Best The Curated Exposure Podcasts (2025)

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🔥The Ancient Element That's Revolutionizing Modern Technology 10:28

4h ago10:28

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Send us a text Please see episode substack for more insight. The oldest technology we know is reshaping our future at the nanoscale, hidden in plain sight You're surrounded by invisible nanotechnology right now. It's in the tires of your car. The bright white paint on your walls. The optical fibers bringing you this article. Even the mRNA vaccines …

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The Physics of Ancient Weaponry 12:54

5h ago12:54

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Send us a text Ancient weapon engineers—working without advanced mathematics, computers, or even basic calculus—created devices so effective they changed the course of history and embodied physical principles we still use today. They didn't need venture capital or TED talks. They needed results. Listen to this fascinating Heliox podcast episode on …

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🧩 The Silent Revolution: When AI Learns to Teach Itself 18:51

3h ago18:51

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Send us a text Continue with the substack for this episode. In the quiet corners of technological innovation, something profound is happening. It's not the loud, bombastic declarations of tech billionaires or the dystopian warnings of AI doomsayers. It's a subtle, almost imperceptible shift that could rewrite everything we understand about intellig…

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Fractals Connect Everything from Your Heartbeat to the Cosmos 22:38

3h ago22:38

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Send us a text The world is trying to tell us something. It's speaking a mathematical language that appears everywhere—in our bodies, in our art, in the way financial markets rise and fall, in the branching of trees and rivers. This language even shows up in our heartbeats and brain patterns. The language is fractals, and understanding it might be …

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🔔 The Freedom Trap: How Our Obsession with Being "Left Alone" Is Making Us Less Free 15:06

7h ago15:06

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Send us a text Please see episode substack to go deeper We've got freedom all wrong. For decades, Americans have embraced a dangerously narrow definition of liberty – one that Timothy Snyder, in his penetrating book "On Freedom," calls "negative freedom." It's the freedom from interference, from rules, from being told what to do. It's about being l…

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Neuroaesthetics: The Science of Why Art Moves Us 21:50

1d ago21:50

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Send us a text Have you ever stood before a painting and felt your breath catch? Or had goosebumps ripple across your skin during a musical crescendo? There's something almost magical about these moments—when art transcends being merely something we observe and becomes something we experience with our entire being. For centuries, we've attributed t…

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📔 The Hidden Secession: How 5,400 Economic Zones Are Reshaping the World Under Our Noses 25:48

2d ago25:48

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Send us a text Be sure to explore the episode substack The most significant shifts in history never trumpet their arrival. They happen quietly, gradually reshaping our reality while we're distracted by louder narratives. We're living through such a transformation right now, and most people haven't even noticed. Over 5,400 special economic zones now…

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The Science That's Bringing Back the Dead: Facial Reconstruction 23:27

3d ago23:27

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Send us a text It's not perfect. It never will be. But it's getting remarkably close. When Egyptian mummy portraits have been compared with facial reconstructions of the same individuals, the similarities are often striking. The science works, and it's improving every year as our reference databases grow and our technologies advance. But why does t…

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🧬 Your Gut Microbiome Census Is Lying To You: Why Regulation Matters More Than Population 19:10

4d ago19:10

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Send us a text See the corresponding substack essay and resources It's 2025, and we're still obsessed with gut microbiome tests that peddle false promises. They arrive in sleek packages with fancy charts showing the bacterial composition of your gut. They promise personalized insights and dietary recommendations. They claim to unlock the secrets of…

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Optics in the Renaissance Period: Leonardo's Integration of Science and Art 12:06

5d ago12:06

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Send us a text When we talk about Renaissance men, we're really talking about one man. Leonardo da Vinci didn't just paint the Mona Lisa. He wasn't just responsible for The Last Supper. He was investigating human anatomy with unprecedented precision. He was designing flying machines centuries before the Wright brothers. He was inventing optical dev…

