The Robin Smith Show

Matt Dowling is the Chief Scientific Officer and Director at Medcura Team. Matt completed his graduate work at the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland (UMD), after completing his undergrad in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. At UMD, he was awarded the Fischell Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering for his innovative ideas in drug delivery systems. Matt then co-created gel-e, a novel biomaterial platform, raising several initial grants to develop the technology and to launch Medcura as a corporate entity. Matt was the recipient of the Dean’s Doctoral Research Award from the UMD Clark School of Engineering for his work on chitosan-based self-assembled soft materials for use in wound treatment. He has been the Principal Investigator on $10 million in non-dilutive grant awards to Medcura; these have been used to achieve 5 FDA clearances, 2 Breakthrough Device Designations, 28 issued patents, and 10+ peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals. Matt’s work has been featured on several US and international media outlets including the BBC TV program, Brave New World with Stephen Hawking. He's also the lead vocalist in the band, Swoll.

Swoll

https://www.swollmusic.com/

Light the Night

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Robin rambles about breathwork, Pablo Leon's short film, Monumental+ app reviews, Light the Night, and more. Enjoy a track from Swoll's new album, Avoid Attach and a clip from next week's episode featuring Swoll's frontman, Matt Dowling.

Swoll

https://www.swollmusic.com/

Remember Us

https://artsypabster.com/remember-us

Light the Night

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Pablo Leon is an author and artist from Guatemala, currently living in LA, California, and jumping between TV animation and comics. He's an Eisner Award Nominee for his original comic “The Journey,” an account of an unaccompanied child coming from Central America to the U.S., and he was the illustrator for the exciting middle grade graphic novel series “Miles Morales” at Scholastic. He’s worked with Disney, Warner Bros, and Nickelodeon.  His passion for capturing historical memory in his art and stories has led him to his writer/artist debut “Silenced Voices” at Harper Alley, and his first animated short film “Remember Us”, which won Best Short Film at the 40th Imagen Awards and was an Oscar-qualifying winner for Best Short Animated Film at Animayo. When he’s not working, he enjoys cooking alongside his helper cats, Agave, Moth and Midna.

Check out the Silenced Voices official trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLUkmpBcJrk

Pick up your copy of Silenced Voices Today

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/silenced-voices-pablo-leon?variant=43406928281634

See more of Pablo's work at his website

https://artsypabster.com/

Don't forget to check out the Remember Us official trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPbOL71kXPo&t=1s

September Breathwork Challenge!

Every day of September, we will do this 10 minute morning routine (asynchronously)

Breathe with Sandy - 10 Minute Morning Breathwork Routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9YxCC5WBw

Light the Night

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Robin rambles about Jimmy Kimmel, deceptive mattress stores, school cafeterias, and more. Enjoy a track from Swoll's new album, Avoid Attach and a clip from next week's episode, #196 Pablo Leon.

Swoll

https://www.swollmusic.com/

Pablo Leon

https://artsypabster.com/

September Breathwork Challenge!

Every day of September, we will do this 10 minute morning routine (asynchronously)

Breathe with Sandy - 10 Minute Morning Breathwork Routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9YxCC5WBw

Light the Night

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Robert Falconer is best known for his extensive involvement with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy as a practitioner, teacher, and writer. For the past decade or more Bob Falconer has devoted himself full-time to IFS work. In that time he has attended all levels of IFS training offered, and has been at many workshops and events with Richard Schwartz both as assistant and participant. In addition to studying with many of the other senior IFS trainers, He also co-authored a book with Richard Schwartz entitled, Many Minds, One Self. His other books include The Others Within Us and When You're Going Through Hell ...Keep Going. His focus is now on the study of spiritual presence experiences.

Jerry Marzinsky BA M.Ed. is a retired licensed psychotherapist with over 40 years of experience working with and studying the thought processes of psychotic and criminally insane patients in some of the most volatile psychiatric institutions in the nation. Jerry is a commercial pilot, certified SCUBA diver and long distance motorcyclist. He has held the positions of 2nd Lt. in the Arizona Civil Air Patrol and Assistant Scout Master. He was awarded the state of Arizona’s meritorious service award and the Pima College Apple award of teaching Abnormal Psychology. His formal academic training comprises a B.A. in Psychology from Temple University, a Master’s Degree in Counseling from the University of Georgia, and two years of study in a Ph.D. Psychology program. He is the co-author of An Amazing Journey Into The Psychotic Mind - Breaking The Spell Of the Ivory Tower and currently has a private practice in Arizona.

