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In this episode of HVAC Know It All, host Gary McCreadie speaks with HVACR Educator Don Gillis of Gillis Coach about helping technicians adapt to digital tools and evolving equipment. They cover the shift from analog instruments to Bluetooth-enabled technology, the value of understanding mechanical fundamentals, and how to assess training resources before relying on them. Don draws on experience in field service, service management, manufacturer work, and training to explain why technicians and counter staff need a stronger grasp of refrigeration fundamentals. His perspective connects real-world testing, tool calibration, and ongoing training to the changes technicians face with modern controls, EEVs, and new refrigerants.   Key Takeaways How to combine digital diagnostic tools with an understanding of the mechanical principles behind the readings. Why technicians teaching others need to stay current with the tools and technology used in the field. The importance of learning the refrigeration cycle so counter staff can have more useful technical conversations. How to evaluate online HVAC training by choosing sources that demonstrate sound knowledge and real-world mistakes. Why new components such as EEVs and variable-speed equipment require technicians to move beyond familiar routines. The difference between laboratory testing and field testing when manufacturers introduce new products.   Key Timestamps [00:00] - Sponsor Ad: Factory Direct Filters [00:42] - Introduction to Don Gillis & the Focus of the Episode [02:25] – Don's early adoption of digital tools and Bluetooth technology [06:46] – Why new technicians should train with current digital equipment [08:44] – The decline of refrigeration knowledge at the supply counter [11:50] – How refrigeration technology reaches residential HVAC systems [12:53] – Accepting change and choosing reliable online training sources [16:16] – Laboratory testing, field testing, and product release pressure [19:10] – Closing discussion on scroll-compressor check valves   This Episode is Kindly Sponsored by: Cintas: https://www.cintas.com/hvacknowitall Cool Air Products: https://www.coolairproducts.net/ Factory Direct Filters: https://www.factorydirectfilters.com/ SupplyHouse: https://www.supplyhouse.com/tm Use promo code HKIA5 to get 5% off your first order at Supplyhouse!   Follow the Guest and His Company on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dongilliscom/ Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gillis-coach/ Company Website: https://gilliscoach.com/ Follow the Host on: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-mccreadie-38217a77/ LinkedIn - HVAC Know It All: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hvac-know-it-all-inc Website: https://www.hvacknowitall.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/people/HVAC-Know-It-All-2/61569643061429/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hvacknowitall1/    Follow the Podcast on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HVACKnowItAll Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LCBJGw0EHG03rdWHxUMce Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hvac-know-it-all-podcast/id1359253455 

What farmers need to learn for the bioeconomy: the process behind a four-country study of digital and entrepreneurial skills in agriculture, with Nikos Apostolopoulos. Four countries, four languages, four education systems, and one question: how do you compare them?More than half of the people who work in the European bioeconomy work in agriculture. So what do farmers, agronomists, consultants and policy makers need to learn to be part of that change? A team from Greece, Italy, Portugal and Sweden asked them, using two European Commission frameworks as a common language: DigComp for digital skills and EntreComp for entrepreneurial skills.I talk with Nikolaos (Nikos) Apostolopoulos, Associate Professor in European Policies in Sustainability, Development and Entrepreneurship at the University of the Peloponnese, where he directs the Laboratory of European Sustainable Development Policies. He is one of the authors of the study, published in 2025 in the journal Agriculture. This episode is not only about the results, but about what the paper does not show.In this episode:Why DigComp and EntreComp were a tool, not the object of study, and why they work together.The "hybrid" competence profile: the same person reads data from a sensor and sees value in agricultural waste.What did not go to plan: an unbalanced sample, only three Swedish farmers, and the sentence the team decided not to write.How to coordinate a European project: clear ownership of tasks, common tools and trust in local partners.The core dilemma of any multi-country study: how much do you standardize, and how much do you adapt?From the paper: 71% of respondents had no bioeconomy course in their latest qualification, and only one in three was willing to pay for that training.Advice for starters: do not spend five years writing another list of competencies. Study which skills matter for whom, how they combine in real decisions, and who trains the trainers.Recorded asynchronously: Nikos recorded his answers in Greece, and I recorded my questions separately.Guest:Nikos Apostolopoulos, University of the PeloponneseEmail: anikos@uop.grProfile: https://www.uop.gr/en/staff-memberen/anikosRead the paper (open access): Digital and Entrepreneurial Competencies for the Bioeconomy: Perceptions and Training Needs of Agricultural Professionals in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Sweden (Agriculture, 2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15101106Chapters:00:00 Intro: why this matters beyond agriculture04:41 Before the paper: choosing DigComp and EntreComp14:30 The hybrid competence profile16:18 What did not go to plan: an unbalanced sample23:47 Coordinating a project across four countries32:49 Standardize or adapt: the core dilemma37:32 Advice for starters: not another list of skills44:44 Skill combinations and training the trainers48:12 Outro: four ideas to take awayMore: https://horacio-ps.com/en/principal-englishIf you found it useful, please like, subscribe or share it.

The Sunken Laboratory That Erased Its Own ExistenceBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-mysteries-unsolved-mysteries-forgotten-secrets-unanswered-questions--5684156/support.Darkest Mysteries OnlineThis episode includes AI-generated content.

1. The agent becomes the interface; the device becomes secondary.Facebook's Muse points toward a different relationship with computing: delegate a task rather than navigate an application. A persistent agent operates a computer in the cloud, while glasses, earphones or a phone provide access. Hardware doesn't disappear, but the device becomes less important than the agent available through it. Microsoft's announcement of autopilot is the same in a work context.2. Free AI could change the economics of the industry.Muse's proposed transaction-funded model challenges the assumption that useful AI requires a subscription. If shopping commissions can support a free personal agent, Meta could bring delegated work to a mass audience. That puts pressure on both paid AI services and the device ecosystems through which people access them. The opportunity is substantial, though competitors can respond.3. Responsibility for AI safety starts with its builders.Jensen Huang's challenge, central to the discussion, is that companies claiming their products cannot be controlled should not release them. Safety requires engineering, testing and enforceable limits. Regulation can establish obligations, but it cannot substitute for the technical controls needed to meet them.4. The fight over regulation is also about competition and liability.Global rules could protect the public, but they could also entrench established companies and encourage a compliance-based defence of harmful outcomes. Those possibilities deserve scrutiny. So do the commercial interests of regulation's opponents: NVIDIA benefits from continued AI expansion. Neither side's business interests automatically prove or disprove its arguments.5. Technical control and social consequences are different questions.The conversation's sharpest disagreement concerns what can be known before deployment. Laboratory stress tests do not necessarily describe how released products behave. Equally, controlling a product's operation does not establish every consequence of its widespread use. The challenge is to preserve experimentation while learning from actual outcomes and holding the responsible people and companies accountable. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

A stark advert picturing a gravestone chiselled with ‘AIDS: DON'T DIE OF IGNORANCE' captured the horror of this disease in the 1980s. Now, for HIV-infected people able to access anti-retroviral therapies, life expectancy is normal.How were these amazing medicines developed and how have they transformed lives? Why is it so difficult to eradicate HIV or to develop a vaccine to prevent infection? What does the future hold in the quest to stop the global scourge of AIDS?This lecture was recorded by Matt Higgins  on the 16th of September 2026Matt studied natural sciences at Christ's College in the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in structural biology at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology. He started his research group with a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2005 and moved to the University of Oxford in 2010. He is currently the E. P. Abraham Professor of Structural Biology and a Professorial Fellow at Merton College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation.The transcript of the lecture is available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/hiv-pandemicGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham College's mission, please consider making a donation: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/donate-today Website:  https://gresham.ac.ukX: https://x.com/GreshamCollegeFacebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollegeBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/greshamcollege.bsky.social TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greshamcollegeSupport Us: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/get-involved/support-us/make-donation/donate-todaySupport the show

This episode features Prof. Christophe Courtin from KU Leuven (Belgium), speaking about the European HealthFerm initiative. HealthFerm began in September 2022 and brought together multiple institutions and companies to advance the project with a grant of 30 million Euros. The main aim of the project was to improve public acceptance of plant-based foods through fermentation. A citizen science component of the project involved gathering fermented food samples from all over Europe, both home fermenters and small bakeries, to analyze the microorganisms. The researchers received over 650 sourdough starter samples and around 200 other fermented foods samples; from these, they identified some new species that still need to be named. Another part of the project involved a clinical trial on how the body responds if short-chain fatty acids are released in the small intestine versus in the colon. They found that small intestinal release increased GLP-1 levels more than PYY; the opposite happened with colonic release. Another study in the project compared oat to fermented oat, and found that the fermentation changed the fiber (degree of polymerization), and also led to positive health effects. Prof. Courtin says the potential for future research in this area is to find out how to add nutritional benefits through fermentation (for example, vitamin B12 in plant-based foods), as well as how to change the fiber profile in a food to yield specific health benefits. Episode abbreviations and links: Study on properties of a plant-based gurt: Process-induced changes in starch, dietary fiber, and protein in a fermented plant-based dairy alternative (yo)gurt. Paper exploring oat fermentation: Enzyme activity and constituent extractability of kilned and non-kilned oats at pH values relevant for acidic food fermentations. Study on gut microbiota signatures of type 2 diabetes risk: Gut microbiome composition and functional potential associate with incident type 2 diabetes in 4,685 adults from a Swedish prospective cohort About Prof. Christophe Courtin: Prof. Christophe Courtin is a full professor at the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry at KU Leuven, Belgium. His research focuses on cereal constituents, the enzymes that degrade them and microorganisms in cereal processing. The emphasis is on a basic understanding of the structure and properties of these constituents as well as on their technological and health functionality in cereal-based processes and products. Expertise and an extensive network in this area have been built up through over 40 supervised PhDs, projects and national and international collaborations. He coordinates HealthFerm, a 23 partner Horizon Europe project. He is author of 380 peer-reviewed papers (WoS h-index: 74) and inventor on 12 patent families. Recent awards are the Harald Perten Prize (ICC, 2021) and the Belfort Lecture Award (Whistler Centre for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, 2023).

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Laboratory Sessions 001 launches the series with DJ Tony Rayna, recorded live at Laboratory at The Garden Bar—on the top floor of Twenty1 in Torquay—during our July event. A house-led journey captured directly from the dancefloor, bringing together rolling grooves, live energy and the sound of a Laboratory night. Follow @the_dj_laboratory and @rayna_gram for new sessions, event dates, DJ Academy updates and studio news. Listen, share and join the experiment: djlaboratory.co.uk

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other intellectual disabilities have become a hot button topic in both medicine and the news as of late, with recent questions about the multifactorial causes of intellectual disabilities, including genetics. Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician Dr. Kendall Abbas is joined by Liliana Amirhosseini and Zoe Gunthert, two fourth year medical students, to discuss presentation, diagnosis, and management of Fragile X, the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability. Specifically, they will Explain the genetics and pathophysiology leading to the Fragile X phenotype Discuss the clinic characteristics associated with Fragile X, allowing for prompt evaluation and management of the symptoms Share treatment plans and resources available for those with Fragile X and their families Special thanks to Dr. Rebecca Yang and Dr. Sarah Straka for peer reviewing this episode. Free CME available:  Link for CME Credit References: Bailey DB Jr, Raspa M, Bishop E, Holiday D. No change in the age of diagnosis for fragile X syndrome: Findings from a national parent survey. 2009 Aug;124(2):527-533.  Hunter JE, Berry-Kravis E, Hipp H, et al. FMR1 Disorders. 1998 Jun 16 [Updated 2024 May 16]. In: Adam MP, Feldman J, Mirzaa GM, et al., editors. GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2024. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1384/. Mendez A, Mendez M. Fragile X Syndrome: A Review for General Pediatricians. Pediatr Ann. 2024;53(7):e269-e271. doi:10.3928/19382359-20240502-08 Malecki, C., Hambly, B.D., Jeremy, R.W. et al. The RNA-binding fragile-X mental retardation protein and its role beyond the brain. Biophys Rev 12, 903–916 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-020-00730-4.  National Fragile X Foundation. Prevalence. https://fragilex.org/understanding-fragile-x/fragile-x-101/prevalence/.  Sirois CL, Guo Y, Li M, et al. CGG repeats in the human FMR1 gene regulate mRNA localization and cellular stress in developing neurons. Cell Rep. 2024;43(6):114330. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114330 Spector, Elaine et al. Laboratory testing for fragile X, 2021 revision: a technical standard of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Genetics in Medicine. 2021;23(5): 799 - 812. doi: 1038/s41436-021-01115-y . 

"When we say age is not a disease, we also mean it for the youngest." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie's Fund, OcuTrap, and Jessica Dolce, Compassion Fatigue + Grief Educator. Jordyn Purpura started out smuggling orphaned raccoons into his childhood bedroom. Twelve years of neonatal fostering later, he's in his final year of veterinary school, chasing a gap he kept running into from both sides of the exam table: almost nothing in veterinary education begins before eight weeks of age. As a foster parent, that gap sounded like a doctor saying there wasn't much anyone could do. As a shelter worker placing bottle babies, and sometimes being the one present for their euthanasia when no foster could be found, it looked like an entirely preventable loss. For a long time there was a defensible reason not to push harder on kitten medicine: it doesn't matter what a veterinarian is willing to diagnose or prescribe if there's nobody to take that kitten home and feed it every two hours. Jordyn's argument is that this excuse has quietly expired. Foster networks have grown, nurseries have opened, funding has followed. What hasn't caught up is the reflex — too small for blood work, too small for imaging, too small for a medication that was never labeled for a body this size. That reflex has a body count. Kittens remain the animals least likely to leave a shelter alive, not because their medicine is impossible but because almost no one was taught it. Jordyn is teaching it now, to veterinary technicians, to emergency teams, to his own cohort. And he'd like the rest of us to start asking for it out loud.[/one_second] [one_second]Press Play Now For: Why veterinary education effectively starts at eight weeks, and what that costs kittens The emotional weight shelter staff carry when there's no foster available Bringing tube feeding and neonatal husbandry onto hospital nursing teams What the UC Davis famciclovir research showed about recovery times Congenital hypothyroidism as an overlooked cause of "failure to thrive" Getting creative with diagnostics instead of calling a kitten too small for them How fosters and rescues can push their veterinary partners toward more Why generational openness matters more than age when shifting practice Resources & Links Vernau Laboratory at UC Davis UC Davis Feline Pediatrics on Instagram Jordyn Purpura on Instagram — The Vet Med Couple UC Davis Fracture Program for Rescue Animals Orphan Kitten Project at UC Davis Orphan Kitten Club

Safe drinking water doesn't happen by accident. In this episode of the Water Smarts Podcast, Carolyn Faircloth, SNWA Water Quality Laboratory Manager, discusses the extensive testing program that goes above and beyond regulatory requirements to protect public health. She also breaks down new EPA standards for PFAS and lead and copper, and she explains how customers can view local water quality test results. Discover what happens behind the scenes to ensure confidence in every glass of tap water.Hosts: Bronson Mack and Crystal Zuelkehttps://www.snwa.com/https://www.snwa.com/ 

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On this episode of The Laboratory with Plaz, we sit down with Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and R&B hitmaker Eric Bellinger for a dope conversation about music, family, patience, and his journey through the industry.Eric breaks down his new self-titled album, “Eric Bellinger,” including the mindset behind creating the project with no features and no use of A.I. We also talk about his new song and video “Closure,” “Fatherhood,” and his record “Valet” featuring Fetty Wap.Eric opens up about the importance of fatherhood, his relationship with his own father, and why patience and gratitude have played such a major role in his career. He also talks about getting the call to join the Chris Brown & Usher Tour, what it means to have his family at the shows, and what it's really like working with Usher.We also get into growing up in Los Angeles and choosing not to follow the gang lifestyle, his favorite football team, his Top 5 R&B artists, the mindset he had going into this new album, and whether an Eric Bellinger vs. Rico Love Verzuz would be as crazy as it sounds!Plus, we discuss the viral story involving Deajon Love allegedly scamming women out of more than $1.5 million, and of course we finish things off with Random Questions with Plaz and much more!

Hi, I'm Connor with Honor - message me here!The same week delivered a strong argument for artificial intelligence and a clear warning about careless deployment. AI helped investigate an epilepsy case, attacked a famous mathematics problem, and reached real systems during security tests.TL;DR: Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome predictions covering about 9 billion possible single-letter DNA changes. OpenAI reported roughly 10,000 agents working for 88 hours on a claimed Navier-Stokes result checked in Lean. Anthropic disclosed four incidents involving access to real internet-connected systems during testing. A federal advisory warned about large-scale model distillation. Connor's conclusion is practical: use AI, verify the result, protect private work, define forbidden actions, and keep a human responsible for judgment.The episode begins with a family that had run out of answers. AlphaGenome ranked a DNM1 variant associated with childhood epilepsy and predicted a brain-specific splicing problem that would make the protein 13 amino acids too long. Laboratory work supported classifying it as likely pathogenic. This does not mean AI diagnosed every rare disease. It helped researchers ask a better next question.Then comes 88 hours. OpenAI said about 10,000 agents exchanging nearly 5 million messages contributed to a claimed Navier-Stokes result. Lean checked the proof line by line. Formal verification can catch logical gaps. It does not decide novelty, authorship, data provenance, or prize eligibility.The Clay Mathematics Institute had not issued a final prize determination. Human mathematicians built the foundation. Researchers raised allegations involving private or unpublished work. OpenAI denied accessing specific private user data. Both remain reported claims.Anthropic reported four testing incidents in which models reached real internet-connected systems even though prompts described sealed environments. It said it scanned about 481 million transcripts, flagged 9.2 million for possible internet-access behavior, and found four incidents. METR joined an outside investigation.The useful business move is smaller than the headlines. Pick one recurring problem. Ask an AI tool and an experienced human for a process. Compare the answers. Keep human approval on money, safety, rights, customer promises, employment, and confidential information. Define what an agent may read, write, send, buy, delete, or publish.Q&AWhat is AlphaGenome? A DeepMind system for predicting how DNA variants may affect biological regulation.Did AI solve Navier-Stokes? OpenAI announced a claimed result assisted by a large agent system and checked in Lean. That is not a final Clay Mathematics Institute determination.Did AI escape a sandbox? Anthropic reported models reaching real systems during sealed tests. That does not mean every model behaves the same way.What should a small business do? Start with a bounded workflow, minimize access, protect confidential data, log actions, and keep people responsible for consequential decisions.Watch the full video:https://youtu.be/BLGnTe3ntBYAI news and practical implementation:https://AIWithHonor.comhttps://SantaClaritaArtificialIntelligence.comhttps://HonorElevate.comReturn for the next Daily Download:https://SantaClaritaArtificialIntelligence.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@aiwithhonorConnect with Connor:https://www.facebook.com/connorwithhonor/https://www.instagram.com/connorwithhonorshow/https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorwithhonor/https://x.com/ConnorwithHonorhttps://www.tiktok.com/@connorwithhonorVendor announcements are labeled as company claims. Allegations remain allegations. Connor's conclusions are opinion and educational commentary, not legal, medical, cybersecurity, or investment advice.#ArtificialIntelligence #AIWithHonor #AIAgents #AISafety #SmallBusinessAIYoutube Channels:Conner with Honor - real estateHome Muscle - fat torchingFrom first responder to real estate expert, Connor with Honor brings honesty and integrity to your Santa Clarita home buying or selling journey. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for valuable tips, local market trends, and a glimpse into the Santa Clarita lifestyle.Dive into Real Estate with Connor with Honor:Santa Clarita's Trusted Realtor & Fitness EnthusiastReal Estate:Buying or selling in Santa Clarita? Connor with Honor, your local expert with over 2 decades of experience, guides you seamlessly through the process. Subscribe to his YouTube channel for insider market updates, expert advice, and a peek into the vibrant Santa Clarita lifestyle.Fitness:Ready to unlock your fitness potential? Join Connor's YouTube journey for inspiring workouts, healthy recipes, and motivational tips. Remember, a strong body fuels a strong mind and a successful life!Podcast:Dig deeper with Connor's podcast! Hear insightful interviews with industry experts, inspiring success stories, and targeted real estate advice specific to Santa Clarita.

