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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…
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New Moon Opera Artistic Director Mallory Harding explains the two different opera traditions featured in our upcoming double bill, and interviews Dorian McCall about his roles as Don Annibale and Simone this weekend.Purchase tickets here: http://bit.ly/2HyDfBvnewmoonopera@gmail.comΑπό τον New Moon Opera
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Trivia Question: https://goo.gl/forms/tHhjsq5nROdpOWaJ2Learn about the story and background of "Il Campanello" by Gaetano Donizetti. Listen until the end for a chance to win a free ticket to our double bill!Purchase to Il Campanello & Gianni Schicchi here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/il-campanello-gianni-schicchi-tickets-55173984874?fbclid=IwAR1lh…
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Mallory Harding, Artistic Director of NMO, sits down with soprano Jessica Oliver to discuss the story of Gianni Schicchi.Read Mary Lutz Govertsen's article about Gianni Schicchi here: https://www.newmoonopera.org/single-post/2019/02/14/The-Story-of-Gianni-SchicchiPurchase tickets to our double bill of Il Campanello & Gianni Schicchi here: https://w…
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New Moon Opera artists Rachael Long and Steven Michael Patrick have a conversation with artistic director Mallory Harding about how the opera audience experience has changed. They also play some fun opera games and talk about NMO's upcoming double bill of Il Campanello and Gianni Schicchi. Visit newmoonopera.org for more information.Be sure to like…
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New Moon Opera's first episode featuring directors of Outreach, Leah Rockweit and Vera Bowser Schmitz. Get to know them, learn about our outreach program, and play some opera trivia games with us! Visit newmoonopera.org for more information about our opera troupe!Από τον New Moon Opera
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