Best Lucas A. Klein Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 191: SJ Klein 1:24:36

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🕑 1 hour 25 minutes Samuel J. "SJ" Klein is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He co-founded the Knowledge Futures project, served as director of content for One Laptop Per Child, and was on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2015. Links for some of the topics discussed: Berkm…

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S3E12 Navigating Narcolepsy with Lucas and Kathy: Insights from Canada 57:14

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Leave a review! In this episode of Narcolepsy Navigators, hosted by Kerry Bwoga, the founder of Naps for Life, CIC, we sit down with 11-year-old Lucas and his mother Kathy from Toronto, Canada. Lucas shares his experiences living with Type 1 narcolepsy, detailing his daily struggles with sleepiness, cataplexy, and how he manages to stay active. Kat…

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Charlie Kirk Assassination with Fmr Fed Prosecutor Hank Kopel 57:38

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May the reasonable sow seeds of cohesion in this society. Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk. Charlie's assassination marks a flashpoint in American culture. I am talking today with former federal prosecutor and author Hank Kopel. I needed to speak with someone I trusted to be both descent and analytical. There is nobody better than Hank at a time like th…

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FGB 97: Ella Hansen 1:02:01

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Ella Hansen, accompanied by Chandler Fry's dog Ollie on the bagpipes, rejoins the Brah-dcast to talk about how she might implement a coach, drawing from other experiences and examples of coaches in other sports. We talk about mechanical and emotional aspects this could influence, and come up with more tasks we're desperate to offload to a logistici…

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S3E11 Navigating Narcolepsy in Namibia Josephine's Journey 51:28

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Leave a review! In this episode of Narcolepsy Navigators, hosts Kerly Bwoga and Liz are joined by Josephine Niipinge from Namibia, who shares her experience of living with narcolepsy with cataplexy. Diagnosed at the young age of 13, Josephine discusses the challenges she faced due to perceptions of witchcraft and lack of awareness about her conditi…

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FGB 96: Zach Melton 1:02:29

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Zach Melton, who was viciously attacked during our taping by Raven Klein (with a pickle) and Albert Tamm (with a Nerf gun), cries deeply about the Baseball Hall of Fame, to the point of maybe threatening willful property destruction. We talk about who, what, when, where, and also maybe why and how we are in disc golf, and Zach describes how he's co…

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Episode 190: Thomas Chin 1:33:12

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🕑 1 hour 34 minutes Thomas Chin is a software engineer in the Data Platform Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Links for some of the topics discussed: Tea Time with Thomas & Ty podcast Wikimedia Foundation Data Engineering Team Thomas Chin user page on mediawiki.org Dependency injection in MediaWiki code (provided by the MediaWikiService…

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FGB 95: Connor O'Reilly 1:05:08

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Connor O'Reilly, who might not personally admit to being the avenger with a Sharpie correcting hole distances on DGPT tee signs, logs on to talk about tour standards, rule interpretations, and bonsai. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with people in disc golf, who don’t always have to talk about disc golf. When there’s no define…

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S3E10: Fred: Finding Freedom & Life on the Road with Narcolepsy 1:02:06

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Leave a review! This week on Narcolepsy Navigators, Kerly sits down with Fred to explore what it truly means to live with narcolepsy while navigating identity, stigma, and self-acceptance. Fred opens up about the diagnosis journey, the challenges of being misunderstood, and how to balance vulnerability with strength. From redefining what “disabled”…

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FGB 94: Holyn Handley 1:01:19

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Holyn Handley teaches us how to be a potato, explores the game theory exercise of how and when to practice various skills, and how she's intentionally keeping a "winning culture" of people and routines. Test your knowledge of background noises by distinguishing the generator powering a bathroom trailer from trucks driving by from planes taking off …

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Episode 189: BTB Digest 30 27:45

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🕑 28 minutes A new BTB Digest! Cindy Cicalese is surprised about the popularity of her PluggableAuth extension, Luca Mauri extols the benefits of Federation, Edward Chernenko laments the difficulties in running a humor wiki, Marijn van Wezel discusses GDPR compliance, Markus Glaser offers a solution for collaborative editing in MediaWiki, and more!…

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Heat, Coffee, and American Realignment Reflections 14:04

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www.realclearpodcast.comBy Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D.

