Hello Humans! Welcome to the 24th show housed in “The Human Theatre”.

Today, I was honoured to have Benjamin Nivison, the assistant director on Baba Yaya (formerly called Indoni), come on the show. Benjamin and I dive deep into the power of the performing arts to empower people, raise awareness and critical thinking, and evoke change on an individualistic and societal level, how the arts can be used as a therapeutic intervention, the origin story of Baba Yaya, an overview of the training that Baba Yaya offers, their upcoming show called “Phoenix” and so much more!

BABA YAYA (formerly Indoni Dance Arts and Leadership Academy) aims to provide an academy of excellence for dance and integrated arts, based primarily in the culturally rich townships. It has a contemporary African-centred approach, honouring the heritage of South Africa.

There are a number of itinerant staff who teach Indigenous dance, Marimba, Drumming, Indigenous instrument and Marimba-making, Visual Art, Drama, Maths, Literacy and Computers.

A wellbeing programme is also co-ordinated.

The distinctiveness of the BABA YAYA programme lies in its provision of high quality, value-laden post-school professional training to youngsters who wish to pursue a career in dance /multi-disciplinary arts and that lack parental financial support and guidance.

SHOW LINKS:

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Baba Yaya (formerly Indoni): www.indoni-academy.org , @babayaya.academy (Instagram).

Baba Yaya’s upcoming show, “PHOENIX”:

Get your tickets here: https://qkt.io/I7gDim

“Phoenix

Rising Up!

Through personal narrative, dance, word and song this production embodies and expresses the triumph of the human spirit

Performed by:

Students and alumni of the BABA YAYA

African performing arts academy

Featuring live music by:

Gary Thomas “Moodship”, Andile Kraai and Sumalgy Nuro

Produced by:

Benjamin Nivison

Creative Team:

Maxwell Rani, Zimbini Makwethu, Balu Nivison, Janine Booysen, Leroy Samuels, Lwanda Sindaphi, Victoria Spencer

Dates:

24th Nov and 04th Dec

Times:

14:00 & 18:00

price: R150

Venue:

Wave Theatre, 44 long street

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Hello Humans! Welcome to the 23rd show housed in “The Human Theatre”.

Today, I am honoured to share with you one of my biggest influences, who has helped me, indirectly, in navigating my way through anxiety, anorexia, and the medical complications involved with the latter.

Ben Azadi, FDN-P, is one of the world’s leading experts on the ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting. He is the author of four best-selling books, “Keto Flex”, “The Perfect Health Booklet”, “The Intermittent Fasting Cheat Sheet”, and “The Power of Sleep”. Ben is known as ‘The Health Detective’ because he investigates dysfunction, and he educates, not medicates, to bring the body back to normal function.  Ben is the founder of Keto Kamp; a global brand bringing awareness to ancient healing strategies. He is also the host of a top 15 podcast, The Keto Kamp Podcast, which has over 1.5 million downloads. His YouTube channel has over 135 000 subscribers and on TikTok, he has over 220 000 subscribers. I would highly recommend giving him a follow and a listen…you won’t regret it.

Ben and I dive deep into the power of nutrition on one’s current health status, why your symptoms are actually your biggest blessings, how to get your body to use fat and ketones for fuel, the importance of mindset and knowing your “why”, what blood tests Ben recommends and so much more. Ben is a wealth of knowledge and wisdom, and it was a real treat having him come on the show!

SHOW LINKS:

10% DISCOUNT CODE for OXFORDHEALTHSPAN: https://oxfordhealthspan.com/discount/KELSEY

Ben Azadi: https://www.benazadi.com/about/ , @thebenazadi (Instagram & TikTok), https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUh_MOM621MvpW_HLtfkLyQ (YouTube).

Flea Experiment: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjxgv3ngI37AhVagFwKHXr-BbYQwqsBegQICBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTmhoSj3wkDM&usg=AOvVaw1lB886ozmjOHHAfXduIv4D

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Hello Humans! Welcome to the 22nd show housed in “The Human Theatre”. Today, we are absolutely honoured to have one of music’s and broadcasting’s most iconic Humans come on the show; the one and only, David Gresham.