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Laboratory Medicine Central to Tick-Borne Disease Response: Bill Morice, M.D., Ph.D. 13:40

5d ago13:40

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In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, to discuss tick-borne diseases. They cover: Different diseases patients can get from ticks. Disease prevention, including Dr. Pr…

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🐕 What Dogs Can Teach Us About Living a Meaningful Life: Wisdom from "The Word of Dog" 18:25

6d ago18:25

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Send us a text More in the corrisponding Substack post In a world obsessed with achievement and constant self-improvement, the secret to a meaningful life might be found in the most unexpected place—our canine companions. We're drowning in self-help books and productivity hacks. We've turned happiness into an achievement, something to be unlocked a…

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The Scent of Power: How Fragrance Has Shaped Human Society 24:37

8d ago24:37

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Send us a text I've been thinking about perfume lately. Not the kind they hawk at department store counters or in those glossy magazine inserts that give you an instant headache. I'm talking about the entire concept of fragrance — this invisible force that has shaped civilizations, economies, and human behavior for thousands of years. It's not friv…

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🏘️ Our Crumbling Foundation: Housing Crisis Solutions 23:38

9d ago23:38

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Send us a text Please see our related substack episode to go deeper For too long, we've pretended Canada's housing disaster is some force of nature—an unfortunate economic hiccup that happened to us rather than because of us. But let's cut through the noise: this crisis isn't an accident. It's the foreseeable outcome of policy choices, financial in…

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USA’s Global Games: The Rise of Latin America (Part 4) 10:58

13d ago10:58

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Send us a text Sometimes the most interesting stories hide in plain sight, buried beneath the daily outrage cycles and the breathless panic of breaking news. Here's one you probably missed: America's tariff wars, meant to "protect" domestic industries, are quietly reshaping Latin America's entire economic future—and possibly creating a more powerfu…

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World Happiness Report 2025: Happiness, Benevolence, and Social Connection 34:11

11d ago34:11

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Send us a text See the related substack page to go deeper into happiness Hear related original song We've been getting happiness all wrong. That's the disturbing conclusion I've reached after diving into the latest global research on well-being. While self-help gurus push manifestation techniques and corporate America hawks "wellness" products, the…

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A History of Timekeeping: Our Obsession With Time Is Both Ancient and Modern 31:36

12d ago31:36

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Send us a text Your phone buzzes. Another meeting reminder. A calendar notification. A timer for that thing you were cooking. If you're like most people, you experience dozens of these little time-related interruptions daily. We're practically swimming in them, these constant reminders that our modern lives are utterly, completely governed by preci…

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👕 Gardening Au Naturel WNGD: Social Good, NIR FIR Infrared Light, and Fashion 14:58

13d ago14:58

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Send us a text See more on our related substack page Hear related original song: Skin and Soil: An Infrared Symphony "A haunting meditation on what it means to truly inhabit one's body and place on earth... achingly beautiful in its simplicity." In a world obsessed with perfection, what if I told you that getting naked with strangers might be the a…

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A Covid-19 Beginner's Guide for 2025 24:06

14d ago24:06

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Send us a text It's 2025, and we're still pretending COVID is just another flu. You've probably noticed it by now. Friends who can't shake that lingering cough. Coworkers who are out sick more often than they're in the office. The endless cycle of "brutal colds" that seem to hit everyone harder and last longer than they used to. What if I told you …

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Are You in the Clearance Season of Your Life? Desire Doesn't Mean Deserve 17:49

14d ago17:49

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Send us a text 🛑 Are You in the Clearance Season of Your Life? You know… that season where things are being stripped away — relationships, jobs, routines, even beliefs that once felt permanent. Where it feels like you’re being reduced, repositioned, maybe even overlooked. Let me tell you — you’re not alone. Sometimes, what looks like loss is actual…

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Democracy's Silent Erosion: The Global Autocratic March 14:36

