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In this episode Jonathan is joined by Apple Insider's Stephen Robles. Stephen talks about starting his career covering Apple. From the early days writing instructional how to articles to joining Apple insider and creating multiple podcasts. Then Stephen talks about the gear and workflows he uses to get his work done. Finally they chat about the Apple Watch, Movies and TV they're watching and more.      Email: mail@everydayrobots.tech   Twitter: @_ everydayrobots @refactoredd @stephenrobles    Our Site: Everyday Robots.tech   Links: Stephen Robles Bio Stephen's Apple Insider page Apple Insider Podcast Movies on the Side  Audio Technical ATR 2100x Microphone  Marco Arment's microphone reviews  What we do in the Shadows

Hop in the Malty Cruiser and head straight to the orchards because this week it's a New Glarus bang-bang when the Patreon votes to have the highest rated fruit beer according to RateBeer.com to kick off the show. Then Stephen brings in a New Glarus brew for the Bottleshare while Alex goes the ol' barleywine route and Michael goes the ol' homer Ohio route. In the Beer News, a Boston Dynamics dog has been trained to piss beer, Michelob goes crypto, and a lawyer tells Tree House to get off his lawn. Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com

In this hour Stephen Henderson recognizes 4/20-- a date of great significance to pot smokers around the nation. We’ll catch up with two people involved in the growing cannabis industry, to hear how legalization is developing here in Michigan. Then Stephen talks with Laurie Halse Anderson, who’ll be the inaugural guest author at this year’s Midwest Literary Walk in Chelsea.

This week at the tea table we have Movie Madness founding member Corey Johns to explain why last week's egg-filled episode has half the internet whining about Baby Yoda's snacks. Then Stephen, Brett, and Stryker dive headfirst into the nautical sarlacc pit of material that the ocean moon of Trask turns out to be. Not to brag but we think we stick the landing better than poor Mando did. Who are these "others"? Does The Child still regard frogs as food? Find out!

Nate gets his rose-colored glasses checked as we go back in time to this 2001 rom-com starring Jennifer Lopez, The Wedding Planner! Then Stephen asks Nate what he would do with the X-Man ability to tell how long a marriage would last. You don't want to miss this week's bonus episode as Nate recounts his story of literally FLYING A PLANE! Support the show on Patreon to listen. The Wedding Planner (2001) - IMDb The Wedding Planner (2001) on Rotten Tomatoes Listen to our bonus episodes on Patreon! Social Links: MOTS Instagram MOTS Twitter MOTS Facebook Support the show and access our weekly bonus episodes! Suggest a Bad Movie!

Stephen and Justin talk all things Jumpstart- what it is, how to play it, and the best cards for Commander. Then Stephen attempts to redeem himself with his movie suggestion this week with Amazon Prime's "Crawl." 00:15 - The Week That Was 8:55 - Jumpstart 1:15:34 - Movie Review: "Crawl" on Amazon Prime 1:47:14 - Question of the Week & Wrap Up

Fresh off of the newest Commander product release, Stephen and Justin take a look at everything Core Set 2021 has to offer for their favorite 100-card format. Then Stephen talks Justin into a recently forgotten Bruce Willis vehicle on Hulu, "Once Upon a Time in Venice." 00:15 - The Week That Was 9:46 - Commander Value in M21 1:31:08 - Movie Review: Once Upon a Time In Venice 1:56:13 - Question of the Week & Wrap Up