David Gresham, born in Mbabane, Swaziland, is an independent record producer, publisher, promoter and radio & television personality. His career, beginning in the 1960s, has spanned over five decades…where he is still working in the studio today! In fact, he was speaking to me from his studio in Johannesburg

David and I dive deep into his backstory, prominent moments in his career that have moulded him into the person he is today, navigating one’s way through the music industry as a singer-songwriter, our respective love for music, and so much more! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it!

SHOW LINKS:

10% DISCOUNT CODE for OXFORDHEALTHSPAN: https://oxfordhealthspan.com/discount/KELSEY

David Gresham: https://www.greshamrecords.co.za/about-us , [email protected]

David & John Lennon interview: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi1sujh0_j6AhWIh1wKHVq0DSAQtwJ6BAgTEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRxHnYnilv4M&usg=AOvVaw0vXEOUKCs0hOlu-hFn5sur

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Hello Humans! Welcome to the 21st show housed in “The Human Theatre”.

Today we have special guest, Gavin Buchalter.

Gavin Buchalter is a South African Optometrist and Contact Lens Practitioner, who has been in private practice for 33 years. He also has qualifications from the College of Optometry in the U.K and the New England College of Optometry in Boston, USA. He has also completed coursework in Diabetes, Sports Vision and Neuro-optometry.

Today we dive deep into eye hygiene, the do’s and don’ts with contact lenses, diabetes and the eye, the eye-brain connection, laser therapy, common eye problems and so much more! It was a treat to get to interview my father, and I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did recording it.

SHOW LINKS:

10% DISCOUNT CODE for OXFORDHEALTHSPAN: https://oxfordhealthspan.com/discount/KELSEY

Gavin Buchalter: @gavinbuchalter (Instagram)

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Hello Humans! Welcome to the 20th show housed in “The Human Theatre”. Today we have special guest, Andrea Osvart, share her insights, wisdom and experiences as a well-established actress-now-coach.

Andrea Osvart is a multi-award-winning European actress for about 25 years, with over 50 credits, starring opposite movie stars like Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Heath Ledger, Clive Owen, and J.K. Simmons. She has also produced feature films sold to Netflix and HBO.

Andrea's mission is to educate actors about long-term success and career longevity through her method.

I hope you guys are ready for an absolute treat of an episode!!!

SHOW LINKS:

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Andrea Osvart:  https://andreaosvart.coach/

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Hello Humans, and welcome to the 19th show housed in “The Human Theatre”!

Today, I had the honour of interviewing Brian Sanders.

Brian Sanders is the filmmaker behind the Food Lies documentary, host of the top 5 nutrition podcast Peak Human, and an international speaker. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He works as a Health Coach at Evolve Healthcare and co-founded the health education company Sapien. He also works to spread the awareness of regenerative agriculture and increase access to well-raised animal products through his company Nose to Tail.

Brian and I get into the weeds (excuse the pun) of many different topics, merely scratching the surface of them all.

SHOW LINKS:

10% DISCOUNT CODE for OXFORDHEALTHSPAN: https://oxfordhealthspan.com/discount/KELSEY

Brian Sanders: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies , @food.lies (Instagram & Twitter), https://www.sapien.org, https://nosetotail.org.

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Hello Humans, and welcome to the 18th show housed in "The Human Theatre". 

Our guest today is Björn Krondorfer. “Björn Krondorfer is Regents’ Professor and the Director of the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University. As Endowed Professor of Religious Studies, he also teaches in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies. He received his Ph.D. at Temple University, Philadelphia. His field of expertise is religion, gender, and culture, and (post-) Holocaust and reconciliation studies. His scholarship helped to define the field of Critical Men’s Studies in Religions.