15d ago14:36

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Send us a text please see the substack for this episode Freedom doesn't disappear overnight. It erodes gradually, like a slow-moving mudslide that's barely perceptible until your foundation is already compromised. The findings from the V-Dem Institute's Democracy Report 2025 confirm what many of us have sensed intuitively: democracy worldwide isn't…

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Lion's Teeth Marks in British Graves: The Roman Empire's Brutal Entertainment Industry 26:01

16d ago26:01

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Send us a text Evidence hidden in bones tells a bloody story of Roman Britain that changes everything we thought we knew. When we think of Roman gladiator combat, our minds normally drift to the Colosseum in Rome, or perhaps to the sun-baked arenas of North Africa and the Mediterranean. Few of us picture lions stalking the misty shores of Britain. …

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Climate Change's Silent Threat: The Fungal Awakening 28:50

17d ago28:50

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Send us a text see the episode substack for more detail We're witnessing the quiet emergence of a global threat that could redefine public health in the coming decades. While the world fixates on flashy disaster headlines and political theater, a more insidious danger is evolving in the shadows of our warming planet—pathogenic fungi that are adapti…

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Re-Enchantment: Solitude and the Cost of Constant Hurry 9:01

18d ago9:01

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Send us a text O'Connell describes how his initial boredom in the wilderness—that uncomfortable confrontation with unfilled time—eventually dissolved into what he calls a "meditative stupor." It's precisely this transition that our constant digital engagement prevents. We've developed a pathological aversion to boredom. The moment we feel that twin…

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⚖️ Pinpointing Climate Damages to Corporate Emissions 14:54

22d ago14:54

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Send us a text see the substack for this episode to go deeper We've spent decades listening to fossil fuel companies talk about "shared responsibility" for climate change. They've perfected the art of diffusing blame – pointing fingers at consumer choices, technological limitations, and "market forces" while raking in record profits. But what if we…

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What are you chasing? Is it Worth It? I am done chasing. You can have it all! 21:22

23d ago21:22

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Send us a text Are You Chasing Something? By Tam L. A wise woman once told me, “Anything that’s running away from you is not for you.” That statement hit differently the more life happened to me. It’s easy to romanticize the chase—whether it’s money, love, career success, or validation. But let’s pause for a second: How many of us are out here chas…

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Revolutionary Technology Advances Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Bill Morice, M.D., Ph.D. 22:09

24d ago22:09

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In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, is joined by Russ Lebovitz, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Amprion. They discuss their strategic collaboration and the innovative SAAmplify™–αSYN (CSF) test. They covered: Details about how the cerebrospinal fluid biomarker …

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The Invisible Pandemic: What Science Is Finally Admitting About (Long) COVID 37:52

23d ago37:52

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Send us a text They told us it would be over in two weeks. They told us that once you recover, you're fine. They were wrong about all of it. Three years into this pandemic, we're finally getting clarity on what COVID actually does to our bodies long-term. The evidence is overwhelming, disturbing, and deliberately downplayed by those who want us to …

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Pay that Back: Ask Not! Why Trump's Rollback on Student Loan Debt? 11:15

20d ago11:15

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Send us a text Amidst the ongoing debate about student loan debt, the current administration is actively pursuing the repayment of outstanding balances, a move impacting some Trump voters who may have anticipated different economic policies. This intensified collection, utilizing the Department of Education, follows the rejection of broader forgive…

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The Languages We Speak Are Programming Our Minds 29:01

24d ago29:01

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Send us a text Go deeper with the substack for this episode The words we speak are more than just vehicles for communication — they're the hidden architecture of our thoughts. Except most of us never realize it. When you look at how different languages handle time, possibility, and events, you're not just studying grammar. You're examining the fund…

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The Net Zero Delusion: Why Corporate Climate Strategies Are Failing 13:42