* Vivane Adventures: Shadows* Written by Teeuwyn Woodruff* Upper Novice Tier (3rd & 4th Circle)* Jailbreak in Vrontok* Helping Aberdeen; recommended to introduce him before the adventure* His son Thillik was arrested and made a slave in Vrontok* But also... Thillik doesn't recognize his father.* Primary purpose: Free Thillik* Secondary purpose: Learn about the amnesia* Mervyn and his goons: Lackeys of the Mayor* Shakedown highlights the corruption in Vrontok's society* Not a real physical threat, but group is trying to lay low* The Wingsticker Tavern; information gathering from NPCs* Complication: Mervyn and his goons drink at the tavern* Caravath's Laboratory and rescuing Thillik* Soul Spiders: Make their victims submissive and pliable* Likely outcomes and complications* Straightforward adventure with a dark secret* Potential follow-up stories* Final commentary and discussionFind and Follow:Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EDSGPodcastFind and follow Josh: https://linktr.ee/LoreMerchantGet product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.comFASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesincOfficial Earthdawn Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialearthdawnFASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9uEarthdawn West Marches: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

In 1997, Peter Bergen found himself in the mountains of Afghanistan, face-to-face with al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. During the ensuing landmark interview, bin Laden foreshadowed the terrorist attacks of September 11. In Part One of our two-part series commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, journalist and author Peter Bergen sits down with former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove and co-host John Raine to discuss the legacy of the 9/11 attacks, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bergen talks about why negotiating with Osama bin Laden would have been a nonstarter and why the attacks bin Laden orchestrated generated shock, not surprise, within government intelligence agencies. Bergen and the hosts also discuss decisions after the attacks that Dearlove witnessesed firsthand, the proper relationship between intelligence and policy, how the war on terror reshaped the US view of coalitions and allies, and how the conflict in Ukraine points to the future of warfare. In this episode: (00:00) Lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq Wars (03:23) Would Negotiating with Osama bin Laden Have Worked? (06:21) Feeling in US Immediately Post-9/11 (11:29) Origins of Iraq War (15:55) Policy and Intelligence (17:08) Imperial Power of the Presidency (21:16) Why Were There No Major Attacks After 9/11?  (25:13) Role of Coalitions and Allies (34:31) Legacy of Fighting Global War on Terror (41:10) Importance of Tribalism (46:54) Scale of Troop Presence and Outcome (50:41) Ukraine as Laboratory for Modern Warfare (54:38) One Decision: Why Trump Should Declare Victory in Iran (56:41) Takeaways and Wrap Up Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and guest co-host John Raine (International Institute for Strategic Studies) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens an artist realizes that they can never be the only one with questions?From that reckoning, artist Eric Gottesman spent the next twenty-five years rethinking what an artist with a camera, or a big idea is actually for. In this conversation with Bill Cleveland, Gottesman traces his path from documentary photographer to collaborative image-maker in Addis Ababa's AIDS-affected communities, and eventually to co-founding For Freedoms, the artist-led initiative that has turned billboards, town halls, and even a Super PAC into tools for civic discourse.This is a conversation about authorship, collectivity, and the culture of inquiry at the heart of both artmaking and a thriving democracy.In this episode we explore:How asking the right question often matters more than delivering the right answer.Why Eric Gottesman says he has never made art alone. And why he thinks that's true for everyone.A “composite nation:” Drawing on Frederick Douglass, Gottesman is now developing projects that imagine an American identity built from multiplicity and complexity rather than a single official story.Notable MentionsPeopleEric Gottesman — Artist, educator, writer, and organizer whose collaborative work addresses nationalism, migration, structural violence, history, and civic life. He is a co-founder of For Freedoms.Wendy Ewald — Photographer and one of Gottesman's mentors. Her decades of co-authored photography projects challenge conventional divisions between photographer, subject, observer, and author.Hank Willis Thomas — Conceptual artist and For Freedoms co-founder whose work examines identity, history, media, popular culture, and representation.Claudia L. Peña — Executive director of For Freedoms, UCLA law lecturer, and practitioner of transformative and restorative justice. She appears with Gottesman and Thomas in the episode's Skoll World Forum excerpt.Baalu Girma — Influential Ethiopian journalist and novelist who disappeared after publishing Oromay, his critique of the Derg regime and its military campaign in Eritrea.Emily Shur — Photographer who worked with Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, and Wyatt Gallery to create contemporary photographic versions of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms.Wyatt Gallery — Photographer, For Freedoms co-founder, and producer of the contemporary Four Freedoms project.Marc Bamuthi Joseph — Spoken-word artist, writer, librettist, and cultural strategist who developed the six questions at the heart of America, the Beautiful.aja monet — Poet, recording artist, storyteller, and organizer appearing in the October 3, 2026, America(!) the Beautiful(?) performance, which is part of For Freedom's America, the Beautiful project.Derek Goldman — Director, playwright, educator, and co-founder of Georgetown University's Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics. Gottesman and Cleveland cite his emphasis on care in cultural work.Ariel Fristoe — Founder and artistic director of Out of Hand Theater, whose work brings theater, social justice, and civic engagement together.Organizations, Institutions, and PlacesFor Freedoms — Artist-led civic organization founded in 2016. It uses public art, billboards, exhibitions, town halls, and artist commissions to encourage listening, inquiry, belonging, and civic participation.Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University — The center at Duke University where Gottesman began his work in Ethiopia in partnership with Save the Children.Save the Children — International humanitarian organization that sent Gottesman to photograph the effects of drought in Ethiopia shortly after his graduation from Duke.The Charles F. Kettering Foundation — The Charles F. Kettering Foundation, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, operating foundation with a mission to advance inclusive democracies worldwide by fostering citizen engagement, promoting government accountability, and countering authoritarianism.Democracy and the Arts — The Kettering Foundation's focus area for integrating the power of the arts into democratic life locally, nationally, and globally.Corcoran School of the Arts & Design — George Washington University school where Gottesman serves as the W.W. Corcoran Visiting Professor in Community Engagement and where For Freedoms has been in residence.Future Currents — Organization that helps movement leaders prepare for uncertain conditions and collaboratively imagine more inclusive, just, and democratic futures.U.S. Agency for International Development — Federal agency to which evidence of the Ethiopian drought was submitted to help prompt an international aid response. The episode conversation takes note of the agency's dismantling and changed status.Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The city in which Gottesman began collaborating with people living with HIV and with children whose parents had died of AIDS.Somali Region, Ethiopia — The drought-affected eastern region where Gottesman first confronted the power imbalances and ethical contradictions of humanitarian photography.Sheshatshiu, Labrador, Canada — Innu community where Gottesman later collaborated with Wendy Ewald and young residents on a cross-generational photographic and community-curated project.Projects, Artworks, and EventsFor Freedoms at the 2024 Skoll World Forum — The episode includes an excerpt from this presentation by Eric Gottesman, Hank Willis Thomas, and Claudia Peña about art, interdependence, democracy, and social change. The forum took place in Oxford (not London as stated in the podcast).Contemporary Four Freedoms — For Freedoms' expansive reimagining of Rockwell's four paintings. More than 100 participants created 82 images representing a broader range of American identities; its Freedom of Worship appeared on the cover of TIME.Question Bridge: Black Males — Collaborative project...

What happens to animals used in scientific research? And what does the world of laboratory animal advocacy actually look like?In this episode of Keep It Humane: The Podcast, we sit down with Meredith Blanchard of the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) for a conversation that takes us into a part of the animal welfare world many of us rarely encounter.We talk about laboratory animals, the history of animal research, the push for alternatives, what happens to animals after research, and the complex ethical and policy questions surrounding the use of animals in science.Whether you already have strong opinions on animal research or have simply never thought much about it, this conversation offers a look behind the curtain and into a world you may not even know exists.

What can neuroscience teach us about creativity? And as artificial intelligence changes how we create, do we need to rethink what we mean by creativity?   In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast, Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett welcome Dr. Adam Green, professor at Georgetown University and director of the Laboratory for Relational Cognition, for a conversation about neuroscience, creativity, the ECHO Project, and AI. The conversation explores how researchers can study what happens in the brain during creative thinking and how this work might eventually help inform the development of better learning experiences. Adam also explains why neuroscience should add to what educators already know from observing and assessing students, rather than replace those approaches. The discussion then turns to the ECHO Project, a global collaboration involving nearly 200 creativity scholars. The project found significant agreement among researchers about the language used to describe creativity and related concepts such as imagination, problem-solving, and innovation. Developing a shared understanding can help educators be more precise about what they want students to develop. The episode also explores the growing role of AI in creative work. While AI can produce polished results, research discussed in the episode suggests that it may also make people's ideas more similar to one another. This raises an important question for educators: Are we using AI to support the creative process, or simply to produce a better final product? The conversation closes with a story about creativity, adaptation, and joy from Adam's experience at a camp for children with chronic illnesses. His story highlights how creativity can help us find new ways to create meaningful experiences for people with different needs. Key Takeaways Neuroscience can offer another way to understand what happens when people engage in creative thinking. The ECHO Project found significant agreement among creativity researchers about how creativity and related concepts can be understood. Distinguishing creativity from imagination, problem-solving, and innovation can help educators think more clearly about what they want students to develop. AI may make creative work look more polished while also making ideas more similar, raising important questions about the creative process. Creativity is not only about producing something new. The process itself can provide opportunities for learning, challenge, ownership, and joy. About Dr. Adam Green Dr. Adam Green is a professor at Georgetown University and director of the Laboratory for Relational Cognition. His research focuses on human creative intelligence and the neuroprocesses involved in creative relational reasoning. He also led the ECHO Project, bringing together creativity scholars from around the world to develop a shared understanding of creativity. Be sure to subscribe to your favorite platform and sign up for our Extra Fuel newsletter for more resources and inspiration. Visit FuelingCreativityPodcast.com for more information or email us at questions@fuelingcreativitypodcast.com.

