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-Since Bill is back, we need his thoughts on Deion Sanders' kids buying an $8+ million mansion for him in Boulder…-That's insane generosity for 3 athletes IN COLLEGE (!!!)—especially for their father who could probably but a lot of homes or property elsewhere in the state….or world…Show sponsored by MIDWEST BANKAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Coach Prime's sons---Shilo, Shedeur, and Deion, Jr.---“surprised” Prime by buying him a home near university campus in Boulder-That's insane generosity for 3 athletes IN COLLEGE (!!!)—especially for their father who could probably but a lot of homes or property elsewhere in the state….or world…Show sponsored by MIDWEST BANKAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Welcome to your Week 7 NFL Recap FGH Style!! The boys are back and they are on fire!!! 6-3 to the clients, free picks on the pods that hit include a Sounder on Denver, a Sounder on Chicago, Danger Zone on Indy, Sounder on NYG, The BIG DICK PICK OF THE YEAR on Philly, and not one but TWO ML PARLAYS, ONE 10-1 IN THE NFL AND ONE 18-1 IN COLLEGE!!! And all this for FREE!!! There is NO better Football Handicapping Podcast on the PLANET!!! Thanks for listening and LFG!!!

In this episode of "Student Affairs Voices From the Field," Dr. Jill Creighton welcomes Dr. Eric Stoller, the VP of Marketing and Digital Content at territorium, for a conversation about the evolving landscape of higher education and the role of technology in student affairs. They discuss various trends in higher education technology and how it impacts both academic and student affairs divisions. Dr. Stoller traces his journey from his early experiences as a marketing specialist at the University of Illinois, Chicago, to becoming a respected thought leader in the higher education technology space. He emphasizes how technology has become an integral part of the entire higher education experience, noting the importance of CRM tools, mobile apps, and the shift toward hybrid and remote learning during the pandemic. The conversation delves into the changing value of higher education credentials and the importance of measuring and verifying outcomes related to critical thinking, skills development, and employability. Dr. Stoller discusses the growing focus on micro-credentials, badges, and the idea of a learner's "digital wallet" to showcase skills and experiences. They also touch upon the need for interoperability in higher education technology and how data and analytics will play a more significant role in student affairs, helping institutions understand student needs and provide better support. The episode concludes with a discussion of the evolving role of student affairs in helping students navigate diverse pathways to success, emphasizing the need for personalized support and pathways for learners, regardless of whether they complete a degree. This episode sheds light on the transformative impact of technology on higher education and how student affairs professionals can adapt to these changes to better serve students in an evolving landscape. Please subscribe to SA Voices from the Field on your favorite podcasting device and share the podcast with other student affairs colleagues! Transcript Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:02]: Welcome to Student Affairs Voices From the Field, the podcast where we share your student affairs stories from fresh perspectives to seasoned experts. This is season nine on transitions in Student Affairs. This podcast is brought to you by NASPA. And I'm Dr. Jill Creighton. She her hers your essay, Voices from the Field host today on SA Voices, I'm pleased to bring you a conversation with Eric Stoller. Eric is the VP of Digital at territorium with over 20 years experience in higher education and education technology. As a Strategist writer and thought leader, he founded and led a global higher education consultancy from 2010 to 2019 and created the Student Affairs and Technology blog for Inside Higher Ed. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:46]: Previous Ed Tech roles include leadership positions at list. Ed tech element 451 and Gecko engage. Earlier in his career, he was an academic advisor at Oregon State University and a marketing specialist at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Eric. Earned an associate's degree, a BA in Communications and an EDM. In College student Services Administration. Eric, welcome to SA Voices. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:01:07]: Thanks so much for having me, Jill. Great to be here. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:01:09]: It's really great to see you. For our listeners, Eric and I met, I'm going to say 2005 maybe. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:01:16]: I think dinosaurs were just still roaming the earth. Yeah, it would have been 2004. Five Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:01:25]: I think we were just escaping the trends of dial up internet and smartphones weren't smart yet in that time. So Eric and I actually worked together in the Office of Student Conduct when we were graduate students. So it's really lovely to see old friends and see careers blossom. And I'm really looking forward to talking about your transition today because I think you have a really unique one for someone who received their master's in Higher Ed. So would love to start with if you could tell us about your current position. And we always like to begin with a good come up story. How did you get to your current seat? Dr. Eric Stoller [00:01:57]: A good come up story, I love that. Well, so my current role is Vice President of Marketing and Digital Content at territorium, which is a global ed tech company that is all about bridging education to employability. And we'll probably get into that later on in the show. And it gets highly technical and I can't wait to dive into that. In terms of how I got into this seat, it is a long, winding story that started on a gravel road in Iowa, and I'm not going to bore your listeners with the full, you know, I went to community college, went to university. I thought I was kind of done with higher education. And then I actually started working at the University of Illinois at Chicago way back in the day in marketing and just loved the work. I was located within Student Services, and that's when I sort of first learned about what student affairs was even all about. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:02:42]: And was, as I am today, still very much into technology back then. And even I remember calling up Kevin Krueger, who's now the executive director for NASPA or the president of NASA. I'm not sure the exact titles nowadays, but Kevin and I had a conversation when I was very new to the field, and I said to him, why is the information Technology knowledge community, as it was known then, why is it gone? Because they had just gotten rid of it. And his first thought or question know, who are you? And I said, yeah, I'm just new professional, kind of bothering this leader of this association, or at the time, I think he was the associate director. Anyway, I went out to Oregon State, as you referenced, and I got my master's degree in higher education. Worked in a variety of different areas from enrollment management, financial aid, registrars, kind of a stint at Student conduct, was an academic advisor. And then during that time when I was an academic advisor, I started writing for Inside Higher Ed. I started the Student Affairs and Technology blog and just loved that experience as a writer for Inside Higher Ed. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:03:41]: And it was also at that time when I started getting invitations to go out and do some freelance work and consult for institutions and speak at events. So I stopped working full time for Oregon State and I became a consultant for nine years in the US, the UK and beyond, various global events and working with institutions all over the place. And the focus was all around digital engagement. This was when sort of social media was kind of coming into its own still and really focusing on how student affairs divisions could just transform what they were doing with all things digital. Because the origin story of student affairs is one that it was all about face to face, one on one experiences with students. And technology was seen because my Grad program, it was what, 2004, when I started, and technology was seen as this kind of gets in the way of that student experience. You fast forward to today, almost 20 years later, and the idea that technology would be separate from the student experience is something that people would never think about. It's really connected deeply. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:04:40]: And so I had this nine year experience as a freelancer, and then I started working for a higher ed chatbot company that was based in the UK and Scotland and did that for a little while, went back to Freelancing, and then I worked for a higher ed CRM company. You're getting kind of a theme here in terms of my Ed tech experience, right? Sort of chat bot to CRM. And then we moved to the Netherlands in 2022 from the US. And so I was doing Freelancing again, and a connection of my wife, professional connection, started talking to me about this potential marketing role at territorium, and they were launching their kind of US presence. territorium as a company has its origins in Monterrey, Mexico, and we're all over Latin America in terms of providing testing and a learning experience platform as well as our comprehensive learner record. But we hadn't really had as much of a presence in the US. And so we launched this US team back in December of last year that's for listeners on the call. I can't even do the math now. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:05:42]: Right? 2022. And so been with territorium since then and leading on all things marketing and digital combination of leading, strategy, producing, execution, go to market, a lot of things that are not part of our Master's degree program that Jill and I went through, but connected to both my undergraduate experience as a PR and marketing major. And then of course, my deep connections and network into higher education have kind of got me to this place. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:06:10]: So I'm going to just do a quick backup to a terms definition. You mentioned CRM, which might not be a term that's familiar to those in Higher Ed. Can you define that for us? Dr. Eric Stoller [00:06:18]: Of course. So this is where things really get interesting because as you know, every institution in the US kind of does things differently. If they're a college, they're a university, they're a community college. The structures, the systems, some institutions have divisions of student affairs, some have smaller sort of scale depending on their organization. But the one thing they all have in common is they all recruit students, they have admissions and they have recruitment. And whether they use a higher ed specific CRM, which is back in the day, it would have been a Customer Relationship Management tool, which is effectively how you keep track of who you're trying to recruit and communicate with them and engage them on a level from maybe they're a junior in high school or if they're an adult. Learner how you're connecting with those folks through a variety of communication vehicles like email, SMS or maybe a chat bot. How it's all interconnected. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:07:10]: So there's the Gargantuan CRMs out there like Salesforce or I happen to be working for Element 451, which is a much smaller shop, but they have quite a few clients as well. That's the CRM. I think the interesting thing about being in Higher Ed is I always say that you live in an acronym soup because you've got all the associations for higher education, all the different tools and platforms. You've got the SIS, the Student Information System. I mentioned the Comprehensive Learner Record, which is shortened down to Clr, which is a record of skills and experiences and credentials for learners. That goes far beyond the transcript because it goes inside the classroom and outside the classroom. So that's the clr. And so, yeah, if we need to, we can have a glossary of Terms attached to this podcast. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:07:53]: In terms of all the acronyms that I might mention, I think for Higher Ed pros, most of these things you're already familiar with, you just didn't know. That's what it was called in corporate land, but things you're quite familiar with. I think the one that we've been using lately is Slate in terms of our CRM for prospective students. It's quite a popular rising one right now. So you do know these things. You just maybe got a new term to associate with it. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:08:15]: I think if you work in enrollment management, if you're in the admissions side, you're in these tools on a daily basis. I think it's one of those things if you're in student conduct or academic advising or every sort of functional area has its set of digital tools that it uses on a day to day basis. But when I was at Oregon State as an academic advisor, I was in banner every single day. And so that was the tool of choice. That's from Elusion. In terms of providers, I'll try not to too much name dropping, but I think that in terms of the Edtech universe, there's so many different providers because so many different functional areas require just different tools to help with the work that they're doing. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:08:53]: One of the reasons I was really looking forward to our conversation is because you can talk about transitions in the digital space. A lot of the conversations we've had this seasons are personal transitions in career, which you've certainly had. But I think one of the things you've always had your finger on the pulse of in higher Ed is how digital kind of arenas, the digital vertical for higher education has really changed and reshaped the way that we do the work in our campus based positions. So I'm wondering if you can talk to us a little bit about that process and what you've seen in terms of trends and bed tech field is really new 2030 years in terms of its boom. So any trends that you're seeing in terms of how educators are using these tools really well, yeah. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:09:34]: I mean, I think it's always good, like you said, to kind of look back where things were. When I was writing for Inside Higher Ed, I remember going to EDUCAUSE a couple of different times. The annual Educause Conference, which is kind of a giant ed tech convention. And most of the providers back then, those events, they were very much focused on the academic experience side of things. There weren't a lot of providers that were doing things that would even slightly sort of go into the student affairs areas. And now you fast forward to today and Edtech providers are in kind of every single space within institutions. As we've already referenced, the CRM tools have become extremely important because with the approaching enrollment cliff for that traditionally aged population, which is kind of a loaded phrase anyway in terms of what is traditional, but that sort of 18 to 22 year old, that population of university, that's a decline. There's just not as many young people that will be going into higher education. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:10:33]: And so the CRM becomes a tool that is even more important as you communicate, as you hone your message, as you try to showcase the value of your institution, of the degrees that students will receive and earn and other systems as well. I mean, it used to be the digital experience was much more based on the staff or administrators who were at their desk with a big screen and students would come to their office and they would sort of navigate a system on behalf of the student. And then mobile apps kind of really entered in in a meaningful way. And no longer are students sort of tethered to an individual and their desk and their office, but they can look things up on their phone and they can access a variety of services. They can ask questions to 24/7 chat bots. They can look at their course schedule. They can look at various activities and events on campus. Now, of course, when you said this, you referenced the question. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:11:29]: You kind of framed it as on campus. I think what the pandemic did was it showcased the need to serve and support students who weren't necessarily going to be on campus, or at least accelerated. Maybe more of a hybridized environment where students were on campus for a portion of the time, but they were also on their computers at home because it used to be that all your lectures were in a big auditorium. And then the idea of the sort of the flip classroom came into play. Professors were recording their lectures and students could listen to a lecture at home and so that the discussion would actually happen when you went to the classroom. And then with the Pandemic, it sort of said, okay, everything's going to be remote for certain people. And it was interesting because you start thinking about how did student affairs serve learners, who historically student affairs would have been saying, okay, in res life, there's no such thing as remote. Students are actually physically located on campus. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:12:27]: But then say, what about the other side of our institution that was serving adult learners or online only learners or people that were coming in for micro credentials, they were never going to set foot on campus. They maybe came once a year, if that. And so technology has really embedded itself throughout the entire higher education experience because the higher education experience has changed. It's such a blended, multimodal thing where students are learning through their phones, they are communicating like we are right now through zoom or other media like this because you don't have to be bound to a certain geography. You could be in Iowa and studying an institution in Oregon, or you could be in Berlin and studying at an institution in South Carolina. So the variety pack now and I think that's where I think back to our higher education master's program. And the fundamentals that we were taught were still very much constrained to a sort of model that was still constrained in some ways. It's like know, we were on a basketball court, for example, and we knew where the boundary lines were for everything, and we knew, like, okay, here's the two baskets, and we know how things work. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:13:39]: But then all of a, you know, I live in Europe now imagine if that basketball court was transported to a football pitch, which is enormous in size and different boundaries and different scope and scale. And I think that's where higher education finds itself. It's having to, as a sort of nebulous thing, now recruit students that in the past might not have been recruited because, like I said, that enrollment decline for a certain demographic, and so all these technologies are really coming into their own. For instance, the territorium, one of the things that we've been really talking about a lot is this idea that why do people go to college? Why do people pay the bill? Why do the people get into debt? Most of us were not financially wealthy enough to just pay for school right away. You have to get a loan. You pay your student loan off over the course of a lifetime or however long it takes. And what's the value of higher education? Right? Yes. It's the experience. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:14:30]: It's about giving back to your community. It's about access. But by and large, most people go to university because they want to improve their overall employability or their chances for a career that will perhaps lead to financial stability because that's why they're doing it. And higher ed, I think, for the longest time, hasn't really talked about that. We shy away from that. We shy away from the fact that people are going to get their BA in English, for instance, and they're going to get in $50,000 worth of debt. But they're doing it because they love writing, they love the work, they love the art. But at the same time, is there a connection to employment at the end of that journey, or are universities just leaving students in debt? And so I think that's where you may have heard people talk a lot about the skills based economy. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:15:16]: And I went to community college for my first two years. I got my Associate of Arts. My brother, he went to the same community college. He got a two year technical degree. That's what he has, a technical degree. And he has done really well for himself career wise. And I think one of the things, when people hear the word skills based economy, they think, well, that's more technical or community college workforce based. But universities are really getting into that space now when it comes to micro credentials and badging and trying to sort out the sense of, okay, it's not just about a pretty campus. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:15:48]: It's not just about a winning football team. It is about what's the direct correlation to you get this degree or you get this credential and it's going to have a direct impact on your success? Because right now I think there's something like 39 million Americans have some college but no degree, and yet that accompanies that with a ton of debt, right? So there's a lot of issues there. And so how do you take folks who have maybe some college but no degree and let them showcase the sort of skills that they have, even though they don't have the diploma, because they might have a transcript that shows that they've taken five classes, but at the same time, how do they show that to employers? Because employers look, traditionally, employers wanted to see the diploma or that you've earned your 40 year degree or you've earned your Master's or whatnot. And so I think that part of the things that higher ed has had in the past is, okay, we've kind of built this foundation of these are our core technologies. But I think there's this transition to, okay, what are some of those core technologies that might need to change, might need to evolve? Because if you're a registrar, for example, you need something more than just a transcript because you're no longer just awarding ABCDF, you are awarding micro credentials. You're giving badges away to students. Faculty members are sort of looking at, okay, my students are learning these skills during the course of this particular class, and now we're going to award them badges that never would have happened 510 years ago. And now you've got employers saying, hey, we are going to hire students based on these skills that they have that are verified by the institution. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:17:15]: Those are really important points because what we're seeing is a transformation of the value of higher education that's not just US. Based, that's globally. Because when we look at what a degree means, I believe it means something extremely different to those of us working in the academy, to those folks that are outside of the academy looking to employ people who need individuals who can demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving skills, technical knowledge, all of those things. And that's part of what the degree is designed to do. But I would believe that, especially at a liberal arts institution like mine, we're teaching ways to think, not just facts and figures and things like that. And you need both. So the question is, how are we transitioning not only our offerings at the university as a whole from a credentialing perspective, but how are we also doing that in student affairs? And how can technology support those transitions for what the work needs to look like? So I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on that. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:18:12]: Yeah, well, I think part of it has to do with the fact that because you mentioned critical thinking, critical thinking is a huge part of the experience of higher education and a lot of student affairs programs the underpinnings of those programs definitely includes critical thinking, equity conversations, cultural diversity conversations. And I think that all those aspects, they just weren't measured in the past. Right, so what did you actually learn throughout your experience that wasn't in the classroom? NASPA, for as long as I can remember, has always talked about learning reconsidered. Right. That learning happens throughout the experience of a student, regardless of where they are on campus, off campus, in a class, outside of the class. And so I think that is part of the work that student affairs is going to have to do going forward, because there's a lot of scrutiny right now, obviously, on institutional budgets and outcomes. And the two big R's, of course, are recruitment and retention. And student affairs plays a big part in both of those areas. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:19:08]: And so I think that the student affairs side of things in terms of transforming kind of what was done to what is being done and what will continue to be done, is going to be verifying and measuring those outcomes so that there's a tangible way to sort of I mentioned badges earlier. How many student affairs divisions are awarding badges to students? You think a lot of times about badges is maybe coming from the academic affairs side of the house. I think that look at Career Services shops, look at the evolution of Career Services because like career centers, they have probably one of the most important roles at institutions. And yet for the longest time, not so much now, but for a long time it was, okay, I'm a junior or a senior, I'll go and talk to career services kind of at the end of my institutional experience before I graduate. And now you see Career Services, they're front loading their engagement with students. So they're at orientation, they're there at first year experience courses, and they're also working alongside employers to connect students to this idea that this is just a step in your journey and we're going to try to help you along. And so I think we're going to see a lot more student affairs divisions awarding badges and getting into the LMS, getting into the badge systems, either coming directly out of a clr or it comes from another provider. I think that's the other thing with this is Ed Tech providers have been very insular in the past. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:20:28]: Like, we've got a platform and it only works with our platform. And so student data is kind of stuck in this database that's very proprietary and an organization called Oneed Tech, unless you're really deeply involved in sort of the Ed Tech space, you might not be aware of them. But one of the big facets of their work is interoperability sort of this idea that all these digital assets that students have are like Lego and that you can kind of plug and play them independently of a certain system. So, for example, if you have a digital wallet, that has all of your badges and has your skills, your credentials, all that stuff in there, you can take it to another institution. Kind of how students transfer from community college maybe to a university, but usually that's with a traditional transcript. But the overall vision will be learners will have this wallet of all of their verified skills and experiences and credentials that they carry with them in an interoperable plug and play type way. And so the sort of sovereignty of learners becomes a much bigger part of the conversation because there's a lot of data that has been part of this as well. And in student affairs, we don't really talk about data. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:21:36]: We don't talk about sort of the technical piece because we've been so much about the soft skills, the one to one. If you want to be a dean of students, you're not necessarily getting into a huge portion of the data unless maybe it's connected to retention or some other issue on campus directly. But the Ed tech space, there's so much data that is coming out of that. And so the thing I think will be interesting to see with student affairs throughout every functional area will be the various dashboards and analytics and outcomes coalescing into a space where you can sort of see, okay, where are students at? What do they need? What kind of support do they need? How is that going to influence things that we're doing programmatically as well as for the next as a student goes to another institution for the kind of a handoff, so to speak, because it won't just be your data is stuck at some institution. It's going with you. It's actually traveling along with you, and it might be enabled in some sort of bitcoin wallet that's kind of independent from an institution that's kind of a buzword. But at the same time, that's kind of the ultimate goal, I think, for a lot of companies that are thinking more about the openness of all this. I mean, when you think about the space that I'm currently in and how we interface into higher Ed, it's not just know, NASPA and Acro are playing a big part in this. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:22:53]: Acro is the Admissions and Registrars Association. They're kind of the home of registrars professionally and technically. Usually that's where the transcript resides. The Lumina Foundation, the big organizations focused on learning and outcomes over the years to even Walmart, because Walmart, I think they're the largest employer in the US. And one of the largest globally. They employ a huge number of people. And so they're thinking about the pathways from higher ed into different careers. I think the pathways piece is one I also want to introduce to this conversation, because it's important to give learners pathways even if they don't graduate, so that people aren't just left with debt and a handful of credits. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:23:31]: What is it they're actually going to be able to get, even if they don't finish. Because as you know, Jill, sometimes success for one person is just a couple semesters of college and that is like a hugely successful outcome for them. Whereas for a lot of other people, maybe it's graduation, maybe it's master's degree, maybe it's a certificate. Success is very much an individualized thing. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:23:51]: Still, it's time to take a quick break and toss it over to producer Chris to learn what's going on in the NASPA world. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:23:57]: Jill's, so excited to be back again in the NASPA world. A ton of things happening in NASPA. So many of us have been hearing a ton about artificial intelligence. We are starting to explore it or delve deeper into it on our own college campuses. And in the most recent Leadership Exchange magazine, which you all have access to as a member of NASPA, the editors and authors of that magazine did delve deeply into artificial intelligence in the Metaverse and really asked a broader question of whether our profession, whether student affairs is ready for this. It was a fascinating article and definitely a fascinating magazine. To delve much deeper into this topic. I highly encourage you to go to the NASPA website and you can go under publications to the Leadership Exchange magazine and log in and be able to read that for yourself. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:25:03]: If you want to check out all the different professional development opportunities, and I know I share a lot of them with you on a regular basis, but if you go under the Events and Online Learning tab, you're going to find everything that is happening within NASPA and around NASPA, all the different professional development opportunities that are available. And this is a great way for you to be able to find things that connect with your professional growth and professional learning that you want. And it will open up opportunities for you to be able to see different ways in which you can grow and learn in your own professional journey. So lots of things happening in NASPA, lots of ways to stay connected with NASPA. Start at the NASPA website, naspa.org, and go and check it out for yourself. Every week we're going to be sharing some amazing things that are happening within the association. So we are going to be able to try and keep you up to date on everything that's happening and allow for you to be able to get involved in different ways. Because the association is as strong as its members and for all of us, we have to find our place within the association, whether it be getting involved with a knowledge community, giving back within one of the centers or the divisions of the association. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:26:24]: And as you're doing that, it's important to be able to identify for yourself where do you fit, where do you want to give back each week? We're hoping that we will share some things that might encourage you, might allow for you to be able to get some ideas. That will provide you with an opportunity to be able to say, hey, I see myself in that knowledge community. I see myself doing something like that, or encourage you in other ways that allow for you to be able to think beyond what's available right now, to offer other things to the association, to bring your gifts, your talents to the association and to all of the members within the association. Because through doing that, all of us are stronger and the association is better. Tune in again next week as we find out more about what is happening in NASPA. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:27:19]: A wonderful NASPA World segment as always, Chris, we really appreciate you keeping us updated. What's going on in and around NASPA? Eric, we are now at our lightning round. I have 90 seconds for you to answer seven questions. You ready to roll? Dr. Eric Stoller [00:27:31]: That's like one of those if a train leaves Chicago heading 5 miles an hour kind of questions. I'm ready to go, Jill. Let's go. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:27:36]: All right, question number one. If you were a conference keynote speaker, what would your entrance music be? Dr. Eric Stoller [00:27:42]: Well, I've been a conference keynote speaker for many different events, so I always like to go with the Glitch mob. They were always pretty good. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:27:49]: Number two, when you were five years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? Dr. Eric Stoller [00:27:52]: When I was five years old, I was a little kid in Iowa on a gravel road. I think I wanted to be probably an NBA player because then I would have pavement. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:28:01]: Number three, your most influential professional mentor. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:28:04]: Gosh, there have been so many. I'd say one of the most influential professional mentors I've ever had. Just one. So Kevin Krueger, when we were doing our pre show talk, he's been an instrumental part of my career over the years, and I always appreciated his leadership at NASPA. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:28:20]: Number four, your essential higher education. Read. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:28:23]: I would be remiss if I did not say Insidehired.com. I Know that Scott Jassic is retiring as Editor co Editor Of Inside Higher Ed. It's still, in my view, one of the best sites out there for comprehensive coverage of what's going on in higher ed. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:28:37]: Number five, the best TV show you binged during the pandemic. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:28:40]: Oh, gosh, that was years ago now. The best show? Well, my second son was born during the pandemic, and I watched ridiculous amounts of things late, late at night. I would say some sort of Scandinaro thing on Netflix, because that was kind of what I was into at the time. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:28:56]: Pandemic's been over for years for you. It's only been over for eight months. Where I'm at. Number six, the podcast you spent the most hours listening to in the last year. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:29:04]: I would say anything from the Enrollify Podcast network. I like the work that they've done. I feel like their shows are really put together nicely, and there's always interesting topics in terms of higher ed innovation and technology. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:29:17]: And finally, number seven, any shout outs you'd like to give, personal or professional? Dr. Eric Stoller [00:29:20]: First of all, I'd just like to say thank you to Jill for asking me to come on the show. I think that it's always nice to reconnect with folks from Oregon State. So I'll just give you a big shout out because it's been a blast to follow your career sort of vicariously through social networks and social media know you've been just a huge leader around the globe. I mean, you've been everywhere, it seems. So I'm going to give Jill a shout out because I don't think she probably gets enough on these things. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:29:45]: Thank you. Appreciate it. Eric, it's been such a joy to catch up with you. I've also followed your career just on social. This is the strength of weak ties. I'll cite Granavetter here as a scholar that I read a lot in my public administration doctorate program. But the Strength of Weak Ties, we haven't spoken maybe ten years probably, but it's so lovely to understand and see how we're both contributing, knowing we started off as babies in grad school. And it's very nice to see what success looks like and means for various people from that time in our lives. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:30:15]: And if folks would like to reach you after the show, how can they find you? Dr. Eric Stoller [00:30:17]: Territorium.com? Or you can always just Google Eric Stoller. Something will come up, most likely. My email is Eric@territorium.com. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:30:25]: Eric with a C. Exactly. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:30:27]: E-R-I-C. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:30:28]: Thank you so much for sharing your voice with us. Dr. Eric Stoller [00:30:30]: Thanks so much, Jill. It's been great. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:30:32]: This has been an episode of SA Voices from the Field brought to you by NASPA. This show is always made possible because of you, our listeners. We are so grateful that you continue to listen to us season after season. If you'd like to reach the show, you can always email us at savoices@naspa.org or find me on LinkedIn. By searching for Dr. Jill L. Craighton. We welcome your feedback and topic and especially your guest suggestions. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:30:58]: We'd love it if you take a moment to tell a colleague about the show. And please like, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you're listening now. It really does help other student affairs professionals find the show and helps us become more visible in the larger podcasting community. This episode was produced and hosted by Dr. Jill L. Creighton Seth Me produced and audio engineered by Dr. Chris Lewis. Guest coordination by Lu Yongru. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:31:23]: Special thanks to Duke Kunshan University and the University of Michigan, Flint for your support as we create this project. Catch you next time.

