Podcasts about Northwestern

Is tight end actually a concern for Ohio State in the supposed “Year of the Tight End”?Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr examine the biggest questions surrounding the Buckeyes' tight end room, beginning with the most familiar concern of all: can they consistently run block?Nate Roberts, Northwestern transfer Hunter Welcing, and Ohio transfer Mason Williams are expected to lead the group, but Ohio State still has to determine which players it can trust in critical short-yardage situations and how quickly the coaching staff can identify its best combinations.Tony and Tom also discuss whether the room contains a legitimate receiving weapon, why Roberts could become a surprise fan favorite, and whether any of Ohio State's current tight ends can develop into the kind of NFL prospect the Buckeyes had last season.They also explore how uncertainty at wide receiver could lead to more two- and three-tight-end formations and whether Ohio State has enough quality depth to make that approach work.Are the concerns justified, or will 2026 truly become the Year of the Tight End? Let us know in the comments.0:00 — Introducing Ohio State's tight end concerns0:32 — Can the Buckeyes' tight ends run block?1:57 — Evaluating Nate Roberts, Hunter Welcing, and Mason Williams3:14 — How quickly can Ohio State identify its best blocker?3:45 — Is there a legitimate receiving threat in the room?5:48 — Why Nate Roberts could become a fan favorite7:28 — Does Ohio State have an exceptional tight end?9:08 — Who has the best NFL potential?10:26 — Could Ohio State use more two- and three-tight-end sets?11:20 — Do the Buckeyes have enough depth for 13 personnel?13:00 — Final thoughts on the Year of the Tight EndSubscribe to the Buckeye Weekly Podcast for daily Ohio State football news, analysis, predictions, and discussion.Become a member and join the conversation at BuckeyeInsiders.com.

Chip Kelly is wearing a hard hat and a vest at a press conference for his new job at Northwestern. Mikey A is experiencing some weather that has the Florida folks yawning. A radio host made one of the worst analogies ever. Stugotz recaps Field of Dreams.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bud Elliott sits down with Charlie Jacobs of Inside NU to preview Northwestern's 2026 season.(00:00:00) - Intro(00:01:00) - Takeaways From 2025 (00:02:17) - Chip Kelly (00:05:30) - Aidan Chiles (00:07:30) - Wide Receivers (00:09:45) - Offensive Line (00:14:20) - Offensive Name to Know (00:16:40) - Defensive Front(00:15:50) - Defensive Backs (00:23:30) - Schedule BreakdownCover 3 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college football.Watch Cover 3 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cover3Follow our hosts on Twitter: @Chip_Patterson, @TomFornelli, @DannyKanell, @BudElliott3For more college football coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for the newest installment of “Why You're Always Bad,” focused on the program that now owns the FBS record for losses. Northwestern has also posted a winning record over the last 18 years, won six consecutive bowl games, and is preparing to open an extremely expensive new stadium. So Rodger comes prepared to challenge the premise. The group works through the Wildcats' dark ages, occasional breakthroughs, facility-rich “Ryan family,” small fan base, and existential need to remain inside the Big Ten. In this episode. In this episode:* 4:04: Brief history of Northwestern football* 9:56: Cool players and guys you should know from program history, including Trevor Siemian, Justin Jackson, and Otto Graham. Plus, a trailblazing history of Black coaches and NFL presidents* 28:51: Awful moments in program history (there are many)* 59:33: Do they have any money (and who, exactly, are the “Ryan family”)* 1:10:09: What are their (many) non-financial difficulties?* 1:20:06: Can we find one villain to blame for their struggles?* 1:22:42: What is this program's best-case scenario in the next 10 years?* 1:25:58: Verdict time: What happens if the Big Ten splits?Everyone can hear a free preview of this episode.To get the whole thing, become a paid subscriber today. For $10 a month (or you can get a discounted annual subscription this week only), subscribers get about twice as many Split Zone Duo podcasts, as well as our coach carousel reporting, deep dives on college football history, Q&A opportunities, and many more goodies as we think of them. You also help keep this show independent and ensure we're making a podcast that puts our listeners, not anyone else, first.Producer: Anthony Vito

In this in-depth interview, Caleb sits down with Richard Blaylock (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Professor of Biblical Studies at University of Northwestern to explore the biblical, theological, and doctrinal aspects of divine reprobation, emphasizing its significance in understanding God's sovereignty, justice, and salvation history highlighting practical implications for believers.Resources: The Doctrine of Reprobation (article) by Richard BlaylockVessels of Wrath, Volume 1: The Witness of the Old Testament to Divine Reprobating Activity by Richard BlaylockVessels of Wrath, Volume 2: The Witness of the New Testament to Divine Reprobating Activity by Richard BlaylockPredestination: An Introduction by Andy Naselli

Researchers have been trying to make invisible drones and camouflaged robots for years, before that it was cars and planes. They have used everything from transparent materials to light-bending optical systems or cloaks, but haven't been able to make it happen. But now, engineers at Northwestern University have created a drone that appears to vanish in plain sight after it takes flight. The team created the Phantom Twist, a drone that uses a concept called "motion blur" -- the effect that makes fast-spinning fans and propellers look like a ghostly smudge. The drone spins up to 25 times per second, which is too fast for the human eye to see clearly. While it isn't completely invisible, it appears to seamlessly blend into the background. The work could lead to drones that monitor wildlife, survey the environment and inspect infrastructure with less visual disruption.To design the drone, the engineers first used a computational model to generate some 20,000 drone configurations capable of stable flight. Next, they used AI and optimization algorithms to rearrange the drones' major components, including a motor, propeller, circuit board, counterweight and batteries. It was the algorithms that determined the ideal placement of the drone's components to minimize its visibility from virtually every viewing angle while allowing for stable flight. Northwestern's Michael Rubenstein, who led the project, said, "The design process was fully automated ... Then, when we were confident that a drone met all our criteria, we built it."According to the visibility metric, the optimized drone is about 10 times less visually perceptible than a conventional quadcopter.The new drone still has several limitations. For example, the propeller still makes noise, and some wires and support rods are still somewhat visible. Next, the team is working on new iterations with more transparent materials or quieter propulsion to make the Phantom Twist truly disappear.#AI, #Drone, #Drones, #Robotics, #Engineering, #Innovation, #NorthwesternUniversity, #ArtificialIntelligence, #Technology, #STEM, #Automation, #Research, #FutureTech, #Aviation, #Manufacturing

No, it's not a filter. The yellow-orange haze cast upon much of Southern Ontario thanks to smoke drifting in from Northwestern wildfires. Toronto was ranked as having the worst air quality in the world for most of Wednesday according to IQAir. Although conditions are expected to ease as the city heads into the weekend, was there a way to prevent it from getting this bad in the first place? And if so - why wasn't Ontario ready? Host Maria Kestane speaks to Dr. Lori Daniels, Professor in the faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship at University of British Columbia. They discuss how Ontario has ended up here and how we can be better prepared for wildfire seasons to come. We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us:Through email at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Or @thebigstory.bsky.social on Bluesky

