The Knowledge with David Elikwu

David speaks with Barrett Brooks, a writer and executive coach specialising in guiding mission-driven founders and creators through emotional and strategic barriers to business growth. His writing focuses on leaders and companies tackling critical societal issues such as climate change, biodiversity, education, food systems, healthcare, and circular products. Previously, he was the managing editor of The Carbon Almanac (a bestselling book on climate change led by Seth Godin), COO at Good Coffee, and COO at ConvertKit.

They talked about:

💡 Unexpected lessons of business failure

⚖️ The struggle of balancing ambition with reality

❌ The power of rejection

🧭 The moral cost of career advancement

🏆 The balance between success and failure

🤝 The cost of friendship in leadership roles

This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

Part 1: 🎙️Purpose, Passion, and Perseverance with Barrett Brooks (Episode 109)

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/barrettbrooks-2/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/uaAOX_EXo_s

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Seth Godin | https://theknowledge.io/freestyle/

Wes Kao | http://www.theknowledge.io/weskao/

The ShipIt | https://amzn.to/3WLxvsj

Living for Monday | https://barrettbrooks.com/portfolio/living-for-monday/

The Dip | https://amzn.to/3Ma4cup

Ernst and Young | https://www.ey.com/en_gl

World Domination Summit | https://worlddominationsummit.com/

Chris Guillebeau | https://chrisguillebeau.com/

Corbett Barr | https://www.corbettbarr.com/

LinkedIn Learning | https://www.linkedin.com/learning

Nathan Barry: Everything We Learned Growing ConvertKit to $40M | https://www.goodworkshow.com/guests/nathan-barry/

Nathan Barry | https://nathanbarry.com/

Convertkit | https://bit.ly/convertkit-de

Acumen | https://acumen.org/jobs/

Jacqueline Novogratz | https://acumen.org/jacqueline-novogratz/

Adam Grant | https://adamgrant.net/

Kim Scott | https://kimmalonescott.com/

Substack | https://substack.com/

Beehiiv | https://www.beehiiv.com/

👤 Connect with Barrett:

Website: https://barrettbrooks.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarrettABrooks

Good Work with Barrett Brooks: https://www.goodworkshow.com/

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

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David speaks with Kelly Wilde Miller, an emerging writer and speaker giving voice to the necessity of authentic self-expression. She is a self-help author, who wrote and published her first book in 5-days, an award-winning speaker & creator of the growing newsletter Wild on Purpose.

They talked about:

🌀 The concept of creative dysregulation

💼 How to overcome dysregulation in entrepreneurship

🌟 Turning criticisms into creative power

💫 Embracing vulnerability and authenticity in creativity

🌞 The challenge of joy in everyday work

🕔 The process of writing a book in five days

This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the third part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

Part 1: 🎙️ Dreams, Doubts and Creative Conflict with Kelly Wilde Miller (Episode 105)

Part 2: 🎙️ Decisions, Self-Integration, and the Power of Alter Egos with Kelly Wilde Miller (Episode 108)

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/kellywildemiller-3/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/0pbZvWoqFgU

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu

MDMA-assisted psychotherapy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA-assisted_psychotherapy

Nervous System Mastery | https://nsmastery.com/

Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

Convertkit | https://bit.ly/convertkit-de

Adderall | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall

99designs | https://99designs.com/

Grammarly | https://www.grammarly.com/premium

Paul Millerd | www.theknowledge.io/paulmillerd/

The Pathless Path | https://amzn.to/3Qn37kp

Google Docs | https://www.google.com/docs/about/

WhatsApp | https://web.whatsapp.com/

👤 Connect with Kelly:

Twitter: https://x.com/kellycwilde

Website: https://www.kellywildemiller.com/

Newsletter and Podcast: Wild on Purpose by Kelly Wilde Miller | https://www.wildonpurpose.co/

5-Day Creative Momentum Challenge | https://fivedaycreative.com/challenge/

Creative Regulation Self-Assessment | https://creativedysregulation.scoreapp.com/

Book: Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

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David speaks with Danielle Strachman, a co-founder and general partner of 1517, a venture capital fund that invests in technology startups founded by dropouts and unconventional thinkers. She was on the founding team of the Thiel Fellowship, leading its design and operations, and founded Innovations Academy, a K-8 charter school in San Diego focused on student-led, project-based learning.

They talked about:

🏫 Founding a charter school

📈 The importance of the environment in childhood development

🚀 How deschooling fuels innovation

🔍 The psychology of novelty

🌟 Early talent vs. developing potential

🌿 The ecosystem of success

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/daniellestrachman-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/fRePflWmR9w

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | https://www.bidmc.org/

Craigslist | http://www.craigslist.org/

Christine Kuglen | https://innovationsacademy.org/about-us/founders/

Innovations Academy | https://innovationsacademy.org/

Claire de Lune Coffee Lounge | https://sandiegomagazine.com/food-drink/goodnight-claire-de-lune/

Thiel Foundation | https://www.thielfoundation.org/

Google | https://www.google.co.uk/

1517 Fund | https://www.1517fund.com/

Deschooling | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deschooling_Society

ADHD | https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/symptoms/

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/

International Baccalaureate | https://www.ibo.org/

Vitalik Buterin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalik_Buterin

David Epstein | https://davidepstein.com/

Range | https://amzn.to/3WtR4VZ

Tiger Woods | https://www.tigerwoods.com/

Roger Federer | https://rogerfederer.com/

Peak | https://amzn.to/4dr1CMt

K. Anders Ericsson | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Anders_Ericsson

👤 Connect with Danielle:

Twitter: https://x.com/DStrachman

1517 Fund: https://www.1517fund.com/

Innovations Academy: https://innovationsacademy.org/our-team/profiles/danielle-strachman/

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

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David speaks with Barrett Brooks, a writer and executive coach specialising in guiding mission-driven founders and creators through emotional and strategic barriers to business growth. His writing focuses on leaders and companies tackling critical societal issues such as climate change, biodiversity, education, food systems, healthcare, and circular products. Previously, he was the managing editor of The Carbon Almanac (a bestselling book on climate change led by Seth Godin), COO at Good Coffee, and COO at ConvertKit.

They talked about:

🔍 The role of agency in personal education

🔥 The power of self-determination

⚖️ The struggle of balancing practicality and passion in career choices

✨ The story of ‘Living for Monday’

🎢 The emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship

👥 What Barrett learned from working with Seth Godin

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/barrettbrooks-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/S-S2OTv-z1M

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Ernst & Young | https://www.ey.com/en_uk

Fortune | https://fortune.com/ranking/global500/

ERPS | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning

International Baccalaureate | https://www.ibo.org/about-the-ib/

Wikipedia | https://www.wikipedia.org/

The Sunk Cost Fallacy | https://theknowledge.io/sunk-cost-fallacy/

Coca-Cola | https://www.coca-cola.com/gb/en

General Electric | http://www.ge.com/

The Living for Monday Show | https://barrettbrooks.com/portfolio/the-living-for-monday-show/

Seth Godin | https://theknowledge.io/freestyle/

👤 Connect with Barrett:

Website: https://barrettbrooks.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarrettABrooks

Good Work with Barrett Brooks: https://www.goodworkshow.com/

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

My Favorite Tools

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David speaks with Kelly Wilde Miller, an emerging writer and speaker giving voice to the necessity of authentic self-expression. She is a self-help author, who wrote and published her first book in 5-days, an award-winning speaker & creator of the growing newsletter Wild on Purpose.

They talked about:

🔑 The impact of intentional decisions

🕵️‍♀️ Kelly's secret life as Tori

🎭 The power of alter egos

🌱 The path to self-integration

🌪️ How Kelly found herself amidst the chaos

🎢 The unpredictability of career success

This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

Part 1: 🎙️ Dreams, Doubts and Creative Conflict with Kelly Wilde Miller (Episode 105)

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/kellywildemiller-2/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/65CDntv8ZMc

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Carl Jung | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

Shadow self | https://orionphilosophy.com/the-shadow-carl-jung/

Craigslist | http://www.craigslist.org/

Airbnb | http://www.airbnb.com/

BCBG | https://bcbg.com/

The Alter Ego Effect | https://amzn.to/4d5sBgl

Nicki Minaj | http://www.nickiminajofficial.com/

Beyonce | https://www.beyonce.com/

COVID | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/

Batman | https://www.dc.com/characters/batman

Superman | https://www.dc.com/characters/superman

Clark Kent | https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman_(Clark_Kent)

Bruce Wayne | https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_(Bruce_Wayne)

Hridaya Yoga | https://hridaya-yoga.com/

Vail Ski Resort | https://www.vail.com/

👤 Connect with Kelly:

Twitter: https://x.com/kellycwilde

Website: https://www.kellywildemiller.com/

Newsletter and Podcast: Wild on Purpose by Kelly Wilde Miller | https://www.wildonpurpose.co/

5-Day Creative Momentum Challenge | https://fivedaycreative.com/challenge/

Creative Regulation Self-Assessment | https://creativedysregulation.scoreapp.com/

Book: Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

My Favorite Tools

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David speaks with Layal Liverpool, an author and science journalist with expertise in biomedical science, particularly virology and immunology. She worked as a biomedical researcher at University College London and the University of Oxford in the UK. Her writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, WIRED, the Guardian, and elsewhere, and she has worked on staff as a reporter for both Nature and New Scientist.

They talked about:

🏥 Racial disparities in maternal healthcare

🗣️ The importance of being heard in healthcare

🌐 The role of race in healthcare

🚮 The idea of environmental racism

🎓 The gap between healthcare education and systemic challenges

🧠 Racism as a public health issue in mental health

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/layalliverpool-2/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/Cq1cWubI6e0

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

FIVEXMORE | https://fivexmore.org/

Ella Kissi-Debrah | https://ellaroberta.org/about-ella

Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/

Parkinson's disease | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/parkinson-disease

Serena Williams | http://serenawilliams.com/

Dementia | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia

NFL | http://www.nfl.com/

NFL race-norming formula | https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133434-100-how-medical-tests-have-built-in-discrimination-against-black-people/

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) | https://www.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DEIMissionVision.pdf

An Audit of UK Hospital Doctors’ Knowledge and Experience of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8464998/

NHS | https://www.nhs.uk/

COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/

Urban heat island effect | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island

General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCSE

Malcolm Gladwell | https://www.gladwellbooks.com/

👤Connect with Layal:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/layallivs

Website: https://layalliverpool.com/

Book: SYSTEMIC: How Racism is Making Us Ill | https://amzn.to/4c9lnaW

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

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David speaks with Charles C. Mann, a journalist and author, specializing in scientific topics. He is the author of the bestselling books 1491, which won the National Academies Communication Award for Best Book of the Year, 1493, and The Wizard and the Prophet. He is the co-author of four books, and contributing editor for Science, The Atlantic Monthly, and Wired.

They talked about:

📚 The Columbian Exchange

🌎 How European diseases conquered the New World

🌾 How crops fuelled human conquest

♻️ Environmental limits and human innovation

🌱 The fragility of ecosystems

🌐 The future of sustainability

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/charlescmann-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/frKILGINVzc

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

1491 | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6

1493 | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur

The Wizard and the Prophet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL

Alfred W. Crosby | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_W._Crosby

The Columbian Exchange | https://amzn.to/3XJq9HN

Zoonotic Diseases | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/zoonoses

COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/

Moros y cristianos | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moros_y_cristianos

Russell Thornton | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Thornton

Morgan Housel | https://www.morganhousel.com/

The Psychology of Money | https://amzn.to/3RQzWYN

Adolf Hitler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Karl Marx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx

African time | https://theknowledge.io/issue25/

Yaqui | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqui

Fernand Braudel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Braudel

Daniel Defoe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe

List of deadliest floods | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_floods

Boxer Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

Taiping Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion

Norman Borlaug | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug

Green Revolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution

Stem rust | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_rust

William Vogt | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vogt

Paul Ehrlich | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrlich

Road to Survival | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Survival

Genetically modified organism | https://www.fda.gov/food/agricultural-biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food-and-beyond

Jethro Tull | http://jethrotull.com/

👤Connect with Charles:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann

Books:

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6

1493: How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur

The Wizard and the Prophet: Science and the Future of Our Planet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

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David speaks with Kelly Wilde Miller, a writer and speaker giving voice to the necessity of authentic self-expression. She is a self-help author who was challenged to write and publish her first book in 5-days, an award-winning speaker and creator of the growing newsletter Wild on Purpose.

