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Michael Wert is a historian, writer, editor, history content consultant, and associate professor of East Asian history with a focus on early modern and modern Japan. You can find Michael and his work online (michaelwert.com). 04/01/2025
The new James mobile lung cancer screening unit is on the road, traveling around the state of Ohio. This is a big step forward because “lung cancer still accounts for more cancer deaths than breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate cancer combined,” said Michael Wert, MD, a James pulmonologist and director of the James lung cancer screening program. “I still see too many patients who haven't seen a doctor in a while, ignore symptoms and come in so sick that we'll do a CT scan and find they have really advanced lung cancer.” In this episode, Wert talks about the goals for the screening unit and why it is so vital. Smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer. “The new screening guidelines for lung cancer are that people aged 50 to 80 with a 20-pack-year history should be screened,” Wert said. “This means someone who has smoked a pack a day for 20 years, or two packs a day for 10 years.” Even people who have quit smoking years ago, but had a 20-pack-year history, need to be screened. “Too many people think what I don't know can't hurt me, but this isn't true, but this fear may prevent people from getting screened,” Wert said. Reaching out to underserved communities is vital in reducing cancer deaths. “Right, now, the major screening centers in Ohio are in the big cities,” Wert said. “And the highest risk patients for lung cancer often lives hours away from the nearest screening facility … We're one of only five or six mobile lung cancer screening units in the country and we're at the cutting edge of this. So, if you live in a remote area, don't be discouraged, our mobile lung cancer screening unit will be coming to you one day and don't let your fears or anxieties of finding an abnormality scare you away. My hope is we'll take our mobile screening unit to a town and hundreds of cars will be lined up waiting for us.”
Rico Aviles – The Language Ninja - Ricardo Aviles hails from Arecibo, PR. He joined the Army in 2008 as a Military Police officer. Being bilingual and possessing a love for languages he began working as a professional translator/interpreter. That job led to Rico being called the "Language Ninja." As an interpreter Rico has translated for cases such as: human trafficking, drugs, therapy, child advocacy centers and more. After leaving the Army he spent most of his time training Brazilian jiu-jitsu under the Caio Terra banner and is currently a purple belt. Rico is a comedian doing shows with Ian Edwards, Kevin Farley and Shayne Smith. Check out the Rico Podcast. Rico and his best friend Eric McElroy have interviewed some incredible guests: Tommy Chong, Larry Hankin, Michael Wert, Susan Lanier, G-King and more! Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the of this episode head to Haiku Ninja of language Rico translates worlds apart Voices intertwined. Similar episodes: Adam Shoenfeld Stuart Scheller S. Sheller, Matt Hoh Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev Writer: Dragan Petrovski The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.
The reality behind the stereotypical image of Japan's fearsome elite warriors is more nuanced than we are led to believe. It is thought the samurai developed as a social class in medieval Japan, when the term could encompass lowly foot soldiers or mercenaries, and often untrustworthy ones at that. A far cry from the skilled fighters who supposedly pledged undying loyalty to their lord, and followed a code of honour. In fact, it was during peacetime that the image of the samurai came to be defined when their role as warriors was no longer necessary. During Japan's aggressive imperial expansion in the early 20th Century, the samurai ideal was once again manipulated for nationalistic purposes. Rajan Datar's guests include Michael Wert, who has published several books on Japan's warrior class, including Samurai: A Concise History. He is associate professor of East Asian History at Marquette University in Milwaukee; Marcia Yonemoto, professor and hair of the Department of History at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan, which examines the role of women in Japan's military-bureaucratic state; and Polina Serebriakova, whose doctoral thesis at the University of Cambridge in the UK focuses on warrior leaders in medieval Japan. Producer: Fiona Clampin (Image: Illustration portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Credit: Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Episode 9: Did you ever wonder, who are the samurai? What did they do? Who are these guys? Please join us for our latest podcast episode on The Story of Samurai. Our special guests will be Michael Wert, Professor of History at Marquette University and author of the book, “Samurai: A Concise History” and James Heron, Executive Director of the JCCC who will discuss the history of the samurai in Japan, their function and the international attraction to samurai films. This samurai podcast supplements the screening of the Samurai Marathon 1855 film presented by the JCCC on August 20, 2021. To check out Michael Wert's Samurai: A Concise History, click here.For more information about JCCC's virtual screening of Samurai Marathon, click here.
