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Caspar Babypants. Raising kids and finding yourself.
Geek At Sea
Caspar Babypants is an adored Seattle-based musician and a songwriter. Previously known as the lead singer of The Presidents of the USA, he now brings joy to families around town with his whimsical music that is loved by both kids and parents. In this interview, Chris shares his life story, how he came to be known as Caspar, and what lessons he learned about life and parenting, both as a famous rock artist with thousands of fans on MTV, and a humble Seattle children's artist, with thousands of fans at home.
Updated on March 14
Who Is Chris Ballew, And How Did He Get To Where He Is Today?
What Inspired The Name “Caspar Babypants”?
What Inspires Caspar's Music Production?
What Was It Like To Quit Mtv And A Million Fans?
What Is The Best Way To Get A Divorce?
How Do You Explain A Divorce To Your Kids?
Which One Of Ballew's Wives Make A Bigger Impact On His Music?
How Do You Spot A Failing Relationship?
How Do You Decide When To Quit?
How Do You Deal With Your Problems?
What Is Chris Ballew Trying To Teach Kids With His Music?
How Much Does It Cost To Make A Music Record?
How Do You Talk To Kids About Sensitive Subjects?
How Does Your Life Change When You Become A Dad?
How Do You Choose Between A Family And A Career?
What’s The Role Of A Dad In Marriage And Parenting?
What Is One Parenting Book Every Parent Should Read?
3: The Montessori Method
The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast
What makes a Montessori school so different from a traditional public or private school? How can all teachers use some of the Montessori approach in their own classrooms?
Updated on June 29
According To Benedicte Bossute, Lead Teacher At The Montessori Elementary School Of Bowling Green, What Is Montessori ?
What Is A Typical Day Like At The Montessori Elementary School Of Bowling Green?
Where Do Standards Come For Student Success?
How Is A Student's Agenda Set Up?
What Is The Ideal Classroom Size ?
What Is A Typical Day Like?
What Is A Daily Schedule Like At Ms. Bossute's School ?
When A Child Is Not Interested In The Tasks He/She Needs To Complete In Their Agendas, How Should He/She Be Approached?
Is There Ever A Point Where Ms. Bossute Loses Patience With The Process ?
Does Ms. Bussette Have To Handle Many Discipline Problems In The School ?
Are There Any Formalized Assessments In Montessori Schools?
How Would A Teacher Handle A Situation With A Student Who Comes From A Background Where Learning Wasn't Seen As A Priority?
What Kind Of Experience Is Learning According To Montessori ?
What Are Some Ways Teachers Can Begin Implementing Montessori Methods In Their Classrooms ?
What we do (and don't) know about the coronavirus | David Heymann
TED Talks Daily
What happens if you get infected with the coronavirus? Who's most at risk? How can you protect yourself? Public health expert David Heymann, who led the global response to the SARS outbreak in 2003, shares the latest findings about COVID-19 and what the future may hold.
Updated on October 10
What Are The Symptoms Of The Covoran Virus #Covid19?
Who Are Most Vulnerable To The Corona Virus ?
Why Are Older People More Susceptible To The Covid 19 Corona Virus ?
Where Can I Find More Information On Corona Virus?
What Makes Covid 19 So Challenging?
Can International Borders Stop Corona Virus?
How Soon Can We Get A Vaccine For Covid 19 Virus?
What Can We Do Better To Stop This Outbreak?
What we do (and don't) know about the coronavirus | David Heymann @ 9.5m?
Slack CTO Cal Henderson
GeekWire
How do you built a high-performance team in a rapidly growing tech company? Even though Slack was about to IPO, growing, and crushing it, Cal did not show it. No bravado, no Silicon Valley jargon, just a very smart CTO sharing startup advice and the lessons learned. Very refreshing!
Updated on February 12
How Did Cal Henderson Meet The Slack Team?
Why Is Slack So Popular With More Than 10 Million Average Daily Users?
What Were The Key Technical Decisions By Cal Henderson Which Made Slack What It Is Today?
Would Slack Have Been Able To Scale Quickly And Efficiently Without Amazon Cloud Service?
If You Launched Slack Today, What Would You Do Differently?
What Technologies Are You Using At Slack Today?
How Do You Stay Flexible While Paying Millions Of Dollars To A Cloud Service Provider Like Amazon Aws?
Is It Possible To Switch Between Web Services Like Aws And Google Cloud Once You Get To A Massive Scale?
Can Artificial Intelligence Make Slack Better?
Did Slack Cto Cal Henderson Really Break Into Steward Butterfield's Mailing Server?
What Does Cal Henderson Look For When Hiring For Slack?
What Apps Would Cal Henderson Like To See Build On Slack In The Future?
What Is The One Most Important Piece Of Advice To Startups From Cal Henderson?
What's on Your Mind in That Brain of Yours?
Science Rules! with Bill Nye
Who Is Dr. Heather Berlin?
What Are Scientists Trying To Discover With The Brain?
What Happens When You Have A Thought?
What’s The Easy Problem Of Consciousness?
What’s The Hard Problem Of Consciousness?
Is It Possible For Scientists To Predict Our Choices?