Daniel Suh spent a decade optimizing for prestige. Korean immigrant parents who left careers behind to start a small business in the US, a childhood spent moving apartments through bankruptcy, UCSD, five years in consulting to put his brother and mother through school, then an accelerated JD-MBA at Northwestern. He landed the big law summer and a private equity offer, the American dream on paper. He was elated for about ten minutes. "It felt like climbing a mountain for ten years. You get to the summit, and then you realize you climbed the wrong mountain the whole time." Today he is General Partner at Gold House Ventures, the cultural capital fund backing founders at the intersection of AI and creativity.  In this conversation with Jeremy Au, Daniel breaks down the second-generation guilt that pushes immigrant kids into careers they never chose, the high school demand letter that won back his family's security deposit in 24 hours, and why Gold House evolved from an Asian founder fund into something broader. He gets specific about what "cultural capital" actually buys a founder that money and introductions cannot, and why the backlash against AI is a narrative problem rather than a technology one. If nobody trusts the model, adoption stalls no matter how good the model is. Culture, not capability, is what moves people. A conversation for founders, VCs and operators across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia who are quietly wondering whether they are climbing someone else's mountain. Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/daniel-suh-gold-house   BRAVE is Southeast Asia's leading tech podcast, hosted by Jeremy Au. Honest conversations with the region's top founders, investors, and operators on building startups in Southeast Asia. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you never miss one. Listen & Subscribe YouTube (English), YouTube (Bahasa Indonesia), Spotify (English), Spotify (Bahasa Indonesia), Spotify (Chinese), Spotify (Vietnamese), Apple Podcasts Follow BRAVE LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp Follow Jeremy Au LinkedIn, X / Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Twitch Resources Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at www.bravesea.com #VentureCapital #StartupPodcast #GoldHouse #SoutheastAsia  00:00 - From San Francisco to Manila 01:31 - Korean immigrant parents, bankruptcy and growing up in poverty 03:56 - Three prisms: parent expectations, family money and your own dreams 07:38 - Five years in consulting to put the family through school 09:45 - The Northwestern JD-MBA: decent at law, miserable doing it 13:39 - The big law and private equity offer and climbing the wrong mountain 17:04 - Finding Gold House on LinkedIn and getting emotional over a website 19:46 - The security deposit fight that made empowerment personal 24:42 - Building the "Asian YC" and the fund thesis 27:26 - The Fund II rebrand: cultural capital 32:12 - The AI backlash: jobs, deepfakes and paying creators 34:45 - Bravery, optionality and choosing yourself by telling the truth 39:22 - "A winner is a loser who tried one more time"

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Welcome to the West Lot Pirates Season Premier where we begin to get ready for the 2026 College Football season! As always, we begin our previews by taking a quick look at all of the Big Ten teams NOT on Northwestern's schedule this year. Tonight, we look at Michigan, Maryland, Purdue and Nebraska.

Dr. Chitaru Kurihara, thoracic surgeon and surgical director of the Lung Transplant Program at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to share details surrounding the first known quadruple-organ transplant involving retransplanted lung that Northwestern surgeons performed.

Dr. Chitaru Kurihara, thoracic surgeon and surgical director of the Lung Transplant Program at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to share details surrounding the first known quadruple-organ transplant involving retransplanted lung that Northwestern surgeons performed.

Dr. Chitaru Kurihara, thoracic surgeon and surgical director of the Lung Transplant Program at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to share details surrounding the first known quadruple-organ transplant involving retransplanted lung that Northwestern surgeons performed.

Send us Fan MailPricing AI is the hardest pricing problem in software right now, and most SaaS leaders are getting it wrong on the first try. In this episode of Navigating the Customer Experience, host Yanique Grant sits down with Dan Balcauski, founder of Product Tranquility, to unpack why the first AI price a company sets is always wrong, how to set usage caps when you have no historical data, and what smart B2B SaaS leaders do differently to turn pricing from a liability into a strategic advantage.Dan has spent more than 20 years in software, starting as an engineer before moving into product management and discovering that how a company captures value matters far more than how it builds the product. Today he advises B2B SaaS CEOs on the AI pricing and packaging decisions that keep them up at night, and in this conversation he shares the frameworks, the mistakes to avoid, and the practical playbook he uses with real companies.WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODEWhy the first AI price is always wrong, and why that has nothing to do with how smart your team or your consultants are. Dan explains the fundamental economic shift underway in software, where both sides of the pricing equation are moving at once. On the cost side, he points to a benchmark showing the cost per task for a top model dropping by roughly 390 times in a single year, a change no normal business ever absorbs in its cost of goods sold. On the value side, models keep getting more capable, handling this month what they could not handle last month. His research shows that every application layer software company he studied that released AI capabilities revised its pricing and packaging within 18 months. The lesson is not to price perfectly on day one. It is to build for change.How to set usage caps and pricing tiers with zero historical data. Dan frames the real problem plainly. You know what a token costs, but you have no idea what customers will actually do with a new AI feature. Products are full of features that barely got adopted, and AI features do not get to skip that step of the innovation cycle. On top of that, a small group of power users, often around 5 to 10 percent, can drive the overwhelming majority of usage and cost. That makes the tempting shortcuts unreliable. Using dashboard views as a proxy breaks down because good AI gets used far more than the dashboards it replaces, and a beta group rarely matches the usage profile of the full market.The early access playbook that sits between beta and general availability. Dan recommends a stage where companies announce their limits, put a price on the feature, and communicate it clearly, but do not enforce or meter it yet for a defined window that can run anywhere from six weeks to 18 months. This eases customer anxiety about surprise bills, encourages real adoption, and lets the company gather genuine usage patterns instead of guessing from proxies that break down.Why you should separate ordinary plan limits from fair use limits. Even when you are not metering usage, Dan explains, you can reserve the right to throttle or downgrade the rare customer using a capability a hundred or a thousand times more than the average, much like companies already do with API request limits. Those levers let teams keep experimenting during early access without the finance team panicking when the bill arrives.Why communication is where pricing changes succeed or fail. As Dan puts it, most pricing blowups come not from the change itself but from the fact that it was communicated poorly or not at all. Agility beats certainty, and reviewing pricing on a quarterly cadence beats the old annual or five year rhythm.This episode is essential listening for SaaS founders, product leaders, pricing strategists, and customer experience professionals who want to understand how AI is reshaping the economics of software and what to do about it before the market forces the decision for them.ABOUT DAN BALCAUSKIDan Balcauski is the founder of Product Tranquility, where he helps B2B SaaS CEOs turn pricing from a confusing liability into a strategic advantage. With more than 20 years in software, Dan began his career as an engineer before moving into product management and discovering that how companies capture value matters far more than how they build it. His work now centers on one of the most pressing questions in software today: how to price AI. Before founding Product Tranquility, Dan was a principal product strategist at SolarWinds and head of product at LawnStarter. He holds a BSc in computer engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, where he also helps teach executive education courses on product strategy. He is the host of the SaaS Scaling Secrets podcast.QUESTIONS YANIQUE ASKEDCould you share a little about your journey and how you got from where you were to where you are today? You have said the first AI price is always wrong. Why is that, and what should a SaaS company do differently knowing they are going to get it wrong the first time? So many companies are trying to set usage caps and pricing tiers for AI with zero historical data. How would you advise a CEO to make that decision when they are essentially flying blind? What is the one online resource, tool, website, or application that you absolutely cannot live without in your business? Can you share one or two books that have had a positive impact on you, professionally or personally? What is one thing going on in your life right now that you are really excited about? Do you have a quote or saying that keeps you on track during times of adversity? Where can listeners find and connect with you online?KEY TAKEAWAYSThe first AI price is always wrong, and that is not a failure of intelligence. It reflects a fundamental economic shift where both cost and value are moving fast. Every application layer company Dan studied revised its AI pricing and packaging within 18 months. Plan for revision, not perfection. Agility beats certainty. Review pricing on a quarterly cadence rather than annually or every five years. Communication is where pricing changes succeed or fail. Most blowups come from poor communication, not the change itself. Usage proxies break down. Dashboard views and beta groups rarely predict how customers will actually use an AI feature. A small group of power users can drive the majority of usage and cost, so average user assumptions are dangerous. Early access is the smart middle stage. Announce and price the limits, communicate them, but do not meter yet while you gather real data. Separate plan limits from fair use limits. Reserve the right to throttle extreme usage even when you are not metering everyone. Do not borrow problems from the future. Anxiety about what has not happened yet only adds problems to the present. AI is making custom, personal business software economically viable for the first time, opening the door to tools built exactly the way you work.CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction and Guest Bio 01:51 Dan's Journey: From Engineer to Pricing Strategist 04:03 Learning That Pricing Is Different in Every Industry 04:49 Why the First AI Price Is Always Wrong 05:36 The 390x Cost Shift and the Moving Value Equation 06:49 Agility, Faster Pricing Reviews, and Communication 09:28 Setting Usage Caps With No Historical Data 11:32 Why Dashboard Proxies and Beta Groups Break Down 12:59 The Early Access Playbook Between Beta and GA 13:20 Plan Limits vs. Fair Use Limits 17:04 The One Tool Dan Cannot Live Without: Claude Code 17:38 Book Recommendation: Monetizing Innovation 18:31 Building Custom Business Software With AI 19:55 How to Connect With Dan Online 20:27 Dan's Guiding Quote: Don't Borrow Problems From the FutureFEATURED RESOURCESBook mentioned: Monetizing Innovation by Madhavan Ramanujam and Georg TackeTool mentioned: Claude Code, Dan's work surface and the engine behind his custom business softwareCONNECT WITH DANLinkedIn: Search Dan Balcauski on LinkedIn, and mention that you heard him on the podcast so he can separate you from the spamWebsite: producttranquility.comPodcast: SaaS Scaling Secrets, wherever podcasts are foundDAN'S GUIDING QUOTE"Don't borrow problems from the future." Dan BalcauskiDan explains that most of our anxiety is about things that have not happened yet. Worrying about a future scenario pulls that problem into the present before it ever arrives, giving you more to carry now for no reason. Like debt, it is borrowing against your future self. His practice is to stay focused on what is real and in front of him, which keeps him grounded when challenges or uncertainty threaten to pull him off track.ABOUT N

#140Josh sits down with Deirdre Auld, CEO and partner of Coda Restaurant Group in Boston, whose portfolio includes SRV, Baleia, Gufo, The Salty Pig, and the soon-to-open Celine. Deirdre traces her circuitous path into hospitality leadership, from an early love of architecture and a stint in private equity to years running restaurants and eventually stepping away to earn a master's degree and a leadership coaching certification from Northwestern. She and Josh dig into the coaching philosophy she's built her career around: assuming people are whole and complete, leading with curiosity instead of trying to fix, and helping leaders ask better questions rather than hand out answers. The conversation moves through Dierde's approach to running one-on-ones and leadership meetings at Coda, her mental models for hiring, firing and performance improvement plans, and where she sees restaurant technology and AI heading over the next several years. Deirdre is candid about both the promise and the risk of leaning on AI as a thought partner, why she still believes human connection is the ohardest thing to replace in hospitality, and what it took to build a leadership culture that can absorb constant change. It's a wide-ranging, thoughtful conversation about leadership, mentorship, and what it really takes to develop people well.Links and resources

Emergency medicine physician and associate chief medical officer for Northwestern Medicine's Central DuPage Hospital Dr. Jeffrey Bohmer joins Bob Sirott to explain what the diarrhea-causing-parasite cyclosporiasis is and how to properly wash fresh produce, as well as why Pepto-Bismol is recommended for diarrhea while traveling. He also talks about a Northwestern study that focuses on […]

In this episode, Faraz Ahmad, MD, associate director at the Center for Artificial Intelligence at Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, discusses how Northwestern is advancing AI strategy, developing clinical AI tools, and training the next generation of AI-focused healthcare leaders. He also shares insights on implementing AI responsibly through workflow redesign, evaluation, and collaboration.

DON'T MISS THE NEXT EPISODE! Subscribe: Subscription Link: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/BurnsClan⁠⁠ Title: How to Live a Grounded Life with Dr. Zina Jacque  Description: Well, family...This episode is one for the books! In the second episode of The Black Christian Experience, we talk about one of the hardest things to maintain in our walk with God: the ability to be grounded. Being grounded can keep us rooted and steady in an unstable world. And with everything that we are facing in the world, healthy roots can keep us whole.  That's why today, we are speaking with the one and only, The Rev. Dr. Zina Jacque.  For over 20 years, Dr. Jacque worked in student affairs at institutions such as Northwestern, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, ultimately serving as Legislative Liaison to California's 108 community colleges. After answering a call to the ministry, she earned an M.Div. (Summa Cum Laude) and Ph.D. in Theology from Boston University and went on to serve churches of all sizes, including Alfred Street Baptist Church.  Dr. Jacque has taught at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Boston University School of Theology and led mission-driven organizations, including the Boston TenPoint Coalition and the Pastoral Counseling Center at Trinity Church Boston. She currently serves as President and Board Chair of National Senior Communities, supporting over 28,000 residents and 17,000 staff. She is also co-founder of Courageous Conversations, a national dialogue series on belonging and inclusion.  A recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from BU, Citizen of the Year in Barrington, and the Women of Distinction Award, Dr. Jacque is widely regarded as a voice of grace, wisdom, and hope.  She is one of a kind and she blessed us in this episode! Tap in and make sure you are subscribed to the podcast. If you want to support this work, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebce/membership This is a Mavrik Production. Special thanks to Yabui Media for providing the space for this episode recording.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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After a week off due to bad public transit, the boys are back for another episode of controversy in college football! But first, they had to finish up the logos of the MAC because Kev is an idiot, before diving into EA adding microtransactions into Road to Glory and Dynasty modes of CFB 27. Later, they discussed the Big 12 selling out a corporate sponsor in Monster Energy (bad), and Wisconsin selling out to a corporate sponsor in Culver's (good). They would then discuss the latest uniform changes for Penn State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Georgia Tech, as well as the South Carolina garnet to crimson controversy. Finally, the boys dove into the Sun Belt logo history, and Kev said something so bad about one of the school's logos he had to actually edit an episode! Join this channel to get access to perks: 000:00 Addressing last week's mistakes 04:59 EA Sports microtransactions controversy 09:37 Criticism of entertainment industry pricing 12:44 Controversy around Texas Tech and Cincinnati 13:41 Monster Energy Big 12 Deal 18:10 Corporate sponsorship rules for NCAA 22:52 Discussing school program changes 23:27 Debating Penn State jersey changes 29:31 College football jerseys controversy 30:52 Designer transition from Nike to Adidas 37:29 Design feedback on logo elements 40:17 He said WHAT about the Georgia State Panther? 45:31 Discussing favorite graphic design styles 49:25 Discussing logo redesigns 52:29 Discussing logo design ideas 57:40 Closing thoughts and weekly wrap-up

Bill Riley, Voice of the Utes, gives us a recap of BIG XII Media Days and looks ahead to the football season...and odd pairing at Northwestern and a new dating app idea...and what was Sprague's wife doing yesterday?

