the buddy system. You watch my back while I forage for food or you help me build this shelter and provide a different perspective to my ideas. Obviously today, the same threats and challenges don’t exist but our wiring still craves others.  Leave it to Harvard in one of it’s longest studies to reveal that relationships is what makes us happier and more successful “The surprising finding is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships have a powerful influence on our health,” Robert Waldinger, a psychiatrist, and professor at Harvard Medical School told The Harvard Gazette in 2017. “Taking care of your body is important, but tending to your relationships is a form of self-care too. That, I think, is the revelation.” “Our study has shown that the people who fared the best were the people who leaned into relationships, with family, with friends, with community,” Waldinger said in the TED Talk. There has to be a healthy balance. Creating and maintaining healthy relationships shouldn’t feel like another thing on your to-do list, working out, eating healthy, and making friends. It should feel satisfying and rewarding which would motivate you to seek that kind of feeling on a regular basis. I love to blow young people’s minds by telling them about a time when people would “visit”. You know stop by, or pop in, or better yet, a scheduled get-together. I think first they are amazed that you would actually spend a whole afternoon talking with someone. When you can send 5 to 10k abbreviated messages a month, an afternoon with the same person seems like a waste of time!  Let’s explore other ways to show love from Dr. Roni Beth Tower in an article she wrote for psychology today. Sharing is so important, so let’s talk about it - What do we share? Moments Experiences and  Discoveries Thoughts and Opinions Feelings, concerns, reactions Tasks Allocating priorities, commitments Dreams and Vision How do we share: By spending time together By coordinating and organizing Through allocating and doing the work, tasks By discussing and communicating By providing a reality check, another pair of ears Through vision and visualization Through defining problems and finding and testing solutions Through unconscious mirroring When you find trust, honest, support, and love from a spouse, a long-time friend, or a new acquaintance, nurture that relationship. Make it a priority within your life. If you’ve become complacent and closed off, take this time and an opportunity to open yourself up to the possibilities of a new relationship. Reach out and ask for inclusion and networking. You aren’t the only one with the craving. CHALLENGE: reach out, in person and schedule some time to get caught up on the lives of those you love. Make room and a real effort to invite more people into your fold. Share, learn, and grow in the love of a strong and supportive network. There is no better investment.   I Know YOU Can Do It!

This week, we break down the latest and greatest addition to Disney+: Hamilton. We gush about the turntable, the costumes, the voices. We dissect to the best of our ability the few musical themes we could spot. We talk (briefly and naively) about the show being an entryway into more in-depth learning and critical thinking of the founding fathers. And even after all that - we bring on the one and only Gillian Pensavalle host of The Hamilcast (also of The Residuals, True Crime Obsessed, and Ted and Michael Read Sketches Into Microphones) about having the show whenever we want it for the low, low price of $6.99 a month. Have you read this? “Correcting Hamilton,” The Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/correcting-hamilton/ “In ‘The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,’ Ishmael Reed Revived an Old Debate,” The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/in-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda-ishmael-reed-revives-an-old-debate The Washington Post speaks with the Cabinet about Helpless/Satisfied: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/one-key-scene-helped-cement-hamilton-as-a-broadway-legend-the-team-that-crafted-it-explains-how/2018/11/21/a1dcaba6-e915-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html Follow the trajectory of The Bullet at DigitalSpy: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a33022157/hamilton-disney-plus-the-bullet-explained/ All other research and references completed using Wikipedia and IMDb.   ----- Turn surfing the web into charitable giving with tabforacause.com/nonplussed! -- We’re a part of the Mischief Media podcast network now! To check out their full slate of shows, search for the network name in your podcast app of choice or visit mischiefmedia.com.  -- And if you like what you hear and want more, check out the Mischief Media Patreon at patreon.com/makingmischief! ----- Drop us a line! Email: submissions@nonplussedpod.com   Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @nonplussedpod   --- Produced and hosted by Clancy Canto and Josh Wittge in conjunction with Mischief Media.    Edited by Josh Wittge.   Theme Music: "Quirky Dog" by Kevin MacLeod. Check out more tunes at https://incompetech.com.

