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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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The Caye Interview - Floating Roots Podcast #13
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the feel-good prince caye and his manager theron stopped by while they were in NYC, and we drank a lot of whiskey. caye is making some of the most inspiring, feel-good music out right now and you really get where it comes from when you sit down with him. we chop it up about his past with music, his collaboration with wiz khalifa, and his future pla…
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The Cool Company Interview - Floating Roots Podcast #12
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the funkiest indie duo in NYC stopped by for a lengthy, nonsensical interview. (the microphone turns on at 04:52 - sorry for the camera audio beforehand!) we drink all the beers and talk about all the things: how they started making music together, their future sound, and the purpose they get out of making music.…
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The Ari Chi Interview - Floating Roots Podcast #11
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the tampa-based ukulele queen Ari Chi stopped by NYC and i was lucky enough to flag her down for a podcast interview. her and brodie stopped by and we chopped it up about her past projects, the direction of her music, performing, and just general bullshit. she brings an infectiously chill vibe everywhere she goes and she even blessed us with a live…
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Floating Roots Podcast #5 - Identity and Logic
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what’s up amigos! today i sat back down with the monkey man himself, Mikey Barber. we probably drank too much espresso before this, and we ended up having a relatively philosophical discussion about art, Identity, Logic, morality and power. Mikey and i definitely enjoyed it, and we sincerely hope you do too <3…
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