Take a deep dive with Stephen Key: https://www.inventright.com/deepdive What do patents do? How do they stop people from stealing your invention? That's what patents do, right — you need a patent to protect your invention, right? No, not really. It's a little more complicated than that. Patents can have value, but it has nothing to do with stopping anyone. Speaking from personal experience with the patent system, licensing expert and IP strategist Stephen Key explains why patents don't stop or protect people from stealing your invention. It's the truth! Stephen explains how he got worked around by talented engineers, which is fair game. Watching patent attorneys argue about words taught Steve that ownership was more of a slippery slope, because the meaning of words are interpreted differently by different people at different times. Stephen also gets into why prior art, which includes patents and publications, is a complicating factor as well. He also describes the powerful nature of innovation, which is that it never stops! He also touches on workarounds, variations, the danger of crowdfunding, and copycats. These are all realities and obstacles of the modern entrepreneur! Learn what you actually need to establish and maintain ownership of your ideas. Then Stephen offers his best tips for protecting your ideas that do not include patents. Learn more about why patents don't stop people from stealing your inventions: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenkey/2020/06/04/why-patents-dont-stop-people-from-stealing-your-invention/ Bringing an invention to market? Let inventRight, the world's leading experts on product licensing, show you how. Cofounded by Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss in 1999, inventRight has since helped people from more than 60 countries license their ideas for products. Visit http://www.inventright.com for more information and to become their student. Call #1-800-701-7993 to set up an appointment with Andrew or another member of the inventRight team to discuss how we can help you license your ideas. New to licensing? Read inventRight cofounder Stephen Key's bestselling book “One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams Into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work.” Find it here: http://amzn.to/1LGotjB. Want to learn how to license your product ideas without a patent? Stephen's book “Sell Your Ideas With or Without a Patent” explains exactly how. Find it here: http://amzn.to/1T1dOU2. Determined to become a professional inventor? Read Stephen's new book "Become a Professional Inventor: The Insider's Guide to Companies Looking For Ideas": https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1653786256/ inventRight, LLC. is not a law firm and does not provide legal, patent, trademark, or copyright advice. Please exercise caution when evaluating any information, including but not limited to business opportunities; links to news stories; links to services, products, or other websites. No endorsements are issued by inventRight, LLC., expressed or implied. Depiction of any trademarks/logos does not represent endorsement of inventRight, LLC, its services, or products by the trademark owner. All trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

If you decided to listen to two podcasts a day, you'd be done with our back catalog in about 90 days, which is as long as you have in the country to get married if you're here on a K-1 visa. I don't think either of our guests is going to wind up here on one, but they're both fun to talk to. We've got the husband of Baby Girl Lisa, Usman Sojaboy, who tells us all about life in Nigeria, why goats are good gifts, and how he sees himself fitting in to the music scene in America. Then Stephen has a discussion with Varya, where she reveals her thoughts when she showed up on Geoffrey's doorstep, only to see him with Mary. If these names mean nothing to you, go binge watch 90 Day Fiance Before the 90 Days and then listen to...THE NIGHT TIME SHOW!

I start by talking a little about the Hannah Brown situation and my current thoughts on how things are being handled.  Then Stephen joins me to break down season 40 of Survivor: Winners at War.  From Tony’s dominance, is there a gender bias on this show, is there too much game play going on, how the fire tokens played out, do we need to do away with Extinction, and much, much more (9:54).   Music written by Jimmer Podrasky (B'Jingo Songs/Machia Music/Bug Music BMI)

Stephen Balkam, Founder and CEO of Family Online Safety Institute - an international, non-profit organization which works to make the online world safer for kids and their families - joins Justin Payeur on our latest episode to discuss Stephen's involvement in the mid-1990s on content concerns viewed via the world wide web, especially when it came to pornography. Then Stephen's shift to Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) which created a unique self-labeling system for computer games (today's standard is ESRB). We also covered FOSI's focus on policy and research, practice and parenting. FOSI’s mission is to make the online world safer for kids and their families. Follow Stephen on Twitter @StephenBalkam Follow FOSI on Twitter @FOSI

In this episode we do a very scientific taste test to compare edible cookie dough brands. Then Stephen asks Helen 20 questions about her perfect fast food meal, weird things she ate as a kid, her celebrity look alike and how she would like to die.

It's feedback time! David and Stephen revisit media management and external drives, then talk about David's 16-inch MacBook Pro, meditation apps and USB-C hubs. Then Stephen makes a confession, which David takes rather well.

This week on the Syracuse Football Podcast, Stephen Bailey and Julian Whigham chat with Sam Rodgers, a former SU long snapper and team captain who recently announced that he's seeking the Republican nomination for the 53rd District in the New York Senate. Sam discussed his journey from law school to politics, memories from his playing career -- including sharing a punting unit with Riley Dixon -- as well as his take on the 2019 Orange. Then Stephen and Julian break down what Syracuse should be focusing on during its week off. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stephen is joined by Sports Illustrated's Jessica Smetana to discuss whether we should be concerned about Clemson, Notre Dame's season, and her own dedication in traveling to South Bend for a game. Then Stephen recaps Week 5, thanks UConn for being UConn, and tells you which games you should watch in Week 6 before taking the night off to enjoy dinner with your friends.