In the NFL the Jets once again come up short but is there reason for optimism with the strides Zach Wilson made against the Chiefs? Will the Broncos' defense finally find their form this weekend or will Wilson be able to convert the many doubters? The Cowboys travel to Santa Clara to take on the 49ers in this week's marquee matchup. Can the Cowboys show that they're a serious contender in the NFC or will San Fran solidify their frontrunner status? In College, Texas takes on Oklahoma at the Texas State Fair in their last Big 12 matchup before departing for the SEC. With both teams having legitimate playoff aspirations who will come out on top and where's the money currently? Finally, the MLB playoffs are here and Patrick and Seth look back on the regular season and how the various rule changes played out after 162 games.

Neely grew up in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Even with some regrets, Neely had a good childhood experience. In College, he studied Political Science at Abilene Christian University in West Texas. Even as a child, Neely was interested in politics and enjoyed studying political science. His first work out of college was in a health insurance company. There, he began to learn about healthcare and many issues debated in the General Assembly around healthcare in private and public insurance. Also, he heard that there is a government relations department which further drew his interest, and he eventually started working in government relations. Neely returned to the private sector and began working at a small lobbying firm, representing healthcare clients. Overall, Neely describes government relations as a great profession and would encourage young people to be involved. What is the one skill every lobbyist should have? What is the hardest part of being a lobbyist? What advice does Neely have for people getting started in government relations? Listen and learn as Neely shares his encouraging journey in this episode of State Lobbying Heroes.

Here are the 10 main questions I'll be answering but ask your questions and we'll include them! 1.MEGA SOD STUDY? 2. HIGH DOSE MELATONIN AND SLEEP APNEA? 3. WHY ORAL ESTRADIOL INSTEAD OF THE PATCH? 4. WHY DOES A WOMAN NEED TESTOSTERONE AND HOW TO TAKE?5. WHY SHOULD A POST OR PERI MENOPAUSAL WOMEN GET YOUR CMA (INTRACELLULAR VITAMIN PANEL)? AFTER ALL, WE'RE NOT HAVING PERIODS ANY MORE SO NO VITAMIN LOSS, RIGHT? 6. 23 YO FEMALE — WHY AM I SO TIRED ALL THE TIME AND HORRIBLY WORSE AROUND MY PERIODS?? 7. I KEEP HAVING MISCARRIAGES — WHERE SHOULD I START? 8. I GET HORRIBLE DAILY MIGRAINES OR CONSTANT MIGRAINES THAT COME AND GO — NOTHING HAS HELPED — CAN YOU? 9 I'M 22, IN COLLEGE, AND NOW CANT REMEMBER INFORMATION NEEDED FOR TESTS AND FINALS — WHAT IS GOING ON?? 10. WHY DO YOU PRESCRIBE DRUGS SOMETIMES BUT CLAIM TO BE NATURAL?

Create Sales meetings in minutes. Lisa Thal is an Author, Speaker, and Business Coach. She has over 36 years of marketing, sales, and leadership experience. She wrote the book "Three Word Meetings."  Lisa coaches leaders on creating sales and business meetings with fun and interesting 3-word topics to create a conversation and inspire your sales team.   Here is an interesting fact: only 46% of college graduates who earned their degree work in that field. That percentage didn't surprise me. Most of us that went to College learned about other industries that appealed more to us. We were limited to what we knew was available as careers. I didn't realize broadcast sales and management was a career until I went to College. My vision was limited to thinking a broadcast career was the talent in front or behind the cameras.   I started thinking about the lessons I learned that helped me succeed in life and business. So no matter what you majored in, we learned something from our experiences. We earned a degree in how to navigate our lives and careers.   The Three Lessons I Learned in Graduation That Helped Me Succeed in Life and Business.   Graduating College might seem like just another chapter in your life's story, but it's a significant milestone that shapes who you are. It was a moment of pure joy – the realization that I'd made it through four long years of hard work and countless all-nighters, not from studying but celebrating late into the night with other students.   I recognize now that the years I spent in College taught me valuable lessons that have shaped my success in business today.    I'll share the three things I learned in College that have been instrumental in my business life.     Perseverance is key.   Graduating College taught me a vital lesson – that perseverance is critical to success. In College, I never gave up, no matter how hard or long it took me to achieve something. Whether it was pulling an all-nighter for an exam or submitting a project with a tight deadline, I persevered. Today, in the fast-paced business world, I hold on to the same principles – that success takes time and determination. When I face business challenges that seem too overwhelming, I remind myself that strategic persistence is critical to achieving my desired outcome.   Relationships are vital to every success story.   In College, I met new people, formed friendships, and nurtured connections that have lasted to this day. These relationships have become essential to my success as they've opened doors and created opportunities for me. In the same vein, relationships in business are the key to building a successful enterprise. Whether creating a robust network of mentorships, forming partnerships, or engaging customers, building supportive relationships is a must-have skill for everyone.   Learning never stops.   Our lives are one big classroom! Learning to lean into diverse experiences, ideas, and cultures in College helped shape my perspective. I honed my critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills, which I still apply today. My experience taught me that learning is a continuous process that never stops, and that's the same in business. Constant learning allows us to evolve and stay ahead of the competition.      My advice, keep majoring in the majors, your life!  We all can learn life-changing experiences to prepare us for the classroom called life. These lessons, which include perseverance, the importance of relationships, and the fact that learning never stops, have been instrumental in shaping my success story.   I would love to hear what you learned in College that served you in the business world.     Thanks for joining me this week. If you think someone can benefit from this episode, share it, rate it, or subscribe to where you get your favorite podcasts.   Create engaging sales meetings in minutes!  My easy-to-use process can quickly create impactful meetings tailored to your team's needs.    Learn more at www.Threewordmeetings.com.

Hannah Olson is an artist and mother of 3 girls, living in Utah, USA. Originally from Luton England, she has enjoyed being creative from a very young age. In High School she had 2 really wonderful art teachers that pushed her and introduced her to many mediums like watercolour, charcoal and pencils, and encouraged her to pursue it. A high school teacher's words have remained with her "It doesn't matter what you do, but always stay creative."In College she decided to take all of the art classes she possibly could and discovered oil painting and fell in love with it. She tends not to stick to the same mediums, or subject matters, mixing it up between charcoal and watercolours, painting portraits, landscapes and still life's. Hannah really enjoys the challenge of working with new materials and subjects.She is inspired by many artists like William Bouguereau, Sargent, Van Gogh, Carl Rungius and more recent artists such as Jenedy Paige, Cesar Santos, and Andrew Tischler. While being a mum to three little ones is not easy, she finds time to paint and draw in between nappy changes, piles of wash, and endless messes.Although her children are her main focus right now she can't wait for the chance to create more and inspire others through her work.Today we are joined by Hannah's 5 month old daughter Millie today in the podcast.Hannah- website / instagramPodcast - instagram / websiteIf today's episode is triggering for you in any way I encourage you to seek help from those around you, medical professionals or from resources on line. I have compiled a list of great international resources hereMusic used with permission from Alemjo my new age and ambient music trio.When chatting to my guests I greatly appreciate their openness and honestly in sharing their stories. If at any stage their information is found to be incorrect, the podcast bears no responsibility for guests' inaccuracies.

TRIGGER WARNING: if you're a SNOWFLAKE college professor afraid of how your students are expressing themselves, you might need a SAFE SPACE, because Michael and Peter are discussing "The Coddling of The American Mind," a book about campus culture that's light on facts and heavy on cherry-picked anecdotes.CORRECTION: The Socrates quote mentioned at the end of this episode is apocryphal. We thank the listeners who pointed this out for refusing to coddle our American minds.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPodWhere to find us: TwitterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:The Miseducation of Free Speech (https://www.virginialawreview.org/articles/miseducation-free-speech/)College and the “Culture War”: Assessing Higher Education's Influence on Moral Attitudes (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00031224211041094)The Myth of the Campus Coddle Crisis (https://academeblog.org/2018/12/28/the-myth-of-the-campus-coddle-crisis-the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/)What ‘Safe Spaces' Really Look Like on College Campuses (https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-safe-spaces-really-look-like-on-college-campuses/?bc_nonce=peduocnzcslb08jxmt1dlb&cid=reg_wall_signup)Are College Campuses Really in the Thrall of Leftist Censors? (https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/03/hypersensitive-campus-progressives-judith-shulevitz-is-half-right-but-takes-her-criticisms-too-far.html) Speaking Freely: What Students Think about Expression at American Colleges (https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/student-attitudes-free-speech-survey) ‘Not all cultures are created equal' says Penn Law professor in op-ed (https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/08/amy-wax-penn-law-cultural-values) How Right Wing Media Has Tried to Stifle Student Speech at Evergreen State College (https://psmag.com/education/the-real-free-speech-story-at-evergreen-college)I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me (https://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid)In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/opinion/sunday/judith-shulevitz-hiding-from-scary-ideas.html)Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

It's episode 311 and Kevin Duran tis now in Phoenix. The trade deadline came and KD isn't the only big name on the move. In College basketball, Purdue has lost as the #1 team for the 3rd team and now we've got a new #1. Finally we cover the super Bowl and the Chiefs 2nd title in 4 years.

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Steve Agid - Slightly Off Axis Podcast for 11-30-2021 - Audio Podcast Version of Social Media Live Video. Produced by host Kenneth Otto, Produced on Florida's Space Coast. Steve Agid worked for RCA/GE American Communications (1976-1988) - Spacecraft Controller/Spacecraft Analyst, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing (1988-2002) - Shuttle Payloads (Payload Ground Operations Contract), Boeing/United Launch Alliance (ULA) (2002-2016) - Delta IV Rocket Ground Electrical as Engineer/Scientist III), and currently is employed by Delaware North at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex as a Communicator (since 2016). In College, he had a radio program on WMMB where he interviewed space workers. He did interviews similar to this show tonight where he interviewed "people in the know" and never had "gotcha" questions designed to catch the guests off guard. Standard Social Media License. Host and guest or their heirs retain rights to this podcast for any commercial use.

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Steve Agid - Slightly Off Axis Podcast for 11-30-2021 - Audio Podcast Version of Social Media Live Video. Produced by host Kenneth Otto, Produced on Florida's Space Coast. Steve Agid worked for RCA/GE American Communications (1976-1988) - Spacecraft Controller/Spacecraft Analyst, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing (1988-2002) - Shuttle Payloads (Payload Ground Operations Contract), Boeing/United Launch Alliance (ULA) (2002-2016) - Delta IV Rocket Ground Electrical as Engineer/Scientist III), and currently is employed by Delaware North at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex as a Communicator (since 2016). In College, he had a radio program on WMMB where he interviewed space workers. He did interviews similar to this show tonight where he interviewed "people in the know" and never had "gotcha" questions designed to catch the guests off guard. Standard Social Media License. Host and guest or their heirs retain rights to this podcast for any commercial use.

Quantum Mechanics for the Working Professionalhttps://pasayten.org/qmwp©2022 The Pasayten Institute cc by-sa-4.0An Invitation to Quantum Mechanics(see links for associated references)Are you an economist, social scientist, engineer, architect, software developer or even a statistician?Have you seen vectors, matrices or calculus in College? Even if it was years ago?Today the Pasayten Institute is announcing our new, free course: Quantum Mechanics for the Working Professional. This course is your chance to learn Quantum Mechanics in an informal setting, one idea at a time.Why learn quantum mechanics?Unbelievable it as it sounds, Quantum Computing is now available on the cloud. While nascent, standard and thermal quantum computing-as-a service programs are now provided by organizations like Amazon Bracket and D-Wave Systems. This allows individuals and organizations to access quantum computing resources which may well be able to solve previously intractable or laborious problems.What kind of problems?   data encryption  optimization problems and simulating quantum mechanics itself (for use in industrial applications to say, chemistry) Of course, things are still young and Quantum Computing is not indistinguishable from magic. Yet.In February of this year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science foundation released a strategic plan to train up the next generation of Americans on Quantum Information Science and Technology or QIST. In K-12 education. In College education. QIST is coming, and its not just for Science Majors anymore.Now is a great time to get familiar with the basic concepts in Quantum Mechanics.If you're curious and comfortable with learning some mathematics, this course is for you.  If you're keen on learning quantum mechanics. Welcome aboard!This course will include:  the Basics of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information  some applications to Computing, Chemistry, Astronomy and Thermodynamics!  Friendly, supporting ideas from algebra, statistics and calculus   Bonus, challenging sections for the more mathematically motivated listeners  and Exercises to check your understanding. Each week we'll drop a couple of episodes, and each episode covers one main idea, with exercises to try! You've found our podcast, but we'll also supplement this with video and written posts too, so you can review and learn in whatever way works best for you.Finally. Why is this free? The Pasayten Institute's Mission is to build and share physics knowledge without barriers. It's just what we do. Subscribe to this podcast to learn more! Or check out our website at Pasayten.org. 

In this season 3 episode, Micah is joined by his good friend Kai Forcey-Rodriguez. *Stefon from SNL Weekend Update voice* This episode will have everything! Kai is a future special educator and mental health professional specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorders and is currently enrolled in the Masters of Education in Developmental Psychology and Education program at the University of Toronto-Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Kai was born in New York City, but grew up in Durham, New Hampshire. At age 7, Kai was diagnosed with Inattentive-ADHD and High Functioning Autism and over the years has learned to celebrate the unique gifts from being neurodivergent (Savant-like memory, musical savant abilities, and polyglot). Kai is a world traveller who has lived in Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, Indonesia, and now Canada and is a polyglot who speaks 8 languages. In College, Kai studied Italian Studies with a minor in Special Education Teaching where he realized both in Indonesia and in education courses his true calling which after graduating led him to serve with City Year New Hampshire. Kai finds joy working with, advocating for, supporting and understanding the needs of students and everyone around him fueled by his drive to give back and continue the legacy of his dedicated mentors and teachers from over the years. Kai also finds joy with providing comic relief e.g. jokes, wearing a green mustache, and voice impressions. Kai also credits and has deep gratitude for his own hard work to overcome life's obstacles along with learning a lot through the unconditional support from his family, music, and his close friends from over the years who inspire me to do my best and accept/celebrate who I am. Currently, Kai lives in Toronto, Ontario and is working towards submitting his first publication about Autism and Mental Health while studying for his M.Ed at University of Toronto-OISE.

Have you ever been to an academic debate? In College, I was on a very small debate team. We didn't compete between colleges, just among ourselves. And, my partner and I were always pitted against teams better than us. It could be that we were just bad, but I choose to think that we were good, just unequally…

Have you ever been to an academic debate? In College, I was on a very small debate team. We didn't compete between colleges, just among ourselves. And, my partner and I were always pitted against teams better than us. It could be that we were just bad, but I choose to think that we were good, just unequally…

John Cox was an amazing wrestler for the Grand Haven Buccaneers. During his High School career he was 4 Time All State Finisher culminating with a State Title his Senior year. After high school he placed at the prestigious NHSCA Senior Nationals. He was also a Cadet All American in Greco, and was member of the Junior National Team. In College he represented United States Naval Academy. He was Four Year Varsity Starter, Four time EIWA Placewinner, and was three time NCAA Qualifier. Post college he was two time Greco All American, and a 2012 Olympic Trials Qualifier. Currently he volunteers at Coxsackie-Athens High School in New York. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to episode 54 of the Deskbound Therapy podcast. Today we have a returning guest, Founder of TFT Fitness, motivational speaker, and certified gains master, Steve McCollum. We talk about staying on track with your fitness routines, goal setting, and how to stay consistent with it during the holidays. He also shares tips about getting back on track even when you fail this time of year and how to deal with negative self-talk.Steve's bio:Born and raised in Brampton, Ontario, Steve was always passionate about sports and training. Growing up as one of six children in a single-parent household, playing high-level sports wasn't possible without outside support.  This inspired the vision of the Gains Gang.  Growing up playing hockey, Steve eventually found a passion for football and earned himself a scholarship to Bishop's University. A strong work ethic combined with the passion for inspiring and leading others led him to be named a team captain. When asked how he got into health and fitness, Steve responded, “I was always a leader; I loved to help others be the best versions of themselves.  In College, I would help the young guys coming up under me with technique in the weight room and nutrition". He originally started his Fitness Journey as The Football Trainer on Instagram in 2013 while playing Football at Bishop's: "I just wanted to help young football players train the way I wish someone had taught me to.” After realizing the severity of his concussion injuries sustained from football, Steve was heartbroken to walk away from his childhood dreams of playing professionally.  "I decided if I could not achieve my dream, I would do everything I could to help others achieve theirs.” TFT Fitness was born in 2014.Reach out:Web: https://tftgainsgang.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/tft_fitness/Show notes:[1:38] The biggest mistake people make this time of year[3:10] Falling off track by not having the right program[3:47] How he advocates staying to track during the holidays[5:33] Workout duration and goal setting[7:43] Staying consistent and surrounding yourself with like-minded people[12:00] Staying accountable by connecting with people[14:45] Set tangible goals[17:18] How specific should your goals be?[19:56] It's all about consistency[21:44] Adhering to the program despite falling off track[24:44] A quick testimonial from one of my clients[26:05] Falling in love with the process[27:51] Trying new things and finding what you love to do[30:37] Dealing with negative self-talk[34:43] Using social media to empower you and own your mistakes[37:55] Prioritize and take action[43:47] Balance out your expectations with the amount of work you put in[45:48] Nugget of advice[48:40] OutroFor online coaching inquiries and questions about my online programs, connect with me below.IG: https://www.instagram.com/DeskboundTherapyEmail: David@deskboundtherapy.comApply for Mobility Coaching: https://bit.ly/DBTCoaching2021

