This week, we are happy to welcome American Economist and and social philosopher Catherine Pakaluk to The Hamilton Review Podcast! Catherine has written a beautiful book entitled Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.

The Hamilton Review Podcast highlights where kids and culture collide in our world, and this conversation is the definition of what our show is all about. Catherine paints a picture of her early life, her life with eight children, and what prompted her to write "Hannah's Children."

Don't miss this compelling conversation.

Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an American economist and social philosopher at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Pakaluk is author of the acclaimed ethnography Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth (Regnery, 2024), a multidisciplinary account of American women choosing to have large families against the global trend to sub-replacement fertility.

Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Slate, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and more. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. The mother of eight children, she is married to American philosopher Michael Pakaluk. They split their time between suburban Maryland and New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

How to contact Catherine Pakaluk:

Catherine Pakaluk website

How to contact Dr. Bob:

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Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

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Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

This week, we are happy to welcome Dr. Sarah Schnitker to The Hamilton Review Podcast! Dr. Schnitker discusses the science of virtues and how we can cultivate character strength in young people.

Enjoy this important conversation!

Dr. Sarah Schnitker is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University. She holds a Ph.D. and an MA in Personality and Social Psychology from the University of California, Davis, and a BA in Psychology from Grove City College. 

Dr. Sarah Schnitker studies virtue and character development in adolescents and emerging adults, with a focus on the role of spirituality and religion in virtue formation. She specializes in the study of patience, self-control, gratitude, generosity, and thrift.  Schnitker has published more than 75 peer-review articles and edited chapters, and she has procured more than $10 million in funding as a principal investigator on multiple research grants. Schnitker is an Associate Editor for Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Research in Personality, and a co-editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality.

She is a dedicated mentor, having served as dissertation advisor for more than 20 doctoral students, whom she helps to cultivate intellectual virtues alongside scientific competencies. She is the recipient of the Virginia Sexton American Psychological Association’s Division 36 Mentoring Award and the Student International Positive Psychology Association Mentor Award.

How to contact Dr. Sarah Schnitker:

Dr. Schnitker at Baylor University

Science of Virtues Lab

Dr. Schnitker on Twitter/X

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

A great way to start the new year is to focus on our mental health, and that is exactly what the last episode of 2024 is going to accomplish. This week, we are very happy to welcome Dr. Kirsten Thompson to The Hamilton Review Podcast!

Dr. Thompson shares her fascinating story of how she decided to specialize in psychiatry, which led to the company she founded in 2020, Remedy Psychiatry. Dr. Thompson is making a big difference in the world - be inspired by this wonderful and informative conversation.

Dr. Kirsten Thompson, M.D. is the Founder and CEO of Remedy Psychiatry, a telehealth company that provides personalized psychiatric care. She is a board-certified psychiatrist with her B.S. in engineering from Cornell University, a postbaccalaureate premedical certificate from Columbia University, medical school at State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, two years of surgical residency training at USC and psychiatric training at UCLA.

She started Remedy Psychiatry in 2020 because everyone deserves highly-personalized psychiatric medication management, from a clinician who gets to know them well, and aligns with their individual goals.

How to contact Dr. Kirsten Thompson:

Remedy Psychiatry website

Remedy Psychiatry on Instagram

Dr. Kirsten Thompson on TikTok

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

Merry Christmas Eve from The Hamilton Review Podcast! On this special episode, we welcome twelve year old Hannah Jane to the show!

Hannah Jane shares about her life and interests as a middle schooler. Later, Hannah Jane and Dr. Bob chat about the beauty of Christmas and all that it means to their family. 

Don't miss this sweet discussion and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

This week, we are happy welcome Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Dr. Deborah Lynn to The Hamilton Review Podcast! Dr. Lynn shares with the audience how to help your child overcome anxiety and more.

Dr. Lynn is a expert in her field - parents, this is a must listen conversation.

Dr. Deborah Lynn is a Board-Certified psychiatrist, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. She is on the clinical faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles, teaching at UCLA for over 20 years.

