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Ryan Hunt → LinkedIn | Marine Biologics
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Nick Blackmon → LinkedIn
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Paul Graham
→ Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
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Shivam Gusain is a dyestuff chemist and water engineer by training who now works at the intersection of textiles, sustainability, and innovation. He helps companies navigate complex challenges in supply chain decarbonisation, material evaluation, and factory process optimisation, bringing a mix of technical depth and strategic clarity to areas like emissions, water, chemistry, and next-gen materials.
Shivam Gusain → LinkedIn | Substack
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Walter Isaacson → Leonardo Da Vinci
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Lizzy Skelding is the Founder and Chemist of Beastie, a newly launched premium pet care brand reimagining the most stressful part of owning a dog: bath time. Trained as a physical chemist at Columbia University, she has worked across the beauty value chain—from the lab bench developing color cosmetics and cleansers to guiding early-stage startups on formulation strategy and manufacturing. Her specialty is strategic product development with a focus on technical precision, innovation, and intentional design. Her substack uncovers raw materials behind your favorite beauty products: Matter Matters.
In this conversation, Lizzy Skelding shares her journey through grief after the loss of her husband, exploring how it has shaped her daily life, mindset, and entrepreneurial endeavors. She discusses the importance of faith, exercise, and small daily actions in navigating her grief, as well as the challenges of redefining productivity and finding safety in uncertainty. Lizzy also reflects on her childhood dreams and how they contrast with her current reality as a founder, emphasizing the intersection of science and creativity in her work.
Lizzy Skelding → Site | LinkedIn | Substack
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Tim Park is a fitness professional with a decade of experience training everyone from C-Suite Execs, celebrities to moms and retirees. He's dedicated to helping clients achieve their health and performance goals. A graduate of Stony Brook University majoring in Philosophy, Tim grew up in Kansas and spent two years as a Physical Therapy Aide, further solidifying his understanding of movement and recovery.
In this conversation, Tim shares his daily routines, including his morning rituals and the importance of setting daily goals. He discusses his approach to supplementation and nutrition, emphasizing the need for whole foods. Tim reveals his aspirations to join the military and the rigorous training he is undergoing to prepare for special forces. He highlights the significance of mindset in fitness, the challenges of running, and the importance of accountability and managing expectations.
00:00 Morning Routines and Daily Goals
06:58 Pursuing Military Aspirations
16:41 Overcoming Mental Barriers
25:50 Finding the Right Path
31:24 Strength Training Strategies
36:29 General Physical Preparedness
47:24 Accountability and Expectations
53:03 The Role of Sports in Personal Development
59:19 Injury Recovery and the Importance of Physical Therapy
01:05:44 Investing in Recovery: Tools and Techniques
01:11:27 Confronting Denial: The Journey to Self-Awareness
01:16:39 Nutrition Fundamentals: Calories In vs. Calories Out
01:22:39 The Importance of Mindful Eating and Cravings
01:27:53 Refeeding and Sustainable Weight Loss Strategies
01:36:03 The Importance of Sleep in Health
01:41:28 The Science of Weight Loss: Calories In vs. Calories Out
01:51:00 The Future of Wearable Technology
Tim Park → Instagram
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Get Selected by Major Joe Martin
Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem
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After serving in the Army Mike studied economics and found himself, inexplicably, doing astrobiology internship at NASA Ames. That ended up turning into a job, a wife, a master’s degree in genetics, and several stints at aerospace and biotech startups. Mike enjoys board games and wearing inflatable t-rex costumes to events where they are not really appropriate.
Mike Grace → LinkedIn | Long Shot Space
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EVERYTHING WILL BE OK by DON HERTZFELDT
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Megan Shabram is an astrophysicist who is building a globally sanctioned space for emergent teams of scientists and engineers across group boundaries to come together. Originally in search of an Earth twin while working on NASA’s Kepler Mission, Megan’s journey has taken her on a path towards contributing to human flourishing and social innovation in communities responsible for advancing civilization’s most impactful technologies.
In this conversation, Megan Shabram shares her insights on morning routines, parenting, education philosophies, and the impact of technology on childhood development. She discusses the importance of play, social innovation, and the need for emotional maturity in parenting. The dialogue also explores the consequences of actions in both parenting and society, emphasizing the interconnectedness of community support and individual responsibility. Megan reflects on her journey as an astrophysicist and the personal growth that has shaped her understanding of these themes. In this conversation, Megan Shabram and RMA delve into the intricacies of hierarchical Bayesian inference, the role of AI in scientific inquiry, and the limitations of AI compared to human experience. They discuss the importance of experiential knowledge and how it shapes creativity and innovation. The conversation culminates in the exploration of innovative facilitation and collective intelligence, emphasizing the need for inclusive spaces that honor individuality while fostering collaboration.
Megan Shabram → LinkedIN
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Bad Therapy: Why the kids aren’t growing up
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Topher Burns is a cofounder of indie creative agency territorial, having previously led strategy at design firm Collins and digital advertising agency Deep Focus. He is a climate community organizer in Portland, Oregon, where he also runs trails, tends his garden, and performs in comedy shows. He and his territorial colleagues host Strange Coordinates, a podcast that uses brands as roadmaps to discover remarkable stories about the world around us.
Topher Burns → Website | LinkedIn | Podcast
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DAN LIPTON conducted The Band’s Visit and Sting’s musical The Last Ship on Broadway. He’s arranged music and led bands for Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Mandy Gonzalez, Brian d’Arcy James, Judy Kuhn, John Lithgow, Martha Plimpton and Audra McDonald, performing at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, on Live with Kelly Ripa, The Today Show, PBS Great Performances, Late Show with David Letterman and with major symphony orchestras across the country.
Music supervision and orchestrations: An Officer and a Gentleman (US tour), The Other Josh Cohen (off-Broadway), The Drama Desk Awards. Music direction and onstage musician: Twyla Tharp’s How Long Blues (Little Island) under T Bone Burnett, The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard (Broadway), The Bridge Project (BAM, Old Vic) with Ethan Hawke directed by Sam Mendes, Herringbone with BD Wong directed by Roger Rees (La Jolla Playhouse).
He scored the feature film All These Small Moments (Orion Classics) starring Molly Ringwald and provided music for the podcasts Arts Educators Save the World (Story Pirates) and The Key of Love (Emerald Audio Network) from bestselling author Jenna Blum.
Pianist on three Grammy-nominated albums, he can be heard on piano in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video) and Rebecca Hall’s award-winning film Passing (Netflix 2021). His latest collection of jazz-pop covers with singer Colby Beserra, Jukebox Saloon Vol. 2, is streaming everywhere.
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David Fleck is the founder & managing partner at Freeflow, a VC firm that focuses on identifying ground-breaking research in high quality scientific communities.
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Keith Gilmore is a writer, speaker, and coach. He writes essays and gives talks on matters of psychospiritual development and cultural amelioration.
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