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What have we gained from technology, and what have we lost? In this month’s episode, Dad and I look back at the arrival of electricity, the telephone, TV and other technologies that transformed everyday life.

Our relationship with nature shapes not only the world around us, but the way we understand our own place in it. In this thoughtful conversation, David reflects on a lifetime of observing, working with, and learning from the natural world.

Death is a subject many of us avoid, yet it quietly shapes the way we live every day. In this thoughtful conversation, David reflects on mortality through the lenses of science, faith, philosophy, and lived experience.

In this month’s episode, David reflects on the values and principles that shape ethical behavior, from lessons learned in childhood to the difficult decisions we face later in life.

In this episode, David reflects on how his early experiences with money shaped the way he understands security, work, and self-reliance. Through stories from his childhood and adult life, he considers the habits that endure long after circumstances change.

In this conversation, David reflects on work and purpose across a lifetime, from childhood chores on a farm to decades as a surgeon and an active retirement.

In this third conversation, David reflects on education—not only as schooling, but as a lifelong process shaped by opportunity, inequality, discipline, and curiosity.

In this second conversation, David looks back on the relationships that shaped him—from the quiet confidence instilled by his mother to teachers, mentors, colleagues, and even the animals who helped forge his path.

In this first conversation, David reflects on a lifetime in medicine, from his early ideals as a young doctor to the realities of practicing healthcare.