Having a foreign background is cool and people may want to ask what are you from, but when it's on the professional level, you sometimes can't help but wonder what is the motive behind the question, "Where are you from?". Actor, director, and writer Cynthia Ashperger understands that very well. Being from Croatia, she welcomes people asking her abo…

Statistics plays a role in just about every field of science, and bad statistics will lead to bad science. In psychology and medicine in particular, we are now seeing the consequences to sloppy statistics in the form of the replication crisis. In this episode, psychology professor is here to talk about just that, solutions to the replication crisis…

Turkey went extinct in Ontario in the early 1900s and was reintroduced in 1984, so naturally, this makes a great research topic. Ecologist Jenn Baici studies exactly just that. In this episode, Jenn talks about the population of wild turkey, catching turkeys, social interactions between wild turkeys, and more. Jenn Baici's website…

In a single minute, Jenna Dakin’s life disappeared. She suffered a stroke in December of 2021. The stroke left her half paralyzed, it caused her speech and cognitive deficits, and she lost most of her memories. Flash forward to today, Jenna is in grad school for psychology, and she is the author of her memoir, 21 Cups. Jenna is here today to chat w…

"Professional Community Theatre", that might sound a little bit of an oxymoron, but that is exactly what Robert Winslow created with 4th Line Theatre. In this episode, Robert talks about why he thinks stories of local community is worth telling, his journey as an actor and playwright, and many more.

Professor Hurley talks about how he got into computer science, different programming languages, why is C so influential, logic, and more. Links for this episode: Imitation Game C Unix The International Obfuscated C Code Contest The Two Generals’ Problem Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318…

Professor Akram-Lodhi talks about how he got into development studies, world hunger, food system, real food, the importance of education, how local development is global development, and more. Links for this episode: Haroon Akram-Lodhi (AHAkramLodhi) on Twitter Professor Akram Lodhi's website Oakland Ross India's "Right to Food" Act Community Food …

Professor Brown talks about how he was like when he was a kid, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, poetry, comedy, and more. Also, we went off on a lot of tangents. Links for this episode: Stephen Brown's Ted Talk "Why Shakespeare? Because it's 2016" Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Jane Austen "I'll give thee a wind" Macbeth (Act I Scene III) Edw…

Professor Burr talks about how he got into statistics, why is statistics a field of its own rather than a sub-field in Mathematics, natural science before the invention of statistics, p-value, statistics in education, and more. Links for this episode: Wesley Burr (wsburr) on Twitter Wesley Burr | wesleyburr.com Time Series | Wikipedia Signal Proces…

Joseph talks about his experience as a graduate student, why he decided to get a master degree, giving advice for current undergraduate student who wish to do graduate school, and more. Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Kara and I talk about school-life balance, stress, productivity, and more. Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Shiell talks about why he came to Canada , quantum mechanics, human eyes, philosophy of physics, and more.Links to the things we've talked about in this episode:Quantum mechanics wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics2018 Physics Nobel Prize https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2018/summary/The 10 trillion fra…

Professor Dart talks about how he came across business, entrepreneurship, NGOs, business books, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Kay talks about how she got into history, West and East Germany, what does it mean to be a historian, music and films, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Norlock talks about how she became a philosopher, ethics, virtues and vices, utilitarianism, video games, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Bilaniuk talks about him in his youth, teaching, twin prime, Riemann Hypothesis, coffee, and more.Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: https://youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

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We are called to love deeply.(Sister Jenna) http://www.attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/sisterjennajuly14.mp3 Music from Meritxell Negre: Bello Futuro In times of tragedy we are called to love, deeply Sitting with my journal in hand, tears streaming down my face, these words were so difficult to write, though I know them to be true. When…

Day 21: Kindness creates confidence, profundity & love. (~ Lao Tzu) http://attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/day21cm.mp3 Music from Journey through the Matrix by Harry Massey & David Gibson Go forth with confidence & boldness in a spirit of divine love & compassion As we embrace and express the new attitudes of loving compassion for ourse…

Day 20: Listen to our hearts(Stephen Covey) http://attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/day20cm.mp3 Music from Journey through the Matrix by Harry Massey & David Gibson Is your inner voice critical or compassionate? We’ve heard from experts that each of us is born with our own version of genius. We are unique, have a distinct X-factor and we…

Day 19: Every smile is an action of love(Mother Theresa) http://attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/day19cm.mp3 Music from Journey through the Matrix by Harry Massey & David Gibson Become a Smiler to spread joy and love in the world! Touched by the sadness or suffering of others makes us want to do something, we want to take action, to help…

Day 18: Offer good wishes to every being you meet(The Buddha) http://attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/day18cm.mp3 Music from Journey through the Matrix by Harry Massey & David Gibson No matter what, you can always send a prayer Compassion is the feeling of wanting to ease the suffering of others. It is a natural human trait but it is alw…

Day 17: It is impossible to love our enemies(Thich Nhat Hanh) http://attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/day17cm.mp3 Music from Journey through the Matrix by Harry Massey & David Gibson Self-love can heal our enemies, too. In a time with endless wars, economic stress, racial profiling and political uprising it is easy for us to label others…

Day 16: Mindfulness is about love(Jon Kabat-Zinn) http://attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/day16cm.mp3 Music by Harry Massey from Journey Into the Matrix Mindfulness is about loving life – just as it is Some people think that meditation practice is all about escape. In an attempt to escape from pain, trauma or drama meditation is often co…

Day 15: The human experience is not perfect(Kristin Neff) http://attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/day15cm.mp3 Music created by Harry Massey from “Journey through the Matrix” Perfection is not the goal Many of us grow up with a drive to become perfect. In order to feel worthy of praise or love we strive to achieve, accomplish and out-do o…

http://www.attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Day-14-Tara-Brach-final.mp3 We must embrace our darkness to shine fully When we step onto the path toward becoming our best self, we open our eyes, hearts and minds to seeing ourselves deeply, from the inside-out. Beginning or deepening our spiritual journey involves coming face-to-face…

http://www.attunementmeditation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Day-13-final-Compassion-Meditation-Sharon-Salzberg.mp3 We are the world Today we are all considered global citizens with a shared responsibility to care for our planet and this includes all beings on our precious green earth. No member of our ecosystem lives in total isolation.When one …