Her early career was spent investigating the biology of mother-infant separation, ADHD, temperament, and an in depth investigation of personality development. Dr. Lynn has been in private practice in Westwood, California for over 20 years.

She teaches at UCLA and the New Center for Psychoanalysis. She also works as a consultant for City of Hope, addressing psychiatric issues in a consultation/liaison modality in the pediatric oncology population. Dr. Lynn is a graduate of Northwestern Medical School, University of Chicago, and University of Wisconsin, Madison for Psychiatric Residency, and UCLA Child and Adolescent for Child and Adolescent Fellowship and Research Fellowship.

She is a long time member, instructor, and senior candidate at the New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles. She is a faculty member of Reiss-Davis Child Study Center.

How to contact Dr. Deborah Lynn:

Center for Authenticity

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

This week, we are happy to welcome thirteen year old Shay Gable to The Hamilton Review Podcast!

In this conversation, eighth grader Shay Gable shares her experience of balancing academics and sport with the responsibility of having a real job as a hostess at a local restaurant.

This episode is exactly what kids and culture is all about - parents and kids, don't miss this super interesting discussion with Shay.

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

This week, we are happy to welcome author, podcaster and motivational speaker Kirsten Jones to The Hamilton Review Podcast!

In this conversation, Kirsten shares a lot of valuable information from her book, "Raising Empowered Athletes" including helping our kids move through discomfort, leaning into the things that we value as parents and helping them get to the other side. 

Kirsten and Dr. Bob also talk about youth sports, burn out and more.

Parents, this is a must listen conversation!

Kirsten Jones is a motivational speaker, author, podcaster and Peak Performance Coach. Along with Susie Walton (mother of former NBA player and coach, Luke Walton, and three other peak-performing sons), she is the co-host of the popular #RaisingAthletes Podcast, based in Los Angeles.

Jones is an empowered, successful athlete herself: she played Division I volleyball and is a member of the William and Mary Athletics Hall of Fame. She was a fifteen year executive at NIKE in both Europe and the U.S.

Ten years ago, Kirsten was certified through a Tony Robbins life-coaching program, Strategic Intervention. She started life coaching, doing motivational speaking, coaching youth sports teams and writing a monthly blog. Sports have been a constant in her life- whether player herself, coaching her children, or working with athletes and their parents as a Peak Performance coach.

Over the last five years, Kirsten has spoken to thousands of middle school, high school, and college athletes: parents; coaches; and sports administrators about the increasing pressure to compete both on and off the court-- and how to thrive as both an athlete and a human being while effectively coping with all that pressure.

She is the mother of three athletes. One played Division I basketball at Boston University and is now playing for DIII at Claremont Graduate University while getting his MBA; a second son, also a Division I basketball player, is a sophomore at Colgate University; and a daughter who just finished high school and played club volleyball throughout, is now a freshmen at Loyola Marymount University Film School. Kirsten's super power is helping people get out of their heads and into their bodies so they can feel their best and perform beyond what even they dreamed possible. 

How to contact Kirsten Jones:

Kirsten Jones Website

Kirsten Jones on Instagram

Raising Athletes Podcast

Raising Empowered Athletes Book

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

This week, we are happy to welcome author and podcaster, Nick Halaris to The Hamilton Review Podcast!

Nick Halaris is the author of Profit+, a popular newsletter read by over 20,000 mission-driven individuals, and the host of the Nick Halaris Show, a podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of the people who are trying to make the world a better place. 

Every week, Nick publishes articles in Profit+ designed to help people pursue success without compromise and sits down with well-known socially conscious entrepreneurs and investors, non-profit leaders, civic activists, political leaders, and authors to explore, highlight, and champion the ideas, projects, and missions of the world’s most inspiring people.

Nick has spent the last 15 years as a real estate entrepreneur and has invested in over $300M worth of properties.  He is a co-founder and the President of Metros Capital, a design-centric residential development firm based in West Hollywood, and has a track record that includes investing and developing over 2,500 multifamily units and 150 homes.  

