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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/…
Exploring the galaxy far, far away... "The intention of the podcast is to first and foremost, DOCUMENT the excitement of a new love. While Star Wars has always been in my periphery, I’ve never been in the cockpit. I want to highlight the wonder of discovery and of the banishing of biases. I want to approach everything with an open mind and positive outlook. The goal is not to be critical, but to APPRECIATE and HIGHLIGHT the makers and aspects that have helped this franchise to thrive and gro ...
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Every saga has a beginning... We have stumbled to get here, yet here it is! The first episode of FROM THE VIEWPORT: A(NOTHER) STAR WARS PODCAST. Hear me stammer through an introduction, explaining the origins of how I decided on starting up this podcast and my current relationship with STAR WARS. Next week kicks off the first episode in my SKYWALKE…
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