Best Sake Of Conversation Podcasts (2024)

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34 - Tanya Hackney talks about ditching tradition and raising her family at sea 1:03:35

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Send us a Text Message. Tanya Hackney graduated with a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1997, where she majored in English and double-minored in French and Education. She married her high school sweetheart and taught kindergarten in Atlanta, Georgia before transitioning to homeschooling her own five children aboard sailing vessel Take Two. She has l…

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Dealing with Beliefs that Keep Us Stuck: Anger, Advocacy, and the Power of “Hell No” Energy (Storytelling IV) 41:17

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We all have automatic negative thoughts and beliefs that can keep us stuck. What's to be done? In this episode, we explore how the unresolved arousal in our stories can lead to beliefs that produce terrible fruit in our lives. And we explore the resource within our agency to renounce those stories, advocating for our freedom. Finding this “hell no”…

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Election Ethics 1:01:51

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Election Ethics - Jul 31, 2024 - Annual Yahrzeit Shiur delivered at Gruss Kollel on Yeshiva University Israel Campus in JerusalemBy Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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33 - Lauren Clack talks about overcoming the shame of being overweight 51:48

7d ago51:48

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Send us a Text Message. Lauren Clack is a business strategist and coach for female business owners looking to build businesses they love, and that love them back. She exited a multi 7-figure business that didn't hold her heart, to build and follow a passion and calling that absolutely does. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, she's a business owner, …

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32 - Neosho Ponder talks about surviving cancer with a sense of humor and rock and roll 52:43

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Send us a Text Message. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Neosho C. Ponder is an Adjunct Professor at Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC. In April 2016, at the age of 36, just one year after completing her doctorate, Neosho was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2021, while still looking for a full-time job following treatment, Neosho w…

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Dr Mike Israetel: The Philosopher Bodybuilder 53:21

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Dr. Mike Israetel is a well-known figure in the fitness and bodybuilding community, recognized for his expertise in sports science, particularly in the areas of hypertrophy (muscle growth), strength training, and nutrition. He holds a PhD in Sport Physiology and has a background in competitive bodybuilding, powerlifting, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As…

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A NtR Short: The Problem with Meditation: Letting Go of the Small Self to Find the True Self (Becoming Present, Part I) 19:44

12d ago19:44

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Meditation is great, its benefits incredible. And…most of us resist it. Not just because we are busy, but because meditation—like any space of quiet—would have us face stories and beliefs that we prefer to avoid. In this episode, we explore our resistance to meditation and, hand-in-hand, a practice that may help us look forward to learning meditati…

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31 - Andrea talks about creating boundaries and healthy relationships 41:58

21d ago41:58

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Send us a Text Message. Andrea, pen name Cheydrea, is an author, savage poet, artist, book illustrator, photographer and yoga practitioner. She is excited and inspired by deep authentic conversations. She enjoys hiking, exploring trails, valleys, beaches, and cities where she can capture life in motion and inspiration for her words and art. She has…

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30 - Laura Nunnelly talks about prioritizing hobbies for the sake of happiness 48:14

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Send us a Text Message. Laura Nunnelly is the founder and owner of Edara Apparel. Edara was born out of her need for attractive, comfortable and sun protective tennis apparel. Laura had a Stage 1 melanoma in 2017 which heightened her awareness of the importance of sun protection for overall well-being. She grew up in Pasadena, CA, attended Santa Cl…

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Courageous Curiosity: Cultivating an Antiracist Spirituality with Lucretia Berry and Ben Bowell 36:14

22d ago36:14

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This month, the Academy Podcast features Lucretia Berry and Ben Bowell's teaching from an online Academy Day Apart in 2021 called, Courageous Curiosity: Cultivating an Antiracist Spirituality. In this enlightening conversation, Lucretia and Ben share their personal stories of Christian faith formation and its intersection with antiracism. Together,…

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Arousal is the Soul of Every Story: A Path for Naming Fulfilled and Frustrated Desire (Storytelling III) 43:18

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Every story is an arousal story, because arousal is the soul’s ultimate energy: we long for connection and become panicked at the possibility of disconnection. Arousal, in this sense, is far greater than sexual arousal—it is the energy animating all things. In this episode, we explore the idea of resolved arousal and unresolved arousal, with plenty…

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Dr Amine Zorgani on novel microbiome therapies and vaginal health 36:41