“As a lawyer, I have to be tough—but as a mom, I balance that with my soft approach.” Attorney Renette L. Jackson, founder of Legally Mom and author of Act Like a Teen, Think Like a Lawyer, brings fire, wisdom, and Detroit-rooted love into this powerful Detroit is Different conversation. With “at least five” generations tied to the city, Jackson traces her story through veterans, nurses, Northwestern pride, and the family home near Quincy and Gladstone, where “grandma's porch” and a clean alley shaped her understanding of safety, connection, and community. She honors her grandmother as “a general and a nurse,” a woman whose toughness and tenderness became the blueprint for Jackson's own legal mission. From Southfield High to Washington D.C., from politics to parenting, she shares why watching Detroit leaders helped her realize, “I need to go back home.” This episode is about more than law—it is about protecting families, preparing youth, and carrying ancestral strength into the future. Jackson's story reminds us: Detroit's past is not behind us; it is training us. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com Find out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co

Are we being lied to about the science of attraction?In this episode, UC Davis relationship scientist and author of Bonded by Love: The New Science of Human Attachment, Paul Eastwick, challenges the massive online narratives around "mate value," hardwired gender differences, and dating strategies. It turns out a lot of the viral relationship theories we see online are built on shaky evidence, relying on photos and surveys rather than real, live human interaction.Paul explains why what we say we want on paper almost never predicts who we actually fall for in person. He redefines compatibility not as a rigid trait-matching algorithm, but as something unique that two people construct together over time.If you're ready to look past the internet's rigid dating rules and see how attraction actually works in the wild, tune in.[And if you are interested in pre-ordering Yael's book, Why Don't You Understand Me?, this link will take you to the larger booksellers, while THIS link will take you to her pre-order bonus form. Thank you for supporting Yael's book launch! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeq8tfQnl1o5GvfxrIrDzeOFtIvB8E16czMKajY3B8IDy1oww/viewform]Listen and Learn:The "Evo script" and the popular, outdated evolutionary psychology myths that dominate modern dating advice and why the latest science challenges its assumptions about mate value, gender differences, and relationship strategies Why popular evolutionary psychology models fail to predict real-world relationship success, and learn how relationship science reveals a far less competitive and much more hopeful reality of how we actually choose and stay with our partners Why the way we evaluate romantic partners on paper or dating apps is completely different from how we judge them in person The surprising scientific truth that our abstract checklists for a romantic partner rarely predict real compatibility, discovering instead how long-term satisfaction is built through shared experiences rather than finding someone who matches a mental template How actual data debunks extreme evolutionary psychology scripts about gender differences, revealing that men and women are much more aligned in their romantic and sexual desires than popular media and online advice suggest Why the concept of "mate value" and physical attractiveness only matter for short-term dating and initial impressions, while true long-term relationship success depends on compatibility that partners uniquely construct together rather than a predictable algorithm How relationship satisfaction and compatibility are not predetermined by matching personality traits, but are instead actively constructed through vulnerability, open-minded interactions, and the unpredictable connections built within real-world social networks Why platonic friendships between heterosexual men and women are not only entirely possible but also deeply enriching, mind-expanding, and a proven positive predictor for finding a romantic partner in the long run The major drawbacks of online dating, learn why you should wait until the third date before making a decision, and find out how a "failed" date can actually help you find your next match Resources:Bonded by Love: The New Science of Human Attachment https://bookshop.org/a/30734/9780593593981https://www.lovefactuallypod.com/http://pauleastwick.com/pauleastwick https://linktr.ee/pauleastwick About Paul EastwickPaul Eastwick is a professor of psychology at UC Davis, where he runs the Attraction and Relationships Research Laboratory. His work sits at the intersection of evolutionary psychology, social psychology, and close relationships research, meaning he has spent his career asking why people fall for who they fall for, and whether the stories we tell ourselves about that process hold up to scientific scrutiny.His new book, Bonded by Love: The New Science of Human Attachment, makes a sweeping argument: the dominant narrative about human mating — attraction as hierarchy, competition, genetic optimization — isn't just incomplete. It's wrong in ways that matter. The real science of how humans form lasting bonds is, if anything, more interesting and more hopeful than what we've been sold.His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, he sits on the editorial boards of several major psychology journals, and he has the rare combination of scientific rigor and personal candor. Paul is also the co-host of Love Factually, a podcast he runs with Northwestern relationship researcher Eli Finkel, which fact-checks Hollywood rom-coms one movie at a time (and which happens to be one of Yael's favorite binge-listens).Related Episodes:63. The Ape That Understood the Universe with Steve Stewart-Williams92. Marriage in Midlife with Daphne de Marneffe179. How to Be an Adult in Relationships with Dave Richo248. Let's Talk about Sex & Intimacy with Zoë Kors 397. The Mindful Path to Intimacy with James CordovaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

REBEL Rundown Key Points Mastery Learning: A unique educational framework focusing on achieving high competence with minimal variability among learners. Deliberate Practice: Involves learner-driven improvement, guided by expert feedback and breaking skills down into micro steps. Psychological Safety: Essential in mastery learning, allowing open feedback without fear or shame, enhancing growth. Embrace the productive struggle!  Practice to Prevent Skill Decay and Improve Clinically: Application of mastery learning principles helps maintain high proficiency levels in both common and rare procedures. Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast. Previously Covered and Related Content: REBEL MIND: The Dunning-Kruger EffectREBEL MIND: Growth vs Fixed Mindset Introduction Welcome back to Rebel MIND, the podcast where we sharpen the person behind the practitioner. MIND stands for Mastering Internal Negativity during Difficulty. This series emphasizes productivity, provider performance, and team optimization to ensure we are at our best during high-pressure situations. In this episode, host Dr. Kim Bambach chats with master educator Dr. Jennifer Yee about the science of performance through mastery learning and deliberate practice. Jennifer Yee, DO is an associate residency program director for OSU Emergency Medicine, the OSU EM director for assessment and evaluation, and an associate professor of emergency medicine.  She is from Akron, Ohio and earned her bachelor degree from Ohio University and her medical degree through the Ohio University College of Medicine. Her residency training was completed through Summa Akron City Hospital. After serving as chief resident, she completed a simulation medicine fellowship at Summa.She completed Northwestern's Designing and Implementing Simulation-Based Mastery-Learning Curricula, as well as Ohio State's Master of Art's program in Biomedical Education. She established a mastery-based procedural curriculum for OSU’s EM residency program before creation of an institution-wide mastery-based central venous catheter (CVC) curriculum for all housestaff expected to place CVCs during their clinical training. Cognitive Question How can use the principles of mastery learning as better benchmark for learning, performance, and patient safety? How can we practice deliberately? What is Mastery Learning? Unlike traditional clinical training, which is time-bound (e.g., “you are competent after a 3-year residency” or “after 10 chest tubes”), Mastery Learning is outcome-bound. The goal is to get every single learner from their unique baseline to an identical, objectively high level of performance with minimal variation. In this framework, learners start with a pre-brief, followed by baseline assessment, targeted debrief, deliberate practice, and a final evaluation using a checklist with a strict minimum passing standard (often set via methods like the Mastery Angoff). The mastery learning framework has been shown to improve patient safety.The Northwestern Central Line Study: Research demonstrated that requiring residents to achieve a set benchmark on a simulator prior to clinical performance led to fewer needle passes, a decrease in mechanical complications (such as accidental arterial punctures), and a subsequent reduction in catheter-associated infection rates in the intensive care unit.High-Acuity, Low-Occurrence (HALO) Procedures: Studies have demonstrated that for rare, critical procedures like emergency cricothyrotomies or transvenous pacing, baseline testing shows that very few trainees can meet a standard passing score initially. However, following targeted simulation training and deliberate practice, 100% of participants successfully achieved the minimum standard required to perform the procedure competently. The Anatomy of Deliberate Practice We often assume experience or confidence equals competence, but humans are notoriously poor self-assessors (plug for our Dunning-Kruger episode!). True deliberate practice isn’t just repeating a task for 10,000 hours; it is purposeful, learner-driven micro-skill improvement guided by an expert coach.High-Quality Feedback: Avoid vague phrases like “good job” or “read more.” Effective coaching relies on strictly objective, real-time observations (e.g., “I am watching your needle angle. If you enter the skin more steeply, you will hit the vessel faster”).Embrace a Growth Mindset: Stripping away your ego to be silently watched and critiqued  is inherently awkward. Normalize deliberate practice to create psychological safety. Overcoming this requires building an environment centered on patient safety, where baselines are treated as data points rather than judgments. True growth happens with the “productive struggle”.Adaptive Expertise: True mastery means moving past a rigid checklist. It requires learners to understand the reasoning behind their actions and anticipate next steps, complications, and plot twists in real time. Immediate Action Steps for Your Next Shift **Reflect on Personal Goals**: Identify specific clinical skills you wish to improve and set objectives.  **Seek Expert Feedback**: Find a mentor or coach for guided practice and objective feedback on your skills.  **Cultivate Psychological Safety**: Foster an environment where discussing mistakes and receiving feedback is viewed as growth rather than criticism.  **Practice Adaptively**: Introduce scenarios with atypical anatomy,  complications, plot twists to better prepare for real-world complexity.  Conclusion By focusing on specific skill improvement and welcoming constructive feedback, clinicians can build competence and confidence, ultimately improving performance and patient safety. Effective mastery learning hinges on creating psychologically safe learning environments, engaging in focused deliberate practice, and leveraging expert feedback. This approach can be applied to clinical procedural excellence as well as many other skills, including communication and team dynamics. Clinical Bottom Line Mastery learning is an outcome-bound framework to reach a high standard of performance and deliberate practice is the tool that can help you achieve that high performance through expert feedback. Further Reading Barsuk JH, et al.Dissemination of a simulation-based mastery learning intervention reduces central line-associated bloodstream infections. BMJ Quality & Safety. Sep 2014.PMID: 24632995Klein MR, et al.Developing simulation-based mastery learning curricula for emergency medicine skills training. AEM Education and Training. Jun 2025.PMID: 40521339 Meet the Authors Kim Bambach, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH Jennifer Yee, DO Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Program Director The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH Showing Slide 1 of 2 The post REBEL MIND – Mastery Learning and Deliberate Practice appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

Get your free download of the AOS ACADEMY SUCCESS GUIDE with 10 actions you can take today to increase your level of life success! https://bit.ly/4ueKy4V   Nine Habits to Increase Authenticity | Anatomy of Success Most people spend their lives performing — chasing approval, following crowds, and perfecting a facade that quietly drains them. Steve Wohlenhaus calls it "the ultimate kabuki dance." And the research backs him up: studies from Harvard, Columbia, and Northwestern reveal just how emotionally costly living inauthentically really is. This week on Anatomy of Success, Steve makes the case that authenticity isn't a personality trait — it's a discipline. It's built through hard work, firm boundaries, and the courage to stand in your convictions when it would be easier to blend in. He breaks it down into nine daily habits that authentic people practice for excellence — the same habits that build genuine confidence, sharpen your intuition, and free you from the exhausting need to be liked by everyone.

A judge dismissed Edgewater residents' lawsuit to overturn Broadway's rezoning. Crain's commercial real reporter Rachel Herzog talks with host Amy Guth about what's next for the neighborhood. Plus: Developer withdraws rezoning request for controversial Hoffman Estates data center, office building near Fulton Market trades at a major discount, Northwestern plans $275 million facility do-over in Orland Park amid cancer care race and AbbVie faces federal probe over drug trials in China. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Our guest is Jo-Nell Sieren, a photographer, designer, and educator who spent fifteen years at Columbia College Chicago before moving into her current role at Northwestern, where she focuses on industry strategy and connecting design and engineering students to employers.In this episode, Jo-Nell speaks with host Christian Solorzano about her path from studying photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York to building one of Columbia's most ambitious student programs — Agency Columbia, a studio that placed students in real client engagements with real deadlines. She shares how that experience of learning through doing, not just observing, shaped her entire philosophy as an educator.Jo-Nell talks candidly about what it actually takes to build confidence in students who don't yet believe in their own work, why she considers networking a design skill in its own right, and what a cohort of exhausted, overcommitted, fully present students taught her about resilience. She also reflects on the anxiety she feels watching AI reshape both the creative landscape and the job search — and what she hopes the next generation of designers holds onto.Music by the band Eighties Slang.

John Kruse celebrates America's 250th anniversary with some great guests to include: 1.  Ingrid Jensen Bechtel with Sisters of the Reel, a Facebook group for women anglers in the Pacific Northwest 2.  Morgan Jacobsen with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks who will tell you about an old western ghost town you can explore, Bannock State Park, and Bannock Days happening this month at this location 3.  Victoria Schmid with KURU Footwear who will share the best national parks in America for hiking this year. 4.  We've also got an extended Mack's Minute and another great edition of BirdNote! www.northwesternoutdoors.com 

Northwestern Mutual just announced a record $9.2 billion dividend payout for 2026 — about a billion more than last year, and the largest three-year increase in the company's history. MassMutual is paying a record $2.9 billion, Guardian $1.7 billion, and New York Life $2.78 billion. Four of the five major mutual carriers raised their dividend interest rate again this year. The easy explanation is the one everyone gives you: rates went up, so dividends went up. It's true, and it's lazy. If that were the whole story, this would be a two-minute episode. So we went digging instead. In this one, we crack open the "general account" — the giant reservoir of patient money that sits behind every whole life policy in the country — and walk through what the investment teams are actually doing with your premium dollars. We cover the reinvestment tailwind (think of inheriting a ladder of your grandmother's CDs, where every maturing low-rate bond gets replaced at today's higher rates — slow, boring, and inevitable), why that same inertia is a feature and not a bug, and where the real yield edge comes from: private placements now approaching half of the industry's bond holdings, and the broader private-credit buildout that's become the story of the decade. We also do the thing most people skip. We make the bear case. Private-credit valuations are model-driven and haven't been stress-tested through a real recession. A handful of large carriers hold most of the exposure. Office commercial real estate is still working itself out. And there's an important line we draw on-air: the PE-owned, annuity-heavy carriers driving most of that growth are not the mutual carriers writing participating whole life — Northwestern, MassMutual, New York Life, Guardian, and Penn are a different animal. And two caveats we'll repeat because they matter: the dividend interest rate is not your policy's return — early years are dominated by acquisition costs, and an in-force illustration is the only honest read on an existing policy. And a good environment doesn't change who whole life is for. It's a stable, tax-advantaged, patient-capital sleeve within a broader plan — not a replacement for growth investing, nor a fix for a poorly designed policy. If that role fits what you're trying to do, the setup right now is about as favorable as it's been in fifteen years. Have an existing policy you're not sure about, or wondering whether whole life fits the job you're trying to fill? We're happy to talk it through — no pitch, just a straight conversation. Send us a message or book a 30-minute call.

Astronomy Daily S05E131 — Friday, July 3, 2026   1. Swift Rescue Mission — Grounded Mid-Flight •    Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK spacecraft was set to launch aboard a Pegasus XL rocket, air-launched from Northrop Grumman's Stargazer aircraft over Kwajalein Atoll. •    Thursday's attempt (July 2) got airborne after two prior weather scrubs, but was aborted mid-flight when engineers spotted an unexplained warning. •    No new launch date has been set. Swift faces uncontrolled reentry by October 2026 without a successful reboost. 2. Solar Storm Watch — G2 Geomagnetic Storm Active Today •    X1.1 flare (June 30) plus 10 M-class flares in 24 hours from sunspot region AR4479. •    NOAA SWPC G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch in effect for July 3, easing July 4. •    Aurora borealis potential as far south as Idaho/New York (US); aurora australis potential for Tasmania and southern NZ/VIC under clear, dark skies. 3. TESS's First Microlensing Exoplanet — Gaia23bra b •    Super-Jupiter (~1.63 Jupiter masses) orbiting an orange dwarf ~40,000 light-years away, discovered via gravitational microlensing — a first for TESS. •    Originally flagged by ESA's Gaia mission in 2023; confirmed using archival TESS data. •    Published July 1, 2026 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, led by Mallory Harris (University of New Mexico). 4. GJ 3378b — Revised Habitable-Zone Super-Earth, 25 Light-Years Away •    UC Irvine team revised the planet's mass down to 2.3 Earth masses (rocky super-Earth, not mini-Neptune) and orbital period to 21.45 days. •    Receives ~90% of the stellar radiation Earth receives from the Sun — squarely in the habitable zone. •    Atmosphere unknown; planet does not transit, so JWST transit spectroscopy isn't possible. Published in The Astrophysical Journal, led by Paul Robertson (UC Irvine). 5. ESO Study: 1.7 Million Planned Satellites 'Devastating' for Astronomy •    Study led by ESO astronomer Olivier Hainaut, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. •    Modelled impact of proposed constellations (SpaceX ~1M for space data centres, Reflect Orbital 50,000 mirror satellites) on ESO's VLT and the Vera Rubin Observatory. •    Recommends a hard cap of 100,000 satellites, all fainter than naked-eye visibility. Decision pending from the US FCC. 6. JWST Solves the WD 1856b Mystery •    Gas giant (4–11 Jupiter masses) orbits a white dwarf every 34 hours, blocking 56% of its star's light during transit. •    New JWST atmospheric data shows the planet is ~240K hotter than expected — evidence it migrated inward 3–5.5 billion years after the star's death, rather than surviving the red giant phase in place. •    Published July 1, 2026 in Nature, led by Ryan MacDonald with Northwestern's Christopher O'Connor.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-the-latest-space-news--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

JC Shurburtt of the Big Spur updates South Carolina picking up a five star cornerback and more recruiting news. Chuck and Heath discuss a judge's eligibility ruling that might actually come off as credible rather than booster behavior. Brad Crwaford of CBS Sports talks the national picture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the ETA Insider Podcast, we kick off our 10-year podcast anniversary with Alex Schneider, Adjunct Lecturer in ETA at Kellogg at Northwestern, co-leader of the Kellogg Zell Fellows, and Co-Founder and Partner of Clover Capital Partners. From his accidental start, buying a college shipping and storage business, to building a multifaceted investment career spanning search funds, venture, and independent sponsorship, Alex offers a decade's worth of perspective on what has changed in ETA — and what never will. Alex digs into what it truly takes to find and close a deal in today's more competitive market, how to balance credibility and conviction, and why AI is reshaping everything from the classroom to the back office of small businesses.

What happens when everything you were told to do stops working — and you have to figure it out at 23? In this episode of Winners Find A Way, Coach Trent M. Clark sits down with Tony Wilkins, Northwestern and University of Chicago Booth graduate, longtime angel investor, executive coach, cancer survivor, and author of The Art of Angel Investing. Tony grew up as the oldest of six boys, built his career as an electrical engineer at Chrysler Corporation in 1979, and was laid off after just one year, along with 300 others. At 23, with everything he thought he had figured out suddenly gone, he made a decision that would shape the rest of his life — stop solving for a job and start solving for financial independence. From there, he went on to earn his MBA at Booth, build a career in high-level banking and finance, become a founding member of Hyde Park Angels in Chicago, and invest in early-stage companies like Spot Hero (acquired by Uber), Cameo, and Nutrasense. This conversation is about more than investing. Tony and Trent dig into what it really means to be the CEO of yourself — knowing what you are solving for, being ruthless about what you can control, and letting go of what you can't. Tony shares how the layoff that shattered his plans at 23 was actually the best thing that ever happened to him, why he secretly applied to Harvard Business School nine months into his dream job, and how a mentee half his age gave him one of the most powerful leadership phrases he's ever heard: "I am firm in my mission and flexible in my methods." This episode is a reminder that winners are not people who never face setbacks. Winners are the ones who learn, adjust, lead, and find a way. In This Episode, We Discuss: How getting laid off at 23 became Tony's most important life lesson Why you must know what you are really solving for — not just what you want right now The CEO of your mindset and owning your results completely Being ruthless about what you can control and letting go of everything you can't How to get started as an angel investor — even without Silicon Valley connections The concept of "triumph or tuition" and why every investment teaches you something How change, AI, and the next generation will shape the future of leadership Key Takeaways ✨ Know what you're really solving for It's not enough to want a good job or a big title. Tony asks every client: "What are you really solving for?" Keep asking why — five times if you have to — until you get to the truth beneath the surface answer. ✨ Be the CEO of yourself You are responsible for your results. No one is coming to save you. Tony learned this at 23 when Chrysler cut 300 people without warning. The sooner you take full ownership of your direction, the sooner your life changes. ✨ Be ruthless about what you can control Tony's rule: be ruthless about what you can control and ruthlessly ignore everything you can't. Gravity exists. Corporate layoffs happen. AI is here. Your energy goes toward what you can actually move. ✨ Triumph or tuition — just get in the water You cannot learn to swim from a book. You cannot become an angel investor without writing a check. Every investment either gives you a triumph or pays your tuition. Either way, you are learning. The key is to start. ✨ Firm in your mission, flexible in your methods A young mentee said this to Tony at the end of a coaching call, and it stopped him cold. Your mission is the non-negotiable. How do you get there? That can evolve. The best leaders hold both at once. Resources Mentioned The Art of Angel Investing by Tony Wilkins Hyde Park Angels — Chicago-based angel investing group Spot Hero — parking app, acquired by Uber Cameo — celebrity video platform Nutrasense — glucose monitoring and quantified self-tracking Connect with Tony Wilkins Instagram: @TonyWilkinChicago LinkedIn: Tony Wilkins 76 Connect with Trent M. Clark Trent M. Clark is the CEO of Leadershipity, President of EOS Michigan, a global speaker, former Major League Baseball coach, and the author of Leading Winning Teams. Website: https://www.trentmclark.com/ Leadershipity: https://www.leadershipity.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Leadershipity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentmclark/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrentMClark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trentmclark/ Book: Leading Winning Teams — https://leadingwinningteams.trent-clark.com/bookrecording79 Listen & Subscribe Listen to Winners Find A Way every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms for conversations with leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs, and high performers who know what it means to overcome adversity and keep finding a way.  

Join nationally-credentialed journalist Thomas Christopher in this action-packed episode of Mr. Gridiron - discussing the hottest topics in college football.While you're listening to the show, please make sure to like the video, leave a comment, and subscribe to the channel!Today's episode is built around the NCAA and the numerous changes that the league has underwent in the past week, including eligibility rule changes and other major shakeups.Today's Morning Huddle highlights Matt Miller's car crash and devastating injury.This episode's Film Session will surround Northwestern quarterback Aidan Chiles.Follow along for that, and much more in the latest edition of Mr. Gridiron!The League Winners are a company dedicated to covering the college football and the NFL. Created by Thomas Christopher, TLW was created to give football fans news, highlights, interviews, film review and much more surrounding the game of football.#MrGridiron #CollegeFootball #FootballPodcast #NCAAFootball #CFBPodcast #NCAA #Football #SportsPodcast #CFB26 #CollegeFootballPlayoff #ProtectCollegeSportsAct #PCSAct #AidanChiles #NorthwesternFootball #Northwestern #MattMiller

-We ask the question as EA Sports once again did not have Memorial Stadium in Lincoln as one of the Top 25 toughest places to play---and based on the record in the stadium the last 10 years, it's valid to not include them-It's a stadium that has seen the likes of Troy, Northern Illinois, several mediocre Northwestern and Purdue teams, plus Maryland win in and help provide average overall records for the Huskers…the stadium is too iconic to fall from these levels of being tough to play inShow sponsored by PINNACLE BANKOur Sponsors:* Check out Hims and use my code hims.com/EARLYBREAK for a great deal: https://www.hims.com* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Da Eun Yoon on Names, Voice Work, and Living Between CulturesChristine interviews multilingual actor, voice artist, and audiobook narrator Da Eun Yoon, announcing her as the narrator of the middle grade novel in verse Love Language (out August 4). Da Eun shares the meaning of her Korean name and her  changing English names, describing challenges introducing “Da Eun” at Northwestern and eventually embracing it. She recounts moving to New York after graduating from Northwestern (2023), being encouraged to try voiceover, and discovering audiobook narration as a career. The conversation explores her upbringing in Korea speaking English at home, identity crises and accent work in both languages, the “shadowing” method for learning pronunciation, and feeling different across Korea and the U.S. She discusses passion as acting despite fear, her work as storyteller/translator bridging cultures, uncertainty about where to live, and how narrating Love Language resonated with her.00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro01:07 The Story Behind Her Name01:55 English Names and Identity04:06 Announcing Love Language04:37 Career Path to Audiobooks06:34 Living Between Cultures09:27 Relearning Korean and Shadowing11:32 Northwestern and Family Talk12:24 Finding Passion and Fear14:10 Where to Live Next15:18 Final Thoughts on Love Language16:14 Thanks and Goodbye

Deciding to attend law school is a big deal. Applying requires thoughtful essays, diligent LSAT studying, and a major financial burden. To gain some insight, listen to the wise words of Northwestern alumn and first-generation lawyer, René Jovel. This wonderful guest holds such a wealth of insight to share that he has a two podcast episodes! Enjoy Part 1 of his college life and early career, and stay tuned for Part 2!

We sit down with Dr. Steven Thrasher to talk about his new book, The Overseer Class; how our police state today evolved from yesterday's slave plantations; and why Dr. Thrasher has been blacklisted from academia after defending his students at Northwestern University during the Palestine encampment movement in 2024. Guests:Steven W. Thrasher, PhD, is the author of The Overseer Class: A Manifesto and the award-winning book The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide, which was a New York Times's Paperback Row Editors' Pick, named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews, was longlisted for both the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Literature, and won the 2023 POZ Award for Best in Literature. He is also the inaugural Daniel Renberg Chair for Social Justice in Reporting at the Medill School of Journalism and a faculty member of Northwestern University's Institute of Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. An internationally renowned scholar on race, gender, and infectious disease, Dr. Thrasher's writing has been published by the Guardian, Atlantic, New York Times, Scientific American, Literary Hub, and in many academic journals.Credits:Studio Production / Post-Production: David HebdenBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!

On this episode of the JT Sports Podcast, JT breaks down why the SEC may have a coaching identity problem and explains how the Big Ten's willingness to embrace stability, patience, and program identity has helped close the gap with college football's most dominant conference. JT also discusses why Texas shouldn't be judged by old narratives and why the Longhorns have a legitimate national championship roster, reacts to the growing wave of Curt Cignetti copycats trying to recreate Indiana's rapid turnaround blueprint, and explains why USC may be the biggest swing team in the Big Ten with Lincoln Riley, Jayden Maiava, and Gary Patterson. Plus, JT dives into Notre Dame's schedule dilemma as an independent, explains how résumé control impacts the Fighting Irish's playoff outlook, and reveals his full Big Ten Power Rankings heading into the season, featuring Ohio State, Indiana, USC, Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Iowa, Penn State, Nebraska, UCLA, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, Northwestern, Rutgers, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Purdue.

Welcome to episode 124 of Mogil's Mobcast. Today's guest is Dr. Anthony Esposito. Dr. Esposito is a pulmonologist and the co-director of the Northwestern Scleroderma Program. Interstitial lung disease is the leading cause of death in scleroderma patients, and one of the first manifestations many will develop. In fact, four out of five scleroderma patients will show it on their very first CT scan. Dr. Esposito shares important information we all need to hear.”

Dr. Jennifer Miles-Thomas is Vice Chair of Integration and Innovation at Northwestern Medicine, Executive Treasurer of the American Urological Association, and a former CEO of one of the largest private urology groups in the country. She earned her MD at Northwestern, completed her residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins, and her MBA at MIT Sloan. In this episode of DGTL Voices, Jennifer talks with Ed about the spinal meningitis diagnosis at age three that pointed her toward medicine, what changed when she got to MIT and started thinking alongside multinational CFOs and SpaceX engineers, and why she left a CEO seat for protected innovation time at a health system. She shares her perspective as a Black female urologist on what it took to navigate her training, how she leads through really listening, and why she believes failure is part of the path to anything worth building. https://marxadvisory.com

