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Guest Thomas Karagianes | Jonathan Romano Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer discusses the journey and impact of Eterna with developers Jonathan Romano and Thomas Karagianes. The conversation revolves around Eterna's role in RNA research through user-contributed puzzle solutions, emphasizing community engagement and educational outreach. Topics include the integration of hybrid intelligence, where human intuition complements AI in scientific discovery, and the significance of explainable AI in motivating player participation. The episode also touches on the ethical considerations in collaborating with for-profit entities, the development of accessible COVID vaccines, and low-cost tuberculosis diagnostics. Hit download now to hear more! [00:01:24] Jonathan describes Eterna, a platform where players solve puzzles to contribute to RNA research. [00:02:12] Thomas explains that Eterna focuses on RNA complexity and its importance in modern science, like mRNA vaccines and how Eterna engages players in folding RNA sequences and testing them in labs. [00:04:36] Richard asks if the project is open source and Jonathan says its partially open source and explains the technical limitations that prevent full openness. [00:05:26] We learn about Eterna's community with around 100,000 total players, and a core group of about 30-40 who regularly engage in scientific challenges. [00:07:31] Thomas discusses ongoing efforts to make the game more accessible and increase community engagement through educational outreach and simplifying the tutorial system, and Eterna is used in classrooms as a teaching tool. [00:09:47] Jonathan explains how some Eterna players become code contributors, staff members, and even lead authors on academic papers. [00:13:32] We hear about the funding of the community. [00:15:56] Thomas discusses how Eterna integrates AI to assist players but stresses the importance of human intuition in tackling unique challenges and Jonathan explains how Eterna uses hybrid intelligence, combining AI and human input for better research outcomes. He highlights how Eterna's community has contributed to important research, including COVID-19 vaccine development and tuberculosis diagnostics. [00:22:29] Thomas shares that Eterna attracts players who enjoy breaking the model or exploring boundaries, making the game engaging and motivating for them. [00:27:48] Jonathan and Thomas discuss the ethical considerations of partnerships, especially with for-profit companies, and the need to engage the community in decision-making processes. [00:31:41] Jonathan shares how you can contribute to Eterna and how to join the developer community on GitHub. Quotes [00:10:10] “Minimally, whenever there is a scientific publication that comes out of Eterna from players contributions, there is a consortium author on the paper. That will include everyone who has submitted a solution.” [00:14:21] “There's definitely this pattern - and you can even see it in the code- where open source code passes from grad student to grad student.” [00:19:14] “Hybrid intelligence is an underused buzzword.” Spotlight [00:33:16] Richard's spotlight is The Internet Archive. [00:34:23] Jonathan's spotlight is txircd, a modular IRC daemon written in Python. [00:35:32] Thomas's spotlight is Bioconda. Links SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) podcast@sustainoss.org (mailto:podcast@sustainoss.org) richard@sustainoss.org (mailto:richard@sustainoss.org) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainoss) SustainOSS LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sustainoss/?trk=public_profile_volunteering-position_profile-section-card_full-click&originalSubdomain=in) Open Collective-SustainOSS (Contribute) (https://opencollective.com/sustainoss) Richard Littauer Socials (https://www.burntfen.com/2023-05-30/socials) Thomas Karagianes LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaskaragianes/) Jonathan Romano Website (https://luxaritas.com/) Jonathan Romano LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/luxaritas/) Eterna (https://eternagame.org/) Eterna Project Information (https://eternagame.org/about) Eterna OpenVaccine (https://eternagame.org/challenges/10845741) Eterna OpenTB (https://eternagame.org/challenges/10845742) Eterna OpenKnot (https://eternagame.org/challenges/11843006) Eternagame-GitHub (https://github.com/eternagame) Foldit (https://fold.it/) RNA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA) Hybrid Intelligence (Springer Link article) (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12599-019-00595-2) Mapping Citizen Science through the Lens of Human-Centered AI (Human Computation article) (https://hcjournal.org/index.php/jhc/article/view/133) Practical recommendations from a multi-perspective needs and challenges assessment of citizen science games (PLOS ONE article) (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285367) Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_Beyond_Mountains) Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) txircd (https://github.com/elementalalchemist/txircd) Bioconda (https://bioconda.github.io/) Reamde by Neal Stephenson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamde) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guests: Jonathan Romano and Thomas Karagianes.