22d ago36:41

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In this cutting edge episode of the Gut Health Gurus Podcast, host Kriben Govender, a renowned Food Scientist and nutritionist, interviews with Dr Amine a seasoned microbiome expert. Dr Amine Zorgani brings to light some interesting and novel microbiome research topics: Live Biotherapeutic Products, Reproductive and Infant health, Bacterial Vaginos…

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29 - Stacey Paige talks about how hustle culture almost killed her 49:09

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Send us a Text Message. Stacey is a certified yoga teacher and licensed spiritual practitioner. Through her workshops, courses, and individual coaching she has helped countless people on their journey to personal empowerment through the embodiment of spiritual principles and practices. Stacey currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina with her hu…

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Trailer 1:10

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Send us a Text Message. The show is REBRANDED! Sideline Sisters is a show for no-bullshit women in midlife, middle years, 40s, 50s, confusion, perimenopause, menopause, transition years, purgatory, whatever you want to call it. This podcast is for moms, girlfriends, sisters, ladies who want to escape the mundane routine of their lives and be captiv…

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28 - Deirdre Tindall talks about life lessons learned by playing sports 38:28

1M ago38:28

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Send us a Text Message. Deirdre Tindall is the owner and founder of Tind-All Creative Marketing. She is an entrepreneur who positively impacts the community. She loves hiking in the beautiful outdoors, connecting with nature, spending quality time with her large family, seeking new opportunities to learn and quench her thirst for knowledge, making …

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A NtR Short: Living Beyond Self-Protection (A Simple Embodiment Practice for Increasing Agency) 8:01

2M ago8:01

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In this short, we explore the importance of naming our emotions at a granular level as well as exploring how “negative emotions” may be (1) protecting us while (2) keeping us from what we long for. The more fluency we gain in naming our emotions and how they function to protect but also limit us, the more agency—which expresses itself as choice and…

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Rebalancing the Gender Narrative with Dr Warren Farrell 1:08:00

23d ago1:08:00

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Dr. Warren Farrell discusses his latest book, 'From Rolemate to Soulmate,' which draws on his decades of counseling couples. He highlights the importance of effectively handling criticism in relationships and the consequences of not feeling heard. Dr. Farrell also explores the different forms of violence in relationships and challenges the notion t…

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27 - Kris Batzner talks about feeling strong on and off the jiu jitsu mat 38:30

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Send us a Text Message. Kris Batzner is a yogi who has practiced yoga on and off for most of her life. She has taught at fitness centers, schools, yoga studios, and in her community for over 20 years. Now she offers her gifts online, so that people everywhere can benefit. As Kris was nearing 50, she realized yoga didn't offer her body the intensity…

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Copyrights, Trademarks, and Intellectual Property - Hasagas Gevul 1:42:35

2M ago1:42:35

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Copyrights, Trademarks, and Intellectual Property - Hasagas Gevul - Jun 17, 2024 -By Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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A NtR Short: A Simple Gratitude Prompt for Radical Life Change 15:25

2M ago15:25

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In this Short, we confront our human and cultural tendency to focus on what we don’t have rather than what we do. This pressure keeps us from being here and now, in reality, which is the only place we can experience joy. Through focusing on what we have rather than what we want, we can shift everything about our perspective. As always, we explore t…

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From the Dayan's Desk #152 - Inviting a Conversion Candidate for a Yom Tov Meal 1:02:23

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From the Dayan's Desk #152 - Inviting a Conversion Candidate for a Yom Tov Meal - Jun 10, 2024 -By Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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From the Dayan's Desk #151 - Paying for Unrequested Services P2 1:05:25

2M ago1:05:25

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From the Dayan's Desk #151 - Paying for Unrequested Services P2 - Jun 3, 2024 -By Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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26 - Abbey Heagney talks about quieting the inner mean girl and gaining confidence 34:44

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Send us a Text Message. Abbey Heagney is a health and mindset coach and owner of Wellness with Abbey. Abbey believes that all women deserve to fell healthy and confident in their body - while living the life they love. Through her private coaching practice, Abbey works 1:1 with women to help them find their own unique confidence by creating simple …

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God's Reckless Abundance with Grace Imathiu 39:58

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This month, the Academy Podcast features Grace Imathiu teaching at the Indiana Five-Day in 2021. Grace illuminates the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32, a title she challenges because parables cannot be contained. Grace explores the story through different lenses to reveal a God of reckless abundance who shows us how our life together c…

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A NtR Short: The Evil of "Should" (Freeing Your Life from the Tyranny of Who You Are Supposed to Be) 13:44

