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The same glucosamine pill millions take for joint pain may protect a healthy brain — and accelerate Alzheimer's in a brain already in decline. Here's the science.In this episode of Health Longevity Secrets, Robert Lufkin MD breaks down the 2026 plot twist on glucosamine and dementia: why a supplement once hailed as a longevity hack now carries an Alzheimer's warning, and why the answer comes down to one thing — the state of your metabolism. The same molecule helped the metabolically healthy and may have harmed the metabolically broken. The supplement didn't change; the soil it landed on did.Chapters:00:00 — Introduction00:39 — The Supplement Everyone Trusted01:06 — UK Biobank: Glucosamine and 15% Lower Death Risk01:38 — Why Glucosamine Looked Like a Longevity Hack02:48 — The 2026 Plot Twist: Nature Metabolism Study03:53 — Alzheimer's Mice and the Glucosamine Pathway04:13 — How Sugar Tagging (Glycosylation) Explains Both04:57 — Hyperglycosylation in the Alzheimer's Brain05:34 — The Honest Caveat: Association vs Causation06:55 — The Takeaway: Metabolic Health Decides EverythingKey takeaways:In healthy, cognitively normal adults, regular glucosamine use has been tied to lower all-cause mortality and lower risk of dementia — especially vascular dementia.A June 2026 University of Florida study in Nature Metabolism found the opposite signal in sick brains: in people with mild cognitive impairment, glucosamine use was associated with a 25% higher likelihood of progressing to Alzheimer's, and a 25% higher death risk in those already diagnosed.In Alzheimer's mice, glucosamine made memory worse; blocking the same sugar-tagging pathway made it better.The mechanism is metabolic: glucosamine feeds glycosylation (sugar-tagging of proteins). A healthy brain handles it fine; an Alzheimer's brain is already hyperglycosylated, so adding more is "pouring gasoline on the fire."This is association, not proof of cause — and the literature is genuinely mixed. If you're healthy, it's not a fire alarm. If you or a loved one has MCI or dementia, talk to your physician before the next refill.Studies & sources:Hawkinson et al., "Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer's disease," Nature Metabolism 2026 (University of Florida)University of Florida news release on the glucosamine–dementia findingZheng et al., "Association of regular glucosamine use with incident dementia," BMC Medicine 2023 (UK Biobank)Habitual glucosamine use, APOE genotypes, and cause-specific dementia in older adults (UK Biobank)Li et al., "Associations of regular glucosamine use with all-cause and cause-specific mortality," Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2020 (UK Biobank)Read Dr. Lufkin's book "Lies I Taught in Medical School".⭐ Enjoying the show? Please leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts — it takes 30 seconds and helps more people discover the science of health and longevity. Thank you!New episodes every Tuesday & Thursday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.Continue this conversation on Substack: https://robertlufkinmd.substack.comLies I Taught In Medical School — Free sample chapter: https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/lies/Web: https://www.robertlufkinmd.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/robertlufkinmdX: https://x.com/robertlufkinmdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertlufkinmd/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robertlufkinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertlufkinmd/

What if the pain you've been trying to escape is actually the fuel you've been looking for? Recording artist Ben Barbic walked away from alcohol, nicotine, and blood pressure medications at 28 — and built a 15-year operating system for resilience.In this episode of Health Longevity Secrets, Robert Lufkin MD sits down with Ben Barbic — chart-climbing reggae and hip-hop recording artist, San Jose-based studio owner of Where Dreams Sail Studios, and author of the new memoir Rise and Climb: Finding Purpose Through Pain (Skyhorse Publishing / Simon & Schuster, October 15). They talk about the night his childhood home burned down, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that destroyed his family's second house, the teddy bear from his young son that triggered his sobriety pivot, the redwood-tree metaphor on the book cover, kirtan and chakra meditation as his entry point to a calmer mind, and how very small daily choices — a single five-minute habit — compound into a completely different life.CHAPTERS:00:00 — Introduction01:08 — Meet Ben Barbic: Recording Artist, Author, and Self-Builder02:00 — Childhood Trauma: When the House Burned Down03:00 — The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and the Power of Rebuilding04:01 — Why Music Became His First Anchor as a Child05:02 — The 28th Birthday Pivot: Walking Away from Alcohol and Nicotine06:02 — The Subtraction-Then-Addition Method for Habit Change07:03 — Quitting Blood Pressure Medications and Treating the Root Cause09:04 — The Teddy Bear Moment: How His Son Triggered the Pivot12:04 — Why Tiny Five-Minute Habits Beat Big Resolutions14:05 — The First Three Habits He Added After Sobriety17:07 — Kirtan and Chakra Meditation: A Beginner's Path19:08 — Music, Memory, and the Brain's Storytelling Pathways24:09 — Writing a Memoir: The Hardest Part Is Vulnerability27:10 — Three Lessons for Self-Builders and High Performers30:11 — The Redwood Tree Metaphor on the Book Cover31:11 — Victim Mindset vs Agency: How to Reframe Adversity32:11 — Redefining Success: From Catching Up to Contributing36:12 — The Empty-Nest Pivot and the Next 5 Years38:13 — Final Thoughts: Pursue What Gives You PurposeKEY TAKEAWAYS:Subtract before you add — remove the drainers first, then layer in new habits.Hypertension is rarely solved by stacking more meds — change the upstream inputs and the numbers follow.The pivot moment usually has a single concrete trigger.Five minutes is enough — compounding does the rest.Kirtan plus chakra meditation is a friendly entry point for musicians.Redwood trees regrow tall around old burn scars.Define success by what you can contribute, not by who you can catch up to.LINKS & SOURCES:Rise and Climb: Finding Purpose Through Pain by Ben BarbicBen's music catalog1989 Loma Prieta earthquake background

Creatine causes cancer to spread — that headline is built on a real mouse study. But what does the human data actually say? In this solo explainer, Dr. Robert Lufkin breaks down both halves of the science behind the most studied supplement on the planet.He walks through the 2021 mouse metastasis study behind the viral claim, the surprising evidence that creatine actually powers the immune cells that HUNT cancer (CD8 T cells and, per new UCLA research, dendritic cells), and what the human data — HCAs, NHANES, and the 2025 safety review — really shows. The verdict is more nuanced, and more reassuring, than the headline suggests.Chapters:00:00 — Introduction00:46 — Why This Question Exists01:32 — The Scary Half (2021 Study)02:17 — How Creatine Fuels Tumor Spread03:03 — Creatine Fights Cancer Too03:48 — UCLA June 2026 Dendritic Cells04:35 — Tumor Suppressor or Fuel?05:21 — What Human Data Shows (HCAs)06:08 — NHANES & 2025 Safety Review06:55 — The Honest Caveat07:42 — The TakeawayKey takeaways:The scary headline comes from a 2021 mouse study where dietary creatine promoted metastasis via the MPS1 → SMAD2/3 → TGF-beta pathway — in mice with established, aggressive tumors.The same metabolism fuels your immune system: creatine is essential for CD8 "killer" T cells and the dendritic cells that direct them.In a controlled human trial, creatine did NOT drive carcinogen (HCA) formation.NHANES population data links higher dietary creatine to LOWER cancer risk, and the 2025 safety review calls the human cancer-risk claim "not substantiated."Healthy adults: the human evidence does not support avoiding creatine. Active or metastatic cancer: pause and talk to your oncologist. Always choose third-party tested creatine monohydrate.Studies & sources:Zhang et al., Cell Metabolism 2021 — Creatine promotes cancer metastasis via Smad2/3Geng et al., Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024 — The multifaceted role of creatine metabolismDi Biase et al., J. Exp. Med. 2019 — Creatine and CD8 T cell antitumor immunityKang et al., iScience 2026 (UCLA) — Creatine and dendritic cell activationPereira et al., Amino Acids 2015 — Creatine and heterocyclic aminesNHANES 2017–2020 — Dietary creatine and cancer riskAntonio et al., Frontiers in Nutrition 2025 — Common safety concerns regarding creatine

Forget muscle repair. The reason sleep actually transforms your health is happening inside your skull every night — and it's not what Matthew Walker's TED Talk made famous. In this episode of Health Longevity Secrets, Robert Lufkin MD breaks down the real science of sleep: the glymphatic system that flushes beta-amyloid from your brain, the hippocampal "sharp wave ripples" that lock in memories, the slow-wave growth hormone pulse you can't make up, and the testosterone and insulin damage that happens in a single week of short sleep. He closes with the single most evidence-based intervention you can do tonight — and it's not melatonin. CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Why The "Sleep For Muscle Repair" Story Is Wrong 01:00 — Part 1: The Muscle Repair Myth (mTOR, Protein Synthesis, 24–48hr Window) 02:00 — Part 2: The Molecular Truth — The Glymphatic System 02:35 — The 60% Brain Cleaning Cycle (Xie 2013, Beta-Amyloid Clearance) 03:30 — Sharp Wave Ripples and Memory Consolidation in Deep Sleep 03:55 — How Sleep Onset Drives 70% of Your Nightly Growth Hormone 04:30 — Sleep Restriction Drops Testosterone 10–15% in One Week 05:00 — Part 3: The Hormonal Layer — Insulin, Cortisol, Ghrelin 05:15 — 4 Nights, 4 Hours: Prediabetes In Healthy Young Men (Spiegel 1999) 06:30 — Ghrelin, Leptin, and Why You Wake Up Hungrier 07:00 — Part 4: The Practical Tactic — Thermal Regulation 07:30 — The 2–3°F Core Temperature Drop That Triggers Sleep 08:00 — Why a Hot Shower 90 Minutes Before Bed Beats Melatonin 08:45 — The 65–68°F Bedroom Rule 09:15 — Part 5: The Reframe — Sleep Is Neurological, Not Muscular KEY TAKEAWAYS: • Muscle protein synthesis runs 24–48 hours post-workout and does not require sleep architecture — it requires amino acids, energy, and time. • During sleep, your brain's interstitial space expands ~60% to flush metabolic waste, including the beta-amyloid and tau proteins implicated in Alzheimer's. • ~70% of your daily growth hormone is released in the first slow-wave cycle — disrupt the first 90 minutes and you blunt the whole night. • Four nights of 4-hour sleep produced prediabetes-level insulin resistance in healthy young men (Spiegel et al., Lancet 1999). • A hot bath or shower 60–90 minutes before bed shortens sleep latency more reliably than melatonin (Haghayegh et al., Sleep Medicine Reviews 2019). Pair with a 65–68°F bedroom. STUDIES & SOURCES MENTIONED: • Xie L, et al., Science 2013 — Sleep drives beta-amyloid clearance via the glymphatic system — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24136970/ • Spiegel K, Leproult R, Van Cauter E, Lancet 1999 — Sleep debt and metabolic/endocrine function (4-night 4-hour sleep restriction trial) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10543671/ • Leproult R, Van Cauter E, JAMA 2011 — 1 week of sleep restriction drops testosterone 10–15% in healthy young men — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21632481/ • Haghayegh S, et al., Sleep Medicine Reviews 2019 — Warm shower/bath 1–2h before bed shortens sleep onset latency (meta-analysis of 13 trials) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31102877/ • Pontzer H, et al., Current Biology 2016 — Constrained total energy expenditure model — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26832439/ • Walker M, "Why We Sleep" (book) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Sleep ─────────────────────────────────

