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  • Changing Career Paths

    Changing Career Paths
    Feb 4 2025

    When we contemplate the word ‘career’, it’s natural to think of one singular profession that someone pursues via education and then remains in for a long period of time. When you think of a doctor or an accountant, you usually think of them practicing that profession for decades, the majority if not all of their work years. In the ‘corporate world’, job changes are perhaps more common, but it sometimes seems like people are becoming more inclined to pivot in their professional lives. Professor Serge da Motta Veiga joins the podcast to share insights and recent trends in the workplace.


    Learn more about Serge Da Motta Veiga - https://www.edhec.edu/en/research-and-faculty/faculty/professors-and-researchers/serge-da-motta-veiga


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    46 min
  • 268. How to Change Your Behaviour

    268. How to Change Your Behaviour
    Jan 28 2025
    It’s one thing to acknowledge certain truths about ourselves and the world, and to have certain revelations ; but it’s another thing to actually make change based on those realizations. Why can we acknowledge and learn about our preconceptions, but still have such a hard time extrapolating those lessons to the way we live our lives? How do we break old patterns of behaving and make positive change to match our new ways of thinking? How do concepts such as status quo bias and habit formation prevent us from achieving our goals, and how can we break patterns that we deem detrimental? Yasmine Kalkstein, a Professor of Psychology at West Point, joins the podcast.

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    44 min
  • 267. The LA Wildfires

    267. The LA Wildfires
    Jan 21 2025
    As the wildfires in Los Angeles continue their spread, many are wondering how this possibly could have happened. We've been hearing about increasing rates of wildfires over the last several years , but rarely do they affect urban areas in the scope they have over the past several weeks. So what exactly is a wildfire, and why has this one been spreading so aggressively? How does a wildfire ultimately become contained, and is containment in sight? And perhaps equally important, is this a harbinger of things to come? Are wildfires like this one going to occur more frequently as time goes on, and what can we do to prevent them? Tim Brown joins the podcast.

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    40 min
  • 266. Life on the Moon

    266. Life on the Moon
    Jan 14 2025

    For millennia, there has been a deep fascination with outer space. But ever since Apollo 11 actually landed on the moon in 1969 and Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon, the interest in space and the moon has gone into unimaginable new gears. But for all the intrigue that humankind has with outer space and the moon, what is actually realistic? What the current ongoing operations at the moon? What are the most promising aspects of lunar research? And is the idea of ‘life on the moon’ actually a realistic thought? Derek Webber, author of 'Lunar Commerce', joins the podcast.


    Lunar Commerce: A Primer by Derek Webber - https://www.amazon.ca/Lunar-Commerce-Primer-Derek-Webber/dp/3031534204


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    54 min
  • 265. Laziness

    265. Laziness
    Jan 7 2025

    What does it mean to be lazy? Is the term 'laziness' just a negative slant on 'relaxation', or does laziness accurately reflect a lack of motivation? And is laziness a 'bad' thing, or could it actually be viewed as a positive attribute? Todd McIlroy, author of 'The Science of Laziness: Achieving More by Doing less', joins the podcast.


    Check out Todd's book 'The Science of Laziness' at https://www.amazon.ca/Science-Laziness-Achieving-More-Doing/dp/B0D6GFZZNT


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    41 min
  • 264. Gen Z Explained

    264. Gen Z Explained
    Dec 17 2024

    As a millennial myself, I know many in my generation struggle to fully understand the ethos, so to speak, of Gen Z. In many ways, it seems they’ve taken work-life balance to a whole new level. Yet while lifestyle is prioritized, it can seem as if financial expectations are still lofty. Many domains of society have become more liberal, and the idea of ‘woke-ism’, which probably has a negative connotation to many, is perhaps embraced by Gen Z. So what actually guides Gen Z? What are the philosophies, ethics, and beliefs that shape their lives? Stanford's Roberta Katz, co-author of 'Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age', joins the podcast.


    Check out 'Gen Z Explained' at https://www.amazon.ca/Gen-Explained-Art-Living-Digital/dp/022679153X


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    44 min
  • 263. Stand-Up Comedy

    263. Stand-Up Comedy
    Dec 10 2024

    They say people are more afraid of public speaking than they are of death. If that's the case, people must be terrified at the notion of performing stand-up comedy, which entails not only public speaking, but relying on people's laughs as validation that you're doing a good job! So what makes a good stand-up comedian? What goes into crafting an effective sketch? And while the well-trained comedian makes it all look 'off-the-cuff', how much of the sketch is prepared down to the exact word? Comedian Jacob Samuel joins the podcast.


    Learn more about Jacob at www.jacobsamuelcomedy.com


    Watch Jacob's comedy special, 'Horse Power', at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD4l6ODKwCg


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    53 min
  • Whole Body MRI - The Dangers of Over Testing

    Whole Body MRI - The Dangers of Over Testing
    Dec 3 2024
    What if you could undergo a scan of of your whole body once a year to screen for any tumors, aneurysms, or any other medical abnormalities? On the surface, it sounds like a great idea, and indeed many companies are offering the opportunity to undergo whole body MRIs to catch medical findings before they become medical 'problems'. But is whole body MRI really all it's cracked up to be? Or can it also lead you down a rabbit hole chasing a diagnosis when nothing of consequence is to be found? Radiologist Dr. Matthew Davenport joins the podcast.

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    50 min