How old is that buck or bull, really? Jaden visits Matson's Laboratory in Manhattan, Montana, to sit down with lab manager A.J. Stephens and learn how wildlife teeth are used to determine the ages of deer, elk, bears, and other mammals. A.J. explains how cementum age analysis works, why wildlife agencies send thousands of teeth to the lab, and why the method is especially valuable for understanding the age structure of an entire population. They also dig into the limitations of aging an individual animal and why antler size, body size, trail-camera history, and tooth wear can sometimes fool even experienced hunters. The conversation includes some wild examples from the lab, including two similar-looking Montana mule deer that were 2½ and 5½ years old, a giant Montana bull that was only six, a bull that lived to 21 and died of old age, and an Alaska brown bear that was still raising a yearling at 40. They also discuss hunter selection bias, whether passing a young animal really guarantees another opportunity, and why age is only one part of what makes a hunt meaningful. If you want Matson's Lab to age one of your animals, remove one or preferably both front lower incisors, place them in a labeled paper envelope, and include your contact information. Paper is the key word here. Nobody at the lab wants to open a sealed plastic bag containing a rotten jaw. Matson's Laboratory: https://matsonslab.com/ Use promo code ROKCAST for 10% off your submission.

Doryan and Sophia sit down with Stacey Robinson, Cherie Petersen, and Holly Covas to explore the multigenerational workforce in the medical laboratory. From communication styles and workplace expectations to work-life balance and generational stereotypes, the group discusses where differences can create both challenges and opportunities for understanding. Listen along as they explore how we can learn from one another and how laboratory leaders can help bridge generational differences to build a stronger, more collaborative workplace.

This is a replay of our conversation with Dr. Shirley Meng from the University of Chicago on battery storage. It's one of our favourite deep dives because batteries touch everything from EV range anxiety to grid scale storage, and even the whole critical minerals conversation.When we recorded this in May 2024, Shirley was predicting real solid state battery platforms by 2027 or 2028, and here we are getting close to that window, so it's worth listening again with that timeline in mind. The fights over re-shoring battery manufacturing, the US-China race, the economics of lithium versus sodium, all of it is just as live today as it was then, or maybe even more so.Episode page and show notes.About Our Guest:Dr. Y. Shirley Meng is a Professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. She serves as the Chief Scientist of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Meng is the principal investigator of the research group - Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC), that was established at University of California San Diego since 2009. She held the Zable Chair Professor in Energy Technologies at University of California San Diego (UCSD) from 2017-2022.Send us a text (if you'd like a response, please include your email)Follow us on:LinkedInBlueskyX/TwitterInstagramEnergy vs Climate relies on the support of our generous listenersDonate to keep Energy vs Climate goingProduced by Bespoke Podcasts

The Five Count recently had a chance to speak with actress Candi Milo. Candi is best known as the voice of Looney Tunes characters Granny, Hazel Witch and Petunia Pig. She’s also worked on TV shows like Dexter’s Laboratory, Tiny Toon Adventures and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. Her latest new film Coyote vs. Acme is in theaters now!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yGrVVFNKF4

Why Sodium? The global transition to renewable energy has accelerated the global development of lithium-ion batteries, but the mining and processing of its materials can be harmful to workers, local communities, and the environment. Sodium has a recently emerged as a potentially cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative that could revolutionize battery storage systems. Dr. Shirley Meng is one of the scientists leading the way in this field, spearheading the creation of the world's first anode-free sodium solid-state battery. Diving Deeper Dr. Meng's batteries have three key qualities: they are anode-free, sodium based, and solid-state. Though other researchers have developed batteries with similar characteristics, this is the first time all three have been combined. Most batteries consist of three main parts: a cathode, anode, and electrolyte. The cathode is the positive pole, the anode is the negative pole, and the electrolyte is the material between the poles. As explained by the MIT School of Engineering, when a battery is connected to an external circuit, electrons move through the circuit, while simultaneously ions move through the electrolyte. The anode in a standard battery stores ions, while an anode-free battery starts out with no active anode material—the ions come entirely from the cathode. According to laser tech company Laserax, there is one key difference between Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs) and Solid State Batteries (SSBs): the electrolyte material. In an LIB, this is a liquid, typically liquid salt dissolved in an organic solvent, which is highly flammable. In an SSB, this liquid is replaced by a solid electrolyte. Dr. Meng calls the electrolyte in her team's batteries the “magic salt” because it's primarily made out of sodium chloride - the same chemical as table salt. By supplementing the magic salt with other chemicals like oxygen, yttrium, and zirconia, an ion-conducting electrolyte can be formed. The Pros and Cons Dr. Meng's batteries use sodium in place of the lithium in LIBs. Lithium and other LIB components can only be mined in particular regions, and production - besides being deleterious to the environment - is tightly controlled by a handful of powerful countries. Sodium, on the other hand, is predicted to be about 1200 times more plentiful than lithium in the earth's crust, and can be accessed from other sources like sea water. Anode-free batteries are often lighter, cheaper, and more energy-dense than similarly capable standard batteries. However, they can be harder to manufacture and can have shorter lifetimes. As advances are made by other researchers working on alternate battery structures, these challenges will likely be overcome, as have similar difficulties with LIBs. Dr. Meng's batteries operate best in the lab at low external temperatures, which fills a gap in the battery market in extremely cold climates; however, scalability and widespread use demands that batteries function in a wide temperature range. Solid-state batteries also come with a range of benefits and challenges. Besides being less flammable, they can have faster charging, higher energy capacity, and longer lifetimes compared to LIBs. However, they are susceptible to the formation of dendrites - or, tree-like metallic structures on the anode - which form during charging and can cause short circuits. Solid electrolytes are prone to cracking under mechanical stress, both in manufacturing and use. Like anode-free batteries and other cutting edge battery tech, SSBs have a long way to go in terms of scalability, but show promise in the future of battery development. Dr. Meng's Take Dr. Meng emphasizes that Sodium-ion battery technology is not new - research began back in the 1960s, but was outpaced by lithium-ion research, which at the time showed better results. Additionally, sodium batteries aren't necessarily a replacement for lithium batteries, but rather a complementary technology that many companies will be able to produce without much capital investment. With the combination of these battery technologies, there is potential to moderate the cost of electricity at peak use times. Dr. Meng predicts that sodium-ion batteries may be able to compete with lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries in the next five years, and suggests that until then, costly but compact lithium batteries might be used in mobile applications, like computers, while sodium batteries - which for now are heavier - can be used for stationary purposes, like grid storage. Overall, she feels that it's “critical that all of us… stop temperature rise” - and sodium-ion batteries are a key step in the plan. About our guest Dr. Shirley Meng is the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. She is also the Distinguished University Professor and Vice President (Industry) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She directs the Energy Storage Research Alliance and is the principal investigator of the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC) at UCSD. Her research focuses primarily on energy storage materials and systems – including rechargeable batteries and grid-scale storage for renewable energy. Resources UChicago, Team Develops Battery Nature Energy, Design principles for enabling an anode-free sodium all-solid-state battery LESC, Recent news Physics Today, Solid State Batteries - Hype, Hopes, and Hurdles Chemical Review, Anode-Free Batteries For a transcript of this episode, visit https://climatebreak.org/the-future-of-battery-storage-with-dr-shirley-meng/

In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin's Sophia Chen interviews Vivek Chawla of Sandia National Laboratories about his research group's automation of a nanoindentation machine, which probes materials locally to characterize mechanical properties. The work paves the way to incorporating an automated nanoindenter for a self-driving laboratory for materials discovery. This work was published in a recent issue of Review of Scientific Instruments.

The Frost Patterns Spreading Beneath Klyne LaboratoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-mysteries-unsolved-mysteries-forgotten-secrets-unanswered-questions--5684156/support.Darkest Mysteries OnlineThis episode includes AI-generated content.

What is Svalbard telling us about our changing planet, and what makes it such a unique place for Arctic research?Joining the conversation are:Harald Steen, Research Director, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)Heikki Lihavainen, Director, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)Marion Maturilli, Scientist, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany; Scientific Coordinator, AWIPEV Research BaseBartłomiej Luks, Assistant Professor, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of SciencesOlga Gavrichkova, Senior Researcher, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRET); Co-chair, Ny-Ålesund Terrestrial FlagshipThe Session is moderated by Mauro Mazzola, Scientist, Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISP), and Station Manager, Dirigibile Italia CNR.This discussion was recorded live at the Arctic Circle Rome Forum — Polar Dialogue, held March 3rd–4th, 2026.Arctic Circle is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. It is an open democratic platform with participation from governments, organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, Indigenous communities, concerned citizens, and others interested in the development of the Arctic and its consequences for the future of the globe. It is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization.  Learn more about Arctic Circle at www.ArcticCircle.org or contact us at secretariat@arcticcircle.orgTWITTER:@_Arctic_CircleFACEBOOK:The Arctic CircleINSTAGRAM:arctic_circle_org

Laboratory medicine plays an essential role in healthcare, yet many children grow up with little awareness of what happens in the clinical laboratory—or the wide range of careers that make diagnosis possible. In this episode, the creators of STEM to STAT discuss their efforts to introduce children to laboratory medicine early, helping young learners connect STEM education with real-world healthcare and imagine themselves as the scientists and laboratory professionals of the future. The conversation explores why visibility matters, how storytelling and educational resources can reshape perceptions of the laboratory, and how STEM to STAT hopes to build a more informed and inclusive pathway into laboratory medicine. Host David Ritter is joined by STEM to STAT cofounders Stephanie Whitehead, Aaron Odegard, and Melody Nelson.To recieve CME/CMLE credit for listening, please click here.

