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The Matt Townsend Show

Matt Townsend specializes in energizing and involving audiences with his unique approach to building and maintaining successful relationships. Known as one of America"s top presenters in the field of Human Relations and Development, Matt blends humor and story telling with interactive, real-life solutions that motivate and inspire his listeners.

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45:49

How Kids Determine Authority, Parenting Kids' Sleep...

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/24

How Little Kids Figure Out Who’s in Charge Dr. Selin Gülgöz is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington in the Social Cognitive Development Lab. She received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Michigan, and is interested in how young children learn and reason about their social world. Whether you may think so or not, research shows that kids are paying attention and soaking up all the complexities of life as a social human. By 13 months, they have a

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46:34

Summer Recap

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/21

Making Summer Matter Heather Johnson, M.S., has been an adjunct faculty member at Brigham Young University for nearly 10 years. She is passionate about teaching students the principles behind successful families and the importance of families spending time together. Heather and Dr. Matt talk about low maintenance mothers. Heather and Dr. Townsend talk about how to make the most of the summer. Summer Skin Care Dr David Myers is graduate of Brigham Young University. His training includes medical

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45:43

Ways to Unplug When You're Short on Time

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/20

Ways To Unplug When You're Short On Time Paula Davis-Laack is is the Founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, a former practicing lawyer, an internationally-published writer, media contributor, and a stress and resilience expert. As part of her post-graduate training, she taught and trained resilience skills to more than 25,000 soldiers as part of the Army’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program. She is the author of “Addicted to Busy: Your Blueprint for Burnout

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45:44

Laws of Trust

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/19

Laws of Trust Joel Peterson is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways. He is on the faculty at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and has been since 1992. Peterson is the Founding Partner and Chairman of Peterson Partners, a Salt Lake City-based investment management firm. Joel Peterson shares insights from his book The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds That Make a Business

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52:09

The Rise of Global Authoritarianism

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/18

Rise of Global Authoritarianism Dr. Manu Bhagavan, a professor of History at Hunter College, The City University of New York. Blaming the world’s problems on a specific group of people is an easy solution to many of the challenges we see today. History has shown us that political leaders will sometimes use this tactic to gain power and keep it. Dr. Bhagavan explains the global shift towards authoritarianism.

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47:52

Regaining Weight after Dieting

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/17

Why so Many People Regain Weight after Dieting (6:31) Dr. Kenneth McLeod, Director of the Clinical Science and Engineering Research Laboratory at Binghamton University. His research interest are primarily in physiologic adaption, or how the body tissues adapt to the mechanical and electromagnetic forces to which they are exposed. The new year is just around the corner, and a common New Years Resolution is to work off those couple of extra pounds gained from Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. The

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94:13

Minority Suicides Undercounted, Childhood Emotional...

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/15

Minority Suicides Undercounted (11:23) Kimya N. Dennis, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal studies. She does multidisciplinary community outreach, teaching, research, and consulting to reach underserved populations and to address demographic and cultural variance in a range of social issues. How we approach mental health, we need to evaluate how we treat people from different ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations and gender identities. Not all treatments should be the

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103:29

Ways to Teach Your Kids About Work, Unsafe Thinking

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/13

Ways to Teach Your Kids About Work (18:01) Sabina Nawaz is a global CEO coach, leadership keynote speaker, and writer working in over 26 countries. She advises C-level executives in Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and academic organizations. Balancing work and family responsibilities is a juggling act that can be very stressful. How do you spend more time with your children, but still finish all your work obligations? Sabina Nawaz shares her ideas about teaching work

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98:27

Why We're Wrong About the World, Principles of...

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/12

Why We're Wrong About the World (14:36) Anna Rosling Rönnlund is the co-founder of Gapminder, a program designed to promote a fact-based worldview everyone can understand. She also developed Dollar Street. She spoke on Dollar Street in her TED talk in 2017. Anna is the co-writer of "Factfulness" and a mom of three. When asked simple questions about global trends like, ‘what percentage of the world’s population lives in poverty,’ ‘why is the world’s population increasing,’ or ‘how many girls finish

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102:26

US Child Care & Maternity Leave, How to Volunteer

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/11

US Child Care and Maternity Leave (17:09) Joya Misra, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts. Her research and teaching primarily focus on social inequality, including inequalities by gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and educational level. Nearly 1 in 4 children in the U.S. are in single-parent households, and in the majority of two-parent households both parents are working, yet childcare is generally unaffordable and paid leave is not available

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98:51

Benefits of Daydreaming, Leadership at Home

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/10

Benefits of Daydreaming (9:26) Josh Davis, Ph.D., is Director of Research and Lead Professor for the, a coach, and member of the training staff of the NLP Center of New York. Do you have favorite daydreams? As a kid it may have been your pirating adventures on the high seas. Today you might just daydream about taking a family vacation. Or maybe just a nap. Usually daydreaming is discouraged, but our guest today, Dr. Josh Davis, argues that daydreaming has its benefits. Dr. Davis is the author of

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92:52

Money and Marriage, What do Customers Want?

