Podcast appearances and mentions of Jo Marchant

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2000-year-old device which transformed our understanding of astronomy in ancient Greece. In 1900 a group of sponge divers found the wreck of a ship off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Among the items salvaged was a corroded bronze object, the purpose of which was not at first clear. It turned out to be one of the most important discoveries in marine archaeology. Over time, researchers worked out that it was some kind of astronomical analogue computer, the only one to survive from this period as bronze objects were so often melted down for other uses. In recent decades, detailed examination of the Antikythera Mechanism using the latest scientific techniques indicates that it is a particularly intricate tool for showing the positions of planets, the sun and moon, with a complexity and precision not surpassed for over a thousand years.With Mike Edmunds Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff UniversityJo Marchant Science journalist and author of 'Decoding the Heavens' on the Antikythera MechanismAnd Liba Taub Professor Emerita in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Scholar at the Deutsches Museum, MunichProducer: Simon Tillotson In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio ProductionReading list:Derek de Solla Price, Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism (American Philosophical Society Press, 1974)M. G. Edmunds, ‘The Antikythera mechanism and the mechanical universe' (Contemp. Phys. 55, 2014) M.G. Edmunds, 'The Mechanical Universe' (Astronomy & Geophysics, 64, 2023)James Evans and J. Lennart Berggren, Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena: A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy (Princeton University Press, 2006)T. Freeth et al., ‘Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera mechanism' (Nature 454, 2008)Alexander Jones, A Portable Cosmos: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World (Oxford University Press, 2017)Jo Marchant, Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer (Windmill Books, 2009)J.H. Seiradakis and M.G. Edmunds, ‘Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism' (Nature Astronomy 2, 2018)Liba Taub, Ancient Greek and Roman Science: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2022)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2000-year-old device which transformed our understanding of astronomy in ancient Greece. In 1900 a group of sponge divers found the wreck of a ship off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Among the items salvaged was a corroded bronze object, the purpose of which was not at first clear. It turned out to be one of the most important discoveries in marine archaeology. Over time, researchers worked out that it was some kind of astronomical analogue computer, the only one to survive from this period as bronze objects were so often melted down for other uses. In recent decades, detailed examination of the Antikythera Mechanism using the latest scientific techniques indicates that it is a particularly intricate tool for showing the positions of planets, the sun and moon, with a complexity and precision not surpassed for over a thousand years.With Mike Edmunds Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff UniversityJo Marchant Science journalist and author of 'Decoding the Heavens' on the Antikythera MechanismAnd Liba Taub Professor Emerita in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Scholar at the Deutsches Museum, MunichProducer: Simon Tillotson In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio ProductionReading list:Derek de Solla Price, Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism (American Philosophical Society Press, 1974)M. G. Edmunds, ‘The Antikythera mechanism and the mechanical universe' (Contemp. Phys. 55, 2014) M.G. Edmunds, 'The Mechanical Universe' (Astronomy & Geophysics, 64, 2023)James Evans and J. Lennart Berggren, Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena: A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy (Princeton University Press, 2006)T. Freeth et al., ‘Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera mechanism' (Nature 454, 2008)Alexander Jones, A Portable Cosmos: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World (Oxford University Press, 2017)Jo Marchant, Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer (Windmill Books, 2009)J.H. Seiradakis and M.G. Edmunds, ‘Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism' (Nature Astronomy 2, 2018)Liba Taub, Ancient Greek and Roman Science: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2022)

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Over 1000 papyrusruller bliver forkullet, begravet og glemt, da vulkanen Vesuv i år 79 udraderer flere byer ved Napoli-bugten. Små totusind år senere åbner sig en mulighed for at læse, hvad de gemmer på - og der er en million dollars på højkant. Tag med til det romerske ferieparadis Herculaneum og på skattejagt efter oldgræske skrifttegn i dette afsnit af Periodisk. Du kan læse meget mere om baggrunden, metoderne og forløbet i konkurrencen ‘Vesuvius Challenge' på www.scrollprize.org Selve scanningen i Diamond Light Source beskrives nærmere i denne Smithsonian-artikel fra 2018 af Jo Marchant: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-scrolls-are-being-read-new-xray-technique-180969358/ Nat Friedman beskriver sin vej ind i projektet i blandt andet dette podcast-interview af Dwarkesh Patel: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/nat-friedman Denne artikel af John Seabrook fortæller meget mere om både Philodemus, Epikur, papyrusrullernes historie og papyrologi, og de tidligere faser af Brent Seales' arbejde. Udgivet i The New Yorker i 2015: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/the-invisible-libraryPeriodisk - er en RAKKERPAK original produceret af Rakkerpak Productions.Historierne du hører bygger på journalistisk research og fakta. De kan indeholde fiktive elementer som for eksempel dialog.Hvis du kan lide min fortælling, så husk at gå ind og abonnér, give en anmeldelse og fortæl dine venner om Periodisk.Podcasten er blevet til med støtte fra Novo Nordisk Fonden. Hvis du vil vide mere kan du besøge vores website periodisk.dkAfsnittet er skrevet og tilrettelagt af Maya Zachariassen.Tor Arnbjørn og Dorte Palle er producere.Rene Slott står for lyddesign og mixSimon Bennebjerg er vært.

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., it covered the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under tons of ash. Millennia later, in the mid-18th century, archeologists began to unearth the city, including its famed libraries, but the scrolls they found were too fragile to be unrolled and read; their contents were thought to be lost forever. Only now, thanks to the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning, scholars of the ancient world have partnered with computer programmers to unlock the contents of these priceless documents. In this episode of “There's More to That,” science journalist and Smithsonian contributor Jo Marchant tells us about the yearslong campaign to read these scrolls. And Youssef Nader—one of the three winners of last year's “Vesuvius Challenge” to make these clumps of vulcanized ash readable—tells us how he and his teammates achieved their historic breakthrough. Find prior episodes of our show here. There's More to That is a production of Smithsonian magazine and PRX Productions. From the magazine, our team is Chris Klimek, Debra Rosenberg and Brian Wolly. From PRX, our team is Jessica Miller, Adriana Rosas Rivera, Genevieve Sponsler, Rye Dorsey, and Edwin Ochoa. The Executive Producer of PRX Productions is Jocelyn Gonzales. Fact-checking by Stephanie Abramson. Episode artwork by Emily Lankiewicz. Music by APM Music.

In this episode, I invite you to the place where I live in Fountain Hills, Arizona. I've invited five guests to help me show you around our International Dark Sky Community. Visit NightSkyTourist.com/92 for more information about this episode. CHECK OUT THESE LINKS FROM EPISODE 92: Town of Fountain Hills: https://fountainhillsaz.gov/  Smithsonian's “Lights Out” exhibit: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/lights-out  DarkSky International: https://darksky.org/  Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association: https://fhdarksky.com/  International Dark Sky Discovery Center: https://darkskycenter.org/  Fountain Hills Dark Sky Festival: https://fhdarksky.com/events/festival/  Star Dudes: https://nightskytourist.com/stardudes/  Adero Scottsdale Resort: https://www.aderoscottsdale.com/  Experience Fountain Hills: https://www.experiencefountainhills.org/  Desert Vibe: https://desertvibe.com/  Fountain Hills Conservacy of Fountain Hills: https://www.scfh.org/  Episode 90- Jo Marchant: https://nightskytourist.com/90/  Episode 74- Andrew Farnsworth: https://nightskytourist.com/74/  Episode 2- Marsha Diane Arnold: https://nightskytourist.com/2-2/  Episode 54- Marsha Diane Arnold: https://nightskytourist.com/54/  Episode 91- Ted Blank: https://nightskytourist.com/91/  Rate Night Sky Tourist with 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. THANK YOU! FOLLOW NIGHT SKY TOURIST ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTourist  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/  SPREAD THE WORD Help us reach more people by subscribing to the podcast, leaving a review, and sharing it with others. GET TO KNOW US MORE Visit NightSkyTourist.com to read our great blog articles, check out our resource page, and sign up for our newsletters. Our monthly newsletter has content that is exclusive for subscribers. SHARE YOUR QUESTION We want to hear your questions. They could even become part of a future Q&A. Record your question in a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us at Hello@NightSkyTourist.com. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS Email us at Hello@NightSkyTourist.com.

Today on the show we have Jo Marchant - a New York Times bestselling author and speaker. Her writing explores the nature of humanity and our universe, and today we talk about her book 'Cure' all about the mind-body connection.Cure begins with a simple question: can our minds really heal our bodies? It is a controversial subject, but she studies it with the scientific rigour learnt from her PhD along with a skeptical and open mind. She uncovers evidence that our subjective thoughts, emotions and beliefs can have very real benefits for our health, from easing symptoms and influencing immune responses to reducing our risk of getting ill in the first place.She explores everything from hypnosis to meditation, from placebos to positive visualisation – to explore the power, and limits, of healing our body with our mind. This episode is a bit different from normal, we explore the science instead of her own journey making the book, but I hope you enjoy it just as much! Please do leave it a review & sign up to the newsletter at outofhours.org for more exciting news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jo Marchant is the author of Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars, a spectacular book about humanity's relationship with the night sky for thousands of years. Her writing explores the nature of humanity and our universe, from the mind-body connection to the mysteries of past civilizations and the awesome power of the night sky. Visit NightSkyTourist.com/90 for more information about this episode. CHECK OUT THESE LINKS FROM EPISODE 90: Jo Marchant: https://jomarchant.com/  Fountain Hills Dark Sky Festival: https://fhdarksky.com/  Episode 2- Marsha Diane Arnold, Lights Out: https://nightskytourist.com/2-2/  Episode 54- Extraordinary Night-Sky Themed Books for Children: https://nightskytourist.com/54/  Rate Night Sky Tourist with 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. THANK YOU! FOLLOW NIGHT SKY TOURIST ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTourist  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/  SPREAD THE WORD Help us reach more people by subscribing to the podcast, leaving a review, and sharing it with others. GET TO KNOW US MORE Visit NightSkyTourist.com to read our great blog articles, check out our resource page, and sign up for our newsletters. Our monthly newsletter has content that is exclusive for subscribers. SHARE YOUR QUESTION We want to hear your questions. They could even become part of a future Q&A. Record your question in a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us at Hello@NightSkyTourist.com. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS Email us at Hello@NightSkyTourist.com.

More and more satellites are going to obstruct the view for astronomers, but as Jo Marchant points out, it will also affect the cultural, spiritual and psychological aspects for everyone when they don't have a clear view of the stars. Jo explains, in her book, The Human Cosmos: Civilisation and the Stars, how it is evident from ancient cave drawings that early man used the stars to mark the passage of time. She argues that the invention of mechanical clocks meant that we no longer needed to look to the sun and stars to mark time. So take off your watch, put away your phone, cover your digital clock and just take in the majesty of the stars. Jo Marchant is a New York Times bestselling author and speaker. Her writing explores the nature of humanity and our universe, from the mind-body connection to the mysteries of past civilisations and the awesome power of the night sky. 

The skies are darker tonight as we sink into the New Oak Moon phase... The Holly and The Oak King Sleep and Sorcery story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwd_uF9wTU The Human Cosmos: A Secret History Of The Stars by Jo Marchant: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-human-cosmos/jo-marchant/9781786894045 Enchant Your Winter Gift List: ⁠⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list ⁠⁠ Stellarium app Google Play - the paid version has cultural stories too!: ⁠https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_free&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1 ⁠ Stellarium app Apple Store - the paid version has cultural stories too!: ⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stellarium-mobile-star-map/id1458716890 ⁠ 3 benefits of stargazing blog: ⁠https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/3-benefits-of-stargazing⁠ International Dark Skies Association Website: ⁠https://darksky.org/⁠ Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.

