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Your Health Toolkit: The Neurology SessionsDaily Choices for a Younger BrainSend us a textYour brain isn’t on a fixed path. In this episode of Your Health Toolkit: The Neurology Sessions, you’ll hear from Dr. David Merrill, adult and geriatric psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and director of the Pacific Brain Health Center, as he shares how precision brain health can help you prevent or slow cognitive decline by targeting root causes you can actually change.You’ll learn why memory loss isn’t inevitable, how integrative and functional frameworks uncover what’s driving your symptoms, and why prevention always beats repair when it comes to Alzheimer’...
2025-11-1245 min
The Retirement Wisdom PodcastWhy Brains Need Friends - Ben ReinWhat if your brain’s health in retirement depended as much on who you see as on what you eat or how you move? Neuroscientist Dr. Ben Rein, author of the new book Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection, joins us to reveal how social connection shapes your brain. He explains why isolation is as toxic as chronic stress, how friendship fuels brain resilience, and why your dog might be one of your best wellness allies. In this e, ye-opening conversation, you’ll learn how staying socially engaged literally protects your brain from decline, the science behind “nature’...
2025-11-0333 minThe Retirement Wisdom PodcastThe Art of Relationships with Adult Children - Francine Toder, PhDParenting doesn’t end when your kids grow up — it just changes. And for many, that shift can be confusing, frustrating, and even painful. How do you move from being the authority to being a supportive "peer"? And what do you do when your hopes for your adult children don’t align with who they’ve become? Today, we’re joined by Dr. Francine Toder, a clinical psychologist to discuss her new book Your Kids are Grown: Parenting 2.0 - With Strategies for Moving On. Drawing on decades of research, therapy, and her own lived experience, Dr. Toder shares practical wisdom on how to...
2025-09-2937 min
Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology HourTricia Bertram Gallant and Margaret MerrillOn the 9/10/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:Dr.Andy is joined by two Ph.Ds who are speaking at the upcoming 2025 Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology. SITT 2025 features UC Davis faculty during two-half days of online presentations on the mornings of September 11th and 12th. The first guest on the program, Tricia Bertram Gallant, will be giving the lead-off talk at SITT 2025 on The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI (2025), which is also the title of her recently released book. Gallant discusses the role of teachers to fa...
2025-09-1151 min
ThinkWell AgeWell PodcastLifestyle, Medications, and Hope: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Aging BetterDr. David Merrill shares expert insights on dementia care, lifestyle medicine, and extending brain healthspan.----In part two of this special conversation, Dr. David Merrill shares his expertise as a geriatric psychiatrist and neuroscientist, exploring how lifestyle medicine, precision care, and team-based approaches are transforming dementia outcomes. He explains why deep prescribing is vital, how modifiable risk factors can delay even genetic Alzheimer’s, and why proactive care is the true “ultramarathon” of aging—a roadmap for anyone seeking to extend brain healthspan with knowledge, action, and hope.----Dr. David Me...
2025-09-0237 minThe Retirement Wisdom PodcastSpring Training (for the Rest of Your Life) - John KaagIn today's complex, fast-paced world, what can we learn from philosophers? John Kaag thinks we can learn a lot. He's created an audiobook Spring Training (for the Rest of Your Life), discussing his ideas highlighting Thoreau, Emerson and William James. He's also the co-founder of Rebind, an AI company transforming classic literature into interactive, guided experiences. Rebind pairs books with original interactive commentary from some of today's greatest thinkers who serve as expert guides, featuring conversations, personal anecdotes, historical context, and reflections. Rebind was named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 and was a...
2025-03-2725 min
Health ElevatedHow will AI impact Healthcare? | ft Andy MerrillAndy Merrill joins the program to discuss artificial intelligence in healthcare. Andy Merrill is the director of data science at intermountain health. He holds a masters degree in statistics and is a passionate leader of data science, machine learning and AI in healthcare application.👇Check out the Health Elevated Podcast 🔗 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/healthelevated🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-elevated/id1772925469📖Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6b2e7b37-a9d9-4d13-a9c3-ff95f6e71533📻Castbox: https://castbox.fm/ch/6313329🎙️GoodPods: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/health...
