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Something had been brewing for years in the heart of the Nightingale household: a fervent desire to chart a course away from reliance on conventional systems and embrace a life of self-sufficiency, health, and well-being. When the perfect property came up for sale, Kelsey Nightingale and her husband Sean seized the opportunity to take a significant step toward their dream: they purchased a small house on acreage in the quiet corners of Scottsburg, Oregon, a literal ghost town with a population of just 350.
Building a homestead is a slow process with plenty of challenges, yet their progress only further motivates them with each passing year. No longer tethered to grocery store aisles as they once were, they produce their own bread, milk, eggs, chicken, and turkey. They also have a burgeoning food garden that improves each growing season.
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The timeline of success in small farming and homesteading, understanding the patience and perseverance required The labor of love that is starting and nurturing a homestead and the unparalleled rewards it brings The financial aspect of homesteading and ways to make money off it What exciting new plans are in the works at the Nightingale FarmsteadPress play to hear the entire conversation, and follow Kelsey and Sean's journey by finding them @NightingaleFarmstead on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.
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Mark Holtzapple, a chemical engineering professor at Texas A&M University, returns to the podcast to delve into his unique approach to engine efficiency and alternative energy. His passion for scientific exploration drives him to push the boundaries of what is possible. What is his current mission? To revolutionize the efficiency of automobile engines…
Mark is the co-author of two engineering textbooks used to teach engineers throughout the world: Foundations of Engineering and Concepts in Engineering. His research interests include biomass conversion to fuels, water desalination, high-efficiency air conditioning, engines, compressors, and more.
In this discussion, we cover:
How Mark’s research closes the gap between what an automobile engine can do, and what it is currently doing. How hot fuel, exhaust, and incoming air interact inside an internal combustion engine. The best engines that are carnot-efficient. How water evaporation impacts engine performance.To learn more about Mark and his fascinating research, click here now!
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In this conversation, we sit down with a member of Doomberg to discuss the mindset of continuous improvement and other thought-provoking ideas that are important for us all to consider.
Doomberg is an anonymous news publication that provides readers with an in-depth analysis of financial and economic trends – underscoring information missing from mainstream media. By utilizing the principles of continuous improvement, it has become the #1 paid finance newsletter on Substack, boasting more than 85,000 email subscribers and 250,000 Twitter followers.
Dive in now to explore:
What continuous improvement is, and the many facets of it. How to turn mistakes into an opportunity to improve. The difference between perfectionism and continuous improvement. How to facilitate personal and professional growth.How can you hone your skills over the span of your career? What actionable steps can you take to enhance your productivity and success? Doomberg is here with insights you can’t miss out on…
You can find more on Doomberg by visiting their Substack here.
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In this episode, we discuss teenage social anxiety with Kyle Mitchell, a Tedx Speaker, author, and the founder of Social Anxiety Kyle. With a passion for solving mental health problems and the impact they have on our communities, Kyle works with teens and youth to help them go from socially anxious to socially confident.
Kyle collaborates alongside teens, educators, parents, nonprofits, and other organizations to change the narrative and stigma surrounding social anxiety. Drawing from his own 10-year mental health battle, he found his calling and purpose – and is eager to share it with the world…
Join us now to find out:
How anxiety manifests itself in school environments. Why having supportive parents is so important for struggling teens. Programs that can help young people address their mental health issues. The biggest social struggles that students face in class.What practical approaches and strategies can we utilize to make a difference in the lives of struggling teens? Tune in now to find out for yourself!
To learn more about Kyle and his mission, click here now!
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In this episode, we are joined by Matthew Moody, the President of Mental Health America of Arizona and a licensed counselor in Arizona. He has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Counseling from Arizona State University.
Before his current position, Matthew oversaw over 100 employees in a crisis contact center and provided oversight to 2-1-1 Arizona, an organization that offers information and referral services to the state of Arizona. He also has over fifteen years of experience in the behavioral health field, specializing in police collaboration, 988 and crisis mobile teams.