Biologist and author Merlin Sheldrake (of 'Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures') is joined by the science journalist Jo Marchant (of 'Human Cosmos' and 'Cure') and presenter Harriett Gilbert. Merlin picks 'The Age of Wonder' by Richard Holmes, a biographical portrait of scientific innovators in the late 18th century. In this historical book. Holmes explores the scientific ferment that swept across Britain, and how it became an age of great discovery. Jo's choice, 'You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto', is by computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier. In this prescient book from 2010, Jaron delves into the digital world, examining what went wrong in its development, and how we might fix these problems. And Harriett recommends the classic, magical children's novel, 'The Sword In The Stone' by T. H. White, which she argues merits re-reading as an adult. Produced by Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio, Bristol. Comment on Instagram @agoodreadbbc

Danny and Joey review 'The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars' by Jo Marchant. In this episode, Danny and Joey dive into black holes (not literally), audiobooks and even discuss spiritual beliefs. Enjoy!

Jo Marchant (@JoMarchant) is an award-winning journalist, speaker, and author of The Human Cosmos, The Shadow King, and the New York Times bestseller Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Jo Marchant: How to understand the power of placebos. How your immune system can be trained. Why stress kills and how to beat it. The importance of social relationships and how to boost them. Does believing in God make you live longer? And so much more… Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/716 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course! Did you hear our conversation with Desmond Shum, the former CCP insider and former husband of disappeared Chinese billionaire “Whitney” Duan Weihong? Catch up with episode 684: Desmond Shum | Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in China here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Suffering from IBS for 6 years was a wake-up call for Angela Privin. Her gut issues were an internal cry for help, forcing her to identify what wasn't working on both a physical and subconscious level. After solving her own digestive issues naturally, Angela became a digestive health coach and a trained hypnotherapist. She now works with clients around the globe, combining hypnotherapy with nutrition, supplementation and testing to dramatically improve client results. ​On this podcast, NBT Scientific Director Megan Hall interviews Angela about the impact hypnotherapy can have when added to the functional medicine mix. Angela explains how being told, “It's all in your head” by a doctor may be more accurate than we realize, and how thoughts, emotions, and traumas from the past can shape our current reality - including our health. She also describes the hypnotherapy process, and how you can break out of the stress loop that's keeping you from reaching your goals. Here's the outline of this episode with Angela Privin: [00:00:29] Angela's background and health challenges. [00:02:09] Diagnosed with Hashimoto's. [00:03:44] Trying hypnosis. [00:05:35] Symptoms "all in your head" and the impact of emotions on the body. [00:08:10] Conscious vs. subconscious mind. [00:10:48] Imagination vs. reality from the perspective of the subconscious mind. [00:14:54] Formation and physiology of the subconscious. [00:16:40] Neuroplasticity and rewiring the brain. [00:18:01] Debunking myths about hypnosis. [00:19:53] Thoughts driving inflammation. [00:22:29] The placebo effect and its impact on health. [00:26:03] Book: Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body, by Jo Marchant. [00:26:58] Breaking out of the stress loop. [00:30:23] Decades-old stress is impacting your health. [00:31:49] The hypnosis process. [00:33:46] Resistance to hypnosis; suggestibility. [00:40:13] Hypnosis vs. physical interventions. [00:41:38] Finding a hypnosis practitioner. Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT). [00:45:35] Limbic retraining programs (e.g., DNRS). [00:48:09] Work with Angela at DIYhealth.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Michael Fitzpatrick: *With All Wisdom* for Sunday, 2 January 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars* by Jo Marchant (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Kiss the Ground* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *A New Year's Poem* by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

In today's podcast episode I chat to certified core & pelvic floor corrective exercise, prenatal exercise, yoga, and functional training expert, Alison Tjong. In this episode we discuss common conditions women experience but feel too embarrassed to seek support for, including leaking and pelvic organ prolapse. We also discuss what diastasis recti is, how to prevent it during pregnancy and heal from it postpartum. Alison also explains what we mean by functional training and the different ways Alison can support you to have a functional body. I found this episode fascinating. I hope you love it too.   Alison recommended the book; Cure by Jo Marchant. We love hearing your episode takeaways. Screenshot this episode, and tag @lynda.stretton and @alison.tjong.movement on Instagram.   If you love this episode, please leave a rating and review so we can reach and support more women worldwide. If you do, make sure you send an email to podcast@lyndastretton.com so I can send you your FREE Embrace Your Feminine Essence guide.   Let's connect: If you desire support with healing your health symptoms, I have now opened bookings for March/April 2022. Book in for your Signature Health Intensive or DUTCH test here. You can book a health intensive with or without a DUTCH included. You can also order a DUTCH for analysis without the health intensive. If you just desire a DUTCH analysis and written report I have immediate availability. All options are included on the same link. Applications are now open for the Spring intake of my 1:1 coaching packages. This is an intense 5 month container for female business leaders and owners who want to create epic health without losing their health. These transformational portals fuse all of the healing modalities I practice including nutritional therapy, mindset coaching, NLP, EFT, chakra healing, embodiment work, plus astrology and human design, and if you are a business owner, we can also incorporate business coaching. These packages are deep, rich, juicy and transformational and are only available for those ready to do the work. If you would like to learn more and apply, drop me a DM on Instagram or email: hello@lyndastretton.com. Come hang out on Instagram where I share a tonne of free content About Alison:   Alison is a mother of 4, yoga enthusiast, movement nerd, and a woman on a mission to help mamas gain back confidence in their bodies so they can feel empowered to build the strength, function, and energy they desire to keep up with their busy lives.  Alison is certified in core & pelvic floor corrective exercise, prenatal exercise, yoga, and functional training. Alison loves sharing her knowledge, experience and skills with other women. After struggling with diastasis recti and pelvic floor weakness, and being able to rehabilitate herself through corrective exercise and functional movement she now feels called to guide others to achieve the same.   Alison is currently offering a Core & Pelvic Floor Assessment for women who want to know what the roadmap looks like to resolving their core & pelvic floor issues, specific to their bodies, and some tools they can implement in their daily lives. Find out more here.   Download your Essential Guide to the first 6 Weeks Postpartum here.   Join the early bird list for the next round of Alison's 12 week group movement program, Core Confidence here.   Connect with Alison via her website or Instagram

Evan Hirsch, MD, is a world-renowned fatigue expert and the Founder & CEO of the International Center for Fatigue. Through his best-selling book, podcast, and online programs, he has helped thousands of people around the world boost their energy naturally, and is on a mission to help a million more. He has been featured widely on television, podcasts, and summits. On this podcast, Evan discusses the many different causes of fatigue and his 4-step process for treating it. He shares details about his Fix Your Fatigue program, which has identified 10 different causes of fatigue - and Evan notes that everyone has multiple causes. To complicate things further, everyone has different multiple causes, so no one treatment works for everyone. Evan shares resources for identifying the causes of your fatigue and simple steps you can take to improve your energy levels today. Here's the outline of this interview with Evan Hirsch: [00:00:20] Gabriel Niles, MD introduced us at the Ancestral Health Symposium. [00:00:41] How Evan became interested in medicine and fatigue. [00:02:28] Book: Fix Your Fatigue: The four step process to resolving chronic fatigue, achieving abundant energy and reclaiming your life!, by Evan H. Hirsch MD. [00:04:29] Viruses that can be transmitted that can end up triggering fatigue. [00:06:21] How to know if you have an abnormal level of fatigue. [00:08:16] Book: This Is Your Mind on Plants, by Michael Pollan. [00:08:41] Surviving on caffeine. [00:09:48] Different levels of fatigue (levels based on treatment needed). [00:11:22] Toxicities that we're exposed to that need to be removed to alleviate fatigue. [00:11:54] 4-Quadrant Model. [00:12:58] Best diets for fixing fatigue. [00:14:14] Mike T. Nelson; Course: Flex Diet Foundations. [00:14:53] 4-step process: 1. assess causes 2. replace deficiencies 3. opening detox pathways 4. remove toxicities. [00:17:19] Adrenals, mitochondria, thyroid - the "Big 3" factors that help restore energy. [00:21:42] "Detox"; Herbal products + external therapies. [00:24:42] Mold exposure and toxicity. [00:28:51] Article: Your building might be making you sick. Joe Allen can help., by Colleen Walsh. [00:30:12] Great Plains Urine MycoTOX Profile to evaluate for mold exposure/toxicity. [00:31:16] Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) test - evaluates mold in the environment. Find a professional. [00:31:46] What to do if you have mold exposure: binders, supplements to remove toxins. [00:32:54] Heavy Metals and infections. [00:33:37] COVID long-haulers or post-acute syndromes. [00:35:24] Using symptoms to diagnose conditions. [00:36:01] Bartonella quiz on the www.FixYourFatigue.com website. [00:37:49] Podcast: How to Prevent and Heal Lyme and Its Co-Infections, with Sunjya Schweig, MD. [00:38:13] Herbal antimicrobials vs antibiotics. [00:38:33] Results page of Evan's website. [00:42:30] Book: Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant. [00:47:18] Electromagnetic Fields; Previous podcasts on EMF: Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs): The Controversy, the Science, and How to Protect Yourself, with Joseph Mercola, DO; EMFs: Why You Should Care and What to Do, with Nick Pineault. [00:51:52] Safe Sleeve cases and other ways to mitigate EMFs. [00:52:41] LessEMF.com. [00:54:05] How to know if your fatigue can be helped. [00:55:38] Find Evan at www.FixYourFatigue.com; Facebook group; Schedule a free discovery call.

As we talked a lot about emotional intelligence, I want to move over to the physical side of emotional awareness. So often we just ignore our bodies and treat them as something that slows us down - but I've learned through experience, health problems, and researching the SCIENCE that listening to our bodies is vital. It helps us have a better awareness of ways we need to respond, more emotional freedom and it brings us out of living on the surface of our thoughts and into the experience of our lives.      Products recommended here may include referral links to Amazon. If you click through and buy something I will be compensated at no cost to you. What is your relationship to your body? Do you ignore it, do you mistreat it, do you appreciate it, do you have anger towards it? Many of us women experience a range of these sentiments over the decades.  I really realized how I resented my body when I learned I had an autoimmune disease called Graves Disease. You can read about that thyroid condition here, and you can read about my faith and healing journey here.    Ignoring our bodies is culturally acceptable We power through, we push ourselves, we ignore our bodies. It is culturally acceptable. But why? Is it fear of wallowing and worsening? Is it fear of admitting our weaknesses? Is it because we are moms and we don't need ONE MORE THING to fix?? We ignore our bodies through food, drink, keeping busy and then we hit a wall and think we aren't strong enough, or we are doing it all wrong.    Our bodies are WHERE we experience emotion Our bodies are where we FEEL our feelings. When we have a thought about something (often a subconscious and automatic judgment about if we are safe/in danger, good/bad, etc). When we have this thought our brain tells our bodies to release chemicals (peptides/hormones) to prompt us to respond accordingly.  So the emotions we feel from those chemicals flooding our bodies aren't actually to make life hard, but to indicate something is needed to address this situation.  Our bodies learn this thought-emotion response and then we call it a 'trigger'. It isn't just for BIG T trauma, our bodies remember how to respond from our past experiences.    We often ignore symptoms in our bodies up to the point they cause us problems If we don't address what our body is telling us - and we keep having the same thoughts and emotions on something - our body will keep telling us this. For instance, over the years I have noticed that stress makes me hold my breath and breathe shallowly. It makes me tense up my stomach and clench my teeth. But I learned this backward, from addressing the health outcomes of doing these things repeatedly over time.    What about the science of mind and body? I have read Heal Your Body by Louise Hay and it is a fascinating read as she connects ailments to emotional conflicts. I have started to view symptoms in a similar way because, as I have paid attention, I have seen connections to my own emotions and physical experience.  But I am interested most in the science. Some great books on this are the Molecules of Emotion by Dr. Candace Pert and Cure by Jo Marchant. Some popular names for this field are 'mindbody medicine and 'psychoneuroimmunology'. If you feel like this is a stretch - just think about the fascination of placebos - where our brain believes something and the body responds in accordance. And now they are researching nocebos - where, when a patient predicts a negative outcome their symptoms worsen from the placebo.    Answering your questions about:  Noticing the signs of stress (dig deeper with episode 113 on stress, surviving and thriving) Using visualization to improve your health outcomes, particularly where you have experienced an eating disorder and worry you won't be healthy in the future (dig deeper with episode 37 on the science of visualization)   The simple pleasure of the week

Jo Marchant shares the ways humanity has been connected with the skies throughout history. Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on the impact of the Apollo Earthrise photo.