Coach Tietema was State Champ at Holland West Ottawa. In College he was multiple time All-American at Muskegon CC and the University of Findlay. After completing his competitive career he went into High School coaching in the State of Florida. In his 10 years his team finished top four state three times including winning a pair of State Titles. His individuals found great success with 11 Individual State Champs, 1 FILA Junior Greco-Roman Champ, 1 FILA Junior Freestyle Runner-up, and 2 NHCSA All-Americans. He returned to his Alma Mater Muskegon CC and spent seven years there (5 years as Head, 2 as assistant). During his tenure the team had 16 All Americans including one finalist. They placed in the top 15 four times with their best finish being 6th, which garnered them a Team Trophy. That group also tied the school record for most All Americans in a season with Five. Coach Tietema has a wealth knowledge due to his many experiences at different levels coaching wrestling! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Charley is a popular/busy character actor, who continually sharpens his craft, he attended Edgewood High School, West Covina, CA, and was ASB President. A gifted athlete, playing football and gymnastics. In College, Charley studied on World Campus Afloat, Chapman College's program to explore the world while studying. After Graduating with a B.A.. He was admitted to several Law Schools and graduated with a Juris Doctorate from Whittier College. One of his teachers was TMZs Harvey Levin. Currently a practicing litigator and trial attorney in Civil Matters. The Proud Father of 2 Sons, Bubby A pitcher in the Dodgers Minor League System and Spencer a teenager entering his college years. The Proud Father of 2 Sons, Bubby A pitcher in the Dodgers Minor League System and Spencer a teenager entering his college years. “Charley Rossman is the real deal. His timing is instinctive and razor sharp. His dramatic interpretations come with a natural delivery that is confident and effortless. He is a rarity among American character actors.” – Matteo Bitetti --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jianetwork/support

Zander The Coach of Coaches & now Author, stops by HQ before the release of his book to talk about his life's work that led him to his book “Shit You Don't Learn In College”. Bedros and Zander give high level and micro level insight, on our internal and external conversations, which lead us to the crossroads of action, and how that action provides us data to become better. But what stops most is the inner battle between our own two ears, and through their own success, they give all the knowledge necessary on what it truly takes to achieve your goals. This one is heavy note taking, so be ready and enjoy this eye-opening conversation!   “ Just because you're good at something, doesn't mean that you should do it. What would you do if you couldn't fail? ” - Zander Fryer 00:32 - Intro  01:12 - How did The Coach of Coaches get into coaching? 08:16 - What if you took control instead of waiting to be told what to do? 10:32 - What inspired Zander to write “Sh!t They Don't Teach you In College” 16:13 - Why don't they teach these life skills in school? 22:49 - The craziness revolving around the title of the book 28:18 - Zander gives GEMS on our operating system, our goals, and our natural internal programming  33:00 - How we can take the clarity, and turn it into courageous action 37:40 - What you should do once courageous action meets adversity 48:24 - MIND-BLOWING thoughts around sales and leadership Get the Book Shit You Don't Learn In College and get an amazing bonus with it!  https://www.sydlicbook.com/   Connect with Zander on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/zanderfryer/   Go to his website and check out his programs at : Zanderfryer.com Connect with Bedros Keuilian : Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bedroskeuilian/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bedroskeuilian/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/KeuilianInc Twitter - https://twitter.com/bedroskeuilian LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bedroskeuilian/   Buy Man Up and get Bedros' High-Performance Leadership Course for FREE: https://manup.com/ Subscribe to My Channel for weekly videos: https://www.youtube.com/bedroskeuilian.com/?sub_confirmation=1

Andy, John, and Dave are back to recap what was a very strange, wacky weekend in football with big upsets in the NFL including nearly all of the top seeds in either conference.  The Broncos humiliated the Cowboys while the Browns hammered the Bengals.   Meanwhile, the Chiefs struggled against a Rodgers-less Packers team and the AFC's top dog in the Buffalo Bills were held to only 6 points in a loss to the woeful Jaguars.   We'll break down what went wrong for all these front running teams plus look ahead to the action in Week 10.   The panel will touch a little bit on the Rodgers vaccine/COVID saga as well and whether his move was a bad look for a leader of his Packers team.  In College, we look at the College Football Playoff rankings and recap upsets in that sport including Michigan State's stunning loss to Purdue.   Then it's on to the picks with guest picks provided by TMF.com's Dan Tullis in what should be another action packed episode.

Could this be the end of collegiate running as we know it? In this episode, Lexi Miller sits down with professional runner and collegiate coach, Josh Eberly. Eberly shares the beginning and growth of the Western State Colorado University trail running team. Josh Eberly has been running for 20+ years. He has traveled the World and all over the United States to train and compete in some of the biggest road races, xc races, track races and mountain races out there. He has made 9 USA Teams, including a 12k Cross Country World Championship, 2 World Mountain Championships and 6 NACAC Championships . In College he was a 9 time All American and he has 3 Team Nationals Championships in Cross Country. He is an Individual National Champion in the 10,000 meters. I --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/definingendurance/message

What an interesting topic. Making yourself available? For what?    FOR OTHERS IN RECOVERY!!!   If there is one thing we've figured out by now, a sure fire way to get out of self is by helping others. In order to do so we must make ourselves available to those who may still be suffering. Easier said than done sometimes. Luckily, we have a great many-a-people we can look to for advice if ever we get perplexed. Oh look at that! They too have made themselves available! THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.   This week's topic is inspired by an incredible warstory from Will.  Growing up in New York, Will had a fairly normal childhood, experimenting with weed. In College, he met his match. Heroin became all he cared about and had him stealing and resorting to things he never thought he'd do to get his next fix.   Interestingly, Will always wanted to become a recovery coach and even when using was trying to attend school to pursue this career. Hear what it took for him to finally put down the needle and apply the surrender necessary to get the help he needed.    Thanks Will for sharing your amazing story!   RESOURCES  Excellent Drugs and Suicide resource from The Recovery Village www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/drugs-and-suicide/    If you have questions about how your condition can lead to suicidal thoughts check this out from The Recovery Village www.therecoveryvillage.com/co-occurring-disorders/suicide-hotline/   Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings  https://aa-intergroup.org/    Narcotics Anonymous online meetings  https://virtual-na.org/    Find an Overeaters Anonymous meeting  https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/    Refuge Recovery website https://refugerecovery.org/    Substance Abuse and Mental Health services  1-800-662-HELP  https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline    Suicide prevention hotline  1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/    Domestic Violence hotline  1-800-799-SAFE  https://www.thehotline.org/    National Human Trafficking hotline 1-888-373-7888 https://humantraffickinghotline.org/   Al-Anon information (support for families) https://al-anon.org/   Follow The Other Side of Hell on all the Socials!  IG: @othersideofhell_recoverypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theothersideofhell101  Twitter: @TOSOHellpodcast  Tik Tok: @theothersideofhell   Email us at theothersideofhell@gmail.com    For more information about the show, resources, or merch check out our website at theothersideofhellpodcast.com!   Contact us if you have ideas for a show, are interested in sharing your story, or are struggling in any way. Seriously.    Thanks to all who support the podcast! Remember you are the most important part of the show!  

Ashley Powell has played for the Raleigh Radiance since the team's inception, including the 2018 Exhibition season, the 2019 PUL season and of course this year's squad. Before playing pro, Ashley started playing in high school at Chapel Hill High, as well as competing in Youth Club Championships with the Triangle Warhawks. In College, Ashley played NC State Jaga, including leading them to college nationals in 2018. On the club scene, Ashley has also played for Raleigh Phoenix, and made the U24 USA Mixed National Team in 2018. We talk about the upcoming PUL East tournament, her evolution as a player and other teams around the PUL.

Carmen Dellutri: In Elementary School, he was undefeated at Solitaire. In College, he easily attended more than 20% of his freshman year classes. He is a legend amongst local attorneys. He once sued himself, just to have a worthy adversary. He makes onions cry. He can cook minute rice in 58 seconds. Join us weekly for the Speakeasy Law Podcast. Don't forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast apps & players.

Follow Us On All Our Social Media @GenZHoops! Text “Hoops” To (917)-451-7987 To Keep Up With Gen Z Hoops!! Trenton Miller, Social Media Manager For USA Basketball, Joins John Hartofilis On Gen Z Hoops To Discuss Starting A Career In Social Media, How He Stays Creative To Keep Team USA's Feed Engaging, And Keeping Americans Informed On Their Favorite Basketball Team!!! (1:00) - Being Locked Into A Career In Sports From Day 1 In College (2:42) - Picking Up Experiences Left And Right While At Kansas State (6:16) - Working For USA Basketball Immediately After Graduating (7:42) - The Process Of Growing The Brand Of USAB On Multiple Social Channels (11:06) - How The Social Media Team Keeps The Hoops Fans Informed Nationwide (13:16) - Shedding Light To The Traditionally Smaller Divisions Of USA Basketball (15:36) - How You Decide Which Piece Of Content Goes On Which Platform (18:24) - Capturing Content On The Ground And Running From Baseline To Baseline Thanks For Listening!! Keep Up With Trenton And Team USA! Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Team USA Bio

Episode summary introduction: Conor studied French and Chinese in High School. He loved languages. Grammar, the sounds. Literature and the culture. In College, he wanted more. Conor Walsh is a graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics. In particular, we discuss the following with him: Why Harvard? Love for Languages Homeless Shelter & Summer Academy The Himalayan Trek Advice to Applicants Topics discussed in this episode: Introduction to Conor Walsh, Harvard [0:53] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [1:38] Harvard - “Ginormous Waterfall” [5:12] Why Harvard? [6:32] High School Interests - Languages [8:35] Transition to Harvard - Managing Choices [11:04] Peers - “Prodigiously Intelligent” [15:07] High Quality Profs [20:16] Dorms - Powerful Social Experience [22:45] Campus Life - Something for Everyone [27:12] Homeless Shelter, Summer Academy, Freshman Pre-Orientation [30:52] Summers - To the Himalayas and Chennai [36:55] Passion for Linguistics [40:56] Senior Thesis on Irish Language Policy [45:14] Harvard's Impact on Career [52:03] Why MBA? [56:40] Harvard Redo? [59:57] Advice to Aspirants [1:01:42] “Loud, Fun and Messy!” [1:06:20] Our Guest: Conor Walsh is a graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics. Conor went on to get his Master of Arts in Language Studies from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Conor subsequently got his MBA from Harvard Business School. Memorable Quote: “And it's an absolute cacophony, which is just how I like my experience - loud, fun and messy.” Conor Walsh about the day Freshmen are told which Residential House they are placed into. Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode's Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email podcast@almamatters.io. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.

Andrew Gazdecki was born in Detroit and lost his father as a young boy. He and his Mom grew up using food stamps. In College, Gazdecki created an online marketplace for freelancers (think a tiny version of UpWork). He sold his online marketplace for $50,000 and said it "felt like a trillion dollars" at the time. 

Nicole and Mack have quite the love story. They first met at a post office in Chicago while they were In College. They connected immediately and found themselves deep in conversation, from that point on they were in sync with each other. Nicole was a heavy weed smoker in college and had an impressive toke set up. This made Mac even more drawn to her, she was chill, beautiful, and loved weed. They dated for a while but broke up when Nicole decided that she wanted to move back home to LA. Fast forward several years and they reconnected when Nicole was on assignment in San Francisco, she reached out to Mack to see if they could grab tacos. The energy was magical and the couple soon realized that even after all of the years apart, they still had so much in common. Nicole and Mack share how weed positively impacts their relationship. They also discuss their rituals and how they use weed when it comes to intimacy. 

Episode 22 of the KYP Podcast is with Coach David Grace. Coach Grace spent 20 years serving in our military before retiring. He got into coaching and immediately moved up the ranks. He started his coaching career coaching AAU for Boo Williams. He then coached high school basketball in Arizona where he won a state championship. Before getting into college basketball he also coached full time with the Compton Magic. In College he has coached at Sacramento State, San Francisco State and Oregon State. He also coached at UCLA where he was responsible for recruiting dozens of NBA players including Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf and Aaron Holiday. After UCLA he coached at University of California. His last coaching stop was at Vanderbilt university coaching under NBA legend Jerry Stackhouse. In this podcast, he will talk about coaching at the highest NCAA level, teaching NBA players and how the military has influenced his coaching. You can also follow us at MTMV Sports Podcast Network or find us on: https://www.mtmvpn.com/ Please contact me anytime at: nicksainato@ymail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mtmv/support

In business, your network is super important. In College, sometimes athletes isolate themselves and are guilty of just hanging out with other athletes instead of connecting more within the campus. As I get into the business world and being an entrepreneur, I now understand that getting clients is often about referrals. It's more about who you know than what you know and that's something that I'm learning even in these locker rooms. Every NFL locker room is different. But you have to learn to form new relationships every single day with coaches and players. Going into college, I wish I would have known more about the importance of networking. Connecting with people and forming relationships is everything.

Jeff Dudan is an Undercover Boss, seasoned business builder, and former college football player who went to Florida to paint in the wake of Hurricane Andrew and two years later launched AdvantaClean, a national restoration franchise that had 240 locations in 37 states when Jeff exited the company in 2019. If you've ever wondered why CEOs earn six-figure salaries and how you can do the same, Jeff Dudan has the answer, and it's called Discernment. Given the opportunities at our fingertips, especially right now, there has never been a better time to establish yourself as an entrepreneur in the world. There's only one problem: there are so many opportunities out there, it can feel like an impossible task to decide which ones are worth pursuing. In his new book, Jeff gives you the set of tools, models of thought, beliefs, and principles that you can quickly lay decisions against to make the best choice. Drawing on personal stories, Jeff shows that refining your discernment is a lifelong process that requires trust and intentionality. Get Jeff's New Book Discernment> https://www.amazon.com/Discernment-Business-Athletes-Regimen-Decisions/dp/1544508506 Key Moments At an early age, Jeff learned half the idea is showing up. Jeff learned if he could apply himself, he could do anything. In College, Jeff started a painting business. 2 years after they were earning 79,000 a summer. As Jeff was finishing up his football career, he was starting his entrepreneurial career. When Hurricane Andrew hit, he left to help and thought he would only be a few weeks. It ended up being 3 years. He started what was Advantaclean. Ending up with 230 locations. Jeff always has had a passion to help people. Jeff thought the Franchise model would give him more control of his time. Reading is Jeff's secret to building your toolkit. Top 3 Takeaway 1. True leaders can stand on nothing and create something. 2. Is this the business decision you can make for the families you are responsible for? 3. Control your inputs. Reading helps you build your toolkit. Want to get on the waitlist of my online podcasting course? Email me by visiting colinmorgan.biz

Episode 22 of the KYP Podcast is Coach David Grace.  Coach Grace spent 20 years serving in our military before retiring.  He got into coaching and immediately moved up the ranks. He started his coaching career coaching AAU for Boo Williams.  He then coached high school basketball in Arizona where he won a state championship.  Before getting into college basketball he also coached full time with the Compton Magic.  In College he has coached at Sacramento State, San Francisco State and Oregon State.  He also coached at UCLA where he was responsible for recruiting dozens of NBA players including Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf and Aaron Holiday.  After UCLA he coached at University of California.  His last coaching stop was at Vanderbilt university coaching under NBA legend Jerry Stackhouse.  In this podcast, he will talk about coaching at the highest NCAA level, teaching NBA players and how the military has influenced his coaching.  You can also follow us at MTMV Sports Podcast Network or find us on:  https://www.mtmvpn.com/ Please contact me anytime at:  nicksainato@ymail.com

September 17, 2020 In College w 3 Biz Trevor Oldham and Hawaiian Clarity Dame Mabel Katz

During this podcast we discuss the NBA playoffs, while also revisiting our previous discussion on who the top 8 for the Eastern and Western conference! In heavy rotation we discuss the impact the coronavirus plays on deciding if we will see NFL, or College football this fall. We discuss how the NFL abruptly decided to move up the opt out deadline. In College, we discuss the stance of the PAC 12 and Big East and applaud these young gentlemen for standing up and taking their rightful stance and place. --- 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/pittsnpush/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pittsnpush/support

Heather Anderson is the founder of the bay area FB group, The Mamahood, which now has 30,000 members.  Heather started The Mamahood out of a need to connect with other moms, who were also feeling a little isolated, and wanted to belong to a fun supportive community. You could say Heather has a sort of 'thing' for community. Circa the 80s, it was secret clubhouse meetings and under-the-porch band practices. In High School, it was 4H campouts and rallying with the Oakland Strokes crew for pre-dawn rowing practice. In College, it was throwing parties and hosting open mics for the 'Dead Poet Society'. Pre-kiddos, she was building community in the Bay Area independent music scene - connecting songwriters, musicians and related creatives to each other. So naturally, when she found herself going from zero to five kiddos in under five years (two are 'bonus-kiddos' if you're pondering the science behind it all!), she started building mom-community pronto. And like all great parties, The Mamahood took on a life of its own and became phenomenal. Check out The Mamahood here: The Mamahood The Mamahood on Facebook Subscribe to Mama Put Your Feet Up: Apple Podcasts  How to Leave a Review: Give us a Rating & Review  Ask Dianne a Question: Have a comment or question for me? Email me at hello@diannewieler.com. I'd love to hear from you!  

Episode 9: In “College,” Tony and Meadow take a trip to Maine to scout universities. Drugs coming into mob culture and how that changes the dynamic within the Cosa Nostra is a topic of discussion. Carmela’s Catholic guilt and reconciling what Tony does for a living play out on screen. Tactics within the Soprano family on how to establish control in relationships mirror each other.

Football Season is in FULL SWING!! Cleveland Browns start off on the WRONG foot! $190K Watch…FOR REAL? The Patriots pick up right where they left off AND they get Brady another ELITE weapon Speaking of elite Weapons… How BOUT them Cowboys? In College, three of the top 4 scored over 60 last week LSU Finally has a legit offense Michigan got a serious scare against the Black Knights Is Maryland REALLY this good? They look like fine tuned machinery right now So let's get into all that….. SIT BACK…RELAX…..and LISTEN UP…. TO THE FORMAT!

About: Justin Olson began his music journey with the Violin at age 3 before joining the Phoenix Boys Choir at age 8 where he learned to sight read sheet music and was featured as a solo vocalist. Following his involvement with the Phoenix Boys Choir, Justin went on to play Saxophone in the Junior High School Band and began to learn the Guitar at the age of 12. During this same year, Justin acquired a 4-track tape recorder and began to record himself and write songs. Justin continued to write songs and make recordings through High school, where he joined his first band, which won the “battle of the bands,” and where he performed with the high School Choir. In College, Justin shared his songs in live performances and open mics. This was a great way to build confidence as a performer, and learn the satisfaction of sharing your creations with the world. As an artist, it is easy to become lost in your head and process, live performance is a very important tool to receive feedback and input that guides your creative output and can give you the needed confidence to share it with the world. After College, Justin began to play Performance Gigs around the state of Arizona including: Tempe Center for the Arts “ Singer Songwriters Showcase” in partnership with PBS, “Knock the Blues out of Hunger” Blues Festival, Glendale Folk Festival, Weekly “Fun Fridays” at the Tempe Center for the Arts and most recently, a live Eurorack Modular Performance at , “ Wireheads” in downtown Phoenix. In addition to various live Performances, Justin signed a Music Contract with Electric Lotus Music and Recorded his first Studio album titled, “Amber Waves.” In 2014, Justin began his journey into Synthesizers, Electronic Drums, Samplers and Drum Machines. Justin wanted to take a step out of his comfort zone and grow as an artist ; He was seeking new challenges and tools to make music. Justin explored many electronic music machines from Elektron, Korg, Moog, Dave Smith etc. In late 2014, Justin dove into Eurorack Modular synthesis. Justin was struck by the interface of blinking lights, cables and creating his own custom instrument. Eurorack synthesis is an amazing sound creation tool to learn the individual elements of a synthesizer and to become very efficient at signal flow and sound design. Since 2014, Justin has focused on creating musical projects, performances and albums on his Eurorack Modular. He has released 19 albums of music during this time-frame and has enjoyed the process of patching a song over hours to days and then performing it live and capturing the performance. Justin enjoys introducing people to Modular synthesis and being a knowledgeable resource to expose and bring students into the area of study and creation. His mission is to help guide newcomers through the vast market of gear, resource material and introducing them to basic skills that build on each other and provide a strong foundation to continue their very personal journey of building their own Modular instrument. Justin is currently a modular Synthesizer instructor at the Academy of Modern Music Production (AMMP) in Mesa, AZ. Selected Live Modular tracks from Justin Olson aka PTNA’s latest two albums “Shadow Bridge” and “Interwoven Apparitions.” Each track included in this set was performed and recorded live on his Modular Synthesizer between April and June 2019. Links: https://ptna.bandcamp.com/ http://m.soundcloud.com/ptna https://www.teepublic.com/user/ptnamusic http://www.ammp.studio Facebook: Justin Olson aka PTNA Instagram: ptnamusic

Production team: Host : Maria Xenidou Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian Introduction Voice: David Bourne Contact us: impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com Music credits: Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks Mentioned in this episode Swim 4 Success https://www.idealist.org/ Teach for America Americorps Mayo Clinic Venture with Impact Venture with Impact on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venturewithimpact/ Venture with Impact on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venturewithimpact/ Venture with Impact on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Venture_Impact To contact Ann Davis: info@venturewithimpact.org Listen to this episode and explore: Childhood at the Lake in Wisconsin, learning to sail and a supportive learning environment (2:55) Swim 4 Success: creating a nonprofit to teach low-income kids to swim in New Orleans (6:16) In College: from a Business program to a flexible program in International Political Economics leaving time for learning experiences outside the classroom (10:52) Participating in international development and travelling as a formative experience in college (13:15) Enrolling in “Teach for America” to become a teacher (15:33) Finding mentors and seeking support as a teacher (18:33) Getting diagnosed with brain cancer (21:29) Life after brain cancer (25:46) Moving to New York city for a teaching position (28:37) From a teacher to an entrepreneur: critical transferable skills (32:08) Venture with Impact: who it is for and what it is for (36:10) What Ann has learnt since starting Venture with Impact (47:50) Ann’s superpower (50:08) The importance of zooming out and looking at the big picture (51:09) The future of digital nomadism: getting involved and creating an impact in local communities (52:39) The impact Ann wants to have on the world (54:13)

A lifelong musician, Rebecca wrote her first song at the age of six. In College she studied Musical Theatre and went on to perform in various productions before starting a gospel group and becoming the music director at her Church. On the show we talk about her new song Destiny and how the term relates to our own individual journey. Rebecca shares her experiences on motherhood, love, faith, being a partner to Terry Crews, and composing music. She even spoke about Drake and the Grammys and we discuss the true meaning of success. Rebecca is also a Minister and this podcast was super inspiring. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/DreamNation/support

A lifelong musician, Rebecca wrote her first song at the age of six. In College she studied Musical Theatre and went on to perform in various productions before starting a gospel group and becoming the music director at her Church. On the show we talk about her new song Destiny and how the term relates to our own individual journey. Rebecca shares her experiences on motherhood, love, faith, being a partner to Terry Crews, and composing music. She even spoke about Drake and the Grammys and we discuss the true meaning of success. Rebecca is also a Minister and this podcast was super inspiring.