Last Sunday evening Shira and I were in Lakewood, New Jersey for a wedding.  Lakewood is the capital of the charedi, or ultra-Orthodox, world in America.  Lakewood boasts a world-famous charedi yeshiva called Beth Medrash Govoha which is the second largest yeshiva in the world, second only to the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.  The wedding was charedi.  Men and women sat separately during the wedding.  Men and women danced separately after the wedding. There was a thick wall separating the men and women dancing.  And a strong majority of the men wore black hats.  It was the first black hat wedding we had ever attended. Being at this wedding called to mind, for me, a famous story about Dr. Paul Farmer in Tracy Kidder's biography called Mountains Beyond Mountains.   Paul Farmer would go to impoverished third world nations and provide modern health care to people who otherwise did not have access to modern medicine.  One day Paul Farmer is in Haiti where there had been a tuberculosis outbreak.  Many locals believed that tuberculosis is caused by sorcery, by an enemy casting a spell upon them, the response to which was to ask a Voodoo priest to cast a curse upon your enemy in retaliation for causing your illness.  Paul Farmer tries to make the case that tuberculosis is a disease caused by germs, not an illness caused by curses; and that the most helpful response is antibiotics, not mobilizing a Voodoo priest to cast a counter curse.  Paul Farmer meets a woman afflicted by tuberculosis who is persuaded to take medication.  She recovers.  Afterwards she tells Paul Farmer, “I know TB is caused by germs.”  And she also says I know which enemy cursed me so I asked my Voodoo priest to get revenge.  Paul Farmer responded,  if you believe it was an enemy that cast a curse upon you, why then did you take the antibiotics?  To which this Haitian woman responded: “Honey, are you incapable of complexity?"

This week I wanted to share some of my favorite books that I think EVERYONE should read. As a dentist who offers house calls, I believe reading general nonfiction is incredibly important for personal growth and empathy. The first book is Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder. It tells the story of Dr.Paul Farmer, a physician who dedicated his career to treating patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Haiti. His dedication to justice is truly inspiring and reminds us that all lives matter. The next book is When Breath Becomes Air, a memoir written by a neurosurgeon who reflects on what matters in life as he faces his own mortality. It's a touching read that reminds us of the importance of cherishing time with loved ones. Finally, James Clear's Atomic Habits is a bestseller that offers advice on how to establish good habits. It's a great read for anyone looking to make positive changes in their life. I hope these recommendations inspire you to pick up a book and start reading! And if you're interested in reading together in a community, consider becoming an official member of the ResiDENTAL Movement where every month we will be discussing a new book and share how the ideas and philosophies contained in the book apply to our practices and everyday lives. Thank you for your time and happy reading!   Sign Up to Become An Official Member of the ResiDENTAL Movement   Visit me at: ResiDENTAL Movement Website Vist: AccommoDental Visit: Home Smile Care Foundation   Let's Get Social: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn   Produced by: Social Chameleon

Is healthcare a human right? That's today's big question, and it clearly shouldn't be a question, but here we are. My guest to help explain the obvious today is Dr. Sheila Davis, the CEO of Partners in Health. Sheila entered the global health arena in 1999, responding to the global HIV and AIDS pandemic. A few years later, she co-founded a small NGO that worked in both South Africa and Boston on a wide array of health projects, including the operation of a rural village nurse clinic. She joined PIH in 2010 as their main operation in Haiti was torn apart by the earthquake there and worked her way up over the years, becoming the Chief of the Ebola response during the 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic. And then as the Chief of Clinical Operations and the Chief Nursing Officer, Sheila oversaw nursing efforts as well as the supply chain, medical informatics, laboratory infrastructure, and quality improvement activities.Dr. Davis is a frequent national speaker on global health and clinical topics, including HIV and AIDS, the Ebola epidemic, leadership in public health, and the role of nursing and human rights. And folks, if it is not clear enough for the past few years, just in the US, much less everywhere around the world, yes, healthcare is a human right, and everyone deserves a fair shake. -----------Have feedback or questions? Tweet us, or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.comNew here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com.-----------INI Book Club:Devotions by Mary Oliver (a starting point, as one of many Mary Oliver poetry selections)Mountains Beyond Mountains by Paul FarmerAbove Ground by Clint SmithFind all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-clubLinks:Get involved with Partners In HealthFollow Dr Davis on TwitterFollow us:Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.comFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImpSubscribe to our YouTube channelFollow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmettEdited by Anthony...