In this episode, Michael Wert introduces samurai, whose influence in society and presence during watershed moments in Japanese history are often overlooked by modern audiences. Learn more about Samurai: A Very Short Introduction here:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/samurai-a-very-short-introduction-9780190685072 Michael Wert is Associate Professor of East Asian History at Marquette University. Specializing in early modern and modern Japan, he is … Continue reading Samurai – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 31 →
“Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in men and in women, and it all boils down to how it is detected and when it is diagnosed,” said Michael Wert, director of the James Lung Cancer Screening clinic. The James has become a leader in screening high-risk smokers for lung cancer, with the goal of detecting lung cancer in the earliest of stages when it can be more easily treated. “Because of our screening [of smokers], the majority of lung cancers I see are in the very early stages,” Wert said. “In the last few weeks, we've had three or four patients who were able to undergo a curative surgical resection, without any further treatment, because we caught it so early.”
This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for April 2020. Books covered on the show include: 'Samurai: A Concise History' with Michael Wert, 'The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl' with Alexander Watson, 'Margaret Skinnider' with Mary Mc Auliffe, 'A Matter of Interpretation' with Elizabeth Mc Donald and 'The Life and Times of Mary Ann Mc Cracken 1770-1866' by Mary McNeill with Marianne Elliot.
Rory Doyle, independent photojournalist, shares his photo essay about a recent Mississippi flood that's been widely ignored. Michael Wert of Marquette University, walks us through the history of the Japanese samurai warrior. Michael Sadler, co-founder of Republic of Booza, introduces us to the stretchy ice cream called "booza." Ben Novak, Revive and Restore lead scientist, explains genetic tools to fight pests and also encourage endangered species.
In this episode, Dr. Michael Wert (Marquette University) re-enacts the violence of the Meiji Restoration, combatting historiographical narratives of the Restoration as a "non-violent" or "bloodless" revolution. We discuss what happens to the losers of the Restoration, the post-1868 activities and status of ex-Bakufu officials, and the "Long Meiji Restoration" before reflecting on the politics of historical memory and commemoration today.
Michael Wert‘s new book considers the construction of memory around the “losers” of the Meiji Restoration, individuals and groups whose reputations suffered most in the late nineteenth-century transition from Tokugawa to imperial rule. Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2013) explores the work of memory activists at different moments of commemoration in the history of modern Japan. Also, there is buried treasure. Before the treasure, we are invited to a beheading. The execution of Oguri Tadamasa, one of the most important of the losers in Wert’s book, sets the stage for a guided tour through the memory landscapes from which Oguri and others emerge as historical instruments and objects. Wert mobilizes an impressive range of diaries, local historical sources, newspapers, essays, works of manga, and short fiction from which a textually-mediated historical memory of controversial Restoration figures has been produced. In addition to this rich textual archive, Wert also brings us into a trans-historical collection of statues, graves, heads, magnifying glasses, and a single screw, all of which open up a material archive to supplement and extend the written. Historians of moving pictures will also find much of interest here, as the commemoration of Oguri and company takes shape in film and television in the latter part of the book. In addition, as you will recall from above: there is buried treasure involved. I won’t tell you how or when, but you’ll find out if you listen to the interview. Wert concludes with a helpful consideration of his the story continues into the twenty first century, turning finally to consider the ways that the practices and legacies of historical commemoration have shaped reactions to the 3.11 disaster in recent memory. And if I haven’t already made it clear: buried treasure. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Wert‘s new book considers the construction of memory around the “losers” of the Meiji Restoration, individuals and groups whose reputations suffered most in the late nineteenth-century transition from Tokugawa to imperial rule. Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2013) explores the... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Wert‘s new book considers the construction of memory around the “losers” of the Meiji Restoration, individuals and groups whose reputations suffered most in the late nineteenth-century transition from Tokugawa to imperial rule. Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2013) explores the work of memory activists at different moments of commemoration in the history of modern Japan. Also, there is buried treasure. Before the treasure, we are invited to a beheading. The execution of Oguri Tadamasa, one of the most important of the losers in Wert’s book, sets the stage for a guided tour through the memory landscapes from which Oguri and others emerge as historical instruments and objects. Wert mobilizes an impressive range of diaries, local historical sources, newspapers, essays, works of manga, and short fiction from which a textually-mediated historical memory of controversial Restoration figures has been produced. In addition to this rich textual archive, Wert also brings us into a trans-historical collection of statues, graves, heads, magnifying glasses, and a single screw, all of which open up a material archive to supplement and extend the written. Historians of moving pictures will also find much of interest here, as the commemoration of Oguri and company takes shape in film and television in the latter part of the book. In addition, as you will recall from above: there is buried treasure involved. I won’t tell you how or when, but you’ll find out if you listen to the interview. Wert concludes with a helpful consideration of his the story continues into the twenty first century, turning finally to consider the ways that the practices and legacies of historical commemoration have shaped reactions to the 3.11 disaster in recent memory. And if I haven’t already made it clear: buried treasure. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Wert‘s new book considers the construction of memory around the “losers” of the Meiji Restoration, individuals and groups whose reputations suffered most in the late nineteenth-century transition from Tokugawa to imperial rule. Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2013) explores the... Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies
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