Smart People Podcast

Do you know what astrophysics is? I’m not going to lie, I had to wikipedia it. This week we speak with the guy who Invented Astrophysics! ….Ok, not really, that guy has been dead for like centuries, BUT we basically get to talk to the next best thing in Dr. Charles Pellerin. Dr. Pellerin is... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back everyone to our first official episode of Season 2!. We are glad to see you back and we look forward to another year of awesomeness. Our twenties are supposed to be the time of our lives, right? A time where you can do whatever you want and use the excuse, “I’m just trying... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re anything like me (Chris) and nothing like the other host (Jon) you absolutely hate surfing the internet to find the next big thing. I mean, by the time I learned about Myspace, there was a movie being made about Facebook. But let’s face it, the web is where it’s at people. Not understanding the inner workings of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Koslofsky, author, Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois . Can you imagine a time without electricity and modern technology? First of all, HOW would you download this podcast? In Craig Koslofsky’s book, Evening’s Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe, Craig discusses “the history of night” and what it... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Srini Pillay – Neuroscientist, Psychiatrist, Executive Coach…amazing. The human brain is a miracle, no one can question that. The brain is the source of all of our cognition. It stores our memories, it creates our identity and it interprets the world in which we live. It’s also a mechanism that can be exercised and fine tuned... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Dudley takes a few minutes after his interview to speak on bipolar disorder. He discusses how it helped him become who he is today. It was very enlightening and we thank Drew for discussing such matters! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Dudley – Leadership and Motivation Expert: Be prepared to look at leadership in a new light after this one. According to this week’s guest Drew Dudley, leadership is no longer a description reserved for kings, presidents, and executives. It’s something we all possess and we need to use it to change the world. Drew... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Richard Alley – Geologist & Climate Change Specialist: It is no longer a matter of if, how or how long…it’s real & it’s happening. The amount of greenhouse gasses within Earth’s atmosphere are increasing at an alarming rate which is causing a continuous and unsustainable rise in the Earth’s climate. This is not alarmist, I’m not... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Klein – Technologist & Computer/Life Hacker: Many of today’s systems and organizations still operate on the same processes that became popular during the industrial revolution, but no longer prove relevant. Think about it, a company decides they want to be innovative and productive. They need their employees to be creative and forward thinking. So... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We got the chance to sit down with Debra Benfield to discuss nutrition and the concept of mindful and intuitive eating around healthy food choices. You’ll also get a look into some of our weird eating habits! Debra is a Master’s Level Nutritionist (M.Ed.), a (Registered Dietitian (R.D.) AND a Licensed Dietitian/ Nutritionist (L.D.N.) with over 25 years of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s be honest. No one likes to deal with medical and health insurance bills. It’s confusing, it’s complicated, and it really is a huge pain. This is where Rebecca Woodcock’s new startup, Cake Health comes in. Cake Health is a website that helps you manage and understand your health care bills. It helps break down... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Know Thyself”. It was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo, it has been referenced by everyone from Plato, to Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Waldo Emerson. It’s an idea that is deeply ingrained in our culture…and rightfully so. Perhaps no other journey is as important as trying to figure out who you are and who you... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! Glad you could join us for the first episode of what we are sure is going to be the most amazing year ever. We kick 2012 off with a bang and interview business & entrepreneurial Coach, Cameron Herold. If you’ve ever thought about owning your own business OR if you are just... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Try to walk into a grocery store, an electronics store, or even a coffee shop without being faced with hundreds of options. Do you want the 50″ 3d LCD TV or the 52″ LED 1080p TV? Everyday, we are faced with hundreds of decisions. This week, we interview Barry Schwartz and talk to him about... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you would be starving, walking around a large city looking for a quick bite and the only thing you could find was hot dogs from street carts that tasted like moist paper towel rolls? Well finally, those days are gone. There has been an epidemic within the past year or two in food... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You delude yourself every day. You might not realize it, but you do. Our guest this week is David McRaney and he wrote a book called, You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself. In this book,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

70% off! 50% off! Buy one, get one free! I’m sure you saw all of these this past weekend… it was Black Friday after all. We’ve been told that shopping this past weekend would help the economy, but many of us don’t have the funds to do the shopping….but we still do it anyway. We’re... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you were in a plane crash, got lost while hiking in the mountains, or were faced with other life or death situations, what would you do? Would you be able to survive or would you be like the 90% of people who would freeze or panic in the situation? This week, we speak... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you are a democrat, republican, or independent, watching the President’s first couple of years in office is always very interesting. Will they maintain all the promises made during their campaign? What will happen if they are faced with a serious situation in office? All these things are very telling of their character. But even... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To this day, ‘History of Rock and Roll’ was one of my favorite classes in college. The artists inspired me. The stories blew me away. The lifestyle seemed to be something only imaginable in books and movies. New York Times best selling author, Steve Almond has many books on his resume, but it was Rock... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“There was this explosion. A cloud. Red Mist. He self-detonated. A suicide vest. As sometimes happens with suicide vests, shoes and shins still stood on the roadway, disconnected for eternity from their owner.” -Thom Shanker, Author and this week’s Guest The war on terror has now been underway for 10 years and over this time... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Made in America. We all (well, maybe) remember when that used to mean one thing. Quality. As times changed and we moved towards become larger consumers, companies shifted their manufacturing to places in order to take advantage of lower wages. Usually, this meant moving the manufacturing out of the good ole’ US of A. Roger... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a topic that we have brushed up against before on the podcast, but haven’t completely jumped into. How does all of today’s technology and instant gratification affect our ability to pay attention. Are computers and video games the reason for the outbreak of diagnosable attention disorders or is it something different entirely? Actually, one... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 60’s had the space race to the moon, the 70’s had peace, love and hippies and the 90’s had the internet. BUT, the 80’s had the best thing of all…..wait for it…..wait for it…..NINTENDO, and more specifically the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). We probably don’t need to explain to you how fantastic NES was,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and I have a discussion about Nintendo following our interview with Jeff Ryan. As you can tell, we had a lot of fun discussing Nintendo this week. Leave your top 5 games in the comments section! Episode below: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of the ways companies reach you on a daily basis can be tied back to one man. This same man was recently dubbed “America’s Greatest Marketer” by American Way Magazine. Well, it just so happens that this week we had a chance to interview this man – his name is Seth Godin. Seth... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve all had the thought before. “That’s it. I’m quitting my job and I am going to culinary school. I am becoming a chef or opening my own restaurant.” Personally, I’ve had this thought many times. I’ve contemplated opening a food truck, a restaurant, or a hot dog stand. I love food. Who doesn’t love... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take a look into the sky tonight and try to imagine how many planets are out there. As of February 2011, there are 1,235 unconfirmed planetary candidates out there. It is widely estimated that there are billions of planets in our galaxy alone. Did you know that one man is responsible for discovering 70 of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many times have you found yourself wondering why you are not as happy as you could be? There are plenty of times that I am sit at my desk and I start to wonder things like, “am I on the right career path?,” “what would make me truly happy?,” or “what does being happy... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s guest is a guy I would love to emulate. His profession goes a little something like this. Find interesting subject, research the hell out of interesting subject, write about interesting subject in a clear and interesting manor, and make bank. Not too many writers perform this process nearly as well as our guest,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you ever reflect on your relationship and wonder why your partner does some of the things they do? “Honey, can you mow the lawn?” “Why don’t we ever sit down and talk?” “I feel like our physical relationship is lacking.” These are all things that most of you have heard from your husband, wife,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s episode is one that we probably should be airing closer to the New Year. See, most people start off the new year with lofty goals for the future – the infamous new years resolution. However, we all know the problems with these. Come March, that beer gut is still highly visible, those cigarettes... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to be educated? What does intelligence truly mean? These are tough questions, but luckily we get the chance to sit down with Dr. Mike Rose to discuss them Dr. Rose received a B.A. from Loyola University, an M.S. from the University of Southern California, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People enjoy doing things that they are good at – this is no secret. However, many people don’t even know how to assess themselves and find their strengths. How can you find your path, what truly makes you happy, if you don’t even have a good grasp on who you are? This is something so... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve all had the feeling before. You’re laying and bed and you start to itch somewhere on your body. Then that itch spreads. After a few moments panic is running through your head. “Oh man. What if I have bed bugs?!!?” It’s an awful feeling, but what if it were true? Would you know what... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we have the very polarizing author and political commentator, Andrew Breitbart. Andrew got his first break in 1995 when he contacted Matt Drudge and became part of the now infamous Drudge Report. As he proclaims in our interview, he was “a slacker that just happened to be in the right... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warning: SEX We spend the majority of this episode talking about sex and the female orgasm. Ohhhh, so NOW you’re interested?? You pervert (just kidding!). Join us this episode as we speak with author, sex coach and therapist Nicole Daedone about her brand new book “Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm“. ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jancis started her academic career at Oxford University studying mathematics and philosophy. After working for a travel company, she decided that she wanted to follow her passion and became the assistant editor for Wine & Spirit. Jancis is now an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and a Master of Wine. She writes for the... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be honest. How often do you check social media sites throughout the day? How much do you now rely on carrying around a cell phone on a day to day basis? Do you ever stop to think about all the interaction we have with technology? Dr. Pamela Rutledge does just that. She is a media... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Almost everyone in America felt the effect of the latest financial crisis. From foreclosures to lay offs, many of us have tried to come up with a solution to our financial woes. The government tried to do it’s part with a bailout, but the majority of Americans didn’t think this was the right solution. As... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the one thing you dread when going on an interview? If you’ve prepared for the interview and updated your resume, you are probably pretty confident that the interview is going to go well…. up until the salary negotiation that is. How many people have been taught how to negotiate salary? I know that... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please donate and help those in Japan! Thanks! Red Cross – Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Here in the Western Hemisphere, we tend to believe that we have all of the answers. We make ourselves feel that with our large brains, our frontal lobes and our fancy laboratories we can solve any sickness, illness... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fact: Your body is comprised of matter from old stars. Fact: The universe is expanding. Fact: This week’s guest, Dr. Lawrence Krauss, is smart. Dr. Krauss is an American Theoretical Physicist who is Professor of Physics, Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Director of the Origins Project at the Arizona... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, we at Smart People Podcast wanted to say welcome! Many of you may be listening to us for the first time due to this week’s fantastic guest. If you want to expand your mind and hear all of our incredible interviews in the future, you can subscribe to us on iTunes here. Thanks for checking... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Why is it so fun to be right? As pleasures go, it is, after all, a second-order one at best. Unlike many of life’s other delights – chocolate, surfing, kissing – it does not enjoy any mainline access to our biochemistry: to our appetites, our adrenal glands, our limbic systems, our swoony hearts. And yet,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Wall Street veteran Gordon Murray told his good friend and financial advisor, Dan Goldie, that he had only six months to live, Dan responded, “Do you want to write that book you’ve always wanted to do?” The result is an incredible book titled, The Investment Answer. This week we interview the co-author of this book... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our lives are full of stress and anxiety… but have you ever taken the time to talk to someone about it? This week’s guest, Rita Schulte, is a licensed professional board certified counselor, who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and bereavement. We take the time to discuss a matter that is... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever said to yourself, “Ya know, one day I’m gonna write a book”? Most people have but they haven’t the slightest clue on how to correctly form INTERESTING sentences. Sure, you can put words together in a straight line, but if you really want to learn about the art of writing then you... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is man inherently good or is that just something comforting we like to tell ourselves? This week’s guest is Dr. Anthony Daniels and he spent the majority of his professional career working as a prison doctor and psychiatrist. Due to his fascination with evil, Dr. Daniels (who’s pen name is Theodore Dalrymple) sought out those... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the last episode of Smart People Podcast, Aubrey de Grey explained how he believes that if you can manage to keep on chuggin’ for the next 30 years or so, there is a good chance you will live well past a few hundred years due to scientific advancements. In this weeks episode, Dr. Joel... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices