Podcast #211: Old Ways Die Hard!

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! YES IT IS MONDAY! LOL! I trust you are healthy and not totally confused on what day it is! Thank you again for being here, listening and sharing this podcast.  I’m doing…

Inoculation

Can we protect ourselves from future outbreaks? COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic, and likely not the last. This hour, TED speakers share lessons from past pandemics and what they mean for our future. Guests on the show include science journalist Laura Spinney, anthropologist Heidi Larson, ecologist and animal-borne disease researcher Daniel Streicker, and physician economist … Read more

Podcast #210: Time To Accept It!

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! I hope this podcast finds you healthy!!! I’m sure many of you are like me: stir crazy, bored and on a roller coaster of emotions… daily and sometimes hourly! I have…

Teaching For Better Humans 2.0

More than test scores or good grades—what do kids need for the future? This hour, TED speakers explore how to help children grow into better humans, both during and after this time of crisis. Guests include educators Richard Culatta and Liz Kleinrock, psychologist Thomas Curran, and writer Jacqueline Woodson.

Podcast #209: NOW! Is the Time!

HAPPY MONDAY “Quarantined” MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! As always, thank you for listening and sharing this podcast with others. Yet another crazy-ass week behind us! How are you doing? If you’re an extrovert like…

Uncharted

There’s so much we’ve yet to explore—from outer space to the deep ocean to our own brains. This hour, Manoush goes on a journey through those uncharted places, led by TED Science Curator David Biello.

Podcast #208: Time to PIVOT!

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses. WOW! Is it crazy! Surreal is more like it. Last week was full of emotion, at least for me! I hope you are all healthy and learning a bit more about what it’s like to be…

IRL Online

Our online lives are now entirely interwoven with our real lives. But the laws that govern real life don’t apply online. This hour, TED speakers explore rules to navigate this vast virtual space. Guests include Edward Snowden, misinformation expert Claire Wardle, sociologist Zeynep Tufekci, EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, and social psychologist Adam Alter.

From Manoush: The Opportunity Of Boredom

With many of us stuck at home right now, it’s natural to feel bored and listless. But our new host Manoush Zomorodi is kind of an expert in boredom – she wrote a book and gave a TED Talk on the topic – and she says it doesn’t have to be so bad. In 2018, … Read more

Podcast #207: What’s The RESULT of All Of This?

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back and thanks for listening and sharing this podcast with others. Hopefully you are healthy and have toilet paper!  The were about Simon Sinek’s book that I recently finished “Start With WHY”. Two weeks ago, I…