Let's Move - Health, Wellness and Fitness Podcast Series

By David LissHealth & Fitness Mental Health

Let's Move - Health, Wellness and Fitness Podcast Series episodes

November 25, 2022 Black Soldiers' Role in ending Slavery and Winning the Civil War: The History Most Americans Don't Know
Far too Americans understand the important role of African-American soldiers in ending slavery and helping to win the Civil War. While the Emancipation Proclamation is generally believed to have ended slavery, it freed no slaves on January 1st, 1863. It did however set into motion considerations that would eventually end both slavery and the U.S. Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation allowed 200,000 African-American soldiers to serve in the Union Army and help to free 4,000,000 enslaved African-American people in the United States out of a total of 4.5 million African-Americans living in the United States at that time.
Our guest Captain Ed Gantt s a retired Navy Captain, He graduated from Howard University and entered Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School. The place that was depicted in the movie - An Officer and a Gentleman. Captain Gantt served 30 years of active duty in the US Army and Navy and a tour as a commanding officer of the F-14 Tomcat squadron, the aircraft, and squadron featured in the movie Top Gun.
Captain Gantt has been involved as a civil war re-enactor and speaker since 2014, focusing on the contribution of US Colored Troops to the outcome of the Civil War.
Most Americans don't know about the role of African-American Civil War reenactors in bringing a living, breathing Civil War history and the contributions of African-American soldiers to life across the US every year.
Dr. Richard Kennedy will interview Ed Gantt. Richard Kennedy is an Internist who has over 36 years of clinical experience including the World Bank Clinical Services and Private Practice, He is currently a Primary Care physician in Washington, DC. Medstar.
RESOURCES:
National Archives - Veteran's Records:
- For research on African-American soldiers serving in the Civil War.
African American Civil War Museum:
https://www.afroamcivilwar.org/
54th Massachusetts Regiment:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/54th-massachusetts-regiment.htm
Glory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(1989_film)
A 1989 American historical war drama film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's earliest African-American regiments in the American Civil War.
Project Gutenberg: (Referencing books mentioned by Captain Gantt)
- A reminder on the books you mentioned is needed
National Museum of African American History and Culture:
https://nmaahc.si.edu/
Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion
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The Legacy Museum:
https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/
From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
Located on the site of a former warehouse where Black people were forced to labor in Montgomery, Alabama, this narrative museum uses interactive media, sculpture, and videography. It exhibits to immerse visitors in the sights and sounds of the slave trade, racial terrorism, the Jim Crow South, and the world’s largest prison system. Compelling visuals and data-rich exhibits provide a one-of-a-kind opportunity to investigate America's history of racial injustice and its legacy — to draw dynamic connections across generations of Americans impacted by the tragic history of racial inequality.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
More than 4,400 African American men, women, and children were hanged, burned alive, shot, drowned, and beaten to death by white mobs between 1877 and 1950. Millions more fled the South as refugees from racial terrorism, profoundly impacting the entire nation. Until now, no national memorial has acknowledged the victims of racial terror lynchings.
1 hr 16 min
August 26, 2022 Learning to Live a Better Life with Greg LaBlanc
Greg LaBlanc is the host of the Unsiloed podcast. He is a lifelong educator with degrees in History, PPE, Business, and Law, Greg currently teaches at Berkeley, Stanford, and HEC Paris.
He has taught in multiple disciplines, from Engineering to Economics, Biology to Business, and Psychology to Philosophy.

The podcast is based on a series of interviews Greg has had with leading global thought leaders and Nobel prize winners writing, thinking, and leading thought in the world today. The interviews are drawn from a wide set of topics, all in an attempt to get closer to one question: "How do we live a good life." This is the case as much on the level of business decisions as on the individual level.

Greg makes the case for the quest for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness as a foundation for a happy and virtuous life. It is not about Comfort, as the quest for intellectual virtue is not comfortable. He argues that the intellect needs to be confronted by challenges much in the same way as the body needs exercise, and this is all needed for a good life.

