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Chris Nowinski - Protecting Athletes from Head Injuries & Preventing CTE 27:28

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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…

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The Optimistic Curmudgeon is an interview podcast where Josh Herring interviews expert guests whose credentials and experience help listeners understand truth in a confusing world. We discuss issues under seven areas: economics, politics, education, philosophy, business, virtue, and leadership! May the best ideas win.

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The Re-Enchanting Inklings, with Dr. Josh Herring (8x1) 28:57

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Josh Herring introduces Season 8 of The Optimistic Curmudgeon as a themed season around the idea of re-enchantment as modeled by the Inklings. He argues that the most important move Conservatives can make in this moment, when the Right is ascendant, is to rediscover how to tell excellent stories. C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Owen Barfield remind us that through stories we rediscover the complexity of reality. Sponsor Links America's Christian Credit Union - https://americaschristiancu.com/personal/…

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The Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation - with James Orr (7x10 - season finale!) 1:14:41

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Dr. James Orr discusses his friendship with Sir Roger Scruton, his work with the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation, philosophy, and theology. It's a marvelous conversation that covers a breadth of topics. Enjoy! Topics of conversation include: - Islam and the West - The Face of God - Fighting Communists by teaching philosophy in Hungary - Scrutopia - CS Lewis, friendship, and The Four Loves - Architecture and "Building Better, Building Beautiful" - Wine, terroir, and place - The origin story of the Roger Scruton Legacy - The relationship between Sir Roger and practical politics - Performing Sir Roger's opera! - Scruton's ecology - JD Vance's VP debate - The impact of overturning CHEVRON on the EPA - Jordan Peterson winning the Scruton Prize - Is Jordan Peterson a conservative? Is he a Christian? Thoughts on He Who Wrestles with God? - How do function and essence relate in the perception of beauty? - Protestants and beautiful churches - Why have the Scruton lecture become the Oakeshott lectures? - Just how many books did Sir Roger write? Find James Orr on X at @jtworr . Check out the work of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation here: https://www.scruton.org/ Thank you to America's Christian Credit Union for sponsoring this episode! Be sure to check out their website here: https://americaschristiancu.com/every/…

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God and Science - with Spencer Klavan (7x9) 1:01:13

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Spencer Klavan of @YoungHereticsShow discusses his newest book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World. Does science actually support the idea of a godless universe? What happens to the universe when an intelligent mind is present? Why is a classicist writing a book about science? We get into all these questions, and a fun digression on theology, hermeneutics, and #evolution. Great conversation! Link to buy the book: https://shorturl.at/d7bNF…

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Choosing to Have Children and Defying the Birth Dearth - with Catherine Pakaluk (7x8) 1:19:16

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Dr. Catherine Pakaluk tells the story behind her book Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. The birth rate decline is not a result of policy changes, and cannot be fixed by policy. Dr. Pakaluk conducted a qualitative studying to discover why women choose to have large families. She describes her findings, and tells some of the stories from her research. There is a clear cost of having children, and the turning point for mothers came in seeing each child as a gift and being open to the gift of another child. This was a great conversation! This episode is sponsored by the Acton Institute and their podcast, Acton Line. Acton Line is a weekly interview podcast from the Acton Institute featuring a wide variety of guests whose work and expertise help to move us toward a free and virtuous society. From theology and philosophy to economics and law, church and state to business and culture. Acton Line brings the Acton Institute’s unique synthesis of piety and technique to every sphere of life. For engaging and illuminating conversations that connect good intentions with sound economics subscribe to Acton Line on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify or anywhere else you listen to fine podcasts. Links: Hannah's Children: https://shorturl.at/RfSKH The Acton Institute: https://www.acton.org/ Acton Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ufxTLt-Fs&list=PL2YhagjmWvB8HoOCzJ-tY-Y1CVqdC8wgn…

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America's Nuclear Future - with Emmet Penney (7x7) 1:04:22

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Emmet Penney discusses America's failing electrical power grid, the possibilities of a nationwide network of nuclear power plants, and the way those power plants would restore dignity to the American workforce. Penney has opinions on which nuclear model should be template - listen to find out! We also briefly discuss his journey out of the Democratic Party, and hopes for what a Trump administration can do. We recorded this well before the 2024 election. #nuclear #energy #politics #crisis #Electricity #TrumpAdministration This episode is sponsored by America's Christian Credit Union - check them out here: https://americaschristiancu.com/every/ Emmet's Substack: https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/ Follow Emmet on X here: https://x.com/nukebarbarian…

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Educational Entrepreneurship - With Bob Luddy (7x6) 37:19

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Bob Luddy, founder of Captiveaire, St. Thomas More Academy, Franklin Academy, Thales Academy, and Thales College, defines and discusses the "educational entrepreneur." He explains the role eduction plays in changing culture, the significance of finding the right people for leadership roles, and the value of persistence in building an organization. At the close of the episode, Bob explains why he wanted to found a college. Making entrepreneurs is in one sense impossible, but the conditions for entrepreneurship involve immersion in liberal education and vast experience in business. That's what Bob wants Thales College to be. #entrepreneur #reader #liberalarts #Business #college #highereducation #wisdom #virtue Links: https://www.thalescollege.org/ https://captiveaire.com/ Bob's autobiography, An Entrepreneurial Life - https://tinyurl.com/ywmyx3zz Bob's latest book, The Thales Way - https://tinyurl.com/mtnvbfhd…

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Money and the Deep State - Tyler O'Neil (7x5) 53:01