Computational neuroscientist and biomedical software engineer Balázs Szigeti, PhD. is on the podcast this week to talk about the science behind the increasingly popular practice of microdosing. Microdosing is broadly defined as the regular use of low-dose psychedelic substances such as LSD or psilocybin mushrooms. Distinct from psychedelic therapy or common recreational use, microdosing involves using only around 10% of a typical dose of the drug. Balázs has collaborated with the Global Drug Survey to quantitatively study drug use patterns, and most recently he designed and led the Imperial College self-blinding microdose study published in the open-access journal eLife Sciences. On this podcast, Balázs discusses the results of his study that examined whether psychedelic microdosing can improve cognitive function and psychological well-being. He reviews the existing clinical research on the topic and describes the innovative study design that enabled him to run the largest placebo-controlled study on psychedelics to date. Balázs also reveals the surprising results of the study, which suggest that expectation may play a significant role in feeling better. Here’s the outline of this interview with Balázs Szigeti: [00:00:17] Imperial College London Centre for Psychedelic Research. [00:02:47] The current science on microdosing. [00:04:12] Paper: Szigeti, Balázs, et al. "Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing." ELife 10 (2021): e62878.  [00:04:18] Citizen Science and self-blinding. [00:16:26] Results of the study. [00:21:39] Sourcing LSD and LSD analogues. [00:22:24] Book: American Kingpin, by Nick Bilton. [00:24:35] Existing clinical studies on microdosing: 1. Yanakieva, Steliana, et al. "The effects of microdose LSD on time perception: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial." Psychopharmacology 236.4 (2019): 1159-1170; 2. Hutten, Nadia RPW, et al. "Mood and cognition after administration of low LSD doses in healthy volunteers: A placebo controlled dose-effect finding study." European Neuropsychopharmacology 41 (2020): 81-91; 3. Bershad, Anya K., et al. "Acute subjective and behavioral effects of microdoses of lysergic acid diethylamide in healthy human volunteers." Biological psychiatry 86.10 (2019): 792-800. [00:27:53] The key to a strong placebo response. [00:29:36] Acute and post-acute outcomes. [00:41:44] Book: Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant. [00:44:01] Hamilton Depression Scale.  [00:52:13] Future directions and testing additional substances. [00:54:44] examine.com. [00:55:03] labdoor.com. [00:55:52] mydelica.com for Balazs’ self-blinding microdose study 2.0. [00:57:27] Limitations of the study. [01:07:27] Selfblinding-microdose.org.

What do we gain when we gaze at the stars? How has cosmology shaped our politics? Why take the celestial seriously? And why is awe a feeling that we can't afford to lose? Acclaimed science writer Jo Marchant takes Niki Seth-Smith on a dazzling and surprise-filled journey through the history of science, mythology and our view of the night sky. For fans of Brian Cox, Carlo Rovelli, Robert Macfarlane and Gaia Vince.Hosts: Niki Seth-Smith and Samira ShackleProducer: Alice BlochMusic: DanosongsSound Engineer: David CracklesTo support what we do and access more fresh thinking, why not subscribe to New Humanist magazine? Head to newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe and enter the code WITHREASON to get a whole year's subscription for just £13.50Further reading: ‘The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars' (2020) Jo Marchant‘Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body' (2016) Jo Marchant‘The Order of Time' (2017) Carlo Rovelli ‘They Didn't Come From Outer Space' (2013) James Gray, New Humanist Magazine

The night sky has fascinated humans since the beginning of time, and the cosmos remains one of the universe’s greatest wonders. We speak to science writer Jo Marchant and a Sidereal Astrologer, Dayna Lynn Nuckolls to trace back to the origins of astrology, astronomy, the zodiac, solstices and more, from the ancient babylonians to modern new age practises. The episode explores how the rise of modern spiritual practises are helping us reconnect to the skies above which science is beginning to reveal, has profound impact on our health and how we choose to live in the world. Drop us a line at rootsandritual@trippin.world or #rootsandritual to share your stories and topics you’d like us to explore. Visit https://trippin.world/feature/roots-and-ritual for episode transcripts, more resources and links. Roots & Ritual is a Trippin production. Trippin is an independent platform that connects travel, culture and creativity like never before, collaborating with our community to uncover stories that are found at the intersection of social and cultural boundaries. www.trippin.world Produced by Yasmin Shahmir & Robyn Landau Edited by Ami Bennett Music by Project Gemini track “The Ritual” Link to Jo’s Marchant’s book, The Human Cosmos here Link to Dayna here

We’re tantalisingly close to resuming normal life, as promising news from Israel has shown that vaccines are swinging the fight against covid-19 in our favour. But we’re not out of the woods yet - the team explains why it’s still too risky to completely lift restrictions. They also discuss great news if you love your beauty sleep! It turns out when marmots hibernate the ageing process slows down dramatically, which is going to be useful as we develop ways to put humans into hibernation. The pod also tackles the mystery of the Antikythera mechanism, a 2000-year-old cosmos decoding device often called the world’s first computer. And they explain how mushrooms might be the answer to our clean energy needs, and chat to author and podcaster Dr Helen Scales about her new book ‘The Brilliant Abyss’. On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Tiffany O’Callaghan, Jo Marchant, Eleanor Parsons and Michael Le Page. To read more about the stories, subscribe at newscientist.com/podcasts.

We still know very little about exactly how the embryo forms out of a mass of dividing cells in those crucial first weeks after conception. This is also the time when many miscarriages occur, and scientists want to understand why. Couples going through IVF donate spare embryos for research and scientists are permitted to study them in a test tube, or in vitro, allowing them to grow and develop for up to 14 days. This 14 day rule is abided by globally, and it’s enshrined in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act in the UK. Thirty years ago no-one could keep these embryos alive for more than a few days but recently the techniques have moved on and they have been cultured for nearly 14 days. So should the 14 day rule be extended? Gaia Vince discusses this question with bioethicist professor Insoo Hyun of Case Western University and Harvard Medical School. There are other ways of studying this early development that don’t involve growing an actual embryo, and that’s by using just a few stem cells from it. These are cells that haven’t yet specialised into any type of body cell and so they have the potential to become any cell type. Researchers can grow these cells into structures that resemble embryos, although they could never survive inside a woman’s womb, and these artificial embryos aren’t subject to the 14 day rule. Gaia talks to Dr Naomi Moris of the Crick Institute in London about her work on what she calls gastruloids. Whaling was a huge industry in the 19th century, and populations of sperm whales plummeted, as hunters sought the oil in their heads that was used everywhere for lighting. The whalers who were hunting in the North Pacific kept meticulous records that have been recently made public. Biologists have been studying them, and picking out unexpected changes in the patterns of whale capture. Dr Luke Rendell of St Andrews University explains how he and his colleagues worked out that that the whales seemed to be learning from each other how to avoid the boats. A piece of intricate Ancient Greek engineering called the Antikythera mechanism, that was found by sponge divers in 1901 in the Mediterranean, has fascinated many people. Last week a team from University College London published the latest explanation of how the device worked. Science writer Jo Marchant herself became so obsessed with the mechanism that she published a book on it called Decoding the Universe and she talks to Gaia about the object and what the new research tells us about how the Greeks understood the cosmos two thousand years ago.

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For most of human history, we have led not just an earthly existence but a cosmic one. Celestial cycles drove every aspect of our daily lives. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are—our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances, and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. And that disconnect comes at a cost. In The Human Cosmos, Jo Marchant takes us on a tour through the history of humanity's relationship with the heavens. We travel to the Hall of the Bulls in Lascaux and witness the winter solstice at a 5,000-year-old tomb at Newgrange. We visit Medieval monks grappling with the nature of time and Tahitian sailors navigating by the stars. We discover how light reveals the chemical composition of the sun, and we are with Einstein as he works out that space and time are one and the same. And we find out why stargazing can be really, really good for us. It is time for us to rediscover the full potential of the universe we inhabit, its wonder, its effect on our health, and its potential for inspiration and revelation.

This week on What The If? We have a very special guest, Jo Marchant. Jo has written multiple books like Decoding the Heavens and the Shadow King. She has a new book out called "The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars"! Check it out at https://www.jomarchant.com Jo comes to our show with the question: What the IF we couldn't see the stars!? Would the cosmos even exist? Would Galileo have even championed heliocentrism?! Who knows!? So buckle up for a wild ride where we try and see the stars through light pollution and cloudy skies!! — Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at feedback@whattheif.com and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big! --- Special thanks to Kyle Crichton for his help with the show. --- Want to support the show? Click a rating or add a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app! itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1 Don't miss an episode! Subscribe at WhatTheIF.com Keep On IFFin', Philip & Matt

Jo Marchant, PhD, is an award-winning journalist, speaker and author of the New York Times bestseller Cure: a journey into the science of mind over body. Her writing explores the nature of humanity and our universe, from the science of the mind-body connection and the mysteries of past civilisations to the awesome power of the night sky. Her new book, The Human Cosmos, tells the story of humanity's relationship with the night sky and the universe beyond. Jo trained as a scientist: she has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. Connect with Jo Marchant: https://www.youtube.com/JoMarchant88 http://twitter.com/jomarchant https://jomarchant.com/about The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars Connect with Nick Holderbaum: https://www.primalosophy.com/ https://www.primalosophy.com/unfuckedfirefighter Nick Holderbaum's Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods (T): @primalosophy (IG): @primalosophy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A

On December 5th, 2012, a bill landed on President Barack Obama’s desk, meant to do one thing: remove the word “lunatic” from the federal code. This is because in 2012, you could still find the word in laws about banking and controlling estates, among others. And not only was it offensive, it was antiquated—ancient, in fact. The word lunacy comes from luna—Latin for moon. This is because there was a time when we thought the power to change our moods and minds came from the sky. Guests:  Miena Hall is a Family Medicine Resident at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. Jo Marchant is a science journalist and author of The Human Cosmos. Footnotes & Further Reading:  For a deep history on “madness,” check out Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine by Andrew Scull. Meta-analyses and literature reviews haven’t backed up  a lunar effect on human behavior, but more recent studies have found intriguing patterns. Credits:  Science Diction is hosted by Johanna Mayer. This episode was produced by Johanna Mayer, Chris Egusa, and Elah Feder. Elah is our editor and senior producer. Daniel Peterschmidt composed all the music and designed sound for this episode. Chris Wood mastered. We had fact checking by Danya AbdelHameid. Nadja Oertelt is our Chief Content Officer. Special thanks to Andrew Scull, Chiara Thumiger, who studies ancient medicine, and Janet Downie, Associate Professor of classics at UNC Chapel Hill. This season of Science Diction is supported by Audible.

