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Dr. Scott Parazynski is a highly decorated physician, astronaut, and tech CEO, recently inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. He is a widely sought after keynote speaker on innovation, risk management, mentorship and leadership under extreme adversity.

Scott has lived and traveled all over the world, spending many of his grade school years in places such as Senegal, Lebanon, Iran and Greece. A graduate of Stanford University and Medical School, he went on to train at Harvard and in Denver for a career in emergency medicine and trauma.

In 1992 he was selected to join NASA’s Astronaut Corps and eventually flew 5 Space Shuttle missions and conducted 7 spacewalks. Mission highlights include a global ozone mapping flight; leading the first joint US-Russian spacewalk while docked to the Russian space station Mir; serving as Senator John Glenn’s crewmate and “personal physician”; and assembly of the Canadian-built space station robotic arm.

In October 2007, Scott led the spacewalking team on STS-120, during which he performed 4 EVAs. The final EVA is regarded by many as one of the most challenging and dangerous ever performed. The tremendous coordinated effort in orbit and on the ground by Mission Control has been likened to the Space Shuttle and Space Station era’s “Apollo 13 moment.”

In addition to being a diver and accomplished mountaineer, Scott is also a commercial, instrument, multiengine and seaplane-rated pilot. On May 20, 2009, he became the first astronaut to stand on top of the world, the summit of Mount Everest. As a life-long explorer, he and a colleague recently set the first bootprints adjacent the world’s youngest lava lake, inside the crater of Massaya Volcano in Nicaragua.

He is a prolific inventor/product developer, and serves on the Boards of several companies. He is Founder and CEO of Fluidity Technologies, focused on the development of revolutionary input devices powered by machine learning to intuitively move through physical and virtual space.

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All Students Can Excel in New Directions (Ascend)

Ascend College Prep was founded by Air Force Academy graduate and instructor Karin McWhorter in June 2020 as a small private school offering math education, standardized test prep, and tutoring. At the end of the first semester, Karin’s 27 students encouraged her to find a way to broaden the scope of the school. The board of directors and the founding team are now working with the Education reEnvisioned BOCES (Board of Cooperative Education) to turn Ascend into a full public high school for 11-12 graders in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area.

“I love teaching math because understanding how to approach a problem, apply a framework and find a solution is a critical life skill. I feel strongly that EVERY student is capable of success in mathematics, and once you understand “why” something works, the “how” becomes much easier. I have worked in public education for nearly 20 years, and I think we can do better with respect to STEM literacy, critical thinking and overall preparedness for future endeavors.”
--Karin McWhorter

 Karin and her staff of incredible teachers can be reached at AscendCollegePrep.com.   

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Sean D. Lafferty, Eng - Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Sean Lafferty is the founder and chief executive officer at EVG Extracts. As CEO, Sean oversees the strategy, engineering, extraction processes and fabrication of innovative extraction technologies.  Prior to this role, Sean was the vice president of operations and subsequently vice president, technology & strategic projects, for Blue Sun Energy, which he founded, vertically integrated, and was a board member. Under Sean's leadership, Blue Sun raised over $50MM in capital as the company commercialized several new process technologies--including a first-in-the-world commercial scale (30M gal/y) enzymatic biodiesel plant. Sean was also responsible for feedstock procurement, fuel sales/trading, oilseed breeding, farmer coop partnerships, and developing an exclusive authorized distributor network for branded fuel marketing; Blue Sun Fusion.  Sean has over 25 years of progressive leadership experience as an engineer and holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Colorado State University.  He lives in Evergreen, Colorado with his wife, Chris, and two children, where they team up to chase the powder of the nearby ski slopes to telemark and snowboard.

Josh Dickinson, MBA - Executive Vice President Sales and Strategic Relations
Josh Dickinson is the executive vice president at EVG Extracts. As EVP, Josh is focused on the scale and growth of the business through sales and strategic relationships.   Josh combines his EPC experience in bio/agricultural processing, renewable energy and ownership of a 178 acre industrial hemp farm with his practical supply chain management, strategy, and risk mitigation skills to make impactful decisions based on data and analytics. His career began in M&A with True Value Hardware and he grew into leading national business development and sales engineering roles with Abengoa, Contech Engineered Solutions and Volt Technical Resources.  Josh is a steward of his farmland committed to organic farming practices and a 15 year servant to his community seeking to alleviate poverty with Habitat for Humanity International. He attended Lindenwood University for his bachelor of science in engineering and then Washington University in St. Louis' Olin Business School for his executive master in business administration.

Josh and Sean can be reached at EVGExtracts.com

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Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. His most recent book is Stampede, a new history of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera and named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and Amazon Best Book of the Year. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and on National Public Radio. He is the co-editor of The Road Ahead, a collection of short stories featuring veteran writers, and has twice received grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, and to paddle the 1200 mile Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. In March 2018 he joined Amnesty International as a Senior Crisis Advisor.

Brian can be reached at BrianCastner.com

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Retired Air Force Colonel Chris "Elroy" Stricklin was on top of the world as a Thunderbird pilot when he mistimed a maneuver and was forced to eject in front of 85,000 spectators at an air show. The accident cost him his Thunderbird position and nearly ended his life. His traumatic experience and subsequent recovery inspired Chris to write the book, "Survivor's Obligation - Navigating an Intentional Life." ​ Currently, he heads the workforce training company Dunn University, and he travels the country helping thousands navigate their trauma more effectively.

Chris helps veterans and others through the organization Warrior's Heart, and he can be reached at ChrisStricklin.com.

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TD Barnes started in the US Army in the 1950s as a radar and intelligence officer.  Because he had special skills in monitoring high-speed and high-altitude aircraft, NASA hired him to work on the X-15 - the aircraft flown by astronauts and test pilots prior to going into space. Because the US was trying to win the space race and monitor the Soviet Union, TD was then hired by the CIA to work on the A-12 Oxcart program at Area 51.  The A-12 was the highest and fastest air-breathing aircraft in the world, but because it was Top Secret, its records are not official.  The "official" records are currently held by its successor - the famous SR-71 Blackbird.

TD had a front row seat to the most highly classified programs in the US, and he directly participated in the most sensitive missions of the Cold War period.  Now that his programs have been declassified, TD can tell the invaluable story of his fellow Cold Warriors to solidify their place in history.

TD heads Roadrunners Internationale - a group of former military, contractor, and CIA personnel - and he is the executive director of the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame.   He can be reached at Area51SpecialProjects.com and at TD-Barnes.com

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OJ Flores has been a criminal prosecutor for over ten years, and he is currently the chief prosecutor for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe near Tucson Arizona.  In this episode, OJ educates us on the legal issues facing Native American tribes in the US. 

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First Lieutenant Rob "Sweetness" Sweet was flying his A-10 Warthog during the first Gulf War in 1991 when he was shot down by the Iraqis.  Rob’s flight lead - Captain Steve Phillis  - was tragically shot down and killed while trying to defend Rob. In captivity for 19 days, Rob endured horrendous treatment and didn't know if he would live or die each day. Still flying the A-10 thirty years later, Rob tells us his incredible story.

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20-year Air Force veteran and military space operations specialist Lieutenant Colonel Jared Jurgensmeier joins me on the show to discuss everything space related.  Launching satellites, the beginning of Space-X, US Space Force, and more.  Jared also schools me on beer and takes me on a brewery tour in San Diego. 

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