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FGB 93: Dick Parker of GRIPeq 1:08:00

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Dick Parker, the traveling salesman of GRIPeq, sits down with Fish and we essentially have the conversation we'd have if the mics weren't on. We both do several voices or accents, riff on movies we love, plumb the depths of Dick's childhood/young adulthood hobbies that he somehow escaped and/or overcame to become a relatively successful adult, and …

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S3E9 Soheila’s Story: Breaking the Narcolepsy Silence in France 51:40

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Leave a review! In this inspiring episode of Narcolepsy Navigators, we sit down with Soheila, a 22-year-old from the north of France, to explore what it’s like growing up with narcolepsy. Diagnosed after years of symptoms and medical misunderstandings, Soheila shares her journey from confusion and isolation to self-acceptance and advocacy. She open…

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FGB 92: Harry Chace 53:22

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Harry Chace, Rhode Island's finest, extols the virtues of regional events, describes how he dipped a toe into Elite Series events in 2023 but then took 2024 off on purpose to get better, made a winter salad, and doesn't take the bait to completely clown on his friend group, even though at the very moment of recording they were probably making fun o…

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Episode 188: Wojciech Pędzich 55:43

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🕑 56 minutes Wojciech Pędzich (roughly pronounced "VOY-chek PEND-zhik") is a longtime Wikimedia volunteer, having served as an administrator on the Polish Wikipedia, a Wikimedia Steward, a member of the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee, a board member of Wikimedia Polska, an organizer of the Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) meeting, and a…

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S3E8 Gina: Narcolepsy Through a Parent’s Eyes 43:24

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Leave a review! When Gina’s six-year-old son began showing unusual sleepiness, tantrums, and sudden collapses, she never imagined it would lead to a diagnosis of narcolepsy with cataplexy. In this heartfelt and insightful conversation, Gina shares the highs and lows of navigating a rare sleep disorder as a parent and caregiver. From the emotional r…

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Episode 187: Dan Andreescu 1:32:26

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🕑 1 hour 33 minutes Dan Andreescu (user name Milimetric) is a staff software engineer in the Data Platform Engineering team, and an interim manager in the Experiment Platform team, both in The Wikimedia Foundation. Links for some of the topics discussed: Data Platform Engineering Team Experiment Platform Team Wikimedia Statistics (Wikistats) Wikime…

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FGB 91: Lucas Oberholtzer Hess & Jesse Longenecker 1:03:34

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Lucas Oberholtzer Hess and Jesse Longenecker log on and Fish hollers about uncontrollables. We determine (later) that a 2019 Impreza has 1310 L of volume with the seats down, while a 2008 Prius has a mere 1210 L of comparable volume. Jesse walks through his approach to Winthrop in the process to his 2025 College Disc Golf championship, and how he m…

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S3E7 Hustling with Narcolepsy: Hugh’s Freelance Path 53:12

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Leave a review! What if managing a condition could open new doors and redefine your career path? Meet Hugh, a talented video technologist from Plymouth, UK who has navigated the unpredictable waters of narcolepsy while making waves in the live entertainment industry. From working on big rock concerts to contributing to cutting-edge virtual producti…

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Episode 186: Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser 2:06:00

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🕑 2 hours 6 minutes Richard Heigl and Markus Glaser (pictured, left to right) are two of the three founders and heads of the German consulting Hallo Welt!, along with Anja Ebersbach. Hallo Welt! is best known for producing the MediaWiki-based software BlueSpice. Links for some of the topics discussed: BlueSpice BlueSpice 5.0 announcement, April 202…

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FGB 90: Chandler Fry 1:11:36

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Chandler Fry, who's not retired, but is sort of retired, recently became Michigan's newest most dangerous local pro. We talk about his history of touring full-time as a professional disc golfer, how it became clear in 2024 that it was time to switch gears, what he's doing now for Discraft, and how sponsors and the Pro Tour might better value and su…

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FGB 89: Raven Klein on Sad Tour Meals 47:37

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Raven Klein, who maybe should have tupperware and propane sponsorships, re-joins the show to help categorize "Sad Tour Meals" and share some of their worst meals while on the road. Raven and Fish tell some bad jokes, alley-oop a joke opportunity to a bungling Ella Hansen, and yes, Fish went on another bad date. Support Raven Klein's food and graphi…