As director of the Martin-Springer Institute, he has organized several international academic symposia. He has mentored the creation of several exhibits: Through the Eyes of Youth: Life and Death in the Bedzin Ghetto; Resilience: Women in Flagstaff’s Past and Present; and the permanent installation of a Berlin Wall exhibit at NAU. He has curated the art exhibitions Wounded Landscapes (2014) and Echoes of Loss: Artistic Responses to Trauma (2018). In 2019, he has been awarded a one-month residential fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute on the theme of “truth and reconciliation.” (https://in.nau.edu/martin-springer/staff/about-the-director/)

SHOW LINKS:

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Björn Krondorfer: https://in.nau.edu/martin-springer/staff/about-the-director/, Unsettling Empathy: Working with Groups in Conflict (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020, The Holocaust and Masculinities: Critical Inquiries into the Presence and Absence of Men (SUNY 2020).

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Hello Humans, and welcome to the 17th Show housed in “The Human Theatre”.

Today’s guest is the one and only, Dylan Sage!

Dylan Sage, a South Africa Professional Rugby player, has played for the South African Springbok 7’s and Blue Bulls Rugby teams, and played for the French Montabaun and RCHCC teams.

He’s a 2x World Series champion, in 2016, Dylan received a Bronze Medal at the Rio Olympic Games, and in 2018 he was named Springbok 7s player of the year, he attended the Commonwealth Games, won Bronze in the 7s World Cup and played for the World Sevens Dream Team in that same year. (I’m exhausted just saying this!). Furthermore, Dylan is a Unisa Graduate, completing a BCOM in Financial Management.

Dylan and I geeked out on all things mental and physical resilience, exercise regimes, the importance of recovery, sleep, stretching, targeted nutrient supplementation, electrolytes, concussions and and and. It was truly an amazing conversation.

SHOW LINKS:

10% DISCOUNT CODE for OXFORDHEALTHSPAN: https://oxfordhealthspan.com/discount/KELSEY

Dylan Sage: @dylansage13 (Instagram), @dylansage11 (Twitter).

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Hello Humans! Welcome to the 16th Show housed in “The Human Theatre”. Today, I had the privilege of talking with one of South Africa’s leading entertainment icons: David Kramer.

David Kramer is a singer songwriter, playwright and director notable for his musicals about the Cape Coloured communities and for his early opposition to apartheid.

He is an internationally acclaimed creative, and has both received and been nominated for some of the theatre’s most prestigious awards both locally and abroad.

I got the privilege to be taught by David Kramer both as a student and also, most recently, in a series of Musical Masterclasses at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town. It was incredible getting to have David come on the show and share his story, first-hand, and I am so grateful to be able to share it with you!

SHOW LINKS:

10% DISCOUNT CODE for OXFORDHEALTHSPAN: https://oxfordhealthspan.com/discount/KELSEY

David Kramer: https://www.davidkramer.co.za , https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidKramerSA , @davidjkramer (Instagram) , https://www.facebook.com/blikmusic/

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Hello Humans, and welcome to the 15th show housed in “The Human Theatre”. Today’s guest is Dr Olivia Lesslar.

Dr Olivia Lesslar is a medical doctor with an interest in Psychoneuroimmunology and Preventative medicine. Her qualifications include: a medical degree (MBBS) from Bond University in Queensland Australia, an undergraduate degree in International Relations with a triple major including French and diplomacy, certificates in remedial therapies including herbs, nutrition and acupressure, and completed courses in Aeromedical Evacuation, Helicopter Underwater Escape Training, Medical Nutrition Management and an advanced certificate in Skin Cancer Medicine.

Dr Olivia practices all aspects of medicine, with an interest in complex conditions, mystery illnesses, prevention, bio-hacking and individualised medicine.

SHOW LINKS:

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Dr Olivia Lesslar: https://www.drolivialesslar.com (website), @drolivialesslar (Instagram)

TRPM3 and long covid: https://molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s10020-022-00528-y

TRPs: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/falgy.2021.700368/full

AIP for Hashimoto's https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6592837/

Dental mercury amalgams and possible health problems: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466

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