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Episode 240

Relationships: From Vertical to Lateral

In your relationships you maintain, are you an equal, or is there a hierarchy, or pecking order in your social order?  Should these relationships be vertical or lateral?

Executive Producer:
Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43306206-the-courage-to-be-disliked

Episode 239

Left Brained / Right Brained

Have you ever been referred to as "Right Brained" or "Left Brained," not in a political sense, but in a logical or creative sense? The different halves of the brain each have primary functions in addition to redundant functions to keep us moving and grooving.  

Executive Producer: Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21459-pituitary-gland

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/roger-sperrys-split-brain-experiments-1959-1968

https://animaltriangle.com/animals-with-multiple-brains/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/left-brain-right-brain

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-myths/201206/why-the-left-brain-right-brain-myth-will-probably-never-die

How does the brain work?:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279302/

https://www.healthline.com/health/left-brain-vs-right-brain

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-to-know-about-a-stroke-on-the-left-side-of-the-brain

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/right-side-stroke

Right side of brain compensates for speech loss after stroke, study finds
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/302085

Left brain vs. right brain: Fact and fiction:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321037

https://psychcentral.com/stress/our-brain-on-stress-forgetful-emotional

https://www.healthline.com/health/high-cortisol-symptoms

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22187-cortisol

Lots of Pictures:
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/anatomy-of-the-brain

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24894-amygdala

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-part-of-the-brain-controls-emotions

https://www.goodfinancialcents.com/benefits-of-using-your-opposite-hand-grow-brain-cells-while-brushing-your-teeth/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-training-to-become-ambidextrous-improve-brain-function/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/neuroplasticity

https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/aphasia

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/aphasia/symptoms-causes/syc-20369518

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia

https://www.psytoolkit.org/experiment-library/igt.html

https://neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-research/hormones-and-the-developing-brain

https://www.dana.org/article/hormones/

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-adolescent-brain-beyond-raging-hormones

https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology/reference/biopsychology-hemispheric-lateralisation-split-brain-research

https://psychology-help.weebly.com/split-brain-theory-sperry--gazzaniga.html

The split brain: A tale of two halves:
https://www.nature.com/articles/483260a

https://www.endocrine.org/patient-engagement/endocrine-library/hormones-and-endocrine-function/brain-hormones

Neurohealth Properties of Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane Mushrooms) Mycelia Enriched with Erinacines:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987239/

Mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230210115544.htm

https://mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2021/10/01/43-right-brain-left-brain/

Episode 238

Yawns, Cellphones, and Postures

Driving down the road the other day, I saw some people on their cellphone and I felt the urge to grab mine.  Where does this urge come from?  How similar is it to yawns and postures?

Episode 237

More Than Just a Button Mushroom

Mushrooms ain't just for eating anymore. They are an intregal part of the greater forest life cycle. But they can also be used in so many other ways that not many of us even considered thinking about!

Executive Producers:
LadyGetOverIt
Boolysteed
PocketParley

https://resoilfoundation.org/en/innovation-technology/fungi-contaminated-soil/

https://thecounter.org/mycoremediation-radical-mycology-mushroom-natural-disaster-pollution-clean-up/

https://www.alternet.org/2010/10/can_oil-eating_mushrooms_clean_up_after_a_spill

https://gizmodo.com/woodwide-web-fungi-networks-trees-communicate-myth-1850146627

https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-health-benefits-oyster-mushrooms

https://wayofleaf.com/supplements/mushrooms/oyster-mushrooms

Nutritional quality of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Ostreatus) as affected by osmotic pretreatments and drying methods:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608979/

https://news.exeter.ac.uk/research/taking-vitamin-d-could-help-prevent-dementia-study-finds/

A Review of Mushrooms as a Potential Source of Dietary Vitamin D:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213178/

https://nutritionstudies.org/how-to-get-your-vitamin-d-from-mushrooms/

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/should-we-be-eating-more-mushrooms-maybe

https://www.npr.org/2006/08/03/4783951/smallpox-defense-may-be-found-in-mushrooms

https://www.livescience.com/12977-micodiesel-future-fungus-fuel-ria.html

New Type Of Diesel Fuel Found In Patagonia Fungus:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192319.htm

Replace styrafoam:
https://mushroompackaging.com/

https://www.radiolab.org/podcast/from-tree-to-shining-tree

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/26/882828756/suzanne-simard-how-do-trees-collaborate

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/02/magazine/tree-communication-mycorrhiza.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/04/993430007/trees-talk-to-each-other-mother-tree-ecologist-hears-lessons-for-people-too

https://www.ted.com/speakers/suzanne_simard

Fantastic Fungi:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81183477

Audio:
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world


Episode 236

Cultivated Meats

The FDA has approved the sale of lab grown chicken meats to the general public in the United States of America. Is this a blessing or a curse? Is it greener and healthier? Are there more benefits to it than merely reducing the slaughter of animals? What other alternatives can we look at?

Executive Producer:
Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/21/cultivated-meat-grown-cells/4548f8da-105d-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/usda-approves-first-lab-grown-chicken-in-the-united-states-180982417/

https://gfi.org/science/the-science-of-cultivated-meat/

https://www.livescience.com/lab-grown-meat

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/bigger-farms-bigger-problems

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-drug-resistant-bacteria-travel-from-the-farm-to-your-table/

From May 2020:
https://prospect.org/economy/meat-monopolies-endanger-workers-farmers-consumers/

"Meat" the future; FDA approves lab-grown meat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6VLy5Uet3c

https://news.yahoo.com/lab-grown-meat-moves-closer-171145303.html

https://www.marthastewart.com/8218903/lions-mane-mushroom-explained

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/lions-mane-mushroom#protects-against-dementia

https://farwestfungi.com/blogs/recipes/lions-mane-orange-chicken

https://www.themushroomconnection.com.au/pages/vegan-fried-chicken-aka-lions-mane-pakora

Audio:
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/video/lab-grown-chicken-approved-sale-us-100301034


Episode 235

Dopamine Withdrawls

Executive Producer:
Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley

Have we ever been to a point where we've been down, and start in on a self-destructive behavior? Have we been able to make a mental note as to why we are doing what we are doing, or do we just go about doing things, in search of dopamine, in an attempt to make us feel better?

Episode 234

An Olive Branch

Have we ever wronged or been wronged by someone? How do we attempt to show we'd like to make ammends? How strong are we to let bygones be bygones and bury the hatchet at the end of the day? Is this something that can be done in one fell swoop, with no additional casualties?

Executive Producer:
Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burying_the_hatchet

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/offer+an+olive+branch

https://wordsandquotes.com/text/the-line-separating-good-and-evil-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn

Episode 233

Isn't It Ioniq

My car has finally been sent to the body shop, and I have been given a rental car to make my life easier. I ended up with a hybrid car and I would like to share my insights on using it.

Executive Producers:
LadyGetOverIt
Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley
Christopher Battles

https://www.motortrend.com/cars/hyundai/ioniq/

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0273&ga=113

Episode 232

Clothes Make the Man

"Clothes make the man," or do they?  How does what we wear influence people's thought of who we are before we speak?

Episode 231

A Great Famine

I attempt to review the book "Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962"

Executive Producer: Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley
GummyNerds

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13538825-tombstone 

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