Learn more about Bob and his work:
https://robertfalconer.us/

When You're Going Through Hell ...Keep Going: Trauma, Healing, Spirit, and Internal Family Systems
https://amz.run/98No

The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession
https://amz.run/98Nn

Many Minds, One Self: Evidence for a Radical Shift in Paradigm
https://amz.run/98Nv

Learn more about Jerry and his work:

https://www.jerrymarzinsky.com/

https://www.causisminstitute.com/about/causism/

https://www.amazon.com/Causism-Discover-Emotional-Health-Well-Being/dp/0646959409

https://www.amazon.com/Energy-Over-Mind-Control-Method-ebook/dp/B0080GUMJU

September Breathwork Challenge!

Every day of September, we will do this 10 minute morning routine (asynchronously)

Breathe with Sandy - 10 Minute Morning Breathwork Routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9YxCC5WBw

Maryland Renaissance Festival

LET MERRIMENT ABOUND WITH ENTERTAINMENT, FEASTING AND CRAFTS FOR ALL! 

Visit https://rennfest.com/ and get your tickets today.

Light the Night

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Get in touch: [email protected]

Call the hotline: +1 (301) 458-0883

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Robin rambles about Salisbury University's 100th anniversary, RennFest, the Breathwork Challenge, and shares a clip from an upcoming episode with returning guest, Pablo Leon.

https://artsypabster.com/silenced-voices-gn-trailer

Pick up your copy of Silenced Voices today

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/silenced-voices-pablo-leon?variant=43406928281634

September Breathwork Challenge!

Every day of September, we will do this 10 minute morning routine (asynchronously)

Breathe with Sandy - 10 Minute Morning Breathwork Routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9YxCC5WBw

Maryland Renaissance Festival

LET MERRIMENT ABOUND WITH ENTERTAINMENT, FEASTING AND CRAFTS FOR ALL! 

Visit https://rennfest.com/ and get your tickets today.

Light the Night

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Follow Robin on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/robinsmith

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David, a licensed psychologist, began training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) nearly 20 years ago. He is a certified IFS consultant and has trained hundreds of students worldwide through his 16-Week Thinking-Heart IFS Intensive. He has presented at the IFS International Conference and consults with practitioners globally.

Together with his partner, Toni Rosati, and their small, dedicated team, David co-founded IFS Healers, an online Community of Practice offering both Introductory and Advanced trainings, along with many free resources. The space is designed to foster connection, deep learning, and community among IFS practitioners—what they lovingly call a “sacred sandbox sangha.”

David teaches that IFS is more than a clinical method; it’s a path toward becoming more fully human. Alongside core skills and principles, he emphasizes IFS as a potent psychospiritual practice—a tool for personal, community, and world awakening.

Learn more at: https://thinking-heart.com/

David's Thinking-Heart: 16 Week Intensive IFS Course starts in two days!!

For 16 Consecutive Weeks Beginning September 2, 2025

https://ifshealers.com/training-events/foundations/

Check out David playing sax with the band Fast Clean and Safe (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H84VpeSedTo

September Breathwork Challenge!

Every day of September, we will do this 10 minute morning routine (asynchronously)

Breathe with Sandy - 10 Minute Morning Breathwork Routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9YxCC5WBw

Maryland Renaissance Festival

LET MERRIMENT ABOUND WITH ENTERTAINMENT, FEASTING AND CRAFTS FOR ALL! 

Visit https://rennfest.com/ and get your tickets today.

Light the Night

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Follow Robin on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/robinsmith

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Get in touch: [email protected]

Call the hotline: +1 (301) 458-0883

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Robin rambles about preseason football, smoke detectors, rennfest, shares a track from Hammer No More the Fingers and more. 

Hammer No More the Fingers

https://hnmtf.bandcamp.com/album/silver-zebra

Breathe with Sandy - 10 Minute Morning Breathwork Routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9YxCC5WBw

Maryland Renaissance Festival

https://rennfest.com/

LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:

https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd25/rsmith

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Follow Robin on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/robinsmith

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therobinsmithshow

Get in touch: [email protected]

Call the hotline: +1 (301) 458-0883

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Robin rambles about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Women's Euro Championship, Jamaican memorial services, shares a track from Hammer No More the Fingers and more. 

Susan McConnell

https://www.embodiedself.net/conscious-breathing

Hammer No More the Fingers

https://hnmtf.bandcamp.com/album/silver-zebra

Breathe with Sandy - 10 Minute Morning Breathwork Routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9YxCC5WBw

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Follow Robin on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/robinsmith

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therobinsmithshow

Get in touch: [email protected]

Call the hotline: +1 (301) 458-0883

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Robin rambles about meteor showers, mother tigers, iPhone games, shares a track from Hammer No More the Fingers and more. 

Hammer No More the Fingers

https://hnmtf.bandcamp.com/album/silver-zebra

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Follow Robin on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/robinsmith

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therobinsmithshow

Get in touch: [email protected]

Call the hotline: +1 (301) 458-0883

Got a question? We'd love to hear from you!