Today we dive into our imaginations and create scenarios which require us to decide what to do, how to do it, or how to react. Listen to what scenarios we come up with and challenge your partner or friends to see how they react. Sometimes its fun to play with unreality scenarios to keep the brain juices flowing and use your creativity to keep you young at heart…enjoy!  

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In this podcast we will be reminiscing about our childhood past and compare it to what we see with today's youth activities. In many ways it seems sad to not see kids playing outside, in the parks, riding bikes or other simple outdoor activities like we used to do. However, times have changed and our perception of a safe place to play and unsupervised play time has taken a downward turn.

Gone are the days when you could let your son or daughter run around with the neighborhood kids and not have to worry about what they were doing or where they were. There was always at least one or two of the neighborhood parents’ home after school, parents talked to each other in their own version of a neighborhood watch program, and kids would be allowed to play outside until it was time for dinner or time to settle down for the evening.  

For the past three decades we have watched this free-spirited form of play diminish before our eyes. Today the concerns have switched from worrying about what time the kids will be home, to now having to worry about strangers abducting kids for trafficking rings or kids becoming addicted to their virtual reality world of on-line gaming. 

What do you think will be the second and third order of effects that threaten both the physical and mental health of our youth? Do you think it's possible to bring back the days of old and allow our kids to live the experience of safe, active, and unsupervised play?

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In this podcast, we are going to use a scenario to stimulate your cognitive thinking. The scenario we are using is entitled “Stranded on a Deserted Island.” 

We will use this scenario and present questions to stimulate thoughts and possible actions. We use the “stranded on a deserted island” scenario because it's simple and stimulates a lot of thought and digs deep into your knowledge of survival and ability to cope in a stressful environment.

This may not sound like fun now but wait until you hear the questions! We will also be reaching out to several of our listeners and getting their answers so we can compare and contrast thoughts and ideas on how to survive this epic scenario. 

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Is this a real thing or is "Minnesota Nice" just a fabricated way to describe how nice Minnesotan's really are? Ok, let's not get carried away, Minnesota nice is really a cultural expression with a double-edged sword. Minnesota Nice doesn't necessarily mean that people who reside in Minnesota are really nice, friendly, polite or non-confrontational people. Not all residents in Minnesota are willing to lend a helping hand or go out of their way to help someone in need. But please don't misunderstand this, there are always people that are willing to help, share a meal or help someone get out of a jam, but that goes for just about any place you go. However, this Minnesota nice stereotype is really a smoke screen used to disguise the true nature of many Minnesotans. 

Like our hometown professional sports teams, Minnesotan's will give you hope, but more likely lead you down a path of despair. This passive-aggressive nature is what sets Minnesotans apart. It's my belief that "Minnesota Nice" is nothing more than a marketing myth. You walk down the street of Minneapolis, and you will see that most people won't even make eye contact with you. That is however, unless you stand out as "different,' then you might see a head turn. Not to say that Minnesota isn't a nice place to live, that is if you can take 5-6 months of winter, but just be aware that this "Minnesota Nice" stereotype is not all that is seems to be underneath it's surface. 

Join us as Kat and I discuss some of the characteristics that we see in everyday Minnesota life and what we call Minnesota Narcissism.

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Welcome to the first Left Brain Right Turn podcast episode! This episode discusses the best movies of all time according to Rick and Kat. Listen in and compare your favorites to ours and see how well our crazy mindsets aligns with yours.  Maybe we will help jog your memory of some old-time favorites!

Special notes: We would like to thank our friends at Uppbeat  and Pixabay for some of the sound effects we used for this podcast and to include the artists Richard Bodgers for our intro theme.

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