Curious Mind Grapes

Curious Mind Grapes

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Curious Mind Grapes episodes

  • Mind the Gap

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    What do Greta Thunberg, Marie Kondo, and Madonna’s eyebrows have in common? Join us as we take a look at generations: their values and aesthetics, their historical influences, and what they each bring to the table.

    Dakota Access Pipeline Protest 

    March for Our Lives

    Junior Newtown Action Alliance

    Sandy Hook Promise

    Madonna’s 2023 world tour promo video


    Declutter queen Marie Kondo’s life is messier now –- and she’s okay with it, Washington Post, January 26, 2023 


    The Youth Group That Launched a Movement at Standing Rock,
    The New York Times, January 31, 2017

    Gen Z has a new ‘vintage’ technology to obsess over,
    CNN, January 16, 2023


    The brief history of generation – defining the concept of generation. An analysis of literature review,
    Popescu,
    Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology; (Winter 2019): 15-30 (a comprehensive academic literature review of all the ways that generations have been defined by social scientists )


    The Misconception about Baby Boomers and The Sixties,
    The New Yorker, August 18, 2019


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    35 min
  • Quit Knocking Yourself Out

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    How are woodpeckers, soccer players, dogs, concussions, acupuncture, pain, and selecting just the right garbage bag at the grocery store all connected? It might seem random, but as the conversation unfolds, we explore how these things are all related...and how they all have to do with giving yourself a break.

    Accupuncture

    • Acupuncture – NIH info
    • Holistic vets / acupuncture for dogs

    Concussions

    • Study about women's sports and concussions
    • University of Delaware Messenger, Inventing Tomorrow - Head First
    • Concussion Research Lab
    • Concussion Incidents and Trends in 20 High School Sports
    • Nature article-Head Injury Risk Higher for Female Soccer Players

    Pain Reprocessing

    • The Way Out by Alan Gordan and Pain Reprocessing Therapy 
    • Simply Sarno- another pain researcher

    The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory 
    (Note: not the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, although that is interesting, too.)

    Imperfect Foods 

    (episode cover image by Elarbi Taouil)

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    39 min

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Curious Mind Grapes is a podcast where we explore all the strange, wondrous, interconnected things in life. In each episode, sometimes with guests, we explore topics like psychology, health, energy…