 What tree begins life looking more like a tuft of grass, survives repeated fires for years on the forest floor, and then suddenly bolts toward the canopy in a remarkable growth spurt? The longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is one of the most unique and ecologically important tree species in North America. Once dominating the coastal plains of the southeastern United States, longleaf pine forests have been reduced to less than 5% of their historic range. Yet these forests remain among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the continent. In this episode of SilviCast, we explore the fascinating life history of longleaf pine and the silvicultural practices being used to restore these iconic forests. Join us for a conversation with Steve Jack, Executive Director of Boggy Slough Conservation Area, who shares insights from decades of longleaf pine restoration work across the southern United States. Guest on the Episode:Steve Jack, Ph.D.Director of the Boggy Slough Conservation AreaDr. Steve Jack is the founding executive director of the Boggy Slough Conservation Area (BSCA), a 19,000-acre property near Lufkin, Texas owned by the T.L.L. Temple Foundation. In that role Steve leads the foundation's vision for BSCA “to serve as a model of excellence for East Texas through ecological research and outreach to promote conservation, management, and stewardship of natural resources.” Prior to BSCA, Steve spent over two decades at the Jones Center at Ichauway in southwest Georgia, focused on the management and restoration of longleaf pine. He has a BS from Erskine College in SC, a MS from University of Florida, and a PhD from Utah State University.Show NotesThe Longleaf AllianceAmerica's Longleaf Restoration InitiativeSilvics of Longleaf Pine (digital manual)The Art of Managing Longleaf (book)Ecological Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Forests (book)Multiple Value Management: The Stoddard-Neel Approach to Ecological Forestry in Longleaf Pine Grasslands (outreach publication)Send us Fan Mail

Get personalized root-cause care with Empower Functional Health.Learn more at empowerfunctionalhealth.com_____Dr. Robert and I discuss why metabolic dysfunction may be the root cause behind many chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, Alzheimer's, and even mental illness. We dive into how modern medicine often treats symptoms instead of root causes, why lifestyle and metabolic therapies can reverse disease progression, and how low-carb and ketogenic diets may improve long-term health outcomes. Make sure to listen to the full interview to learn more.Dr. Robert Lufkin is a physician, radiologist, medical school professor, and New York Times bestselling author of Lies I Taught in Medical School. After developing multiple chronic diseases himself, he began researching metabolic health, longevity, and lifestyle medicine, eventually reversing his own conditions through nutrition and lifestyle changes. Dr. Lufkin now advocates for metabolic therapies and root-cause approaches to chronic disease prevention and reversal.We discuss the following: Dr. Lufkin's backgroundWhy he questioned modern medicineNutrition myths in medical trainingPharma influence in medical educationBiggest lie taught in medicineObesity misconceptions explainedBlood pressure and metabolic health What is metabolic dysfunctionAlzheimer's and metabolic healthWhy Alzheimer's is type 3 diabetesCholesterol fear and statinsCoronary calcium scan explained_____EPISODE RESOURCESDr. Robert Lufkin WebsiteLies I Taught in Medical School BookComplete Wellness PanelDr. Robert Lufkin Youtube and Weekly Video PodcastDr. Robert Lufkin's Instagram_____WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 

There's a single number on your routine blood test that predicts your risk of dying from cancer, heart disease, and infection better than cholesterol — and an FDA-approved drug may now move it.In this Health Longevity Secrets explainer, Robert Lufkin MD breaks down lymphopenia, the IL-15 cytokine, and ANKTIVA (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept) — the first FDA-approved IL-15 super-agonist and possibly one of the most important longevity drugs of the decade.CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Introduction: The Blood Test Number Better Than Cholesterol 00:35 — What Is Lymphopenia and Why It Matters 01:50 — Immunosenescence: Why Your T Cells Decline After Age 20 02:30 — The Mortality Data: Three Studies on Lymphopenia 03:20 — Copenhagen Study: 63% Higher All-Cause Mortality 03:50 — Coronary Angiography Study: Hazard Ratio 1.97 04:25 — Enter IL-15: The Cytokine That Builds Killer Immune Cells 05:15 — IL-15 as a Myokine: Why Resistance Training Protects Against Cancer 06:00 — Four Hallmarks of Aging Hit By One Molecule 06:30 — ANKTIVA Explained: The IL-15 Super-Agonist 07:00 — FDA Approval, Bladder Cancer, and the Soon-Shiong Reframe 08:15 — Is ANKTIVA a Longevity Drug? The Bullish Case 09:00 — The Skeptical Case: Why We Don't Know Yet 10:15 — What You Can Do Today: Track Your Number, Raise IL-15 Naturally 11:30 — Final Take and ClosingKEY TAKEAWAYS:Lymphopenia (absolute lymphocyte count below 1,500/μL) predicts all-cause mortality better than cholesterol in multiple large cohort studiesIL-15 expands NK cells and CD8+ T cells — the same cells that clear senescent "zombie" cells and patrol for cancerResistance training is the single strongest known endogenous IL-15 stimulus; your muscle signals your immune system to stay youngANKTIVA is the first FDA-approved IL-15 super-agonist (April 2024) — currently for bladder cancer but being reframed as a lymphopenia treatmentIL-15 hits four hallmarks of aging at once: immunosenescence, senescent cell accumulation, chronic inflammation, and sarcopeniaHonest take: exciting hypothesis with FDA approval, but zero human longevity trials yet — watch this spaceSTUDIES & SOURCES MENTIONED:Zidar et al., JAMA Network Open 2019 — Lymphopenia and mortality in 31,178 US adults (NHANES)Warny et al., CMAJ 2020 — Copenhagen General Population Study, lymphopenia in 108,135 adultsBawamia et al., Cardiology Journal 2022 — Lymphopenia and 8-year mortality in 15,179 coronary angiography patientsFDA approval, April 22, 2024 — Nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln (ANKTIVA) for BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancerWatch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/220KHIdFCwg

What if the same symptoms we see in combat veterans — the broken sleep, the irritability, the brain fog — were already quietly spreading through the healthiest, highest-performing people you know?In this episode of Health Longevity Secrets, Robert Lufkin MD sits down with Neil Markey — a former US Army Special Operations captain from the 75th Ranger Regiment turned McKinsey consultant, now the co-founder and CEO of Beckley Retreats and a Harvard Chan School student researching psychedelic-assisted integrated health. Neil walks us through his own journey out of post-combat trauma, the neuroscience of why psilocybin opens a rare window of neuroplasticity in the adult brain, and why he believes this work belongs upstream as preventative medicine for the well.CHAPTERS:00:00 — Introduction02:34 — From Mathlete to 75th Ranger Regiment02:50 — Iraq, WMDs, and the Pretense of War03:16 — Two Afghanistan Tours as a Ranger Captain07:14 — How Meditation Reached Him First11:49 — The Peer Group Where Everyone Was Secretly Breaking12:25 — Why the Environment Always Wins15:15 — The Neuroplasticity Window Psychedelics Open17:18 — Amanda Feilding and the Beckley Foundation18:20 — Why Set and Setting Decide the Outcome20:58 — The Fresh Snowfall Metaphor for the Brain24:09 — Preventative Medicine for the Well, Not Just the Broken32:18 — The Real Safety Profile of Psilocybin33:27 — Beckley as a Public Benefit Corporation39:38 — Bringing Rigor at Harvard Chan40:12 — Jamaica, the Netherlands, and the US Legal Path45:04 — A Green Beret's Son Finally Came to Him46:34 — Why Awe Beats BurnoutKEY TAKEAWAYS:• Psilocybin opens a measurable window of neuroplasticity in the adult brain• Set, setting, and integration determine outcomes far more than the compound itself• Psilocybin is non-toxic with low incident rates when used in controlled environments• The "betterment of the well" use case may be as transformative as clinical treatment• Oregon and Colorado have legalized supervised use; New Mexico and Massachusetts are next• Chronic stress in high-performers replicates many PTSD-like symptoms• Awe, empathy, and connection are measurable outcomes — and they beat burnoutSTUDIES & SOURCES MENTIONED:• Neil Markey — Beckley Retreats (use code LUFKIN for 10% off)• Beckley Foundation — Amanda Feilding's psychedelic research institute• Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris — UCSF Psychedelics Division• Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research• Oregon Psilocybin Services — first US regulated program• JAMA Psychiatry meta-analysis on psilocybin for depression (2023)• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health⭐ Enjoying the show? Please leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts — it takes 30 seconds and helps more people discover the science of health and longevity. Thank you!New episodes every Tuesday & Thursday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.Continue this conversation on Substack: https://robertlufkinmd.substack.comLies I Taught In Medical School — Free sample chapter: https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/lies/Web: https://www.robertlufkinmd.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/robertlufkinmdX: https://x.com/robertlufkinmdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertlufkinmd/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robertlufkinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertlufkinmd/

Jill's top 5 CliftonStrengths were: Harmony, Belief, Restorative, Empathy, Consistency  Aryn's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Futuristic, Activator, Communication, Arranger and Woo Jill Amend passed away  at 73 years old September 28, 2025 in Lufkin, Texas.  She grew up alongside her beloved older sister and younger brother. As the middle child, she shared a special bond with both, always protective and tenderhearted—even crying whenever her little brother was disciplined! Jill was a beloved elementary school teacher, Mom to Preston, Aryn and Phillip and  Gigi to 7 grandchildren.    Known as the “mother of the neighborhood,” Jill had a gift for welcoming others with warmth, kindness, and plenty of home-cooked meals. Her home was always open - filled with laughter, homemade pies that rivaled those of her mother and grandmother, and the joy of family and friends gathered around the table. Summers often meant cousins and family filling the house, and Jill always delighted in making her house a place where everyone felt at home Aryn (her daugther) talks about the many endearing qualities of her mom Jill in this episode.  She Aryn is the founder and owner behind Oyster Creek Studios and Oyster Creek Collection, a vibrant lifestyle brand known for creating timeless, livable homes layered with color, character, and personality. Aryn, her husband, and their two boys now reside in East Texas, where they love living among the piney woods and enjoying a slower pace of life outside the hustle and bustle of Houston. When she's not designing beautiful homes or dreaming up new furniture pieces, Aryn loves hosting gatherings at her home, Creole Casa. You can usually find her treasure hunting through estate sales, antique malls, and thrift shops, always on the lookout for one of a kind finds, in between cheering her boys on from the sidelines at all their sports and activities. Episode 89: Dreaming of And Creating Beautiful Spaces with Aryn Guillory Link to take the CliftonStrengths Assessment Coaching and Workshops with Barbara Culwell Subscribe & Leave a Review on Embrace Your Strengths    

A racetrack doesn't survive on horsepower alone, it survives on trust, safety, and giving people a reason to spend their Saturday together. We sit down with Steve Quien, General Manager of Pine Valley Raceway in Lufkin, Texas, to hear how a refurbished NHRA-sanctioned quarter-mile drag strip gets rebuilt the right way: smarter scheduling, clear communication when weather threatens, and a welcoming setup for racers traveling from Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Louisiana.We also dig into what makes drag racing feel like a true community event. Steve talks about blending car shows with on-track action, why junior dragsters are the pipeline for the sport, and how families turn the pits into a picnic. From upgraded lighting and timing systems to big-event planning like the October truck show, Pine Valley Raceway is positioning itself as a family-friendly motorsports destination in East Texas where you can even tailgate and bring your own barbecue.Then we shift gears with Jeff's Motor Minute on engine oil temperature, including why “warm, not hot” leads to a cleaner drain and fewer burned knuckles. Finally, we review the redesigned 2026 Subaru Outback with its taller, boxier SUV look, standard all-wheel drive, real-world MPG, towing notes, and a detail many drivers have been begging for: the return of physical buttons.If you enjoy local racing stories, practical DIY car care, and honest new vehicle reviews, subscribe, share this with a car friend, and leave us a rating and review so more listeners can find the show.Be sure to subscribe for more In Wheel Time Car Talk!The Lupe' Tortilla RestaurantsLupe Tortilla in Katy, Texas Gulf Coast Auto ShieldPaint protection, tint, and more!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.----  ----- Want more In Wheel Time car talk any time?     In Wheel Time is now available on Audacy!  Just go to Audacy.com/InWheelTime where ever you are.-----   -----Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Podcast and check out our live multiplatform broadcast every Saturday, 10a - 12nCT simulcasting on Audacy, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and InWheelTime.com.In Wheel Time Podcast can be heard on you mobile device from providers such as:Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Podcast, Spotify, SiriusXM Podcast, iHeartRadio podcast, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Castro, Castbox, YouTube Podcast and more on your mobile device.Follow InWheelTime.com for the latest updates!Twitter: https://twitter.com/InWheelTimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inwheeltime/https://www.youtube.com/inwheeltimehttps://www.Facebook.com/InWheelTimeFor more information about In Wheel Time Podcast, email us at info@inwheeltime.com

Your doctor orders a lipid panel every year — but 3 cheap blood tests predict heart disease, diabetes, and even dementia far better than cholesterol, and most doctors never order them. In this episode, Robert Lufkin MD walks through fasting insulin + HOMA-IR, homocysteine, and high-sensitivity CRP — three tests that together cost about $60, take one blood draw, and catch the metabolic dysfunction a standard lipid panel systematically misses. CHAPTERS: 00:00 — The 3 Blood Tests Your Doctor Isn't Ordering 00:40 — Part 1: Fasting Insulin and HOMA-IR 01:15 — How Insulin Resistance Hides for 10–15 Years 01:45 — HOMA-IR vs Glucose: What 516,000 People Revealed 02:05 — 59% Higher Cardiovascular Risk in the 2023 ATVB Study 02:45 — Optimal Fasting Insulin: Why 5–8 Beats the Lab's "25" 03:05 — Part 2: Homocysteine and the MTHFR Connection 03:35 — How Homocysteine Damages Your Arteries (6 Mechanisms) 03:50 — 60% Higher Stroke Risk and 48% Alzheimer's Risk 04:35 — The Oxford VITACOG Trial: 53% Less Brain Atrophy 05:05 — Part 3: High-Sensitivity CRP and Inflammatory Plaque 05:40 — The JUPITER Trial: 44% Drop in Cardiac Events 06:15 — UK Biobank: Why hs-CRP Beats LDL Cholesterol 06:50 — AHA Risk Categories for hs-CRP Since 2003 07:15 — Part 4: The Metabolic Picture (Why Cholesterol Is the Wrong Target) 07:50 — 3 Tests, $60, One Blood Draw — The Full Framework KEY TAKEAWAYS: Fasting insulin + HOMA-IR catches insulin resistance a decade before glucose goes abnormal — optimal is below 5–8, not the lab's reference range of 25 Every 5 µmol/L rise in homocysteine raises coronary artery disease risk 20–30% and stroke risk 60%, independent of cholesterol hs-CRP predicted cardiovascular events better than LDL in a 322,000-person UK Biobank analysis — yet fewer than 10% of cardiac panels order it Cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and dementia share the same upstream driver: metabolic dysfunction, not cholesterol All three tests together cost roughly $60 and come from a single blood draw LINKS:

Nonprofit leaders dream of someone walking in and saying, “I’m going to give you a million dollars.” Very few ever see it happen. In this episode, a longtime supporter explains why she chose to fund multiple mobile coaches, help open an East Texas Regional Service Center, and seed The Rose’s Mammogram to Medical Home program instead of paying for brick and mortar. She talks about dividing her mother’s unrestricted giving fund among education, medical care, and conservation, and why she looks for small organizations whose work sends “tentacles” into whole communities and generations. From a women’s bakery in Africa that feeds thousands of children and sends girls to school, to knowledge mobiles, orphaned elephants, and seed grants for students, she returns over and over to one idea: food and health give people a chance at any future. Support The Rose HERE. Subscribe to Let’s Talk About Your Breasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts. Key Questions Answered 1. Why did this donor decide to fund mobile mammography coaches instead of buildings or equipment alone? 2. What led her to support The Rose’s Mammogram to Medical Home program for uninsured women without a doctor? 3. How does she evaluate nonprofits and decide where her giving can reach the most people? 4. What impact has her support had on The Rose’s reach across rural counties in Texas? 5. How does the women’s bakery in Africa change entire families and communities over time? 6. Why is conservation, especially in Africa, a core part of her philanthropy? 7. How have personal family health issues shaped her interest in medical research and smaller organizations? Time-stamped Overview 00:00 Episode begins, Dorothy welcomes a returning donor and recaps her support for coaches, machines, and the East Texas hub.01:00 Dorothy remembers the first meeting, meant to discuss Hispanic outreach, that turned into a million-plus-dollar commitment.03:00 Donor explains why she dislikes brick-and-mortar projects and pushed instead for funding a mobile coach.04:00 She shares why serving uninsured and Hispanic communities and multiple rural counties made the coach gift feel right.05:00 She describes hearing from a friend whose East Side clinics routinely send women to The Rose.06:40 Background on the unrestricted giving fund her mother left, and how she divided it among education, medical care, and conservation.07:30 Story of the women’s bakery in Africa, where uneducated women become bakers, feed thousands of children, and send girls to school.09:30 Benny’s journey from hungry child to baker and first in his family to pursue higher education.12:00 Why she prefers projects with “tentacles” that ripple across generations rather than one-time efforts.13:15 Family roots in geological conservation and how that grew into wildlife and environmental work in Africa.14:30 Description of funding “knowledge mobiles” in Botswana that teach children and teachers about animals and conservation.15:30 Support for vehicles and projects in Madagascar and elsewhere that combine conservation, education, and livelihoods.16:45 How a first trip to Kenya and later bird-watching deepened her awareness of poverty and need.18:00 Why she values organizations where 100 percent of donations flow directly to field partners.19:00 How she vets small organizations through trusted partners and prefers to give seed money.21:00 Dorothy recalls how the donor also seeded the Mammogram to Medical Home program after a declined grant.22:00 Structure of the Mammogram to Medical Home model and why it is unusual in mammography.23:30 Donor shares why reducing fear and complexity for uninsured women matters so much to her.24:20 She reflects on being raised to help people regardless of background and to treat everyone with respect.24:50 Dorothy describes how the coaches and the Lufkin hub expanded The Rose’s reach far beyond Houston.26:00 Dorothy notes the donor’s humility and curiosity, always learning servers’ stories and quietly backing new programs.27:30 Donor shares her introverted childhood and how marriage nudged her into connection and a wide circle of friends.28:20 She considers future giving priorities, including food security on Native reservations and broader food and health efforts.30:30 Examples of seed grants for arts and music students at universities who lack funds for travel, internships, and competitions.31:30 Final reflection that food and health give people a foundation for any future, followed by closing thanks and call to support The Rose.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview recorded - 30th of March, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Danielle DiMartino Booth. Danielle is the CEO & Chief Strategist for QI Research. She is the author of Fed Up and a global thought leader in monetary policy, economics and finance with 9 years experience at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.During our conversation we spoke about the current issues in the economy, energy crisis, how businesses can't catch a break with tariffs, energy costs and higher rates, FED reaction, liquidity shift, Private Credit and impact on markets. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:46 - Overview of economy4:49 - Comparing to prior energy crisis?6:29 - Where is the leverage?7:15 - Companies struggling8:56 - Unemployment11:26 - FED reaction14:53- What should FED do?18:13 - Kevin Warsh nomination19:26 - Liquidity shift22:15 - Private Credit Concerns25:20 - Impact on markets27:06 - One message to takeaway?DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how market intelligence is conceived and delivered to guide portfolio managers and promote financial literacy. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both in the United States and globally.Since their inception in 2015, commentary and data from DiMartino Booth's The Daily Feather and The Weekly Quill have appeared in other financial sources such as Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Institutional Investor, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, TD Ameritrade, TheStreet.com, and more.A global thought leader in monetary policy, economics, and finance, DiMartino Booth founded QI Research in 2015. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets.Prior to QI Research, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis until his retirement in March 2015. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy.DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed-income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.Danielle DiMartino Booth - Website - https://quillintelligence.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/DiMartinoBoothYouTube - @DanielleDiMartinoBoothQI WTFinance -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Why did researchers send wine to space? Why is wine normally not allowed in space? Why did astronauts smuggle hooch into space anyway? We answer all these questions and more, address wet burps, a toilet tea party, and bring it home with how to smuggle cognac into space in this Season 21 Finale of the Glass in Session® Winecast. Resources from this episode: Websites:  BBC: Why astronauts are banned from getting drunk in space, Lufkin, B. (20 February 2017) https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170217-why-astronauts-are-banned-from-getting-drunk-in-space Business Insider: Astronauts are banned from drinking alcohol at work, but this hasn't stopped them from sneaking everything from communion wine to cognac into space, Bhaimiya S. (23 August 2023) https://www.businessinsider.com/space-astronauts-booze-alcohol-drank-ban-examples-2023-8 Cordis Europa: What does fine wine taste like after more than a year in space? (Updated 8 April 2021) https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/429608-trending-science-what-does-fine-wine-taste-like-after-more-than-a-year-in-space Decanter: Petrus Revealed as Wine Aged in Space, Mercer, C. (Updated 25 March 2021) https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/petrus-wine-space-research-project-455239/ Financial Times: Space Wine: What a trip to the stars did for a case of Petrus, Anson, J. (7 April 2021) https://www.ft.com/content/39c6ae7f-d2c8-4584-bac1-bb270c26cf2b London Daily: (27 March 2026) https://londondaily.com/french-wine-that-spent-more-than-a-year-in-orbit-on-international-space-station-could-fetch-1m-at-auction NASA: Meteors and Meteorites Facts https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/facts/ New Scientist: Beer in Space: A short but frothy history, Davidson, A. (31 July 2007) https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12388-beer-in-space-a-short-but-frothy-history/ Russia Beyond: Space Smugglers: How Russian cosmonauts sneak booze into outer space, Levkovich, Y. (12 April 2017) https://www.rbth.com/science_and_tech/2017/04/12/space-smugglers-how-russian-cosmonauts-sneak-booze-into-outer-space_740566 Space.com: Red wine in space may age faster than on Earth, study finds, Weitering, H. (5 May 2021) https://www.space.com/red-wine-in-space-aged-faster Other Podcasts Relevant to this Episode: Jane Anson: Inside Bordeaux Podcasts https://janeanson.com/podcasts Wine Scholar Guild: Mastering Bordeaux … A Primer with Jane Anson (23 March 2018) https://www.winescholarguild.com/blog/wine-culture/podcast-jane-anson-andrew-jefford-on-bordeaux Glass in Session Episodes Relevant to this Episode:   S3E5: Wine and Oxygen from Grapes to Glass https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s3e5-wine-oxygen-from-grapes-to-glass S21E4: Booze Disasters https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/booze-disasters-s21e4 S21E5: Little Red Riding Hood's Wine - Fairy Tale Turned Drunk History? https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/little-red-riding-hoods-wine-fairy-tale-turned-drunk-history-s21e5 Glass in Session® swag mentioned in this show: https://www.teepublic.com/user/glass-in-session Glass in Session® is a registered trademark of Vino With Val, LLC. Music:  "Write Your Story" by Joystock (Jamendo.com cc_Standard License, Jamendo S.A.)

New data shows that nearly 70% of workers feel unprepared for today's workforce, raising bigger questions about how we define job readiness. In this episode, Ryan Alford sits down with Ryan Lufkin of Instructure to unpack what's actually broken in education and how AI is accelerating the gap between learning and real-world skills. They explore why AI isn't replacing expertise but instead demands stronger critical thinking, communication, and human judgment. The conversation also challenges whether schools are teaching the wrong things—or simply teaching them the wrong way. From the rise of lifelong learning to the debate between skills and degrees, this episode highlights what both employers and educators need to rethink to prepare the next generation. What We Covered 70% of workers feel unprepared – What's driving the growing skills gap in today's workforce AI in education and work – Why AI requires more expertise, not less Skills vs degrees – Are traditional degrees still the best signal for employers? The problem with modern education – Teaching the wrong things vs teaching the wrong way Lifelong learning – Why continuous upskilling is now required for career growth Breaking workplace “boxes” – How AI is empowering employees to operate across roles Connect with the Guest Ryan Lufkin VP of Global Strategy — Instructure (Canvas) Website: https://www.instructure.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlufkin Podcast: EduCast3000 Connect with the Host Ryan Alford Host — Right About Now Website RyanIsRight.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanalford LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryanalford

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you!This is an encore episode. It originally debuted on July 6, 2023, as part 3 of Episode 222.This is the final part of my conversation with Reagan McClenny and Adam Shanks. Reagan preaches for the Timberland Drive church of Christ in Lufkin, TX; Adam preaches for the Edwards Lake church of Christ in Birmingham, AL, and his podcast, Preach Impediments, will soon return from hiatus. Today we look at the struggles we often face in seeing our walk with Christ as a lifelong process rather than individual steps, especially when those steps don't go so great.Check out Hal on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@halhammons9705Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast. You are encouraged to seek him and the Lakewoods Drive church through Facebook and other social media. Lakewoods Drive is an autonomous group of Christians dedicated to praising God, teaching the gospel to all who will hear, training Christians in righteousness, and serving our God and one another faithfully. We believe the Bible is God's word, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that heaven is our home, and that we have work to do here while we wait. Regular topics of discussion and conversation include: Christians, Jesus, obedience, faith, grace, baptism, New Testament, Old Testament, authority, gospel, fellowship, justice, mercy, faithfulness, forgiveness, Twenty Pages a Week, Bible reading, heaven, hell, virtues, character, denominations, submission, service, character, COVID-19, assembly, Lord's Supper, online, social media, YouTube, Facebook.

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you!This is an encore episode. It originally appeared as part of Episode 222 on July 5, 2023. Adam Shanks, host of the Preach Impediments podcast, is also the author of In God We Trust, an excellent book on money management. You can find it at Adam's website, Edenhollow.com. In this segment, Adam and Reagan McClenny, who preaches for the church of Christ in Lufkin, TX, discuss with me the importance of properly managing our money, and what our failure to do so says about our faith.Check out Hal on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@halhammons9705Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast. You are encouraged to seek him and the Lakewoods Drive church through Facebook and other social media. Lakewoods Drive is an autonomous group of Christians dedicated to praising God, teaching the gospel to all who will hear, training Christians in righteousness, and serving our God and one another faithfully. We believe the Bible is God's word, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that heaven is our home, and that we have work to do here while we wait. Regular topics of discussion and conversation include: Christians, Jesus, obedience, faith, grace, baptism, New Testament, Old Testament, authority, gospel, fellowship, justice, mercy, faithfulness, forgiveness, Twenty Pages a Week, Bible reading, heaven, hell, virtues, character, denominations, submission, service, character, COVID-19, assembly, Lord's Supper, online, social media, YouTube, Facebook.

Markets not thrilled with tech Mortgage rates dip below 6% Feb ends with a dud Looking at the Fed's next move with our guest – Danielle DiMartino Booth – the “Fed watcher” NEW! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE'S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment) As Founder & CEO of Quill Intelligence, Danielle DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how markets intelligence is conceived and delivered. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both in the United States and globally. A global thought leader on monetary policy, economics and finance, DiMartino Booth founded Quill Intelligence in 2018. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), has a column on Bloomberg View, is a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets. Prior to Quill, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas where she served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio: she holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University. Follow @DiMartinoBooth Looking for style diversification? More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/tdi-strategy/ Stocks mentioned in this episode: (NVDA), (META), (ORCL), (GOOG), (AMZN), (MSFT), (IBM)

What if the medical system you've trusted for answers… was never built to make you well? Low-fat diets. Calorie math. Prescription-first thinking. These ideas have shaped mainstream health advice for decades — yet chronic disease is only accelerating. Dr. Robert Lufkin spent years teaching at UCLA and USC, fully embedded in the system. But when his own health began to unravel — despite following the exact guidelines he taught — he realised something was seriously wrong. This episode explores what happened next. From confronting outdated dogma to reclaiming his metabolic health, Dr. Lufkin breaks down the pivotal shifts that helped him rebuild from the inside out — and why patients today must become the CEOs of their own biology. If you're tired of symptom-chasing and surface-level advice, this conversation will give you the clarity and conviction to start thinking differently.

Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital discusses what he believes to be the decline of the U.S. republic and rise of the American Empire. He explains his “Dollar Milkshake Theory” and how essentially Washington is the cleanest shirt in the dirty laundry. Pax Americana will continue its rampage and what it is doing with stablecoins is going to even further its reach. 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 easyDNS (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics Outbound Mexico https://outboundmx.com 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 Santiago Capital https://santiagocapital.com Substack https://research.santiagocapital.com YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MilkshakesPod X https://x.com/SantiagoAuFund About Brent Johnson Brent Johnson brings twenty-five years of experience in the financial markets to his position as CEO of Santiago Capital. He enjoyed more than nine years as a Managing Director at BakerAvenue, a $2.5 Billion Asset Manager and Wealth Management firm, with offices in San Francisco, Dallas and New York.  During his time there he was the lead advisor for several of the firms largest clients. Prior to joining BakerAvenue, Brent spent nine years at Credit Suisse in their private client group. He got his start as part of the training program at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in New York prior to moving to San Francisco. He joined Credit Suisse in the fall of 2000 when the bank purchased DLJ. Earlier in his career, Brent was a financial auditor for Philip Morris Management Company in New York City where he performed audits at the company's headquarters as well as subsidiaries in Germany, Hong Kong, and Richmond, Virginia. In addition to his role at Santiago Capital, he is also a member of the Advisory Board for Monetary Metals, a platform that allows investors to earn a yield on gold, paid in gold, by leasing and lending to qualified precious metals businesses in the industry. Brent regularly gives interviews and speaks at conferences regarding precious metals, currencies & macroeconomic trends. He is well known as the originator of the “Dollar Milkshake Theory” and his views have been quoted in numerous print, online and television outlets. He lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico with his wife Mary and son Moses. *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)

This week's case is about a woman who preyed on the people who trusted her with their wellbeing and were completely vulnerable. Kimberly Saenz worked as a dialysis nurse at the DaVita Dialysis Clinic in Lufkin, Texas in 2008. Listen to today's episode to hear about how Kimberly made the cruel, calculated and fatal decision to inject bleach into the dialysis lines of several patients. Sources: Texas Court of Appeals. Kimberly Clark Saenz v. State of Texas (Case No. 12-12-00038-CR).https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/twelfth-court-of-appeals/2014/12-12-00038-cr.htmlTexas Court of Appeals opinion summary.https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1655506.htmlU.S. Department of Justice – Eastern District of Texas.Former Nurse Sentenced in East Texas Dialysis Clinic Deaths (April 9, 2012).https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/txe/News/2012/edtx-saenz-040912.htmlCBS News. Texas jury finds ex-nurse guilty in bleach deaths (2012).https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-jury-finds-former-nurse-guilty-in-bleach-deaths/ABC6 / Associated Press. Trial begins for nurse charged in bleach injection deaths (2012).https://6abc.com/archive/8600137/Spectrum Local News. Supreme Court refuses appeal in bleach injection case (2016).https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2016/11/1/supreme-court-refuses-appeal-of-texas-nurse-who-injected-patients-with-bleachKOMO News / AP. Nurse's bleach injection deaths: trial begins (2012).https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/nurses-bleach-injection-deaths-trial-beginsBaylor Lariat. Trial begins for Lufkin nurse charged with murder (2012).https://baylorlariat.com/2012/03/06/trial-begins-for-lufkin-nurse-charged-with-murder/Oxygen True Crime (License to Kill).https://www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/crime-time/texas-nurse-kimberly-clark-saenz-dialysis-bleachWikipedia (Helpful for general overview, not primary sourcing).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Clark_Saenz

He wasn't inexperienced.He wasn't impressionable.And he wasn't looking for monsters.A t thirty-two years old, this machinist from Lufkin had spent nearly his entire life in the woods. Twenty-five years of hunting experience. Countless nights alone in East Texas backcountry. He'd tracked deer through tangled briar and swamp, crossed paths with black bears, mountain lions, and javelinas, and faced every known predator the region could throw at him.None of that prepared him for the Big Thicket.In November of 1994, a solo five-day deer hunt into one of the most remote and biologically diverse wilderness regions in North America became something else entirely. What began as a routine trip for solitude and game turned into three nights of escalating fear—an encounter that permanently altered his understanding of what the wild is capable of hiding. It began with a footprint.Sixteen inches long. Five clearly defined toes. Pressed deep into creek mud by something far heavier than any known animal in the region.Then came the sounds.Deep, resonant vocalizations that didn't just echo through the trees—they vibrated through his chest. Low, rolling howls. Multiple voices calling back and forth in the darkness. Communicating. Coordinating. That first night, something circled his camp. By morning, tracks were everywhere. Whatever it was had walked within twenty feet of his tent while he sat by the fire, rifle across his lap, convinced he was prepared for anything. He wasn't. When he killed an eight-point buck and hung it two hundred yards from camp, he thought he'd salvaged the trip. He was wrong. Whatever watched him from the tree line wanted that deer. The rope—rated for four hundred pounds—was snapped clean, as if it were thread.The final night brought rocks. Not random. Not accidental. Thrown with intent. Accurate. A clear warning delivered in stone.Then came the whispering. Multiple voices. Just below comprehension. Talking about him. Deciding something. And finally… he saw it. Eight feet tall. Possibly taller. Covered head to toe in reddish-brown hair. Shoulders nearly four feet wide. Arms hanging past its knees. Built like something out of a nightmare—thick through the chest, narrow at the waist, legs like tree trunks.But it was the eyes that stayed with him.Intelligent. Calculating. Eyes that were weighing a decision.It let him leave. But not before destroying his tent.Not before making the message unmistakably clear. This is our land.You don't belong here.Don't come back. He understood. He's never returned to the Big Thicket.

Shawn & Janet Needham R.Ph. have Dr. Robert Lufkin on the podcast to talk about his most recent book, Lies I Learned in Medical School. Physician/medical school professor (UCLA and USC) and New York Times bestselling author empowering people to take back their metabolic health with lifestyle and other tools. A veteran of the Today Show, USA Today, and a regular contributor to FOX and other network news stations, his weekly video podcast reaches over 700,000 people. After reversing chronic disease and transforming his own life he is making it his mission to help others do the same. His most recent book, ‘Lies I Taught In Medical School' is an instant New York Times bestseller and has re-framed how we think about metabolic health and longevity. In addition to being a practicing physician, he is author of over 200 peer reviewed scientific papers and 14 books that are available in sixteen languages. His latest innovation, the Complete Metabolic Heart Scan, is a breakthrough in medical imaging. Building on the CT calcium score, it goes further—measuring arterial age, liver fat, and bone density to provide a more comprehensive view of metabolic health and longevity. Dr. Robert Lufkin Website | https://www.robertlufkinmd.com Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/robertlufkinmd Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/robertlufkinmd/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertlufkinmd/ X | https://x.com/robertlufkinmd YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@RobertLufkinMD Dr. Lufkin's Book: Lies I Taught in Medical School | https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Taught-Medical-School-Conventional/dp/1637745834 Health Solutions Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/health_solutions_shawn_needham/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@healthsolutionspodcast Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/HealthSolutionsPodcast Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy Website | http://mlrx.com.com/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/MosesLakeProfessionalPharmacy/ Shawn Needham X| https://x.com/ShawnNeedham2 Shawn's Book | http://mybook.to/Sickened_The_Book Additional Links https://linktr.ee/mlrx

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Send us a textIn this episode, Steven sits down with John Coleman, the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Powerlifting Coach, and Algebra teacher at Pollok Central High School in Lufkin, Texas. John shares his unconventional journey into coaching—starting from being fired from a summer camp job to becoming a respected leader in both the classroom and the weight room.They dive deep into training high school powerlifters, exploring how John blends 531 programming, max-effort and dynamic sessions, and recovery management to keep athletes strong and healthy throughout the season. The conversation expands into balancing public school and private coaching, developing baseball and softball speed, and adapting powerlifting principles for athletic performance.John and Steven also reflect on the realities of coaching teenagers, from teaching proper technique to managing parental expectations, NIL pressures, and evolving high school strength culture. The episode wraps with insights into mentorship, competition prep, and stories from influential coaches across Texas' strength community—including Monty Sparkman, Seth Ford, and Donnie Thompson.Whether you're a coach, teacher, or athlete, this episode offers valuable takeaways on building strong athletes and stronger relationships through intelligent training and genuine mentorship.https://youtube.com/@platesandpancakes4593https://instagram.com/voodoo4power?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=https://voodoo4ranch.com/To possibly be a guest or support the show email Voodoo4ranch@gmail.comhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/voodoo4ranch

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It's time to tend to tend to the garden – a little maintenance for the portfolio October does what it usually does Targets raised, analysts are trying to keep up – even if earnings miss And our guest - Danielle DiMartino Booth - the "Fed watcher" NEW! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE'S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment) As Founder & CEO of Quill Intelligence, Danielle DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how markets intelligence is conceived and delivered. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both in the United States and globally. A global thought leader on monetary policy, economics and finance, DiMartino Booth founded Quill Intelligence in 2018. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), has a column on Bloomberg View, is a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets. Prior to Quill, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas where she served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio: she holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University. Follow @DiMartinoBooth Looking for style diversification? More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy - https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/tdi-strategy/ Stocks mentioned in this episode: (AMZN), (GLD), (BTCUSD), (ORCL), (GOOG), (SMR), (CEG), (GEV), (AMD)

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We are joined, via call-in, by Mel and Kevin of The Elevated Humidor Cigar Co. and Stories Cigars + Lounge. We smoke two Hidden Herfs and recap the New England Cigar Festivl. Local Spotlight – Stories Cigars + Lounge; Lufkin, TX Controversy Corner – The Great Circle.