They talked about:

📉 Lessons from missed opportunities

🎭 Finding your agency

🎨 The struggle between creativity and stability

🏆 The successes and setbacks in writing

🧠 The power of choices

⚖️ How to balance self-doubt and success

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/kellywildemiller-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/9fXvcvKk5F8

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Sundance Film Festival | https://festival.sundance.org/program/films/

DisneyQuest | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisneyQuest

Google | https://www.google.com.ph/

Microsoft | http://www.microsoft.com/

Radio City Rockettes | https://www.rockettes.com/

Broadway | https://www.broadway.com/

University of California | https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/

Disney | https://www.disney.com/

Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu

Amazon Kindle | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle

Bhagavad Gita | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita

👤Connect with Kelly:

Twitter: https://x.com/kellycwilde

Website: https://www.kellywildemiller.com/

Newsletter and Podcast: Wild on Purpose by Kelly Wilde Miller | https://www.wildonpurpose.co/

5-Day Creative Momentum Challenge | https://fivedaycreative.com/challenge/

Creative Regulation Self-Assessment | https://creativedysregulation.scoreapp.com/

Book: Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

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David speaks with Layal Liverpool, an author and science journalist with expertise in biomedical science, particularly virology and immunology. She worked as a biomedical researcher at the University College London and the University of Oxford in the UK. Her writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, WIRED, the Guardian, and elsewhere, and she has worked on staff as a reporter for both Nature and New Scientist.

They talked about:

🎭 The difference between perceived racism and actual racism

🚫 The ineffectiveness of racial categorization

🏗️ The idea of race as a social construct

🩺 The misconceptions of 'black' and 'white' diseases

📉 Systemic racism in healthcare

🌍 Racism as a public health issue

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/layalliverpool-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/OV8p5yLuhbU

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Liverpool slave trade | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_slave_trade

International Slavery Museum | https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/international-slavery-museum

Systematic racism | https://theknowledge.io/issue13/

Islamophobia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia

Antisemitism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism

AAA Statement on Race | https://americananthro.org/about/policies/statement-on-race/

Garrett Jones | https://theknowledge.io/garettjones-1/

Sickle cell disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_disease

Lyme disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease

Malaria | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria

Anti-blackness | https://www.bu.edu/antiracism-center/files/2022/06/Anti-Black.pdf

Cystic fibrosis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis

COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/

Influenza A (H1N1) | https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/influenza-a-(h1n1)-outbreak

Samuel A. Cartwright | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Cartwright

American Thoracic Society | https://site.thoracic.org/

European Respiratory Society | https://www.ersnet.org/

FIVEXMORE | https://fivexmore.org/

Maternity Discrimination | https://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/news/black-maternity-experiences-survey-five-x-more/

William Turner | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Turner_(anatomist)

Long lunches in Paris | https://theknowledge.io/issue65/#:~:text=Long lunches in Paris

Clandestine Pad Thai | https://theknowledge.io/issue65/#:~:text=Clandestine Pad Thai

Murder of George Floyd | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd

👤Connect with Layal:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/layallivs

Website: https://layalliverpool.com/

Book:

SYSTEMIC: How Racism is Making Us Ill | https://amzn.to/4c9lnaW

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

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David speaks with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behaviour. He has previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist and senior journalist at the BBC. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, which has been translated into fifteen languages, The Expectation Effect, and The Laws of Connection.

They talked about:

🧠 The brain's influence on physiology

🤝 The connection of mind and body

💭 Cultural and psychological influences on health

💪 The importance of building mental resilience

🛠️ How to manage stress effectively

🔗 The impact of social connections on health

This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the third part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

Part 1: 🎙️ Science, Reasoning, and The Intelligence Trap with David Robson (Episode 97)

Part 2: 🎙️ The Expectation Effect with David Robson (Episode 100)

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/davidrobson-3/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/hNHeV7umWa4

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Mass Psychogenic Illness | https://theknowledge.io/issue33/#:~:text=The power of,be socially influenced.

The June Bug Epidemic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterical_contagion

Jonathan Haidt | https://jonathanhaidt.com/

The Coddling of the American Mind | https://amzn.to/4cfEU9p

Havana Syndrome | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome#:~:text=Havana syndrome

Nocebo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo

Dancing plague of 1518 | https://theknowledge.io/issue33/#:~:text=The power of,be socially influenced.

Allostasis | https://theknowledge.io/the-prediction-machine/

Yerkes–Dodson Law | https://theknowledge.io/issue23/

The Laws of Connection | https://amzn.to/3z9VKrR

👤Connect with David:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_a_robson

Website: https://davidrobson.me/

Books:

The Intelligence Trap | https://amzn.to/4aWELqZ

The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4bkisve

The Laws of Connection | https://amzn.to/3z9VKrR

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

My Online Course

🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

The Knowledge

📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

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