800. Premee Mohamed (a.k.a. The Cosmic Beetle) — One Message Remains

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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…

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Possessions, legacies of violence, and shared worlds, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer are joined by Premee Mohamed to discuss One Message Remains! Together, they explore the task of writing interconnected short fiction, the complexities of people within empires, violence and the human will to destroy, and much more.

Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!
Transcript, lightly edited by Trish Matson.
Premee Mohamed’s Things:
- Website
- Bluesky
- Instagram
- One Message Remains (buy it!!!)

If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page.

Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.

See you later, navigator!

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800. Premee Mohamed (a.k.a. The Cosmic Beetle) — One Message Remains

The Skiffy and Fanty Show

published год назад

MP3•Главная эпизода

Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!
Transcript, lightly edited by Trish Matson.
Premee Mohamed’s Things:
- Website
- Bluesky
- Instagram
- One Message Remains (buy it!!!)

If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page.

Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.

See you later, navigator!

130 эпизодов

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