Kibi Anderson is an LA based business executive and Emmy Award winning producer with over 18 years of experience in strategy, business development, media, entertainment, tech, finance and entrepreneurship. Listen to Dr. Allie in conversation with Kibi about Pain, Perseverance and Black Excellence through her life and with regard to the recent events of the last 4 months. Working in Executive roles at Red Table Talk (President), Bloomberg Media (Head of Digital Strategy & Business Development), ABC News (Senior Manager, Business Strategy and Operations), and Broadway Federal Bank (VP/ Business Development Manager), Kibi Anderson has become recognized for her ability to mix comprehensive industry insight, entrepreneurial acumen, and strategic communications skills to build digital businesses and brands globally. Featured in Fortune Magazine in 2000 as a top talent to watch in the coming years, she received her MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and is a Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University, where she earned a BA degree in East Asian Studies. As an Emmy-Award winning Independent Film producer, Kibi has produced a variety of short and long-form content under her independent production company banner Key Bee Entertainment. Having spent several years living in East Asia and Southeast Asia, Kibi developed a unique, first-hand perspective on how to tell culturally specific stories. This culminated in her Emmy-Award winning production of “The Mighty Warriors Of Comedy”, a feature film documentary about an Asian comedy troupe that aired nationally on PBS. You can find more about Kibi Anderson at kibianderson.com. Please note that the contents of Coping with COVID-19 by Dr. Allie are for informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on Coping with COVID-19 by Dr. Allie. As always, if you are in crisis or you think you may have an emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. If you're having suicidal thoughts, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to talk to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area at any time (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline). If you are located outside the United States, call your local emergency line immediately. Thank you for listening to Coping with COVID-19 by Dr. Allie. Reference: (quote from Harvard Gazette) https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/02/the-costs-of-inequality-educations-the-one-key-that-rules-them-all/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In 2017, Sunn m'Cheaux became the first and only Gullah language instructor at Harvard University. In this role, he teaches a curriculum based on extensive research and his own personal Gullah/Geechee knowledge and experience. m'Cheaux was born the middle child of a Pentecostal Holiness minister (father) and missionary (mother) in Charleston, South Carolina. A true Gullah/Geechee “binyah” (native), he was reared in rural Mt. Holly, South Carolina in a familial village established in the late 1850s. The rich Gullah language and culture he absorbed growing up on those sandy Low Country back roads is ever-present in his life as an artist, advocate, and educator. m'Cheaux has been fully embraced at Harvard University, having been invited to be a resident lecturer for Project Teach (Harvard's Official College and Career Awareness Program) and to speak about his course at other universities and events nationally and in the Caribbean Islands–honored as guest lecturer at the 14th Anatol Rodgers Memorial Lecture and visiting scholar at the University of the Bahamas–and he has been featured in Harvard Crimson and Harvard Gazette. He has cultivated a strong following online via social media with frequent viral content ranging from pop culture commentary, allegorical anecdotes, and entertainment, to serious discussions, advocacy, and philanthropy via crowdfunding. He uses this content to promote intellect, ethics, enlightenment, and education. In addition to academic endeavors, m'Cheaux has collaborated creatively in film and television as an actor and, more recently, as a Gullah language and culture consultant. He is set to release an illustrated book of Gullah fables for kids. Moreover, m'Cheaux is completing his mixed media memoir that will incorporate his talents in storytelling, songwriting, spoken word, photography, and education. Proud, yet humble about his achievements, m'Cheaux's personal mantra in all his endeavors is “we outchea,” a celebratory Gullah/Geechee affirmation meaning “we are out here.” He attributes his personal ascension to the collective excellence of his culture and people overall. In that regard, m'Cheaux embodies “Muss tek kyeh de root fa heal de tree,” the Gullah proverb that means, “Must take care of the root to nourish the tree.” #GullahgoestoHarvard --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patricia-bligen-jones/message

Episode 1 shares a current European view of the leadership of the President of the United States.Two primary sources are utilized to inform the listener.O’Toole, Fintan. “The World has loved, hated and envied the U.S. Now, for the first time, wepity it.” Irish Times, 25 April 2020.This article is read in its entirety.Powell, Alvin. “Washington Post’s Baron sends off the class of 2020, saying that facts, truthmatter.” Harvard Staff Writer, Harvard Gazette, 28 May 2020, Martin Baron CommencementSpeech for the online graduation program for the Harvard Class of 2020.This article is excepted as introductory context.Dr. John Bedker shares with the listeners the need and benefits of reflection for leaders. Leadersbenefit by “looking in the mirror,” seeing, hearing and learning from the voices of those thatwitness the leader in action.

In May 2020, Elizabeth Bartholet, a Harvard Law Professor, called for significant new regulations on homeschooling in the United States. In this extra-long episode, I interview Professor Bartholet about her ideas, research, and proposals. We are joined by Rachel Coleman, executive director of the Coalition for Responsible Home Education — and a grown homeschooler herself — who contributes a wealth of experience and impassioned arguments for increasing oversight of homeschooling. While all three of us have different visions of what “appropriate regulation” might be, we also find areas of agreement. Discussion topics include: Who homeschools in the U.S.? How prevalent is abuse and neglect? What is good and important about homeschooling? What’s the justification for increased regulation? Do bad schools inflict just as much (or more) harm on children than homeschooling? And what are the most essential legal changes that Bartholet and Coleman would each like to see enacted? Read more about Professor Bartholet’s perspectives in the original Arizona Law Review article (https://arizonalawreview.org/homeschooling-parent-rights-absolutism-vs-child-rights-to-education-protection/), the Harvard Magazine interview with her (https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/05/right-now-risks-homeschooling), and her interview with the Harvard Gazette (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/law-school-professor-says-there-may-be-a-dark-side-of-homeschooling/). Learn more about Rachel Coleman and the Coalition for Responsible Home Education at responsiblehomeschooling.org.

When you’re spending all of this time adulting, who has the time for friends? Well, Janet and Brian make time, but the way they create and maintain friendships has evolved as they move around across the country or in Janet’s case, the other side of the globe. In this episode, they talk about how their past friendships have changed as well as creating new friendships. We’re increasingly connected in some ways, but so distant from the ones we consider closest to us in other ways. Tune in to hear this international couple’s take on making friends and connections as (maybe) adults.   Good genes are nice, but joy is better (The Harvard Gazette): https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