Quote - “The spirit of Afropolitan, and why I'm so excited about thecommunity that's being built, is to connect one of the most powerfulforces in the world, which is human communities, to the fastestgrowing place in the world, which is the African continent.”The Afropolitan Podcast highlights Afropolitans who embrace theunknown and walk with purpose. Through this podcast, we aim to empowerAfricans in the Diaspora to maximize their potential and contribute tothe development of a vibrant and progressive black community.In this episode, we chat with Daniel Yu, Founder & CEO of Wasoko, atechnology company that is transforming the $600 billion market foressential goods sold through mom-and-pop stores in Africa. Wasokoprovides on-demand ordering, delivery, and financing services to thesesmall retailers. Wasoko's platform enables shop owners to place ordersat any time via SMS or a mobile app, and offers free same-day deliveryof goods directly to their stores. Additionally, Wasoko provides "PayLater" financing options to support the growth of these shops. Thecompany operates in several African countries, including Kenya,Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal, and collaborateswith major companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gamble. Wasoko hasraised over $145 million in equity financing from investors like TigerGlobal and Avenir Growth Capital, making it one of the largest techcompanies in Africa.Daniel Yu is an entrepreneur and software developer with extensiveexperience working and traveling in over 65 countries, primarily inemerging economies such as Africa, the Middle East, Central America,Brazil, Southeast Asia, and China. He is skilled at exploring marketsand building networks to effectively launch technology-drivenbusinesses. Daniel is conversational or fluent in eight languages:English (native), Mandarin, Swahili, Arabic, Spanish, Cantonese,Portuguese, and French.Daniel is passionate about leveraging technology and innovation totransform the retail landscape in emerging economies, empowering smallbusinesses, and making a positive social impact across Africa. Join usas Daniel discusses his journey with Wasoko and the importance ofdigital technology and services to solve Africa's supply chainproblems.Daniel's Reading List:1. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others,Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back byWilliam MacAskill - https://amzn.to/41EnFJj2. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - https://amzn.to/3IkPMq23. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder - https://amzn.to/455COGnShow Notes2:00 Daniel breaks down his background and what led him to Africa asan entrepreneur3:27 Daniel, as the founder and CEO of Wasako, has been working totransform commerce in Africa and tells us the problem it aims to solve4:49 Daniel details the monetization model of Wasoko5:16 Daniel talks about some of the assumptions he had of thiscommerce model and what challenges he faced going to market6:54 Daniel talks about the importance of startups to verticalintegrate in Africa to ensure successful delivery of their chosenofferings and how the process of building in Africa differs from beingin California, where certain aspects are already taken care of, andthe focus is primarily on software development8:20 Daniel explains why he started in certain African countriescompared to others and the cultural differences experienced in eachcountry10:09 Daniel paints the customer onboarding process early on11:16 Daniel details the early stages of a startup and the strugglesyou have to go through12:37 Daniel talks about his educational background and how Itinformed the work he does today13:22 Daniel explains how he learnt to be a programmer withoutcompleting formal education14:01 Daniel gives his view on the future of commerce and supplychains evolving in Africa and the role Wasoko will play in the future16:11 Daniel clarifies the customer acquisition of Wasoko16:40 Daniel talks about his approach to risk taking and decisionmaking especially in uncertain or rapidly changing environments andthe most important qualities or skills that an entrepreneur shouldpossess in order to succeed in today's competitive business landscape,especially in Africa17:50 Books that have profoundly impacted Daniel's life20:17 Daniel gives advice to entrepreneurs hiring talent, especiallyin markets like Africa where talent may not be highly skilled asplaces like California and how he addressed these challenges23:08 Daniel has worked in different industries, including finance,healthcare and technology and breaks down his approach to the processof identifying new opportunities and deciding which ventures toproceed or invest in24:28 Hypothetical title of a book about Daniel's life25:35 Daniel's perspective on what it means to be AfropolitanThe Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, orwherever you get your podcasts.Connect with Afropolitan:Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitanWebsite - https://www.afropolitan.io/

Author Tracy Kidder has been described as a “master of narrative nonfiction.” Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for his 1981 book, “The Soul of a New Machine,” about the development of cutting edge computers. He is the author of more than a dozen books including the acclaimed 2003 New York Times bestseller, “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” about the late global health pioneer Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health. The book is often assigned as required reading in colleges.The Washington Post says that Kidder writes about “the moral value of small victories in a world of big problems.”Homelessness is the focus of Kidder's latest bestselling book, “Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People.” Kidder spent five years following Dr. O'Connell as he worked the streets of Boston. Kidder was moved by the people he met who were experiencing homelessness in Boston and wanted to tell their stories. “If you get to know them, to really look at them — and a lot of people never do — you realize that they're every bit as human as you and I, and that old adage, There but for the grace of God go I.”“The engine of every good story is human character,” said Kidder. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic, and the New York Times but he insisted, “I'm a storyteller more than I am a journalist.”“I stopped thinking of myself as a journalist around the time of the Iraq War. I didn't want to be associated,” he explained. “Because there were so many lies told and so much bad reporting… it starts to taint the term. And then you have Fox News. …It's a wonderful profession, journalism. I believe in it utterly. But I want to see it practiced better.”Kidder says of his craft that “the techniques of storytelling don't belong exclusively to fiction.” Good writing should “be like a pane of glass. The writing itself should be interesting but it doesn't have to be flashy. I believe in immersion in the story that I've discovered.”

