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/…
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"Every song is different and some are well known, it's a challenge." Hoagie Bix CarmichaelKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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"And as we talked, it just seemed as if we'd known each other all our lives!" Louise SegerKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Two actors talk about how their own family experiences informs their parts of Alison Bechdel's story.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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"Being famous actually makes life harder!" a hard learned lesson for the group.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Local musicians Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen bring "new" Old-time music to the 2018 Bloomington Early Music Festival.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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"Aunt Em is all about 'no nonsense,' and Glinda is all about nonsense!" Ashleigh ThompsonKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. West Side Story opened this weekend at the IU Opera Theater. When the show debuted on Broadway in 1957 I was just about the age of Baby John, the youngest member of the Jets. My friends and I spent a lot of time listening to the gang’s “Officer Krupke” […]Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Be careful of what you wish for! Stephen SondheimKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Barbershop Harmony On WFIU
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12:16it's the sound of America...in close four part harmonyKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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The Great American Songbook Foundation has just received a donation of a $30 million estate, the first steps towards creating a museum.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Music That Moves Us: The Civil Rights Songbook
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15:31Local musicians create music to lend to the Black Lives Matter movement, and Dr. Tyron Cooper talks about the history of African American protest music.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Love Songs For A Lasting World is part music and dance extravaganza, part apple pie fest.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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At Home With Busman’s Holiday
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12:08The newest album from Bloomington band Busman's Holiday was two years in the makingKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Backstage Pass: Four Decades On The Bloomington Music Scene
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12:21Longtime WFHB Music Director Jim Manion finds continuity between Hoagy Carmichael's musical impulses and the DIY spirit of today's punk shows.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Kenny Aronoff: His Life Was Saved By Rock And Roll
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12:09Rock drumming legend Kenny Aronoff reflects on a moment when he knew he would either hit paydirt or be sent packing.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Is music-making valuable only when pursued toward mastery? The St. Charles Parent Band revels in its amateur status, yet nudges members toward improvement.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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The Swedish/Icelandic folk duo, My Bubba, brings artistic intimacy to its audiences through minimalist folk music -- and bacteria samples.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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After Lollapalooza And The Warped Tour, Alexa Tackles Lotus
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14:37Aubrey Seader takes Alexa Bruetman, freshman at IU and avid concert-goer, to the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, and sees the festival through new eyes.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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The all-women Patagonian trio Fémina is bringing rap folk fusion and social consciousness to Lotus Festival.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker: Moon Musing and Robbie Burns
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12:38UK folk duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, will be playing at the Lotus Festival next week. We talk about music making, their US touring debut, and ice cream.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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“Community’s Living Room” Draws Headliners, Incubates Talent
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14:12A recent show by up-and-coming performance troupe Pig Pen Theater Company at the BCT highlights the venue's role as an incubator for emerging talent.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Erin Tobey's first solo album in a decade "Middlemaze" is a rich and varied reflection on youth and maturity.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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The lineup of artists performing at the 2016 Lotus Festival of World Music and Arts has been announcedKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Since beginning his musical career career in Bloomington in 1993, Will Oldham, a.k.a Bonnie Prince Billy, has released 19 studio albums and 17 EPs.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Julia Baird, a half-sister of John Lennon, will be accompanying The Mersey Beatles on their Bloomington tour stop October 24.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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The singer-songwriter family patriarch brings songs and stories, old and new, to Bloomington.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Audio engineer Mark Hood started his successful career in an unlikely place.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Jessica Hopper is a music and pop culture critic. She’s senior editor at Pitchfork, the Chicago-based Internet publication for music criticism and commentary.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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A veteran singer-songwriter enjoys the most prolific period of a three-decade-plus career.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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The once-obsolete vinyl record has seen a renaissance in the last eight years. But for Bloomington record stores, vinyl is nothing new.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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WFIU's DeShawn Wells speaks with Tyron Cooper about the IU Soul Revue.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Eric Weisbard's new book, "Top 40 Democracy," examines what we can learn about American culture from Top 40 radio.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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The Irish performer pays tribute to a fellow singer-songwriter who had Bloomington ties.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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A band with longtime Bloomington ties kick-starts a fresh chapter in its career.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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I was set for music college as a bass,but on the radio there was the countertenor Andreas Scholl and knew that I wanted to sing like that." Timothy Wayne-WrightKirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Emergent Theater breaks through the fourth wall of social justice issues through semi-improvised dance, theater, poetry and music performances.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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IU's Hoo Shir A Capella, a group created by a request from the White House.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Singer-songwriter Kay Bull has "protested most everything in the twentieth century." But alienation from the mainstream has been key to her music-making.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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On the eve of an Indiana appearance, the singer-songwriter and film composer reflects on his career.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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Lee Williams has been booking musicians for Lotus since the very beginning, but his history as a music programmer in Bloomington goes back to the early 1980s.Kirjoittanut Popular Music – Arts and Music
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