What do emotions do for us? #Emotions can play an important role in how we think and behave. The emotions we feel each day can compel us to take action and #influence the decisions we make about our lives, both large and small. ... A subjective component (how you experience the emotion) A physiological component (how your bodies react to the emotion)May 12, 2019 verywellmind. the-purpose-of-emotions- Follow my six steps to control your emotions and regain rationality in any challenging situation: Don't react right away. Reacting immediately to emotional triggers can be an immense mistake. ... Ask for divine guidance. ... Find a healthy outlet. ... See the bigger picture. ... Replace your thoughts. ... Forgive your emotional triggers. Jul 30, 2013 huffpost entry › controlling-your-emotions_b When truth is blurred by lies and misinformation, perception becomes reality and all is lost.” What people perceive is usually what they believe, and this is based on what they hear, see and think. Most of the time we cannot control what happens but we can always control our reactions.May 2, 2013 elitedaily › life › motivation › perception-is-reality #decisions What does it mean that perception is reality? If you want to break it down, perception is defined as “a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression.” Reality is defined as “the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.” ... Letting OTHER people define your company.Mar 9, 2016 haleymarketing2016/03/09 › perception-reality-marketing Control can dismantle relationships (personal and professional), destroy trust, and make others defensive and resentful toward the perpetrator of control. As we all can probably agree, control must be balanced with boundaries, respect, compassion, understanding, and patience. Wouldn’t you feel better if your boss, spouse, or parent would balance control with patience, boundaries, and respect? Without these things, control becomes bondage and abuse. When I see control taking my clients down from a level of confidence and balance to low self-esteem and chaos, I feel for them. It often isn’t easy to point out the control, stand up to it, and say “no more.” I’m of the firm belief that control is spiritual, as well. It is a power that dominates us far beyond logistics and intelligence. That’s why in domestic violence situations (or even employee-employer relationships) the victim struggles to do exactly what they (and others) know they should do. Fear of abandonment or standing up for oneself is often a key factor in these situations. Fear may be present related to one or more of the following: Loss of friendship or camaraderie Loss of opportunity or employment Development of a complicated or inaccurate social status/reputation Argument or confrontation Temporary feelings of discomfort Loss of essentials/basics for living { psychcentral. caregivers References: Fairbank, R. (2017). The blood-brain barrier: Controlling behaviors. Retrieved 9/22/2017 from, http://www.uh.edu/nsm/feature/graduate-students/controlling-behavior/. Reuell, P. (2012). Controlling behaviors, remotely. Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 9/22/2017 from, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/09/controlling-behavior-remotely/. Some references are embedded in the article. This article was originally published 12/7/016 but was been updated to reflect comprehensiveness and accuracy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vegansteven/message

(00:00-09:23): Rookie Bears Kicker Eddy Pineiro came in clutch on Sunday against the Denver Broncos with a 53-yard game winning field goal. Brian and Ian touch on the pressure he overcame to do his job. They also touch on Kirk Cameron’s new show to talk with celebrity friends. (09:23-19:05): Evangelicals Who Distrust Muslims Likely Don’t Know Muslims. Brian and Ian touch on the stigma of Muslim’s as Christians, but believe it’s largely linked to misinformation and not knowing them personally. (19:05-28:30): What did we preach? Brian and Ian touch on what they preached on Sunday. Ian started a series called “This Changes Everything”. It is about how we are desperate to change things in our lives to make things easier or ideal. Brian talked on being passionate of entering into the Kingdom of God. Does God still act in immeasurably powerful ways? (28:30-38:03): Brian and Ian touch on 14 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Engaging in Tough Conversations. Karina Philip from Relevant magazine on how to address tough topics as Christians. They address how listeners engage with each other on topics and articles they post on their Facebook page. (38:03-48:40): Celebrities such as Chance the Rapper and Kanye West are more outspoken about their faith now more than ever. Brian and Ian talk about how hard it can be to speak out and defend your faith while in the spotlight. Hollywood can be a hostile place for people of faith. (48:40-59:16): One thing to change: Anecdotes aren’t data. Stephen Pinker in the Harvard Gazette addresses the lack of solid data and fact-based conversations. How often do we see comments beneath posted articles denouncing said article’s credibility? Brian and Ian touch on this. (59:16-1:09:58): Trygve Johnson writes “Gen Z Is Making Me a Better Preacher” in Christianity Today. There are new ways pastors and preachers address the younger generation in sermons. Brian and Ian reflect on this and relate to their own congregations. (1:09:58-1:16:32): Brian and Ian’s “Weird Stuff We Found on the Internet”: Apparently a giant lives in the clouds in the skies above Jersey. A new skydiving attraction features dodging a fighter jet. Florida article offers fun activities and history of biscuits. SoMa is so scary with biting folks on the streets. Meanwhile, show-and-tell in Sweden is being blown out of proportion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you respond when someone thinks you're too young or too old to be launching a business?Our guest, Auriel Wright, is a serial founder and a current Senior at Harvard University studying Computer Science and Mandarin Chinese.That’s right… Auriel is still in college. My advice: don’t ever be caged by your age – you’re never too young or too old to launch a business! In her current venture, StrattyX, she serves as CEO and CTO and works to fulfill the company’s mission of democratizing algorithmic trading through their flag ship product, a mobile algorithmic trading tool for retail investors. Auriel has received nods from Grace Hopper, the Harvard Gazette, the US Navy, and Intel for her work and she previously worked as a quant at Goldman Sachs before starting her venture full time.Auriel is a fierce problem solver and generously offers all Startup Life Show listeners to reach out to her with any problem you're having. She'd love to help you!Her generosity flows throughout our conversation, where she shares:* how to develop a minimum viable product for under $1000* advice for the non-technical founder* how to push back when someone questions your age/race/gender* why she loves it when someone offers to "tear apart her business model"* how she became fluent in Mandarin* her 3-pronged approach for having a holistic, grounded lifestylePlease follow Auriel everywhere she glows: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurielw/StrattyX: https://www.strattyx.com/ (sign up for the Private Beta!)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elleruierHere's a link to the Forbes article where Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon talks about "mirrortacracy vs. meritocracy": https://www.forbes.com/sites/joresablount/2018/05/19/founder-gym-opens-the-door-to-silicon-valley-for-underrepresented-founders/#3a4470cc1762If you’d like to receive an alert whenever I post a new episode, please follow the Startup Life Show wherever you listen to podcasts, including: Stitcher, Spotify or Apple/Google Podcasts… and let’s connect on social media!Do you have a startup story you’d like to share on the Startup Life Show podcast? Please reach out to me via email – ande@andelyons.com. Because it takes a village to raise a business, please subscribe to my newsletter, Let's Stick Together: http://bit.ly/AndeliciousNewsletterYou'll find tons of curated DIY startup advice on my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/AndeliciousAdvice and my Pinterest Boards: https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/boards/.Do you need a pitch deck reviewed? I've raised millions from VC and thousands from Angels... and I'm a co-host of a monthly pitch event in Boston. I can make sure your deck is ready for investors and a pitch event. Click this link to learn more: http://bit.ly/PitchDeckAuditAre you ready for 1 on 1 founder coaching? Please schedule a free convo with me here: https://andelyons.as.me/Listeners - thank you so much for tuning in - I am genuinely grateful for your time and presence. Stay strong, stay focused – and please remember – you’ve got this – Cheers!Ande ♥