Unsiloed Podcast:
https://www.unsiloedpodcast.com/
29 min
June 04, 2021 10 Minute Positive Quality Meditation with Emily Moore
Today Emily Moore will guide us in a 10 min Positive Quality Meditation. This meditation is inspired by a practice shared by Dharma Mittra. This guided meditation will help you to cultivate qualities that will serve your own well-being and the well-being of everyone. The quality that you choose to focus on will be particular to your own needs and circumstances. This meditation is empowering and also steadying and centering.
Emily is a DC-based yoga and meditation instructor. She has over 1000 hours of training in yoga techniques including asana, restorative yoga, yoga Nidra, meditation, pranayama, energy healing, and yoga philosophy. Emily brings a warm and steady tone to her classes and helps practitioners access a greater sense of mental and physical space and a receptivity to the subtle intelligence that is found through stillness. You can find Emily’s complete yoga teaching schedule by following her on Instagram @EmilyMooreYoga.
So, step away from your screens, give a listen, and take some mindful moments to relax and refocus.
12 min
April 17, 2021 This Week in Sports With DeAngelo Richardson
Welcome to This Week in Sports with DeAngelo Richardson. DeAngelo is a personal trainer, fitness influencer, and athlete. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of sports.
In this episode, De will detail his thoughts about the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball tournament. Preview the upcoming Champions League semi-finals with Chelsea/Real Madrid and PSG/Manchester City. He will also give his thoughts on the upcoming Major League Baseball season and preview the upcoming NBA playoff picture.
19 min
March 14, 2021 Guided 20 Minute Morning Walking Meditation with Emily Moore
This is a guided meditation that can be done while walking around your neighborhood, in the park, in the woods, anywhere. As we begin our day the body and mind come out of the dormant state of sleep and back into sensory awareness. This walking meditation will help you to begin your day connecting mindfully to the activities of the body and mind so that you can start your day with presence and ease.
Emily is a DC-based yoga teacher with over 1000 hours of training in yoga techniques including asana, restorative yoga, yoga Nidra, meditation, pranayama, energy healing, and yoga philosophy. Emily brings a warm and steady tone to her classes and helps practitioners access a greater sense of mental and physical space and a receptivity to the subtle intelligence that is found through stillness. Her classes are inspired by her teacher Dharma Mittra who has been teaching yoga for 50+ years. You can find Emily’s complete yoga teaching schedule by following her on Instagram @EmilyMooreYoga
19 min
February 12, 2021 This Week in Sports with DeAngelo Richardson: Post Super Bowl Edition
In this episode De will detail his thoughts about last weekend’s Super Bowl and most important elements of Tampa Bay’s victory and Kansas City’s DE - feat. If you followed De’s picks for a bet last week you would have won some money. He will also give you his NFL picks for next season and talk about the upcoming NBA All Star game
16 min
February 06, 2021 This Week in Sports with DeAngelo Richardson: Super Bowl Preview
DeAngelo Richardson is a personal trainer, fitness influencer, and athlete. Not to mention, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of sports.
Today is the 1st Annual This Week in Sports Super Bowl Preview episode with DeAngelo Richardson. In this episode De will De - tail his thoughts about the most important elements of the game and give you his choice for Super Bowl Champion.
20 min
January 22, 2021 5 Minute Focused Attention Meditation with Martha Brettschneider
A little over 25 years ago, she was pulled from the U.S. Treasury Department to serve as an economist in the IMF’s Office of the U.S. Executive Director. Martha’s journey since then has taken some unexpected turns, and she’s back with us today as a mindfulness and emotional intelligence teacher, certified with the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. Her economist wiring and personal journey gives her a unique perspective on the benefits of mindfulness, which she'll share with us today.
Martha Brettschneider, Founder, Damselwings, LLC
[email protected]
https://damselwings.com

7 min
January 15, 2021 5 Minute Reset Meditation with Andrea DiRaddo
Today in this Let’s Move podcast, Andrea DiRaddo, a yoga instructor and mindfulness teacher will lead you in a guided 5 minute meditation.
Take time to pause, breathe, and reset your nervous system. This practice will include simple breath work and a focus on mindfulness and awareness.
Andrea DiRaddo is a certified yoga therapist and experienced certified yoga teacher in the Washington, DC area. She brings these meditations to you with a focus on building curiosity and awareness. In Andrea’s words, “It is through a mindfulness practice that we can begin to understand how and why we respond to things the way we do. By becoming an observer of the mind, we can calm the nervous system, increase focus, and build resilience.”

8 min
January 11, 2021 10 Minute Body Scan Meditation to Relieve Tension and Calm the Mind with Emily Moore
Today in this Let’s Move podcast, Emily Moore, a yoga instructor a DC based yoga instructor will lead you in a 10 Minute Body Scan to Relieve Tension and Calm the Mind.
Emily is a DC based yoga teacher with over 1000 hours of training in yoga techniques including asana, restorative yoga, yoga nidra, meditation, pranayama, energy healing, and yoga philosophy. Emily brings a warm and steady tone to her classes and helps practitioners access a greater sense of mental and physical space and a receptivity to the subtle intelligence that is found through stillness. Her classes are inspired by her teacher Dharma Mittra who has been teaching yoga for 50+ years. You can find Emily’s complete yoga teaching schedule by following her on Instagram @ EMLYMO
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12 min