2025-03-0546 min
Postcards from a Dying WorldEpisode #178 – (SF Hall of Fame #12) That Only A Mother by Judith Merril w/ Patrick B Sharp & Audrey TaylorIn 1970, Avon Books published a landmark anthology, “Science Fiction Hall of Fame,” featuring 26 classic short stories that represent landmark tales of the genre. The stories were voted on by the members of the new (at the time, in the late 1960s) organization Science Fiction Writers of America. In this series, I will be joined by a panel of guests to break down these stories and talk about the authors in the book. In this episode, I am joined by Patrick B. Sharp Professor of Liberal Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. He is the...
2025-03-031h 12
RAD Cast Outdoors Podcast | Hunting, Fishing, Angling, OutdoorMatt Rinella from Hunt QuietlyMatt Rinella from the Hunt Quietly podcast joins us to visit about stewardship, social media and the outdoors and also how to responsibly enjoy the wonderful resources we have. Matt Rinella has a PHD in ecology and is passionate about the outdoors and keeping it pristine.
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2024-05-2656 min
The Daily PoemDavid Lehman's "The Ides of March"Today’s poem marks the ides (or idus) or March, a day classically associated with the settling of debts (and maybe old scores, too).One of the foremost editors, literary critics, and anthologists of contemporary American literature, David Lehman is also one of its most accomplished poets. Born in New York City in 1948, Lehman earned a PhD from Columbia University and attended the University of Cambridge as a Kellett Fellow. He is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including New and Selected Poems (2013), Yeshiva Boys (2009), and When a Woman Loves a Man (2005). Two of his collections, The Evenin...
2024-03-1513 min
Think Neuro47. Keeping Dementia at Bay, Every Day | A PNI Panel DiscussionDr. David Merrill is a psychiatrist who specializes in older adults. He has a PhD in the neurobiology of aging, and he directs PNI’s Brain Health Center. His colleague Dr. Karen Miller, has a PhD in geropsychology–the psychology of older people. She is the senior director of PNI’s Brain Wellness and Lifestyle Program. Molly Rapozo is a registered dietician nutritionist. They work as a trio to help older people stave off the ravages of dementia through diet, exercise, and cognitive training. Their work is crucial because, despite some recent, modest advances on a drug to tre...
2023-09-2045 min
The Brain Candy PodcastKiss My Butt, Negative Brain Bug, & Friendship LiesIn episode 727, we discuss some feedback we got from a listener who was none-too-pleased with our belief that drag queens are fun for the whole family, but what got Susie wound up is that the listener was only mad at Susie. She wants to know why people never get mad at Sarah. Let's spread the hate around a little, people. We debate whether we should talk about the submersible and why it's so horrifying. We hear the history of kissing, and learn what animals kiss romantically besides humans. Sarah thinks it all comes down to oral, but Susie thinks...
2023-07-061h 06
Perspectives in ParryvilleEp53: Dr M David Merrill, Instructional ResearcherToday my guest is Dr M David Merrill, an Instructional Researcher and professor emeritus at Utah State University. David has been engaged in the study of effective, efficient and engaging instruction for more than 50 years. In this episode, we chat about David’s early studies and research, including his PhD at the University of Illinois in 1964. We chat about David’s additional research activities throughout his extensive career, partly inspired by fellow educational researchers B.F. Skinner and Robert Gagné. David outlines the central role of problems and, more significantly, problem-solving in instruction and how this relates to content, steps and p...
2023-04-3052 min
QuotomaniaQuotomania 291: Kenneth KochToday’s Quotation is care of Kenneth Koch. Listen in!
Kenneth Koch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 27, 1925. He studied at Harvard University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and attended Columbia University for his PhD. As a young poet, Koch was known for his association with the New York School of poetry. Originating at Harvard, where Koch met fellow students Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery, the New York School derived much of its inspiration from the works of action painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Larry Rivers, whom the poets met in th...
2022-07-2001 min
RAD Cast Outdoors Podcast | Hunting, Fishing, Angling, OutdoorMule Deer and Big Horn Sheep Research with Tayler LasharrFor more info go to: https://monteithshop.org/
Tayler Lasharr, PHD student from the University of Wyoming joined us at the Bow Hunters of Wyoming convention to discuss mule deer research and her previous research on big horn sheep. Patrick and David discuss the challenges facing both mule deer and big horn sheep across the western United States and Tayler outlined the various methods of research. If you want to support this research, please partner with the Bow Hunters of Wyoming or the Muley Fanatic foundation.
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2022-03-1946 min
Think NeuroThink Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. David MerrillDavid A. Merrill, MD, PhD, is an adult and geriatric psychiatrist with double-board certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is director of the Pacific Brain Health Center at Pacific Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Merrill has worked for several decades with patients suffering the behavioral health sequelae of age-related neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disorder. His more recent clinical and research work have expanded to include patients with a history of head trauma, tumor, and stroke.
Visit Dr. Merrill's profile: https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/people/david-merrill/
2022-02-0201 minRAD Cast Outdoors Podcast | Hunting, Fishing, Angling, OutdoorErin Campbell Talks About Her Hunting JourneyPhoto Courtesy of Rachel Girt with the Wyoming Women's Antelope Hunt
Erin Campbell is the Wyoming State Geologist and is the Director of the Wyoming State Geological Survey. She has a PHD from the University of Wyoming in geology and has been living in Wyoming for many years. She just recently picked up the sport of hunting and we asked her to come on the RadCast Outdoors Podcast to discuss it. She is considered a "non-traditional" hunter due to coming into the sport as an adult and her story is intriguing. She shares why she decided to try the sport o...
2021-06-1155 min
#IDIODC Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking CoffeeFirst Principles of Instruction for Creating Better eLearning with Dr. David MerrillEveryone has read at least one of Dr. Merrill's books and has had their instructional design practice shaped by him in one way or another. If you can't join us but are desperate to know the First Principles of Instruction. Well, here they are:Learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problemsLearning is promoted when existing knowledge [and skill] is activated as a foundation for new knowledge [and skill]Learning is promoted when new knowledge is demonstrated to the learnerLearning is promoted when new knowledge is applied by the learnerLearning is promoted when n...
2021-02-0354 min
The Virtual Instructor PodcastDon't miss this! 5-Star Instructional Design Certification Program from Five Star Performance Solutions, IncWhile many instructional designers and trainers are developing and providing low-level instruction, 5-Star instructional designers create world-class instruction, incorporating real-world whole tasks and scenarios for demonstration, application, and integration. When you develop instruction with real-world tasks and scenarios, learners are able to perform those real-world tasks in the workplace and in the real world.
If you want to be a world-class instructional designer or instructor, this program is for you! This premium certification program teaches the best instructional strategies available anywhere! You will learn how to do 5-Star Instructional Design, based on M. David Merrill’s First Pr...
2020-08-1607 min
The Trauma ImpactReopening Your Business During COVID-19 with Resilience Expert Dr. Leo FlanaganDr. Leo Flanagan shares his tested strategies and on how to reopen your business during the COVID-19 outbreak. Dr. Flanagan discusses important information regarding leadership in a time of crisis, the pandemic of anxiety and its role in reopening, and how to prepare for the unknown.Leo F. Flanagan, Jr., PhD has more than 30 years of experience in the crafting and activation of business transformations by integrating human capital, innovation, and customer loyalty strategies. He has held senior level corporate positions at Merrill Lynch, Willis Holdings and The Forum Corporation. He consults across a wide range of industries...
2020-07-0147 min
RAD Cast Outdoors Podcast | Hunting, Fishing, Angling, OutdoorGrizzly Bear Management and the Endangered Species Act with Dr Dan ThompsonDan Thompson, PHD from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department joins the podcast for a very special show on grizzly bears. Wyoming and the GYE have a large number of grizzly bears. Dan goes in depth on the number of grizzly bears, what they eat, how they act and so much more. He provides resources for hunters and anglers who venture into bear country. He gives insight into what drives bear behaviors and how to avoid a deadly encounter. Grizzly bears defend their young, their food and their space. This episode will help you know how to avoid a bad...
2020-06-181h 04
The Trauma ImpactCOVID-19 and Reentering the Workforce with Dr. Leo Flanagan Part 1Leo Flanagan joins me for two very important conversations about how to successfully navigate the challenges of reentering the workforce alongside COVID-19. Leo introduces us to his 3 pandemic philosophy; the virus, anxiety and economic downturn and how to set up your business for a successful transition.Leo F. Flanagan, Jr., PhD has more than 30 years of experience in the crafting and activation of business transformations by integrating human capital, innovation, and customer loyalty strategies. He has held senior level corporate positions at Merrill Lynch, Willis Holdings and The Forum Corporation. He consults across a wide range of industries...
2020-05-2840 minRAD Cast Outdoors Podcast | Hunting, Fishing, Angling, OutdoorWolves and Wolf Management with Dr Dan ThompsonWolves in the GYE are some of the most controversial animals on planet earth. The subject of wolves is more polarizing than politics for many people involved in the debate. Dan Thompson, PHD in biology from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department discusses the science with wolves and also the policies/management of the species. The RadCast Outdoors crew recommends this episode to anyone who has an interest in wolf management. Wolves are the most divisive large predator in the west along with the grizzly bear and their management has been widely scrutinized. The podcast covers the major issues surrounding...
2020-02-0651 min
The Trauma ImpactThe Truth About Hardiness, Resilience and Grit with Dr. Leo FlanaganResilience Expert Dr. Leo Flanagan shares valuable lessons learned throughout his career working with trauma communities. Tune in to learn about the unique challenges helps face when working with victims that have endured trauma. Dr. Flanagan closes with 3 tips to help us stay hardy and resilient during these troubling times.Leo F. Flanagan, Jr., PhD has more than 30 years of experience in the crafting and activation of business transformations by integrating human capital, innovation, and customer loyalty strategies. He has held senior level corporate positions at Merrill Lynch, Willis Holdings and The Forum Corporation. He consults across a...
2019-12-061h 00
Productivity Cast044 Engage (or, Doing) (Part 2) – Getting Things Done (GTD) – ProductivityCastThis is episode six, continuing our discussion of Step Five of the Workflow Diagram / Map, Engage (Doing), in our nine-part series on the Getting Things Done (GTD) personal productivity methodology and eponymously-titled book, from the perspective of the ProductivityCast team–as long-term practitioners, critics and observers of GTD.
It makes sense that each of [the Horizons of Focus] levels should enhance and align with the ones above it. In other words, your priorities will sit in a hierarchy from the top down.David Allen
In this cast, we finish our discussion of the concept of Engage / Engaging (formerly Do / Doing) on...
2019-02-281h 01
Evolving Past Alzheimer'sLighting up the Brain - Photobiomodulation meets Neurofeedback: an unexpected synergy with Dr Marvin BermanDr Marvin Berman recieved his PhD in Psychoeducational Processes. He is trained in Bioenergetic Analysis and is trained in numerous other therapeutic interventions including EEG biofeedback and the Feldenkrais methodologies. He consults with senior executives and management teams on the application of cognitive neuroscience in leadership development and performance. Recently, he is exploring the application of EEG biofeedback and related technologies into the treatment of neuropsychological and neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's. In Alzheimer's disease the brain shrinks over time. Certain forms of light energy may help defeat this problem. Near infrared wavelengths are particularly g...
2018-01-0152 min
Evolving Past Alzheimer'sBrain Maps and Childhood Trauma - what they have to do with Alzheimer's. Uncommon tests you can do to assess your risk with David MerrilThis week's guest is Dr David Merrill MD, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. Dr Merrill is an active proponent of prevention of Alzheimer's and an expert in many areas relating to this. Quantitative Electroecephalography - AKA: qEEG - and structural MRI are two technologies that are widely available. Dr Merrill explains how they can be used to assess if you have brain wave or structure changes that look like impending dementia. qEEG essentially creates a map of the function and electrical activity of many of the parts of your brain...
2017-11-2750 min
Power-Up With The Best-Selling Full Audiobook Experience!Contagious Optimism: Uplifting Stories and Motivational Advice for Positive Forward Thinking by David MezzapellePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628857to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Contagious Optimism: Uplifting Stories and Motivational Advice for Positive Forward Thinking
Author: David Mezzapelle
Narrator: Terri Mcmahon, David Kelly
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Release date: July 15, 2013
Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation
Publisher's Summary:
Contagious Optimism is an uplifting book of stories and parables about amazing life turnarounds. A compendium of encouragement, it includes advice and guidance from business leaders, visionaries, and just plain folk. Nowadays, many people have lost confidence in themselves and the world around them due to personal hardship as well as economic and political uncertainty worldwide...
2013-07-159h 20
Feel This Uplifting Full Audiobook — Perfect While Cooking.Care To Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars?: A Believer Book of Advice by The BelieverPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123997to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Care To Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars?: A Believer Book of Advice
Author: The Believer
Narrator: Weird Al Yankovic, Paul Scheer, Paul Sims, Rich Fulcher, Laraine Newman, Jerry Stahl, Julie Klausner, George Saunders, Patton Oswalt, Fred Willard, Bob Saget, Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
Release date: March 6, 2012
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Comedic Voices
Publisher's Summary:
The Believer magazine presents a compendium of advice from producers, writers, and actors of The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live...
2012-03-064h 23