This week Martha just got back from the XOXO Festival and Conference in Portland! She gives a run down of all the cool video game related content and what it was like to be there. Then Stephen talks all about Randomization and how you can use it to enhance or detract from your game. Stephen manipulates the RNG, Mark doesn’t understand loot color coding, and Martha just wants to sort things. XOXO Festival 0:19:53 Martha Megarry Category Events XOXO website PIG (Portland Indie Game Squad) Rose City Games Smallbü animation Later Alligator Brian David Gilbert of Polygon’s “Unraveled” video series about ridiculous vide… Here are the instructions and character sheets for calculating your pet’s HP Emma Kinema of Game Workers Unite Hundred Rabbits Randomization 0:52:05 Stephen McGregor Category Game Design Procedural generation episode "Mutual butt-kicking." Loot episode "There's loot in your DNA!" “If Your Office was an RPG” - Rooster Teeth

This week Stephen, Jonathan (The Man Behind the Curtain), and Jeffrey Walker (The EFG Community Manager) come together to make their E3 Predictions.  THEN Stephen and Amanda meet up to share Teala's predictions (Since Amanda is omniscient) and go through the Pokemon Press Conference Announcements! This podcast was produced in partnership with SuperParent.com! What do you think? Sound off in the comments and let us know your thoughts! Follow us on Facebook! Like us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Subscribe to our Newsletter! Subscribe to our Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/engagedfamilygaming/message

Again when Patrick’s away nobody can keep notes for the show. So I’m just gonna make this up as to what happened on the show without listening to it. Starts off with Jerry Redacted and Dave stink eyeing each other (you can definitely feel the stink eye.) Dave and Jerry try to rush to ask how Nathan is doing. Bekah then tries to calm everyone down by playing some games. Now that I think of it I imagine Jerry is sitting in my chair because Dave got there first to lay claim to his ball. Then Stephen talks about Space X while you Brad is in the background naked. Then Nathan is trying to instigate an argument between Dave and Jerry.Finally Bekah’s poem plays at the end. Keagull made a shirt that you can see for yourself and possibly get one in the future. Here’s the link (https://www.customink.com/designs/verbal/zmd0-00b1-s3vd/twt) Leave a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or Soundcloud. Share us on Facebook(www.facebook.com/verbalassaultpodcast), and if you really want to show your love support us via Patreon(www.patreon.com/verbalassault) for $1.00 an episode. We would love to hear from you on Google Voice (865-316-6955.)

In this episode James, Richard and guest Stephen Corby wade through a bumper Musk Watch featuring satellites that spell (1:00), cars polluting Mars (3:20), people polluting Mars (3:50), SpaceX sending Audis to the moon (5:00), and Uber vs Elon (6:20).Then Stephen tells us what it's like to drive a Ferrari Portofino in Italy (7:10), we preview next week's Geneva motor show (10:45) and cover the now-compulsory Takata airbag recall issued by the federal government (13:35).Winton Motor Company's Frosty Chops is still up to no good, and still not coming into the studio (17:10), Bernie Ecclestone wants Formula 1 to go all-electric because he's an idiot (18:20), and Hyundai confirms pricing for its i30 N hot hatch (21:20).Finally, James Dyson wants to build a range of cars that suck (because he's the vacuum guy. Geddit?) (24:45) and we recap what's been in the CarsGuide garage over the last week (26:35)James Cleary, Richard Berry and Stephen Corby tear down, pressure test and rebuild the issues of the automotive week.You can get in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter (#CGPodcast) and Instagram, or drop us a sick Bernie Ecclestone sledge by emailing comments@carsguide.com.au.You can subscribe to the CarsGuide podcast on iTunes, find us on TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Whooshkaa, and, naturally, the CarsGuide website.

After an entire week of sketching self-portraits, these idiots are EXTRA self obsessed; specifically with their noses, curly hairs and stupid pancake heads. Were they able to discover and unleash hidden artistic genius OR are their scribblings more likely to land them in a prison or psych ward than even the shittiest of galleries?? THEN Stephen (@thepenta) complains about his thoughtful (and terrifyingly appropriate) birthday gifts, PLUS Megan (@handsomepartybutt) and Wendi (@wendibird82) come up with a brilliant scheme to not only celebrate but utilize farts of the lady persuasion for warfare!!! Or maybe just to sucker people into watching them eat sandwiches… *******++++++++*******++++++++******* SUPPORT THE PussyFartGang!!! Get your Jamalamz Shoutouts at JAMMERZPOD.COM Follow on Instagram & Twitter: @jammerzpod E-mail Us! jammerzpod@gmail.com Megan Rice Instagram: @handsomepartybutt Wendi Starling Twitter: @wendistarling Instagram: @wendibird82 Stephen Penta Twitter: @thepenta Instagram: @thepenta This week's end of episode Jam is ESG "DANCE"

Two thirds of the podcast are having a great time this month. Then Stephen orders a bagel sandwich and Michael goes to a concert.

Session 20 Dr. Stephen Grupke is an attending Neurosurgeon at the University of Kentucky. In our episode today, he discusses the residency path to neurosurgery, what makes you a competitive applicant, his typical day, the types of patients and cases he serves, what he likes best and least about his subspecialty, and more. Stephen and I went to New York Medical College together. Currently, he is a neurosurgeon in an academic facility and a new faculty being an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. [01:30] Choosing the Specialty Stephen knew he wanted to be a neurosurgeon when he was in graduate school. Being a chem major in undergrad, he was working in a lab in grad school. A neurosurgery resident at New York Medical College did a research under his belt and took Stephen under his wing doing experiments and showing him different amazing stuff and he was just taken by it right there. That was actually the first time he saw what it's like to be a neurosurgeon and it was something he would love to do. That was what sold him to be a doctor. [04:33] Traits that Lead to Being a Good Neurosurgeon Stamina is a major key in being a good neurosurgeon since taking out a brain tumor can take hours and hours and that can be very physically and mentally taxing. You can have long clinic with a lot of people and a lot of varied problems so you have to think every one of them through, giving genuine, concerted effort to every single person considering they have very different pathology. Emotionally, the level of acuity in what they see is profound, having several highs and lows in one day. You could see pretty horrible things like abused children coming in with brain traumas and people being diagnosed with brain tumors. Then you have to relay this information to the family. On the same note, you can bring somebody from the brink of death in the operation and give somebody function back with a simple spine surgery that enables them to live without pain. In short, there is a lot of emotional highs and lows and to just deal with that day in and day out is kind of tough. You just have to focus on the highs in between and move on to the next thing and do the best you can for every person that comes to your door. The longest case Stephen has been in was a brain tumor case as a resident that went fourteen hours. Although they've also had spine operations that ended up being broken up in a couple of days such as a long, complex scoliosis case in multiple levels. Besides Neurosurgery, other specialties that crept into his mind was Neurology, being cerebral and focused on the central nervous system and everything that entails. He likes having to think of esoteric pathology you need to figure out. Internal medicine is another specialty of interest for Stephen, as it shares a lot of things with Neurosurgery in terms of the complexity and diversity of the cases you see. There's a lot of detective work involved and you get to see a lot of different specialties. One of the things that led Stephen to Neurosurgery is knowing a lot of varied information in a lot of different specialties such as Endocrinology for pituitary tumors or traumatic brain injury cases. You have to be adept at critical care management as well as fluid and electrolyte maintenance. There is so much intermingling of other sub-specialties since the brain is ultimately involved in every other system of the body. [10:10] Types of Patients and Typical Day for an Academic Neurosurgeon As a neurosurgeon, Stephen sees all sorts of pathology. In his practice, he tries to focus on cerebral and vascular neurosurgery like cases of aneurysm, arteriovenous malformations, etc. But when you're on call, you have to be willing to take whatever is thrown at you and treat everybody from premature babies all the way up to the very elderly, people from all different socioeconomic classes and all kinds of pathology from taking out a tumor in the peripheral nerve and spine surgeries to open surgeries and endovascular surgery. Because of its variety, it keeps things interesting. Stephen's typical day would be getting into the office at 6 in the morning to give him a breathing room to go over some of the labs and images of the patients from the day before. He spends one day of clinic a week from 8am to 5pm, which consists of seeing new patients and operative followups. A couple of days in a week would be spent in the operating room treating patients. Another couple of days in a week would be spent in the endovascular suite doing things like diagnostic cerebral angiograms or treat aneurysm cases or angioplasty and stenting to treat coronary stenosis or treat arteriovenous malformations with glue embolization. As a resident, Stephen has done several hundred cases as part of an enriched curriculum that focuses essentially on endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disease. Now, he's doing another year under the tutelage of a group of physicians at the University of Kentucky who also serve as his mentors so he can get a certification in cerebrovascular intervention. So Stephen does this for two days a week. Some specialties like interventional radiology and neurology are also doing these fellowships to become adept at this intervention. Stephen doesn't really see any turf war going on in his institution especially that one of his mentors is an interventional radiologist and is grooming him to be a partner in his practice. In general, however, he is seeing a little bit of turf war across industries that are trying to get in on it. Moreover, there is a move for interventional surgery to standardize fellowships to make sure that everybody that comes out from these other specialties that they're giving an essentially comparable product. [15:15] Taking Calls and Procedures As far as interventional call, Stephen takes one-third of the call which they do a week at a time. This is much less rigorous than primary neurosurgery calls. Things they would have to come in for would be endovascular treatment for aneurism or stroke. Thrombectomy for stroke has taken off since February 2015 when several studies released showed its efficacious intervention. As a result, it has opened the door for a lot of people that may not have been candidates in the past to have a mechanical thrombectomy. For that, they end up getting called in the middle of night. Being a comprehensive stroke center, they've always got somebody on call to do that. Generally, they don't get any call every single night by any stretch but primary neurosurgery calls would be every 6 or 7 nights which is totally manageable and doable. Considering he spends one day a week for clinic, only a small percentage of those patients are being brought to the operating room. Some people are keyed up to come in that have been sent to him from pain clinics and anesthesiologists to have interventional pain procedures done. These are people that have already been worked up and already know they're getting a surgery. But for ten people he sees for back pain, a common thing that primary care doctors send to them, one-tenth of them or less is something worth going to the operating room given that conservative management has been done first (ex. physical therapy, eat, rest, ice). In general, 20% of the people end up getting into surgery and the rest involves counseling in terms of pathology and management. For most cases, he tries to be conservative with. [18:56] Work-Life Balance Stephen doesn't think any neurosurgeon does since neurosurgeons have this workaholic stereotype he sees as true to some extent. He has a nasty habit of bringing work home with him. He has three small children and he's happy he gets to spend a lot of time with them. He his fortunate to have a program that emphasizes a good home-work balance since their chairman wants to make sure they are happy at work and a big part of that is making sure you have a good balance in life. Nevertheless, there are many nights spent on signing notes, reading upcoming cases, or writing papers at home. Still, he makes it a point to take time out of his day to do as much family time as he can. [20:52] Academic vs. Community Setting One of the biggest benefits Stephen sees being in an academic center is being surrounded by a great group of residents. He gets to play a part in teaching them and helping them to become the next generation of neurosurgeons and being able to walk them through the same steps his predecessors did for him so it's his way of paying back. Additionally, it puts him in the forefront of what's going on academically in neurosurgery which is a wide open field. There is so much that's not known about the brain and there's so much research going on and it's really exciting to be on the forefront of that and seeing that happen in real time. They get to a lot of these interventions before the community even gets to them being involved in the big multi-institutional research projects. They get to see a lot of unusual pathology being sent to them since only a big university that have resources and experts such as theirs that can deal with that. [23:00] Neurosurgery Residency and Matching The ACGME requires a certain number of these different categories of procedures under your belt while being a resident and you have to do so much time in the ICU and such. For Stephen, he graduated from medical school and spent the year doing an internship that is part general surgery subspecialty and part neurosurgery and neurology. (Today, they're now more focused on neurosurgery and neurointensive care.) Then Stephen had to go through six years of neurosurgery residency. As a junior resident, he did a lot more of the carrying the call pager, dealing with the ER, seeing new consults, helping staff clinics, and helping taking care of the patients on the floor and in-patients. As he went on, he spent more time in the operating room and spent more time doing academic stuff. He spent more time on the lab and molded his curriculum in a way he could enrich himself in certain subspecialties once he met his prereqs. As he got on towards the fifth to seventh year, he took on more of the administrative roles, working with scheduling of junior residents and juggling taking care of the operating rooms, being the chief on call, and helping junior residents on the floor and be the resource for the younger ones. Typically, it was a total of seven years of residency training for neurosurgery. Neurosurgery is basically competitive when it comes to matching and Stephen imagines it getting more and more competitive having met some really smart, capable, qualified folks over the last couple of years that unfortunately ended up in the scramble. It's relatively competitive since there are not that many spots and there's a lot of very smart, capable, and qualified applicants. Stephen thinks that despite the specialty being a very tough and rigorous lifestyle and residency, there are a lot of people that are up to meet that and take that as a challenge and want to face it head on. [28:00] What Makes a Competitive Applicant for Neurosurgery As somebody who has been a chief resident and as an attending who has been in the committee that goes over all of the applicants, Stephen sees that everybody that gets on his table has great boards scores and good grades but that's not what seals it for you but being able to show in the interview that you're a reasonable person. There are smart people that are capable of making a hostile work environment so you want a good esprit de corps and you want everybody to get along that makes life nice and that's what their resident group has. Having said that, their match system is difficult in that they interview applicants for a day, similar to speed dating. Stephen says one of the best ways to see if you would fit is to go to place you're interested in and do a sub-internship there whether a month of medical school or just a week. Go back for a second look after you've done your interview to spend some time with them. Any residency program can really put on a good face for a day so it's important to be able to see how everybody is on a day-to-day basis. What makes a good applicant for Stephen is them being able to trust that they're going to get along with you. [30:58] DOs, Subspecialties, Primary Care, and Other Specialties Unfortunately, Stephen doesn't know a lot of DO neurosurgeons probably because he has not just been out of the academic world for a long time and he went to an allopathic school as well as throughout residency. Although he knows there are some designated DO neurosurgery programs, but he doesn't know enough about them to comment on this. After seven years of residency training, subspecialties available include Pediatric Neurosurgery or Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery. Today, physicians can get CAST or Certificate of Advanced Surgical Training where they do an enriched program, meeting a certain amount of criteria, and do several cases to qualify for this. Then you get a certification that you've done something above and beyond, whether that be for spine, epilepsy, peripheral nerve, and a lot other subspecialties for neurosurgery that you can focus on. To be able to do this, Stephen suggests being in an academic center where you have other folks that can cover the rest of the subspecialties. such as functional neurosurgery like deep brain stimulation. While you want to subspecialize in something else, they have a good complement of attendings in their group. Stephen has a good relationship with primary care physicians in their area, them knowing that neurosurgeons are there to help. The important thing is for them to know that neurosurgeons are always available to help them with things, even the non-surgical stuff, such as back pain and neck pain which are sometimes better dealt with physical therapy or a physiatrist. It can be hard to make heads and tails of which one is surgical or which is not, and they're more than happy to go over that with a patient and let them understand what's going on. This makes people feel they're being carefully looked at or things are fully being explained to them. Other specialties neurosurgeons work the closest with include Oncology (for tumors in spinal cord and brain or peripheral nerves), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (for brain pathology due to stroke), Hospitalists, Vascular Surgeons, Carotid Artery Pathology, Trauma Surgery, Endocrinolgoy (for Cushing's disease and pituitary tumors) Neurologists are their closest colleagues, sharing management on stroke patients and epilepsy. They end up being closely involved with a lot of different departments. [38:40] Special Opportunities Outside of Clinical Medicine You can take part in academics and research in the lab. You can take things from the bench off to the bedside since you have access to the patient base. Some neurosurgeons also end up doing stuff in the administrative side of things. Otherwise, many of them are clinically and academically busy between teaching, writing, and doing their clinical duties. Other than those, you can do pretty much anything according to Stephen. [40:12] The Best and Least Liked Part Stephen explains he would reassure himself that he'd still love what he's doing even after all the grind. A lot of times, things could get tough and it wears on you physically and mentally. But literally being able to take care of people in their darkest hour and be there and be involved in the most important part of a lot of people's lives is hugely fulfilling. The same goes academic-wise, it is very fulfilling in that you can do detective work while you get to teach the next generation of smart and eager neurosurgeons. He gets tired but he never felt that feeling of dragging yourself off to work and just to work for the paycheck. Stephen finds his professions as very fulfilling. When asked what he likes the least about being a neurosurgeon, Stephen says there could be bad days like having a streak of patients you're not able to help or you think you did a case by the book and did everything right but the patient gets a bad outcome so there's that feeling of hopelessness. You present that case in M&M and you still study and that if you had the chance to do it again, you'd probably have done it the same way but if it still turns out poorly, you think about it and it keeps you up at night. [43:46] What is M&M? M&M stands for Morbidity and Mortality. It is a conference where you and your colleagues are in a room and every time a patient has a problem or die or has a complication of some sort, their case is presented and is picked academically by other colleagues. This is done systematically to try to prevent errors in the future and see where in the care and management of the patient did something break down or how could have it done prevented and whether a change in protocol is needed in the future. Then you come up with a solution. It's stressful and it's rough on you if it's your case being presented. but it's important to make sure everybody is treated appropriately in the future, for accountability, and for teaching the residents. [45:30] The Future of Neurosurgery There is so much more that is not known about the brain or the central nervous system that leaves a lot opened and some exciting new things are going on such as neuromodulation  or deep brain stimulation for all sorts of different pathologies right now. It's commonplace for Parkinson's disease and tremors but there is a lot of potential utility for it in the future. There are also implantable devices help detect seizures and extinguish them before they become a problem. Stephen sees a lot of interesting technology on the horizon as well as new utility for old technology such as stimulators for spasticity and stroke and stem cells implanted for stroke, Parkinson's disease, and neurodegenerative diseases in general. This is another way they're going to be involved with their neurology colleagues as they come up with ways to potentially intervene and help patients that were once thought to just have progressive neurodegenerative disorders that have promising interventions such as treatments for traumatic brain and traumatic spine injury and neural computer interface for moving appendages. With a little fine-tuning, he doesn't see it being too off before it becomes something that you're able to use an artificial limb and perform complicated maneuvers. It's close to being a thing so we're in really exciting times. [48:00] Final Words of Wisdom If he had to do it all over again, Stephen would still have chosen the same residency as he had a great time making friends for a lifetime and had great teachers. The field of neurosurgery itself is still what he keeps by his bedside as something to read on. Even in lay media, it's what he picks up and what he's drawn to. So he definitely still has a fire for it and it's been great so far. If this is something you're considering but quite unsure, Stephen recommends to look in yourself and make sure it's something you want to do. And if it is, then you should do it. It's rewarding and interesting. There maybe some tendency for folks in the early medical school community to want to be a neurosurgeon but not necessarily do neurosurgery and that's a wrong attitude to have. TV may glamorize the specialty probably inappropriately more so than other surgical subspecialties which require just as much scholastic aptitude and manual dexterity. So look inside yourself and make sure this is what you want to do. Plan it out and keep a balance in your life. Go out and get some fresh air. Do some recreational activities you like. Spend time with your family. These are all important things to maintain even if you may be tired. It may take a little more effort than it did before when you're able to sleep in but once you embark on this path, try to keep a balance. Lastly, Stephen wishes every body good luck and that you've chosen a great field no matter what subspecialty of medicine you go into. Congratulations for getting this far! [51:28] My Last Thoughts Neurosurgery is one of those more rigorous paths to becoming an attending and still as an attending. But as Stephen has said, there are still a lot of demands and it's still very competitive to get into. If you're interested in neurosurgery, go reach out and find some programs and find some mentors. If you know somebody that would be a great guest for this podcast, let me know and shoot me an email at ryan@medicalschoolhq.net. Links: Specialty Stories podcast session 03 interview with neurologist Dr. Allison Gray MedEd Media Network University of Kentucky New York Medical College ACGME

Stephen went to PAX East and he talks about the coolest games he saw at the show. Mass Effect Andromeda doesn't come out until March 21, but if you have EA Access you can play it right now. And speaking of Mass Effect some cool Mass Effect gear is coming to Rock Band 4. The Legend of Zelda Symphony has announced dates and locations. Drawn to Death, the brand new game created by David Jaffe will be free to PlayStation Plus members right out of the gate. A bunch of old Disney games are being ported to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Lots of Zelda fans have thrown a fit over one review by a games journalist. We talk about why that is pretty stupid. Then Stephen goes on about how good Zelda is and Nicole goes on about how good Horizon Zero Dawn is.

This week, Helen and Stephen discuss sex education, Jeremy Hunt's moves to stop sexting and how technology is changing childhood. George joins with the latest from the Lobby. Then Stephen and Anoosh pay a visit to James Graham, the writer of the hit West End play 'This House'. And finally, you ask us: who is the most influential person in British politics? (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Helen and Stephen discuss Momentum and what its different factions might want the organisation to become. Anoosh joins with the latest from the lobby: what are Gordon Brown's plans for regional empowerment and what should we make of the court's decision on Brexit? Then Stephen and Helen look ahead to next week's US election. Finally, you ask us: who is your favourite President. (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week bigheadjoe is joined first by Jeff Zandi to discuss the Hunter Burton Memorial Open and help bhj cram for GP DC. Then Stephen joins bhj to discuss Shadows Over Innistrad Spoilers!

Braid. Hey Mercedes. Two of Trav's favorite bands. The cool thing is you can talk to one Bob Nanna and cover both. First we have a few records to talk about. Then Stephen tells one of those stories that reminds you that it could be embarrassing to go "commando". Bob Nanna tells us about the space between the end of Braid and the beginning of Hey Mercedes and how it went down in Hawaii. Hear about how Hey Mercedes met their tour manager Chris on the Vagrant tour. Bob Nanna was nice enough to open up about a cancer scare, yet how he somehow found the peace to not let it be a scare...plus he got a hat out of it so that's cool. Cancer sucks. We are all getting older every day and there comes a time where we have to make smarter decisions about our health. Drink more water, folks. He reminds us that when you go see a band they didn't just come from their tour bus fully rested...sometimes they didn't even sleep the night before. Remember that. Bob is involved in something pretty special called Downwrite, where you can hire a songwriter to write a customized song just for you. It's a really neat, intimate approach and I recommend the site. Just scroll around and see who's involved. Bob is covering his top 100 songs (yeah...) all the way up to his favorite song "Chesterfield King" by Jawbreaker. Thanks for listening. We love you. Take care. Bye-bye. Chapter 11 Notes: Bob's site: http://bobnanna.com Braid's site: http://braidcentral.com Hey Mercedes video for "Quality Revenge At Last": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O0oowglH64 Customized songs written at https://downwrite.com Bob is covering a hundred songs: https://bobnanna.bandcamp.com/album/top-100-of-2001-100-91 Jawbreaker "Chesterfield King": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbaYdh6hhc Try to eat healthier, everybody: http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com Chapter 11 Music: Shudder To Think - "Corner Of My Eye" Nine Inch Nails - "Terrible Lie" Al Green - "Let's Stay Together" Braid - "The New Nathan Detroits" Hey Mercedes - "Eleven To Your Seven" Bob Nanna - "Je Ne'n Connais Pas La Fin" (Jeff Buckley) Shudder To Think and Jeff Buckley - "I Want Someone Badly" Braid - "Always Something There To Remind Me" All the time stuff: Tweet at our eye sockets at https://twitter.com/asthestorygrows Email us about anything at asthestorygrows@gmail.com Hit us square in the facebook at https://www.facebook.com/asthestorygrows Look how pretty our Simplecast page is here: http://asthestorygrows.com Stephen's musical podcast journey: http://thetouristtrap.net Trav's drumming discography site: http://mynameistrav.com Listen to Unteachers (Stephen and Trav's band): https://unteachers.bandcamp.com Trav's rock band: http://halfbomber.com

This issue: The Major Spoilers Crew dives into the Major Spoilers Mailbag to respond to listener e-mail, and hop on the Major Spoilers Hotline to answer some of the many messages they've received. Then Stephen chats with writer JM DeMatteis about his new work, The Life and Times of Saviour 28, being the Editor in Chief of Ardden Entertainment, and writing Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon series for Cartoon Network. Following that, the crew returns to give their spoiler filled review the Life and Times of Savior 28. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

This issue: The Major Spoilers Crew dives into the Major Spoilers Mailbag to respond to listener e-mail, and hop on the Major Spoilers Hotline to answer some of the many messages they've received. Then Stephen chats with writer JM DeMatteis about his new work, The Life and Times of Saviour 28, being the Editor in Chief of Ardden Entertainment, and writing Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon series for Cartoon Network. Following that, the crew returns to give their spoiler filled review the Life and Times of Savior 28. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.