The 10th Podcast

Rocky has an interview with Lina Sergie Attar. Lina is a Syrian-American architect and writer from Aleppo, is co-founder and CEO of Karam Foundation, a non-for-profit that provides philanthropic aid for the citizens of Syria.

Rocky interviews entrepreneur and founder of STRONGWILL and the School of Man about his start-up and how his company are motivating and changing the lives of men using military special operators as instructors.

This episode Rocky has a conversation with emergency management and health care consultant Jan Glarum about the current state of emergency management preparedness in America.

Dan spoke with author and personal development coach Ann Demarais about her new book What You Don’t Know About How Others See You. We covered some of the workshops she offers on her site firstimpressionconsulting.com and why the idea of first impressions are thought of in such limited terms.

Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor received the Medal of Honor posthumously in a ceremony at the White House April 8, 2008. He received the award for his actions in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Sept. 29, 2006.

On that day, Monsoor was part of a sniper overwatch security position with three other SEALs and eight Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers. An insurgent closed in and threw a fragmentation grenade into the overwatch position. The grenade hit Monsoor in the chest before falling to the ground. Positioned next to the single exit, Monsoor was the only one who could have escaped harm. Instead, he dropped onto the grenade to shield the others from the blast. Monsoor died approximately 30 minutes later from wounds sustained from the blast. Because of Petty Officer Monsoor's actions, he saved the lives of his 3 teammates and the IA soldiers.

Dan spoke with James D’Angelo, Winner of the 2014 MIT Climate CoLab, ex-NASA scientist, and now a Harvard Research Associate

His current work is being done at the CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CRI) around A Ghost Bill Introduced by the Nixon Administration which he believes created A Crucial Flaw in Democracy

The bill is called the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (passed on October 26, 1970)

The Legislative Reorganization Act, changed internal procedures to provide complete transparency to our legislatures voting record. Which on its face seems like a law passed to benefit the people. However, in the subsequent years, there was an insurgency of lobby firms, special interest groups, and an exponential influx of private capital entering into the political marketplace.