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/…
Wilderness Voice is a simple podcast that is here to promote free thought and spread the loving message of Jesus Christ. We will discuss a lot in our podcasts and we are subject to discuss topics such as ideas out of the Bible, injustices in the modern world, historical events, philosophy, scientific claims, politics, and other things. Our hosts are Darren Smith, founder of Streetscape Ministries, and Elijah Smith, Darren’s son who is studying law at South Texas College of Law - Houston. We strongly you encourage to open up your mind and give us a listen!
Wilderness Voice is a simple podcast that is here to promote free thought and spread the loving message of Jesus Christ. We will discuss a lot in our podcasts and we are subject to discuss topics such as ideas out of the Bible, injustices in the modern world, historical events, philosophy, scientific claims, politics, and other things. Our hosts are Darren Smith, founder of Streetscape Ministries, and Elijah Smith, Darren’s son who is studying law at South Texas College of Law - Houston. We strongly you encourage to open up your mind and give us a listen!
On this episode of the podcast we cover a lot of topics! We discuss a few hot button issues like the COVID-19 outbreak, current economic turmoil, and how we can make the situations we face on a daily basis better. This episode is more of an open discussion and we hope you all enjoy it!
On this episode of the podcast we discuss in length the ideas and people surrounding the ministry of Jesus as well as the Protestant Reformation later in history. By doing this we can draw similarities and differences between the organized religions of these historical settings and the ones that exist today. We then will tie our discussion into a question that will serve as the overarching tone of the episode, and that is whether or not Jesus was political. All of this and more on the latest installment of Wilderness Voice.…
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss God's grace and its true definition as well as how we can practice it better in our everyday lives. We will breakdown, using the Bible, what grace really means and show how we have been looking at it the wrong way for generations. By doing this we hope to promote a more true and practical way of looking at grace. All of this and more on the latest installment of Wilderness Voice.…
On this episode of the podcast we cover a lot of topics! We discuss a few hot button issues like climate change, civilian drone strikes, and the ongoing war in the Middle East, as well as what Darren and I have been up to with Streetscape Ministries. This episode is more of an open discussion and we hope you all enjoy it!…
On this episode of the podcast we discuss in length the ideas and people surrounding the ministry of Jesus as well as Protestant Reformation later in history. By doing this we can draw similarities and differences between the organized religions of these historical settings and the ones that exist today. We then will tie this into what we experience with people on a day to day basis and how we see the problem growing across the United States. All of this and more on the latest installment of Wilderness Voice.…
On this episode of the podcast we discuss in length why the modern church being absent from our society is such a bad thing. We will show from our own experiences why this new type of "hands off" Christianity is so damaging to our communities and why we think people are so drawn to this way of handling societal problems. By doing this we hope to steer people clear of this way of thinking and promote a more meaningful way of engaging our communities. All of this and more on the latest installment of Wilderness Voice.…
On this episode of the podcast we discuss poverty and how it not only affects us and our society physically, but also spiritually. We will cover our first hand experiences with this kind poverty and what ways this problem could be solved. By doing this we will display poverty in a way you have probably never heard before. All of this and more on the latest installment of Wilderness Voice.…
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