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/06

Prevent Money from Ruining Your Marriage (10:42) Matt Bell is a full-time personal finance writer and speaker, serving as Managing Editor at Sound Mind Investing while speaking at churches, universities, and other venues throughout the country. The holiday season is a great time to reconnect with family and friends, but can also be a stressful one, especially for married couples. It’s no secret that fighting about money puts a huge strain on a relationship. In fact, money issues are so troublesome

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92:36

Unsolicited Advice, Violent Extremism and Moms

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/05

Why Unsolicited Advice Can Ruin Relationships (13:39) Richard Joelson, Ph.D., has been a clinical social work psychotherapist, educator, and administrator for 46 years. He has practiced social work in various places including Liberia, and has his own private practice in New York. It can be tempting to want to fix everyone’s problems and immediately go into psychoanalyst mode to figure out how you can help them. But sometimes, even with the best intentions, giving advice can do more harm than good

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93:29

Poverty Spotlight, Economics & Theology

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/04

Poverty Stoplight (12:37) Jeff Sheets is currently the Director of the Laycock Center for Creativity and Collaboration here at Brigham Young University. He excels in creating powerful brand touch points through memorable and impactful brand to consumer communication. With more than 3 billion people, half of the world’s population living in poverty and over 1/3 of them living on less than $1.25 a day, poverty is one of the world’s top social-economical concerns. The United States is attributed

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94:05

Magicly Implanted Thoughts, Woodpeckers and Football

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/09/03

Magicly Implanted Thoughts (12:47) Jay Olson is a graduate student in psychiatry at McGill University. Olson’s latest study looks at the way contextual factors influence the decisions people make. Jay Olson uses magic tricks to see what choices people will make when faced with difficult decisions. How Woodpeckers Will Save Football (1:03:37) Dr. David Smith has been practicing medicine for 27 years and has spent the last 9 years studying Traumatic Brain injuries. He is a Visiting Research

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143:15

Timeless Habits, Attractiveness Psychology, Screen...

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/08/31

Timeless Habits That Will Change Your Life (15:36) Marcel Schwantes is the founder of Leadership From the Core, a leading provider of servant-leadership development, training, and coaching dedicated to growing exceptional leaders and healthy work cultures. He is an executive coach, leadership trainer, entrepreneur, columnist, speaker, thinker, husband, and father. We live in a constantly changing world. The only constant we do have is that we can always expect trial and hardship to come, but it

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92:58

How to Kill Email Anxiety, Invention of Dating

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/08/30

Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety (14:38) Jocelyn K. Glei is a writer who’s obsessed with how we can find more creativity and meaning in our daily work. Her latest book called Unsubscribe, a modern guide to killing email anxiety, avoiding distraction, and getting real work done. The average person checks their email 11 times per hour, processes 122 messages a day, and spends 28 percent of their total work week managing their inbox. What was once a powerful and essential tool for doing our

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92:53

Are GMO's Safe, Laziness as Intelligence

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/08/29

Are GMO's Safe? (14:08) Fred Gould, Ph.D., is a University Professor of Entomology and Co-Director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center of North Carolina State University. GMO, or genetically modified organisms, help grow hybrid crops to decrease the chance of crop failure and increase the yield of produce. Many parents are concerned with this seemingly “unnatural” type of food. Are GMO crops actually unsafe to eat? Dr. Gould explains. Being Lazy is a Sign of High Intelligence

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92:11

The Psychology of Baby Names, Kids & Digital Media

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/08/28

The Psychology of Baby Names (15:49) Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D., is currently a professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of over 160 refereed articles and book chapters and 16 books. Dr. Whitbourne explains the impact a name can have on a person's life and different factors to keep in mind when choosing a name for a child. How should we teach our kids to use digital media? (57:13) Dr. Jenny Radesky is an assistant professor of

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93:08

Strong Mothers Strong Sons, Foster Care Crisis

The Matt Townsend Show ·

2018/08/27

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men (10:43) Meg Meeker, Ph.D.'s popularity as a speaker on key issues confronting American families has created a strong following across the nation and around the world. She serves as the co-host for Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk radio show, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, certified by The American Board of Pediatrics, and serves on the Advisory Board of The Medical Institute. Dr. Meg Meeker, author of the

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