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Srikanth Perinkulam This one totally flipped my view of bears! While I’ll still stand by ’everything in moderation’, I now have this urge to head to Eagles nest to experience that contact! Right now! Podcast: Reality Part One How is it that two neighbors can look out their window at the exact same thing, and see something completely different? This is a question many people in America are asking now. We explore it by visiting a small community in Minnesota, called Eagle’s Nest Township, that has a unique experience with the reality divide: some of the people in the town believe that wild black bears are gentle animals you can feed with your hands, and others think they are dangerous killers. ...

Srikanth Perinkulam The disguised lure of Hyponatremia. As a long distance runner/hiker this is one valuable lesson. Everything and anything in moderation I guess, is the key. Podcast:Science of Survival Ep 17: Drinking Yourself to Death Water is life, we’re told. But what if you drink too much? As it turns out, there’s a little-discussed flipside to dehydration called hyponatremia—and it’s been on the rise, killing athletes and otherwise healthy people every year. ...

Between Sex change and cleft lip procedures, two tales of doing the right thing and running on the fine line… Listen: Ep. 71: The Fox and the Hedgehog

Yet another brilliant podcast from Radiolab. The first time I heard about the jury system here in the US, I was pleasantly surprised. This was a concept I never knew existed and while weighing the pros and cons of the system, I could never really decide which side weighed more. This talk runs along that fine ridge and broaches - jury nullification, yet another mighty ’toolset’ the jury holds. Source: Null and Void ...

Three years ago, folk singer Joel Shupack set off from Portland, Oregon on his bicycle. The plan was to ride across the entire U.S., all the way to New Hampshire. Joel’s dream was to escape a life that wasn’t filling him up. He wanted to travel, to give himself space to think, to make sense out of things. On this episode, he shares his story. It’s a story about leaving behind a comfortable life at home, in order to follow your heart. It shows us what a cross-country bike tour is really like – not just the glamorous idea, but the tough reality. ...

Geoengineering, Silver Iodide cloudbursts, sulphuric dioxide thermal layers..the clocks ticking.. Source: Science of Survival Ep 16: Cloudbusters

Two controls at the very end of the command and none at the beginning..Watching the Ghazi attack this week and so much of this resonates! Source: Nukes

Survives the Hiroshima bomb despite being exposed just a mile from the drop zone. Makes his way to Nagasaki only to get struck again, lives on to 93 years…Wonders of the p53 gene..And wait he first thinks of heading to work right after being jolted off his feet? Phew! Source: Shorts: Double Blasted

Including you! Source: Shorts: The Trouble with Everything

Sky Diving, Speed Flying, BASE jumping, C7 quadriplegic and then back to flying again….Can’t wait for the other episodes!! Source: Science of Survival Ep 13: After the Crash, Part 1