On this episode of The Laboratory with Plaz, we sit down with the most successful AEW TNT Champion ever—Kevin “The Jet” Knight!Kevin takes us through his journey into professional wrestling, how he earned the nickname “The Jet,” and why he always brings the pain to his opponents. We also discuss his upcoming match against Darby Allin in London, the greatest finishing moves of all time, and how his body feels the morning after a hard-hitting match.Kevin opens up about the responsibility that comes with being a Black champion in professional wrestling, the valuable advice he has received from wrestling legends, signing his new AEW deal, and the differences between AEW and WWE.Plus, Kevin faces Random Questions with Plaz and helps us answer one of life's biggest mysteries: Why doesn't chicken taste like eggs?You don't want to miss this action-packed conversation with the champ!Make sure you LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!#TheLaboratoryWithPlaz #KevinKnight #AEW #TheJet #ProfessionalWrestling

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If you're doing IVF or thinking about it, will more technology in the lab actually be better than a human embryologist handling your eggs and embryos – and what do two new breakthroughs mean for your chances? In this episode of Building Your Family, I'm joined by Dr Richard Paulson, former president of ASRM and early IVF pioneer, to unpack what's really happening behind the lab door: automation, AI, robotics, and why the lab may matter more than almost anything else for your IVF success rates and safety. We cover: How IVF labs have evolved since the 1980s and why embryology is so sensitive Where technology, AI and automation are already helping embryologists A new system that finds extra oocytes humans miss in follicular fluid What “automated day‑0” actually means and why it could be a turning point How these advances might change success rates, safety and standardization 2–3 smart questions to ask your clinic about their lab and technology What an IVF lab could look like 10–15 years from now Whether you're in the middle of IVF or just starting to research fertility treatment, this episode is designed to translate complex lab science into clear, humane decisions about your reproductive health and reproductive freedom. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to IVF and Technological Advances 02:15 Historical Context of IVF 04:50 The Role of the Laboratory in IVF 07:21 Automation and Future of IVF 10:55 Recent Advances in IVF Technology 20:04 Finding More Oocytes in Follicular Fluid 25:47 Implications for Success Rates in IVF 26:16 Practical Applications for Patients 31:27 Safety and Reliability in IVF Technology 33:36 Conclusion and Future Outlook Subscribe to Building Your Family for more expert‑led conversations that turn IVF science into real‑world guidance you can actually use. Episode resources School USC: https://keck.usc.edu/faculty-search/richard-j-paulson/ Medicine USC: https://www.keckmedicine.org/provider/richard-j-paulson/ F&S Reports: https://www.fertstertreports.org/

The Laboratory Where Memory Washed AwayBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-mysteries-unsolved-mysteries-forgotten-secrets-unanswered-questions--5684156/support.Darkest Mysteries OnlineThis episode includes AI-generated content.

What do The Bear, Big Night, and Dexter's Laboratory have in common? This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Greg Schulz (@giantwerewolf4) talk about omelettes! What's the difference between a french omelette, a diner omelette, and a japanese omelette? Where do we draw the line between an omelette and an egg-pile? Plus, what happens when eggs, bananas, and instant soup mix find their way into the Random Meal Generator? Three of Cups Tea! https://www.etsy.com/shop/threeofcupsteas Support the show on Patreon! patreon.com/nobadfoodpod Contact us and keep up with everything we're doing over on Instagram @nobadfoodpod! Check out The Depot! www.depotmtl.org Want to be on the show? Tell us why! https://forms.gle/w2bfwcKSgDqJ2Dmy6 MERCH! https://podcavern.myspreadshop.ca/ Our logo is by David Flamm! Check out his work (and buy something from his shop!) at http://www.davidflammart.com/ Our theme music is "It Takes A Little Time" by Zack Ingles! You can (and should!) buy his music here: https://zackingles.bandcamp.com/ www.podcavern.com

Microplastics and nanoplastics are now found in food, water, and air, and research suggests they accumulate in organs such as the liver, pancreas, kidneys, and brain. Laboratory and animal studies indicate they may contribute to oxidative stress, inflammation, and insulin resistance in these areas The same biological changes linked to microplastic exposure are also associated with Type 2 diabetes, including impaired blood sugar control, disrupted gut bacteria, and metabolic dysfunction that develops long before symptoms appear In animal studies, nanoplastics, which are microscopic, crossed the blood-brain barrier, where they triggered inflammation, interfered with how brain cells use glucose for energy, and contributed to memory and learning problems associated with cognitive decline Your body has a built-in defense system called Nrf2 that helps neutralize oxidative stress and repair cellular damage, and many nutrients found in colorful fruits, herbs, spices, and other plant foods help activate this protective pathway While eliminating all microplastic exposure is no longer realistic, reducing everyday plastic use, supporting healthy metabolism, tracking HOMA-IR, and eating a wide variety of nutrient-rich whole foods help strengthen your body's resilience against plastic-related damage

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde speaks with Jacqueline De Lora, PhD, the CEO/CTO and cofounder of SURFACtoBioTech, a Max Planck spin-off developing surfactant and droplet-based technologies for more efficient, sustainable and data-rich biotechnology experiments. How can microscopic droplets function as individual test tubes? What separates useful AI-enabled laboratory automation from hype? And what does it take to transform frontier research into technology that scientists can reliably adopt? Jacqueline discusses her transition from biomedical researcher to founder, the often-overlooked role of surfactants, and the scientific and commercial challenges of building practical tools for real laboratory workflows.

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Mallary Tenore Tarpley is the award-winning author of SLIP and an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication and the McCombs School of Business, where she teaches journalism and writing. This episode was inspired by Mallary's recent piece, Embracing the lost art of people-watching published in Neiman Storyboard. If you liked this episode you'll also like God is in the Details or Why Listening to Strangers on the Train is Fantastic Raw Material for your Storytelling with Craig Finn from The Hold Steady. ---  What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 ⁠⁠THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We love to hear from our listeners. Send us a message. On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, Annette Bakker, Ph.D., CEO at the Children's Tumor Foundation, and Andrew Lo, Ph.D., Finance Professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management and Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering, talk about the methods and economics for turning abandoned drug candidates into new therapies for patients. Annette and Andrew share the story of Gomekli, a formerly shelved Pfizer drug candidate spun out into SpringWorks Therapeutics, and approved in 2025 for NF Type 1 tumors (Merck KGaA subsequently acquired SpringWorks for $3.9 billion). They also detail plans for bringing more shelved candidates back into development, using a shared data infrastructure and a matchmaking tool to pair interested drug developers with investors and funding. Access this and hundreds of episodes of the Business of Biotech videocast under the Business of Biotech tab at lifescienceleader.com.  Subscribe to our monthly Business of Biotech newsletter. Get in touch with guest and topic suggestions: ben.comer@lifescienceleader.comFind Ben Comer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bencomer/

