What a Curious Idea

What a Curious Idea

By Gabriel PimentelSociety & CulturePhilosophy
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What a Curious Idea episodes

  • Melanie Galaviz | Pt. II

    Melanie and I continue our chat, and this time we speak exclusively about Leadership. She cites and gives great credit to Rosabeth Moss Kanter's 6 Keys to Leading Positive Change. We also start a chat about the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell. 

    Other Links:

    Strengths Finder

    Snapology Grapevine

    1 hr 21 min
  • Melanie Galaviz | Snapology

    Melanie Galaviz is an owner of a Texas based Snapology program and former Director of Retail for Vans. She is also co-founder of the foundation she and her late husband, Zac Galaviz began - The Zac Galaviz Foundation. This is part one of our conversation. 

    1 hr 41 min
  • Intermittent Fasting | Gabriel

    Welcome back! Here is an episode where I share some interesting information on Intermittent Fasting. I also share some of my experience with it. I've lost some weight, though the goal is instead to promote gut health. 

    Interesting read about Fasting found here, and also here

    Check out the chat I had with a friend of mine here. 

    19 min
  • We Are Better Than This | Arthur Rizer

    Arthur is the Director of Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties with R Street Institute. His opinions and policy solutions to Police Culture, Pre-Trial Detention, Federal Assertion of Power, and much more are featured. He is a busy man, and he shares his unfiltered view with you today. 

    Read more at WACIdea.com

    1 hr 29 min
  • Political Response to COVID and Defunding Police | JJ Koch

    JJ Koch was elected to serve as Dallas County Commissioner, 2nd District in 2018. Hear his response to COVID-19 and the idea of Defunding the Police.

    For information regarding this episode, visit https://www.wacidea.com/post/dallas-county-covid-defunding-police-recourses

    1 hr 20 min
  • Domestic Violence | Tabitha Hardy, LMSW

    Tabitha Hardy is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) who works for a Non-Profit organization that provides services to victims of Family/Domestic Abuse. 

    You can find recourses if you know someone being victimized, are yourself being victimized, or you are an abuser seeking change by following https://www.wacidea.com/post/resources-for-witnesses-victims-and-batterers

    1 hr 38 min
  • Political Tribalism
    Today I give an analysis of Political Tribalism. I do not endorse either side, but provide the ideas that can be associated with each. You can hear how there are not necessary traits of voters for either side of the aisle. One can be a supporter of the 2nd amendment and vote Democrat. One can vote Republican and believe in Pro-Choice. 
    Here are some center-biased media sources 
    For reporting from all sides of the aisle -- https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
    For my preferred news sources -- 
    https://www.reuters.com/
    https://www.newsy.com/
    Be well, friends! Visit https://www.wacidea.com/ for more content.
    25 min
  • Our First Constitutional Idea Was Not the Constitution
    On this episode, I share the XIII Articles of the Confederation. This is the first constitution of our United States. 
    TIMESTAMPS:
    53s -- Brief history of how these were written
    3:41 -- Article 1
    3:52 -- Article 2
    4:22 -- Article 3
    5:24 -- Article 4
    8:44 -- Article 5
    12:47 -- Article 6
    17:46 -- Article 7
    18:33 -- Article 8
    19:22 -- Article 9 (Super long, I didn't cover it all)
    21:02 -- Article 10
    22:25 -- Article 11
    23:09 -- Article 12 (Almost Done)
    24:24 -- Article 13
    27:17 -- The Constitution of the United States
    30:37 -- Parting words
    Links and the like are found at www.WACIdea.com
    32 min
  • Adrienne and April, The Dallas 24 Hour Club

    Visit https://www.wacidea.com/blog to see statistics related to addiction and alcoholism.

    Adrienne Santaularia and April Horton of the Dallas 24 Hour Club share their experiences working with recovering addicts and alcoholics. We talk about how the 24 Hour Club separates itself from traditional Rehabilitation Centers, and what it takes to succeed in this field. 

    Topics (w/non-clickable time stamps)

    6:15 -- Learning recovery and relapse rates of addiction vs other major diseases

    19:50 -- The mental obsession

    37:15 -- History of the 24 Hour Club

    42:00 -- The Spirit of the 24 Hour Club came with the new building

    44:05 -- How that Spirit separates the 24 from Rehabilitation Centers

    51:00 -- Opportunities the 24 provides for the residents

    59:50 -- The 24's response in the face of Covid-19

    1:10:10 -- How the residents have proven what works

    1:21:50 -- Parting words and advice

    To contact the 24 Hour Club for potential residency questions, visit -- https://www.dallas24hourclub.org/

    The Dallas 24 Hour Club is a non-profit organization that helped me recover from a hopeless condition of the mind, and it can help you or someone you know, too. 



    1 hr 25 min

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Welcome to the What a Curious Idea Podcast. My name is Gabriel and the thought occurred; what can I learn from other people? So here we are. I will be talking to Leaders and Authorities in Religion,…