Back after a short summer hiatus Richard and Eric take up the surprisingly controversial topic,"l'art pour l'art" (art for art's sake), brought back into contemporary consciousness by Yo Yo Ma's recent Harvard Gazette interview.  Made famous by author Théophile Gautier, and argued about in a variety of ways over many (many) years, this concept provides murky swimming waters indeed, particularly in nailing down what the often misrepresented philosophy is truly expressing.  What do the guys think of how this has been (and is currently) perceived?Anon. “Art for Art's Sake: Its Fallacy and Viciousness.” The Art World. Vol. 2, No. 2. (May, 1917), pp. 98-102.J. Laidler. “I Want To Make It Felt.” The Harvard Gazette. (March 15, 2019).

Mike Petroff and Aaron Baker have teamed up to create a custom editorial analytics dashboard called “Scoop,” which they use to serve the content teams at Harvard University and the online version of The Harvard Gazette. Their goal? To give power back to the content creators, using data to answer their questions and help make informed decisions about content. Instead of just number crunching, they're able to use data to tell a cohesive story about content performance and get to the questions that really matter, like “Is this content really working?” and “What do our users actually need?”

You know what they say, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. In this case it's probably best to keep those birds in the bushes and wash your hands immediately. On this week's episode Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about the Parrot Fever Epidemic of 1930 where it seemed Polly wanted more than a cracker...she wanted your soul! Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources: Honigsbaum, Mark. Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019. Inglis-Arkell, Esther. “Cows Are Deadlier Than You Ever Knew.” Gizmodo, 16 Dec. 2015, io9.gizmodo.com/cows-are-deadlier-than-you-ever-knew-1690950434. Lepore, Jill. “It’s Spreading: Outbreaks, Media Scares, and the Parrot Panic of 1930.” The New Yorker, 25 May 2009, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/06/01/its-spreading. Psittacosis (Ornithosis, Parrot Fever, Chlamydiosis). New York State Department of Health, Aug. 2017, www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/psittacosis/fact_sheet.htm. Quammen, David. Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. W.W. Norton, 2013. Reuell, Peter. “Harvard Study Shows Parrots Can Pass Classic Test of Intelligence.” Harvard Gazette, 27 Feb. 2019, news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/harvard-study-shows-parrots-can-pass-classic-test-of-intelligence/. Rooney, Kate. “Joe Biden's Swine Flu Hysteria.” Time, 8 Dec. 2009, content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1944338_1944286,00.html.

Hi, I’m Tara Cole—aka RealityTC®, and I’m a writer from Minneapolis by way of the ad business. The Dog Mom Out podcast focuses on reinvention—the strangeness that is mid-life—and getting back to the things we love in a world full of chaos. In this episode, I explore ideas for coping with change. Topics include the nature of change, accepting the present moment, meditation, positive vs. neutral thinking, relationships and change, journaling and creating resilience. Self-rated: PG-13 (No explicit language in this episode.) LINKS: Website: https://www.realitytc.com Support: https://www.realitytc.com/support Shop: https://www.zazzle.com/realitytc Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/realitytc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realitytc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realitytc SHOW CREDITS: Special thanks to Sun Channel for our music soundtrack, Peaceful Indie Blues, provided by Audio Jungle and licensed for Music Mass Reproduction. Other music tracks licensed by MelodyLoops.com—license numbers available upon request. AG Music, ‘The Circles Of Life’ Manuel Ochoa, ‘Deep Blues’, ‘Intimate Pianist’ and ‘Magical Stars’ Eitan Epstein Music, ‘Parisian Night Jazz’ Sergio Schnitzler, ‘East To West’ The following reference materials contributed ideas to this podcast: The Harvard Gazette, April 9th, 2018, When science meets mindfulness, Researchers study how it seems to change the brain in depressed patients. by Alvin Powell https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-researchers-study-how-mindfulness-may-change-the-brain-in-depressed-patients/ The Problem With Positive Thinking, Psychology Today, Joel Mindon, Ph.D. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cbt-and-me/201608/the-problem-positive-thinking 10 Ways to Cope With Big Changes, Psychology Today, Stephanie Q. Sarkis, Ph.D. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201701/10-ways-cope-big-changes Meditation Apps Mentioned Headspace https://www.headspace.com Calm https://www.calm.com/ Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way, Morning Pages free writing exercise. Self-Care Video youtube.com/realitytc GEAR: Microphone: Audio-Technica AT3035 Preamp: Focusrite Clarett 4Pre Processor: dbx 286s Edit and Mix: Pro Tools Studio: “The Blanket Fort” Copyright 2019© RealityTC®. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realitytc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realitytc/support