Debi Evans shares her journey into alternative media and describes how the 2020 health crisis served as a data harvesting exercise and “warm-up act” for a broader globalist agenda. The discussion examines the UK's role as a laboratory for life sciences, where the population is subjected to experimental medical treatments and surveillance. These agendas (e.g. Absolute Zero, Agenda 2030) are designed to restrict human movement and enforce algorithmic tyranny. Furthermore, Debi explores the rise of transhumanism, warning that the integration of AI into daily life may lead to the eventual extinction of human autonomy. Ultimately, the conversation portrays a dystopian future where manufactured crises in health, energy, and water are used to usher in a new world order. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rumble / Substack / YouTube *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Listen Ad-Free for $4.99 a Month or $49.99 a Year! Apple Subscriptions https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geopolitics-empire/id1003465597 Supercast https://geopoliticsandempire.supercast.com ***Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics American Gold Exchange https://www.amergold.com/geopolitics Escape The Technocracy (15% off w/ GEOPOLITICS!) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics Expat Money (FREE “WW3 Plan-B” Report!) https://expatmoney.com/geopolitics PassVult https://passvult.com Sociatates Civis https://societates-civis.com StartMail https://www.startmail.com/partner/?ref=ngu4nzr Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites X https://x.com/DebiEvansMatron Camp 3 News https://www.camp3news.com About Debi Evans Debi Evans is a retired NHS SRN and contributor to Camp 3 News among other independent media. *Podcast intro music used with permission is from the song “The Queens Jig” by the fantastic “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the landscape of modern coaching development, you will see a massive sea of isolation. Head coaches spend late nights sitting in empty gym offices, staring at raw tape, trying to solve complex spatial spacing leaks, assistant staff alignment issues, and parent boundary friction entirely on their own. They download random drills off social media, try to force-feed them into a 120-minute practice script on Tuesday afternoon, and then wonder why their team's execution feels clunky, robotic, and disconnected when Friday night arrives. In a level 4 transformational program, you do not coach in a vacuum. True program builders don't rely on guesswork—they rely on a structured laboratory, direct mentorship, and a collaborative ecosystem designed to audit every square inch of their operational blueprint. In this episode of Coach Unplugged, recorded live at 5th Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, Coach Collins pulls back the curtain on two of the highest-leverage assets available inside TeachHoops.com: our weekly live Office Hours and the interactive TeachHoops Discussion Forums. Discover how jumping into a direct socratic round-table with masterclass coaches will help you clean up your practice Activity Density, optimize your team's game-night Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$), and transition your culture out of coach-fed compliance and into an unshakeable, player-led powerhouse. When you plug your program into a live collaborative network, you replace trial-and-error with high-signal, diagnostic clarity: The Blueprint: Office Hours isn't a passive webinar where you sit back and listen to a two-hour lecture. It is a live, high-signal consulting session. You bring your actual tape, your specific practice scripts, and your exact roster bottlenecks directly to the table. The Diagnostic: Whether you are wrestling with how to corrupt a static shooting drill into a live closeout reader, or trying to deploy your staff lenses—balancing The Organizer, The Yoda, and The Antagonist—we break down the problem on the spot. We deliver rapid, 60-second "drive-by" solutions that you can implement in your gym tomorrow afternoon. The Blueprint: The TeachHoops community forum serves as your program's 24/7 research and development wing. When you encounter a toxic parent boundary breach, a shifting upperclassman who has lost their Next Play Speed, or a complex defensive trapping shell like a 1-3-1 or Match-Up Zone that isn't rotating cleanly, you post the scenario. The Return: Within hours, veteran program builders step up to share tested frameworks, socratic constraint layouts, and exact communication scripts. You leave with an immediate blueprint designed to protect your program's Standard of Tolerance. We don't audit practice scripts during Office Hours just to make your dry-erase board look pretty. We put every single offensive entry, small-sided game ($SSG$), and spatial spacing track through a strict mathematical filter to maximize your team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): When you bring your game data into the TeachHoops discussion, we analyze your shot selection geometry, identify high-volume Multi-Ball rep density fixes, and ensure your daily practice architecture is directly driving high-efficiency scoring through the exhaust. Coach's Note: "The loneliest place in sports is trying to figure out every single piece of the coaching puzzle by yourself. If you are serious about winning more, stressing less, and building a program you are genuinely proud of, you need to get out of your own head and step into the room with coaches who have walked the path. Join us for Office Hours, jump into the TeachHoops discussions, bring your actual problems, and let's build a masterclass standard together. Stop guessing—start building." Title Ideas: Stop Coaching in Isolation! (How TeachHoops Office Hours Fixes Your Program) How to Audit Your Basketball Practice Plan with Live Coaching Mentorship Inside the TeachHoops Laboratory: Solving Culture & Tactical Leaks Fast Why the Best Basketball Coaches Use Mastermind Groups to Win More Games Primary Keywords: Teachhoops.com discussion, Coach Collins office hours, basketball coaching mentorship, TeachHoops, basketball program consulting, high school basketball practice design audit, standard of tolerance. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, own the room coaching language, rep density basketball drills, coaching staff lenses, socratic coaching constraints, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, player-led team autonomy. Description Snippet: "Are you tired of sitting in an empty gym office late at night trying to solve all your team's spacing, culture, and practice bottlenecks by yourself? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down the massive, game-changing value of TeachHoops.com live Office Hours and community discussions. Discover how direct mentorship, socratic drill audits, and collaborative problem-solving can help you clean up your practice activity density and build an elite, player-led powerhouse." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #CoachingMentorship #ProgramBuilding #PracticeDesign #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball Are you looking to jump into our next live Office Hours session this July to help refine your off-season summer tournament film filters, or are you preparing a topic for the TeachHoops discussion forums to help restructure your assistant coaching workflows before official fall onboarding begins? Show NotesThe Developmental Pipeline: Isolated Guessing vs. The TeachHoops Lab [ISOLATED GUESSING] ──► Random Internet Drills ──► Low Rep Density ──► Robotic Compliance [TEACHHOOPS LAB] ──► Office Hours Audit ──► Socratic SSGs ──► Player-Led Autonomy 1. Live Office Hours: The Weekly "Truth Room"2. The Discussion Community: Real-Time Socratic FeedbackThe Analytical Target: Optimizing $eFG%$ Through Collaborative Strategy$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Program Audit: The Isolated Coach vs. The Connected ArchitectProgram WorkflowThe Isolated Coach (Level 2 Leak)The Connected Architect (Level 4 Standard)Problem SolvingGuessing in an empty office; copying viral drillsLive diagnostic audits during weekly Office HoursPractice DesignLine bottlenecks; low Activity Density; long lecturesMulti-Ball architectures; socratic SSG constraintsStaff AlignmentAssistant coaches acting like quiet baseline spectatorsStaff deployed through distinct organizational lensesCulture ExecutionCoach-Fed micro-management; joystick callsPlayer-Led autonomy; athletes owning the roomYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do I decide which supplements and health technologies are worth my time and money? Discover the 10 questions I ask before I use or recommend anything. When you're a parent searching for ways to support your child's health, it can be overwhelming. There are supplements, therapies, devices, technologies, practitioners, protocols, and products everywhere you look. Each one may come with impressive testimonials, promising research, or claims that it could make a difference. But how do you know what is truly worth your time, money, and attention? As an autism specialist with decades of experience in holistic health and working with families, I have learned that I can't simply look at a product and ask, “Does this sound good?” Before I consider adding a supplement, health technology, or other product to my program, I do my own research and evaluation. I look at the science. I investigate the company. I look at how the product is made. I consider safety, quality, cost, ease of use, and whether it is genuinely practical for the families I serve.  Because something can be innovative, popular, or expensive—and still not be the right quality or the right fit for every individual and their unique needs. Most importantly, I ask whether it makes sense. And I don't just recommend something and send families on their way. When I believe in a product or technology, I use it myself and share it with my family so I can have firsthand experience with it and understand how it fits into real life. I like to approach anything in life with an open mind. I can't even count how many potentially valuable options I may have missed if I hadn't been open to looking into it further and trying them for myself, because first-hand experience is important to me too.  Here are 10 of the questions I ask before I trust  Is There a Scientific Rationale Behind It? The first question I ask is: Does this make scientific and biological sense? I have a very curious mind. I'm interested in understanding how something is supposed to work. What is the proposed mechanism? What biological pathway or process is involved? Is there credible research supporting the underlying science? I don't believe that one study or one testimonial is enough to make a decision. I want to look at the bigger picture. I also consider what type of evidence exists. Is there peer-reviewed research? Human research? Laboratory research? Research on the specific product or technology? Or is the evidence primarily based on anecdotal reports? These are all different levels of evidence, and I believe it's important to understand the difference. When I evaluate something new, I want to know not only what the company says it does, but also whether the science behind the concept is reasonable and supported by evidence...   Click Here or Click the link below for more details! https://naturallyrecoveringautism.com/251

https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the landscape of modern coaching development, you will see a massive sea of isolation. Head coaches spend late nights sitting in empty gym offices, staring at raw tape, trying to solve complex spatial spacing leaks, assistant staff alignment issues, and parent boundary friction entirely on their own. They download random drills off social media, try to force-feed them into a 120-minute practice script on Tuesday afternoon, and then wonder why their team's execution feels clunky, robotic, and disconnected when Friday night arrives. In a level 4 transformational program, you do not coach in a vacuum. True program builders don't rely on guesswork—they rely on a structured laboratory, direct mentorship, and a collaborative ecosystem designed to audit every square inch of their operational blueprint. In this episode of Coach Unplugged, recorded live at 5th Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, Coach Collins pulls back the curtain on two of the highest-leverage assets available inside TeachHoops.com: our weekly live Office Hours and the interactive TeachHoops Discussion Forums. Discover how jumping into a direct socratic round-table with masterclass coaches will help you clean up your practice Activity Density, optimize your team's game-night Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$), and transition your culture out of coach-fed compliance and into an unshakeable, player-led powerhouse. When you plug your program into a live collaborative network, you replace trial-and-error with high-signal, diagnostic clarity: The Blueprint: Office Hours isn't a passive webinar where you sit back and listen to a two-hour lecture. It is a live, high-signal consulting session. You bring your actual tape, your specific practice scripts, and your exact roster bottlenecks directly to the table. The Diagnostic: Whether you are wrestling with how to corrupt a static shooting drill into a live closeout reader, or trying to deploy your staff lenses—balancing The Organizer, The Yoda, and The Antagonist—we break down the problem on the spot. We deliver rapid, 60-second "drive-by" solutions that you can implement in your gym tomorrow afternoon. The Blueprint: The TeachHoops community forum serves as your program's 24/7 research and development wing. When you encounter a toxic parent boundary breach, a shifting upperclassman who has lost their Next Play Speed, or a complex defensive trapping shell like a 1-3-1 or Match-Up Zone that isn't rotating cleanly, you post the scenario. The Return: Within hours, veteran program builders step up to share tested frameworks, socratic constraint layouts, and exact communication scripts. You leave with an immediate blueprint designed to protect your program's Standard of Tolerance. We don't audit practice scripts during Office Hours just to make your dry-erase board look pretty. We put every single offensive entry, small-sided game ($SSG$), and spatial spacing track through a strict mathematical filter to maximize your team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): When you bring your game data into the TeachHoops discussion, we analyze your shot selection geometry, identify high-volume Multi-Ball rep density fixes, and ensure your daily practice architecture is directly driving high-efficiency scoring through the exhaust. Coach's Note: "The loneliest place in sports is trying to figure out every single piece of the coaching puzzle by yourself. If you are serious about winning more, stressing less, and building a program you are genuinely proud of, you need to get out of your own head and step into the room with coaches who have walked the path. Join us for Office Hours, jump into the TeachHoops discussions, bring your actual problems, and let's build a masterclass standard together. Stop guessing—start building." Title Ideas: Stop Coaching in Isolation! (How TeachHoops Office Hours Fixes Your Program) How to Audit Your Basketball Practice Plan with Live Coaching Mentorship Inside the TeachHoops Laboratory: Solving Culture & Tactical Leaks Fast Why the Best Basketball Coaches Use Mastermind Groups to Win More Games Primary Keywords: Teachhoops.com discussion, Coach Collins office hours, basketball coaching mentorship, TeachHoops, basketball program consulting, high school basketball practice design audit, standard of tolerance. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, own the room coaching language, rep density basketball drills, coaching staff lenses, socratic coaching constraints, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, player-led team autonomy. Description Snippet: "Are you tired of sitting in an empty gym office late at night trying to solve all your team's spacing, culture, and practice bottlenecks by yourself? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down the massive, game-changing value of TeachHoops.com live Office Hours and community discussions. Discover how direct mentorship, socratic drill audits, and collaborative problem-solving can help you clean up your practice activity density and build an elite, player-led powerhouse." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #CoachingMentorship #ProgramBuilding #PracticeDesign #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball Are you looking to jump into our next live Office Hours session this July to help refine your off-season summer tournament film filters, or are you preparing a topic for the TeachHoops discussion forums to help restructure your assistant coaching workflows before official fall onboarding begins? Show NotesThe Developmental Pipeline: Isolated Guessing vs. The TeachHoops Lab [ISOLATED GUESSING] ──► Random Internet Drills ──► Low Rep Density ──► Robotic Compliance [TEACHHOOPS LAB] ──► Office Hours Audit ──► Socratic SSGs ──► Player-Led Autonomy 1. Live Office Hours: The Weekly "Truth Room"2. The Discussion Community: Real-Time Socratic FeedbackThe Analytical Target: Optimizing $eFG%$ Through Collaborative Strategy$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Program Audit: The Isolated Coach vs. The Connected ArchitectProgram WorkflowThe Isolated Coach (Level 2 Leak)The Connected Architect (Level 4 Standard)Problem SolvingGuessing in an empty office; copying viral drillsLive diagnostic audits during weekly Office HoursPractice DesignLine bottlenecks; low Activity Density; long lecturesMulti-Ball architectures; socratic SSG constraintsStaff AlignmentAssistant coaches acting like quiet baseline spectatorsStaff deployed through distinct organizational lensesCulture ExecutionCoach-Fed micro-management; joystick callsPlayer-Led autonomy; athletes owning the roomYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the grassroots basketball ecosystem during the month of July, you will see a massive amount of repetitive, rigid basketball. Coaches treat mid-summer tournament games with the exact same tactical intensity as a regional final in February. They shorten their benches, scream at their players to run their standard winter sets flawlessly, and pull their hair out over a single missed recovery on a Tuesday afternoon. They treat July like a final exam instead of a research and development lab. But when you step into the "Truth Room," you realize that locking your team into a rigid, familiar structure during the summer is an operational leak. If you aren't using July to stretch your roster's boundaries, test your staff's unconventional ideas, and experiment with high-friction constraints, you are completely wasting a premium developmental window. In this episode, we unpack why July is the ultimate sandbox for an elite program builder. We discuss how to use this warm off-season block to try entirely new offensive spaces, install aggressive defensive variations, and challenge your roster's independent Decision IQ when the scoreboard doesn't matter. Discover how to transform your summer calendar into a creative laboratory that expands your program's ceiling before the real winter grinding begins. To accurately audit whether your summer schedule is serving as a progressive incubator for growth or just a comfortable holding pattern for old habits, evaluate your bench through this lens: "Are you utilizing your July tournament minutes to actively stress-test new tactical concepts, unconventional lineup structures, and alternative defensive shells, or are you retreating into your old, comfortable playbook just to secure a meaningless summer win?" If you spend July running the exact same offensive patterns you ran last winter, your culture is leaking value. But if you turn the floor over to experimental, socratic trial-and-error, you build deep Resilience Equity across your entire depth chart. July is the perfect window to expand your team's tactical playbook because the consequences of failure are exactly zero. Here are three ways to weaponize your summer minutes: If your program has historically relied on a traditional, slow, set-heavy half-court offense, July is your window to completely open up the floor. Try installing a fluid, read-and-react philosophy like the Princeton Offense or a high-velocity Dribble Drive shell. The Constraint: Remove your standard set plays entirely from the clipboard. Force your players to share the space, read the defender's hips, and hunt the paint through continuous cutting geometry. This spikes your team's autonomous Decision IQ and forces them to discover how to maximize their Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%) without a joystick instruction from the baseline: Don't wait until January to find out if your roster can handle an aggressive, high-friction trapping system. Use July to roll out a hyper-extended 1-3-1 Zone Press or a dynamic Match-Up Zone. The Constraint: Challenge your perimeter defenders to play with unyielding High Hands on every catch, and use The Antagonist on your staff to fiercely police the communication hand-offs. Even if your players give up straight-line drives or blow a coverage, let them play through the exhaust. You are using the summer friction to find your team's absolute Standard of Tolerance before the real stakes are introduced. Summer league is the perfect laboratory to put your players in high-stress, unfamiliar tactical situations. Take your primary ball-handlers and force them to operate off the ball as cutters. Take your interior post threats, drag them to the perimeter, and force them to play as high-low passing hubs. The Return: Inverting your positions builds multi-angle versatility across your depth chart. It forces your 8th, 9th, and 10th rotational players to step up, speak loudly, and Own The Room while your star options learn how to affect the game without dominating the basketball. Coach's Note: "July is not the time to be safe, and it's certainly not the time to care about what a bunch of summer league spectators think about the scoreboard. If you enter the winter season with the exact same tactical boundaries you had last spring, you didn't coach this summer—you just babysat. Use these weeks to stretch your kids. Throw them into the tactical deep end, let them make mistakes, let them play through the friction, and align your staff lenses to audit the data. Build a bigger, bolder version of your program standard right now." Title Ideas: Are You Wasting Your July Basketball Scrimmages? (The Summer Lab Blueprint) Why the Best Basketball Coaches Intentionally Make Mistakes in July How to Use Summer Basketball Tournaments to Test New Defensive Systems Stop Chasing Summer Wins! How to Experiment With Your Roster in July Primary Keywords: Trying new things in summer basketball, coaching basketball in July, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball offensive spacing adjustments, small-sided games basketball, basketball defensive press installation. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, match-up zone defense installation, 1-3-1 zone trapping rules, standard of tolerance, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, Types of Coaches (3).pdf. Description Snippet: "Are you letting your fear of losing meaningless summer league games stop you from expanding your program's playbook? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins explains why the month of July must be treated as your program's ultimate creative laboratory. Learn how to implement new read-and-react offensive spaces, test aggressive trapping zone defenses, and invert your roster's roles to build elite decision IQ and deep resilience equity before the winter season arrives." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #SummerLeague #PracticeDesign #BasketballTactics #ChampionshipMindset #HighSchoolBasketball Are you utilizing this July experimental framework to test out a brand-new, fast-paced transition offense with your returning varsity squad during your upcoming weekend shootouts, or are you looking to design a specific set of defensive press constraints to see which of your incoming underclassmen can handle high-friction trapping responsibilities under fatigue? Show NotesThe Diagnostic Question Every Masterclass Innovator Must AskThe July Lab: 3 High-Leverage Summer Experiments1. Shift Your Offensive Spacing GeometryeFG%=FGAFGM+(0.5×3PM)​2. Stress-Test Aggressive Defensive Variation3. Invert Your Roster RolesThe Summer Mindset: The Win-Chaser vs. The Masterclass InnovatorJuly VariableThe Transactional Win-Chaser (Leak)The Transformational Innovator (Standard)Playbook ExecutionRelies on old, familiar sets to guarantee summer winsInstalls new cutting shells and experimental spacing geometryRotational DepthShortens the bench; rides starters into physical exhaustDeepens the bench; tests untried lineups in high-stress spotsHandling MistakesScreams from the baseline; panics over bad turnoversUses socratic "drive-by" corrections; demands Next Play SpeedDefensive PhilosophyStays in a safe, passive shell to prevent easy bucketsExperiments with trapping angles and aggressive zone pressesYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us Fan MailWhat separates a professional pool service company from someone simply adding chemicals?In Part 2 of this special Mondays Down Under discussion, Lee Salisbury and Nick dive deeper into professional water analysis with the team from LaMotte, discussing why consistent, accurate testing is one of the biggest differences between average pool care and true water management.The conversation explores the value of the WaterLink® Spin system, reducing user error, interpreting test results correctly, common mistakes professionals make after shocking a pool, and why understanding chemistry matters far more than simply reading numbers off a report.Whether you're running a retail store, servicing residential pools, or maintaining commercial aquatic facilities, this episode is packed with practical advice that can improve both your water quality and your bottom line.In This Episode Why experience matters just as much as chemistry knowledge  Learning to interpret water test results—not just read them  Why every unusual water test should make you ask more questions  How customer conversations often solve water chemistry mysteries  When to consult technical support or laboratory analysis  Why professional testing equipment pays for itself  Reducing user error with automated water testing  The business case for investing in better testing equipment  Saving time while improving customer service  Comparing photometric testing to traditional reagent testing  Why complete water analysis is more valuable than testing only chlorine and pH  Protecting pools through proper water balance  "It's easier to keep it clean than bring it back from green." Technical Topics Covered WaterLink Spin technology  Photometric water testing  Traditional liquid reagent testing  Test repeatability and consistency  Eliminating sample contamination  Proper sample volume  Test accuracy versus operator technique  Water balance fundamentals  Customer communication during water analysis  Laboratory troubleshooting  Commercial pool testing  Residential pool testing Common Testing Mistakes Discussed Misinterpreting zero alkalinity after shocking a pool  Understanding the effects of chlorine above 15 ppm  Why high chlorine can produce misleading alkalinity readings  Using high-range chlorine test strips for confirmation  Running additional tests on the same high-chlorine sample  Recognizing when the instrument is giving you an indicator—not a bad result Best Practices Use professional-grade testing equipment  Perform complete water analysis whenever possible  Verify unusually high chlorine levels before making chemical adjustments  Store Spin Discs properly  Reseal foil packaging after every use  Protect discs from moisture and light  Understand shelf life after opening  Train technicians to recognize abnormal test patterns  Build testing costs into your professional service Commercial Aquatic Facility DiscussionThe episode also covers: Daily health department testing requirements  Three-test commercial Spin Discs  Testing multiple water bodies  Managing public pool safety  Protecting swimmers through accurate testing  Creating efficient testing workflows for aquatic facilities Key TakeawaysProfessional water testing isn't about owning expensive equipment—it's about making better decisions.Accurate testing saves time, improves customer confidence, reduces costly mistakes, and helps protect both swimming pools and the people using them. Understanding what your test results are actually telling you is every bit as important as obtaining the numbers themselves.Featured Guests Lee Salisbury  Nick (Mondays Down Under)  Hiren Patel – LaMotte Company Connect with Talking Pools

Dr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He is also an adjunct professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and a Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM). Dr. Breitschwerdt directs the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory in the Institute for Comparative Medicine at North Carolina State University. He also co-directs the Vector Borne Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory and is the director of the NCSU-CVM Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory. Breitschwerdt's clinical interests include infectious diseases, immunology, and nephrology. For over 30 years, his research has emphasized vector-transmitted, intracellular pathogens. Most recently, he has contributed to cutting-edge research in the areas of animal and human bartonellosis.

