On: Sauna Use for the Prevention of Cardiovascular & Alzheimer’s Disease Episode: N/A Date: June 2017 Key Subjects: See Sauna write-up Sauna sweet spot is 20 minutes minimum, 79 degrees Celsius (174F). Benefits of sauna: Lowers risk of CVD: Lower
On: performance and longevity paradox of IGF-1, ketogenic diets and genetics, health benefits of sauna, NAD+ Episode: 2 Date: July 2018 Key Subjects: Importance of concept of cycling: For instance,growth factor (IGF-1) has benefits when it high and when it
On: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative . Episode: N/A Date: July 2019 Background: Physician and author. Key Subjects: Appreciate the complexity of medical care. Challenges of finding reliable evidence to support medical interventions. Inherent uncertainty surrounding outcomes. Many
On: Growth, Cities, and the State of Economics. Episode: N/A Date: April 2019 Background: Nobel Laureate, professor at New York University. Key Subjects: The difference between objects and ideas: Objects: External world in economics usually characterized by objects, endowments. People
On: Birth, Natural Parenting, and Push Back. Episode: N/A Date: April 2019 Background: Obstetrician gynecologist and author of “Push Back”. Key Subjects: Tuteur argues that natural parenting (the encouragement to women to give birth without epidurals or caesarians and to
On: The Mystery of the Kibbutz. Episode: N/A Date: October 2018 Background: Author of “The Mystery of the Kibbutz”. Key Subjects: The evolution of the kibbutz (communal farm) movement in Israel. Issues that need to be addressed in order for
On: Tribe. Episode: N/A Date: December 2018 Background: Journalist, author of “Tribe“. Key Subjects: Humans need to be needed: Autonomy / control. Respect. Good relations with their community. Self-interest versus social animal: The worse the circumstances, the more your survival
On: Innovation and Scientific Progress. Episode: N/A Date: January 2019 Background: Co-founder and CEO of Stripe, internet payment and services company. Key Subjects: Increase in scientific knowledge may be one of the most important drivers of long term progress. Number
On: Crony Capitalism. Episode: N/A Date: February 2019 Background: Philosophy at Duke University, article “The Road to Crony Capitalism”. Key Subjects: Is capitalism inherently unstable as it leads inevitably to crony capitalism. How to prevent the descent into cronyism. Hayek’s
On: The Suicide of the West. Episode: N/A Date: April 2018 Background: Columnist and author of The Suicide of the West. Key Subjects: Capitalism and democracy are at risk in the current contentious political environment. We take for granted “the