Liz Wells earned Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from UW-Platteville and works for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. [2:10] Progression of career at the WI-DOT- entry level – design or construction are options. In the construction side you are typically on-site. Liz is focused on highway construction now as a project leader. There is also the concept of Mega projects like big interchanges. [6:25] Liz is in charge of the contractor for the cones for, closures ahead, etc. Many times what is designed on paper just does not work, and has to be adjusted in the field. – She goes into some examples. [9:45] She is really fired up about traffic control and is constantly changing. [12:15] taking an idea and turned into success – toothpick competition on bridges – and found she was passionate about bridges. This drove her towards engineering. [14:35] Getting through college was challenging – even in High School she struggled. She was borderline ADD after some tests. In College she failed many classes, failed Calculus-II at least 3 times and had to go back to Calculus 1. Then got diagnosed with ADD. That first year, she had clinical depression. Liz was very dedicated to making this work. What made a big difference was the Platteville team supporting Liz. It did take about 8 years to graduate, she really wanted the Engineering Degree. [20:05] Why she did not just quit after failing so many times – one word is Passion. [21:45] More discussion on ADHD – when you go talk to your counselor – think of them of them as your coach. [25:10] Best advice – always respect everyone regardless of their title. You can get a free book from Audible at www.stemonfirebook.com and can cancel within 30 days and keep the book of your choice with no cost. Free Audio Book from Audible.

What You'll Hear:   Kenny was the last of 7 children.  His Dad was in the military and was like a ghost Kenny felt ignored and was on a broken quest for recognition and visibility By age 17 Kenny made a lot of money and had friends but was very empty.  He came home from a party and prayed a prayer of desperation and said to Jesus "I need to see you", he felt an incredible presence in his mind and heart of acceptance and had a burning bush moment. 2 months later he went to UCLA, started attending a Bible study and never looked back That kind of encounter is available to all believers In College he got involved in Campus Crusade for Christ and had great men discipling me.  He joined the staff at Campus Crusade for Christ working with Josh McDowell, then went into the marketplace and ended up CEO of a company while attending Saddleback Church and then became a lay pastor He was Men's pastor at Saddleback from 2000-2014 We need to trust God with timing of job changes, He doesn't wear our watch If a man wants to go into full-time ministry, often he thinks falsely it will be easier and he'll feel better in ministry vs a position in the marketplace We need to look in the mirror and check ourselves and get counsel Your life in God will never outperform your view of God God has you here for a purpose.  Your first purpose at work is to be productive.  A big mistake is when a Christian's work product doesn't reflect the God they want to talk about The best employees are the ones who act like an owner.  They care as much about the company as those who founded it.  God is then pleased and management is pleased. The Gospel in deed makes a path for you to share the Gospel in word We are in a spiritual battle when it comes to our marriage and there are forces against our marriage Our marriage needs to be protected and defended by two people Kenny wrote his book "Dangerous Good" because men want to do great things and be dangerous with goodness like a superhero.  After realizing they can't be a superhero they try be dangerous in bad ways, the rip-off version of an identify for men Jesus broke the rules for the male culture of His time Well tell the stories when we take risk The life we think is risky, such as with sex or money or doing unethical things, these types of risk make a man selfish and horrible at relationships.  Jesus said to take risks on loving Him and loving people, and then our lives will be filled with purpose and meaning Jesus said He came so we would have life and to the full We're made by God, we're made for God, and we're going back to God.  If we get those 3 things we're going to be living a full life The truest thing about you is what God says is true about you Say Yes to a relationship with God and yes to a relationship with other believers, God will take you the rest of the way We can have a revolution of identity as a child of the King and then a revolution of being a shining light of men who are dangerous with goodness as in the book of Acts When God wants to do something big He starts with the men The church has the women and kids around the world.  It's waiting on the men. The end is near and there's an urgency we need to live with Don't miss your moment in history go to www.EveryManMinistries.com

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Thanks for tuning in! Follow us on social media too for video and photos! www.sayitwithyourbreasts.com Subscribe & Follow!  iTunes | Google Play | Podbean | Soundcloud | Site | Instagram | With Vicky Roe, You’re getting the BEST of both worlds – born and raised in New York City but growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, gives her the concrete Jungle Hustle with just a solid serving of Southern Hospitality. Victoria knew from a young age that she wanted to be in the Entertainment Industry. While in High School, she found her way in front of the camera as a member of the Student Council. In College, at Appalachian State University, she walked into the radio station and knew she found her home. Working her way from a volunteer to ultimately Co-Hosting a show.After numerous opportunities, including working for “American Idol” during their stint in Charlotte to interning for the ‘Rachael Ray Show”, then becoming a TV News Reporter in Dothan, Alabama, Vicky returned back to Charlotte, North Carolina. There, she worked as the Executive Producer for a Morning Show. The experience both behind the scenes and on the mic set her up to be Q95.5’s Next Powerhouse Personality! “There’s nothing I LOVE more than connecting with people, both on and off the mic. Music is something that can bring us all together and in this day and age, WE NEED THAT!” - Vicky.   iTunes | Google Play | Podbean | Soundcloud | Site | Instagram | sayitwithyourbreasts@gmail.com  

New Syndicate! Sign Up to Learn More: Link for Signing Up Running a landscaping business while in grade school gave Sean Eldridge a taste for entrepreneurship. Years later, after a successful career in large corporations, he decided to start a business, Gain Life, building software to change people’s lives. Big players in the insurance business are betting that Gain Life will help their bottom line. Here are some things that came up during my interview of Sean Eldridge: “…these individuals had… transformative experiences through either medical or surgical weight loss… They became a different person. They had an identity shift.” “…you sort of became a missionary for mind change around health.” “Yeah. I think it probably all started back when I was probably in sixth grade. I started a lawn mowing business…” “…I loved… being able to marshal resources that weren't under my own control, to be able to help individuals and make some money while doing it.” In College, Sean Dreamed of Starting a Sports Publication on the Web – Instead, He Became Hooked on Healthcare during an Internship “I think there's something about starting out in a landscaping and going on to become very successful entrepreneurs and assassinating a few plantings along the way.” “At Gain Life, we build digital behavior change programs…to empower individuals to achieve their best life.” “…right now, we have part of our business that's growing really fast around helping individuals actually return to work from temporary disability…” There Is Evidence that Digital Intervention Gets People Back to Work Faster Most People Out on Disability Want to Return to Work – Gain Life Helps Them Deal with The Loss of Income and Connection That Comes from Being Out of Work & Gets Them Back to Work Faster Sean Loved His Jobs in Corporate America but Wanted to Apply that Experience to Helping People Transform their Lives Gain Life Was Founded by Three Alumni of Procter & Gamble’s Future Works Division Who Enjoyed Working Together Gain Life Re-purposes Behavioral Science Used to Sell Consumer Packaged Goods for Helping People Make Changes in Their Lives “Huge Study of People Who Lose Weight Successfully Points to Identity Shift” Gain Life Pivoted Away from Weight Loss to Disability – From Selling a Vitamin to Selling a Painkiller Sean’s Extracurricular Activities at Harvard Business School Primed Him for Entrepreneurship Three Big Trends that Help Gain Life Behavioral Sciences Are Transforming Big Consumer Companies Chat Bots Are Relieving Insurance Employees of Mundane Tasks Algorithms Are Starting to Have an Economic Impact in the Insurance Industry – Lemonade Inc. “Boston is like the greatest city on Earth.” “…venues like this that talk about a founder's journey are so helpful, not just for founders who are going through it and sometimes feel isolated, but for individuals who are even considering entrepreneurship as a potential journey.” “People think that this podcast is about technology. It's about human nature, really, as it confronts technology, as it confronts markets, and so this is why it is an endlessly fascinating subject…”

► Free 11 Questions to Change Your Life http://refusingtosettle.com ► Join The Refusing to Settle Mastermind https://goo.gl/wsNnwu How do you become a superior man? What does that even mean? Can you really live at your edge and discover what you were born to do? Find out in this weeks book review: THE WAY OF THE SUPERIOR MAN (PART II) Take the best books in personal development, business, finance, psychology, condensing down 300+ pages into ten BIG ideas you can walk away with and take action on. My most gifted book, EVER. A book I’d recommend every many reads at least ONCE in their life. If you’re a woman - read it! Understand men/ego / unique struggles 100% better (spoken to 4 or 5 different successful women who said it’s changed their relationships completely). 1. BE BOLD This weeks book Way of the Superior Man. In a world that’s SO P.C. — can’t say anything without getting in an argument or prefacing for 20min before you say your statement (at least in Seattle) this book is a breath of fresh air. You will disagree with 25% LOVE 50% and be left utterly confused by 60% — and wonder why I didn’t pass 3rd-grade math. 2. POLARITY THINK ABOUT THIS: Name one thing in life where there isn’t an opposite? Night/day. Monochrome / color Up / down hot / cold east / west moon / sun infinity / zero Can you even name one? The main concept this book is centered around This is what creates ATTRACTION - magnets. Literally polarized. Men and women - masculine and feminine energy 3. You are what you attract like attracts like According to book: 10% couples neural polarity — 10% feminine dude and masculine woman and 80% are masculine dude and feminine woman. 4. disagree: “never change your mind to please your woman” There’s danger in loops and quotes ringing in your head. This book does this, take things lightly. OLD Clark: had this in back of my head playing — wouldn’t apologize because they’ll see that as weakness, never change mind and stay the course, no directions, etc. NEW CLARK: Focus on the 80/20. On the 20% of BIG picture stuff — DON’T LISTEN. Highest goals is up to YOU, not THEM. Small shit, give in! Let he win. 5. stop hoping for your woman to get easier SAME person today, is SAME person of 10-years just a decade older. 6. PRAISE HER FREELY. Men grow through challenge (i.e. bet you can’t jump over the fence, make a million, etc. women grow through praise. 7. what she wants is not what she says TESTS women will give you MEN: tornadoes — HIT HARD then gone. You KNOW what’s happening WOMEN: Hurricanes — get warnings weeks in advance, still have no clue what’s happening or how bad it is until the after math. Floating down river with your dog on a raft. 8. Don't hope for completion in life IN H.S. - make it through to get to college. IN COLLEGE - make it through to get to ENT. IN ENT. Make it through to get to 30’s Millionaire. IN 30’s probably going to hope kids graduate all-time in the world. 9. purpose over the relationship MUST prioritize OTHER missions beyond relationship 10. Don’t fix your woman Biggest boner killer: Mr. Fix It. Just wants to be listened to and encouraged - not fixed. Speaking to your woman, call glass half full not half empty Praise qualities you want to see GROW stop settling start living Clark

In College, Michael Jordan had to play second fiddle to the taller Harvest Leroy Smith. But Jordan did not accept this.  Even though he couldn't make himself taller, he could be better in other ways -much better - and Jordan set out to do what it took to be better. Years later, Jordan had one 6 NBA Championships, and is generally regarded as the greatest basketballer of all time.   How did this happen? Because Michale put aside things today that were stopping him having what he wanted tomorrow. That is what this episode is all about. When less is more - the value of voluntary constraints. Read more at:  http://www.realmen247.org/2018/06/less-is-more-the…pline-of-success/  

Welcome back to another episode of The Tuesday Podcast. Tonight we are going to take a look at Mixed in Key, which is another form of mixing but based on harmonies instead of tempo. The majority of this mix is vast forms of EDM, House, and some Hip-Hop mixes I wanted to blend together in the same key signature. Long before I began my DJ career, I studied Music Theory in High School and In College and I think it really helped me when it comes to changing the tone of the mix. Thanks for lending me your ears and check back next week for a new episode of The Tuesday Podcast! https://tunein.com/radio/Flash1076-s296831/ https://www.facebook.com/thedizz1979 https://www.instagram.com/thedizz1979/ https://twitter.com/thedizz1979

Join Tony DUrso, Host of The Spotlight as he interviews Ken Chertow: U.S. Olympian & Wrestling Champion! As an award winning wrestler, some of Ken's stats are: 3x Academic All American. 3X NCAA all American. 2x Junior National Champion. 2x Junior World Champion. Olympic Festival Champion and the Midlands Champion. In College, among many victories, he is a National Dual Meet Champion of Penn State. Also, as a TV Analyst, Ken is the Pac 12 Network, Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Expert Analyst. He is also voted as broadcaster of the year by the National Wrestling Media Association. Joining Tony as Special VIP Co-Host is The International Empowerment Speaker, Cynthia Mazzaferro! Join us on The Spotlight with Tony DUrso on the Voice America Influencers Platform!

Join Tony DUrso, Host of The Spotlight as he interviews Ken Chertow: U.S. Olympian & Wrestling Champion! As an award winning wrestler, some of Ken's stats are: 3x Academic All American. 3X NCAA all American. 2x Junior National Champion. 2x Junior World Champion. Olympic Festival Champion and the Midlands Champion. In College, among many victories, he is a National Dual Meet Champion of Penn State. Also, as a TV Analyst, Ken is the Pac 12 Network, Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Expert Analyst. He is also voted as broadcaster of the year by the National Wrestling Media Association. Joining Tony as Special VIP Co-Host is The International Empowerment Speaker, Cynthia Mazzaferro! Join us on The Spotlight with Tony DUrso on the Voice America Influencers Platform!

Join Tony DUrso, Host of The Spotlight as he interviews Ken Chertow: U.S. Olympian & Wrestling Champion! As an award winning wrestler, some of Ken's stats are: 3x Academic All American. 3X NCAA all American. 2x Junior National Champion. 2x Junior World Champion. Olympic Festival Champion and the Midlands Champion. In College, among many victories, he is a National Dual Meet Champion of Penn State. Also, as a TV Analyst, Ken is the Pac 12 Network, Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Expert Analyst. He is also voted as broadcaster of the year by the National Wrestling Media Association. Joining Tony as Special VIP Co-Host is The International Empowerment Speaker, Cynthia Mazzaferro! Join us on The Spotlight with Tony DUrso on the Voice America Influencers Platform!

Join Tony DUrso, Host of The Spotlight as he interviews Ken Chertow: U.S. Olympian & Wrestling Champion! As an award winning wrestler, some of Ken's stats are: 3x Academic All American. 3X NCAA all American. 2x Junior National Champion. 2x Junior World Champion. Olympic Festival Champion and the Midlands Champion. In College, among many victories, he is a National Dual Meet Champion of Penn State. Also, as a TV Analyst, Ken is the Pac 12 Network, Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Expert Analyst. He is also voted as broadcaster of the year by the National Wrestling Media Association. Joining Tony as Special VIP Co-Host is The International Empowerment Speaker, Cynthia Mazzaferro! Join us on The Spotlight with Tony DUrso on the Voice America Influencers Platform!

Join Tony DUrso, Host of The Spotlight as he interviews Ken Chertow: U.S. Olympian & Wrestling Champion! As an award winning wrestler, some of Ken's stats are: 3x Academic All American. 3X NCAA all American. 2x Junior National Champion. 2x Junior World Champion. Olympic Festival Champion and the Midlands Champion. In College, among many victories, he is a National Dual Meet Champion of Penn State. Also, as a TV Analyst, Ken is the Pac 12 Network, Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Expert Analyst. He is also voted as broadcaster of the year by the National Wrestling Media Association. Joining Tony as Special VIP Co-Host is The International Empowerment Speaker, Cynthia Mazzaferro! Join us on The Spotlight with Tony DUrso on the Voice America Influencers Platform!

Join Tony DUrso, Host of The Spotlight as he interviews Ken Chertow: U.S. Olympian & Wrestling Champion! As an award winning wrestler, some of Ken’s stats are: 3x Academic All American. 3X NCAA all American. 2x Junior National Champion. 2x Junior World Champion. Olympic Festival Champion and the Midlands Champion. In College, among many victories, he is a National Dual Meet Champion of Penn State. Also, as a TV Analyst, Ken is the Pac 12 Network, Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Expert Analyst. He is also voted as broadcaster of the year by the National Wrestling Media Association. Joining Tony as Special VIP Co-Host is The International Empowerment Speaker, Cynthia Mazzaferro! Join us on The Spotlight with Tony DUrso on the Voice America Influencers Platform!

Certified Clarity with Brian Keith - Jake Strickland - The Soldierpreneur Jake Strickland wears many hats. He is a husband, father, soldier, a homeless advocate and has had his fair share of health scares.  Bio: Born and raise in Dunn, North Carolina. In College fell into parties, drugs & alcohol.   Professional: Joined the army at age 23 and served 3 years in the 82nd airborne division.  Deployed to Haiti as well as Iraq.  For the last five years I've been an army recruiter all while  Health: Bodybuilder  Fitness Expert Endured three back surgeries including a spinal fusion Socialprenuership: Started a nonprofit, "Cardio Blessings". The mission: To give a hand up to the homeless, instead of a handout.  Newly involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)   The Questions: What are you willing share with us about you personally, that will give us a better knowledge of who you are? What is the one thing, that you do better, than anyone on the planet? How did homeless become a focus? What was your personal rock bottom? What is the cardio blessing concept? How has fitness changed your life? What advice for you have for addict and addict lovers? What advice do you have for people that want to help others to get into better shape? Are there any books or app that you recommend? How can people get in contact with you? Muisic: Intro, Outro, Voice over and theme music created by Scott Hires.

Alex Johnson has been working with hard for Republicans in Georgia since he entered politics. In College, Alex helped found the College Republicans. He then became involved in local and state politics. He has served as Secretary, Vice Chair and Chairman of the Dekalb County Young Republicans. He is currently President of the Georgia Republican Assembly,  a statewide grassroots Republican organization that is part of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies.  He has served within the DeKalb County Republican Party as an Executive Committee member, Senate District Chair, and General Counsel. He has also run for State Senate. Alex founded Advance the GOP, an informational effort to improve the Republican Party in Georgia by holding politicians accountable to the principles that they claimed to support when they took office. Alex is running for Chairman of the Georgia State Republican Party and he sits down with me to talk about why he is running and how he hopes to make a difference for the people of Georgia and lead the Georgia Republican Party.  Longtime Advocate, Journalist, Activist, Radio Host & Producer Bobby Rodrigo brings you "I Take LIBERTY With My Coffee" on Coffee Party USA and Green Light Radio. "If we focused on LIBERTY and to following the Constitution in the United States we would solve many of the ills of our society and around the world. Offering guests from Political Organizations, Activism, Media & Artists Bobby invites you to join him on every Sunday morning on the Coffee Party USA Radio Network. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/coffeepartyusa

George Mumford's road to becoming an influential author & mindfulness coach to Micheal Jordan, Kobe Bryant & other pro sports legends was filled with peril. He grew up in the Boston in the 60s during a time of massive racial tension, constantly having to be on his toes & aware. In College, he roomed with future NBA legend Dr. J. George was hoping for a similar destiny until his athletic career was cut short by severe injuries. He developed addictions to pain killers & later heroine to help him deal with all his physical & emotional pain. After College he found himself leading a double life, a smart & successful financial analyst with a dope habit. He soon hit rock bottom. It was through AA & the discovery of mindfulness meditation that George would turn it around. He spent years reading, studying & practicing meditation & mindfulness with some of the most skilled & renowned teachers. He would go on to work with Jon Kabat-Zinn, a pioneer in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. It was through clandestine encounter with Phil Jackson, then coach of the Chicago Bulls, that George would bring his life full circle. I had a chance to chat with George a few minutes prior to his sold out talk in Toronto, where he was invited by lululemon to speak about mindfulness, performance & a lifetime of work. - Dhani Oks George's book, "The Mindful Athlete" is available everywhere.

Heather Ann Havenwood, CEO of Havenwood Worldwide, LLC and Chief Sexy Boss, is a serial entrepreneur and is regarded as a top authority on internet marketing, business strategies and marketing. Since marketing her first online business in 1999, bringing together clients and personal coaches, she has played an active role in the online marketing world since before most even had a home computer. In 2006 she started, developed and grew an online information marketing publishing company from ground zero to over $1 million in sales in less than 12 months. Starting without a list, a product, a name or an offer, Heather Ann molded her client into a successful guru now known as an expert in his field. Heather Ann has been named by a few as an ‘Icon Creator’ or the ‘Wizard Behind the Curtain’. She has instructed, coached and promoted hundreds of entrepreneurs leading them down the path to success. She has produced and managed over 350 seminars and events and hosted tele-seminars with many top online thought leaders such as Richard Flint, John Alanis, Susan Bratton, Alicia Lyttle, Tom Antion, Alex Mandossian, Legend Joe Sugarman, Anthony Blake, David Lakhani, Robert Shemin and many others. Heather Ann currently is the Author of…Sexy Boss: How the empowerment of women is changing the Rule Book for sex, money and success (available on Amazon click HERE!) and The Game of Dating and How to Play it: A rule book for divorced men stepping back into the game. Heather Ann Havenwood is smart, sexy, savvy and now stepping out from behind the curtain to educate, enlighten and empower women entrepreneurs to grow or start an online business and live a fearless and fulfilled life. Heather Havenwood Be You! Be REAL! Be the BOSS of your LIFE! Heather Ann Havenwood Vroom Veer Stories Little Heather at age 7 was in speech therapy, now she's a speaker In College she picked pre-med as a major to help people and make money Got some great advice from a doctor in a "shadowing program" about being a doctor Got a marketing degree instead, but she got a job before she finished college Fired because she too powerful & successful and her boss (a woman) saw her as a threat Got a job, job, job---lasted 90 days before she was let go for "not fitting" in corporate culture Went to a real estate investing seminar after seeing an infomercial This led her to a "job" as a consultant; learning how to set up sales events; teaching how to sell from stage She went on to start many businesses as a serial entrepreneur; coaching, teaching men how to talk to women Heather Ann Havenwood Links Heather Ann's Web Site Get three free chapters of her book "Sexy Boss" by texting "sexy" (no quotes) to 72000  

Follow Milo Yiannopoulos on twitter (while you still can): https://twitter.com/nero Follow Lauren Southern on twitter: https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track by Wendy M. Williams and Stephen J. Ceci http://www.pnas.org/content/112/17/5360.full.pdf I’m Not a Feminist—Even Though I Attend a Women’s College http://quillette.com/2016/01/13/im-not-a-feminist-even-though-i-attend-a-womens-college/ Safe Spaces: The safe space, Ms. Byron explained, was intended to give people who might find comments “troubling” or “triggering,” a place to recuperate. The room was equipped with cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets and a video of frolicking puppies, as well as students and staff members trained to deal with trauma. Emma Hall, a junior, rape survivor and “sexual assault peer educator” who helped set up the room and worked in it during the debate, estimates that a couple of dozen people used it. At one point she went to the lecture hall — it was packed — but after a while, she had to return to the safe space. “I was feeling bombarded by a lot of viewpoints that really go against my dearly and closely held beliefs,” Ms. Hall said. In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/opinion/sunday/judith-shulevitz-hiding-from-scary-ideas.html Christina Hoff Sommers & Megyn Kelly Discuss Safe Spaces and Anti's on College Campuses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtxxzKNlzXo Camille Pagila on “Mattress Girl” http://www.salon.com/2015/07/28/camille_paglia_how_bill_clinton_is_like_bill_cosby/ Victims and Microaggressions: Why 2015 Was The Year Students Lost Their Minds http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/27/victims-and-microaggressions-why-2015-was-the-year-students-lost-their-minds.html DID ‘MATTRESS GIRL’ TELL THE TRUTH? NOT VERY LIKELY http://www.mindingthecampus.org/2015/06/did-mattress-girl-tell-the-truth-not-very-likely/ Camille Paglia interviewed by ReasonTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_3AhU0-B0 Cassie Jaye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7n_XA40V8 Interveiw about “The Red Pill” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lDy14Lq2kM http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/11/cassie-jaye-red-pill-feminism-mens-rights Jessica Valenti can’t make up her mind https://i.imgur.com/7lrGIuC.jpg Feminist Protesters attempt to shut down Warren Farrell lecture https://youtu.be/iARHCxAMAO0 Warren Farrell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Farrell GirlWritesWhat YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/girlwriteswhat/videos?view=0&flow=grid&sort=p .