Matthew is on a mission to help other people better understand mental health and how to get help for it. Through legislative advocacy and alternate response strategies, he has been instrumental in fostering safer and more effective communities – all while reducing costs and liabilities for municipalities…
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What it’s like working on a crisis line, and how calls are typically resolved. The importance of supporting and de-escalating a person in crisis. How working on a crisis line affects those handling the calls. Matthew’s experience working with people living with schizophrenia.You can learn more about Mattew by visiting his website!
If you or a loved one are experiencing a mental health crisis, dial 988 to speak with a specialist now.
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Do pre and probiotics have healing and preventive powers? In an age of pharmaceutical solutions, finding sustainable and holistic health practices is critical. How can we leverage gut health to fight sickness and disease? Noelle Patno, the Chief Science Officer at Bened Life, sits down to explain…
Noelle has a Ph.D. and MS from the University of Chicago in molecular metabolism, nutrition, and translational sciences. She also has a BA in chemical engineering from Stanford University. With her work surrounding digestive health, the microbiome, and immune health, Noelle has designed and monitored clinical trials – resulting in publications on probiotics and prebiotics.
In this conversation, we discuss:
The top conditions that gut health can impact. How altering serotonin and dopamine in the brain can impact children with autism. Why our gut microbiome is important to our brain chemistry and behaviors. Essential insights on the probiotic Ps-128.To learn more about Noelle and her work with Bened Life, click here now!
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John C. A. Manley joins the podcast once again to discuss his daily email newsletter, Blazing Pine Cone Posts, and his work as a writer of fiction, freedom, and philosophy. John is the author of Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopian Love Story, the forthcoming All The Humans Are Sleeping, and other works of speculative fiction…
With a background in Eastern philosophy, fine art, and freelance ghostwriting, John’s perspective on the world is varied and analytical. Want to learn more about his worldview and upcoming projects? Tune in now!
Jump into the conversation to find out:
What John learned as he wrote his debut novel. How Much Ado About Corona addresses the 2020 pandemic. What “moral injury” is, and how it is connected to society’s standards of being. What John is trying to accomplish with his newsletter.To follow along with John and his writing, click here now!
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Bees are not alone in their fight to survive. While the backyard beekeeper might start with a pollinator garden, researchers are also busy strengthening and shoring up these vulnerable organisms that are an essential part of our food ecosystem.
Jay Evans explains some promising efforts, telling listeners
What the main stressors for bees are, from diseases to pests, Why protecting a middle-aged bee from stressors impacts the entire colony, and What exciting new management strategies are in the works, including botanical medicines for bees.Jay Evans is with the USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory in Maryland. He and his colleagues are approaching bee health from every angle, assessing direct and indirect factors that increase bee health and lessening those that cause habitat harm. The list is long, from increasing nutrition to mitigating pesticide effects, parasites, and the spread of viruses.
online pharmacy online pharmacyOften the best solutions provide a path for the bees to help themselves.Evans and his group in particular work on bolstering the honey bee immune system. Just as humans find their health affected by stress, so do bees, from temperature changes to chemical stress to nest disturbances. These stresses makes the bees more vulnerable to direct threats like parasites and pathogens.
online pharmacy buy ivermectin over the counter online pharmacyTheir close living quarters in the beekeeping industry make for further vulnerabilities.Once a colony in an apiary is infected with a pathogen, it spreads fairly quickly through the apiary.
online pharmacy buy trazodone over the counter online pharmacyResearchers like Evans are helping them tolerate those invasions and push the pathogens out over time. He describes some of the most promising efforts, from breeding for "varroa-sensitive hygiene" to developing disease-fighting medicines from botanical sources.For more, see the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory website.
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Is it possible to breed a species of bee with total viral immunity? Maybe, and the research being done in Michelle Flenniken’s lab could pave the way for it to happen.
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Whether bees might utilize a form of preventative medicine In what way a honeybee model for insect immunity might be superior to the status quo fruit fly model Why the term “honeybee viruses” might be misleadingMichelle Flenniken is Assistant Professor in the Plant Sciences Department and Co-Director of the Pollinator Health Center at Montana State University whose primary research is focused not only on understanding the impact of viruses on honeybees, but on the molecular mechanisms that bees have evolved to combat viral infections.