When Do We Make Better Decisions?
Why Is It Difficult To Remember Boring Things, But Easy To Remember Exciting Things?
Why Do People Tend To React Than The Understand The Conversation?
Why Are Proper Nouns Harder To Remember?
Why Are We Still So Sleepy When We Wake Up?
Why Is No Caffeine Best For Sleeping?
Do Physical Activities Help Us Wake Up Better?
What Goes On Between A Hypnotizer And The One Being Hypnotized?
What Happens With Decisions We Make?
Do Hypnotherapy Strategies Really Help Us?
Did The Matrix Get Anything Right?
Stewart Alsop Iii Explores The Life In Silicon Valley Through A Conversation Between Peter Thiel And Eric Weinstein July 26, 2019
Smash Notes
Today's Smash Notes is brought to you by Stewart Alsop III. He is the host of Crazy Wisdom podcast where he explores creativity, stress and spirituality. Stewart grew up in Silicon Valley but found it too much of a bubble, so he left to explore the world outside. In this episode he explores the past, the present and the future of the Silicon Valley through a conversation between Peter Thiel and Eric Weinstein, as well as a short segment from Stewart's own podcast. Take a listen, see what you think, and if you'd like please continue the conversation with Stewart. All links below:
Crazy Wisdom on Smash Notes & Crazy Wisdom on iTunes
Eric Weinstein interview with Peter Thiel on Smash Notes
Find Stewart Alsop III on Smash Notes to see what other podcasts he's contributed to, or follow him on Twitter @StewartalsopIII.
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Updated on July 26
Who Is Stewart Alsop Iii?
What Are Peter Thiel And Eric Weinstein Think About The Progress?
What Was Different Between 1920s And The Progress In Innovation Today?
What Is The Problem With Ideological Conversion Of Engineers In Silicon Valley?
Could Silicon Valley's Success Be The Cause For Its Downfall?
What Can Be Done About The Homeless People In San Francisco?
How Can You Learn To Think Different?
Kevin Rose — The Man Who’s Seen It All
Below the Line with James Beshara
Kevin Rose is one of the most recognizable individuals in the startup world. As a founder, he and his team created the news aggregation site Digg, which became a household name, putting him on magazine covers around the world and creating an iconic brand in Silicon Valley. Since then, he has also invested in companies like: Twitter, Facebook, Square, and NextDoor to name a few. Kevin is not only incredibly honest and open about his successes and failures, but he’s enthusiastically trying to get others to share just as openly.
Updated on September 17
How Can I Improve My Morning Routine And Diet?
Can A Healthy Lifestyle Hurt You?
How Can I Better Structure My Diet?
How Can I Improve My Workout Efficiency ?
How Can I Learn More About Sleep?
What Are The Craziest Compounds That Exist For Health Benefits?
What Are Some Moments That Have Shaped Who You Are Today?
How Do You Feel Looking Back At Your Younger Years?
How Devastated Were You About Dig’s Failure?
How Can I Recognize A Failing Business?
What Are Some Other Specific Moments That Have Shaped You?
How Does Google Differ From Other Companies?
How Was Your Time At Google Ventures?
What’s A Specific Experience That Molded You But Wouldn’t Show Up In Your Bio?
What Is An Issue That Plagues New Entrepreneurs?
How Can Failures Help One Advise Other Companies?
Is It Accurate To Say That Failure In A Great Informer For Entrepreneurs?
Would You Say That Being An Entrepreneur In Necessary For A Good Investor?
What Role Do Spouses Play In Startups?
Sleep is your superpower by Matt Walker
TED Talks Daily
Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep, and the alarmingly bad when you don't, for both your brain and body. How does sleep impact your brain, your learning, memory, immune system and even your genetic code? What are some helpful tips for getting better quality sleep? All the answers you have been waiting for and then some are all in this episode!
Updated on December 30
What Do We Need To Know About Sleep And Testicles?
Does Lack Of Sleep Have Any Significant Impact On Our Long Term Health?
Why Do We Need Sleep For Our Brain?
What Goes Wrong Within The Brain Deprived Of Sleep?
Are Aging, Dementia And Alzheimers Related?
Are Sleeping Pills Any Good?
Is Sleep Is Essential For The Body?
How Does Sleep Deprivation Impact Our Immune System?
Aaron Ross, Back Again
2 Cent Dad Podcast
Aaron Ross joins us for his second interview on the podcast. Aaron is a father of nine children, an author, a businessman, and speaker. In our conversation, Aaron talks about adaptability is essential to everyday life, but also how he uses systems to cont
Updated on July 18
How Do You Balance A Business And Family Time?
How Does Nature And Nurture Impact Children?
What Happens When Parents Are Hard On Themselves?
How Do You Keep Your Marriage Aligned While Balancing Work And Family Time?
Why Would You Stay At Work Longer?
What Is Chaos Like For Families?
How Much Structure Is The Right Fit?
What Should Parents Try To Do In Their Family?
What Are Things You Have To Balance Between Your Kids?
What Are Some Of The Best Motivators To Make More Money?
What Makes Some Big Differences In Business?
What Are Some Things To Keep In Mind?
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