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Tyler O'Neil discusses his forthcoming book The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government . Covid policy, education, budget funding, the LGBTQ+ agenda, and teachers' unions that have broken American education - Tyler explains the many ways the deep state has corrupted the constitutional governance of America. Tracing the money forms quite the map, and is the key to seeing influence. #administrativeState #conservatism #DeepState #Education #LGBTQ+ #draintheswamp #Project2025 Pre-Order here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFVK74TZ/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk This episode is sponsored by America's Christian Credit Union - check them out here: https://americaschristiancu.com/every/…

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Transhumanism, P**n, Loneliness, and Big Tech - With Emily Jashinsky (7x4) 51:20

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Emily Jashinsky of Unherd discusses the unique challenges pornography and big tech pose to our culture; she suggests that the loneliness epidemic is directly connected to these problems. Transhumanism as a rejection of the natural goodness of the body fits directly into our cultural malaise. Join Emily and Josh for a great conversation about the problems facing the 21st century and the hope that remains! Emily hosts Undercurrents, which can be found here: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/…

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Forming the Moral Imagination - feat. Sean Hadley (7x3) 1:28:41

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Dr. Sean Hadley discusses the effects the key texts of literature have on the moral imagination: Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Dante's Divine Comedy, Spenser's Faerie Queene, Milton's Paradise Lose, Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle, The Song of Roland (Anon). Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Lewis's Till We Have Faces. Enjoy this discussion of the formative power great books have on the imagination! Sean's Substack - A Southern Knickerbocker - https://hadleyonfire.substack.com/ This episode is based on the following two Substack articles: https://hadleyonfire.substack.com/p/10-books-for-the-classical-imagination https://hadleyonfire.substack.com/p/10-books-for-the-classical-imagination-b4c We are grateful for the sponsorship for this episode provided by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Check out their website here: https://www.jamesgmartin.center/ The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal educates citizens and decision-makers to improve higher education. The Martin Center is dedicated to promoting knowledge over credentials, restoring genuine liberal learning, and ensuring that public investment in higher education provides value to students, taxpayers, and society. A recent report from the Martin Center explores Great Books programs across the country. This report is designed for students who desire a deep and broad understanding of the Great Works of Western civilization. It will direct them to almost 50 colleges and universities that offer a substantive education in “the best which has been thought and said.” These programs invite students to become participants in a centuries-long conversation that begins with Plato, Aristotle, and Homer and extends to Dante, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen. The report can be downloaded from the Martin Center’s website at go.jamesgmartin.center/GREATBOOKS or here: https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2023/04/preserving-the-canon-great-books-programs-at-americas-colleges-and-universities/…

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Ministry in a Hostile World - Urie Brito of the CREC (7x2) 57:49

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Ministry in the negative world is often difficult. Pastor Urie Brito explains his story of getting into ministry, why he loves the CREC (Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches), and details the argument of his latest book, The War of the Priesthood: An Exposition of the Armor of God. Towards the end of the episode, Uri explains why he is willing to go into overtly political spaces, and what role he sees pastors playing in shepherding their flocks through political seasons. With shoutouts to Meg Basham's Shepherds for Sale, National Conservatism, and New Saint Andrews College, this is a conversation you don't want to miss! Links: https://kuyperian.com/ https://drbrito.substack.com/ https://www.amazon.com/War-Priesthood-Exposition-Armor-God/dp/1956611053/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F1G8L1GG6A9Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TWyZnRucm4iTkcGaxE49DeDJe-nzptqCL2b1bhAACeA.tX2QE5DsVTG0FuCVCHs8HC3F-0Rg5jHqHJB9ZZvnMr0&dib_tag=se&keywords=war+of+the+priesthood+uri+brito&qid=1728404845&sprefix=the+war+of+the+priesthood+%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1 https://crechurches.org/…

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Beauty and Aesthetics: Mike Young (7x1) 1:05:15

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Dr. Michael Young discuss beauty, Roger Scruton, and aesthetics as a natural desire of the human soul. Our longing for beauty signifies our desire for something higher, something more meaningful to the human condition, than mere utility. We were made for more! This conversation was inspired by Roger Scruton's book Beauty: A Very Short Introduction. #beauty #aesthetics #philosophy #thegoodlife #moralimagination #rogerscruton #scruton…

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SECCE - Kristen Rudd: Stop Leaving your Students in Hell, or Read the Whole Comedia! 47:40

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At this SECCE breakout talk, Kristen Rudd argues that classical schools do their students a disservice when they only teach The Inferno . To really grasp Dante, students need to ascend through Purgatorio into Paradiso .

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SECCE - Marc Fusco: Shakespeare is Still the One 51:02

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At this SECCE breakout talk, Marc Fusco argues that Shakespeare is the best guide to understanding human nature. Classical schools ought to teach, read, and perform Shakespeare to help students understand the complexity of what it means to be human.

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SECCE - Jim Ranieri: Re-Enchant the World by Reading Tolkien 34:15

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In this SECCE breakout session, Jim Ranieri argues that the world stands in need of re-enchantment after the ravages of modernity. Tolkien's The Lord the Rings , read as a distinctly Catholic novel by Catholic teachers, has the potential to rightly re-enchant our minds and help us perceive the sacramental nature of reality.…

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SE Consortium: Jason Jewell - The Canon as an Antidote to Contemporary Rootlessness 42:59

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In this plenary address at the inaugural SE Consortium of Classical Educators conference at Thales College, Jason Jewell argues that our modern culture is marked by a rootlessness; the literary canon pushes against that rootlessness, encouraging us to find home through the pursuit of tradition, place, and things divine.…

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