There is something undeniably appealing about the cosmos that has kept humans staring upwards in awe – from our Palaeolithic ancestors to modern astronomers. Humans are natural stargazers, but with light pollution increasingly obscuring our view of the heavens, is our relationship with the night sky set to change? In the second of two episodes, Linda Geddes is joined by the author of The Human Cosmos, Jo Marchant, and the astronomer royal, Martin Rees, to explore humanity and the cosmos.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

The history of humanity is intimately entwined with the cosmos. The stars have influenced religion, art, mathematics and science – we appear naturally drawn to look up in wonder. Now, with modern technology, our view of the cosmos is changing. It is in reachable distance of our spacecrafts and satellites, and yet because of light pollution we see less and less of it here on Earth. Joined by the author of The Human Cosmos, Jo Marchant, and the astronomer royal, Martin Rees, Linda Geddes explores our relationship with the night sky.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

On December 21st, Jupiter and Saturn will have their closest encounter in more than 400 years — the kind of moment that has inspired astronomers and novices alike for centuries. Science journalist Jo Marchant joins guest host John McCaa to talk about the impact stargazing has had on human civilizations and the importance of connecting to the wonder of the night sky. Her new book is called “The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars.”

Sponges are some 8,000 species of animals that grow in the sea that lack tissues and organs. Fossil records go back over 500 million years and they are found throughout the world. Two types of sponges are soft and can be used to hold water that can then be squeezed out or used to clean. Homer wrote about using Sponges as far back as the 7th century BCE, in the Odyssey. Hephaestus cleaned his hands with one - much as you and I do today.  Aristotle, Plato, the Romans, even Jesus Christ all discussed cleaning with sponges. And many likely came from places like the Greek island of Kalymnos, where people have harvested and cultivated sponges in the ocean since that time. They would sail boats with glass bottoms looking for sponges and then dive into the water, long before humans discovered diving equipment, carrying a weight, cut the sponge and toss it into a net. Great divers could stay on the floor of the sea for up to 5 minutes.  Some 2,600 years after Homer, diving for sponges was still very much alive and well in the area. The people of Kalymnos have been ruled by various Greek city states, the Roman Empire, the Byzantines, Venetians, and still in 1900, the Ottomans. Archaeologist Charles Newton had excavated a Temple of Apollo on the island in the 1850s just before he'd then gone to Turkey to excavate one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, built by Mausolus - such a grand tomb that we still call buildings that are tombs mausoleums in his honor, to this day. But 1900 was the dawn of a new age. Kalymnos had grown to nearly 1,000 souls. Proud of their Greek heritage, the people of the island didn't really care what world power claimed their lands. They carved out a life in the sea, grew food and citrus, drank well, made head scarfs, and despite the waning Ottomon rule, practiced Orthodox Christianity.  The sponges were still harvested from the floor of the sea rather than made from synthetic petroleum products. Captain Dimitrios Kontos and his team of sponge divers are sailing home from a successful run to the Symi island, just as they'd done for thousands of years, when someone spots something. They were off the coast of Antikythera, another Greek island that has been inhabited since the 4th or 5th millennia BCE, which had been a base for Cilician pirates from the 4th to 1st centuries BCE and at the time the southern most point in Greece. They dove down and after hearing stories from the previous archaeological expedition, knew they were on to something. Something old. They brought back a few smaller artifacts like a bronze arm - as proof of their find, noting the seabed was littered with statues that looked like corpses.  They recorded the location and returned home. They went to the Greek government in Athens, thinking they might get a reward for the find, where Professor Ikonomu took them to meet with the Minister of Education, Spyriodon, Stais. He offered to have his divers bring up the treasure in exchange for pay equal to the value of the plunder and the Greek government sent a ship to help winch up the treasures.  They brought up bronze and marble statues, and pottery. When they realized the haul was bigger than they thought, the navy sent a second ship. They used diving suits, just as those were emerging technology. One diver died. The ship turned out to be over 50 meters and the wreckage strewn across 300 meters.  The shipwreck happened somewhere between 80 and 50 BCE. It was carrying cargo from Asia Minor probably to Rome, sank not by pirates, which had just recently been cleared from the area but likely crashed during a storm. There are older shipwrecks, such as the Dokos from around 2200 BCE and just 60 miles east of Sparta, but few have given up as precious of cargo. We still don't know how the ship came to be where it was but there is speculation that it was sailing from Rhodes to Rome, for a parade marking victories of Julius Caesar. Everything brought up went on to live at the National Museum of Archaeology in Athens. There were fascinating treasures to be cataloged and so it isn't surprising that between the bronze statues, the huge marble statues of horses, glassware, and other Greek treasures that a small corroded bronze lump in a wooden box would go unloved. That is, until archaeologist Valerios Stais noticed a gear wheel in it.  He thought it must belong to an ancient clock, but that was far too complex for the Greeks. Or was it? It is well documented that Archimedes had been developing the use of gearwheels. And Hero of Alexandria had supposedly developed a number of great mechanical devices while at the Library of Alexandria.  Kalymnos was taken by Italians in the Italo-Turkish War in 1912. World War I came and went. After the war, the Ottoman Empire fell and with Turkish nationalists taking control, they went to war with Greece. The Ottoman Turks killed between 750,000 and 900,000 Greeks. The Second Hellenic Republic came and went. World War II came and went. And Kylamnos was finally returned to Greece from Italy. With so much unrest, archeology wasn't on nearly as many minds.  But after the end of World War II, a British historian of science who was teaching at Yale at the time, took interest in the device. His name was Derek de Solla Price. In her book, Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant takes us through a hundred year journey where scientists and archaeologists use the most modern technology available to them at the time to document the device and publish theories as to what it could have been used for. This began with drawings and moved into X-ray technology becoming better and more precise with each generation. And this mirrors other sciences. We make observations, or theories, as to the nature of the universe only to be proven right or wrong when the technology of the next generation uncovers more clues. It's a great book and a great look at the history of archaeology available in different stages of the 19th century.  She tells of times before World War II, when John Svoronos and Adolf Wilhelm uncovered the first inscriptions and when Pericles Redials was certain the device was a navigational instrument used to sail the ship. She tells of Theophanidis publishing a theory it might be driven by a water clock in 1934. She weaves in Jeaques Cousteau and Maria Savvatianou and Gladys Weinberg and Peter Throckmorton and Price and Wang Ling and Arthur C. Clarke and nuclear physicist Charalambos Karakolos and Judith Field and Michael Wright and Allan Bromley and Alan Crawley and Mike Edmunds and Tony Freeth and Nastulus, a tenth century astronomer in Baghdad. Reverse engineering the 37 gears took a long time. I mean, figuring up the number of teeth per gear, how they intersected, what drove them, and then trying to figure out why this prime number or what calendar cycle this other thing might have represented. Because the orbit isn't exactly perfect and the earth is tilted and all kinds of stuff. Each person unraveled their own piece and it's a fantastic journey through history and discovery.  So read the book and we'll skip to what exactly the Antikypthera Device was. Some thought it an astrolabe, which had begun use around 200 BCE - and which measured the altitude of the sun or stars to help sailors navigate the seas. Not quite. Some theorized it was a clock, but not the kind we use to tell time today. More to measure aspects of the celestial bodies than minutes.  After generations of scientists studied it, most of the secrets of the device are now known. We know it was an orrery - a mechanical model of the solar system. It was an analog computer, driven by a crank, and predicted the positions of various celestial bodies and when eclipses would occur many, many decades in advance - and on a 19 year cycle that was borrowed from cultures far older than the Greeks. The device would have had some kind of indicator, like gems or glass orbs that moved around representing the movements of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus. It showed the movements of the sun and moon, representing the 365 days of the year as a solar calendar and the 19-year lunar cycle inherited from the Babylonians - and those were plotted relative to the zodiac, or 12 constellations. It forecast eclipses and the color of each eclipse. And phases of the moon. Oh and for good measure it also tracked when the Olympic Games were held.  About that one more thing with calculating the Olympiad - One aspect of the device that I love, and most clockwork devices in fact, is the analogy that can be made to a modern micro service architecture in software design. Think of a wheel in clockwork. Then think of each wheel being a small service or class of code. That triggers the next and so-on. The difference being any service could call any other and wouldn't need a shaft or the teeth of only one other wheel to interact - or even differential gearing.  Reading the story of decoding the device, it almost feels like trying to decode someone else's code across all those services.  I happen to believe that most of the stories of gods are true. Just exaggerated a bit. There probably was a person named Odin with a son named Thor or a battle of the Ten Kings in India. I don't believe any of them were supernatural but that over time their legends grew. Those legends often start to include that which the science of a period cannot explain. The more that science explains, the less of those legends, or gods, that we need. And here's the thing. I don't think something like this just appears out of nowhere. It's not the kind of thing a lone actor builds in a workshop in Rhodes. It's the kind of device that evolves over time. One great crafter adds another idea and another philosopher influences another. There could have been a dozen or two dozen that evolved over time, the others lost to history. Maybe melted down to forge bronze weapons, hiding in a private collection, or sitting in a shipwreck or temple elsewhere, waiting to be discovered.  The Greek philosopher Thales was said to have built a golden orb. Hipparchus of Rhodes was a great astronomer. The Antikythera device was likely built between 200 and 100 BC, when he would have been alive. Was he consulted on during the creation, or involved? Between Thales and Hipparchus, we got Archimedes, Euclid, Pythagoras, Aristotle, Philo, Ctesibius, and so many others. Their books would be in the Library of Alexandria for anyone to read. You could learn of the increasingly complicated Ctesibius water clocks along with their alarms or the geometry of Euclid or the inventions of Philo. Or you could read about how Archimedes continued that work and added a chime.  We can assign the device to any of them - or its' heritage. And we can assume that as with legends of the gods, it was an evolution of science, mathematics, and engineering. And that the science and technology wasn't lost, as has been argued, but instead moved around as great thinkers moved around. Just as the water clock had been in use since nearly 4000 BCE in modern day India and China and become increasingly complicated over time until the Greeks called them clepsydra and anaphoric clocks. Yet replacing water with gears wasn't considered for awhile. Just as it took Boolean algebra and flip-flop circuits to bring us into the age of binary and then digital computing.  The power of these analog computers could have allowed for simple mathematic devices, like deriving angles or fractions when building. But given that people gotta' eat and ancient calculation devices and maps of the heavens helped guide when to plant crops, that was first in the maslovian hierarchy of technological determinism.  So until our next episode consider this: what technology is lying dormant at the bottom of the sea in your closet. Buried under silt but waiting to be dug up by intrepid divers and put into use again, in a new form. What is the next generation of technical innovation for each of the specialties you see? Maybe it helps people plant crops more effectively, this time using digital imagery to plot where to place a seed. Or maybe it's to help people zero in on information that matters or open trouble tickets more effectively or share their discoveries or claim them or who knows - but I look forward to finding out what you come up with and hopefully some day telling the origin story of that innovation!