He holds a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.  Nick resides in West Hollywood with his family and enjoys writing, extreme fitness, helping entrepreneurs, and giving back to the community.   

Enjoy this engaging and informative conversation!

How to contact Nick Halaris:

Nick Halaris website and newletter (sign up!)

Nick Halaris on Instagram

Nick Halaris on linkedin

Nick Halaris on Twitter

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

This week, we are honored to welcome renowned classical music announcer, Rich Capparela to The Hamilton Review! If you listen to classical music radio stations (he joined KUSC-FM in 1980!), or attend classical music concerts, then you definitely know Rich's famous voice.

Friends, you are in for a real treat as Rich and Dr. Bob sit down in person together as Rich shares the story of how he earned one of the best jobs in the world. Funny, dynamic and inspiring, this is a conversation you'll want to put at the top of your queue.

Enjoy and share with your friends!

In 1972 an employment counselor asked Rich Capparela, "If you could be anything in the world, what would you be?" Without hesitation he replied, "A classical music radio announcer!" Today Rich is one of the best-known classical music radio personalities in the United States.

He joined Los Angeles classical radio station KUSC-FM in 1980 as the morning host. He's also known for his airwork at Southern California classical radio stations KMZT-FM and KFAC-FM. Nowadays he can be heard once again on KUSC-FM. His recording company, Cardiff Studios, produces commercials and programming for U.S. arts organizations, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony.

He's appeared as narrator at Carnegie Hall in music by Benjamin Britten and has performed in Southern California with the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart, narrating The Night Before Christmas. In 2009 he began an association with the Metropolitan Opera when he started hosting the Met's prestigious Western Region Finals competition. Since 1995 Capparela has hosted live radio broadcast concerts by the Pacific Symphony.

In December of 2001 as part of Los Angeles Music Week, Capparela was honored in chamber by the Los Angeles City Council for his contributions to the city's music community.

In 2002 Capparela provided program notes for the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet's Grammy nominated album LAGQ: Latin. Rich continued his association with the Grammys in February of 2004 when he presented the year's classical Grammys in Los Angeles. In January 2010 Capparela hosted the Grammy Salute to Classical Music honoring Placido Domingo.

He is active as a lead singer and guitarist with a three-piece cover rock band, Otherwise Normal. Rich and his wife Marcia, a retired private school administrator, live in Santa Monica, California.

How to contact Rich Capparela:

Cardiff Studios

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/

This week, we welcome Jennifer Frey to The Hamilton Review! Jennifer is currently the Dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa, with a secondary appointment as professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. In this episode, Jennifer and Dr. Bob discuss her recent article in the Wall Street Journal entitled, "Three Books on What Being a Parent Really Means."

Enjoy this dynamic conversation!

Jennifer Frey's bio in her own words:

I am currently the Dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa, with a secondary appointment as professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion.

Previously, I was an Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, where I was also a Peter and Bonnie McCausland faculty fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences. I am also a faculty fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America, and a Newbigin Interfaith Fellow with The Carver Project.

Prior to coming to the University of South Carolina, I was a Collegiate Assistant Professor the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where I was also a member of the Society for the Liberal Arts. I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, where I studied under John McDowell and Michael Thompson, and my B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with a Classics minor) at Indiana University-Bloomington.

My academic research is primarily in moral psychology and virtue. I’ve co-edited a volume titled Self-Transcendence and Virtue with my former colleague Candace Vogler, and I am finishing up a volume titled Practical Truth with my husband and colleague, Christopher Frey. A third volume, titled Practical Wisdom, is under contract with Oxford University Press.

In 2015, I was awarded a multi-million dollar grant from the John Templeton Foundation, titled “Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life.” I frequently write more popular essays and book reviews in places like Breaking Ground, First Things, Image, and The Point. I host a philosophy, theology, and literature podcast called Sacred and Profane Love.

How to contact Jennifer Frey:

Jennifer Frey website

How to contact Dr. Bob:

Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ

Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/

Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/

Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/

Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/