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In this Short, we confront the pervasive pressure that the word “should” can exert in our lives. In considering how we actually change—becoming the people we want to be—“should” has very limited power to transform us at our deepest levels. Instead, we must practice being held, which requires a different energy and orientation to life. As always, we…

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25 - Dotsie Bausch talks about cycling her way to emotional and physical greatness 54:27

2M ago54:27

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Send us a Text Message. Dotsie Bausch is an Olympic silver medalist, activist, speaker, and nonprofit founder. After recovering from a life-threatening eating disorder, she found her love and talent for cycling, which led to a 14-year professional career concluding with a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics. She stars in the 2018 film “The Game Chang…

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Conversion for the Sake of Marriage 1:36:07

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Conversion for the Sake of Marriage - May 23, 2024 -By Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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From the Dayan's Desk #150 - Paying for Unrequested Services 59:17

2M ago59:17

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From the Dayan's Desk #150 - Paying for Unrequested Services - May 27, 2024 -By Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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24 - Katri Koehle talks about camaraderie, competition, and career in midlife rec tennis 1:02:26

2M ago1:02:26

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Send us a Text Message. Katri is an avid club player and certified tennis junkie. Katri lives by the mantra of, “Do whatever it takes to keep tennis fun. Sometimes it is playing more, sometimes it is buying a new tennis skirt.” Sportsmanship and fair play are of utmost importance, and promotion of the game of tennis is paramount. Katri is a native …

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Finding Agency: Cultivating Our Power to Choose (Storytelling Part III: A Conversation with Daphne Larkin and Christy Bauman) 1:08:00

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This conversation with Daphne Larkin and Dr. Christy Bauman is an exploration of the importance of knowing and telling our hard stories. Through real life-examples, we survey how telling stories creates greater flexibility in our perspective, resilience in our attitudes, and kindness in how we hold our own narratives, as we become empowered to live…

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Neighborly Relations: Easements, Encroachments, Rights of Way, and Overhanging Tree Branches 1:21:48

2M ago1:21:48

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Neighborly Relations: Easements, Encroachments, Rights of Way, and Overhanging Tree Branches - May 23, 2024 -By Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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23 - Elizabeth Emery talks about the tangled web of issues in women's sports 46:51

3M ago46:51

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Send us a Text Message. Elizabeth Emery is a former pro cyclist and host of Hear Her Sports podcast. For almost 8 years, she's interviewed female athletes and women in sports about breaking barriers, speaking up, and living with power and confidence in today's changing world. Her Notes from the Sidelines: It's a tangled web of issues in women's spo…

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A NtR Short: Owning the Morning: Writing Your Grounding Story 14:06

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In this Short, we explore a simple two-step practice for seizing the day rather than letting the day seize you. The practice is straightforward: a commitment to spend a few moments in a slow, unhurried posture combined with a consistent engagement of your “grounding story.” In this episode, we explain what a grounding story is, how to create one, a…

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22 - Alison Gorrell talks about the stigma attached to sports psychology 50:29

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Send us a Text Message. Alison Gorrell grew up in Colorado playing tennis and basketball and went on to play Division I basketball in college. After graduating, while pursuing an advanced degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology, she played professional basketball overseas. Through her career, she learned how important the mental side of the game wa…

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The Ottawa Sessions - Street Level Thinking 46:01

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Bringing The Ottawa Sessions to a close is another kind of big-picture' perspective, albeit from street level. In developing 'A Living Capitol,' the downtown revitalization action plan CUI co-developed with many of Ottawa's civic and governmental leaders, some of the most informative views came courtesy of the directors of its Business Improvement …

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The Ottawa Sessions - Bank on it 32:31

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In episode 3 of The Ottawa Sessions, host Mary Rowe brings you to her new, favourite café to meet Jessie Duffy, owner/operator of Arlington 5 in Centretown. It's located just a steps off Bank Street, one of Ottawa's north-south Main Streets connecting many of the city's best known neighbourhoods. Mary and Jessie discuss the future of local, indepen…

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The Ottawa Sessions - Design and Redesign 51:25

3M ago51:25

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The second episode of The Ottawa Sessions explores the scope of design and, often, redesign, needed to help revitalize the downtown core of our nation's capitol. From soon-to-be vacant federal buildings to iconic public spaces like the Byward Market, the city has tremendous assets, along with its share of modern urban challenges, to influence a new…

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The Ottawa Sessions - The Big Picture 49:29

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Season Two begins with a four-part series we've dubbed The Ottawa Sessions, featuring conversations with many of the civic, business and governmental leaders CUI collaborated with in the development of 'A Living Capitol,' a downtown revitalization action plan. To set the stage from a 'big picture' perspective, CUI president and CEO Mary Rowe speaks…