Robin chats with journalist and author Jo Marchant, author of the new book The Human Cosmos. They talk about our changing relationship with the night sky as light pollution and such things change what we see when we look up. And they wander through cave paintings, lunar cycles and how science can give us a different perspective of being human. To hear an extended version of this interview, subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Robin chats with journalist and author Jo Marchant, author of the new book The Human Cosmos. They talk about our changing relationship with the night sky as light pollution and such things change what we see when we look up. And they wander through cave paintings, lunar cycles and how science can give us a different perspective of being human. To hear an extended version of this interview, subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/bookshambles

Dr Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and Nature, and her articles have appeared in the Guardian, Wired, Observer, New York Times and Washington Post. She is the author of Decoding the Heavens, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, and Cure, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. Her latest book is The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of The Stars. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jo Marchant, author of "The Human Cosmos," talks about the growing disconnect between humanity and the heavens - and how to fix it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-science/support

Jo Marchant and Helen Czerski take us on a journey through humanity’s relationship with the heavens. The stars have shaped who we are - our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. And that disconnect comes at a cost. To find out more about Jo Marchant’s book, The Human Cosmos, click here: http://bit.ly/humancosmos--------------------------Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month.Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith.For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The idea that the lunar cycle can influence our behaviour and wellbeing dates back thousands of years. In her new book, The Human Cosmos, science writer Jo Marchant re-examines the effects that the moon may be having on us.

The idea that the lunar cycle can influence our behaviour and wellbeing dates back thousands of years. In her new book, The Human Cosmos, science writer Jo Marchant re-examines the effects that the moon may be having on us.

If we’re not going to make the effort to cut carbon emissions, why don’t we manipulate Earth’s climate, forcing it to cool down? Obviously that’s not ideal - but geoengineering, one the most controversial proposals to combat climate change, is back in the spotlight this week.In the pod are New Scientist journalists Rowan Hooper, Valerie Jamieson and Cat de Lange. They’re joined by best-selling author and former New Scientist editor Jo Marchant. Silicon Valley billionaires have been linked with a new method for geoengineering the planet, which would aim to reverse ocean acidity and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But do we really want unilateral decisions being made on issues that affect the entire planet?The team also discusses the power of the moon - you might think its impact on our health is purely the stuff of folklore, but it turns out it may genuinely affect our physiology. Also on the agenda is Elon Musk’s demonstration of Neuralink, a brain-computer interface recently tested in pigs. The team also explains how to travel through a wormhole without dying, and offers the latest updates on coronavirus, as children around the world go back to school.To find out more, subscribe at newscientist.com/podcasts.

Science journalist David Robson, author of the brilliant The Intelligence Trap - Why smart people make dumb mistakes, takes us on a wild ride through the stupid things smart people do, and why. We explore: * Why real life human vampires are more deserving of compassion than scorn * How the ancient study of wisdom (and how to live our best life) is having a resurgence and renewal through the lens of Evidence Based Wisdom * How intellectual intelligence is different to rationality intelligence, and how this can be measured * The frightening condition of DYSRATIONALIA - when smart people think and do dumb things * How mindfulness is a step towards diminishing this trap * Why we need to get analytical about intuition * The importance of developing an emotional compass - this includes emotional awareness, differentiation, and regulation of emotions * How Brexit is the perfect example of motivated reasoning by smart people that drives greater polarisation * Benjamin Franklin’s moral algebra and its ability to immunise a little bit against motivated reasoning * How finding common ground and assessing the quality of the evidence in someone’s argument is the best method to avoid being polarising * If you are susceptible to “Pseudo-Profound Bullshit” (statements that sound profound but are really vacuous), you might need to take the cognitive reflection test * Emotional intelligence can be a bridge between intelligence and avoiding some major biases * Key tips to help avoiding the intelligence traps: curiosity, humility, considering the opposite viewpoint through the lens of evidence * Maintain a child-like curiosity, wonder and awe at the world. *** Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/davidrobson Books recommended by David: Cure - A journey into the science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant - https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Journey-into-Science-Mind/dp/0385348177 Possessed - Why we want more than we need by Bruce Hood - https://www.amazon.com.au/Possessed-Want-More-Than-Need-ebook/dp/B07R8FHTGX/ About David Robson: David is a senior journalist at BBC Feature. He writes in-depth features on medicine, psychology and neuroscience for the Atlantic, New Scientist, Mosaic, Aeon, and the Guardian. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, published by Hodder and Stoughton (UK)/ WW Norton (USA & Canada) in 2019. A popular science book in the style of Malcolm Gladwell and Charles Duhigg, The Intelligence Trap explores cutting-edge psychological research on intelligence and decision making, to explain why even highly educated people are prone to error - and the ways they can protect themselves from those mistakes. Translation rights have been sold in 12 languages. He has interviewed everyone from real-life vampires to the hyper-polyglots who have mastered more than 30 languages, and the scientists hunting for the elixir of life – in whale blubber. David’s website - http://www.davidrobson.me TWITTER: @d_a_robson *** About your host, Zoë Routh: Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical. Zoë is the author of three books: 'Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact', 'Moments - Leadership when it matters most' and 'Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates." Zoë is also the producer of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast. www.zoerouth.com

Nobuaki Nagashima has Werner syndrome, which causes his body to age at super speed. This condition is teaching us more about what controls our genes, and could eventually help us find a way to slow ageing – or stop it altogether. Written by Erika Hayasaki. Read by Rebecca McIntosh. Produced by Graihagh Jackson. Read the story at mosaicscience.com If you liked this story, we recommend Can meditation really slow ageing? by Jo Marchant, also available as a podcast. 