This podcast is all about football! We are talking NFL and NCAA. Who has the better West; NFC or AFC? Cowboys surprise, Steelers disappoint and Bengals just bum people out. In College ball, how crazy good is the SEC West? Wild finishes last week. Tough schedules ahead and unfair rankings thus far. We do some 'Role with It' including Chip Kelly, the female football fan, and Mark Emmert. We also kick-off our first topics bucket with topics brought to us by our facebook fans.

In part 1, investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Michael Eisen talks about his research, the field, and both experimental and computational biology. Eisen is Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development in UC Berkeley's Dept. of Molecular Biology.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next Speaker 2: [inaudible]. Welcome to [inaudible] Speaker 1: section, the Science and technology show on k a l x Berkeley, a biweekly 30 minute program bringing you interviews [00:00:30] featuring bay area scientists and technologists as well as a calendar of local events and news. Speaker 3: Good afternoon. My name is Brad Swift. Thanks for tuning in. Today we are presenting part one of two interviews with Michael Eisen and associate professor of genetics, genomics and development in UC Berkeley's department of molecular biology. Iceland employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to the study of gene regulation [00:01:00] using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. Isen and his colleagues have pioneered genomic approaches in modern molecular biology and our leaders in the emerging field of computational biology. In part one, Michael talks about how he got started in biology and how his research has evolved onto the interview. Michael Isen, welcome to spectrum. Thank you. My pleasure. Would you give us a narrative of how you initiated your research and how your research has [00:01:30] changed to what it is currently? Speaker 4: Okay. Actually, I grew up in a family of scientists. My parents were both biologists, so I always had an interest in biology. But as a kid, my talents were primarily in math and I was a heavy duty math geek and went to college expecting to be a mathematician and took this freshman calculus class and all the hardcore math geeks tuck. And I did fine. I did well in the class, but [00:02:00] there were several people in the class who were clearly a notch better than me in a way that I think you only can realize and you know, basketball and mathematics at the age of 18 that you're not destined to be the best. And I think math is a field where if you're not the best, it's just kind of boring. And so I stayed as a mathematician and math major in college, but I started increasingly taking a lot of biology classes and had more or less, you know, realized that biology was what really captured my, my attention and [00:02:30] my heart. Speaker 4: And so I went to graduate school but had the idea that I'm interested in biology, but I'm really good at math. So there must be some way of combining these two things. And so I entered a graduate program in biophysics, which is sort of a place where people who are interested in biology maybe haven't taken all the prereqs for a normal biology department but also have a quantitative background go cause. And so, you know, in the way that people sort of drifted into things, I drifted into working on protein structure and [00:03:00] did my phd studying the evolution of the proteins on the surface of flu viruses and using a combination of experimental work and I would hesitate to call it mathematics. It was really just sort of kind of physics and it's, it's a lot of data. You generate a lot of raw data, you generate a lot of data on the coordinates of individual protein molecules and things that they might bind to. Speaker 4: And so it was very natural to start using computers in that work. You know, my background was not in computer science. I programmed as a kid [00:03:30] because my grandfather bought me a computer and I taught myself how to program and I wrote programs to, you know, keep track of baseball statistics and other things like that. In College, I basically never programmed anything in the math department I was in. It was considered not math that you were touching a computer. And so I didn't really do anything with computers until I got to graduate school when you started seeing all this data coming down the pipe. But I wasn't particularly interested in structural biology and I discovered that through six years from graduate school that [00:04:00] although I liked doing it, it wasn't intellectually satisfying, was too small. You're working on one sugar bound to one protein in one virus and I was having trouble seeing how that would expand into something grand and whatever. Speaker 4: You know, the ambitions of, uh, of a graduate student wanting to do something big. And I got lucky in the way that often happens in that my advisor had a colleague he knew from an advisory board. He sat on and he was coming into town because his brother was getting some honorary degree [00:04:30] and I met him in his hotel room, Austin. And he had with him, uh, glass microscope slide onto which had been spotted down little pieces of DNA, each of which corresponded to one gene in the yeast genome. So it's about 6,000 genes in the yeast genome. And you could see them because there was still salt in the spots, but it was a very evocative little device. You could sort of hold it up in front of the sun and you could see the sun sort of glittering on all these little spots. Speaker 4: You could just see the grandness of [00:05:00] the device. Didn't know how people were using them. I didn't know what they would be used for. I didn't know what I would do with them, but I was sort of drawn in by the scale of it all. The idea that you could work on everything at once and you didn't have to choose to work on just one little thing and disappear into a little corner and study. Just that. And so my advisor said, oh, you really should go do this. They need someone who's, you know, understands biology, but can deal with the computational side of things. It's clear that this was going to generate a lot of data [00:05:30] and that, you know, he was right. I mean this was a field that really was in great need of people who understood the biology but could work well in the quantitative computational side of things. Speaker 4: So I packed up and moved to Stanford with a short stint as a minor league baseball announcer in between. Really it was just a very fortuitous time to have gotten into this new field. I mean, the field was really just beginning. So this was in 1996 the first genomes been sequenced, they were microbes, there's bacteria and yeast [00:06:00] and so forth. And we were just getting our first glimpse of the scale of the kind of problems that we were going to be facing in genomics. But what I loved about this device, which is a DNA microarray, it's the sort of became a very hot tool in biology for a number of years was that it wasn't just a computer, it wasn't just data in a computer. It actually you were doing to do experiments with this. I'm interested in biology cause I liked living things. I like doing experiments, I like seeing things and I didn't want to just disappear with someone else's data and [00:06:30] analyze it. Speaker 4: So I went to Stanford to work on these and it really was just this awesome time and we were generating huge amounts of data in the lab and not just me. There were, you know, dozens of people generating tons of different types of experiments and so forth. And we lacked any kind of framework for looking at that data constructively. You couldn't look at those experiments and figure out by looking line by line in an excel spreadsheet at what gene was expressed, at what level and what condition. It just wasn't [00:07:00] the way to do it. And so my main contribution to the field at the time was in bringing tools for organizing the information and presenting it visually and being able to interact with that kind of incredibly complicated data in a way that was intuitive for people who understood the biology and allowed them to go back and forth between the experiment in the computer and the data and really try to make sense of what was a huge amounts of data with huge amounts of information, but something nobody had really been trained to [00:07:30] look at. And so it was there that I really realized kind of the way I like to do science, which is this constant back and forth between experiments on the computer. In my mind and in what I try to teach people in my lab. There's no distinction between doing experiments on the bench or in the field or in a computer that they're just different ways of looking at biology. Speaker 3: This is spectrum line KALX Berkeley. Today, Michael [00:08:00] I's associate professor at UC Berkeley explains his research in developmental biology. Speaker 4: On the basis of that time at Stanford, I got a job at Berkeley and what I did when I started my lab at Berkeley was really tried to focus on one problem. I mean I had been working on a million different problems at Stanford where we had a huge group and a million different people working on, and I was sort of moving around from problem the problem and helping out people with their data or thinking of different experiments. And when I came to Berkeley, I really [00:08:30] wanted to focus on one problem. And the problem that had intrigued me from the beginning of working on the microarray stuff was figuring out how it is that an animal's genome, which is the same essentially in every cell in the body, how it instructs different cells to behave differently, to turn on different genes and to acquire different properties. And so partly because of the influence of people here at Berkeley who were working on fruit flies, I switched my research program to work on [inaudible] when I started my lab at Berkeley, the genome of that [00:09:00] had just been sequenced and I liked working with animals. Speaker 4: I like having something that moves around and you know, had some behaviors and so the lab started to work on flies and pretty much since then that's what we've worked on. That's sort of the story of how I got to where I am. So your research then is you're looking at flies over time? Yeah, I mean, I mean I see how the genes are expressed. I'd say we're looking at classified more as developmental biology in the sense that we're looking at how genes are expressed over time during the lifespan of a lie. To this day, [00:09:30] we can't look at a newly sequenced genome and say, oh well this is what the animal's going to look like. That is, I couldn't tell you except sort of by cheating and knowing, comparing it to other genomes. If I, you gave me a fly genome, I look at it, I wouldn't know it was a fly or a worm or a tree or it's just the way in which the organism acquires it. Speaker 4: Things that make them interesting, their form, their appearance, their function. We have just the tiniest scratch of understanding of how that works. And so it's, for me, the most [00:10:00] interesting problem in biology is how do you get in a complicated structure like an animal out of a single cell. And how is that encoded in a genome sequence? I mean it's a fascinating mystery that I thought, you know, when I first started doing this I thought we'd have solved that problem by now. Not Easily. You know, because we had all this new data, we had the genome sequences we could measure. And a lot of what my lab does is actually measure which genes come on when, during development and try to understand for individual genes where that's been encoded in the genome [00:10:30] and how that happens. And I just sort of figured, well, you know, the problem for all these years was not that the problem was that hard. Speaker 4: We just didn't have the right data to look at this problem. And now we can do these experiments. I can sequence the genome of a fly and in a day I can characterize which genes are turned on when during development. And I sort of naively thought, well, we'll just sort of put it into a computer and shake things up and be clever and we'll figure out how these things are related to each other. And I mean now it's laughable that I would've ever thought that, but it was a very, very complicated thing. It's a process that's [00:11:00] executed by very complicated molecular machines operating in a very complicated environment or the nucleus and it, you know, we really don't understand it very well. We've learned a lot, but it's not a problem. We really understand. And so what is it that you've accumulated in terms of knowledge in that regard? Speaker 4: What do you think you've learned? A small amount of this is coming from my lab, but this is a whole field of people looking at this. But that we know the basic way in which that information is encoded in the genome. [00:11:30] We know that there are tuneable switches that can turn genes on and off in different conditions. And we know basically what molecular processes are involved in doing that in the sense that we know that there are proteins that can bind DNA in a sequence specific manner. So they will stick only to pieces of DNA that contain a motif or a particular code that distinct for each of these factors. In flies, there's several hundred of these factors and for humans that are several thousand of these factors that bind DNA in a [00:12:00] sequence specific manner, and they basically translate the nucleotide sequence of the genome into a different kind of code, which is the code of proteins bound to DNA. Speaker 4: And we know from a million different experiments that it's the action of those proteins binding to DNA that triggers the differential expression of genes in different conditions. So if you have a particular proteins, these are called transcription factors. If you have one in a cell at high levels than the genes [00:12:30] that are responding to that factor will be turned on in that cell. And if there's another cell where that protein isn't present, the set of genes that responds to it won't be turned on. So we know that as a general statement, but working out exactly how those proteins function, what it is that they actually do to turn a gene on and off, how they interact with each other, what conditions are necessary for them to function. All of those things are, I wouldn't say we know nothing about it, but they're very, [00:13:00] very poorly understood. Speaker 4: A lot of this sort of simple ideas that people had of there being a kind of regulatory code that looked something like the protein code that we're, you know, amino acid code that people are familiar with, right, that there'll be a genetic code for gene regulation. The idea that that's true is long disappeared from our thinking in the sense that it's much more like a very, very complicated problem with hundreds of different proteins that all interact with each other in a dynamic way. Something bind recruits, something else. [00:13:30] The thing it recruits changes the coding on the DNA and essence to a different state and then that allows other proteins to come in and that somehow or another that we still really don't understand. You eventually reach a state where the gene is turned on or turned off depending on what these factors are doing and you know, while there's lots of models for how that might function, they're all still tentative and we're getting better. The techniques for doing these kinds of experiments get better all the time. We can take individual pieces of or Sophala embryo [00:14:00] and sequence all the RNA contains and get a really complete picture of what's turned on when the technology is improving to the point where we can do a lot of this by imaging cells as amazing things we can do, but still the next level of understanding the singularity in our understanding of transcriptional regulation is still before us. Speaker 3: Spectrum is on KALX, Berkley alternating Fridays today. Michael [inaudible], associate professor at UC Berkeley [00:14:30] is our guest. In the next section, Michael describes the challenges his research poses Speaker 4: and is the task then the hard work of science and documenting everything's, yeah. Mapping a little bit about just observing. I mean, I'm a big believer in observational science that what's limited us to this has been just our poor tools for looking at what's going on. I mean we still hard to visualize the activity of individual molecules within cells, although we're on the precipice [00:15:00] of being able to do that better. So yeah, it's looking and realizing when the paradigms we have for thinking about this thing are clearly just not sufficient. And I think the fields get trapped sometimes in a way of thinking about how their system works and they do experiments that are predicated on some particular idea. But you know, usually when you have an idea and you pursue it for quite a long time and it doesn't pan out, it's because the idea is wrong. Speaker 4: And not always, but I think the transcriptional regulation field has been slow to adapt [00:15:30] to new sort of models for thinking. Although that is changing, I think that there's a lot of activity now and thinking about the dynamics of DNA and proteins within the nucleus. You know, we tend to think about DNA as kind of a static thing that sits in the nucleus and it's a, it's sort of read out by proteins, but really much more accurate as to think of it as a living kind of warned me like thing in the nucleus that gets pulled around to different parts of the nucleus and where it is in the nucleus is one way in which you control what's turned on and off. And I think people are really [00:16:00] appreciating the importance of this sort of three-dimensional architecture of the nucleus as a key facet and controlling the activity that there's, the nucleus itself is not a homogeneous place. Speaker 4: There is active and inactive regions of the nucleus and it's really largely from imaging that we're learning how that's functioning and you know, we as the whole field and are there lots of collaborators and people who are doing work? Yeah, I mean I'd say oh yeah. I mean it's a, it's an active feeling. Pay Attention to [00:16:30] oh yeah. So it's an active, if not huge field and not just in flies. I mean, I think it's transcriptional regulations of big field and in particular in developmental biology where amongst scientists we're interested in how animals develop. It's long been clear that gene regulation is sort of sits at the center of understanding development and so people interested in developmental biology and have long been interested in transcriptional regulation and I think everybody's got their own take on it here. But yeah, it's a very active field with lots of people, including several other people at Berkeley who are doing really [00:17:00] fascinating stuff. Speaker 4: So it's not out in the wilderness. This is not the hinterlands of science, but it's um, it's a nice field to work in about appropriate size. Our annual meetings only have a thousand, a few thousand people. It's not like some of these fields with 25,000 people. I can realistically know all the people who are working on problems related to ours and I literally know them and I know what they're doing and we sort of exchange ideas. So I like it. It's, it's nice community of people. [00:17:30] Is the field driving a lot of tool development? Absolutely. I say, this is something I really try to encourage people in my lab and people I trained to think, which is when you have a problem, you should be thinking not what am I good at? What can I apply to this problem? What technique has out there that would work here? Speaker 4: But what do I need to do? What is the right way to solve this problem? And if someone else has figured out how to do it, great, do it. But if they haven't, then do it yourself. And I think that this applies sort of very specifically [00:18:00] to doing individual experiments, but also to this broader issue we were talking about before with this interplay between computation and experiment. I think too many people come into science graduate school or wherever, thinking, well, I'm an experimentalist or I'm a computational biologist or whatever. And then they ask a question and then the inevitably hit the point where the logical path and pursuing their question would take them across this self-imposed boundary. Either you're an experimentalist who generated data and you're not [00:18:30] able to get at it in the right way and therefore, you know what you really need to be doing is sitting at a computer and playing around with the data. Speaker 4: But if you view that as a boundary that you're not allowed to cross or you're incapable of crossing, you'll never solve it because it almost never works. You almost never can find somebody else no matter how talented they are. Who's as interested in the problem that you're working on as you are. And I think that's a general rule. Scientists should feel as uninhibited about pursuing new things even if they're bad at it. It's certainly been a mantra [00:19:00] I've always tried to convey to the people in my lab, which is, yeah, sure, you come in with a computer science background and you know you're a coder and you've never picked up a pipette or grown a fly. But that's why the first thing you should do in the lab is go grow flies and vice versa. For the people who come in perfectly good in the lab but unable to do stuff in the computer, the first thing you should do is start playing around with data on the computer and it doesn't always work and not everybody sort of successfully bridges that gap, but the best scientists in my mind are ones who don't [00:19:30] circumscribe what they're good at. Speaker 4: They have problems and they pursue them. When something like visualization, is that a bridge too far to try to embrace that kind of technology? I've always done that. I mean I almost every time I do an analysis in the computer, I reduce it to picture some way or another. You know, because of the human brain, no matter how fancy your analysis is, the human brain is just not good at assimilating information as numbers. What we're good at as thinkers is looking at patterns, [00:20:00] finding patterns and things, looking at looking at images, recognizing when patterns are interesting and important, and there's a crucial role for turning data into something the human brain can pull in. And that's always, for me, one of the most fun things is taking data that is just a string of numbers and figuring out how to present it to your brain in a way that makes some sense for it and the refinement of it so that it's believable. Speaker 4: Yeah, and so then you can do it over and over and over and get the same result. Yeah, and all, I mean it is one of the dangers [00:20:30] you deal with when you're working with, when you're relying on human pattern recognition is we're so good at it that we recognize patterns even when they don't exist. There's a lot of statistics that gets used in modern biology, but often people I think use it incorrectly and people think that statistics is going to tell them what things are important, what things they should be paying attention to. For me, we almost entirely used statistical thinking to tell us when we've fooled ourselves into thinking something's interesting, you know, with enough data and enough things going on, you're going [00:21:00] to find something that looks interesting there and having a check on that part of your brain that likes to find patterns and interesting things is also crucial. Speaker 4: You know, I think people understand that if you flip a coin three times, it's not that we are trying to land on heads, but they have much, much harder time thinking about what happens if you flip a coin a billion times. We're struggling with this in biology, this transformation from small data to big data, it taxes people's ability to think clearly about what kinds of phenomena are interesting and aren't interesting. [00:21:30] Big Data is sort of the promise land now for a lot of people. Yeah. I'm a big believer in data intrinsically. If you're interested in observing things and interested in understanding how they work, the more you can measure about them better. It's just that's not the end of the game. Right? Just simply measuring things that doesn't lead to insight. Going from observing something to understanding it. That's where the challenges and that's true. Whether you're looking at the movement of DNA in a nucleus or you're [00:22:00] looking at people by a target, right? Like the same. It's the same problem. Speaker 3: This concludes part one of our interview with Michael [inaudible]. On the next spectrum, Michael Eisen will explain the Public Library of science, which he [inaudible]. He will give his thoughts on genetically modified organisms and a strategy for labeling food. He discusses scientific outreach and research funding. Don't miss him now. Our calendar of science and technology [00:22:30] events happening locally over the next few weeks. Rick Karnofsky and Renee Rao present the calendar Speaker 5: tomorrow, February 9th from noon to one wild Oakland presents nature photography basics at lake merit. Meet in front of the Rotary Nature Center at 600 Bellevue Avenue at Perkins in Oakland. For this free event, learn to get more out of the camera you currently have and use it to capture beautiful photos of Oakland's jewel lake merit. [00:23:00] Bring your camera and you'll learn the basics of composition, camera settings, but photography and wildlife photography. Okay. Your instructor will be Dan. Tigger, a freelance photographer that publishes regularly in Bay Nature and other magazines. RSVP at Wild Oakland dot o r G. 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The Speaker, John Dabber is a mentor in the international genetically engineered machines competition or ai-jen and a UC Berkeley professor, [00:25:30] Dr Debra. We'll discuss the new technique created in J key's link's lab to make low cost drugs to treat malaria. He will also introduce student members of the UC Berkeley Igm team who will discuss their prize winning project. The free public event will be on February 16th from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM will be held on the UC Berkeley campus in room one oh five of Stanley hall Speaker 5: on Tuesday the 19th how long now and Yearbook Buenos Center for the Arts Presents. Chris Anderson's talk [00:26:00] on the makers revolution. He describes the democratization of manufacturing and the implications that that has. Anderson himself left his job as editor of wired magazine to join a 22 year old from Tijuana and running a typical makers firm. Three d robotics, which builds is do it yourself. Drones, what based collaboration tools and small batch technology such as cheap 3d printers, three d scanners, laser cutters and assembly. Robots are transforming manufacturing. [00:26:30] Suddenly large scale manufacturers are competing, not just with each other on multi-year cycles are competing with swarms of tiny competitors who can go from invention to innovation to market dominance. In a weeks today, Anderson notes there are nearly a thousand maker spaces shared production facilities around the world and they're growing at an astounding rate. The talk is seven 30 to 9:00 PM at the Lam Research Theater at the Yerba Buena Center for the arts at 700 Howard Street in San Francisco. Speaker 5: [00:27:00] Tickets are $15 for more information, visit long now.org now to new stories presented by Renee and Rick. The Federal Communication Commission has released a proposal to create super wifi networks across the nation. This proposal created by FCC Chairman Julius Jenna Koski, is it global first, and if approved, could provide free access to the web in every metropolitan area and many rural areas. The powerful new service could even allow people [00:27:30] to make calls for mobile phones using only the Internet. A robust public policy debate has already sprung up around the proposal, which has drawn aggressive lobbying on both sides. Verizon wireless and at t, and t along with other telecommunications companies have launched a campaign to persuade lawmakers. The proposal is technically and financially unfeasible. Meanwhile, tech companies like Google and Microsoft have championed the ideas sparking innovation and widening access to an [00:28:00] increasingly important resource. We can add this to the growing list of public policy debate over our changing and complex relationship with the Internet. Speaker 5: A team at McMaster university as reported in the February 3rd issue of nature chemical biology that they have found the first demonstration of a secreted metabolite that can protect against toxic gold and cause gold. Biomineralization. That's right. Bacterium Delphia, [00:28:30] a seat of [inaudible] take solutions continuing dissolve the gold and creates gold particles. This helps protect the bacteria from absorbing harmful gold ions, but it also might be used to harvest gold. The researchers found genes that cause gold, precipitation, engineered bacteria that lack these jeans and observed that these bacteria had stunted growth and that there was no gold precipitation. They also extracted the chemical responsible [00:29:00] for the gold mineralization naming it delftibactin a, the molecule creates metallic gold within seconds in Ph neutral conditions at room temperature. 