25d ago13:42

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Send us a text The world of corporate climate commitments has become a strange paradox. Every day another Fortune 500 company announces their bold new net zero pledge. They roll out slick presentations full of gradient arrows pointing downward, glossy stock photos of solar panels, and earnest promises about their grandchildren's future. Yet the num…

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77. Compiling a Competitive Advantage Profile for an Advertising Campaign | Fashion Marketing Series, Part 4 18:59

23d ago18:59

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Episode 77. In this 5-part series, I will explore several components of an advertising campaign: Executive summary & Objectives Fashion company profile Target market Competitive advantage & Industry trends Advertising media Today's episode introduces the Competitive Advantage. ---------- RESOURCES 📚Student project - "Fashion Advertising Campaign Ye…

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🇨🇦 Beyond the Blindspots: Canada's Leaders Are Missing What Matters Most 16:17

26d ago16:17

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Send us a text More details on the episode substack The most important parts of the conversation are the ones nobody's having. If you watched Canada's 2025 federal leadership debate—or even just read the transcripts—you might think you've got a handle on what's at stake in this election. You'd be wrong. The truth? Our political leaders are playing …

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The Vanishing Men: Yours In Health But Not In Sickness 14:33

27d ago14:33

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Send us a text They stand at the altar, promising “in sickness and in health.” It’s a cornerstone of the vows, a seemingly unbreakable pact forged in the heat of emotion and the hopeful glow of the future. But what happens when sickness truly arrives, uninvited and relentless? What becomes of that promise, especially when it’s the woman who falls i…

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The Heliox Principle: Season Three Review - Where Evidence Meets Empathy in a Post-Truth World 15:18

28d ago15:18

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Send us a text See episode substack for categories, indexes, essay, mind maps & more. Heliox Season Three Review: Evidence Meets Empathy in a World of Big Ideas In this deep dive into Season Three of Heliox, we crack open the vault on 73 episodes that tackle everything from quantum biology to witch hunts to the collapse of our emotional connections…

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The Kids Are Not Alright: Reinfections' Lingering Shadows 18:07

29d ago18:07

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Send us a text They told us it was mild in children. A sniffle, a cough, a few days at home, and then back to normal. We clung to that narrative, a flimsy shield against the raging storm of a novel virus. But the whispers started, then grew louder: stories of persistent fatigue, of brain fog, of anxieties that clawed their way into young minds. Now…

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⚛️ The Quantum Secret Of Life : How Your Cells Outperform SuperComputers 19:01

30d ago19:01

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Send us a text See the episode substack to go deeper We venture deep into the intersection of quantum physics and biology to uncover a revolutionary possibility: that life itself operates as a quantum computing system of staggering capacity. Drawing from Philip Kurian's groundbreaking research on the computational power of living organisms, we expl…

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Witch Hunts Then & Now: True Origins & Myths 18:12

1M ago18:12

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Send us a text We think we know the story of the witch. Images flicker in our minds – cackling women around cauldrons, the fiery pyres of Salem, perhaps a pointy hat or two for good measure. But like so much of what passes for common knowledge, the truth is far more unsettling, more persistent, and speaks volumes about the fault lines in our own su…

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🧘 Beyond Words: Thought, Consciousness, and Buddhist Insight 20:30

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Send us a text See episode substack to go deeper Please Subscribe, Follow & Like Here's something that should shake you: every single thing you think you know about the world is filtered through language that predetermines what you can perceive. That's not new age philosophy or postmodern ramblings. It's a conclusion reached by both 2,500-year-old …

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Reflex Test Guides Precise Care for Arsenic Exposure: Paul Jannetto, Ph.D. 10:34

29d ago10:34

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Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' SPAS test identifies the form of arsenic present in patients with arsenic exposure. That information is important for determining the potential level of harm and for removing the patient from the arsenic source to ease symptoms and prevent cancer risk. Speaker 3: (00:33) Do you mind telli…