  Today's guest is Jodi Ettenberg. Jodi has an amazing story.  I met her about five years ago at a conference for location and dependent entrepreneurs in Bangkok, Thailand. Everything that she has done up to that point and since has been very, very impressive. I'm excited to have her on the show.  She left behind a profitable, lucrative career in law to take a one year sabbatical that transformed into an accidental business that would change the course of her life forever. We're going to hear all about that today. I also have a really deep admiration for Jodi, that she spent the last 10 years traveling the world, exploring new foods, and putting together incredible content based on it. She's recently run into some health challenges and had a very critical operation go wrong about a year ago. She hints at this story a little bit in the interview, and I'm going to include some links where you can learn more about her story and what she's been going through.     What You Will Learn On This Episode The Appropriate Times to Monetize  The Journey of a Legal Nomad The Art of Facing Your Fears Accidental entrepreneurship: Finding Your Calling   Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode Legal Nomads The Legal Nomads Shop  Instagram Facebook Twitter Cure by Jo Marchant Spinal Tap Story Celiac Cards Shop Food Maps   Transcription Kyle Gray: Hello, and welcome to The Story Engine podcast. My name is Kyle Gray, and today on the show, we have Jodi Ettenberg. Jodi has an amazing story. I met her about five years ago at a conference for location and dependent entrepreneurs in Bangkok, Thailand, and everything that she had done up to that point and has done since then has been very, very impressive, so I'm excited to have her on the show. She left behind a profitable, lucrative career in law to take a one year sabbatical that transformed into an accidental business that would change the course of her life forever. We're going to hear all about that today.   Kyle Gray: I also have a really deep admiration for Jodi, that she spent the last 10 years traveling the world, exploring new foods, and putting together incredible content based on it. She's recently run into some health challenges and had a very critical operation go wrong about a year ago. She hints at this story a little bit in the interview, and I'm going to include some links where you can learn more about her story and what she's been going through. But I just have so much admiration for the strength and courage that has brought her to this point. So without any further ado, let's hand it over to Jodi.   Kyle Gray: Jodi Ettenberg, thank you so much for joining me on The Story Engine podcast today. I am so excited, because I've known you and admire what you have been building and creating for a long time, so it's really exciting to get a chance to chat with you today.   Jodi Ettenberg: Thank you. It's my pleasure to be here.   Kyle Gray: So Jodi, I want to introduce you properly to the audience, and the way I love to do that is by asking you this question. Can you tell me about a time or a moment in your life that's defined who you are and how you're making an impact in the world today?   Jodi Ettenberg: Oh, that is a very good question. I think the most important point for the trajectory I've taken was probably when I gave notice at my law firm and quit my job to take what I thought would be a one year sabbatical and travel around the world. I remember shaking I was so nervous to give notice, thinking that this was sort of this wide open nothingness before me, and I had no idea what would happen next. But in all of the options I thought of, staying and traveling and building a different career outside the law was never even on my radar. And so I definitely think that's one of the big points in my life that changed everything going forward.   Kyle Gray: And tell us what happened. So you mentioned you thought this was a one year sabbatical. What were you doing? What were you up to, and how did it become not that?   Jodi Ettenberg: Right. So I went to law school in Canada, and I applied when I was actually 18. And I got in, and so I started law school quite young. And I never really wanted to be a lawyer. People I see in my family really wanted me to be one, or there was some sort of other influence. But the reality is, they thought I was nuts for going to law school really young. And Quebec has a system where they take some people straight out of CEGEP, which is grades 12 and 13, and put them in with everyone else who, like in the States, has done a three year or an undergraduate degree or master's or whatever, and then applies to law school. So I was very, very young. I remember my first day of school someone telling me to go back to high school where I belonged, which did not start things off on the right foot. And they also told me never apply for a job in New York because you'll never get one.   Jodi Ettenberg: And to me, I figured going to law school would be a great education. It was at McGill University in Montreal. It's a wonderful school, and it would teach me how to think in a different way that must be useful I thought. Tuition in Canada, much lower than in the States, so I could afford to make this kind of obnoxious decision to go on a bet. And when I got a job offer at a firm in New York, I figured I would work for a few years and then take a sabbatical to do something I always wanted to do, which was to visit Siberia. And that was sort of percolating in the background for many, many years after seeing a documentary about the Trans-Siberian trains when I was younger. And over the years, as I was working, it sort of grew into, "Well maybe it's not just Siberia. What if it's a round the world trip?"   Jodi Ettenberg: At the time, there were very few travel bloggers. I didn't know what that was. There was just a site that I followed, it was three women who quit their jobs in New York to do a round the world trip. And I decided this would be something that I also wanted to do and I basically saved up money while everyone else thought about more, I would say, adult things to do. Buying a house, settling down. I was excited to put money aside for this big trip that I was slowly putting together.   Kyle Gray: And so this trip became the foundation for your blog, Legal Nomads.   Jodi Ettenberg: My accidental, yes, my accidental entrepreneurship is what I used to say.   Kyle Gray: Really?   Jodi Ettenberg: Yes. My blog, Legal Nomads, was not started with anything other than a place to share stories for my friends and family and my former clients. The S in Legal Nomads was another lawyer. So I worked in New York for about five and a half years as a corporate lawyer, and I met, on one of the last deals I worked on, this opposing counsel, and she and I ended up grabbing dinner with someone else on the deal team and we talked about travel. And I said, "You know, I'm really thinking of a longer trip," and she was too. And so we actually started out together, and the S was her in Legal Nomads. So it was two lawyers. Our original slogan was, "Two lawyers, one world," which was a terrible, "Two girls, one cup," joke. And we basically just figured we'd share what was going on for the people that loved us and thought we were nuts for leaving the law and doing something quite extreme.   Kyle Gray: So when you created this, you were out on your journey, and you're accidentally falling into entrepreneurship. Was it a one year sabbatical at first, and you were like, "This is what this looks like," and at what point did it become something else?   Jodi Ettenberg: So she did what we both planned to do, which was to take one year and then go back to the law. She works in-house. She had several jobs after. It's been now quite a few years. I left in 2008. And she actually said she was not surprised that I never went back. I was, but she said she saw it coming. Essentially, I started out on Blogspot. I traveled with no smartphone. Well, I had my Blackberry still for the first year. Once a lawyer, you have your Blackberry with you at all times. And I would just stop at internet cafes with her and we would write updates, and we had different posts. We'd alternate.   Jodi Ettenberg: We split up because I got quite sick and I had to take some time to recover. And she kept going on the plan that we had sort of put together on an open track ticket. And I got to Asia and through the trains, through my beloved Siberia trip, and went through Siberia and into Mongolia and then came into China through Erlian and I just figured out that I wanted to stay as much as I could in Asia. And at the same time, I realized I had very much over budgeted for this trip. I had never really spent the time traveling in developing countries. I didn't eat street food much before. I wasn't in countries that had too much of it. And I also truly had no access to the kind of budgets and spreadsheets that are really readily available on the internet today. It was much less of it at that point.   Jodi Ettenberg: So we sort of made this rough budget based on this average of daily spend, and when I got to Asia and southeast Asia, I realized I was very much over budget and I could continue for longer than I realized. And as I kept doing that, what happened is I started writing on the site. Jess went back to the job. She wanted to continue as a lawyer. I kept writing, and with her blessing, took over the site, although I kept the S. I probably should have changed to the Legal Nomad at that point. And what happened is I was living in Bangkok for some time and was offered to write for CNN Travel, which was then CNNGo, to start doing some freelance work for them based on some pieces I wrote on my blog about Myanmar. And it was probably the first time I really thought, "Wait a minute. I can get paid to do the work that I'm already really enjoying doing," that wasn't work, right? It was just me sharing because I really enjoyed it.   Jodi Ettenberg: And at that point, the blog had been voted best new travel blog for what was very few travel blogs out there at the time. And so it was kind of gathering its own readership. And from that point, I basically moved onto WordPress and started treating it more like a business. I actually picked up a laptop, for example, which I didn't have before. I got one I remember in Kuala Lumpur going to the electronic supplies and being like, "I should get a laptop because I'm going to actually think of this differently now." So it really was serendipitous, it was organic, it was I think very lovely. I look back on it thinking I was pretty naïve about it, but in that it never occurred to me to think of this as a springboard for something board. But I loved so much the act of writing. I enjoyed storytelling. I just was enthralled with this idea that through communicating different aspects of these countries, people could think differently about them and the fact that it wasn't just my mom reading any more was a shock to me.   Kyle Gray: When you started getting some of that first feedback from your audience or listeners and readers, how did you start to define, "Okay, this is really my voice and this is the message," or, "I'm a great writer and so I'm going to really focus here." How did you find the style within that really started to connect with people?   Jodi Ettenberg: It's a great question. I don't think I ever felt like I was a great writer. I think as a writer, it's always important to keep learning and honing your craft as much as you can. Most of the writers I know have some sort of imposter syndrome going on. I mean, not from that perspective, but I did feel really great about this idea that there was maybe something here that could be an act of creativity. When people asked why I quit my job as a lawyer, I would say that the kind of private practice I was in, I didn't like what it did for my brain. You're being paid to catastrophize. You're being paid to mitigate catastrophe ahead of time. And now knowing what we know about the science of story, about the brain and neural pathways, that's really encoding some negativity in there. And being paid to do it didn't make that any healthier for your brain.   Jodi Ettenberg: So from my perspective, to have this real joy about what I was doing was exciting enough that I never had the kind of sit down and write out a goal in terms of my messaging. It was, "Whatever I do, I'm going to maintain the integrity that I feel is important as a reader." And that was probably the most important constant throughout the years as my writing has changed, as my destinations have changed, and my story has kept going as we all do by living. It really, the aspect of integrity and respect for whatever readers, be them two readers or 20 or 2,000 or whatever, 20,000, it was a matter of, "I'm not going to take sponsored text links. I'm not going to take advertising on my site. I'm going to use the blog as almost a CV for what I love, and look to other ways to make money."   Jodi Ettenberg: I think the most important thing for me from the get-go was if I ever built out a community, which thankfully and amazingly to me I did, which at this point is bigger and more wonderful and more so than I ever anticipated. I never wanted to offer them something for sale first that wasn't from me. And so the first thing I really sold to my audience was my own book, and that was important to me from the very beginning, possibly because I spent quite a few years working in advertising law. So I was just like, "I'm out." Maybe that's where it came from. But I really wanted to start with what I felt was important at a time where the few travel blogs out there were very much taking sponsored text links that really were not contextually accurate with the content they were putting out-   Jodi Ettenberg: And so it stood out.   Kyle Gray: That's a real challenge to be able to hold to your values, to be able to be so clear on what it is that you're doing, that some of these things like, yeah, sponsored links, or yeah, lots of other different products or different ways to try and sell things or monetize your content.   Jodi Ettenberg: And there's nothing wrong with monetizing content, right? I mean, your podcast is speaking to that audience in part. What's wrong, what I saw was wrong as the travel blogging industry evolved was that people were, I felt, monetizing content in ways that weren't really authentic or it wasn't organic to the content. And I preferred, if I had the privilege of having an audience to really be judicious about how I sold things. I was accused for sure at the beginning of being sort of snobby about it, but the way I saw it, I worked really hard as a lawyer to save up money and build this site that sort of was becoming a new business, and I wanted to be cautious, because there was no undoing a lack of caution on that front.   Kyle Gray: That's true, and I think it's very tempting to monetize too quickly or to attempt to do that too soon or like you were saying, in a way that's inauthentic. And things like with this podcast, for example, one of the most common questions I get is, "How are you monetizing it?" How are you monetizing your blog? And really, I see this as a platform to have great conversations with people and to connect with people like you. And there's certainly monetization pathways, but it's more of a creative outlet. And I see your work primarily coming from that. But as you were resisting these temptations Were you still able to kind of continue with your savings that you had? Or you mentioned you had put together a book. When did this blog become a business for you in its most authentic way?   Jodi Ettenberg: I would say probably around 2010, 2011. The book was published in 2012 I believe. I definitely looked through the industry and like you said, there are various different ways to sort of leverage the audience you have to be involved in the work you do, and it doesn't necessarily require a direct sell. I had put aside a certain amount for my trip, and I was committed to spending it in a way that I continue to do with my travels. And I said, "If I get to the end of that amount and the business hasn't turned into something sustainable, then I will go back." That was sort of the deal I made with myself. And the initial work that I got was through freelance writing, starting with CNN. I worked as well as a travel ambassador for a company. I had one ambassadorship, and it was a Canadian company that I would send, recommend to friends and family before they approached me, and it was a really good fit. And so I would do trips with them occasionally.   Jodi Ettenberg: But for the most part, the book and then public speaking and moving through different ways that I could fix pain points in my community became the way the business moved. So I would say 2011 was when I started doing public speaking. That was at the first World Domination Summit. And it was the first time I actually ever spoke in public to an audience like that.    Kyle Gray: That's a pretty big stage   Jodi Ettenberg: Oh yes, it was   Kyle Gray: Your first time speaking.   Jodi Ettenberg: Here's the fun part. Chris Guillebeau didn't ask me to be a keynote speaker. He asked if I could help with his conference, and I actually said this when I did the talk on stage because I was shaking like a leaf, my first public speaking endeavor, and I said, "Of course Chris, whatever you need. I'm happy to help." And he put me up as one of the keynotes. And it wasn't until other people were emailing me being like, "Jodi, why didn't you tell me about this?" And I was like, "What are you talking about?" And he like, "Well, you know, people are excited now, so are you going to back out?" And I was like, "No."   Kyle Gray: What a sneaker, Chris Guillebeau.   Jodi Ettenberg: So it was a sneaky move, I know. Beautiful move though, and frankly, that also really changed my life because as sick as I felt to my stomach, I threw up before I got on stage to give you an indication. I won most easily embarrassed in high school, so talking in front of 500 people, which was the first speech I did, was just not really in my wheelhouse. But I did basically use it as an opportunity to face something I was afraid of, which many of us are, which is public speaking, and I vowed to take any gigs that came my way in the coming year to try and get over this crippling fear. And I spoke I think at 12 different times in the next year and a half. I pretty much threw up for all of them, but that sort of ended the throwing up.    