Un-Uninformed

Sex education in our schools is a controversial issue. There are the two extremes: the abstinence-only approach and the comprehensive approach to sex ed. And these are big issues for a reason: parents are passionately protesting having their kids see a condom demonstration as part of education curriculum, among other things. It can get awkward. But for Sean Sevy, nothing could be worse than his experience of sex ed at scout camp: where his leader decided to breed his horses right in front of the troop. Yes, this can be an unsexy subject around the dinner table, but in this podcast we attempt to find solutions. Sean attends an event called “Bird & Bees,” where a panel with differing views on this topic have a civil conversation on what needs to happen to make sex ed have the effect it’s supposed to have.

Join us as we see the conception of new ideas on sex ed.

Sex education in our schools is a controversial issue. There are the two extremes: the abstinence-only approach and the comprehensive approach to sex ed. And these are big issues for a reason: parents are passionately protesting having their kids see a condom demonstration as part of education curriculum, among other things. It can get awkward. But for Sean Sevy, nothing could be worse than his experience of sex ed at scout camp: where his leader decided to breed his horses right in front of the troop. Yes, this can be an unsexy subject around the dinner table, but in this podcast we attempt to find solutions. Sean attends an event called “Bird & Bees,” where a panel with differing views on this topic have a civil conversation on what needs to happen to make sex ed have the effect it’s supposed to have.

Join us as we see the conception of new ideas on sex ed.

Only one recording remains of C.S. Lewis’ radio show which aired during WWII. This was a tough time for people living in England. Not only did the families of soldiers deal with death on a regular basis, but families throughout the country lived in constant fear of German planes dropping bombs. In light of these bleak circumstances, the BBC’s director of religious programming asked C.S. Lewis to prepare broadcast talks on faith over the radio in an effort to bring a means of hope in a very hopeless era. It started as an experiment that ended up being a huge hit on the BBC.

Join us as Sean Sevy interviews the late C.S. Lewis, who joins us from a BBC studio in 1944. Lewis talks about what it means to be a true Christian. He explains how being a Christian requires taking on the personality of deity, and how this doesn’t require one to forfeit their own personality.

Anyone who has read C.S. Lewis’ books knows that his works would be just as relevant if they were written yesterday. Likewise, the words of this interview have no trouble jumping in time from 1944 to 2017.

Cheryl Neufville is as American as they come. But she doesn’t hide the fact that being a second-generation immigrant comes with some issues. There are the small struggles of balancing American culture with the mother culture, and for Cheryl, often these can be endearing. But then there’s the reality of racism. And there’s the pain of there being less expected of her because she’s a daughter of an immigrant. But Cheryl’s best coping mechanism is this: outperforming everyone’s expectations. She’s the first in her family to go to college and she’s currently pursuing dancing and nursing. But she’s taking things up a notch this summer: she’s taking her dancing and nursing skills to Africa where she’ll be conducting health clinics and teaching dance. For her, she’s always coped with her difficult circumstances through dance. And now she’s passing it onto others who have their own life struggles.

Hear the rest of her story in this week’s podcast episode.

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Also in this episode: Sean sings a song he wrote for all the listeners.

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How do you go from a great idea to a great business? And what does it take to make it on Shark Tank? Joining us this week is Mike Kannely, who is a co-founder of IllumiBowl, a Utah-based startup which invented a night light that goes right into the toilet bowl. Mike and his brother-in-law Matt Alexander came up with this idea when they realized that getting up in the middle of the night with blinding bathroom lights is something that ought to change. After a $100,000 Kick Starter campaign they got some nationwide recognition that landed them with the opportunity to pitch their business on Shark Tank. And they even got Kevin O’leary to partner with them.

In this week’s episode Mike Kannely gives us some insight on how having a successful startup is not like winning the lottery, but rather there’s plenty of resources out there for entrepreneurs all over to be successful.