 Ten questions from water professionals around the world become a practical decision-making session with Trace Blackmore, CWT. Drawing on earlier Scaling UP! H2O conversations, Trace explains how to evaluate treatment changes, use emerging tools responsibly, begin water reuse projects, strengthen teams, and continue growing professionally.    Evaluate the Entire System  A proposed treatment change should be evaluated by more than its purchase price. When comparing chlorine dioxide with traditional chlorine, Trace recommends examining biocide consumption, chemical storage, corrosion rates, biofilm control, heat-transfer efficiency, cleaning requirements, downtime, labor, equipment life, and Legionella risk. A documented pilot on one tower can provide evidence before a facility commits to a larger investment.  Water reuse decisions require the same discipline. Before introducing treated wastewater or cooling tower blowdown into another application, characterize the water, calculate current and projected costs, identify regulatory requirements, and determine compatibility with the existing treatment program. Starting with a blended approach or limited pilot can help a team test feasibility while managing operational risk.    Use New Tools Without Surrendering Professional Judgment  For technicians exploring AI, Trace recommends beginning with approved, nonrestricted data. Service reports and controller data can help an AI platform organize information, identify subtle trends, prepare meeting summaries, and improve the wording of recommendations.  However, AI output still requires verification. Company data policies must come first, and technical recommendations should be reviewed against field experience, trusted references, and knowledgeable mentors.  Product changes also demand controlled testing. When evaluating maleic acid-based corrosion inhibitors, Trace recommends laboratory compatibility testing, careful review of the order of addition, temperature and shelf-stability checks, and a low-risk field pilot. Corrosion coupons, system cleanliness, dosing performance, and historical results can then be compared before expanding the program.    Strengthen Teams, Goals, and Professional Growth  The listener questions also address turnover, accountability, education, and industry involvement. Trace explains how behavioral assessment can support job fit and team communication, while weekly accountability, visible goals, time blocking, and lead-measure tracking can make a 12-week plan more achievable.  He also reflects on how his MBA and DBA studies have influenced his strategic thinking, data-based decisions, leadership, and approach to scalable systems. The discussion closes with the value of continuing education, professional certification, trade association membership, committee participation, and relationships that provide support when difficult field problems arise.  These answers offer practical starting points for making better technical, operational, and professional decisions—while knowing what evidence to gather before recommending change.  Listen to the full conversation above. Explore related episodes below. Stay engaged, keep learning, and continue scaling up your knowledge!     Timestamps 02:30 — Trace introduces ten questions submitted by Scaling UP! Nation members around the world, connecting earlier episodes to current field decisions. 04:40 — Upcoming industry events highlight opportunities for water professionals to plan ahead, network, and continue learning. 06:10 — August's focus on Legionella and waterborne pathogens prepares listeners for a month of specialized technical education. 07:00 — Industrial Water Week returns October 5–9 with daily episodes and new Detective H2O segments. 07:40 — Trace explains how to build a business case for chlorine dioxide by tracking operating costs, system performance, and total ownership value. 14:30 — A beginner's roadmap for AI shows technicians how to analyze trends while respecting company data policies and verifying results. 23:30 — Water quality, current costs, regulations, treatment compatibility, and stakeholder involvement frame an initial cooling tower reuse assessment. 29:30 — Laboratory testing, order of addition, stability checks, and field pilots reduce risk when evaluating maleic acid-based corrosion inhibitors. 34:10 — Trace connects Culture Index with turnover reduction, better hiring decisions, improved communication, and stronger job fit. 40:20 — Weekly accountability, visible goals, calendar blocks, and lead measures help route-based professionals execute a 12-week plan. 45:30 — Characterization, regulatory review, plant tolerance, and a limited pilot provide a practical path for reusing cooling tower blowdown. 49:00 — Episodes 441–445, discussion guides, transcripts, and team-led conversations can support structured technical training. 52:40 — Trace reflects on how his MBA and DBA studies influence systems thinking, leadership, scalability, and data-based decisions. 58:20 — AWT membership, CWT certification, committee participation, training, and professional relationships offer value to water treaters worldwide. Quotes  "And then I would look at the total cost of owning this equipment, not just the cost of buying the equipment." "AI can be incorrect. So, if it tells you something, the bottom line I want to tell you is fact check to verify." "And the last thing that comes to mind is maybe you start off with a pilot instead of the entire program. And maybe you start out with a blended approach instead of an all or nothing approach." "You'll be amazed at how having somebody that is interested and holding you accountable will make you make better decisions when you need to make decisions." "And also, I'm hoping that it creates a model where I just didn't stop learning at my CWT."   Connect with Scaling UP! H2O Submit a show idea: Submit a Show Idea  LinkedIn: in/traceblackmore/  YouTube: @ScalingUpH2O    Scaling UP! H2O Resources Mentioned  12 Week Year  AWT (Association of Water Technologies) Scaling UP! H2O Academy video courses Submit a Show Idea Ep 405 - Cooling Water Innovation: Harnessing Wastewater for Sustainability Ep 418 - Maleic Acid-Based Corrosion Inhibitors: Expanding the Water Treatment Toolbox with Mike Standish Ep 420 - Tapping Into Tech: How Ben Frieders Uses AI to Elevate Water Treatment Marketing Ep 422 - Inside the Association of Water Technologies with John Caloritis Ep 424 - Chlorine Dioxide Insights with Greg Simpson Ep 441 - Industrial Water Week 2025: Pretreatment Monday Ep 442 - Industrial Water Week 2025: Boiler Tuesday Ep 443 - Industrial Water Week 2025: Cooling Wednesday Ep 444 - Industrial Water Week 2025: Wastewater Thursday Ep 445 - Industrial Water Week 2025: Careers Friday Ep 446 - Leveraging the Culture Index for Business Success with Danielle Scimeca and Conor Parrish Ep 447 - Unlocking Team Potential with Culture Index with Randi Fargen Ep 456 - The 12 Days of Scaling UP! H2O 2025 Ep 457 - 2026: A New Year with New Intentions Ep 459 - From Wastewater to Resource: Water Reuse with Dr. Veronika Zhiteneva Ep 474 - Questions from the Scaling UP! Nation about Trace 2026 Events for Water Professionals  Check out our Scaling UP! H2O Events Calendar where we've listed every event Water Treaters should be aware of by clicking HERE.    This episode made possible through our valued partners at:   

A brain surgeon recently shared a powerful observation:"If you do too much for your kids, you build your self-esteem by stealing theirs."That one sentence sparked one of our favorite parenting conversations.Why do parents feel compelled to rescue their children from every disappointment? What happens when we remove every obstacle from our athlete's path? And how do we help our children become resilient without abandoning them?In this episode, Shad Martin and Dustin Smith discuss why struggle isn't the enemy—it may be one of life's greatest teachers.If you're raising athletes (or future adults), this episode is for you.Eyes Up. Do the Work.00:32:17 - Introduction00:32:47 - The Brain Surgeon's Quote00:34:32 - Why Parents Naturally Want to Protect Their Kids00:37:37 - Helicopter Parenting vs. Bulldozer Parenting00:40:27 - Are We Protecting, or Preventing Growth?00:44:02 - The Difference Between Harmful Pain and Productive Struggle00:47:32 - Helping Instead of Rescuing00:50:37 - Sports as a Laboratory for Resilience00:53:17 - The Frozen Peach Tree Story00:56:37 - When Protection Becomes the Problem00:59:12 - Practical Advice for Parents01:01:32 - Final Thoughts: Eyes Up. Do the Work.⸻Especially for Athletes: Website: https://e4a.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyForAthletes/ X: https://x.com/E4Afamily Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyforathletes/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbWc7diAvstLMfjBL-bMMQJoin the conversation using #E4APodcast⸻Credits: Hosted by Dustin SmithProduced by E4A and IMAGINATE STUDIO

The Dadley Boyz chat about what happened on this week's episode of Friday Night SmackDown, including...Cody Rhodes is the #1 contender!AAA Cruiserweight Championship on the line!The Trick-Melo rivalry renewed!Brie Bella vs. Lainey Reid!More problems in Danhausen's Laboratory?!ENJOY!Follow us on Twitter:@AdamWilbourn@MSidgwick@WhatCultureWWEFor more awesome content, check out: whatculture.com/wwe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Books at Bedtime.If you are looking for how to fall asleep fast when struggling with insomnia, or if you simply need a calming bedtime story to quiet a racing mind, let the gentle rhythm of classic literature help you unwind.In this episode, we read Chapter 16 of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine (After the Story & Epilogue). This final chapter brings us back to the quiet, smoky room of the laboratory where the listeners sit in contemplation. As the Time Traveler prepares for his next mysterious voyage, the narrative slows to a peaceful, reflective close. Let go of the day's stress, allow your breathing to slow down, and drift off naturally into a deep, restful sleep.Streamline Your Sleep RoutineListening to free audio books for sleep and relaxation is a proven way to stop late-night overthinking and ease sleep anxiety. By focusing your mind on a slow, low-stakes narrative, you can naturally lower your heart rate and ease your mind into a deep, restorative rest.Premium Content on the Anchored AppLooking for more tools to help overcome chronic sleep issues? This episode is part of our premium, ad-free library on the Anchored app. Anchored offers exclusive audio experiences, guided meditations, and tailored wellness routines designed to help you beat insomnia and reclaim your nights. Download the Anchored app today to access the full collection.Time Chapters:00:00 – Episode Introduction & Chapter 16: After the Story04:15 – The Laboratory & The Machine's Quiet Truth06:40 – The Vanishing: A Ghostly Phantasm Departed08:10 – Waiting for the Time Traveler10:30 – The Epilogue: Two White Flowers and Mutual Tenderness12:00 – Deep Sleep Outro and RelaxationAbout the Show & CommunityFor daily relaxation techniques, stress management, and mindfulness support, subscribe to the main Calming Anxiety podcast network. If you love these bedtime readings, explore our comprehensive Anxiety Breaker Course over at calminganxiety.fm to help manage daytime overwhelm.Thank you for listening. Protect your peace tonight, sleep deeply, and remember to be kind to yourself.