Kyle Gray: Not bad, alright.   Jodi Ettenberg: Got used to, yeah, so. Trial by fire. But I saw speaking as simply another extension of what I did with writing, which is, how can you affect change in the minds of the people that you're interacting with, and doing it in a true voice, be it podcasts or talking. It really is a different mechanism, and it's a wonderful way to affect change. And so it was important to me. I don't think of myself as just a writer, right? I just try and communicate, and that includes all of the media that that's available, and that includes speaking. So it was a tough year Kyle, but I'm excited that I was able to give it a shot.   Kyle Gray: I can imagine. And it's one of the most valuable and powerful and I think authentic ways to connect with people and to really get your message across.    Jodi Ettenberg: Yeah, I agree.   Kyle Gray: In front of people is worth hundreds of blog posts in some cases.   Jodi Ettenberg: Yeah, I would agree with that, very much so. And throughout the years, I started doing more keynotes. I started moving into talking about storytelling and how it affects the brain and speaking to groups of educators. It really has been a wonderful way to share messaging in a way I, again, I never anticipated, right? I didn't do litigation. I'm not going to court. That wasn't the kind of lawyer I was because I was terrified of speaking in front of people, so. I'm grateful for what it has helped me evolve as a person as well and not only get this messaging across, but from a very personal level, I'm very grateful for it.   Kyle Gray: So one of the things that's really powerful that you're exemplifying with this story is actually the power of kind of storytelling and your own identity and who you are and how that impacts your brain and the possibilities you see, the opportunities you see. Can you share with me, alongside this going from very timid to keynote speaker, what are some of the other transformations in your story and your perspective and your identity that you underwent, had to undergo, as a result of growing Legal Nomads and accidentally becoming an entrepreneur?   Jodi Ettenberg: I think that it's really remarkable, right, how business can affect change through story, and that's part of why you do what you do. From a personal level, the biggest changes were probably this pathological compulsion to face the things I was afraid of, not just the public speaking. But I almost drowned as a kid, and so sailing in open water was something that terrified me. And so I took a multi-day sailing course in New Zealand, and I wrote about fear and neurobiology of fear and how our nervous system takes over when we do things that we're phobic of. I tried to use the personal evolution as something to write about that people could feel understood by perhaps, hopefully, right? If their comments are any indication, then yes.   Jodi Ettenberg: And for me and the journey that I've taken, I don't think I ever would have thought of myself as brave or fearless growing up. I was quite shy, and I look back on the last 15 years and the choices I've made, and I think I am the same person I was, but I definitely feel prouder of how I've confronted the things that I'm afraid of. And it's hard to do that for anyone in life, right? It's not easy. When I quit my job to travel, it wasn't easy. And I remember laying in bed in New York thinking, "What, am I just insane? What if I arrive somewhere and I don't have anywhere to stay, or don't speak the language?" All the normal fears that everyone has. But like anything, by slowly confronting in a compassionate way, I think I've evolved as a person the way we all do as we get older. But I look back on the trajectory, and I'm sort of astounded that I was able to do it based on how shy I felt growing up.   Kyle Gray: That's really, really cool. You've mentioned a couple of times your study of the brain and storytelling and how they interact, and I would love to know some of the most interesting or useful things you've learned in your studies, or maybe something that with your clients or your community that you've mentioned that is some of the most useful for that.   Jodi Ettenberg: I think there are wonderful studies that really go into using FMRI machines, how our brains can be tricked by really good stories into actually thinking we're going through actions that we're not taking. We're just reading about them. A good, good narrative has the ability to put our entire brains to work and really pushes the confines of what we know is possible in how we interact with things, taking, inspired, let's say, by Humans of New York. A lot of us have followed his amazing feed and allowing storytelling to affect change, storytelling to bridge gaps between understanding of where we are and where others are. How I've used that in my work is less important than how it's just asking people to do the same.   Jodi Ettenberg: A 10 list can just be us explaining to them, or it can be this illumination of what we take as this universal truth, that we're all more connected than we realize. And in the context of travel, which was the world I really was in, that travel can change lives by doing that, by showing that connectedness from disparate points in the world in ways that we never really thought possible.   Kyle Gray: That's beautiful. I believe we met in Bangkok.   Jodi Ettenberg: Mm-hmm (affirmative), yeah.   Kyle Gray: At a conference there. But I agree with you on that. I'm just really feeling your statement there, because yeah, traveling to me, yeah, definitely brought forward and showed me just yeah, that humanity everywhere.   Jodi Ettenberg: Yeah   Kyle Gray: And within everyone.   Jodi Ettenberg: A lot of the keynotes I gave were to travel writers and photographers, and I would try and speak to encourage them to include a concerted effort that of narratives elements that were important to build sort of a remarkable business that was sustainable online. So on the one hand, that's the stories that affect change and create this kind of emotional response in readers and in your community and allows your readers to reframe the way that they see the world. And in another, much like I'm sure you've discussed on this podcast and in general, it includes the narrative loops in your own life, in your own business, that your community can seize upon and sort of amplify and encourage that helps you stand apart.   Jodi Ettenberg: My readers all know that I hate olives because I hate olives, but also because there was this ongoing problem where everyone kept trying to feed me olives and find the one olive that I would love. It's something innocuous and small, but I get tagged in hundreds of olive photos over the years. When anyone sees a group of olives, I don't think there's an official, like a murder of crows. But someone sees olives in a supermarket or on their travels, something so small, right? But people associated it with me.   Jodi Ettenberg: Same with the soup. I've written and talked a lot about soup as a gateway to understanding food and culture. People sent me photos of their soup over the years and their recipes.  Not everything needs to be leveraged into a monetization opportunity. There is and there may be, or down the pipe, a way that those things can turn into something more. But even just have that foundation of connection with the community. I was gleeful at the amount of interaction, and I didn't set breadcrumbs necessarily on purpose at the beginning, but when I saw just how interactive things became, it really formulated part of how I continued to write, because it was that beautiful exchange. It wasn't just a megaphone. There was a back and forth, and part of that included the parts of my story that they, my community felt they could seize and amplify themselves.   Kyle Gray: See, that's funny, and I think a lot of the things that I try and bring out of the people I work with is, just those funny little quirks. It's hard to stand out, to be whatever you're doing. I'm the best coach or service or expert out there on anything. Because I will happily join you on the no olives, please train.   Jodi Ettenberg: Sweet.   Kyle Gray: Or, yeah.   Jodi Ettenberg: Wonderful.   Kyle Gray: I'm with you on that. But those are the little things, those are the little details that help connect us. And finding those and sharing those and creating that deeper, funnier, more personal connection with people is really I think the magic and the-   Jodi Ettenberg: Yeah, for sure.   Kyle Gray: That we all are really going for and yeah, trying to create. Another key element that I see along with transforming your story, which can be an uncomfortable and uncertain process, is on the path, a lot of us have to make investments of one kind or another, maybe time, maybe energy, sometimes money, that at the time when we set out to do it, it's scary. You feel like a sink in your stomach and then you have to go. You make the move. But it turns out to be a really good investment for you, for your growth, for your business. Do you have any examples of that in your own path?   Jodi Ettenberg: Sure. I think way back when, when I was still on Blogspot, moving to WordPress and then hiring someone to help build a site. I didn't even really know what WordPress was at the time. That was a big investment back at a time where I had no real business yet, right? It was just my Jodi eats the world narrative. And that sort of felt like it could be a huge waste of my time and energy and money. But I wanted to give a fair shot to what I was excited to build. I think it's the same for big infrastructure builds.   Jodi Ettenberg: I have a Shopify store for maps of food that I had drawn. I didn't personally draw, I designed them and drew them so terribly that when the artist I did hire said, "I can see why you hired me to actually ink them." She's lovely, she was just like, "I get it." And so building a Shopify store for me was a big investment, not knowing if there was as much of a market as I had hoped for the products that I was building, that they were unique. They were one-of-a-kind, and I felt passionate about it.   Jodi Ettenberg: And then I think as a writer as well, investing in the craft is very important, and good writing workshops don't come cheaply. But they're very important, because that is the tool, right, the big tool that I've used the most, writing, and speaking. And it's a really invaluable amount of instruction. So I think the investments come at a time where you've hit your kind of leverage point. You're like, "I can't do this myself. I need an expert, and I am going to pay for that expert." And those are the big investments, regardless of what part of your business that looks like.   Kyle Gray: Absolutely. And yeah, the writing workshops inspires me. I haven't invested in a workshop around that skill recently, but I can see a lot of value in continuously developing and honing and maybe even developing parallel kind of skills of the craft. I've started practicing writing a little bit of fiction, just as a challenge, or just as something a little bit different to inspire different creative parts of my mind, and hopefully improve new areas of business.   Jodi Ettenberg: Yeah, I think that's great, the creative spark that comes from that, right, when you're really indulging in a part of your brain that you're not usually activating. You don't really know what emerges, and oftentimes it's something really wonderful that comes back later and connects beautifully to something you've already put together, or just a new project that emerges out of that instruction. I'm very suspicious of writers who say, "I don't need to learn more," because I think we're always learning. That to me was the best part of what I did when people say, "What are you doing?" And I was like, "I'm being paid to learn as much as I can every single day," and how insanely beautiful is that? And how wonderful of an existence is that, that I have the privilege of building a business that allows me to suck up information-   Kyle Gray: Absolutely.   Jodi Ettenberg: And then put it out into the world and somehow, it connects with people. It's just, it's been an honor, truly, to have a community, and one that's super engaged. And I know we haven't touched on my current situation, but for those listening, at the moment, I've been on bedrest for quite some time. I had a medical procedure go awry, and sort of stopped my life, my nomad life, in its tracks after 10 years. And my community and how incredible they've been, how supportive they've been, the amount of emails I received where people wrote me when this first happened to explain how my writing changed something for them was just astounding and the sort of feedback we don't often get when we're alive. It's the thing eulogies are made of. And to get sort of this living eulogy, for me, I was thrilled with the business I built. I loved what I did. I was just always looking for ways to fix problems my readers had and make that part of my business.   Jodi Ettenberg: I'm celiac, so I would get sick when I traveled using translation cards that were available. And so I started building my own that were more detailed than what was out there using local food names and going through two rigorous translations, because it was something my readers struggled with, not just me. So to have this kind of digestible feedback from my community saying, "We appreciate what you've done," was just really amazing and humbling.   Kyle Gray: That's beautiful. I have to remark on the excellent word choice of digestible feedback in that specific context. Jodi, it's so inspiring to hear your story and how it's unfolded, and it brings a huge smile to my face to see the community that you've built and that you've created over many years. And yeah, honing yourself, honing your craft, improving, challenging yourself, and see if come forward and continue to support you and as your story develops and unfolds. Thank you so much for joining me. I want to, if you have a closing through to share with us, and then let us know where we can connect with you and learn from you.   Jodi Ettenberg: Sure. I think I'd close by saying, you had asked at the beginning whether I wanted to chat about what was going on now, and I mention it because I think one of the biggest continuous sets of questions I receive is from either lawyers or other professionals seeking to travel and afraid to take that leap. And I always say, "You should figure out what skills you've got, figure out your plan B if this doesn't work out." Not just to blindly jump into the void. But to have then watched my life shift in the way it has where right now, I'm not capable of really working or walking or traveling, I'm so grateful that I did what I did. And life really does change in an instant, but to have built a location independent business as well has been a huge, amazing thing, because my business keeps running, parts of it. A lot of it cannot, but parts of it keep running. The celiac cards keep selling, my food maps keep selling. And I set it up that way based on the kinds of principles that you and I have learned in entrepreneurship.   Jodi Ettenberg: And generally, I think if someone is really wondering whether there's something that can bring them more fulfillment in their work, it's important to sit down and think about, if life changes tomorrow, will you be happy with what you've done? And that's a question that I had to reckon with unfortunately, but I was so grateful that when I looked back at the last 10 years of life and then my legal career before that, I don't have any regrets.   Kyle Gray: That's so beautiful, and it leaves me both inspired to continue to live my best life, but also feel really grateful for my own path and my own journey, and I really appreciate that.   Jodi Ettenberg: Thank you. It's a privilege, right? I acknowledge and want to make that clear, that it is a privilege to be able to make those choices.   Kyle Gray: Absolutely.   Jodi Ettenberg: I didn't have the school debt. If you have the privilege and the ability to make those choices, then that is a question that you absolutely need to be asking yourself.   Kyle Gray: Definitely. So, and Jodi, tell us where we can find you, connect with you, and check out some of these awesome food maps.   Jodi Ettenberg: Sure. So the web site as you said is Legal Nomads, and that's just legalnomads.com. The shop is shop.legalnomads.com, or it's on the home page of my site. And I'm on that same name, Legal Nomads, on Instagram. I use Twitter the most these days, because I'm reading a lot since I'm on bedrest, and Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook of the same name.   Kyle Gray: Any book recommendations since you've been reading a lot?   Jodi Ettenberg: I just read a book called Cure, which is by Jo Marchant, and it's about mind body medicine. She's a scientist from the U.K., goes into how we can manipulate our immune system using conditioning and things like drinking a very strange-tasting liquid while listening to the same song, and then taking a medicine that you're taking to eventually train your immune system in ways that we never thought possible. And so it's sort of fascinating forefront of mind body medicine, and I really enjoyed it.   Kyle Gray: Awesome. Well thank you, and I do want to check that out myself. Jodi, this has been an inspirational, very fun, and just an excellent interview, and I want to thank you again for joining us on The Story Engine podcast today.   Jodi Ettenberg: Thank you so much for having me.   Kyle Gray: Thanks for listening to the Story Engine Podcast. Be sure to check out the show notes and resources mentioned on this episode and every other episode at thestoryengine.co. If you're looking to learn more about how to use storytelling to grow your business, then check out my new book, Selling With Story: How to Use Storytelling to Become an Authority, Boost Sales, and Win the Hearts and Minds of Your Audience. This book will equip you with actionable strategies and templates to help you share your unique value and build trust in presentations, sales, and conversations, both online and offline. Learn more at sellingwithstory.co. Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.