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In part 1, investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Michael Eisen talks about his research, the field, and both experimental and computational biology. Eisen is Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development in UC Berkeley's Dept. of Molecular Biology.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next Speaker 2: [inaudible]. Welcome to [inaudible] Speaker 1: section, the Science and technology show on k a l x Berkeley, a biweekly 30 minute program bringing you interviews [00:00:30] featuring bay area scientists and technologists as well as a calendar of local events and news. Speaker 3: Good afternoon. My name is Brad Swift. Thanks for tuning in. Today we are presenting part one of two interviews with Michael Eisen and associate professor of genetics, genomics and development in UC Berkeley's department of molecular biology. Iceland employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to the study of gene regulation [00:01:00] using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. Isen and his colleagues have pioneered genomic approaches in modern molecular biology and our leaders in the emerging field of computational biology. In part one, Michael talks about how he got started in biology and how his research has evolved onto the interview. Michael Isen, welcome to spectrum. Thank you. My pleasure. Would you give us a narrative of how you initiated your research and how your research has [00:01:30] changed to what it is currently? Speaker 4: Okay. Actually, I grew up in a family of scientists. My parents were both biologists, so I always had an interest in biology. But as a kid, my talents were primarily in math and I was a heavy duty math geek and went to college expecting to be a mathematician and took this freshman calculus class and all the hardcore math geeks tuck. And I did fine. I did well in the class, but [00:02:00] there were several people in the class who were clearly a notch better than me in a way that I think you only can realize and you know, basketball and mathematics at the age of 18 that you're not destined to be the best. And I think math is a field where if you're not the best, it's just kind of boring. And so I stayed as a mathematician and math major in college, but I started increasingly taking a lot of biology classes and had more or less, you know, realized that biology was what really captured my, my attention and [00:02:30] my heart. Speaker 4: And so I went to graduate school but had the idea that I'm interested in biology, but I'm really good at math. So there must be some way of combining these two things. And so I entered a graduate program in biophysics, which is sort of a place where people who are interested in biology maybe haven't taken all the prereqs for a normal biology department but also have a quantitative background go cause. And so, you know, in the way that people sort of drifted into things, I drifted into working on protein structure and [00:03:00] did my phd studying the evolution of the proteins on the surface of flu viruses and using a combination of experimental work and I would hesitate to call it mathematics. It was really just sort of kind of physics and it's, it's a lot of data. You generate a lot of raw data, you generate a lot of data on the coordinates of individual protein molecules and things that they might bind to. Speaker 4: And so it was very natural to start using computers in that work. You know, my background was not in computer science. I programmed as a kid [00:03:30] because my grandfather bought me a computer and I taught myself how to program and I wrote programs to, you know, keep track of baseball statistics and other things like that. In College, I basically never programmed anything in the math department I was in. It was considered not math that you were touching a computer. And so I didn't really do anything with computers until I got to graduate school when you started seeing all this data coming down the pipe. But I wasn't particularly interested in structural biology and I discovered that through six years from graduate school that [00:04:00] although I liked doing it, it wasn't intellectually satisfying, was too small. You're working on one sugar bound to one protein in one virus and I was having trouble seeing how that would expand into something grand and whatever. Speaker 4: You know, the ambitions of, uh, of a graduate student wanting to do something big. And I got lucky in the way that often happens in that my advisor had a colleague he knew from an advisory board. He sat on and he was coming into town because his brother was getting some honorary degree [00:04:30] and I met him in his hotel room, Austin. And he had with him, uh, glass microscope slide onto which had been spotted down little pieces of DNA, each of which corresponded to one gene in the yeast genome. So it's about 6,000 genes in the yeast genome. And you could see them because there was still salt in the spots, but it was a very evocative little device. You could sort of hold it up in front of the sun and you could see the sun sort of glittering on all these little spots. Speaker 4: You could just see the grandness of [00:05:00] the device. Didn't know how people were using them. I didn't know what they would be used for. I didn't know what I would do with them, but I was sort of drawn in by the scale of it all. The idea that you could work on everything at once and you didn't have to choose to work on just one little thing and disappear into a little corner and study. Just that. And so my advisor said, oh, you really should go do this. They need someone who's, you know, understands biology, but can deal with the computational side of things. It's clear that this was going to generate a lot of data [00:05:30] and that, you know, he was right. I mean this was a field that really was in great need of people who understood the biology but could work well in the quantitative computational side of things. Speaker 4: So I packed up and moved to Stanford with a short stint as a minor league baseball announcer in between. Really it was just a very fortuitous time to have gotten into this new field. I mean, the field was really just beginning. So this was in 1996 the first genomes been sequenced, they were microbes, there's bacteria and yeast [00:06:00] and so forth. And we were just getting our first glimpse of the scale of the kind of problems that we were going to be facing in genomics. But what I loved about this device, which is a DNA microarray, it's the sort of became a very hot tool in biology for a number of years was that it wasn't just a computer, it wasn't just data in a computer. It actually you were doing to do experiments with this. I'm interested in biology cause I liked living things. I like doing experiments, I like seeing things and I didn't want to just disappear with someone else's data and [00:06:30] analyze it. Speaker 4: So I went to Stanford to work on these and it really was just this awesome time and we were generating huge amounts of data in the lab and not just me. There were, you know, dozens of people generating tons of different types of experiments and so forth. And we lacked any kind of framework for looking at that data constructively. You couldn't look at those experiments and figure out by looking line by line in an excel spreadsheet at what gene was expressed, at what level and what condition. It just wasn't [00:07:00] the way to do it. And so my main contribution to the field at the time was in bringing tools for organizing the information and presenting it visually and being able to interact with that kind of incredibly complicated data in a way that was intuitive for people who understood the biology and allowed them to go back and forth between the experiment in the computer and the data and really try to make sense of what was a huge amounts of data with huge amounts of information, but something nobody had really been trained to [00:07:30] look at. And so it was there that I really realized kind of the way I like to do science, which is this constant back and forth between experiments on the computer. In my mind and in what I try to teach people in my lab. There's no distinction between doing experiments on the bench or in the field or in a computer that they're just different ways of looking at biology. Speaker 3: This is spectrum line KALX Berkeley. Today, Michael [00:08:00] I's associate professor at UC Berkeley explains his research in developmental biology. Speaker 4: On the basis of that time at Stanford, I got a job at Berkeley and what I did when I started my lab at Berkeley was really tried to focus on one problem. I mean I had been working on a million different problems at Stanford where we had a huge group and a million different people working on, and I was sort of moving around from problem the problem and helping out people with their data or thinking of different experiments. And when I came to Berkeley, I really [00:08:30] wanted to focus on one problem. And the problem that had intrigued me from the beginning of working on the microarray stuff was figuring out how it is that an animal's genome, which is the same essentially in every cell in the body, how it instructs different cells to behave differently, to turn on different genes and to acquire different properties. And so partly because of the influence of people here at Berkeley who were working on fruit flies, I switched my research program to work on [inaudible] when I started my lab at Berkeley, the genome of that [00:09:00] had just been sequenced and I liked working with animals. Speaker 4: I like having something that moves around and you know, had some behaviors and so the lab started to work on flies and pretty much since then that's what we've worked on. That's sort of the story of how I got to where I am. So your research then is you're looking at flies over time? Yeah, I mean, I mean I see how the genes are expressed. I'd say we're looking at classified more as developmental biology in the sense that we're looking at how genes are expressed over time during the lifespan of a lie. To this day, [00:09:30] we can't look at a newly sequenced genome and say, oh well this is what the animal's going to look like. That is, I couldn't tell you except sort of by cheating and knowing, comparing it to other genomes. If I, you gave me a fly genome, I look at it, I wouldn't know it was a fly or a worm or a tree or it's just the way in which the organism acquires it. Speaker 4: Things that make them interesting, their form, their appearance, their function. We have just the tiniest scratch of understanding of how that works. And so it's, for me, the most [00:10:00] interesting problem in biology is how do you get in a complicated structure like an animal out of a single cell. And how is that encoded in a genome sequence? I mean it's a fascinating mystery that I thought, you know, when I first started doing this I thought we'd have solved that problem by now. Not Easily. You know, because we had all this new data, we had the genome sequences we could measure. And a lot of what my lab does is actually measure which genes come on when, during development and try to understand for individual genes where that's been encoded in the genome [00:10:30] and how that happens. And I just sort of figured, well, you know, the problem for all these years was not that the problem was that hard. Speaker 4: We just didn't have the right data to look at this problem. And now we can do these experiments. I can sequence the genome of a fly and in a day I can characterize which genes are turned on when during development. And I sort of naively thought, well, we'll just sort of put it into a computer and shake things up and be clever and we'll figure out how these things are related to each other. And I mean now it's laughable that I would've ever thought that, but it was a very, very complicated thing. It's a process that's [00:11:00] executed by very complicated molecular machines operating in a very complicated environment or the nucleus and it, you know, we really don't understand it very well. We've learned a lot, but it's not a problem. We really understand. And so what is it that you've accumulated in terms of knowledge in that regard? Speaker 4: What do you think you've learned? A small amount of this is coming from my lab, but this is a whole field of people looking at this. But that we know the basic way in which that information is encoded in the genome. [00:11:30] We know that there are tuneable switches that can turn genes on and off in different conditions. And we know basically what molecular processes are involved in doing that in the sense that we know that there are proteins that can bind DNA in a sequence specific manner. So they will stick only to pieces of DNA that contain a motif or a particular code that distinct for each of these factors. In flies, there's several hundred of these factors and for humans that are several thousand of these factors that bind DNA in a [00:12:00] sequence specific manner, and they basically translate the nucleotide sequence of the genome into a different kind of code, which is the code of proteins bound to DNA. Speaker 4: And we know from a million different experiments that it's the action of those proteins binding to DNA that triggers the differential expression of genes in different conditions. So if you have a particular proteins, these are called transcription factors. If you have one in a cell at high levels than the genes [00:12:30] that are responding to that factor will be turned on in that cell. And if there's another cell where that protein isn't present, the set of genes that responds to it won't be turned on. So we know that as a general statement, but working out exactly how those proteins function, what it is that they actually do to turn a gene on and off, how they interact with each other, what conditions are necessary for them to function. All of those things are, I wouldn't say we know nothing about it, but they're very, [00:13:00] very poorly understood. Speaker 4: A lot of this sort of simple ideas that people had of there being a kind of regulatory code that looked something like the protein code that we're, you know, amino acid code that people are familiar with, right, that there'll be a genetic code for gene regulation. The idea that that's true is long disappeared from our thinking in the sense that it's much more like a very, very complicated problem with hundreds of different proteins that all interact with each other in a dynamic way. Something bind recruits, something else. [00:13:30] The thing it recruits changes the coding on the DNA and essence to a different state and then that allows other proteins to come in and that somehow or another that we still really don't understand. You eventually reach a state where the gene is turned on or turned off depending on what these factors are doing and you know, while there's lots of models for how that might function, they're all still tentative and we're getting better. The techniques for doing these kinds of experiments get better all the time. We can take individual pieces of or Sophala embryo [00:14:00] and sequence all the RNA contains and get a really complete picture of what's turned on when the technology is improving to the point where we can do a lot of this by imaging cells as amazing things we can do, but still the next level of understanding the singularity in our understanding of transcriptional regulation is still before us. Speaker 3: Spectrum is on KALX, Berkley alternating Fridays today. Michael [inaudible], associate professor at UC Berkeley [00:14:30] is our guest. In the next section, Michael describes the challenges his research poses Speaker 4: and is the task then the hard work of science and documenting everything's, yeah. Mapping a little bit about just observing. I mean, I'm a big believer in observational science that what's limited us to this has been just our poor tools for looking at what's going on. I mean we still hard to visualize the activity of individual molecules within cells, although we're on the precipice [00:15:00] of being able to do that better. So yeah, it's looking and realizing when the paradigms we have for thinking about this thing are clearly just not sufficient. And I think the fields get trapped sometimes in a way of thinking about how their system works and they do experiments that are predicated on some particular idea. But you know, usually when you have an idea and you pursue it for quite a long time and it doesn't pan out, it's because the idea is wrong. Speaker 4: And not always, but I think the transcriptional regulation field has been slow to adapt [00:15:30] to new sort of models for thinking. Although that is changing, I think that there's a lot of activity now and thinking about the dynamics of DNA and proteins within the nucleus. You know, we tend to think about DNA as kind of a static thing that sits in the nucleus and it's a, it's sort of read out by proteins, but really much more accurate as to think of it as a living kind of warned me like thing in the nucleus that gets pulled around to different parts of the nucleus and where it is in the nucleus is one way in which you control what's turned on and off. And I think people are really [00:16:00] appreciating the importance of this sort of three-dimensional architecture of the nucleus as a key facet and controlling the activity that there's, the nucleus itself is not a homogeneous place. Speaker 4: There is active and inactive regions of the nucleus and it's really largely from imaging that we're learning how that's functioning and you know, we as the whole field and are there lots of collaborators and people who are doing work? Yeah, I mean I'd say oh yeah. I mean it's a, it's an active feeling. Pay Attention to [00:16:30] oh yeah. So it's an active, if not huge field and not just in flies. I mean, I think it's transcriptional regulations of big field and in particular in developmental biology where amongst scientists we're interested in how animals develop. It's long been clear that gene regulation is sort of sits at the center of understanding development and so people interested in developmental biology and have long been interested in transcriptional regulation and I think everybody's got their own take on it here. But yeah, it's a very active field with lots of people, including several other people at Berkeley who are doing really [00:17:00] fascinating stuff. Speaker 4: So it's not out in the wilderness. This is not the hinterlands of science, but it's um, it's a nice field to work in about appropriate size. Our annual meetings only have a thousand, a few thousand people. It's not like some of these fields with 25,000 people. I can realistically know all the people who are working on problems related to ours and I literally know them and I know what they're doing and we sort of exchange ideas. So I like it. It's, it's nice community of people. [00:17:30] Is the field driving a lot of tool development? Absolutely. I say, this is something I really try to encourage people in my lab and people I trained to think, which is when you have a problem, you should be thinking not what am I good at? What can I apply to this problem? What technique has out there that would work here? Speaker 4: But what do I need to do? What is the right way to solve this problem? And if someone else has figured out how to do it, great, do it. But if they haven't, then do it yourself. And I think that this applies sort of very specifically [00:18:00] to doing individual experiments, but also to this broader issue we were talking about before with this interplay between computation and experiment. I think too many people come into science graduate school or wherever, thinking, well, I'm an experimentalist or I'm a computational biologist or whatever. And then they ask a question and then the inevitably hit the point where the logical path and pursuing their question would take them across this self-imposed boundary. Either you're an experimentalist who generated data and you're not [00:18:30] able to get at it in the right way and therefore, you know what you really need to be doing is sitting at a computer and playing around with the data. Speaker 4: But if you view that as a boundary that you're not allowed to cross or you're incapable of crossing, you'll never solve it because it almost never works. You almost never can find somebody else no matter how talented they are. Who's as interested in the problem that you're working on as you are. And I think that's a general rule. Scientists should feel as uninhibited about pursuing new things even if they're bad at it. It's certainly been a mantra [00:19:00] I've always tried to convey to the people in my lab, which is, yeah, sure, you come in with a computer science background and you know you're a coder and you've never picked up a pipette or grown a fly. But that's why the first thing you should do in the lab is go grow flies and vice versa. For the people who come in perfectly good in the lab but unable to do stuff in the computer, the first thing you should do is start playing around with data on the computer and it doesn't always work and not everybody sort of successfully bridges that gap, but the best scientists in my mind are ones who don't [00:19:30] circumscribe what they're good at. Speaker 4: They have problems and they pursue them. When something like visualization, is that a bridge too far to try to embrace that kind of technology? I've always done that. I mean I almost every time I do an analysis in the computer, I reduce it to picture some way or another. You know, because of the human brain, no matter how fancy your analysis is, the human brain is just not good at assimilating information as numbers. What we're good at as thinkers is looking at patterns, [00:20:00] finding patterns and things, looking at looking at images, recognizing when patterns are interesting and important, and there's a crucial role for turning data into something the human brain can pull in. And that's always, for me, one of the most fun things is taking data that is just a string of numbers and figuring out how to present it to your brain in a way that makes some sense for it and the refinement of it so that it's believable. Speaker 4: Yeah, and so then you can do it over and over and over and get the same result. Yeah, and all, I mean it is one of the dangers [00:20:30] you deal with when you're working with, when you're relying on human pattern recognition is we're so good at it that we recognize patterns even when they don't exist. There's a lot of statistics that gets used in modern biology, but often people I think use it incorrectly and people think that statistics is going to tell them what things are important, what things they should be paying attention to. For me, we almost entirely used statistical thinking to tell us when we've fooled ourselves into thinking something's interesting, you know, with enough data and enough things going on, you're going [00:21:00] to find something that looks interesting there and having a check on that part of your brain that likes to find patterns and interesting things is also crucial. Speaker 4: You know, I think people understand that if you flip a coin three times, it's not that we are trying to land on heads, but they have much, much harder time thinking about what happens if you flip a coin a billion times. We're struggling with this in biology, this transformation from small data to big data, it taxes people's ability to think clearly about what kinds of phenomena are interesting and aren't interesting. [00:21:30] Big Data is sort of the promise land now for a lot of people. Yeah. I'm a big believer in data intrinsically. If you're interested in observing things and interested in understanding how they work, the more you can measure about them better. It's just that's not the end of the game. Right? Just simply measuring things that doesn't lead to insight. Going from observing something to understanding it. That's where the challenges and that's true. Whether you're looking at the movement of DNA in a nucleus or you're [00:22:00] looking at people by a target, right? Like the same. It's the same problem. Speaker 3: This concludes part one of our interview with Michael [inaudible]. On the next spectrum, Michael Eisen will explain the Public Library of science, which he [inaudible]. He will give his thoughts on genetically modified organisms and a strategy for labeling food. He discusses scientific outreach and research funding. Don't miss him now. Our calendar of science and technology [00:22:30] events happening locally over the next few weeks. Rick Karnofsky and Renee Rao present the calendar Speaker 5: tomorrow, February 9th from noon to one wild Oakland presents nature photography basics at lake merit. Meet in front of the Rotary Nature Center at 600 Bellevue Avenue at Perkins in Oakland. For this free event, learn to get more out of the camera you currently have and use it to capture beautiful photos of Oakland's jewel lake merit. [00:23:00] Bring your camera and you'll learn the basics of composition, camera settings, but photography and wildlife photography. Okay. Your instructor will be Dan. Tigger, a freelance photographer that publishes regularly in Bay Nature and other magazines. RSVP at Wild Oakland dot o r G. 