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Pt. 4. Todd Hayen, Ph.D. on the State of Psychotherapy 52:40

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This is the fourth part of a six episode series on mental health and the decaying field of psychotherapy in America and in the western world. Todd Hayen, Ph.D. is a Canadian psychotherapist, also the author of Shrew Views and of his own podcast, both linked below. He also has a new book. Check his substack for more information. This episode is avai…

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S3E6 - Rebecca's Resilience: Navigating Life with Narcolepsy and ADHD 42:37

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Leave a review! In this eye-opening episode, we meet Rebecca from North Carolina, who shares her deeply personal and powerful experience living with narcolepsy type 1, cataplexy, ADHD, and a rare condition called gluten ataxia. From the moment she describes sleep attacks hitting like an unstoppable sneeze to navigating misunderstood conditions whil…

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Episode 185: Marijn van Wezel 54:51

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🕑 55 minutes Marijn van Wezel is a part-time developer at the MediaWiki consulting company Wikibase Solutions. He is also working on a master's degree in computer science at Radboud University Nijmegen. Links for some of the topics discussed: Marijn's user page on mediawiki.org Wikibase Solutions WSSlots MediaWiki extension CookieConsent MediaWiki …

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FGB 88: Silas Schultz 55:27

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Silas Schultz, peering out from a hat older than he is, joins the Fish Golf Brah-dcast to talk about his filming and editing aesthetic preferences, how sometimes the art of practicing throwing is more fun than competing, and how he and Fish drastically differ in their bag construction. The Fish Golf Brah-dcast is a series of conversations with peop…

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Pt. 3. The Perverse State of Psychotherapy: Jaco van Zyl 1:03:57

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Join Dr. Klein for the third installation of the series on the decaying field of psychotherapy in America and the western world. Jaco van Zyl is a psychoanalytic psychologist who grew up in South Africa and who now resides and practices in Ireland. Find his work below: https://criticaltherapyantidote.org/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080…

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FGB 87: Dr. Disc Golf, Jarod Paul 50:27

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Mild-mannered Jarod Paul becomes Dr. Disc Golf when he eats enough Greek yogurt with protein powder, and while he's not known to fight crime under that identity, he does help disc golfers with training plans and injury rehab. Jarod and Fish talk about how he individualizes workouts, talks through patients' symptoms and pathologies, and the ways he'…

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Pt.2. Dr. Mark McDonald: Narcissism & the General Downfall of American Psychotherapy 36:35

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Join me for this a continued multi-part series on the deterioration of the mental health field from the perspective of the professionals in the trenches. Psychotherapy has veered for many decades into reinforcing pathological narcissism and has been a handmaiden of diminishing functioning in the new generations. Become a Real Clear Member and liste…

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FGB 86: Ali Smith on Statistics in Disc Golf 47:42

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Ali Smith joins the show to discuss the current limitations of information being gathered in disc golf, and being presented as authoritative statistics. We talk about descriptive and prescriptive ways that player and course statistics could be used to improve broadcasts, player preparation, and course design. Ali also drafts three players for a kab…

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FGB 85: Fish Solo on PDGA Board Elections and Playing Through a Slump 43:43

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After a little break from posting, Fish logs on to talk about the difficulties of playing through a slump, how design projects are helping him regain the enthusiasm to play, laboriously slogs through a baseball analogy, and why that means he hasn't posted an FGB episode in nearly two months. In the second block, a description of attributes Fish wou…

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S3E5 Lisa's Story: From Falling Asleep at Work to Entrepreneur 47:57

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Leave a review! In this heartfelt episode of Narcolepsy Navigators, Kerly sits down with Lisa Isaac, an inspiring woman living with narcolepsy type 1 and cataplexy in New Zealand. From her days as a sporty teenager needing frequent naps, to being misdiagnosed with epilepsy, Lisa shares her winding journey to an accurate diagnosis — and how she fina…

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Episode 184: Edward Chernenko 49:44

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🕑 50 minutes Edward Chernenko is a software developer, with extensive experience in MediaWiki development and consulting. He is also the administrator of Absurdopedia, a Russian-language humor wiki that is part of the loosely-affiliated Uncyclopedia family. Links for some of the topics discussed: Абсурдопедия (Absurdopedia) Uncyclopedia Edward Cher…