Interview recorded - 16th of September, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Danielle DiMartino Booth. She is the author of Fed Up and a global thought leader in monetary policy, economics and finance with 9 years experience at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.During our conversation we spoke about the FOMC meeting, Lisa Cook firing, employment revision, whether this will continue, recession, bond market, stock market impact and more. Do you agree?0:00 - Introduction1:14 - FOMC meeting1:57 - Lisa Cook firing5:24 - Powell dovish cut7:42 - Employment revisions10:25 - Poor data11:40 - Job market was not strong13:34 - Foreign born vs domestic employment14:28 - Recession?18:45 - Bond market20:18 - No recessions?21:50 - Stock market23:03 - One message to takeaway?DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how market intelligence is conceived and delivered to guide portfolio managers and promote financial literacy. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyse the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both in the United States and globally.Since their inception in 2015, commentary and data from DiMartino Booth's The Daily Feather and The Weekly Quill have appeared in other financial sources such as Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Institutional Investor, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, TD Ameritrade, TheStreet.com, and more.A global thought leader in monetary policy, economics, and finance, DiMartino Booth founded QI Research in 2015. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets.Prior to QI Research, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis until his retirement in March 2015. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy.DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed-income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.Danielle DiMartino Booth - Website - https://quillintelligence.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/DiMartinoBoothYouTube - @DanielleDiMartinoBoothQI WTFinance -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

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8/25/25 - Erik Weir founded Weir Capital Management in San Francisco in 1999 after a successful career at Merrill Lynch and Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenerette. Weir speaks nationally on topics such as entrepreneurism, film, and goal setting. Under his direction, WCM Global Wealth, LLC. was recognized as one of the fastest-growing businesses in South Carolina two times. His firm WTA has marketed, financed, and produced faith-based films and books, including three New York Times bestsellers. Weir executive produced several films, including Unbroken: Path to Redemption, in conjunction with Universal 1440 Entertainment. One of the most successful and sought-after financial advisors in the country, Erik Weir took the insights and tools he uses and put them into the book “Who's Eating Your Pie? a guidebook to what you need to grow a bigger, sweeter financial pie than you ever thought possible – and how to keep everyone else's fingers out of it! Get the book and learn more about Erik's work at https://erikweir.com/

Ryan Lufkin, Vice President of Global Academic Strategy at Instructure, joins the podcast to cut through the noise around AI-enabled skill building and explore how this technology can truly support a thriving learning culture. AI is an accelerator, a disruptor, and a powerful tool—but it's not replacing educators any time soon. Ryan shares how AI can work hand-in-hand with human oversight, expand accessibility, and take tedious tasks off your plate. He also offers practical, budget-friendly tools that L&D teams can put to work today. Resources: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlufkin/ Website: https://www.instructure.com/ 

