Host Luke Barrett travels to John Crawfords wood shop to talk with him about Lookouts, Lewis and Clark, the many books he's written, and building lookout towers. To contact John about his books, email him at Lookoutjohn51@gmail.com

Today's episode explores the role of inhibitory neurons & the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) gene in shaping the Autistic phenotype, focusing on the excitation-inhibition imbalance that drives sensory hypersensitivity and cognitive challenges. Through a neuroscience lens, the episode connects these mechanisms to heightened gamma activity.Ben Ari Episode https://youtu.be/jo-ffwF9u0YParvalbumin Interneurons episode https://youtu.be/PBHVssvoQkM?si=t8WYGlcHcv7WiE-TVisual Thinking Part 1

در این گفت‌وگو از پادکست هشیوار، با آقای پوریا حسن‌زاده فعال اجتماعی و حقوق حیوانات و مروج کیاهخواری در شبکه های اجتماعی درباره‌ی اخلاق، رنج حیوانات، و مسئولیت انسان در برابر گونه‌های دیگر صحبت کردیم از پوریا درباره سفر خودش از گوشتخواری به وگانیسم پرسبدم. این بحث بر پایه‌ دیدگاه‌های فیلسوف معاصر پیتر سینگر در کتاب Animal Liberation Now شکل گرفته است. سینگر، از برجسته‌ترین چهره‌های فلسفه‌ی اخلاق فایده‌گرایانه (Utilitarianism)، معتقد است: • ملاک اخلاقی نه گونه‌ی زیستی، بلکه توانایی رنج...

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and former Wall Street Journal publisher Karen Elliott House, author of the new book The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia, talks to Adam Lowenstein about how Saudi Arabia has changed under the crown prince; whether MBS’s gamble on economic and social freedoms alongside civil and political repression is politically—or environmentally—sustainable; how Saudi Arabia’s oil and petrochemical industries serve its geopolitical

Today, the Safari heads to Phoenix to welcome The Phoenix Zoo to the Rossifari Family! We talk to Bradley Lawrence, one of the curators of the zoo, about herps, horses, and so much more! We also welcome back a previous guest from multiple episodes, Natali Berry, who serves as a co-host of sorts because she is Bradley's wife! EPISODE LINKS: @phoenixzoo phoenixzoo.org ROSSIFARI LINKS: rossifari.com @rossifari @rossifaripod Patreon.com/rossifari to...

Everything in our lives is related to sex, in one way or another. So says Carin Bondar, one of today's guests. Bondar, a biologist, author, and philosopher who teaches at the University of the Fraser Valley, is proud to be known as an animal sex biologist. She's joined by Nathan Lents, professor of biology at John Jay College of Criminial Justice at the City University of New York. His latest book is The Sexual Evolution: A Provocative Look at Sexual Behavior ." Along with host Mat Kaplan, Bondar

It started with a date we all remember for other reasons — June 26, 2009 — the night Anna stumbled onto a secret that would haunt her for years. While borrowing her best friend’s laptop, Anna discovered a mysterious folder labeled “Him.” Inside were two documents — personal journal entries describing eerie encounters with a dark figure who appeared at night and whispered through dreams. She brushed it off as fiction… until she met Him herself. It began with a black silhouette between two houses

Some houses are dark even in daylight. For Jennifer, her childhood home wasn’t just old — it was alive. Built over a century ago in Pennsylvania, the family home carried generations of tragedy, loss, and suffering. Jennifer remembers the nights filled with unseen footsteps climbing the stairs, the paralysis that gripped her as strange sounds echoed in her room, and the constant dread of being alone after dark. She grew up believing maybe it was all in her head. Until her brother proved it

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! For Scott Allan, discovering his psychic and mediumship abilities wasn’t a gift — it was a nightmare. What began as faint whispers in the dark soon grew into relentless disembodied voices, shadowy encounters, and a sense that reality itself was slipping away. It was the kind of haunting that might have driven most people to madness. But instead of breaking, Scott began to understand: these weren’t hallucinations — they were spirits, desperate to be heard

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Sometimes you go searching for the dead… and sometimes, they come searching for you. Alex Matsuo, author, paranormal investigator, and host, has spent her life bridging the living and the spirit world — not by choice, but by circumstance. After a near-death experience that changed her forever, Alex began to notice something strange: the spirits started finding her. Whether on investigations or in her daily life, unexplained encounters seemed to follow, each

Join Shayn & Orin with special guest Jennie for The Bizarre Reality Halloween Special 2025 as we discuss The Legend of Stingy Jack, Devil's Night Detroit, Disney's Haunted Mansion, & Horror Movie's Real Life Inspiration. All that and more on this spooky Halloween episode! Do us a favor and like, follow, share, & leave a review! We appreciate it!..Clips/Articles (In Order).Stingy Jackhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingy_Jack.Disney's Haunted

In Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare (MIT Press, 2024), Dr. Nora Kenworthy presents an eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd.Over the past decade, charitable crowdfunding has exploded in popularity across the globe. Sites such as GoFundMe, which now boasts a “global community of over 100 million” users, have transformed the ways we seek and

For more than 60 years, the United States has trained fewer physicians than it needs, relying instead on the economically expedient option of soliciting immigrant physicians trained at the expense of other countries. The passage of the Hart–Celler Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 expedited the entry of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) from postcolonial South Asia and sent them to provide care in shortage areas throughout the United States. Although this arrangement was conceived as temporary,

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. Spook-E Season is back! All throughout October, we pick monsters from myth and media and speculate how they – or something like them – could evolve here on Earth, pulling inspiration from real-world species across our planet’s history. This year’s theme is Monsters of Nintendo! This episode, we take the hunt across the stars. What biological explanation can we find for jellyfish-shaped parasites with a complex and terrifying life cycle? Our creatures to create

In this episode, we’ll be exploring the work of Dr. Jaswant Guzder, an internationally renowned transcultural psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and visual artist. Our conversation will touch on her work at the intersection of child psychiatry, culture, and community-based mental health, drawing from her leadership roles in Montreal and Victoria, as well as her research and teaching projects in Jamaica and India. We’ll also reflect on how her South Asian heritage, artistic practice, and decades of ...

In this episode, we explore the tension between the fast-paced, task-driven nature of social work and the deeper need for presence, reflection, and meaning. Rhian Taylor shares insights from her recent blog on why it’s so hard for practitioners to stop—and how doing so can radically improve our wellbeing and the quality of our practice. We talk about: The systemic pressures that reward constant “doing”The emotional and professional cost of never stoppingHow rest, reflection, and inner a...

In this episode, we’ll be delving into the work of Professor Jennifer Cleland, a global leader whose work continues to challenge and expand the boundaries of healthcare education. Her work crosses boundaries in numerous ways, across fields (Health Economics, Medical Statistics, Language and Linguistics and Business), methodologies (big data sets and qualitative), institutions (government, universities), etc. Learn more about Dr. Thirusha Naidu https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-medicine/directory...

In this episode Jonathan has a conversation with Helen Nyul, former Head of Biodiversity at Barratt Redrow, who recently transitioned to a new role at the nature tech startup, Verna. Helen shares her career journey, the impact of nature-rich housing developments, and the essential role of biodiversity in business and the economy. We discuss successful projects like Kingsbrook and the value of biodiversity action plans. Don't miss the engaging stories and practical insights on how both develop...

They march once more, this time to Houston 📍Explore World of the Terracotta Warriors, opening November 14.See ancient China’s unification under Qin Shi Huang brought to life through rare artifacts and stunning craftsmanship.World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century is jointly organized by the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration, Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center, and Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum Site Museum of the