Longitudinal monitoring projects looking at the prevalence and abundance of 16 pathogens across several bee colonies over time have led to interesting and useful findings. For instance, Flenniken’s lab has shown that bees that are infected with viruses have perturbation in the genes that are important for metabolic processes, and that even in so-called asymptomatic bees, there are more than a billion copies of RNA viruses per bee. The hypothesis that follows this finding is that this viral load could be energetically taxing on bees—even if the bees appear phenotypically normal.
More recent research in Flenniken’s lab has shown that a bee’s immune response is stimulated by double-stranded RNA, which is a molecule that viruses produce when replicating; this molecule stimulates RNA interference in bees—an antiviral mechanism. This has shown to be true also in bumblebees, but is not the case in the fruit fly, which is the go-to model for studying insect immunity. This has opened the door to more exciting and new research that Flenniken and her lab are gearing up to conduct.
If antiviral mechanisms in bees can be fully understood, then it may be possible to identify the genes associated with fighting off viral infection, which would make it possible to breed honeybees that are resistant or immune to viral infections.
Flenniken discusses the details of all this and more, including viral transmission in bees and across species, whether different castes of bees are differentially impacted by viruses, host-pathogen interaction studies, and which viruses most commonly impact bees.
Check out https://plantsciences.montana.edu/directory/faculty/1524085/michelle-flenniken to learn more.
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Honey bees are one of the most fascinating and complex social organisms on our planet. Scientists like Gene Robinson research how their genomics play a central role in this behavior and how their environment in turn affects their genes.
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How the honey bee colony is surprisingly flexible and adaptive to changes in numbers and situations, How the genomics discipline altered scientists' one-directional arrow from gene to behavior to a two-directional model, and What developmental milestones a honey bee passes to make it through to full-forager status.Gene Robinson is the director of the Carl R.Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, an institute that practices team science within a multi-disciplinary scheme. He's been studying entomology and different species of bees for over 45 years. In this conversation, he shares some fascinating notes about honey bee behavior with listeners.
His group in the institute in particular looks at their social behavior mechanisms and evolution from a genomics perspective.
Interestingly, he says that studies indicate layers of individuality and adaptability in bee society—not only are they not all "marching to the same orders," they can change behavior depending on what is happening with the colony.
In one study, his lab monitored the entry and exit of the hive and found that a minority of the hive worked as foragers. In addition, a small group within the foragers took on a significant 50% of the work. However, when they removed those power-house foragers, the colony did not collapse. Rather, the other bees "upped their foraging game" and made up for the loss.
"So while labor is apportioned, it's not fixed and there's flexibility," adds Robinson.
He describes other remarkable modes of flexibility, from pheromone releasing and withholding to determine maturity rates to how a hive survives a queen loss. Along the way he explains how the history of genomics has rearranged how biologists look at bee behavior and development from transcriptomic studies. In fact, dramatic changes are evident in bee brain gene activity depending on their rearing conditions. Based on these studies, their genome is very sensitive to the environment.
For more, see the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and Gene Robinson's lab website.
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“…Their society and community is so complicated, that in fact you cannot really have a straight answer for why something is happening. You need to see it from a global perspective, and look at it from different angles…it’s the complexity that makes it fascinating for me,” says Dr. Fani Hatjina of bees, which have been the subject of her work for her entire professional life.
She focuses specifically on social honey bees, and joins the show to discuss her current research goals and insights.Press play to discover:
What royal jelly is, and how it is used by bees and humans How nectar is converted to honey Why beekeepers and scientists are particularly interested in studying and monitoring beehives during the winter months, and the challenges to doing so How bees carry pollen back to the beehiveDr. Hatjina is Director of the Institute of Animal Science & Department of Apiculture in Greece. After completing her PhD on the pollination behavior of bees, she went on to pursue additional research.
Currently, her focus is on finding ways of increasing the resistance of local honey bee populations against a primary pest (the varroa mite), searching for alternative methods of controlling disease without chemicals, improving and preserving the local population of honey bees in Greece for the benefit of the species and for beekeepers, and studying the effects of pesticides and other environmental stressors on bees, such as the presence of heavy metals, and even chemicals that are used by beekeepers inside bee colonies.
Dr. Hatjina explains ‘pollination behavior,’ which includes the way bees move inside the colony and on flowers or crops, how efficiently they transport pollen, and when they transport pollen. The idea is that by gaining a deeper understanding of this behavior, pollination efficiency can be increased.
She also comments on the “many gaps in knowledge” when it comes to understanding what triggers the increase of pathogens and bee mortality in winter. Sensors inside or underneath bee colonies are being implemented in order to gain a better idea of the possible variables contributing to it, as well as generate some sort of image of what is going on within a bee hive during winter months. Infrared light can also be used to gather valuable information about the heat generated by the bees, the size of the swarm inside a colony, the position of bees inside a colony, and how these things can change according to the external temperature.
Interested in learning more? Tune in for the full conversation and check out Dr. Hatjina’s publications at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fani_Hatjina.
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Bees can generate five pounds of honey a day under prime nectar-gathering conditions.
Numerous factors make that possible and researchers like William Meikle work on modeling honey bee populations, keeping track of how different stressors might affect honey bee colony health.
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What measures are important for beehive modeling and why, How bees are able to keep their brood area at a constant warm temperature, and What bee health productivity stressors are being analyzed and why, such as neonicotinoid exposure.Willliam G. Meikle is a research entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture. He studies the colony-level behavior of bees through placing sensors on colonies and monitoring them over long periods of time. This can gather evidence for how they might respond to sub lethal pesticides and other stressors. He's therefore constantly measuring things like hive weight, temperature, CO2, and internal humidity. These measures are akin to numbers from a monitor your doctor might have used to check your health. Various measures might indicate your activity, from sleeping to eating to drinking a cup of coffee.
No, bees don't drink coffee, but they do get exposed to neonicotinoids, which are a common type of agriculture insecticide affecting bees. Even at low amounts, he says he can see some sort of impact. Higher levels seem to cause bees to stop foraging, for example. Temperature is another abiotic factor he monitors. Bees have an amazing ability to keep the center area, the brood area, quite warm and constant.
Bee social behavior is more than just an inclination. Rather, they work as a superorganism, teaming up and taking turns to use their thoracic muscle movement to warm the center of the hive one by one. A healthy brood is dependent on this constant warmth, and bee population increase can only happen with successful brood rearing.
Listen in for more indications of bee colony health.
For more about his work, see the USDA Honey Bee web page.
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Pesticides, poor nutrition, pests, and parasites: these are the four factors influencing bee health around the world, and the amount of information we have about each—how exactly they impact bees, whether each relates to the others, and what can be done about them—is constantly growing.
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How a particular fungicide may be altering the bioavailability of a critical micronutrient for bees Where bees are kept during commercial pollination, and how this may be contributing to poor nutrition What indicates health within a bee colony, and what metrics are used to measure the health of a bee colonyPriyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu is a postdoctoral research associate at Oregon State University Honey Bee Lab, and for over a decade now, she’s been studying environmental impacts on bee populations.
Basu’s current work focuses on two specific areas within this field of research: pesticides and poor nutrition. She’s not only investigating each individually, but exploring the ways in which they may be interconnected.
When it comes to nutrition, she explains that most research to date has looked into the macronutrients required by bees, which are primarily carbohydrates and proteins. Only recently have a couple of research groups—including hers—put their focus on the importance of micronutrients required by bees.
Phytosterols are a group of molecules similar to cholesterol that are a required micronutrient for bees, as they fulfill several functions, including the production of important hormones and the maintenance of cell membrane integrity. Bees source phytosterols naturally from plant pollens, so Basu and the OSU Honey Bee Lab team is trying to collect as many types of pollen as possible in order to look at the phytosterol spectrum available to bees, and determine how they might be able to add this critical micronutrient to the diet of bees that are lacking it.
Basu is also involved in a project which is being carried out in collaboration with growers and beekeepers with the goal of following hives across multiple cropping systems in order to evaluate colony health and growth, as well as assess individual bee physiology.
The ins and outs of the research being done at the OSU Honey Bee Lab are brought to light in today’s episode, along with many other informative and interesting aspects of bee health, types of apiculture (beekeeping), commercial crop production, methods of pollination (including cross-pollination and self-pollination), and more.
Tune in and visit https://honeybeelab.oregonstate.edu/.
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As we look back on the pandemic, there are clear ways in which our public health strategies failed. From the quarantine to vaccines, understanding the pitfalls in our response will enable us to do better in the future. But who’s brave enough to step forward and identify these issues? Dr. Martin Kulldorff joins the podcast to shed some light on the subject…
Dr. Kulldorff is an epidemiologist, a biostatistician, and a founding fellow at Hillsdale College’s Academy for Science and Freedom. He has also been a Professor of Medicine at Harvard University for thirteen years. As the co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, he advocated for a pandemic strategy of focused protection instead of lockdowns during the 2020 health crisis.
Dr. Kulldorff is an expert in infectious disease outbreaks who researches surveillance methods for post-market drug and vaccine safety and early detection and monitoring. How has his perspective shifted the conventional pandemic narrative? Tune in now to find out!
In this conversation, we dive into:
Why Sweden did so well during and after the pandemic. Dr. Kulldorff’s initial response to COVID-19. Why news outlets were ignoring basic public health principles. Whether or not masks were effective in preventing disease transmission.You can learn more about Dr. Kulldorff and his work by following his Twitter!
Want to find out more about Michael and his research? Click here to view his Stanford profile, and here to purchase his latest book!
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Dr. Michael Marmor, Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology at Stanford University, delves into the captivating realm of the human eye in this thought-provoking podcast episode. Focusing on the profound impact of eyes on various facets of human experience, Dr. Marmor shares his insights and expertise on this intriguing topic — particularly in the realm of art.
Dr. Marmor's research interests cover several areas, including the physiology and pathophysiology of retina and pigment epithelium, electrophysiological retinal and RPE function tests, and newer electroretinographic techniques such as multifocal ERG recording. Additionally, he is interested in the relationship between human vision and art, music, history, literature, and sports…
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How the human eye and the brain are connected. What the retina is composed of. Key facts about how the eye perceives and transmits images. What is at the core of how the eye sees the world.Whether you’re interested in eye health or the science of art, this conversation promises to captivate and educate. Don't miss out on this engaging discussion that sheds light on the wonders of the human eye and its significance in shaping our perception of the world around us!
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Bonnie J. Kaplan, Professor Emerita at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada, and author of The Better Brain: Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition, expresses bewilderment at the reluctance of people to explore a subject so fundamental to our biology. What she's referring to is the intricate relationship between nutrition and brain function, which significantly impacts mental health and overall well-being.
Despite common misconceptions, Dr. Kaplan asserts that nutrition is crucial to brain health, mental stability, and life quality. Throughout her career, she has faced numerous challenges in advocating for the use of nutrients in treating mental health issues, emphasizing the biological underpinnings of behavior, and highlighting the impact of nutrition on brain development and function.
Intrigued? Dive deeper into:
The prevalence of irritability and mood dysregulation across various mental health conditions The notion that mental illness often stems from inadequate nutrient support for the brain Dr. Kaplan's recommendations for a brain-boosting diet The scientifically backed advantages of incorporating a comprehensive micronutrient formula alongside a nutritious diet The role of media coverage in shaping public perception and the challenges it posesInterested in learning more?
Tune in for the entire conversation, check out the book The Better Brain: Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition, and visit Bonnie J Kaplan, Ph.D.
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In this episode, we sit down with Jason P. Dworkin to discuss the cosmos in unprecedented ways. Always interested in the origin of life, Jason is a Senior Scientist for Astrobiology at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center who uses meteoritics, astrobiology, and analytical chemistry to observe our universe and uncover its hidden mysteries.
Currently, Jason is working on the OSIRIS-REx mission as a project scientist, contamination science lead, and sample analyst. This mission has several major objectives:
To understand how life on Earth formed and evolved within a planetary context. Return and analyze a sample of Bennu’s surface Map the asteroid Document the sample site Measure the orbit deviation caused by non-gravitational forces Compare observations at the asteroid to ground-based observationsHow does Jason’s work explore life's origin and early evolution while also focusing on the extraterrestrial input and the origin of various molecules? From modern analytical methods to laboratory models of ancient environments, he takes on an intriguing journey into the heart of his research…
To learn more about Jason and his work, click here now!
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Valuable insights and resources shared by Jason P. Dworkin:
Returned sample: https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2024/02/15/nasa-announces-osiris-rex-bulk-sample-mass/ Maneuvers around Bennu: https://youtu.be/nx1r3HPGC_c?si=mHJ0GdcL6VZYsCAw Surface of Bennu: https://youtu.be/42EwbQ3afPA?si=RHR-0fP0GZp1iGDm Bennu’s orbit and selection: https://youtu.be/Q3qiPXP57SE?si=QqQgKWdTGs8WbMht Bennu impact hazard: orbit in 2135 and 2182: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4921/ Working in the cleanroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVKwneTwWm0 Sample return: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/albums/72177720311435828/More information:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/osiris-rex https://www.asteroidmission.org https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/osirisrex/ https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/search/?missions=OSIRIS-REX https://plus.nasa.gov/?s=osiris-rex -
Today, we connect with Thomas Licker to discuss his decades of experience managing biohazard investigations and remediations. As a certified bio-environmental infection control remediator and recovery master, Thomas serves as the president of the American Bio-Recovery Association. Here, he has helped create and publish the Bio Recovery Site Risk Assessment (BSRA) guidance document and the Restoration Industry Association (RIA) Environmental Risk Specialist (ERS) program.
Thomas studied environmental science in college. After researching soil, brown water, air, and industrial hygiene, he found himself working for the US Environmental Protection Agency as a contractor — remediating some of the nation's worst sites. Now, he is in the biohazard response industry full-time, a field of work he has discovered a deep passion for…
In this conversation, we cover:
What biohazard response is, and why it is a necessary service. How to properly respond to biohazard scenes. OSHA requirements for this type of work. How the opioid crisis impacts Thomas’s work in biohazard remediation.To learn more about Thomas and his work, click here now!
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In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Erika Kohler, a Research Space Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. With a Ph.D. in Space and Planetary Science and a BS in Meteorology, Dr. Kohler’s research focuses on providing laboratory data that can inform and validate scientific models and mission observations. She does this by designing innovative experiments that simulate the extreme environments found on other planets – pushing the boundaries of laboratory research as we know it.
Dr. Kohler has always been interested in weather and planets, and she built her career on studying these things in tandem. Setting her sights on our sister planet, Venus, she shares some intriguing insights on its atmosphere, surface, and more…
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How data is collected for Venus. The complicated issues that come with landing a craft on the surface of Venus. How long it takes for probes to get to Venus, and the orbital mechanics that must be worked through. What isotopes and gasses can tell us about the history of Venus and its current conditions. New and exciting missions on the horizon.To learn more about Dr. Kohler and her work, click here now!
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In this conversation, we sit down with Will Hall, a mental health professional at the forefront of innovative psychosis treatment. He hosts Madness Radio, is the co-founder of Freedom Center, and is a counselor who works with individuals, couples, families, and groups. As a schizophrenia survivor himself, Will is on a mission to uncover new visions of mind – and redefine what it means to be human.
In his book, Outside Mental Health: Voices and Visions of Madness, Will presents readers with interviews and essays that reveal the human side of mental illness. By asking, "What does it mean to be called crazy in a crazy world?" he seeks to create a new conversation about empowering the human spirit by transforming society’s perspective as a whole…
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What it means to challenge the narrative of psychosis. Alternatives to medication for treating mental health issues. A successful and widely used treatment for schizophrenia and psychosis that has been overshadowed by big pharma. One of the worst things you can do when talking with patients about their mental health conditions. The power of empathy and connection.From trauma and psychosis to medication, Will’s holistic approach to mental health is changing lives across the globe. What sets him apart from other mental health advocates? Click play to find out for yourself!
You can find more information about Will and his work by visiting his website.
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