EP #197 - NOW PLAYING Jul. 2, 2025: The Nerve-Wracking Art of 🧠 Brain 👨‍⚕️ Surgery

Season 4

July 9, 2025

The Season of Hurricanes: Unprepared and Blindfolded!

Learn how weather forecasting, via NOAA, isn’t just about satellites or radars; it’s about the dedicated staff, research, and infrastructure behind the scenes. Private apps and companies rely on this federal backbone. Support...

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July 2, 2025

The Nerve-Wracking Art of Brain Surgery

As a neurosurgeon, their expertise rests on precise skills and advancing neurological insights, but true mastery goes beyond technique to shape their impact and empathy. 1. The Making of a Neurosurgeon [American University of...

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July 1, 2025

Women Who Shattered Wall Street's Glass Ceiling

The propulsive story of the women who sought, and gained, a piece of the action on Wall Street. 1. The Paulina Bren [Blog site] 2. Bernadette Bartels Murphy, Pioneering Wall Street Trader, Dies at 86 [New York Times] 3. Traci...

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June 25, 2025

Robots Redefine Affordable Grocery Delivery

By taking advantage of robotics as the new digital clerk, grocery brands can solve the most pressing issues they face today: tight margins, labor shortages and shifting customer expectations. 1. How robots are taking over war...

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June 18, 2025

Melting North: Arctic Climate Emergency Countdown

Arctic ice is melting even more rapidly than scientists previously believed. supporting links 1. Felicity Aston: Explorer-Author-Speaker [website] 2. What It's Like to Cross Antarctica Alone [Conde Nast Traveler] 3. Pole Of Cold: Felicity Aston - Extreme Challenge [YouTube] 4. Chasing Winter, A Jou…

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June 17, 2025

Greenpeace: A Movement at a Crossroads

Greenpeace, the legendary environmental group that fought to save the whales, now finds itself fighting for survival. Supporting links 1. Greenpeace [Wikipedia] 2. Greenpeace [USA website] 3. Greenpeace International [YouTube...

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June 11, 2025

Losing the Race, Winning the Lesson

Show notes What if crossing that finish line, no matter how far behind, wasn’t about winning at all? 1. Newcomb ball [Wikipedia] 2. New to Triathlon? Here’s Your Beginner Training Plan [Triathlete] 3. Triathlon [Wikipedia] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.c…

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June 4, 2025

Book Review From Rick’s Library: The White Darkness

Frozen Obsession: Henry Worsley’s Last Expedition, chasing Ernest Shackleton’s polar dream. supporting links 1. Henry Worsley (explorer) [Wikipedia] 2. Ernest Shackleton [Wikipedia] 3. The White Darkness [Amazon Books] 4. David Grann [Facebook] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https:/…

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June 3, 2025

Interview #15 Kendall Breitman- From Newsroom to Podcast Studio: Her …

Summary In this engaging conversation, host Rick Barron speaks with Kendall Breitman, a master storyteller and community manager at Riverside. They explore Kendall's journey from her early life in Pennsylvania to her impressive career in journalism, covering politics and presidential elections. Ken…

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May 28, 2025

Interview #14 David Simmons-The Call of the Ocean: A Journey of Reinv…

Summary: In this episode, Rick Barron interviews David Simmons, a former tech executive who transitioned to a sailing business in the Caribbean. David shares his journey from a tumultuous childhood in Mississippi to a fulfill...

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May 21, 2025

AI Tutors: Can Chatbots Revolutionize Education?

Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, thinks artificial intelligence could spark the greatest positive transformation education has ever seen 1. How AI could save (not destroy) education [TED] 2. The A.I. Chatbots Ha...

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May 20, 2025

Book Review From Rick’s Library: Raising Hare, a Memoir

Locked down in the English countryside during the COVID pandemic, writer Chloe Dalton found herself in an unlikely companionship—with a wild hare. supporting links 1. Raising Hare: A Memoir [Amazon] 2. Chloe Dalton [Blog site...

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May 14, 2025

Revolutionizing Medicine: A.I. in Drug Development

Text us your thoughts on the podcast The effects of AI in drug development are expected to dramatically reshape the entire healthcare industry. supporting links 1. Terray [company website] 2. Recursion Pharmaceuticals [company website] 3. Schrödinger [company website] 4. Isomorphic Labs[company web…

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May 7, 2025

Interview #13 Suzanne Junered – The Art of Storytelling

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Summary: In this engaging conversation, Rick Barron interviews novelist Suzanne Junered, exploring her journey from a career in nutrition to becoming a writer. Suzanne shares her passion for storytelling, the challenges she faced, and the importance of community…

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May 6, 2025

Interview #12 Shazmeen Bank – Healing Through Connection

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Summary: In this episode, host Rick Barron speaks with Shazmeen Bank, a relationship coach and host of the podcast 'Love Better.' They discuss Shazmeen's journey from becoming a young mother to her evolution into a relationship coach, emphasizing the importance …

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April 30, 2025

Europe’s Nuclear Future: Rely on U.S. or Not?

Text us your thoughts on the podcast The discussion of European nuclear autonomy represents a troubling inflection point in the post-Cold War order. It signals the potential unraveling of established security arrangements tha...

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April 23, 2025

Social Security’s Future: The Tax Change No One Wants to Discuss

Text us your thoughts on the podcast There’s a critical two-word issue that impacts millions of Americans. Social Security. The retirement program we all rely on is running out of time, and there’s a fix no one seems to want ...

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April 22, 2025

Lessons on Life from a Dying Doctor

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Learn how a doctor, facing the end of his life, chose to teach the most important subject of all: That the heart of medicine is about people, connection, and honoring every patient's human...

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April 16, 2025

Dementia Prevention Starts Now: Midlife Matters

Text us your thoughts on the podcast To help prevent elderly Dementia, adopting healthy habits, regardless of age, could yield significant dividends as individuals grow older. supporting links 1. Healthy habits help preserve ...

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April 9, 2025

Jamestown: DNA Solves Mystery of First English Settlement in America

Text us your thoughts on the podcast DNA analysis of human remains found at the site of a church built in 1608 in the colonial settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, suggest the men are kinsmen of the colony’s first governor, Tho...

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April 8, 2025

Interview #11 Julieta Duvall – Time Advocacy: No Commitments, Just Ex…

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Summary: In this episode, Rick Barron interviews Julieta Duvall, a time advocate who shares her journey of redefining time as a resource rather than a commodity. Julieta discusses her tran...

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April 2, 2025

Kyla Scanlon: Gen Z’s Economic Guru Adviser

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Kyla Scanlon is demystifying the most complicated things about economics, one TikTok video at a time. 1. Kyla Scanlon on Gen Z's Money Worries and Approach to Investing [YouTube] 2. Kyla S...

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March 26, 2025

Book Review From Rick’s Library: GENERATIONS

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Generations by Dr. Jean Twenge explores how the six generations living in the United States today, connect, conflict, and compete. supporting links 1. Gen Z Refuses to Grow Up | With Dr. J...

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March 25, 2025

Interview #10 Michael Ashford – The Art of Communication

Text us your thoughts on the podcast Summary: In this engaging conversation, Rick Barron and Michael Ashford explore the intricacies of communication, emphasizing the importance of curiosity and deeper questioning in fosterin...

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