“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” - Dr. Paul FarmerIn this episode, John Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas discuss the late Dr. Farmer's work, Partners in Health's mission, and the tuxedo problem. You can read more about Life's Library's work with Partners in Health at https://pih.org/hankandjohn.This episode was originally released to subscribers in October 2019. The Life's Library Discord and subscriptions are now closed after a wonderful three years of reading together. Check out past books at www.lifeslibrarybookclub.com, Twitter, and Instagram.Episode transcript.Life's Library logo by Bethany Mannion.

The Impossible Possibility For An Impossible Time, VIII: Mountains Beyond Mountains 2/27/2022 by Kenilworth Union Church

Today I spoke to Alex all about her work in public health. Make sure to subscribe so you know when our next episode drops and rate and review if you like what we are doing. Socials Find Alex through My Cabbages on Twitter. Find Sam's Socials on this link: https://linktr.ee/samuelobrien Find the Podcast's Socials on this link: http://linktr.ee/contentncapable Plugs and Mentions Plug: Sam plugged covidlive.com.au. Alex plugged Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Check out the other shows on the Movie Night Crew Network!

Founder of Bonfire Entertainment and the Winter Wondergrass music festival, Scotty Stoughton has tons of insight on the magic that exists in the music community. He moved to Colorado from the east coast while selling grilled cheeses as he followed the Grateful Dead's “Summer Tour of ‘94”, and recognized a unique quality of the Colorado music scene. Listen in to hear him talk about that quality, as well as the type of live shows that bring together everyone from “bikers to ranchers to yuppies”. Stoughton also discusses what the word ‘failure' means to him, and how he takes a different approach to his mission as a promoter, both in attitude and in action. If you want to learn about how he connects his love of nature with his passion for music in his career, check out this week's Songscape! You can find Scotty on his website at https://bonfirentertainment.com/scotty-stoughton/ or on his Instagram @scottybonfireThanks for listening and don't forget to review, share and subscribe to the podcast! Learn more about nonprofit Sustain Music and Nature's work to make music a force for nature at: www.sustainmusicandnature.orgHost: Charles CoplinProducer: Sustain Music & NatureEditor: Harrison GoodaleMedia Researcher: Lindsay Johnson Theme Music: Harrison GoodaleScotty Stoughton (via his band Bonfire Dub) Featured Music: “Honey”, “Rest”, and “Mountains Beyond Mountains”

Paul Farmer is a doctor, anthropologist, and “world-class Robin Hood” who has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest people. Since 1987, he and Partners in Health, the nonprofit organization he co-founded, have been revolutionizing the field of international health care, pioneering novel community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality care in resource-poor settings. In 2010, when an earthquake demolished Haiti, Farmer was there. In 2014, when the Ebola virus erupted in Sierra Leone, Farmer was there, too. Whereas others might understandably flee such crises, Farmer runs toward them. Referring to the pathology of power structures, Farmer once confessed, “I can’t sleep. There’s always somebody not getting treatment. I can’t stand that.” Known as “the man who would cure the world, his life story was captured by Tracy Kidder in the New York Times bestselling book, Mountains Beyond Mountains. As the second of six children to a free-spirited father, Farmer became aware of the bigger world and its inequalities from his family’s frequent moves, from Massachusetts to Alabama to Florida. Farmer’s father, a salesman-turned-teacher with unconventional inspirations, converted an old school bus into a mobile home in which the eight of them lived for several years. There was no running water, and their power supply was erratic. At times, the family lived out of tents; a boat, too. His mother was a cashier at the Winn-Dixie supermarket. For what they lacked in stability and material security, Farmer’s parents read Shakespeare and other great literature to their children. They recognized Farmer’s “huge brain,” and supported his academic endeavors. After graduating from high school as both valedictorian and senior class president, Farmer attended Duke University on a full scholarship. He went on to Harvard, where he earned both a PhD in medical anthropology and an MD. It was during college that Farmer took his first trip to Haiti, igniting in him a passion and an anger to be an agent for change. The poor had little to no access to basic medical care, and training opportunities for local doctors and nurses were gravely lacking. With the help of a Haitian priest, Father Lafontant, and a young English woman, Ophelia Dahl, who had come to Haiti as a medical volunteer, he founded a community-based health clinic, Zanmi Lasante, which would grow into a first-rate hospital that served about a million people. Shortly after that seminal visit, HIV/AIDS began to spread in the Haitian urban slums, and the suffering pressed Farmer to do more. Two years later, in 1987, Farmer and Dahl collaborated with Todd McCormack, a former Duke classmate, to found Partners in Health in Boston. Farmer’s innovative methods and tenacious spirit led to cost-effective ways for treating infectious diseases. For the next few decades, Farmer would teach medical students for four months every year in the hospitals of Harvard University—where he is one of only 25 University Professors, and is also Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School—as well as treat patients in Haiti, Rwanda, and other “medical deserts.” He lived on a plane almost as much as being on the ground—an adventurer’s spirit reminiscent of his roving childhood. In addition to direct patient care and international healthcare delivery, Farmer has written extensively on health, human rights, and the consequences of social inequality with hard-hitting titles like To Repair the World and Pathologies of Power. His writings cover the epidemics that plague our times—from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to racism, inequality, and poverty. Most recently, his book Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History examines the Ebola epidemic through his bifocal lens of medicine and anthropology. Farmer is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Outstanding International Physician Award from the American Medical Association, the Hilton Humanitarian Prize, and a MacArthur “genius” fellowship, all $220,000 of which he donated to start a research program at Partners in Health. He serves as the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Community Based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. With the current Covid-19 pandemic, Farmer’s experience at the forefront of multiple epidemics has made him a voice of caution, reason, and compassion. As with Ebola, he urges “expert mercy.” Responses to the global coronavirus pandemic, he says, must combine interventions to save the sick, and slow the spread of disease with humane care across cultural and societal settings. The Ebola outbreak revealed, for example, that social distancing is almost impossible in settings of food insecurity or crowded slums. Farmer has routinely talked about the need for “staff, stuff, spaces, and systems” to respond well. Covid-19 is no different. And communities of color are once again the most vulnerable.    “The idea that some lives matter less,” Farmer asserts, “is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” Join Pavi Mehta and Cynthia Li in conversation with this remarkable humanitarian.