Is there real science in the spiritualism of meditation? Jo Marchant meets a Nobel Prize-winner who thinks so. Written by Jo MarchantRead by Pip MayoProduced by Barry J Gibb For more stories and to read this story, visit mosaicscience.com Subscribe to our podcast:  iTunesitunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosai…id964928211?mt=2 RSSmosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss  If you liked this story, we recommend Mosaicscience – Secrets-of-the-strong-minded by Emma Young, also available as a podcast.

Jo Marchant Science Journalist Science journalist Jo Marchant set out in her book Cure: a journey into the science of mind over body, to find out more about the evidence for how our minds can influence our bodies. She tells us about some of the fascinating experiments that researchers are conducting into phenomena such as the placebo effect. How can we sometimes use the power of our minds to trick our bodies into feeling better, and what does this tell us about how the mind works?

Cyborgismus, Flow-Zustand oder LSD-Microdosing - die Mittel, um das Beste aus sich herauszuholen, werden immer vielfältiger. Wo sind die Grenzen der Selbstoptimierung? Was macht Sinn, was nicht? Antworten liefert der neue GDI-Podcast. Lesen Sie auch unsere Studie «Wellness 2030» zum Thema: gdi.ch/wellness2030 Ein Podcast mit: Stephen Kotler, Jo Marchant, Neil Harbisson, Norbert Bolz, Paul Austin, David Bosshart Sprecherin: Jasmin Kienast 17.05.2018

"By the end of that day the September 11th Fund had been established by two major local charities. Donations poured in. Money first went on immediate aid - hot meals for rescue workers, emergency cheques for victims and their families - and then funds were made available for programmes to help New Yorkers to recover. The damage wasn't only physical, but psychological. Counsellors set up services in local churches, and psychiatrists came from around the country to offer their expertise and their insights. Thoughts turned to the city's children - how would they deal with the stress and trauma?" Can children be made more psychologically ‘resilient’ to traumas like 9/11 – as well as the stress of everyday life? Emma Young meets a former school principal who believes they can. Written by Emma Young, read by Kirsten Irving, produced by Barry J Gibb, edited by Geoff Marsh. For more stories and to read the text original, visit mosaicscience.com Subscribe to our podcast: iTunes itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosai…id964928211?mt=2 RSS mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss Now also available on Spotify.  If you liked this story, we recommend 'Can meditation really slow ageing' by Jo Marchant, also available as a podcast. Read the full story here: https://mosaicscience.com/story/can-meditation-really-slow-ageing/

Have you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after a bike ride, working in the back yard or going to the gym? Salivated at the sight of a sour lemon? Felt turned on by your partner’s voice? If so, says scientific journalist Jo Marchant, you’ve experienced how the workings of the mind can affect your body. In this episode we look at the mind's potential to ease pain, reduce anxiety and even cut the risk of infection, heart disease and other serious medical ailments. Jo discusses how the latest findings in mind-body research: How hypnotherapy, mindfulness techniques, Virtual Reality and social connections can play important roles in healing and prevention. More than one in three Americans have turned to alternative medicine. But do homeopathy, acupuncture and other therapies actually work? What does science say about the use of placebos in medicine? "I believe very strongly in an evidence- based approach that we have to investigate things in a scientific way," Jo tells us in this episode. "On the other... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joanna McGarry (joanna_mcgarry/joanna_mcgarry) joins me to talk about 'adding threads' to her considerable talents. A beauty journalist for over a decade Jo recently made the decision to embark on a full-time degree in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture.  The idea of a 'mid life leap' - making a dramatic shift from a career to a calling - has been around for some time, but in Jo's case she is broadening her knowledge, rather than choosing one over the other. I couldn't wait to sit down with Jo to find out why Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture called to her and how she was going about continuing to contribute to one of the country's most popular magazines as their Beauty Director-at-Large. In my time with Jo we talk in detail about how she came to make the decision, what it's really like to go back to school in your thirties and why timing was an important factor. Somehow, via talk of meditation, we also bond over a love for reality TV, where we sourced our style inspiration as teens without the likes of instagram and twitter and how mindfulness is playing a role in both our lives. links to the podcasts, books, features and documentaries mentioned in the show... Tim Ferriss - 'The Human Guinea Pig' - find his podcast archive here...       the podcast jo was listening to... The Tim Ferriss podcast Jo and I talk about is: Tim Ferriss: The Art and Science of Learning Anything Faster.         Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body on Amazon         The book Jo was reading... Dubbed 'popular science writing at its very best' and on Jo's reading list was: Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body by Jo Marchant. The book/website Jo referred to as an entry-point for meditation and mindfulness is: Mindfulness: Finding Peace in  a Frantic World. Audrie & Daisy: A Netflix Documentary       the documentary jo recommends... The must-see documentary Audrie & Daisy, which is available on Netflix. Jo's library of features and interviews can be found on her Author Page >>     Joanna McGarry - beauty director at large Jo's feature archive can be found on the Stylist website on her Author Page. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Geoff speaks to Jo Marchant about her book on mind over body health; Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body. The FULL interview.

On tonight's programme, Geoff gets the bus, Annabel walks and we're joined by scientist Jo Marchant, in to talk about her new book Cure: A journey into the science of mind over body

The government has announced that tiny pieces of plastic in personal beauty products that end up in the oceans will be banned from sale in the UK. But given their size how much of a problem are minuscule bits of plastic to marine life? Gareth Mitchell meets Professor Richard Thompson of Plymouth University to uncover the marine biology concerns that have led to the micro bead ban. However much we watch animals in the wild we can't really know what they get up to. Rory Wilson, Professor of Zoology at Swansea University, has found a way to eavesdrop on animals that live in remote parts of the world and he's revealed some of his latest discoveries at the British Science Festival in Swansea today. He's developed a logging device that collects a whopping amount of data - 400 items each second. His daily diary collects amongst other measurements, location, magnetic field, temperature, and pressure. Before his talk, Adam Rutherford went along to Rory Wilson's lab and found out which animals he's attached the logger to and discovered their secret life. In the final entry of this year's shortlist for the Royal Society book prize Jo Marchant discusses Cure - which examines how the mind plays a crucial role in health. Our thoughts, emotions and beliefs, it seems, can ease pain, heal wounds, fend off infection and heart disease and even slow the progression of AIDS and some cancers. So what is the potential of the mind to heal - and what are its limits? As many as 530 key infrastructure sites across England are still vulnerable to flooding, according to a government review out today. Southampton University researchers want to understand better how floods happen and how to predict them. Beyond burst river banks and breached defences, they're building up a more detailed picture, house by house, and street by street of what happens when water levels rise. For that they need data, lots of it going back as far as possible. Ivan Haigh at the National Oceanography Centre and his colleagues are pulling all kinds of photos and records together in an interactive multi-purpose online shared database called Surgewatch. Presenter Gareth Mitchell Producer Adrian Washbourne.

What should we be looking for when searching for life on other planets beyond our solar system? Scientists urgently need to come to a consensus on this as a new suite of telescopes soon begins detecting. The space agency NASA has put together a virtual institute called The Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, and they've just met to work out how we should be looking for bio signatures - on the burgeoning catalogue of worlds beyond the Solar System. Adam Rutherford hears from Sarah Rugheimer, an astrobiologist from the University of St Andrews, on why the world's astrobiologists have decided to lay down the law. The Royal Society Insight Investment Book Prize celebrates some of the best science published each year. Today the judges announced their shortlist: The Cure by Jo Marchant; The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee; The Hunt for Vulcan by Thomas Levenson; The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf; The Most Perfect Thing by Tim Birkhead; The Planet Remade by Oliver Morton. We're talking to all the authors over the next 6 weeks before the winner is announced on the 19th of September. The first is Oliver Morton's The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World. Bee hives have evolved to have a complex, fascinating social hierarchy, and although we know about Royal Jelly and pheromones, how exactly does the queen bee control the fertility of the rest of the hive? A team of New Zealand geneticists, Peter Dearden and Elizabeth Duncan, has finally worked it out. This Saturday's evening BBC Prom is set in space. The National Youth Orchestra performs The Planets by Holst, and Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra. But the concert begins with a piece inspired by this year's detection of Gravitational Waves by LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Gravitational Waves composer Iris Ter Schiphorst discusses how she went galactic. Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

Jo Marchant (@JoMarchant) is a science journalist and author -- her new book is Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body. The Cheat Sheet: Understand the power of placebos. Learn how your immune system can be trained. Find out why stress kills and how to beat it. Realize the importance of social relationships and how to boost them. Does believing in God make you live longer? And so much more... Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/jo-marchant-cure-episode-530/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

Why is it that larger pills are more effective than smaller ones at treating illness? How could it be that longer doctor's visits are correlated with faster patient recovery? How much of alternative healing is mind over body or simply mind tricking body? On this week's Yoga Talk Show, we deep dive into the fascinating world of the placebo effect and it's everpresent role in both allopathic and alternative medicine. Please meet, Jo Marchant, an award-winning science journalist and author. With a background in genetics and a PhD in microbiology, Marchant worked as an editor at New Scientist and Nature. She explores topics from the future of genetic engineering to underwater archaeology, and most recently, the idea that our thoughts can have great benefits on our bodies and even prevent us from getting ill on the first place. Marchant is the author of The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy, Decoding the Heavens, and Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body. -------------------------------- What You'll Learn: How the placebo effect is always at place in healing Why sometimes mind over body is stronger than any modern medicine How to think about healing from both a scientific and energetic viewpoint Why your body's healing mechanisms are much more complicated than simple chemistry Nutritional Tip of the Week: Vitamin D deficiency: Do we need to take supplements? Links & References from the Show: Cure: A journey into the science of mind over body Got Questions? Write to us podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor: Corky the Block Corky the Block is an eco-friendly yoga block, made of all natural & sustainable material, engraved with our YOGABODY saying: Practice is Everything. This block was originally developed for the YOGABODY Fitness Studio Group because we needed an all-natural, eco-friendly, and non-slip prop to use in our public classes. Traditional, synthetic blocks are ugly, slip with sweat, and have an unpleasant hand-feel. Hence, Corky the Block was born! Yoga students use Corky the Block in dynamic Vinyasa Yoga practices, deep stretching Gravity Yoga sessions, and in advanced arm balancing and back-bending. A block is an essential yoga prop, and Corky the Block is a beautiful addition to your practice room. Find us on Amazon!

Mind+Body Science (start time: 4:52): If you've ever struggled  to decide whether to see a Western conventional doctor or an  “alternative” medical practitioner for ailments ranging from a compromised immune system to irritable bowel syndrome, you are aware of a deep divide between the two camps. Dr. Jo Marchant, a British geneticist and science writer, has delved into the science and politics of mind-body connections in her new book. It’s called Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body. She discusses this journey with host Susan Moran. (We played snippets from the interview during the recent  pledge-drive show. Thanks to you, listener-members, for your support! And thanks, Crown Publishers, for allowing KGNU to give copies of Cure to those who pledged during the show. Headlines (0:56 - 4:30) 1) Analyzing the molecular signature from our body's microbial communities might be used in the future to link suspects to crimes definitively. 2) New research explores whether molecules behave like predatory animals when it comes to foraging for food. Hosts: Beth Bennett, Susan Moran Producer: Beth Bennett Engineer: Beth Bennett Headline Contributor: Beth Bennett Executive Producer: Joel Parker Listen here to the show:

Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist based in London. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and at Nature and her articles have appeared in publications including The Guardian, Wired, and The Observer Review. She’s the author of Decoding the Heavens, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books, and The Shadow King. Her latest book is Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to Jane McGonigal, a designer of alternate reality games, about her latest innovation SuperBetter. Designed to aid her recovery from a brain injury and subsequent depression, the game reportedly gives people a sense of control over their own health. Harnessing the mind in the fight against chronic illnesses is the subject of Jo Marchant's book, Cure, which looks at the latest research into the science of mind over body. Rational thought and magic went hand in hand in the Renaissance period and the philosopher AC Grayling looks back at the life of John Dee - mathematician, alchemist and the Queen's conjurer. The actor Simon McBurney tests the limits of perception and human consciousness as he recreates what it feels like to be lost in the remote part of the Brazilian rainforest. Producer: Katy Hickman.