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Nakul Shenoy is a magician as well as a critical thinker. In this session, we will talk about how people sometimes say that hypnotism reveals knowledge of one's previous lives. We talked about the ethics, efficacy, and effects of hypnotism.Full Episode TranscriptHi. This is again back to another livestream. And today we are going to talk about a thing that keeps coming up in our livestream chat. And that has to do with reincarnation, because one of the foundations, one of the main pillars of superstition or religion, as you want to call it in the subcontinent is the fact that the spirit continues to exist after death. And some people think that something called past life regression therapy, which is hypnotherapy in some way. Deviance says, you can't hear me, deviance, you can't hear me. Is my audio okay? I'll continue because I think my audio is okay. Nakul, can you hear me? Okay. So what happens is that people think that hypnotherapy or past life regression therapy reveals evidence that people used to have a past life or that it is going to that their spirit will survive into another life in the future. And to talk about this because they say something that keeps coming up to talk about this, I figured I'll bring in someone who's adept at these things or at least somewhat more aware of these things than I am. And that person is Nakul Shenoy, who is a professional magician. He has had experience with hypnosis and other things and he is the person with whom we are going to talk about all this today. So without much delay, I shall bring him on. Hi, Nakul.Hey, Vimoh. How are you?Good. So you would be someone who has written at least in some capacity in the past about all this, about hypnosis, past life therapy, past life regression therapy, and in general, the use of magic to imply that something like a superstition is actually real. Can you give us a brief overview of your background, your career?Yeah. With regard to hypnosis itself, I got into around, I think age 16 to 18. And I've been into hypnosis for a few decades now. In terms of magic, I got in pretty earlier at around age five. By age 15, I was already performing shows. So that's been a 30 plus year career. And yeah, I perform as the mind reader, which essentially means that I'm a Mentalist. And so in my shows, I am doing exactly this right? I am using hypnosis. I am using suggestion. I am using magic. I'm using all these together to create the illusion of somebody who can go into people's minds and tell them what they are thinking of or predict things before they happen. So I sort of live this make believe that we are talking about.Okay. So how did you learn you learned all this by yourself?Magic? I am self taught. So I got hooked into magic pretty young. Like I said, I was fascinated by mandrig the magician. And I always wanted to be Mandrake right from age five. And I found some books early on, I found these magic kits that you still get in the market. That's what started me off. But that quickly got me in contact with magicians and through magicians, magic dealers, magic shops. And so I was sort of in the right place at the right time. I was brought up in Urupi and Urupiu and now has some of the best magicians of the country. So I met the Shankar there, I met Rallad Acharya there. And so Kuroli Ganesh, these are all sort of perhaps the top five in the country in that sense. That sort of started me off in magic. As I was performing magic, I was getting dissolution with it because I was doing a lot of tricks. I was cutting ropes and joining it. And I was doing all this. And I wanted to be Mandrick. Right. And Mandrick the magician was.I have to point out that Mandrick, of all the superhero choices a child has as a young person, Mandrick is not the first thing that comes to mind. People assume people want to be Flash God and a Superman or someone with muscles, etcetera. Mandrick was a very cerebral hero to be inspired by at such a young age.Correct. And Mandrick gestured hypnotically, right?Yeah.So I wanted to be Mandrick. I didn't want to have this truckload of equipment that put people in boxes and cut them, etc. But I didn't want to do that. I wanted to be able to just get because the comic book at least suggested that Mandreck didn't have any equipment. He just walked on, he did stuff. He just gestured hypnotically. And magic happened. And so I thought, okay, this regular magic is not cutting it. I need to learn hypnosis. So I was, I think, barely into my first year PUC when I heard that in Mangalo, a person called Pradeep Agarwal was conducting a hypnosis seminar. So I sort of got on a bus when I went over there, attended a two day workshop for them, which was life changing, which sort of one removed all the apprehensions or all the things I thought hypnosis does. I thought I could just get in front of people do this, and they would do everything I want. Right. I realized, no, that doesn't happen. I thought I could control people with hypnosis. I learned very quickly it doesn't happen. So the students actually taught me what hypnosis really is. And Interestingly way back then, we did something called Astral projection, where you sort of make a person sit, you take him through thing, and then you say, okay, I invite you into my house. And then this person sort of. And it so happens that the person I am still in contact with, the person I did this for. And later on, he became a very good friend. This person was JP from Autopay. And I sort of invited him to my house and start describing my house for me. He's telling me how my house is, and he's describing everything. So this whole out of body experience. So this was nice. Those two days was life changing. And I don't make anything from this, but I would highly recommend if people are interested in hypnosis. Pradhi Pagarwal is one of the best in the country. He's Hyderabad based, but he does a lot of stuff online. I think a lot of his workshops are also in what I mean in other places. So you can just get a semblance of what hypnosis is because to a large extent we believe hypnosis to be like what we see in the Hollywood movies and worse in the Hollywood movies. So it's not that it is pretty much creative thinking. I'll just quickly wrap up there. If you have gone through something like meditation. Right. And you sort of get to a state where you are very calm and cool and sort of in control of everything. Right. The super conscious kind of a thing that sort of is exactly the same state that hypnosis helps you get to. But very quickly, you don't need to have attained all that concentration because you are sort of going into a trance and you straight reach into the so called super conscious.So yeah, just quick parallel because actually earlier today when I was looking up not earlier today, this last few days, I've been looking up some stuff about past life regression therapy. And it turns out that the opinions about its ability to access something like a past life memory are wildly different even among people who think that it is possible because there are people who do believe that past lives exist. But those same people in some cases might say that hypnotherapy is not the way to do it. And you would appear to be someone who is off the view that memories access, so called of a past life through hypnosis are not reliably bad.So let me clarify that a bit. Over the years, over these 20 odd years, I have gone through a lot more trainings, not just in India but also abroad. I have attended some trainings with some of the best hypnotists in the world and some of them being hypnotherapist because of my standing in the world of magic. These guys are some of them are really good personal friends. Right now there are two sides at the base. There are two sides to hypnosis. Right. One hypnosis for entertainment and hypnosis for therapy and other things. Right.Okay.I personally have always liked to stay on the school that is hypnosis for entertainment.Okay.Right. Having said that, I have doubled and I have gone through all these courses on the therapy side. So therapy, when we say is a really large word. Right. So back in College on a small trick somewhere, a friend of mine twisted his ankle. I just said it was just like a few weeks off this course that I had done with the Pradeep. So I'm like, look into my eyes, you're not going to feel the pain it's gone. Right. But when you go and meet the Doc, if you come back so that you can tell him how much pain you're really feeling. Right. And it worked. And I'm like, yeah, this works. Now that is also therapy. Right. But that is therapy at one stage, at a limited stage in that sense, then you can get into four birds and things like that, which is slightly more permanent.Okay.Right. And agnostic is very useful there. I think the best use of hypnosis for therapy is around things, around the phobias, because most of the phobias are here are in the mind. There is no real medical reason for it. Right. I mean, there could be psychological reasons, but generally they're not, essentially because it's about the mind. Hypnosis helps a lot to remove four BS in that sense. Right.Okay. So before I get to the point where I ask you about past life regression therapy, if in a nutshell, you can tell us what is it that happens to someone when they're in a state of hypnosis? Because you just mentioned that you could make someone forget about their pain. So what exactly happens to the mind? Is there a simple way of putting it?Yes. Everything that is happening around us, the moment we are now talking to each other, everything that we are understanding, et cetera, is pretty much happening in our mind, in our brain. Right. In hypnosis, when we do stage hypnosis, we also bring in this aspect of saying, believe, pretend or act. Okay, believe, pretend, act, believe, pretend, act. We just say that. Okay. So as a stage of notice, I don't really care whether you really are in a trance or you are pretending you are in a trance. Yeah. Or you believe you are in a trance. So it doesn't matter to me as far as you play along in that sense. Right now, when you're talking therapy, it's the exact opposite. And the primary thing that's happening is that the primary thing that's happening is about the mind. So now I'm going to try explaining this in as dumb way I can.Yeah, please.Which is the classic way we go about life. Right. If we say, hey, today is a great day, it's sort of whether it turns into a great day or not, you start feeling good about it, you have some happy, positive associations.Yeah.If at some point of the day you tell yourself, oh, no, today is really bad, and then it sort of feels like everything is just not working out. I'm not even getting into the physical side of things. I'm just using that to explain what's really happening in the mind. There are things we do when we are getting on stage. A lot of performers do this. That is before they just get onto the stage. You just in the mind, go through the whole show, start to end very quickly and sort of say the audience is going to allow me today, et cetera. So that whole thing again, pretend, act, believe. Right. So that is basically what's happening in hypnosis, that either I am completely taken in hypnosis is taken me to a mental state where I am actually believing everything and it has an impact on me. Right. And that is when it is most effective, especially for therapy and other things.Okay.At most other points, the second and third one that I mentioned, it's nothing but creative thinking. Third is slightly more third is I want to be the star. Right. So hypnotists always have a great going. In College campuses, you may be okay hypnotist, but in a College campus you're going to rock because you are basically going to call ten to 15 people on stage and going to give them the license to go crazy, go nuts on stage and blame me or the performer for it. I have no clue. Did I do that? Did I run around yapping like a dog? I have no clue. That happened. Right. So now why hypnosis works is not really well established or explained in science. Like you said, there are too many schools of thought and there is a lot of research which says, yes, hypnosis real. Equally there are research. It says, no, it's just a make believe. It's just climb flat. Right.That is also something I came across like people were saying, that is hypnosis real is also a question that a lot of people still talk about very seriously.Correct. So research has shown that there is something that happens in the mind. Right. There is this change of mental state. There is a calmness that comes in very similar to, again, I'll repeat, connected to meditation, any kind of a relaxation exercise. So at best, hypnosis, or rather at worst, perhaps hypnosis is a wonderful relaxation exercise. At best. It is brilliantly, creative and can help with therapy and other things. And again, when I say therapy, I am still talking about phobias. I am talking about reducing pain, like physical pain, because pain is felt in the mind. So talking to the mind in that sense can help abate the feeling of the pain. It's almost like you've taken a painkiller. It's basically that just with words. Right. And it works. You have to see that in action for it. And there are, of course, stories that you hear which are like, there are a lot of practitioners who say that they have our own pregnancies under hypnosis, et cetera. They run surgeries. And I am not that much of a believer, but I have seen it being immensely useful to help people with their confidence, to just go over a lot of phobias. I myself have used it to help people who for some reason felt like they had seen a ghost at some point in time and that thought was with them and to sort of take them through a session where you basically help them go over the phobia.Okay.That's where I will draw the line. Right. I'll sort of park here because now after this, I will get into past life regression and perhaps things like that.I was going to get there in due course of time, but I wanted to set up you like, I want to prepare a path to get to that point. And you mentioned that hypnosis can put people into a meditative state. And there are guru type people who say that meditative States can also bring back past life memories or that if you meditate really hard, you can become aware of your past life, et cetera. And I asked you earlier if you are a materialist or a believer in some stuff, and you said that you do believe in some stuff. So before we go into your ideas about whether or not hypnosis can bring back past life therapy, past life memories, do you think that past lives is a thing? Do you think that the soul exists after death?I don't know. Okay. I would love to believe all this. I would love to believe all this.I can't, but I would love to.No. Correct. I'm a magician, and I would love to believe that there are real magical powers out there. I would love to believe that people can appear things and make it come for real. I would love to believe that people can really read people's minds. All that I do on stage. I would love that to be real. And I'm always on a search for finding people who can do this for real. Sadly, every time I come across something, it's a very badly done magic trick.Yeah.And I think that's where the problem happens.You mentioned earlier. Right. Like before a show, you'll pop yourself up by telling yourself that people are going to love me. I think the end result of all of this questing is to find that's what happened to me, by the way, is to find that human beings are very bad at telling the difference between stories and reality. They're so bad that they believe their own stories, that they tell themselves.That'S a known psychological syndrome comes to mind. But effect. Dan really comes to mind for stories around this and also a ton load of other psychological research. Now, I think it was predictably rational, which sort of starts with where he says three people of three of them were talking and each start describing he and two of his friends were professors. And they start describing where they were on when 911 happened. And they realized that the three of them are saying very different stories. And at some point, Dan realizes that one of them is actually telling the other story.Wow.And he's telling it like me, my son. Right. And that's the part of pretend act, pretend believe. What I said is exactly that the mind doesn't know the difference. Human mind does not know the difference between act, pretend, believe the moment. You start acting, you start pretending because you are. Now it's like a good method actor who wants to cry on the scene. Right. They live that moment. They start with wanting to act, and that leads into the pretend, which is that they want to live the moment and then before they know it Realtors, are coming out.Yeah.Because now they're living in that moment. And that's the belief. Right. In one of the pieces I wrote around hypnosis was not even getting into a tranche. It was like if you're walking into an interview just before actually going in in the world, when we actually went into rooms and met people just in your mind, close your eyes and just imagine you going through that, going in and acing the interview, blah, blah, blah. And then you just go around, life normal, but your mind goes through like, oh, I have been here before. This is the second time I'm doing this. And all these years are gone.You can spontaneously create confidence when previously there was that correct.And that is basically the essence of this. Right. Even when you're saying it processes something at some point, if you're taking somebody through, it's a lot of pleasible. Right. Even when you're doing Caribbean, it's a lot of pleasible. But it's a pleasible 100 times because I have put you in a state in a susceptible state, to be very Frank, where you believe that for lack of a better example, it's Ricky, somebody standing you're totally allowed to make fun of Ricky here. And you feel it. I mean, forget that. Let's try this. Right. Everybody here, I want you to just hold your hands next to your own hands like this. Come on, do it. Just put this and bring that slightly like say, yeah, that should be fine. And now slightly far off. Yeah, perfect. Now I wanted to just concentrate between the two palms. Right. Okay. Don't rest your hand on the mic. Either you have to keep it below or it's okay with no, it's above it.I'm not touching it.Just concentrate on the palms. Right. Or actually the area between the palms. And you will start feeling some energy there. You start feeling some magnetism, right?Yeah.And I just concentrate. And now I want you to believe that this magnetism is actually our hands are being pulled against pulled towards each other. They are coming closer and closer and closer. Right. Because as you just imagine that as they get even 2 mm closer, the power gets even more stronger. And you will feel that whether the hands come together or not, you will feel between your palms really like a vacuum pulling them like a suction pulling them together. Right. I do find something.I'm not sure.Yeah. So that's basically it. Right? I'm not even done. I'm hoping a lot more people who are watching this now or later go through this because it's just that there's nothing happened.But I know. So I think what happens is that I feel something, but I don't know what it is. And then you tell me what you think it is and my mind fills in the gaps. Is that what is happening.Also a lot of simple things that always happen in the hand, which is blood flow, et cetera, et cetera. And we normally don't hold our hands at this point and we don't hold it like this. So there is that feeling of.This is a place I have never been in before, that sort of thing.But what's very fascinating for me is when I'm doing this, let's say the whole audience, you have hands coming very quickly together, hands interlocking, and then you can quickly get into things like your hands are locked, you can't separate your hands and that's it from something as pretentious as this without taking them into any kind of a trance. You can move them very quickly into a trans state. You might have seen a couple of my old videos where I'm getting people to lock there. They can't even say their own name. They have name amnesia and things like that, which is that it is not like I have power over them. Hypnosis is not me having power over them. Hypnosis is me being a guide. It is self hypnosis. At any point. Hypnosis is self hypnosis. I'm helping you hypnotize yourself. Right.Because you said that if someone does not want to be hypnotized, they cannot be hypnotized.Yes, to a large extent, yes.Okay.There is always caveats, but there is also something that you might want to be hypnotized but may not get hypnotized.Yeah. So clear something up for me. Am I right now in a state of hypnosis or am I talking with you?No, you're not in hypnosis.Turns out I'm thinking I'm having an interview, but everyone is laughing in the chat because I'm clucking like a chicken.We could do that. No, please, we could do that.So people keep leaving your questions and the questions in the chat. Once I'm done with my series of questions, I'll take on your questions and we'll do this till 11:00. So we have time.Yeah, we can do it is longer. I'm sorry, I was not even seeing the chat part of it.You can, but I'll put up the questions in sequence on the screen when we get to them right now, don't get distracted by them because people are.Friends. I'm seeing some magicians ask questions also. I'm like going through that very quickly.So let's finally get to the main point, which is you had mentioned to me that you don't think that hypnosis can bring past life experiences to mind. And you also said that you don't know if a past life is a thing. I personally am a skeptic at a materialist before I even go there.Okay, I need to clarify. Right. I was still talking therapy. I draw the line at a point, like I said, about 400 BJ's. And I'll explain why personally, every two days I get emails from people because of my online persona, of being a mind reader, of being a hypnotist. Can you help me with this? Can you help my daughter with this? Can you help my son with this kind of a thing? Right. And many times people come to you when they've tried everything, they've actually tried stuff. I have doctors coming to me about their kids because they are at a point where they want anything that might work. Now, that's where a large part of this therapy comes in. This is so called therapy because now this is beyond your normal thing of your hand is fractured, I'll reduce your pain so that you can go to the doctor. Right. This is a bit beyond that. This is me playing with things I don't know about. So even when I have attended a lot of I'm a certified thing on almost of these things, I can actually start therapy practices. I have like certificates from trainers in UK, US and all that the point I always ask them at the end of it is, are you a medical practitioner? Are you somebody who is a doctor? Right. I'm using it as an overencompassing word there. Because for me, the larger problem becomes that of do I know enough about what I'm doing to people? For example, you might have an issue which for all I know, might be a tumor in somewhere. Right. And I might talk to your mind and say, your pain is gone and the pain is, to a large extent gone. Now, the example I gave you, the couple of times I did it, I essentially ensured these people do go to a doctor because under physical pain, but the pain would come back in its full when you go back to the doctor. Now, if I am doing any kind of a long term therapy for people, because that's how this scheme works. Right. You come back to me for three settings, I'll take away whatever are your ailments. A lot of times we are, in that sense, just hypnotizing them. We are making them believe that their pain or their ailment has gone away without really knowing what is ailing them. And that's why I said I am on the school of entertainment and not on the therapy. Right. So sorry. I mean, I needed to say this.No, totally.Before I went to the past life part. Right.No, I understand totally because I understand this because in your capacity as someone who's a professional in this respect, I can always understand that there will be caveats that you will need to give. So this was totally okay. And I'm happy that you did it because you mentioned something crucial and it reminded me of something else that I had read a few years back about, like someone wrote to a magazine help column and said that I do not want to get married. My parents are forcing me to get married. This was a young woman, and apparently they had tried to hypnotize her into getting married. And she wrote to this columnist and this columnist said, whoever tried to hypnotize you is violating their medical oath and B, this is criminal and you should seek legal help and everything. So this does happen a lot.Yeah. I don't know if the hypnosis would work. To be very Frank, with all due respect, yes. The hypnotist has no right to do that. And what the hypnotist is trying to do is wrong. But having said that, being a hypnotist, I really doubt it.We have a related question about that. We have a related question about that. But I'll get to that in a minute. But let's get to our main thing, that we are like 32 minutes into the conversation. We still haven't got to our main thing. Do you think past life recognition therapy works? And if it does not, then why do people think that it does?Okay, what is past life therapy? Earlier, it used to be called past life regression. In recent times, it's been called past life therapy. It believes in the fact that what is ailing me today is because let's say I have a phobia. I'm scared of the dark. This is how it starts. I'm scared of the dark. Why are you scared in the dark? Okay, we will close your eyes. And now please play along. I won't hypnotize you. Okay. Just close your eyes.Okay.Okay. Let's imagine for a minute that you have a fear of darkness. Okay. Now, one of your various past lives, he's like, really doubtful. He keeps opening his eyes to ensure he's not.No, I'm scared of actually.I'm scared of darkness.My own eyes closed.I'm afraid.No kidding. I'll do it. I'll do it.Yeah. One of your various past lives has the answer to you having a fear of darkness. I want you to go to that. Lock in your thought on that. Okay. Okay. Now open your eyes. I was like, here to say your eyes won't open when your eyes are stuck and take you. And I will not do that. But what you just did. And I don't know if you saw something, but. Okay. Curious, what did you see?Nothing.Nothing. Okay. But if I had put you in a trance, I've spent four minutes asking you to do a certain level of breathing, get into a trance, et cetera, et cetera. And now I'm guiding you through this. I'm going to give you time. Are you not finding anything? It's okay. Find something. Your creative uses will find something.Something? Yeah.Right now it will find something. You will say, oh, yes, I'm in a past life. Okay. What do you see? I see myself as I'm like dressed. I'm like dressed royally. I'm on this seat. And then there are these loads of people. It looks like I'm a King. Right. Yeah. Okay. Blah, blah. You sort of make them. So you're essentially doing what in NLP we used to call a movie theater experience.Right. In case somebody doesn't know about it, it's neuro linguistic programming.Yeah. Neuro linguistic programming is again, an area where a lot of again, the same thing. It started with saying, I can help you take your phobias away, et cetera. Right. And they said, what is your phobia? Okay. So the way they had this out of body experience, which was essentially you sit down and imagine that you are seeing a moon play and you are watching yourself in that. So, like, if you hate darkness, you are now watching a movie of you in a dark room. And so supposedly because you have seen this, your fear of darkness goes away, blah, blah, blah. The problem happened is that example works for certain kind of, Bobbys. It's very problematic if there are traumatic experiences. And now you're asking the person to watch themselves go through traumatic experience and relive this in their mind again and again. Right. So taking that back into past life, the primary problem here is one I am just encouraging free thinking, which Hypnosis is a great tool for. Right. And for smaller issues, smaller therapy problems. It helps. But the moment people start believing this, it's like everything else. Right. I have this problem today because in one of my past lives, I did this. Now this is now self hypnosis. That is where the dangers are. Now you're doing self affirmation in the longest of ways and you are essentially, I don't know, the opposite of self affirmation.Self deformation.Yeah. So you repeatedly telling yourself this is the problem. Right. And you start believing it.Yes.Parent teller who are very famous today with their foolers shows magic years back created a series called Bullshit. It ran for seven to eight series. I mean, that they exposed a lot of this, especially things like past life regression and stuff. Now, one of the things that we found in just conducting Hypnosis workshops because Interestingly, Pradeepa Garb has conducted in each of these two day sessions that he does, he does one part where he says, this is an interesting exercise. I won't get into whether this is true or not, but I will just take you through this experience and you teach everybody, like your 30 odd people in 30 to 60 people in the class. So you get them to hypnotize each other and you hear their experiences. Right. Interesting how most of the times they are Kings or Queens for great political reason. I personally have met many Gandhi. I've met many Bhagat Singhs. So it's interesting. Right. Either the solar is in multiple States.I have a question about this. These people who turn out to be kiopatra, Julie Caesar or Mahatma Gandhi's. It's a favorite. Yeah. A lot of people think they were kiopatra in their past life. But do you think that someone the first thing someone's mind goes to is Cleopatra in one person and in some other person? It's a completely novel setting, like they're writing fiction. Do you think it's got to do with how creative a person is? Because someone is not creative. They'll latch onto something historical, but they're creative. They'll make up their own past life. Or is it the other way?You can't do anything to choose your future. Right. You have no bearing on why you are where you are today. And we pretty much have not much in that moment bearing on what we can do for tomorrow. But here's a free run. I am basically saying here's a blank check. Go and write your own past. And because you are in so called hypnosis, you can blame me saying this is real. Right. Okay, I take you back to the stage experience of hypnotizing. You and saying a dog is chasing you. Or in Las Vegas. I've seen people in other places also. We do it. I myself have been a participant on stage and for each shows, I love being not just the hypnotist. I love being hypnotized.Being hypnotized.Yeah. I love that.It sounds like it must be a fascinating experience.It is quite a fascinating experience because you realize to a large extent you are in control. I mean, I can either go nothing or I can completely go like this. It's completely here. And it takes that one moment for me to say, okay, I am going to be hypnotized versus I am not right now. I'm not saying everybody can be that right. But that's very interesting. Okay. The last biggest example I was saying was pretty much telling people to strip on stage this fantastic hypnotist called Anthony Cool. I was shocked when he just got a person on stage and said the room is getting hotter, blah, blah, blah. And in no time the person was I don't know if it was his own person audience, I doubt it would be his own person. I mean, he can do this.He'll probably get that to someone who is not prepared for it already.Yeah. But it's Vegas, right? So like I said.You can do it in Vegas.But when we do it, say in a similar thing in India, you would say you would not get to the physical part of the clothes, but you would get the room is suddenly becoming very cold. Right. And when I stamp my fingers, the room is getting very cold. You are looking for a blanket, but there's nothing to cover you. You're looking for a jacket. You are feeling good. And you see this entire bunch of twelve odd people on stage going like this, right. And then suddenly you're like, okay, something happened. Somebody turned on the heater, but the heater has been turned on at a very. So now what is also very clear is that this is all in the mind. But then there are people who completely sweat. One of the points where I was trying to help that person who thought he had seen a ghost halfway through that session, three minutes into that session, he was just sweating like he was wet because I basically made the thing off. Just turn around and open your eyes and in your mind, of course, and there is nothing standing there. Just look around your room. And this guy goes, he just starts. And I'm like, okay, in his mind, he's actually now imagining the ghost rather than imagining a room without the ghost. Right.So there is a limit to how much even you, as the hip noticed, can control the experience of the person.The control of the experience is completely you right. I can only give you suggestions.Okay. And you don't have much control over how those suggestions manage.Exactly. Now, coming back to the real past life thing, it's exactly that. I am just giving you guidance. And now it's absolutely for you to figure or what you want to see. I sort of saw this message from Samar saying it's very similar to getting high. I would think so.And Summer also says that he will definitely choose the latter. But since you mentioned