The link between intermittent fasting and good health has been noticed for a while. Intermittent fasting means going about 8 to 12 hours without food but in some cases a bit longer. And recent studies have begun to make clear the connection between fasting and longevity, a finding that is creating a lot of buzz. What we talk about: There are some obvious reasons that connect fasting to good health. The most obvious is weight loss. But there are many others: Increasing your metabolism. While it’s true that long-term fasting can decrease your metabolism, short-term fasting has the opposite effect – perhaps up to 14 percent. It promotes brain health by supporting an increase in the growth of neurons and enhancing memory performance. Know when you’re really hungry. Going without food often provokes a desire to eat that that is more psychological than physical. Fasting 8-12 hours helps people distinguish between real hunger pangs and food cravings. Now, here are some less obvious and but equally important reasons that connect fasting to longevity: Recent academic studies have people buzzing about the health benefits of occasional fasting. As we age, our cell’s ability to process energy decreases. This can lead to aging and diseases associated with aging. A recent academic study has pointed to the reason behind this phenomenon: mitochondria’s role in breaking down fat and modulating fat metabolism (which is important in keeping cells healthy). Mitochondria (which are powerhouse structures in your cells involved in releasing energy) help to break down fatty acids and carbohydrates. They work in networks that remain fused in a healthy state (in contrast to an unhealthy, “fragmented” state). This fused state of mitochondria networks are in a “youthful” state, which maximizes their efficiency. What can help to keep these networks running well? You guessed it. Fasting! The good news is that effective fasting doesn’t involve long periods of difficulty and self-denial. It might cause a little discomfort as you’re adjusting to a new schedule of eating, but as we know, changes in habits often require some adjustments. And this isn’t an every-day regimen. And anything worth striving for requires a little struggle and a little effort. The only things this kind of fasting requires is to not eat for a little while (and to resist your cravings while you do this). The benefits of this effort will surprise you. KEY TERMS & IDEAS Intermittent fasting leading to increasing metabolic rates as well as improving metabolic processes that can mitigate the normal effects of aging. Intermittent fasting means going 8 to 12 hours without food. Mitochondria are the “parts of cells that turn sugars, fats and proteins that we eat, into forms of chemical energy that the body can use to carry on living.”   LINKS & RESOURCES: Follow Dr. Nada on: Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nada-milo... Sage Tonic www.sagetonic.com Sage Tonic on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sagetonic/ Christian Zauner et al., "Resting energy expenditure in short-term starvation is increased as a result of an increase in serum norepinephrine," The American journal of clinical nutrition 71.6 (2000): 1511-1515. Henriette Van Praag, et al., "Exercise, energy intake, glucose homeostasis, and the brain," Journal of Neuroscience 34.46 (2014): 15139-15149. Karen Feldscher, “In pursuit if healthy aging” Harvard Gazette, November 3, 2017, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/11/intermittent-fasting-may-be-center-of-increasing-lifespan/, accessed January 2019. “What are Mitochondria,” Medical Research Council, http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/, accessed January 2019. SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT Google Play: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpPlay FOLLOW SPARTAN UP: Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppo... Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod CREDITS: Producer: Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Writer and Host: Nada Milosavljevic MD, JD © 2019 Spartan  

L'Università di Harvard avvia un progetto destinato agli studenti di informatica e di scienze per affrontare gli spinosi casi etici che possono sorgere nello sviluppo di macchine e algoritmi. --- Embedding ethics in computer science curriculum - The Harvard Gazette

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that students who lived in dormitories without air conditioning during a heat wave performed worse on a series of simple tests compared with students who lived in air-conditioned dorms. The findings show that the effects of extreme heat are not just felt by those typically thought of as vulnerable—such as the elderly. And with global temperatures on the rise, the research underscores the need for sustainable design solutions in mitigating the health impacts of extreme heat. In this week's episode, we'll speak with the authors of that study to learn how we can  better design our buildings and cities to adapt to our changing climate. You'll hear from Joe Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science and director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, and Jose Guillermo (Memo) Cedeño Laurent, associate director of the Healthy Buildings Program. You can subscribe to Harvard Chan: This Week in Health by visiting iTunes or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the Stitcher app or on Spotify. Learn more Extreme heat linked with reduced cognitive performance among young adults in non-air-conditioned buildings (Harvard Chan School news) Your building might be making you sick. Joe Allen can help. (Harvard Gazette)

Show summary On this week’s episode we sink our teeth into a trending food topic: the meatless burger that bleeds, AKA “The Impossible Burger”. We also review research about the relatively unknown dangers of eating unfermented soy. To finish, we discuss how the ever-increasing global demand for meat may eventually force us to invent a substitute for meat that is equally nutritious and delicious. Show notes 0:20 - Adam Savage introduced me to the Impossible Burger (YouTube video) 0:40 - What’s an Impossible Burger? (Impossible Foods home page) 1:20 - “Faux” (Dictionary definition) 1:34 - Bill Gates is investing in the Impossible Burger (GeekWire news article) 1:57 - Where can you get the Impossible Burger? In 2018, White Castle started to sell the Impossible Burger in the United States (The New Yorker article) 2:13 - What’s the Impossible Burger’s secret ingredient? What is Heme? (Wikipedia article) 3:19 - The Impossible Burger’s list of ingredients (Impossible Burger FAQ) 3:34 - Does the Impossible Burger actually taste and feel like beef? (The Spoon review) 4:43 - The potential dangers of consuming unfermented soy (Research article) 7:24 - In some people, eating unfermented soy can cause a hormonal imbalance (Research article) 7:48 - Consumption of unfermented soy products can lead to lower sperm concentration in men (Research article) 7:51 - Soy milk and soy beverages... how are they made? (YouTube video) 9:17 - Tempeh is a traditional Indonesian fermented soy product (Wikipedia article) 9:43 - Avoid soy-based baby formulas (Health Line article) 11:04 - The evolution of humans and their food 12:25 - The growing middle class and their growing appetite for meat (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada blog article) 14:29 - From ape-like creatures to humans, the human digestive system and brain size have radically changed over the past millions of years (The Harvard Gazette article) 16:13 - The benefits of eating bone marrow and organ meats (ScienceDaily article) 18:37 - The “super size me” effect (Wikipedia article) 20:00 - Mass production vs. local production of meat 21:51 - The changing diets of cattle, chickens and pigs: grass vs. grain/soy/corn (Health line article) 22:43 - The “meat problem” 23:39 - The hypothetical Willy Wonka of hamburgers 26:29 - Feel free to write us in the comments section below or on our Contact page about a topic you’d like to hear us discuss in an upcoming episode