In this episode of Just Schools, Jon Eckert sits down with Dr. Jeffery Cooks, a Baylor EdD graduate and host of the upcoming 745 Podcast, to talk about bridging the gap between schools and communities.Dr. Cooks shares his personal journey from corporate work to the classroom, the motivation behind earning his doctorate, and his desire to elevate every voice in the school ecosystem.Mentioned:745 PodcastSet Apart: Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life by R. Kent HughesJon Eckert:Dr. Cooks, it's great to have you here today. Tell us a little bit about what you're excited about as you launch your profession to a whole new level from where you started in education.Dr. Jeff Cooks:Well, first, Dr. Echo, I want to thank you for even having me on. Well, I know we've talked about this in the past, so I'm excited to actually be doing this with you. One thing I'm excited about really is finishing this doctorate. I'm-Jon Eckert:That's real.Dr. Jeff Cooks:... super excited about that because I do think it's very important to think ahead when you're doing this doctorate and how it's going to impact your career and others after you're finished. One way I've decided to do that is by the podcast that I'm getting started with, so excited about that.Jon Eckert:Well, and this doctorate, just for those of you listening, it's the Baylor K-12 Executive EdD in K-12 Educational Leadership. Jeff's been an amazing member of... What's your cohort number? Are you five?Dr. Jeff Cooks:Cohort five.Jon Eckert:Cohort five. Yeah, cohort five.Dr. Jeff Cooks:[inaudible 00:01:05].Jon Eckert:We're starting to recruit cohort 10.Dr. Jeff Cooks:That's crazy.Jon Eckert:Jeff's a great representative of Baylor. Love pouring into leaders like Dr. Cooks, and I think your experience... I think sometimes people think, "I'm not ready to do a doctorate. I'm maybe not even ready to do a master's degree," which you do have to do the master's degree then get into the doctoral work. What drew you into this? I mean, are you just a glutton for punishment? You love studying all the time and doing that on top of working? What led you educationally to think this is the right next step for you?Dr. Jeff Cooks:Well, when I graduated college, I had a friend of mine asked me if I was interested in teaching. It's probably the day after I graduated. I said, "No, it's not my thing. My wife's a teacher," but he told me that he wish he had known about Texas teachers. I looked into it, and I applied to it, and I got started with the internship out in Lufkin, Texas. Finished that, had an opportunity to actually work for Lufkin Middle School, but didn't pass that test the first time. I didn't know what I was doing, so I moved on and just started in corporate America, doing management in certain stores and stuff like that.It got to a point where when my first child came, I needed another source of income, something more consistent. He was actually born with a heart defect, and so I needed a schedule that would allow me to not only work but take care of him and my family. That led into me being a substitute, then an interventionist, and then a teacher. I kind of had a natural, I guess you could say talent, I guess, for speaking with students and teaching content. I did bible study as well when I was in college and youth ministry, and so it kind of went hand in hand. Long story short, my assistant principal at the time, Asia Presswood, she motivated me to take this thing a step further. She made me a chair the second year, which was way out of my league at the time, and she pushed me to get my master's.To that question of do I like pain, I guess I do, because once I finished that master's, I said, "You know what?" told my wife, "Maybe I'll get my doctorate." She was like, "I don't know about that one." From there, I decided to get my doctorate. I did some research and Baylor was a school that I always wanted to attend. Where I'm from, I'm from Dallas, so where I'm from, that's not a school necessarily that we go, and having that opportunity was awesome. That's kind of how I got here, a love for growth, found a love for students and teaching content.Jon Eckert:Yeah. Seeing you go through your dissertation process, it's a lot of work, and there are times where you wonder if you're going to make it. I think you even talked about the struggle with getting through with Dr. Gibson and how she helped pull you through, wouldn't let you quit.Dr. Jeff Cooks:Absolutely.Jon Eckert:That degree is as much a degree for your family as it is a symbol of the perseverance that it takes to get through, so if you feel called to do it, I think that doctoral degree opens up a whole world of possibilities, because you get years to pour into your profession, reading about, thinking about, and then working in cohorts with some amazing leaders from all over. I think your cohort is indicative of that, and there's a richness to it because there's joy in the struggle. I think knowing you, this isn't something I think based on... This is the same thing for me when I did my doctoral work. I would've never been like, "Oh, I'm going to do that," but it's like you feel called, it's the next step, and then when you're done, you're like, "Wow, I'm a different person because of the experiences that I've had." If you were to give two or three ways you feel like these last few years as you do this work, how has it changed you as a leader maybe? How are you different as a leader now than you were before?Dr. Jeff Cooks:Well, one is you see leadership from a different perspective. Baylor, this program did an excellent job in introducing us to superintendents and other leaders around the world. When you get to hear that feedback from them and how they have created this career for themselves and they're passionate, you understand more so what they go through, so you see things from a different lens, which helps you move through that academic space. That's one big thing that has impacted my leadership style. Another is seeing myself as a leader. I think when you move through this profession, sometimes you can kind of do it blindly and not really know the impact that you're having on people, and so I think it brings to light what are doing and how important it is and you develop this mission and vision for yourself and how it can impact others.Jon Eckert:No, that's a beautiful way to put it. As you move forward into this podcast, I'm assuming that's part of what you're trying to do, is trying to help elevate the profession, do the hard work in a way that's life-giving, so talk a little bit about what you hope to do with the podcast.Dr. Jeff Cooks:Right. The name of the podcast is 745 Podcast. It's a podcast that is attempting to bridge the gap between school culture and the community. We really want parents involved with this, and not only parents, we want custodian workers. We want the cafeteria workers. We want to make sure that we close that gap. There are a lot of moving pieces that are ignored in the school space, in the academic space, and we, for the most part, think about teachers, and administrators, and students, but we don't think about all the people that put this thing together. Whether you are a parent that's very active in your child's life or you're a parent that's lost, we want to cut out the excuses and say, "Hey, this is a place where you can not only learn but provide input," and hopefully, it impacts administrators and district leaders alike.Jon Eckert:I love that. Can you tell us a little bit about where you came up with the name 745 Podcast?Dr. Jeff Cooks:That's crazy. Actually, it started off at 730. I was thinking more so of the time that we arrive to work. I'm in the elementary space, and so by 7:45, teachers should be teaching at this time. The announcements should pretty much be over. I also, if you noticed, didn't put AM or PM, because a lot of teachers stay late. They're in traffic after work, they're leaving around 6:00, 6:30, making it home, trying to get dinner ready in the next day, and grading papers. That 745 is kind of play on the times in which we arrive and maybe make it home.Jon Eckert:Yes, yes. That's a long 12 hours. But again, life-giving, and I constantly go back to that. Our job is not super well-paid and it's not always appreciated, but that work is life-giving, especially when you have the encouragement of leaders like you, coming along, and highlighting it, and elevating it, and bringing people into it. I love the idea that you're trying to bring in everyone that's part of the school community. That's a beautiful way to look at this. What do you see as the biggest challenge facing educators, parents, kids today? What do you see? Because obviously, you have this desire to bring in the school community, what's the big challenge or one of the big challenges that you see that needs to be addressed as quickly as possible?Dr. Jeff Cooks:The fear of unknown. Some parents and staff members that I mentioned, some of them don't feel like they're smart enough to keep up with the teacher or that that's a teacher's job or the administrator's job. They're scared to put their input feeling like they might be rejected or that they're not held as equals. I did an interview yesterday just randomly in the store, and that'll be posted later. Now, mind you, this gentleman actually works in the school system in the maintenance department, so he sees things from a different perspective, but one thing he stated was that he sees that sometimes administrators and teachers are not very patient with children. Now, at what point does he get to say that?You see what I'm saying? At what point does he get to say that without feeling like his job is on the line or that his kid would be treated differently in class? It's that fear of speaking up and saying things. You'll see the board meetings packed with those same parents. The same parents come and they voice their opinion, and the board says, "Okay, great. Thank you for your time. Your time's up," and then it kind of vanishes. But if parents feel like, "I can say this," or, "I can reach out and ask questions about how to handle this situation," you might build better relationships in the school.Jon Eckert:I love that you're thinking about it this way, because so often, when I talk to administrators, particularly they talk about being effective communicators, what they mean is they want to disseminate information effectively, and being an effective communicator is at least as much about listening. How do you invite that feedback? Because communication has to go both ways. When you're super busy and you have the tyranny of the urgent feeding into your 7:45 to 7:45 day, it's sometimes hard to make the space to listen. There are so many people that have insights into the lives of kids, particularly parents who want the best for their kids, and then you have teachers who want the best for their kids, and coaches, and custodians, and the office workers, the nurses, the counselors, the administrators. There's a lot of people that have a vested interest in the lives of kids.How do we bring those voices together collectively in a way that those voices can be heard and then benefit the student? Because that's the goal of everything that we do. How do we benefit each student so they can become more of who they're created to be? I always feel that when I talk to you about kids, is there's a rich group of people supporting each kid. How do we do that well? How do you think you're going to get at your podcast? What's the way that you... Because that's a very broad audience. How are you going to bring those people into your audience?Dr. Jeff Cooks:I think it's very important to not only speak about things that administrators talk about, but things that parents can relate to. That means that they're going to have to hear from other parents. I'm not saying that this is going to be an easy task by any means, because it's not, and I think if it was easy, I wouldn't be doing it. If it was something that was general and something that you could find every day, I wouldn't be doing it. It's really about hearing the different voices but not being partial and actually having topics that parents say, "Okay, I can see that."I want the guy that just got off work going to the corner store to get whatever he needs for the end of the day to say, "Oh, I heard on his podcast that you could do this for your child, or you can download a report card like this, or you can get the test scores from their start test like this," or, "My baby has some symptoms that I've never seen before, I do need to get him tested." You just make it relatable and just be patient with the process, and hopefully, they'll hear it.Jon Eckert:Yeah. No, that's so good. We usually do a lightning round toward the end. I've got I think about five questions I want to ask you right now. Let's start with the worst advice you've ever given or received.Dr. Jeff Cooks:The worst advice I've ever received was not necessarily words. It was an idea. The idea that you have to catch the flow of the river and just let it take you wherever it takes you, that you have to have this many years of experience to do this or that you need to be in this position to try to reach a new goal. With this doctoral program, I was just getting into my specialist role. That, for some people, was like, "What are you doing, man? What are you doing?" Am I supposed to be doing this? I'm not going to lie to you and say that once I got into class, I didn't feel like I was less than at the time, because we had some hard heavy-hitters in the class. But at the time, it was something that I felt like I was breaking that chain of this is what I have to do in this order. It was more so of a feeling than the actual advice.Jon Eckert:Yes. That sentiment of staying in your lane, that's very prevalent in education where people feel like they're the imposter if they don't stay in this [inaudible 00:14:07].Dr. Jeff Cooks:I can hear you. I'm sorry.Jon Eckert:Oh, yeah. In education, people will be told, or it'll be kind of inferred, that they're to stay in their lane. That's one of the most damaging things we can do in education, because there's so much good work happening in the classroom, and we need to elevate that and learn from with people that are doing those hard things. I'm grateful that you did not stay in your lane. Even if it wasn't ever explicitly told to you, that is a message that feels like it comes down in education, that, "Hey, you're just a teacher." That completely robs us of the power that is in the profession that makes all others possible, so I love that you've leaned in and then modeled it. Now with the podcast and the ways you lead others, you want to elevate others in that, so great example. All right. Best advice you've either given or received?Dr. Jeff Cooks:Best advice I've ever been given. That's a good one, not going to lie to you. Be patient with others, especially as a leader. I mean, it sounds so simple, but you know, you have the experience, a lot of experience in this, and you know that there are times when your human nature wants to take over in how you respond to others. As a leader, you have to make sure that that is not the case. You have to make sure that you're genuine at the same time as being serious about whatever the topic is. That's very hard to do, especially day in and day out when there are so many different personalities that's coming your way. You have the teacher, you have the parent, you have the student, you have the boss, you have the district leaders, and then you just do not know which person you're going to get that day or in what order.What's crazy is I think that my practice and being patient with people started in the corporate America space or the service space, when I did custodial work, when I worked the registers at the stores, or just customer service in general, because that's quite the same. The difference is with this is that you actually get to learn a person, and then that relationship built this comfort zone for others to say things they normally wouldn't say to you. If you flip that, each human being, each person has their own things they're dealing with at home, so now how do you manage a safe space in your head, in your heart, in your spirit, and not try to push somebody to feel a certain way and actually understand where they're coming from?Being patient, I would say, is the greatest advice I received. That was actually from that same assistant principal that motivated me, because when I was... She told me this when I became team lead. I'm 24, and everybody on the team is 55, 53, 48. They're like, "Who's this little dude telling us what we need to do?" I mean, it blew my mind. I just thought we was going to work together, so you got to be patient.Jon Eckert:Well, I think Peter Drucker says, we need organized abandonment. So often in education, we will let go of someone or let go of an initiative out of impatience or just being overwhelmed, and so I think being really intentional as a leader of pouring into people, believing in them, listening to them, understanding their story, and then if it becomes evident that this person's not... You mentioned the custodian talking about educators in the building who were impatient with kids, if that doesn't change, then it may be time to help them find a different profession. At some point, you organize your abandonment. You're like, "Hey, this is now not going to work, so we need to move on because this person's not helpful to kids."We can never give up on the kids, but there is a place sometimes where you do have to move on and your patience has to run out because that patience is harming kids by allowing that person to stay there. But I think so often in education, we get it wrong with the impatience on initiatives. Things could work if we stuck with them for two or three years. Instead, we stick with them for two or three months, and then we're either overwhelmed or we're impatient and we move on. I think that's a great word. Good advice there. All right. Best book you've either read or are reading, something that you're interested in that you think might be helpful to others?Dr. Jeff Cooks:This book is by Charles Colson. It's called Set Apart: Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life. It's just basically what it means, to be distinct. I think that without that mindset in this field, you're not going to go far. This is a book that I'm just getting started on, so I'm excited to read this, but I've taken the principles of it and saying that how can not only I could be set apart in my spiritual life, but how can I be set apart in this space? Because every great thing happened from somebody doing something different.Jon Eckert:Yeah. No, that's great. Good word there. One word that you would use to describe education right now in the United States. What would be one word?Dr. Jeff Cooks:Political.Jon Eckert:Okay. Yeah. No, that's real. It's capital Politics and lowercase politics. Politics by definition is competition for scarce resources, and in Texas right now, that definitely feels real, and then you've got the national politics and then international politics. I mean, you've got layer upon layer of that. Yeah. In that context, what makes you most hopeful as you look ahead to what educators and communities are doing to support kids?Dr. Jeff Cooks:I think that since COVID, we've seen a huge deal with the certified teachers, the quality of teachers, and I think that those problems have highlighted where we need to go. We've tried to sit in that space of uncertified teachers and associate teachers, what we call them, and then we see that that doesn't work very well, not with all but a lot, quite a few, and now we're getting back to getting highly-qualified teachers. I think that a lot of administrators slid into the space of leadership through COVID. They shouldn't be administrators. It's not that they can't be one, but maybe they got into it too fast. I'm hopeful at this point that we are getting back to more so for backup, lack of a better word, old school, "Can you teach this? If you can't, we need to go with someone else, because if we do not do that, we're not prepping our students for success."Jon Eckert:That's a good word to end on, and so be listening for and looking for the release of the 745 Podcast. Dr. Jeff Cooks, thanks for your time. Thanks for all you do for kids.Dr. Jeff Cooks:Thank you. Yeah, all right.

It's YOUR time to #EdUpClick here to support Elvin & Joe!In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by Pangram Labs,YOUR guest is Ryan Lufkin, Vice President of Global Academic Strategy, Instructure YOUR cohost is Bradley Emi , Cofounder & CTO, Pangram LabsYOUR host is Elvin FreytesHow does Ryan define academic integrity in the age of AI & why traditional definitions are fundamentally changing? Why is banning AI tools like looking at the internet as a productivity killer in the 1990s? What can educators learn from Ryan's global travels about different approaches to AI & academic integrity? How are students in developing nations approaching AI differently than those in North America & Europe? Why is Ryan predicting a "wave of AI feral children" crashing onto higher education? Topics include:The shift from effort-based to outcome-based measures of academic integrity Why AI literacy must be part of preparing good members of society The need to redesign assessments that can't be "gamed" by AI How AI can be both the cause of & solution to academic integrity challenges The importance of teaching students the "why" behind assignments to prevent shortcuts Moving from "don't use AI" to "here's how to use AI ethically" Creating collaborative AI policies involving teachers, students & administrators The difference between AI as a cheating tool vs. AI as an assistant for learning Why the focus should be on ensuring learning happens, not blocking technology The critical need for human expertise as the "human in the loop" with AI tools Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. If YOU like what YOU hear, feel free to​ ⁠support our efforts to keep us going!