about this lack of control over their experience and you have no control.Let me just give an example. Sorry. I'll just give one thing he tried because Pradeep, whenever Pradeepawal comes to Bangladesh to do his workshops, I just go for the fun of it. I just go sit back and watch. And it's also that moment to meet your mentor, spend half a day a day because we never get to catch up with each other. So the last time this was happening, I just walked up to Sadeep and gave him like a nudge. Right. So he got a person on stage and he hypnotized after everybody had learned this and said, okay, now we're going to do this past life thing on stage. And he calls it past life progression or whatever. So he hypnotized this person and then ask the person, just because it's a demo. So you will be going to one of your various past lives. But just so that everybody understands something, you'll go to a past life where you are a human and I want you to go to one of your past lives where you are a human. Are you there yet? The person says, yes. And then he says, okay, so look around you. You are a girl in London now, you are around age seven. Describe what's happening. Right. And this person starts describing how she's wearing a white gown and it's the early 1900 and there are horse carts going around, et cetera. And now the progression happens, right. So now. I'll jump you to when you are 20 years of age. I'll jump you to when you're 60 years of age. What are you seeing? Et cetera? Very clear depiction of what this person is seeing, what life she is leading, et cetera, et cetera. He gets her out of the session. And this person that he had hypnotized, or rather even now he's one of the top past life therapy people of Bangalore. Okay. He was a student. So he says, all that is fine. How was it? He says real? Did it feel real? Yeah, it felt real. This, that all that happens. He said all that is fine. I just have one question. How did I know that in one of your various past lives you are a human aged seven and a girl in London, and the guy goes, no answer, right? And this was not a normal person. This is the person who charges people day in and day out to do so this was our way of teaching him a lesson, right?This is telecom delusion on another level.It is all about me planting a thought. And that's what I do on stage, right. If I want you to think of something, I am planting a thought in your mind. I am doing justice. I'm seeing a lot of things to make you do certain kind of choices. Those are the exact same things that apply when you're doing something like pass life regression or therapy, whatever you want to call it in. Hypnosis. I'm sorry, I saw another comment and smile.The PMO one.Yeah, they reached out to me, but I don't think for what.So we have the software called Pegasus and we know that this person is an asshole. Can you also hypnotize them into thinking that they don't get infected?I don't hear you.Nor did I not get any of you in the chat. So how did you like the film Inception? Did it strike you as something that was inspired by hypnosis?Weirdly. You're gonna kick me for this? I have not seen Inception. It's always been on my to. Do you like, I have Inception in like, Bluray.If you are not sleepy right after this live stream ends, turn your lights off and watch Exception, the Bluray version right now. I think you will enjoy it a lot.Yeah, I think that's one of the reasons I'm not watching because ton load of people after my shows come and say, you know what, you did that's. So like Inception, you're planting thoughts?Yeah, planting ideas and things like that.And that's been a pitch I was performing with. And so it was like, okay, I do not want to now watch and get sort of, oh, that's why your plot comes from actually about a magician.Like, if I were to put it in terms of stage magic, magician plants ideas in someone's head and then faces the consequences himself. So that would be the best way to describe it, but I won't spoil it for you. Please do watch it.One few questions.Sure. We're already at 50 minutes, so I wanted to ask one more question, but we'll see if we have time left after the audience question is over because that's just one thing I wanted to ask. Shamir says, hold on.Hey, Shamir.So popular question I've been asked by many is that does hypnosis work in all languages or are there any language barriers?Hypnosis works in all languages. The person being hypnotized should understand the language that he's being hypnotized in. Having said that, I have friends. And Shamir, you're a magician, so you would know a few of these.Shabir is a magician. Hi, Shamir.Yeah. She's I think logging in from the US. So there are performers who can hypnotize without too much reliance on word. Now what can they do with it? How much? Like, is it all about only taking somebody till the Tiller trance or beyond? That is a different thing. Right. So what do you want to achieve after hypnosis? After hypnotizing, somebody. What do you want to achieve? The second part, but does it work? Like my friend Brian Phillips in Tywin? He just and ton load of people like that who just generally do what something called street hypnosis. They just walk up to people. The video looks like this. They just walk on to the people, tap on them, just say something and walk off. And that guy just stands there like this for like for an hour.Do you believe that is real?Yeah, I can do that. So yes, it is real.Wow. Okay. I'm not going anywhere close to you ever in my life. I'm scared.But I have learned from Brian ages back and then some more friends of mine do this immensely. Well, I sort of again digressed from hypnosis into other areas. I don't see the value in getting 20 people on stage and making them stand like statues on stage. My show is not about my show is about reading minds. So I use hypnosis or skills of hypnosis only to plan thoughts and make people more susceptible. Right.Okay.So that's where my focus is.The one time I have met you in real life was at a Comic Con. I can totally imagine you coming and telling me, go sell someone else's comic books. And I'll be like, Robin and Ruthija asks, do you go through hypnosis while learning it? And I will just add a supplement to it. Is it possible to learn hypnosis without getting hypnotized?I tried to learn hypnosis through books. Like, I learned magic through books pretty early on. It didn't work for me, especially those kind of books that I found in India where like put a candle and stare at it for 8 hours or whatever nonsense. So I didn't have the patience for it. And so clearly I can't just look at you and hypnotize you. I can today, but that's a different story.No, but you learned how to you went through the process.But I do believe going through hypnosis as an experiencing hypnosis, whether you believe it is true, whether you believe you played along, whether you believe I just pretended and walked off. I fooled the hypnotist. That's fine. But I think you need to go through that experience. Then you know what your audience is going through. Because the biggest thing I have heard from people is like, I met this hypnotist who tried and tried for 30 minutes. He just could not hypnotize me. Right. I met this guy once in my hometown and I said, we want to be hypnotized. He ran one of the biggest super large stores, their grocery stores. I always wanted to be hypnotized, but I've never been hypnotized. I said, okay, let's do that now. And three minutes later, he was completely into it because I took away a few of the fears he had about his Masters. One, since you're here the point, that when I hypnotize you, you will be like in a state of coma. No, that's not how it is actually. Remember the creative mode. You will hear more. You will perhaps hear things that you normally don't hear because you are now mind is concentrating a lot more. It's free of all the immediate things. Right. As an Ipnotist, also, I will do things like your hands are stuck in your hands can't come apart or your eyes are closed and you can't open them. But the point is as simple as that. When you are in a hypnosis session, all it really takes for a person to come out of the trance in that sense is open their eyes or at any point tell themselves, I'm done with this. Right. I've seen this on stage. I've seen this like 20 people completely like this. And the hypnotist gives a suggestion. One of the people just doesn't like it, looks at him and just walks off from the stage. Done. Okay, Ruthvija. Yes. I think going through hypnosis while learning it is the best way to do it.So there is a question from Priya Shagarwal saying what is the explanation for children having past life experiences? Or rather, I think he meant claiming to have past life experiences and these experiences coming out to be true.So ages back, you guys would have heard of this person called Professor Richard Weizman. Richard Weissmann is one of the most famous psychologists in the world today. He's written books like Cocology. He has the Cocology channel on YouTube, which I think has millions or billions of views. Richard and I were working on trying to find people who claimed last night that they had gone through. Like, I have this kid who can tell me that he was this person. And then we went and searched for that and have a book on that somewhere else. Reincarnations. Yes. That's the book that I remember now. So there are tons of these stories out there. And Richard, at that point in time wanted to pick three or four stories across India. He's in Edinburgh. He's part of the herd for Chai University. And he wanted to find out if some of these are real. I did letters to Editors across the country. This is early 2000, letters to Editors across the country and all that. We got some ten to twelve letters. There is not a real evidence story that has emerged from all this, not just my example, but in all this cohort's work and a ton load of work. Of course, in popular culture, there is popular culture. You always say, oh.There is this scared, unverified.And I went and searched and he happened to be that guy, right? Yeah. He went and said Hi to the recent grandmother.There was some news article about a scientist who has prepared a boatload of case studies. And he says that they're falsifiable like children have claimed to have these details in their past lives. And when you go and check those details, those details are found to be true. I'm not saying that you know the answer to this or neither or anyone does. But what conceivably could be the reason behind children coming up, coming up with accurate details?I have no clue, to be Frank, outside of my purview, but most of the time stories get added on. I start with one word or I start with the line, right?Yeah.In trying to find something, whatever was the original. Let's say you're a story writer. Let's say you write five lines of the story. Right. And then you go out and do 20 conversations and come back and you don't get the first four lines, but you have to write the same four lines again without looking at your first four lines. You're going to write completely differently. But you're going to believe this was exactly the story I said earlier. Very weird example. But I personally believe something like that is happening.I totally understand.Why would a kid suddenly wake up and say, I was this?It's like the parents are instead of asking the child, what are you saying? They'll say, who are you in your past life? And the child will come up with something because I remember asking my nephew if he had seen a snake and he said yes, how big was it? He extended his arms because as far as he could extend it. And then I asked how many arms did it have? And he said, ten arms, because that's how much he could count. And he was a baby barely walking. So children, if you give them a sentence with three blank spaces, they'll fill in something.No, absolutely. Like I said, this is creative thinking at its best. But if you want a scientific answer for it, I'm not the qualified person to answer that. But in my own world of theories I think that's exactly what's happening. Kids are basically either the parents want the kids to come up with these kind of stories because that's the parents claim to Fame many times it's the parents claim to fame. I mean it's like all these talent shows, you watch all these talent shows and I think this is something you wanted me to touch upon. Recently a kid went on and we went after Africa and after that because he said this kid has supernatural power. He just said it in fun. But that became the promo clip for this kid because she blindfolded herself and she was able to read or whatever.That's a common thing. Also like someone called Rajiv Malotra stood by Saffron Guru whose name is Swami Nityanand or something and they were into this like they were trying to open schools in Bangalore to encourage children to pursue their third eyes or something. And you wrote something about that also.Yes. So we have been carrying forget all that I have written. You can just search third eye Nakul Shenoy and you'll find the banking articles on it. But here's the thing, the next time you find somebody not a magician, the magician is telling you he's tricking you for your entertainment. But if you're finding anybody in your family or in your circles who has paid ton load of money, I mean trust me, this is $50,000 of rupees plus for a kid to go through a two day three day workshop whether coerced into learning how they can sort of read mines with a blindfold. The last time I met a kid like this I said I trust you completely. I just have one thing. Can you remove the blindfold and put that on the book right. And now read, keep eyes open. I don't care because as a magician I can blindfold myself and put hoods around my neck, etc, etc. And put steel blindfolds or whatever and drive and do stuff. So magicians have been doing this for 200 years plus so there are tons of load of ways we can do this. They are using one of these methods. They are teaching the kids this method but they're teaching it in such a way that the kids are choirs into believing that they should not tell anybody that they are cheating. Yeah, so much so if you hint at your cheating or anything like that the kids will start bawling, screaming and shouting. It's all there. So it's very simple. It's very nice to say white cloth on the I put the cloth on the book to be Frank I would find it very difficult to do something like that.That is actually a very good way of dealing with this but we're at 1 hour, 1 minute right now. Are you okay with going on for ten more minutes or it should be fine. So before we proceed to the next question I would really love it if you could show us your book.So this is Smart Course and Magic. This was published in 2015 with Harper Collins. This is available across the world, mostly through Amazon and most of the bookshops also. But I think it's pretty much run out of stock in most of the bookshops, so you would find it easier on Amazon. So this is the only book I've written. So if you go into Amazon or any of the bookshops and search for my name, which is down there, you will find Smart Course in Magic. This is a course in magic. I used to do a workshop. I used to do a two day workshop in magic. That workshop is what is condensed into the book. This is not a book of 200 tricks and things like that. I think I barely teach 20 tricks in there. But the point is I teach performance. The idea here is again, I think there's a chapter on hypnosis also. But the primary thing is, what is magic? How do you approach magic and how do you perform magic? Is what is covered in there primarily.No, that's perfect. It would have been a lost opportunity if I hadn't, because I do think that more people need to be aware of how their minds work, how their minds can be fooled. So that the kind of thing that we often run into. Superstition, for example, can be dealt with more effectively.Just to add on to that, I believe magic is something people should absolutely, totally learn, and especially kids should be taught magic, even if I don't mean so much because I have written a book on it. But it is the best tool for developing critical thinking.Yeah.If you have a kid in the home who knows even three or four magic tricks and they understand the principles, why magic works, they're going to question everything in life. You don't need to teach them how to question things. They are going to question things in a way no other education can train them for, which is why a lot of universities in Europe are especially putting a lot of thought into critical thinking and magic, for example, that's a side benefit.So Samurai has a question. A person who is in good mental health and has strong convictions and form of certain beliefs, is it difficult to hypnotize them into believing in something opposite to their beliefs? I think this is something that is related to that thing we were speaking about where girls parents were trying to hypnotize her into getting married.Yeah. So quite an abstract question, Samar. So it's difficult to give a general answer to this. Right. What is opposite? I believe smoking is good. Somebody else had a smoking question. I believe smoking is good, but I want to be convinced smoking is not good for me, which I know internally. Right. I want to give up smoking, and hypnosis will help tremendously with this. Absolutely. Right. So in a way, what you're saying. I think that's the other question for smoking and things like that. It absolutely, absolutely helps. But again, it has to be you. Right. So I'm going to talk to you because you asked the question, let's say this is you and it's you that wants to give up smoking. A hypnotist can help you. But to be Frank, you don't need the hypnotist. It's like saying, I will be fit. I will run every day. Right. But for us, as somebody said, to wake up at 05:00 every day, 05:00 in the morning, you're going to get up and you're going to run 05:00, you'll get up and say, what the heck? And I'm going to go back to sleep. That's what happens even with this. Right. I think was I reading one of these Agatha Raising stories, which I came into contact very recently. So she goes through this whole thing where she's hypnotized. She wants to give up smoking. So she goes and meets Hypnotist, and he says every time you try to smoke, you get the taste of burnt tire. So every episode is that like she takes a smoke and she goes, it's the worst thing, five, six times. And then done right after that, the cigarettes back, the smoke is gone, the burnt tire is gone. So at the end of it, I think it's all here. Hypnotism definitely helps, but the success of it always is also dependent on what the individual wants. So I think that answers both your questions, in a sense.Okay, so Haymanth saw you in his office performing magic, and you correctly guessed the first word on a random page from a book you had never seen before, just by reading the face of the person holding the book, apparently. And how did you do it? Like Bangalore?Yeah, I don't know. Okay. Could be tons of the offices. I play this character on stage. Right. My onstage character is the mind reader. And on stage, it's basically not just books. I would ask somebody to think of a person or a place or a vacation they've been to and things like that and be able to tell them what they're thinking of. And in an unprepared scenario, it would be something like this because rather than using my own books, if there are books available, like if I was doing this with more at his house, I would say, why don't you pick up a book from behind you and look at. But I'm not going to really get into the how there.Okay, so is that you protecting a trade secret?Yes. It's more in the territory of the mentality side of things or the magic side of things.Okay.There are multiple ways of doing these things. I don't think explaining anything.No, totally. Let's not spoil the magic. So Hemat obviously always wants to get to the bottom of things. He's a friend of mine. Rushdie asks. Also a lot of people say that they start speaking foreign languages.The moment they get drunk. Question.I think, do they speak those languages correctly?Yeah. So that would have been my follow up. So the vernacular joke in that sense in OT, mostly in OT, Bangler, after he gets done, he speaks English. Right. So that is like a cultural joke. I think that's coming to movies. But I think to hypnotize somebody and say, hey, you can talk a foreign language. If I was doing this on stage and I was hypnotizing you, I would say, okay, in a moment you're going to speak Chinese and you would now would that really be Chinese? No. Do you think it's Chinese? Perhaps. Right. So that's how I'm going to.And does the audience think it is Chinese? Perhaps because they don't know Chinese ideas?Yeah.Nelson says, I have not found any scientific study that supports NLP or approves that it works. Nlp ideas don't match with modern neuroscience. Any scientific evidence that it does is energy a real thing.Okay, you're opening a can of forms.So I have a Tony Robbins right here that I have never opened. So this answer will determine if I do.Richard Bandler did this PhD write off on Milton Ericsson's work was a Hypnotist and called it Neuro linguistic Programming. That's how the whole thing started. Right now, again, to me it's a branch of Hypnosis because that's how it came about. Nlp guys always say, oh, we are not Hypnotized, we are doing NLP. I am a master NLP practitioner and I've done pretty much everything that is there to be done in Hypnosis. I don't see a difference. I think in the mind of the audience, the person who is going through this, they are going through the exact same thing. They are just falling for it more than anything else. So again, I use the same example for NLP also for small little things, again for smoking and things like that. It's extremely beneficial. Anything that gets into therapy. Well, if a psychologist is doing NLP, why not? If a psychologist is doing Hypnosis, why not? Because a psychologist at least knows what's going on or is supposed to be knowing what's going on in my mind, I'm a communicator. If I'm trying to do the same thing, there is a problem, is all I'm trying to say.It was 2010.I was going to say that. Yeah, I was going to say that.Hayman Single says Art of Living is carrying out a program of intuition process for blind people to identify color or read. Is that possible?What? It's a scam.Yeah.I have an article online on this. I have actually used some of the Art of Living and other videos in that. But I have actually reached out to the team at that point in time. I try to be nicer to them and said, hey, your competitor is doing this. Why are you guys doing it? Why don't you come out and give a statement that the whole thing is fake? So they said no, what we are doing is an inclusionary process for kids where they can read with their eyes closed. And I said okay, I will come to they said why don't you come to the ashram and see for yourself? Yes, I will. Happily, I have friends.Did they know that you were a magician?Yes, of course they do know that. And I have friends who are part of the shrimp set up. In that sense, I'll come with them, right? One for my security, two for your security also. Right? So they are these in between people? It never happened because the moment I said we will come give us a date. The dates never happen. Now, I don't know specifically about the blind people here, but the kids do this, the same thing with color and reading, et cetera. Simply, they're just speaking from this part. I mean, most of the times they are just speaking from this part. With regard to blind, I can think of multiple ways in which they can be trained to identify color by unconscious queuing, for example, and differences in a slight difference in material and things like that. Since this process here is, for lack of a better word, cheat people. There can be lots of methods to do this.By the way, I'll just point out there was an episode on Shark Tank a few weeks ago. At least I saw it on YouTube. I'm not sure if it was on TV recently where one of the startups that came to pitch their idea was this. Only like they said that these are our daughters, we will blindfold them and our daughters will grab hold things and they will tell you what they are. And one of the things that they handed her was that mobile earphone cup box with surrounded corners. So she held it, she felt it and she said this is a mobile earphone box. And the judges were really impressed. I'm not sure they got funding for it or not.But this was on they send me that link now.It was bizarre, the kind of stuff that goes on on that show. But anyway, I think we are at 1 hour, 15 minutes and we shall now wrap up before we go. Nicole, I wanted to ask you if you have ever received backlash for the rational stuff that you put out, like you will go after a superstition that some guru is promoting and their fans will come. I know of YouTubers who get their channels banned because of this because their network of followers is quite large. So has something like that ever happened to you?It happened on a few of the other things I went after, right? The Tiranga bangle that was launched. Interestingly at that time. By now in general, a lot of the guys are full support in exposing that at that point in time. This is pre 2014 today. I guess if any of the ministers at that level was going to do something like this, I would be full Hardy to try exposing them the way I went after Sashitaroo and naming back then. Yeah.At some point you knew that this was a very different India.I think it's a different world. We did get threats from Nichananda ashram and we were told to come to the ashram. We said no. Meet us in a Press conference. Right. I have tied up with Narendra Nak, who is one of India's top rationalist. He's the President of the Rationalist Federation of India. And we have done programs in different paths. I even appeared on NDTV ones on one of these kind of programs, Barkas show ages back. We do get at least I have not got so much friends of mine have Narendra, and I, being in the forefront of it, has a cop, always an armed cop, going around with him everywhere and things like that. But for me, the closest was the series of things that happened with Nichanandasha, which is why I was trying to actually pitch the shrimp against that. I think the point of the one thing that we always ensure when they reach out is to say, tell them I'm a magician. Right. And that seems to push them away because they realize you're not somebody who's out here with an agenda. You actually know how they're doing this and they know they can't fight you because they might know one method. I know 20 meters of doing the same thing.Yeah. Someone from your background will be more uniquely suited to flushing this toilet, to use a very bad example.Yeah.So there is one more question that Brian had asked, and I had not put it on screen because I don't want to give medical advice on this live stream, but maybe you can direct them in the right direction. He says he has tennis ringing sound in his ear. Can hypnotize help him get rid of the perception of sound?That's exactly the problem. Can a hypnotist help you get rid of the perception of the sound? Yes. Should a hypnotist help you get rid of the perception of the sound? No, because we don't know what's the impact. Most probably what you need to do is find a really good ENT and the really good entry is not good enough. You need to find somebody better than that to find out what's really at the problem here.And also, Nicole made clear earlier on that he is more on the performance side of it and not the medical side of it.I think there was one question I saw about from Summer only in us hypnotherapy is usually I just put it up. Yeah, I would be allowed to answer that. I'm one of those guests who has to be kicked off the show. Looks like.No, that's okay. We can do this for as long as you might be.Like, Knuckle, 1 hour is up. You can leave.You were the one who asked me earlier on, how long will this go on? So I keep thinking that maybe I'm keeping you from something.I just wanted to plan for it. I just wanted to have some tea on the side. Okay. That's tea.I thought you were drinking.Yeah, I was drinking, but it's tea.In US, hypnotherapy is used by legal institutions such as courts as a tool to recall memories, especially in respect to events which cause trauma, such as sexual assault, et cetera. Is it a credible tool?Okay, two parts to this one. I just want to also draw your attention to things that happened in India called narco analytics or some nonsense like that, where they were inject in Bangalore itself. They were injecting people with some sort of a serum. And they said this was going to put people in this trance like state. They called it the truth serum. And people, they're in a hypnotic kind of a state. And they'll tell you the truth about everything. There is no scientific evidence for that. And that is basically this. That is basically getting a criminal mastermind and giving him free rein to basically imagine whatever he wants and say, make people say and sort of claim that is true because you've just given me a trip syrup. So whatever I said was true. Right. This particular thing I have heard and come across things like this where hypnosis has been used to help recall memory. Now, the problem here is the last part of your question is it a credible tool and that's why the whole thing falls apart again, because there is no way to know whether the credit, which is why I started with the it's like getting a person d

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