If we could, most of us would want to live a long and vibrant life. But what’s the secret to longevity? A pill? A medical procedure? A recent study from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health shows us that 5 very simple healthy lifestyle factors is linked to a significantly longer and healthier life. In this episode, we breakdown the study into layman’s terms and share practical tips on how we can achieve these lifestyle factors in our own lives.LinksImpact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population (Circulation)Harvard TH Chan School of Public HealthFive lifestyle habits that could add 10 or more years to life (CTV News)5 healthy habits to live by (Harvard Gazette)

Is your next website redesign project about new features and functionality? Or is it more about an internal culture shift in how and why you create content? In this episode of the Hashtag Higher Ed podcast, Harvard University Director of Content Strategy Mike Petroff shares insights behind the decision to redesign Harvard’s digital newsroom, the Harvard Gazette. We also discuss the challenges of scaling 1:1 communication in light of Facebook’s recent algorithm adjustment, choosing the right metrics for reporting and analytics, and the surprising new way Harvard is planning to make their content discoverable.

In recent years countries across the Americas have made major improvements in health, but while life expectancy has increased and infant and maternal mortality rates have fallen, significant inequalities remain. A new commission launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is now examining ways to close those gaps. Members of the commission were recently convened by David Satcher at Morehouse School of Medicine to discuss strategies for achieving health equity. As part of the gathering, Michael Marmot, chair of the commission and one of the world's foremost researchers on health inequality, delivered a keynote address: “How Do You Achieve Change?” In this week's episode, we're sharing that talk, which outlines vast disparities across the Americas—and explains how addressing the social determinants of health can help narrow disparities. You can subscribe to this podcast by visiting iTunes or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the Stitcher app or on Spotify. Learn more Global Leaders Discuss How to Achieve Change in Health and Health Equity at the PAHO Commission Meeting (Morehouse School of Medicine) Urging a response to "deaths of despair" (Harvard Gazette) photo: Pan American Health Organization

Ein Gespräch mit Oliver Beige über dynamische Prozesse in der Mikroökonomik: Über Einfluss, Ideenpropagation und Nachbarschaftseffekte. Oliver Beige und Gudrun Thäter haben sich online über die große gemeinsame Schnittmenge im Musikgeschmack gefunden. Obwohl Oliver in Berlin lebt und Gudrun in Karlsruhe ist es schon vorgekommen, dass sie im gleichen Konzert waren ohne das rechtzeitig zu bemerken, weil sie sich persönlich noch nicht kannten. Im vergangenen Jahr fand Gudrun dann interessante Überlegungen zur aktuellen Anwendbarkeit der Ideen und Modelle von Malthus, die Oliver veröffentlicht hatte. Diese erwiesen sich als spannende Lektüre für die Studierenden der Modellbildungsvorlesung, die Gudrun gerade hielt. Damit war der Plan geboren, dass man sich nicht nur unbedingt einmal persönlich kennenlernen müsste, sondern bei nächster Gelegenheit auch für den Podcast einmal unterhalten sollte. Diese Gelegenheit bot sich im Juli 2017 nach einem Freiluftkonzert in der Kulturbrauerei in Berlin. Oliver ist Ökonom. Er hat 1993 in Karlsruhe sein Diplom in Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen erworben und sich anschließend in den Staaten umgesehen. Dort hat er 1997 einen Master of Business Administration (University of Illinois) abgeschlossen und sich schließlich im Rahmen seiner Promotion an der UC Berkeley mit der mathematischen Modellierung von Ideenpropagation und Entscheidungsprozessen in Netzwerken beschäftigt. Er hat dabei auch zwei Wellen von Innovation im Silicon Valley hautnah miterlebt. Was so einfach und grundlegend klingt ist tatsächlich eine sehr schwierig zu beantwortende Frage: Wie beeinflussen sich Mitglieder in einer Gruppe gegenseitig beim Finden von Entscheidungen? Während Soziologen gerne über gruppendynmische Prozesse diskutieren, arbeiten Ökonomen traditionell unter der vereinfachten Annahme, dass Entscheidungen als unabhängig voneinander getroffen werden - gestützt auf einer rein rationalen, isolierten Nutzenkalkulation. Erst seit Kurzem wird diese Annahme in der Ökonmie durch neue Modelle in Frage gestellt. Was jedoch modellhaft einen Zugang zum dynamischen Entscheidungsprozess in einer Gruppe verschaffen kann - in dem natürlich ganz viel Rückkopplung eingebaut werden muss - sind neuronale Netze - z.B. die Boltzmann-Maschine. Diese hatte Oliver in Karlsruhe kennen- und schätzen gelernt. Sie bilden ein stochastisches Feedback-Netzwerk, in dem man auch untersuchen kann, wie man zu einem Equilibrium kommen kann. Wie läuft denn so eine kollektive Entscheidung ab? Vorab hat jede/r in der Gruppe Präferenz - z.B. für einen bestimmten Film, den er oder sie gern in Begleitung anderer in der Gruppe sehen würde. Darüber wird gesprochen und schließlich teilt sich die Gruppe auf in Untergruppen, die im Kino den gleichen Film sehen. Im Gespräch werden die Präferenzen der anderen jeweils gewichtet in die eigene Entscheidung einfließen. Mathematisch wird das ausgedrückt in einer Nutzenfunktion, deren Wert maximiert wird. In der evolutionären Spieltheorie kann dieses dann als ein stochastischer Prozess modelliert werden, der mittels einer Potentialfunktion die Meinungsbildung der Gruppe als Equilibriumspfad darstellt. Von einem mehr abstrakten Level stellen sich auch die Fragen an ein so gewonnenes Equilibrium: a) Sind die Entscheidungen für die Gruppe die besten? b) Inwieweit beeinflusst die Struktur des sozialen Netzwerkes die Gruppenentscheidung? c) Kann die Gruppendynamik dazu führen, dass einzelne Mitglieder entgegen ihrer Präferenzen entscheiden (und damit das Axiom der offenbarten Präferenzen verletzen)? Zur Darstellung dieser Prozesse wandelte Oliver den traditionellen Entscheidungsbaum unter Ausnutzung der Markow-Eigenschaft in einen Entschediungsgraphen um. Dies war damals ein komplett neuer Ansatz und hat sich auch im großen Maßstab bis heute nicht durchgesetzt. Neu an der Arbeit war auch, dass zum ersten Mal im Zusammenhang der Netzwerkeffekte die Struktur des Netzwerkes betrachtet wurde. In der ursprünglichen Konzeption in der Arbeit von Michael Katz und Carl Shapiro wurde die Heterogenität des Netzwerkes noch explizit ausgeschlossen. Wie wichtig Nachbarschaftseffekte sind, weiß man in der Innovationsökonomik aber schon seit Zvi Griliches die schrittweise Verbreitung des ertragreicheren Hybridmaises in den USA über Mundpropaganda erforscht hatte. Diese Form der Ideenpropagation ist auch ein wichtiger Baustein in Jared Diamonds "Guns, Germs, & Steel" (das den Pulitzerpreis gewann). Großen Einfluss auf Olivers Arbeit haben die Arbeiten des Pioniers der Spieltheorie Thomas Schelling (Nobelpreisträger 2005), der so wichtige Begriffe wie Nachbarschaftseffekte, kritische Masse und das Konzept des Tipping points einführte. Heute setzt Oliver seine Kenntnisse über dynamische Prozesse bei Entscheidungen über Investitionen in Startups, insbesondere im Bereich der verknüpften Mobilität und der Verbreitung neuer Technologien wie z.B. Blockchain, ein. Literatur und weitere Informationen J. Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel. W.W. Norton, 1997. Thomas Schelling, Nobelist and game theory pioneer, 95 . Nachruf, Harvard Gazette 14.12.2016. O. Beige: Resurrecting Malthus and Ricardo Medium, 2016. O. Beige: Essays on Preference and Influence Dissertation an der University of California, Berkeley, 2006. J. H. Conway: Game of life Podcasts P. Stursberg: Social Choice, Gespräch mit G. Thäter im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 129, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2017. V. Caspari: Perfekte Gleichgewichte, Gespräch mit G. Thäter im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 61, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2015. K. Cindric: Kaufverhalten, Gespräch mit G. Thäter im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 45, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2015. S. Ritterbusch: Digitale Währungssysteme, Gespräch mit G. Thäter im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 32, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2014.

In this episode we'll be looking at improvements to rocket systems, with the main focus on re-usability. We will also look a bit deeper at rocketry principles, at some other improvements and alternative uses for rockets, such as oceanic launches, and discuss Metallic Hydrogen, a potential game changing fuel. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/WPh2jUKTKCA Isaac Silvera papers 2010 Metallic Hydrogen basic theory paper https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/9569212/Silvera_Metallic.pdf?sequence=2 2011 NASA Phase 1 Final Report: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Silvera_FinalReport.pdf 2017 Harvard Gazette interview with Silvera: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/01/a-breakthrough-in-high-pressure-physics/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Visit the sub-reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/dead-aliens Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier

In this episode we'll be looking at improvements to rocket systems, with the main focus on re-usability. We will also look a bit deeper at rocketry principles, at some other improvements and alternative uses for rockets, such as oceanic launches, and discuss Metallic Hydrogen, a potential game changing fuel. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/WPh2jUKTKCA Isaac Silvera papers 2010 Metallic Hydrogen basic theory paper https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/9569212/Silvera_Metallic.pdf?sequence=2 2011 NASA Phase 1 Final Report: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Silvera_FinalReport.pdf 2017 Harvard Gazette interview with Silvera: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/01/a-breakthrough-in-high-pressure-physics/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Visit the sub-reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/dead-aliens Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier Music by Intro/Outro: Sergey Cheremisinov "Sirius" Kai Engel "Endless Story about Sun and Moon" Koalips "Kvazar" Frank Dorittke "Morninglight" Kai Engel "December" Kevin MacLeod "Spacial Winds" Lombus "Amino"

Kelly and Brooke are back for another year of navel-gazing and deep conversations.  Brooke and Kel often talk about the importance of living a values-based life, one where they act in alignment with their priorities, but the question is often asked: how do we uncover those values in the first place?   In today’s episode, Brooke talks about the emotional exercise she used to discover her personal values, while Kelly gives a great insight into the very practical approach she uses for determining her own values.   Unsurprisingly, the approaches are quite different but the outcome is similar: having a strong understanding of core values has led both Kel and Brooke to make decisions and actions based on what’s important to them, rather than simply being a passenger in their own lives.   Be sure to join the Let It Be Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/letitbepod/) and head over to http://www.letitbe.fm to learn more about Kelly and Brooke!    Links and Resources:   7 strange questions that help you find your life purpose - via Mark Manson: https://markmanson.net/life-purpose  Eight weeks to a better brain - via the Harvard Gazette: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/ 

The pic for this blog entry/episode is of the crab apple tree in my front yard, the one I planted in memory of my father just about 11 years ago now. The run in this episode began just a few feet from it at the end of my driveway. Thank you for joining me yet again. We are still working on Project GB, though we are getting very close to 30 minutes of running without stopping. I am feeling good! During this episode, we talk about a lot of things, including updates on the training, why we podcast--the answer might be more interesting than you think--and catch up on emails and voice mails. Yes, I said voice mails! Check out the Speakpipe link on this page (either at the right, or bottom if using a mobile device). Send me a message! I especially want to know what being passionate about running means to you. You can also email me, look me up on FB, or even Twitter. But try a 90 second voicemail. I want to play it on the next episode. Let me hear from you. I love to hear from our listeners and you are the reason we do this. Please be in touch. Hope to have another episode out in a couple of weeks or so. Until then, I trust your running is going well! And as always, Thanks for sharing some of the road with me, The 20 Minute Runner _________________________ The opening and closing music is by The Jefferson, and is entitled "Running." It can be found at Music Alley and is used under a CC license.  The music video of the song can be found on YouTube. The song in the body of the podcast is by Kattie and is entitled "Rainbows" and is used under a CC license. Check it out at Jamendo. The article used in this episode is entitled "Where Runners Go Wrong" and was published by The Harvard Gazette and can be found here.

Samuel Mehr joins us this week to share his perspective on why people are musical, where music comes from, and why it works the way it does. We discuss a number of empirical studies related to music and musical cognition, and dispense a few myths about music along the way. Some of Sam's work discussed in this episode include Music in the Home: New Evidence for an Intergenerational Link,Two randomized trials provide no consistent evidence for nonmusical cognitive benefits of brief preschool music enrichment, and Miscommunication of science: music cognition research in the popular press. Additional topics we discussed are also covered in a Harvard Gazette article featuring Sam titled Muting the Mozart effect. You can follow Sam on twitter via @samuelmehr.

On this episode of Latest in Paleo, we discuss a new study indicating that the Mediterranean Diet leads to a longer life, a couple of new food industry products, a raw milk study, flu season, and a new study about campfires. The Moment of Paleo segment is about taking a "sensitive" approach to food. And After the Bell features a TEDx talk about sleep. Links for this episode:Humans Are Not Broken - Episode Page on Angelo's BlogLatest In Paleo Facebook Page -- News Hunters & Gatherers Post Your Links Here!Sleepless in America Trailer | National Geographic ChannelFairlife | #BelieveInBetterCoca-Cola milk campaign sparks controversy with sexy pin-ups dressed in milk - LA TimesCoca-Cola to Sell Sexy Lactose-Free Milk Product of Some Kind - Modern FarmerCoca-Cola Prepares to Build a Milk Brand Called Fairlife - BusinessweekCoca-Cola To Unveil Fairlife Milk - YouTubeEuropean Study Finds Raw Milk Boosts ImmunityNestlé's plan to invent a fat-burning drink that could replace exercise - Features - Health & Families - The IndependentNestle Is Brewing A Fat-Burning Drink - Business InsiderThe Skinny on Nestle's New Exercise in a Bottle Project - ABC NewsNestle scientists creating 'exercise in a bottle' Fox News Video - YouTubeEating the Mediterranean diet may lead to a longer life - CNN.comBBC News - Mediterranean diet keeps people 'genetically young'Welcome to ForbesMediterranean diet may help slow aging - CBS NewsMediterranean Diet Is Good for Your DNA - NYTimes.comMediterranean diet has marked impact on aging | Harvard GazetteCDC: Flu Vaccine May Not Be Good Match for This Year’s Strain Video - ABC NewsCDC Warning: Flu Viruses Mutate and Evade Current Vaccine - NBC News.comThat Flu Shot You Had May Not Work This Year | TIMEDeadlier Flu Season Is Possible, C.D.C. Says - NYTimes.comBig Pharma Plays Hide-the-Ball With DataItaly Suspends Batches of Novartis Flu Vaccine After 3 Deaths - BloombergItaly Probes 11 Deaths in Novartis Flu Vaccine Review - BloombergFlu Vaccine Kills 13 in Italy; Death Toll Rises | Global ResearchExercising to avoid the flu? It’s all about the sweet spot - The Globe and MailHearth and campfire influences on arterial blood pressure: Defraying the costs of the social brain through fireside relaxation | Evolutionary PsychologyWhy is sitting by a fire so relaxing? Evolution may hold the key. - Seriously, Science?Highlander – Oh what a relief: Stress Relief CampfireWatch "America's BIGGEST Problem | Kirk Parsley | TEDxReno" Video at TEDxTalks Purakai.com - Shop for Organic Clothing from PuraKai - Use coupon code "latest in paleo" for free shipping!

On this week's show: the significance of the unknown; cost differences between healthy and unhealthy diets; healthy obesity; vitamin D supplementation may be ineffective; humans are becoming more carnivorous; the science of ancestral memories. In the Moment of Paleo: psychological priming. After the Bell it's Joel Salatin, followed by Alan Watts. Links for this episode:Man Who Has Something Seriously Wrong With Him On A Fundamental Level Leaves That Part Off OKCupid Profile | Video | The Onion - America's Finest News SourceAll Trials | All Trials Registered. All Results ReportedBen Goldacre: What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe | Video on TED.comWhat Separates A Healthy And Unhealthy Diet? Just $1.50 Per Day : The Salt : NPRNewsy | Multisource Video NewsPinpointing the higher cost of a healthy diet | Harvard GazettePoverty clouds the brain: UBC professorNew research disputes fat but fit claim  - NBC News.comStudy: There's no such thing as healthy obesity – The Chart - CNN.com BlogsThe 'Healthy Obese' and Their Healthy Fat Cells - NYTimes.comAnnals of Internal Medicine | Are Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Benign Conditions?: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisObesity – How the Media Misleads YouWhole Health Source: Does "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" Exist?Study Says Vitamin D Doesn't Help Prevent Chronic Diseases (VIDEO)Vitamin D Supplements May Not Be as Valuable as Once ThoughtVitamin D Supplements Won't Help Prevent Disease: Review – WebMDfoodconsumer.org - Cooking and vitamin D retentionHumans are becoming MORE carnivorous: Global move towards a more meat-rich diet is driven by China and India's rising economies | Mail OnlineBBC News - 'Memories' pass between generationsDon't Eat Anything With A Face – IQ2 Debates? Alan Watts - Give it away and it will come back - YouTube Watch the Video!