Marketing is a massive issue for most contractors, especially when business slows down. Questions about marketing are common and frequent in contractor Facebook groups and mastermind groups. The goal is to acquire customers in the most efficient way possible, but how do we accomplish that? Dave and John are joined by two friends who have gold nuggets of wisdom to share, along with practical tips to upgrade your marketing strategy. Join us to learn more! Emily May is the owner of M&M Roofing, a commercial and residential roofing company in Lufkin, TX. Crystal Williams is the Marketing Strategist at Lemon Seed Marketing, also in TX. Emily has seen big successes at M&M Roofing because of her work with Crystal on all aspects of her marketing strategy. Emily and Crystal join the show to share their best tips to make the most of your branding and marketing strategies. What you'll hear in this episode: ● An overview of Emily's work (as a nurse who bought a roofing company!) and why she reached out to Crystal for brand and marketing help ● The benefits of a good mastermind group include the opportunity to collaborate with like-minded people and learn from them● A look at Crystal's role as a branding and marketing partner for contractors ● John's most significant lesson learned about marketing: “Trust your marketing person–and let them do their thing.” ● Crystal's philosophy of marketing—and how it has worked for Emily's company● Outperforming your competitors is easier than you think!● “Be operationally prepared to book EVERY lead!” ● Your standard operational procedure should be to react and respond immediately to every lead. ● Every marketing plan should be curated for YOUR business.● Is your three-legged stool wobbly? Learn three strategies to grow your business: operational excellence, pricing, and marketing. ● Questions to answer about your brand, opportunities to gather leads, CRM, sales process, digital footprint, and more ● Emily's testimony about marketing success at M&M Roofing ● The marketing piece influences the sales piece of your business. ● Emily's perspective on what's working and what's not working in marketing ● Meet “Roofus,” the armadillo mascot for M&M RoofingResources:M&M RoofingCheck out this episode on our YouTube channel at @DaveSullivanRooferShow or use this link - https://www.youtube.com/@DaveSullivanRooferShowBe sure to subscribe, like, and comment!Set up a FREE strategy call with Dave and get a few tips on how you can improve your business: https://davesullivan.as.me/free-strategy-call.Interested in learning more about our 1-on-1 coaching, mastermind groups, or fractional CFO services? Email me or send me a text at (510) 612-1450.No Plan? No problem. Download our FREE 1-Page Business Plan For Roofing Contractors: https://theroofershow.com/planThe Roofer Show's Vetted SponsorsAutomate your follow-up process and close more sales with ProLine. Get started for FREE at https://useproline.com/?via=roofercoach. Use promo code DAVE50 for $50 off your first...

Tom Bodrovics once again engages in an interesting conversation with Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist for QI Research, former Fed Insider, and author of the book "Fed Up." The conversation focuses on the ongoing recession that likely began in Q1 2024. Danielle highlights key data points, such as job losses starting in Q2 2024, which confirm the recession's onset. Despite this clarity, official channels are reluctant to acknowledge the recession due to political considerations. Danielle emphasizes the severe impact of student loan forbearance and credit constraints on US households, noting that rising defaults will further strain consumer spending. This situation is compounded by a lack of clear policies to replace past stimulus measures, leaving the economy vulnerable. Danielle shifts into the commercial real estate sector, with banks facing growing pressure to recognize losses. She critiques the Federal Reserve for ignoring critical data, such as shelter inflation and job losses, in favor of focusing on tariffs' impact on goods prices. This stance, she argues, is politically motivated and disregards the Fed's own historical lessons. Investors are advised to prioritize safety over riskier assets, given the high returns on cash and the uncertain economic outlook. Danielle concludes by urging empathy and support for communities navigating these challenging times, emphasizing the importance of looking out for one another during economic hardship. Time Stamp References:0:00 - Introduction1:10 - Recession Recognition?6:05 - Recession & Neg. GDP9:06 - Politics & Power Games11:28 - Democrats & Leadership14:16 - Global Recession Outlook16:10 - Student Loan Problems20:10 - Com. Real Estate Bubble23:48 - Banks & Neg. Home Values26:38 - Q.E. Tariffs & Inflation30:30 - Wages, Housing, & Retail36:30 - Powell & Coming Shocks40:59 - Fed Ignoring The Data42:05 - Safe Investor Plays?47:10 - Concluding Thoughts48:10 - Wrap Up Guest Links:X: https://x.com/DiMartinoBoothSubstack: https://dimartinobooth.substack.com/Website: https://quillintelligence.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DanielleDiMartinoBoothQI Danielle DiMartino Booth is CEO and Chief Strategist for Quill Intelligence LLC, a research and analytics firm. DiMartino Booth set out to launch a Research Revolution, redefining how market intelligence is conceived and delivered, with the goal of not only guiding portfolio managers but promoting financial literacy. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans in analyzing the trends and providing critical analysis of what drives the markets. Since its inception, commentary and data from DiMartino Booth's The Daily Feather have appeared in other financial sources such as Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Institutional Investor, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, TD Ameritrade, TheStreet.com, and more. A global thought leader on monetary policy, economics, and finance, DiMartino Booth founded Quill Intelligence in 2018. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), a full-time columnist for Bloomberg View, a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets. Before Quill, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, serving as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis until his retirement in 2015. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where she worked in the fixed income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Today, we delve into a profound discourse with Dr. Robert Lufkin, a distinguished physician and professor, who has dedicated his career to empowering individuals to reclaim their metabolic health through lifestyle interventions. Dr. Lufkin, a New York Times bestselling author, shares his transformative journey from grappling with multiple chronic diseases to reversing them through lifestyle changes. Central to our conversation is the critical examination of chronic diseases, which are escalating at alarming rates and are often inadequately addressed by conventional medicine. Dr. Lufkin elucidates how lifestyle alterations can not only mitigate but potentially reverse these ailments, challenging the traditional medical narrative that often prioritizes pharmacological solutions. As we navigate this enlightening dialogue, we invite you to consider the implications of adopting healthier lifestyle choices as a means to enhance overall well-being and longevity.In this engaging episode, Dr. Robert Lufkin, a prominent physician and author, shares his transformative journey from chronic illness to health advocate, shedding light on the critical issue of metabolic health. His personal experiences serve as a catalyst for broader discussions about the alarming rise of chronic diseases in modern society, including diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Dr. Lufkin articulates the inadequacies of conventional Western medicine in addressing these conditions, advocating for a fundamental shift towards lifestyle interventions as a primary means of prevention and reversal.The conversation delves into the interconnectedness of various chronic diseases, highlighting common root causes such as insulin resistance and systemic inflammation. Dr. Lufkin emphasizes the importance of understanding these underlying mechanisms rather than merely treating symptoms in isolation. He encourages listeners to adopt a proactive approach to their health, leveraging insights from his latest book, 'Metabolic Health and Longevity,' which provides practical guidance for achieving better health outcomes through informed lifestyle choices. This episode serves as a crucial reminder of the empowering potential of personal agency in health management, urging individuals to take control of their well-being and make conscious decisions that promote long-term health.Furthermore, Dr. Lufkin critiques the current healthcare paradigm, which often prioritizes pharmacological solutions over holistic approaches. He argues that true health cannot be achieved solely through medication but rather through a comprehensive understanding of one's lifestyle and its impact on overall well-being. This discussion not only educates on the significance of metabolic health but also inspires listeners to become active participants in their health journeys, fostering a movement towards greater awareness and proactive health management.Takeaways: Dr. Robert Lufkin elucidates the profound impact of lifestyle on metabolic health and chronic disease reversal. The podcast emphasizes the importance of understanding root causes of chronic diseases rather than merely treating symptoms. Lufkin advocates for a dietary approach that reduces carbohydrate intake to manage and potentially reverse type 2 diabetes. The discussion highlights the interconnectedness of chronic diseases, underscoring the significance of holistic health management strategies.

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Actor and podcaster Michael Rosenbaum joins Adam for a hilarious and candid conversation about his time on Smallville, his journey to landing the role of Lex Luthor, and the brutal realities of Hollywood casting. He shares how 700 actors auditioned for the role before he stepped in and nailed it—despite no one believing he had a shot. Michael also talks about shaving his head for the first time, the bizarre quirks of the WB network, and his experiences working on projects like Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Plus, they dive into celebrity eccentricities, Hollywood nonsense, and the absurdity of dealing with return policies—including a baffling incident involving two right-footed shoes​​Music legend Gino Vannelli joins the show to discuss his career in the music industry, from getting his first record deal with Herb Alpert at A&M Records to performing on Soul Train and working with Stevie Wonder. He shares insights into the evolution of his sound, the differences between the music industry then and now, and how streaming has changed the way artists connect with audiences. Gino and Adam also talk about the importance of live performance, musicianship, and the challenges of adapting to a rapidly changing industry​In the news, Democratic governors are suddenly prioritizing initiatives to help boys and men, after years of dismissing the issue​. Meanwhile, Sotheby's is auctioning the original E.T. model from Spielberg's 1982 classic, with an opening bid of $500,000​. Finally, a Pennsylvania city employee has been charged for allegedly staging a hate crime by placing a noose on her own desk, fueling a conversation about media-fueled outrage and hoaxes​.For more with Micahel Rosenbaum: PODCAST: Inside Of You with Michael RosenbaumWEBSITE: www.InsideOfYouPodcast.com INSTAGRAM: @themichaelrosenbaum TWITTER: @michaelrosenbum For more with Gino Vanelli: NEW ALBUM: The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) dropping February 7Pre-Order now https://orcd.co/ginovannellithelifeigotAPRIL 12 - LUFKIN, TX @ Angelina Center for the Arts JUNE 4 - ARLINGTON, TX @ Arlington Music HallJUNE 18 - NEW YORK, NY @ SONY HALLWEBSITE: www.GinoV.com INSTAGRAM: @officialGinoVannelli X: @GinoVOfficial Thank you for supporting our sponsors:Adam Live Showsoreillyauto.com/ADAMRuffGreens.com promo code “Adam”SHOPIFY.COM/carollaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.