We watched Disney's The Mandalorian with our kids this summer, mostly thanks to the impossibly cute character The Child, aka “Baby Yoda.” Star Wars has always been pretty good at creating catchy trademark mantras, (“May the Force Be with You”), and this spinoff boasts at least two more little liturgical responses that have entered heavy rotation in the dialogues of my household. The first is a statement designed to stop sassy back-talk in its tracks: the authority figure simply responds to the little rebel, “I have spoken.”Argument over! (Well, that's the goal anyway). The second is a bit less one-sided: "This is the way." The Mandalorians were once a mighty people. Like the People of God, they began as a race and have since become a creed. The remnant of Mandalorians lives by an unbreakable honor code, called “The Way.” Part of this “Way” demands the adoption and care of “foundlings,” or orphans, an obligation which ends up complicating the main bounty-hunter character's life quite a bit. Yet he is reminded by an associate of his duty: “When one chooses to walk the way of the Mandalore, he is both hunter and prey. How can one be a coward if one chooses this way of life?" Our Mandalorian stands tall at the calling out of his honor. "This is the Way," comes his newly resolved reply. If you've been reading with us in the Soul Room this week, you'll remember that as Paul is brought before a menagerie of pagan authorities to defend his life against the Jewish mob, he describes his manner of devotion to the faith of their fathers as… “The Way.” It was quite invigorating to read those scenes, the Mandalorian still fresh in my imagination, and then study our text for this Sunday. There we hear God's words to Daniel as he thrashes about in his soul. When the prophet petitions the angels for more clarity about the future of Israel and his own place in it all, the Lord's response, only barely paraphrased is, “This is the Way, Daniel. I have spoken.” End of discussion. And end of the Book of Daniel. I can't wait to unpack “The Way” with you this Sunday! -josh

On this episode of GTG, Mallory interviews Deekshita, Courtney, and Sammy about their careers, interests, and experiences in the public health field. The group explores public health communication, important under-discussed topics like FGM/C, crisis pregnancy centers, and food insecurity, and where to get public health information you can trust. In the words of all public health professionals, "Public Health is Everything; Everything is Public Health."Follow us on Instagram at @generationthreegirls or visit our website: generationthreegirls.com! Personal instas:Mallory: @malmal0915/@myfitnessmalLara: @fine____print/@laravanderb22Makena: @makenasherwoodNotes:Courtney's public health consulting firm: https://www.weskeandcompany.org/ @weskeandcompanyCourtney's children's book:https://www.amazon.com/Its-Great-You-Courtney-Gonzalez/dp/152552898Xhttps://www.amazon.com/Its-GREAT-LOVED-Courtney-Gonzalez-ebook/dp/B08B45SYGT/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&qid=1592162215&refinements=p_27%3ACourtney+Gonzalez&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Courtney+GonzalezCHANGE (Center for Health and Gender Equity): https://srhrforall.org/CHANGE's SRHR Index: https://srhrindex.genderhealth.org/The Wilson Center: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/Guttmacher Institute: https://www.guttmacher.org/End the Lies (Crisis Pregnancy Center Map): https://endthelies.com/Kaiser Family Foundation: https://www.kff.org/Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderMoral Combat by Marie GriffithGun Violence Archive: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