Alaska is a land brimming with natural resources, including gold, silver, copper, coal, oil, salmon, and crab. Still, too often, outsiders have plundered these resources, enriching themselves and leaving Alaska and Alaskans with little to show for it. Alaska has had a “boom and bust” economy since the early 1900s, and no place exemplifies this economy better than Valdez. The aggressive Alaska Syndicate was formed in 1906 with backing from J.P. Morgan and the Guggenheim family, and its initial goal was to mine copper. However, soon the syndicate wanted all Alaska had to offer, including gold, coal, and salmon. It also fought to control rail and sea transportation in Alaska, and with powerful government connections and unlimited funds, it mostly got what it wanted. It needed a railroad to transport copper from its remote Kennecott mines to the ocean, then steamships to ferry it to southern ports. The syndicate chose to construct rail tracks from Kennecott to Cordova, and when rival builders began constructing a railroad from Valdez to Alaska's interior, a violent confrontation erupted, culminating in a shootout in Keystone Canyon. Sources Bill, Laurel Downing. “Crime syndicate and the Keystone Canyon affair.” September 1, 2021. Senior Voice. “Copper River and Northwestern.” National Park Service. “History of Kennicott.” Silk Stocking Row. “History of Valdez.” Valdez Museum. “Kennicott Mine & ghost tour walking points.” Alaska.org. “Keystone Canyon Railroad Tunnel.” Valdezalaska.org. Roan, A.J. “Alaskan copper mine, once giant of America.” January 20, 2022. Mining News. Tower, Elizabeth A. Icebound Empire. 2015. Louisville, Kentucky. Old Stone Press. ______________ Coming Soon Join the Last Frontier Club’s Free Tier and receive updates, bonus episodes, and more. ______ Robin Barefield lives in the wilderness on Kodiak Island, where she and her husband own a remote lodge. She has a master's degree in fish and wildlife biology and is a wildlife-viewing and fishing guide. Robin has published six novels: Big Game, Murder Over Kodiak, The Fisherman's Daughter, Karluk Bones, Massacre at Bear Creek Lodge, and The Ultimate Hunt. She has also published two non-fiction books: Kodiak Island Wildlife and Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. She draws on her love and appreciation of the Alaska wilderness as well as her scientific background when writing. Subscribe to Robin’s free, monthly Murder and Mystery Newsletter for more stories about true crime and mystery from Alaska. Join her on: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Visit her website at http://robinbarefield.com Check out her books at Amazon Send me an email: robinbarefield76@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Would you like to support Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier? Become a patron and join The Last Frontier Club. Each month, Robin will provide one or more of the following to club members. · An extra episode of Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier is available only for club members. Behind-the-scenes glimpses of life and wildlife in the Kodiak wilderness. · Breaking news about ongoing murder cases and new crimes in Alaska _______________________________________________________________ Merchandise! Visit the Store                                  

In this episode, Matt Sunbulli (Host) steps inside the hidden world of AI work through two different stories. First, we meet Krista, a longtime AI data worker who has spent more than a decade doing the invisible labor behind recommendation systems, chatbots, generative AI, facial recognition, and data labeling. From her living room in Michigan, Krista explains what it really means to chase tasks across platforms, weigh pay rates against ethics, and live with the instability of work that most people never see. Then we meet Isaiah, a Northwestern student who stumbled into a $50-an-hour job training AI. What began as a vague recruiter message turned into rent money, long hours, and a front-row seat to how quickly AI models learn. For Isaiah, AI wasn't just a headline or a threat. It was a job. Together, their stories reveal the human workforce behind artificial intelligence: the data workers, AI trainers, taskers, reviewers, and invisible laborers teaching machines how to talk, reason, see, and respond. *Inside Job is a podcast about work told by the people who actually do it. The show is Hosted by Matt Sunbulli, Executive Produced by Aaron Calafato and is a proud member of the YAP Media Network.

Jeremiah Sirles, Alex Boone and Phil Mackey answer your Dumb Football Questions! Including thoughts on the Minnesota Vikings QB competition between Kyler Murray and JJ McCarthy; Patrick Mahomes' contract extension; And more! 03:00 - Kyler Murray vs. JJ McCarthy; Who will win Minnesota Vikings QB competition? 12:00 - Patrick Mahomes gets another bag! 19:00 - DFQ: Thoughts on Brendan Sorsby returning to Texas Tech after gambling scandal? 25:00 - DFQ: What is it like playing college football at Northwestern or Purdue home stadiums? 29:00 - BREAKING: Sean Payton signs extension with Denver Broncos 31:00 - Impromptu NFL head coach snake draft 41:00 - DFQ: Why does the Mike matter in football? 45:00 - DFQ: How different are NFL plays? 50:00 - DFQ: Should Sean McDermott be an NFL head coach again? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Communications professor Heather Barnes teaches us how to use what she learned teaching at Second City, managing the Museum of Science and Industry, and taking classes at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science to truly engage with difficult people through the power of positive rants. Kitted Previous Episodes How Minds Change Heather Barnes Improv@Work Second City The Center for Enlightened Disagreement Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science David McRaney's Twitter David McRaney's BlueSky YANSS Twitter YANSS Facebook Newsletter Patreon Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fresh off her 11th Women's college lacrosse championship, including 9 as a coach, Northwestern head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller joins the show to talk about her team's run to the finals, coaching Stugotz's daughter and what makes this team special.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Too many options isn't freedom. It's paralysis dressed up as possibility. David Epstein, investigative journalist and author of the bestseller Range, is back with a counterintuitive idea: the constraints you've been avoiding might be the exact thing that unlocks your best work. His new book, Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better, makes the case that boundaries don't limit you. They focus you. You'll hear how a company in the early nineties assembled arguably the greatest collection of tech talent ever, had unlimited resources, and still collapsed under the weight of its own options. Meanwhile, two people who left that company with small, focused projects built eBay and the Palm Pilot. The lesson isn't about talent. It's about the bounding box. David introduces his BCS Press Release framework: batch your work so you're not toggling all day, make your commitments visible so you can actually subtract the right ones, use satisficing rules to make decisions without drowning in choices, and write the press release before you start anything, so you know what matters before you're too deep in to see clearly. This conversation also gets personal. David talks about the childhood arm injury that ended his baseball career and pushed him toward running and memory techniques he still uses today. He opens up about forgiveness, about the grudges that are hard to shake, and about the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest study of human happiness ever conducted, which concluded that happiness is love. Real relationships. Mutual obligation. The stuff you keep forgetting to schedule. David's socials: Website Instagram X David's books: Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance In this episode you will: Discover why having too many options can kill your creativity and how the psychology of the path of least resistance explains it Learn the BCS Press Release framework for batching work, making commitments visible, and using satisficing rules to stay focused Understand the difference between kind and wicked learning environments and why the 10,000-hour rule only applies to one of them Explore what MIT, Northwestern, and Census Bureau research reveals about the average age of fast-growing startup founders and why late bloomers have an edge Apply the subtractive neglect bias and the subtraction game to cut commitments and create more clarity in your work and relationships For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1932 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Follow The Daily Motivation for essential highlights from The School of Greatness More SOG episodes we think you'll love: Lewis Howes Solo [5-Step Mental Reprogramming Process] Emma Grede Kevin Love TOPICS David Epstein, Inside the Box, Range, constraints and creativity, BCS Press Release framework, kind vs. wicked learning environments, 10000-hour rule, Harvard Study of Adult Development, satisficing rules, subtractive neglect bias Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tony opens the show by talking about watching the Nats win, but having to deal with a long delay on his TV set, and he also talks about missing the Indy 500 and how that relates to the demise of the Washington Post sports section. Michael Wilbon calls in to talk about Northwestern's women's lacrosse team winning their 9th National Title, and about what else was going on over the weekend, Survivor contestant and Loyal Little Rick Devens calls in to talk about what it's like to be on that show, and Tony closes out the show by opening up the Mailbag. Songs : Cassie Holt “Spend My Whole Life With You” ; “Going Home” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Latinos make up at least 50% of all Customs and Border Patrol agents and 20% of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — which has a lot of critics asking, why? We talk to Geraldo Cadava, professor of Latino Studies at Northwestern and contributor to the Atlantic, to break down some of the reasons Latinos join ICE, and he tells us, there are many people who believe in the mission of immigration enforcement.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy