Genuine Curiosity

By Genuine Curiosity

Ever wonder what happens offstage in life or profession?

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May 22, 2023How to Remove Asbestos – Details – Visual Progress
How to Remove Asbestos
Talking to Shane Gibbons of Prairie Asbestos Testing and Removal on how to remove asbestos, special considerations, and memorable removals.
Safety Precautions.
Asbestos Decontamination Units.
Asbestos Disposal.
Special Considerations.
How moisture can let mold claim an entire basement.
Most satisfying removals and most memorable.
Safety Precautions
The Remover puts on respirator and asbestos suit.
The whole asbestos removal area is put in containment using 6mm thick poly.
The containment is then kept under negative pressure.
Asbestos Insulation Removal
Asbestos is removed by hand or with a specialized vacuum.
Asbestos is double bagged in 6mm thick bags.
The asbestos removal is finished off by using a HEPA vacuum to get all the small particles.
Anytime you exit the containment you have to go through the Asbestos Decontamination Unit.
Asbestos Decontamination Unit
Dirty Room
Keep respirator on
Take off asbestos suit.
HEPA vacuum yourself and anything that will exit containment.
Shower
Wash off bags filled with asbestos.
Shower off with your respirator on.
Once Clean
Remove respirator, wash face, and hands.
Clean Room
Make sure the respirator is clean.
Dry off, put on clothes.
Special Considerations
Continue to monitor negative pressure in containment, pressure changes as asbestos is removed from containment.
All water must be put through a micron filter before being disposed of.
Respirator must seal on face (facial hair should be removed prior).
Make sure to stay hydrated (to eat or drink you must exit containment and use the asbestos decontamination unit).
Asbestos Exposure Risk
Asbestosis
Inhalation over time can cause shortness of breath and lung damage
Mesothelioma
Cancer of the mesothelial tissue.
Shortness of breath, painful coughing, and chest pain.
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May 15, 2023Neurodivergent Strategies – Overcoming Despair – American Sign Language
What are some neurodivergent strategies?
Talking about some neurodivergent strategies that can be applied at home and with the family.
Coming back after failing an education internship.
Challenges parents face with neurodivergent children.
Accepting and overcoming despair.
Difference between American sign language and verbal speech.
Morning sickness, and foods that could be eaten.
Ways to Approach Neurodivergency
Think about your actions for the long term.
Make a list.
Keep important tasks visible.
Organize items according to function.
Improve processes by using the correct tools.
Put in little rewards.
Mentioned in Episode
Gold Bond
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May 08, 2023Kayak a Waterfall – Art Installation – Kite Boarding
Risks When You Kayak a Waterfall
Talking with Darren Mcquay MFA, @dinglis_mcquay about art installations, being stuck when you kayak a waterfall, and kite boarding.
Trying to salvage your gear when stuck behind a waterfall.
Managing your fear after a failed attempt.
Guiding a canoe trip during rainy weather with a failing tent.
Most enjoyable aspect of kite boarding.
How to keep art in your life when it is packed.
Mentioned in Episode
Brent Boddy
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May 01, 2023Hydrology – Field Work – Plans
What Does Hydrology Involve
Learning about the best parts of hydrology and field work.
What a hydrologist measures.
The chaos that weather can cause.
The work it takes to open a mine.
How diverting a water course can effect the environment.
Keeping morale up in the field.
The challenges of getting dropped off by a helicopter.
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Uranium City
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April 25, 2023Importance of Relationships – Painting – Process Improvement
Importance of Relationships
Talking about importance of relationships to combat burn out, process improvement, ways to manage career, and life.
Removing listening blocks to improve relationships.
How being future focused can make you lose sight of the present.
Having an emotional and physical plan for the day.
Using process improvement to make life more efficient.
Entering flow state with rap music.
Building the habit of showing up.
Learning to embrace being uncomfortable and producing anyway.
12 Listening Blocks That Hinder Relationships
Summarized from "Messages: The Communication Skill Book" by Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, Patrick Fanning.
Comparing
Difficult to listen when you are seeing if you measure up.
Minding Reading
Believing you know what the person is actually saying with only your intuition, or vague misgivings to guide you.
Rehearsing
No time to listen when you are rehearsing what to say.
Filtering
Listening only to confirm if someone is angry, unhappy, or if you are in danger.
Can also be used to avoid hearing threatening, negative, or critical comments.
Judging
Forming your opinion before hearing and evaluating the content.
Causes listening to cease, and jumping to conclusions.
Dreaming
Half listening until something triggers a memory, then you are back in your private world.
If this is a pattern with a certain party, could be you do not value what they have to say.
Identifying
Things heard are related back to your own experiences and now you are occupied crafting your story to tell.