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Morley Robbins on The Copper Sugar Connection and the PAM Enzyme 58:53

2M ago58:53

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In this mind blowing episode of the Gut Health Gurus Podcast, host Kriben Govender, a renowned Food Scientist and nutritionist, welcomes back popular guest Morley Robbins for a third round interview. They cover the impact of sugar, iron and copper on hormonal systems. The mysterious and important Peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM)…

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A NtR Short: “Discharging a Loyal Soldier”: How to Release Parts of Us That Once Kept Us Safe…and Now Keep Us Stuck 13:14

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In this Naming the Real Short—a bonus episode in our Storytelling Series—we explore the idea of “discharging a loyal soldier,” which is releasing a belief/part of us that kept us safe but now keeps us stuck. By thanking the part, releasing the part, and re-assigning the part to a new role, we can transcend the places where we’ve got mired and move …

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From the Dayan's Desk #149 - Family Minhagim & Local Practices: Can One Change a Minhag? 1:03:17

3M ago1:03:17

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From the Dayan's Desk #149 - Family Minhagim & Local Practices: Can One Change a Minhag? - May 6, 2024 -By Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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21 - Mint Miller talks about the mental lessons of golf and applying them in the "real world" 38:44

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Send us a Text Message. Mint Miller is the creator and host of the BetterMint podcast. Mint’s podcast is meant to help others by letting her experience be their survival guide because in her stories and healing, she believes others will recognize their own. As a divorced, single mom of two young girls, Mint has felt stuck in her career for the past…

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You’re Not Crazy for Talking to Yourself: How to Dialogue with All Your Parts (Storytelling Part II) 35:58

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The person that we are includes many parts, organized around our true Self. But many times we feel stuck, because we believe our most frustrated or seemingly dysfunctional part is our actual identity, or because we don’t how to integrate our parts into a greater whole. In this episode, we consider the reality that you aren’t crazy for talking to yo…

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20 - Laarni Mulvey talks about being big and strong in mid-life 42:54

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Send us a Text Message. Laarni Mulvey is a speaker of strength and an author who is also known as the "Power Lady." She is a 47-year old athlete who inspires others to believe in their own strength. She believes strength can positively impact others, that strength allows people to outperform and outgrow the standards set upon them. She shares her s…

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A NtR Short: Far From Rome (How Celtic Spirituality Changes How We See the World) 12:01

3M ago12:01

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In this episode—our first Naming the Real SHORT—we explore the two primary ways that Celtic spirituality helps us see the world differently than the way promulgated by Western Imperial Christianity.By Brandon Cook

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Defending Democracy with Drew Pavlou 55:13

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Drew Pavlou is an Australian student and activist. He made international news after he led protests at the University of Queensland in Australia, supporting Hong Kong and criticizing the university's ties to China. His actions led to a high-profile disciplinary case against him by the university, and a $3.5 million lawsuit which was recently settle…

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19 - Jamie Mittelman talks about changing the male domination of sports media coverage 37:55

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Send us a Text Message. Jamie has a background in media, having managed a $30 Million media portfolio on behalf of the conglomerate of Yahoo, The Huffington Post, AoL, and Verizon. Her passion for sport, diversity and inclusion inspired her to found Flame Bearers while receiving her Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School w…

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Telling Hard Stories: The Power to Heal Our Bodies and Transform Our Souls (Storytelling Part I) 38:48

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Human beings tend to resist and avoid; it’s a default state for us. But resistance and avoidance lock us into a life of gray horizons—on automatic, far from the thrill of fully feeling or fully flourishing. And yet we are never without tools to get us unstuck. In this episode, we explore the incredible power of telling hard stories for reinventing …

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18 - Dr. Liz Nobis talks about building the mindfulness muscle one rep at a time 50:49

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Send us a Text Message. Dr. Liz Nobis earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Biola University's Rosemead School of Psychology in 2021 and served as a postdoctoral fellow at Penn's Counseling Services before beginning with athletics. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Liz spent several years within the public health and non-profit fields cond…

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From the Dayan's Desk #148: Pesach Shailos 5784 1:04:27

4M ago1:04:27

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From the Dayan's Desk #148: Pesach Shailos 5784 - Apr 8, 2024 - Flower food on PesachDunkin Donuts after PesachCompanies selling chametz but staying open on PesachKashering keilim on Erev PesachKashering frying pansKitniyos shailasBy Reiss, Rabbi Yona

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