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A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   What does a robot, Jedi and Wi-Fi have to do with the Ebola crisis? In 2015 I spoke with Wilson Wang a medical doctor by training, who was a Senior Clinical director at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) at the time. We spoke about his work with IRC on the 2014 Ebola outbreak and his career in medicine and public health.     As we deal with the coronavirus here in New York City, I thought with this would be a good time to share this episode. Stay tuned for the next episode of Talking Taiwan. I’ll be bringing back Dr. Wang to speak about how his Ebola work led him to establish Waking Doctors and his current work on COVID-19, the coronavirus in New York City.     Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   The origin, mission and work of International Rescue Committee Wilson’s career in medicine and public health leading up to his work with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) How Wilson balances the practice of medicine with health management How IRC was asked to create an Ebola treatment unit (i.e. a hospital) for Ebola patients How more people died in the 2014 Ebola epidemic than in all of the Ebola epidemics of the past 35 years How for nearly 40 years there hadn’t been reliable medical record keeping about the treatment of Ebola patients What the JEDI app acronym stands for The robot created by Vecna to be used in Liberia U.S. reaction to the Ebola outbreak What’s guided Dr. Wang in his particular career path   Related Links:   Dr. Wilson Wang’s website where he writes about his work: http://wilson-wang.squarespace.com/   Articles about Dr. Wang’s work with IRC on the Ebola epidemic:   http://time.com/3615990/ebola-electronic-health-records/   ihttp://www.fastcolabs.com/3039512/fighting-ebola-with-a-robot-and-an-app-called-jedi   Partners in Health: https://www.pih.org/   Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder: https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Beyond-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0812973011   An article about the controversy over Dr. Craig Spencer, a volunteer Doctors Without Borders physician who returned to New York with Ebola: https://time.com/3535902/craig-spencer-ebowla-jokes-lack-empathy/

Practice Bulletin #199 - Published September 2018 We'll cover: - evidence skin/vaginal prep before c-section - selecting the correct agent and dose - PPROM antibiotic regimens - are antibiotics necessary for preterm labor, cerclage, or manual extraction of placenta - Nathan bores you with Burning Man stories (...or does he?!) -...and more! Shout-outs: - Mountains Beyond Mountains, book by Tracy Kidder - Daniel Ginn, DO, on Twitter - Ryan Stewart, DO, on Twitter - Jeffrey Sperling, MD, on Twitter SHOW NOTES This episode pairs nicely with the 2018 Pinot Noir by Cono Sur. Theme music by my main amigo, Evan Handyside

For eighteen years, the Vassar-Haiti Project, started and still directed by Lila Meade and her husband Andrew, assistant dean of international students at Vassar College, has improved the lives of Haitians in the remote mountaintop village of Chermaitre and its surroundings. Vassar sophomore Mary McCarthy, publicity director of the project, and Lila Meade were the guests on RadioRotary for this show. Ms. McCarthy was inspired to work on the project by reading Mountains Beyond Mountains, a biography of Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health. As a result of the project, which raises funds primarily by selling Haitian paintings and crafts, Chermaitre and the surrounding area is served by a 250-student school, a clinic that treats 3,000 patients annually, and clean water, the last from a Rotary Global Grant sponsored by the Poughkeepsie-Arlington Rotary. Vassar now has a Rotaract Club, which is seeking grant money from Rotary to provide the clinic with electricity. It is inspiring work. Learn more: The Vassar Haiti Project: http://www.thehaitiproject.org/ Poughkeepsie-Arlington Rotary: http://rotary7210.org/arlington/ The Rotary Foundation Global Grants: https://my.rotary.org/en/take-action/apply-grants/global-grants Mountains Beyond Mountains: https://www.tracykidder.com/mountains-beyond-mountains.html Partners in Health: https://www.pih.org/ Rotaract: https://www.rotary.org/en/get-involved/rotaract-clubs CATEGORIES Education Health International Programs Rotary Club Projects Rotary Foundation Water Projects --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiorotary/support

