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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/…
Cut the Cliches looks to get behind the jargon and buzzwords of an industry - every fortnight we invite a guest to guide us through their field.
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We caught up with one of Sydney’s hottest tech talents in Vaibhav Namburi, or V, to discuss his thoughts on entrepreneurship and emerging technologies. He's already built a blockchain solution for the United Nations, as well as mobile apps for the likes of William Hill, News Corp and PwC. He’s also disrupting the recruitment world with his automate…
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In part two of data in sport we focus on AI as we speak with Ian Partilla, head of global revenue and sports at GumGum. Episode 13 was recorded at Sport Accord on the Gold Coast.We address opportunities in sponsorship and digital media, Ian’s role at GumGum, the opportunities for sports teams in how they categorise their digital and social assets, …
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Episode 12 we speak with David Melia, head of sports at Global Web Index on the Gold Coast ahead of him speaking at Sport Accord.GWI is the world’s largest survey of online behaviour and we quiz David on how data is increasingly being used in sports to improve the fan experience.In this episode we discuss his role at GWI, how he got into the indust…
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Episode 11 looks at the psychology of choice and we’ve got someone who is very familiar in the workings of this area, we have the help of PsytAssist co-founder Lauren Fell. As someone researching how we can predict human behaviour, Lauren discusses how we make choices every day, the role of intuition/nostalgia, how we can reframe choices, including…
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