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U.S.A.'s Global Games: The Emerging Cold War with China (Part 3) 13:42

1M ago13:42

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Send us a text We’re so busy arguing about culture wars and who’s tweeting what that we’re missing the forest for the burning internet. While we’re distracted, a cold war is solidifying in Asia, and the script is being written by forces far bigger than any single election. It’s a story of fading empires, rising powers, and the stubborn human habit …

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🧠 Generalist Reward Modeling: Inference, Generation, and Scaling 15:10

1M ago15:10

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Send us a text See related Substack to go deeper. The episode unpacks the paper "Inference Time Scaling for Generalist Reward Modeling" from Deep Seek AI and Tsinghua University, revealing a critical innovation in AI development that's flying under most people's radar. Beyond the jargon lies a revolutionary concept: rather than just making AI model…

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U.S.A.'s Global Game: Europe's Escalating Challenges (Part 2) 24:32

1M ago24:32

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Send us a text The unthinkable is becoming probable. That's not hyperbole—it's a cold assessment of where we stand in 2025. For decades, we've assumed the transatlantic alliance was unbreakable. Like all comfortable assumptions, this one is about to be stress-tested beyond its breaking point. A second Trump presidency isn't just shifting American f…

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Thinking Without Words: The Silent Symphony of Thought We Never Knew We Had 22:19

1M ago22:19

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Send us a text See the substack for this episode The provided sources explore the nature of thought, language, and consciousness, contrasting immediate experience with symbolic representation. One perspective suggests thought precedes language, with consciousness acting as a superficial layer. Buddhist philosophy aligns with this by emphasizing min…

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U.S.A.'s Global Game: Spheres of Influence (Part 1) 12:43

1M ago12:43

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Send us a text Donald Trump, a figure who continues to bewilder and fascinate in equal measure, isn't retreating from the world stage. That much is becoming increasingly clear. Forget the whispers of American isolationism; what we're witnessing is something far more ambitious, and potentially far more dangerous: a determined effort to recast the ve…

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What Happens Next? Lab-Developed Test Rule Vacated: Bill Morice, M.D., Ph.D. 12:05

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In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, to discuss the recent court judgment on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) oversight of lab-developed tests (LDT). Th…

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The Iron Cage: How COVID Locks Away A Vital Resource and Creates Long-Haulers 24:25

1M ago24:25

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Send us a text see our related substack for more resources In this eye-opening episode of Heliox, we dive deep into groundbreaking research that may finally explain why some COVID survivors never fully recover. A landmark study published in Nature Immunology followed 214 individuals for a full year after infection, uncovering a previously overlooke…

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The Silent Crisis: How Male Stoicism Is Killing Relationships 21:26

1M ago21:26

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Send us a text Love isn't dead. It's just trapped behind a wall of stoicism. A review on relationship dynamics reveals something many women have suspected for decades: emotional unavailability isn't just annoying—it's relationship poison. The research is clear and damning. Relationships where men maintain emotional distance are 35-40% more likely t…

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Comprehensive Genetic Test Guides Prescribing of a Transplant Anti-Rejection Drug: Jessica Wright, Pharm.D., BCACP 15:20

1M ago15:20

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Jessica Wright, Pharm.D., BCACP, explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' 3A5Q test helps determine initial tacrolimus doses for individuals after non-liver organ transplants. Optimal tacrolimus levels are one of the important factors in survival of the transplanted organ. Speaker 3: (00:32) Could you provide us a with little bit about your backgroun…

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76. Segmenting a Target Market for Effective Advertising Campaign | Fashion Marketing Series, Part 3 19:31

1M ago19:31

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Episode 76. In this 5-part series, I will explore several components of an advertising campaign: Executive summary & Objectives Fashion company profile Target market Competitive advantage & Industry trends Advertising media Today's episode introduces the Target Market. ---------- RESOURCES 📚Student project - "Fashion Advertising Campaign Year-end P…

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