"The possibilities of doing something similar [to fiction] in nonfiction really did appeal to me," says Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Are you riffin' kiddin' me!? By virtue of today's guest I'm assuming there might be a new CNFer or two to our little marauding gang of turbulent souls in this corner of the Internet. Welcome. We play heavy metal music, we kick maximum ass, and we will, we will rock you. This is the Creative Nonfiction Podcast, the show where I speak to bad ass tellers of true stories about where they came from, what and who inspires them, and how they approach the work, so that you can apply those tools of mastery to your own work. I'm your mutha-riffin' host Brendan O'Meara, hey, hey. Today's guest is none other than Pulitzer Prize—winning author Tracy Kidder, author of take a deep breath Brendan… Soul of a New Machine, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, Home Town, My Detachment, Good Prose, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Strength in What Remains, A Truck Full of Money, and House. That, CNFers, is a body of work. And who tells them better than Tracy Kidder, friends? He's been a literary hero of mine every since I got into this mess. If you're as big a headcase as I am, I'd go ahead and read Good Prose, the book he wrote with his long time editor and former mentor of mine Dick Todd. It lets you know that you're not alone and these increasingly digital times, it's easier and easier to feel, what's the word??? Shitty... Tracy's an apex CNFer in a long line of them that have appeared on this show. Please enjoy this conversation with the one, the only, Tracy Kidder. Cross that one off the Bucket List...How'd you like it? I hope you dug it. I tried my bestest for y'all. Thanks very much to this show's sponsors Goucher College's MFA program in nonfiction and Creative Nonfiction Magazine. You can visit Tracy Kidder.com for more information about Tracy and his work and events and the like. I believe he has an author Facebook page. While I've got your attention, I'd ask that if you dig the show, share it with a friend, subscribe, and leave an honest review over on Apple Podcasts. They're a big, big help and I'm deeply appreciative of whatever you can do to help out the show. Visit brendanomeara.com to sign up for my monthly reading list newsletter. Great books and great podcasts. Once a month. No spam. Can't beat that. I think that's a wrap. Remember, if you can't do interview! See ya! Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Creative Nonfiction and Creative Nonfiction Magazine for sponsoring this podcast.

  Jason Lunden comes onto the show to discuss rehabilitation and education when working with runners and cyclists. Jason discusses the most common running and biking injuries, top clinical pearls regarding running and cycling rehab, how Jason evaluates runners and cyclists, running shoe considerations, relevant running and cycling research, best resources for the clinician looking to learn more about runners/cyclists, best tips on teaching runners/cyclists, how running/cycling should be integrated into DPT programs, and much more! Biography: Jason specializes in the rehabilitation and prevention of sports-related injuries, with a particular interest in the biomechanics of sporting activities  including running, cycling, skiing, snowboarding and overhead athletics. He has published on the topic of shoulder biomechanics and the rehabilitation of knee injuries and has a strong commitment to educating others. Jason serves as a physical therapist for the US Snowboarding and US Freeskiing teams and is a frequent, well-received local and national presenter on the topics of sports rehabilitation and injury prevention. He is a recent recipient of the New Horizon Award from the American Physical Therapy Association. Jason received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Minnesota, where he was the recipient of the Gary L. Soderberg DPT Visionary Award, the Mary A. McEvoy Award for Public Engagement and Leadership, the MN APTA Outstanding Physical Therapy Student Award, and the President's Student Leadership and Service Award. He received a Masters of Arts in Cell and Molecular Biology from St. Cloud State University and Bachelors of Arts from St. Olaf College. Jason also received specialized training through the Minnesota Sports Medicine Sports Physical Therapy Residency, and received his board certification as a Sports Physical Therapy Clinical Specialist through the American Physical Therapy Association. He has also served as a faculty member for the Fairview Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program. He teaches the Rehabilitation of the Injured Runner and the Professional Bike Fitting courses through the Institute of Clinical Excellence. He practices at Excel Physical Therapy in Bozeman, Montana. Jason is an avid snowboarder, cyclist, runner, and Nordic skier, and he enjoys spending his time outdoors with his family.   Institute of Clinical Excellence Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/educatePT/  Institute of Clinical Excellence Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/icephysio/  Institute of Clinical Excellence Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/icephysio  Jason's Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/am_institute_of_sports_rehab/  Excel Physical Therapy Website: http://excelptmt.com/  Jason's Bike Fitting Course: http://ptonice.com/professional-bike-fitting   Jason's Rehabilitation of the Injured Runner Course: http://ptonice.com/rehabilitation-injured-runner Anatomy for Runners by Jay DiCharry- https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Runners-Unlocking-Potential-Prevention/dp/1620871599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527916011&sr=8-1&keywords=anatomy+for+runners+by+jay+dicharry  Andy Pruitt's Complete Medical Guide for Cyclists: https://www.amazon.com/Pruitts-Complete-Medical-Guide-Cyclists/dp/1931382808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527916414&sr=8-1&keywords=andy+pruitt%27s+complete+medical+guide+for+cyclists  Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder: https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Beyond-Farmer-Random-Readers/dp/0812980557/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527917762&sr=8-1&keywords=mountains+beyond+mountains+the+quest+of+dr.+paul+farmer  Steve Hogg's Bike Fitting Website: https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/  Fast Twitch Performance Website: http://fasttwitchperformance.com/ 

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder reveals his reporting strengths as he describes how he earned the trust of the people he has featured in books such as "Mountains Beyond Mountains," "House," "A Truck Full of Money," "Old Friends," and "Strength in What Remains." Kidder shares the joys and doubts of a career in writing with veteran journalist and host Dean Nelson, founder and director of the Writer's Symposium By The Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31161]

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder reveals his reporting strengths as he describes how he earned the trust of the people he has featured in books such as "Mountains Beyond Mountains," "House," "A Truck Full of Money," "Old Friends," and "Strength in What Remains." Kidder shares the joys and doubts of a career in writing with veteran journalist and host Dean Nelson, founder and director of the Writer's Symposium By The Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31161]

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder reveals his reporting strengths as he describes how he earned the trust of the people he has featured in books such as "Mountains Beyond Mountains," "House," "A Truck Full of Money," "Old Friends," and "Strength in What Remains." Kidder shares the joys and doubts of a career in writing with veteran journalist and host Dean Nelson, founder and director of the Writer's Symposium By The Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31161]

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder reveals his reporting strengths as he describes how he earned the trust of the people he has featured in books such as "Mountains Beyond Mountains," "House," "A Truck Full of Money," "Old Friends," and "Strength in What Remains." Kidder shares the joys and doubts of a career in writing with veteran journalist and host Dean Nelson, founder and director of the Writer's Symposium By The Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31161]

“We just need to become the Ben and Jerry's of the utility world!” So said Mary Powell (pictured left), CEO and president of Green Mountain Power, as she announced in 2014 that her electric utility had just become certified as a Benefit Corporation. The “B-Corp” designation means that the utility must follow certain standards of accountability, transparency, and sustainability alongside its traditional commitment to shareholder returns. There are more than 1,700 B Corps in 50 countries, spanning 130 industries. For an electric utility, that means moving from just selling energy, toward “energy as a service.” We've written about them before. Back in January, Powell talked with John Farrell about what it means to make energy into a service, and how a utility can transform itself into a societal good.

“We just need to become the Ben and Jerry’s of the utility world!” So said Mary Powell (pictured left), CEO and president of Green Mountain Power, as she announced in 2014 that her electric utility had just earned B Corp … Read More

LIFE LESSON SERIES: The Story Of Dr. Paul Farmer Today’s story is about a man named Dr. Paul Farmer. This man is inspiring. Paul Farmer is UN's Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard. He is also Professor of Anthropology at Harvard Medical School, chief of Social Medicine and Inequalities at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, and founding director of Partners In Health. Among Dr. Farmer's numerous awards and honors is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's "genius award." In his book, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer and his mission to conquer diseases among the world's poor. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world.” - Dr. Paul Farmer CHECK OUT: 1.) The Interview Girl FOUNDATION: http://InterviewGirl.org/ 2.) Interview Girl On YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/MsToriStory 3.) Victoria's New BOOK: http://www.amazon.com/Because-Medicine-Ran-Out-InterviewGirl-com/dp/0692297138/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438041469&sr=1-1&keywords=because+the+medicine+ran+out 4.) DOCUMENTARY Film About WWII Coming Soon: http://chasingtime.us/ The Interview Girl Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving others and making a difference in this world by eliminating miseries that others experience. Stories, advice, interviews, and content are shared for the purpose of helping others (eliminating misery). Every project completed helps a different cause. People throughout the world experience various miseries and each product produced at the Interview Girl Foundation aids someone who is experiencing misery. The Interview Girl Foundation is a DO-GOOD organization that uses STORIES to achieve SOCIAL GOOD. http://InterviewGirl.org/ JOIN THE 7-DAY STORY CHALLENGE TODAY!: http://interviewgirl.org/stories/

As Arcade Fire prep their new album for release, we revisit the band's visit to Sound Opinions with this performance of "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)."

The Avid Reader talks to Tracy Kidder, prolific author of literary non-fiction, about his books Strength in What Remains and Mountains Beyond Mountains.

In the aftermath of the Port-Au-Prince earthquake, the medical organization Partners in Health has played a key role bringing emergency aid to Haiti. On this edition of the 7th Avenue Project, Robert's 2003 interview with writer Tracy Kidder, discussing Partners in Health, its work in Haiti and its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer. Farmer was the subject of Kidder's best-selling book "Mountains Beyond Mountains."

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains tells the inspiring tale of Deogratias (Deo), a young medical student from the mountains of Burundi, who narrowly survived civil war and genocide before seeking a new life in America.

A special evening with Dr. Paul Farmer, founding NESRI Board Member, Co-Founder of Partners In Health, MacArthur Foundation Genius Award winner, human rights activist, and subject of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains. You will hear from Dr. Farmer and our staff about how we are working with our partners and networks to shape their agendas and hopes in the face of a new administration.

On September 10, 2008, the Literature and Medicine Elective hosted a presentation on "Mountains Beyond Mountains" with guest lecturer Dr. Ruth Berggren, Director of The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics. For more information on Literature and Medicine, click here.

Tracy Kidder discusses his book Mountains Beyond Mountains, the common reading for the class of 2010.

A roundtable discussion featuring the three authors of this year's required summer reading for freshmen and transfer students: Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner; Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains; and Julie Orringer, How to Breathe Underwater.