Advising
Offering advise after a cursory listen, leaves the party feeling more alone and unheard.
Sparring
Focus is on things to disagree with.
The put-down
Dismissing what the party is saying with a sharp cutting comments.
Discounting
Bringing yourself down after hearing a compliment.
Leaves party feeling unheard when expressing their appreciation.
Being Right
Focus on avoiding criticism, and resistant to change.
Derailing
Quick subject changes.
Responding with jokes to avoid any serious listening.
Placating
Agreeing with everything, instead of listening.
Comes from wanting the party to accept you.
Mentioned in Episode
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University of Saskatchewan (U of S)
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April 18, 2023Artistic Journey – Fundamentals – Digital Media
The Artistic Journey
Discussing what could improve the artistic journey, and the limitless fuel you get when inspiration strikes.
The fear and vulnerability when showing others your work.
How to nurture a new artist.
Understanding failure is a step and moving on from it.
How you need to be consistent when working on a piece over long periods of time.
Creating from the heart instead of the production mindset.
Revisiting old pieces to see how your skill has advanced.
The realization that observing the greats can help you improve.
How digital media allows for more experimentation, enhance, and expedite your art process.
Artistic Terms
Composition
The arrangement of elements in an image.
Lighting
Keeping the light source consistent over all objects and people.
Perspective
Creating depth and a feeling of three dimensions in a two dimensional image.
Values
Using light or darker shades of colors and hues to portray a mood or focus to the image.
Foreshortening
Depicting extension of a person or object towards the viewer.
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April 17, 2023Advantages of Accounting – Dyslexia – Grief
Advantages of Accounting
Talking about advantages of accounting with dyslexia, and how a parent's cancer testing can make you re-evaluate your priorities.
Handling the emotions involved with managing payroll for 500+ employees.
When accounting can get you a large tax exemption.
How death can give you an appreciation for life.
Honoring and growing from the loss of a chosen brother.
The doubts that enter your mind when an exam feels too easy.
Risks of transporting and installing grain bins.
Transitioning out of something you at excel at for something more fulfilling.
The complexities of union language.
Accounting Terms
General Ledger
Keeps track of all transactions in an organization.
Organized with separate numbered accounts.
Cost Accounting
Encompasses all the expenses in each process of an organization.
Auditing
Reviewing all transaction within an organization for accuracy and compliance.
Usually done by a third party.
Shift Differential
Pay added when an employee is working at a challenging time.
Can be a percentage of wage or dollar value.
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April 06, 2023Mobile Game Development – Core Values – Golf Blitz
Aspects of Mobile Game Development
Talking about the enjoyable and difficult sides of mobile game development.
The reason making a functional game is better than a perfect game.
How to keep all aspects of a game immersive.
The process to hide game lag during online play.
The hard lesson learned when scrapping a game after a year of development.
Protecting the integrity of your game with a cloud server.
Ways to monetize your game.
Details that matter when programming.
Easy mistakes to make as a beginner programmer.
How deadlines help the process.
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March 31, 2023Challenges of Nursing – Emotions – First Generation
Challenges of Nursing
Discussing how traumatizing being a coroner can be, and the challenges of nursing.
Moving to being a coroner to get away from the verbal and physical abuse of nursing.
Helping families in the grieving process.
What cut her role as a coroner short.
Long term trauma of attending deaths which can be natural, homicide or accidental.
Learning to show emotion and how it helps your community.
Educating patients on when to use the emergency room.
Growing up as a first generation Canadian.
Improving the transition out of hospital for new parents.
Small gestures that can perk up someone's day and your own.
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March 30, 2023Working in Corrections – Chosen Family – PTSD
Working in Corrections
Talking about the best aspects of working in corrections, and the shift to offenders using more weapons and ambush based combat.
Difference between youth and adult corrections facility.
How being consistent and building a rapport with offenders helps everyone.
Coming back to interact with offenders after an incident.
How major incidents forge a bond between co-workers.
When the job isn't for you.
The support network within the staff at a corrections facility.
How humor helps make the day more enjoyable for everyone.
Recognizing and coping with triggers when a PTSD episode occurs.
The most rewarding aspects of the job.
Showing positive role modeling for young offenders.
Top meals offenders enjoy.
Reason behind the shift to more weapons and ambush based combat.
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FAQs about Genuine Curiosity:

How many episodes does Genuine Curiosity have?

The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.