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Based on the book, Military Culture Shift by clinical consultant and SME on military family culture, Corie Weathers. This podcast offers leaders an opportunity to understand the growing shifts happening within the military culture. This podcast offers an immersive opportunity to supplement what readers will gain from the book based on 15 years of research, counseling, and teaching the military culture across all branches. Gain insights on changing perspectives within the culture, generationa ...
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There were several ways I could have ended this series and many interviews I could have done, however, when Matt mentioned that I should end it with him interviewing me, it felt right. So... here I am. Here we are. We share my reflections on the project, where things go from here, and most importantly, the power of championing others- especially yo…
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A Case Study in Reconstituting the Force with Stoney Portis
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1:15:36In the final chapter of Military Culture Shift, I reference a theory of reconstitution written by Stoney Portis, after he commanded the 3-61 CAV troops that survived the now historic Battle of COP Keating and needed to somehow become mission-ready again. Reading his reflection on what it took to wholistically serve the battle-weary troops who had e…
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Healing Collective Moral Injury with Dr Timothy Mallard
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1:06:16Over the course of writing Military Culture Shift and especially present in the last three episodes, the phrase “moral injury” has come up again and again. Brought into mainstream awareness by Jonathan Shay in the 90s and early 2000s, his first book Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character introduced moral injury as a distinc…
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The Integrity of a Promise, Scott Mann and the Pineapple Express
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1:07:56I will never forget the feeling that rushed over me when I heard about the Pineapple Express during August 2021. Scott Mann, a retired Lieutenant Colonel and former U.S. Army Green Beret joined with other veterans who resolved to fulfill their promises to the Aghan allies for protection. The efforts of Scott and other veterans through the Pineapple…
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The Millennial Commander at Kabul Airport
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1:11:52Shortly after I recorded the Spouse’s Roundtable, Jessica- the millennial spouse whose husband Andrew served on the ground during the Afghanistan exit, reached out to me to say that Andrew was ready to share his story. Still serving, Andrew felt limited in what he could say as well as whether he was ready to share. None of us could forget the power…
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Gen Z at Abbey Gate with Aidan Gunderson
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1:04:49As our military valiantly scrambled to leave Kabul airport, the explosion at Abbey Gate killed 13 of our service members. All but one were Gen Z. For much of the older generation, war was all we knew but Gen Z had only been coming in for a few years, the oldest of them only four when 9/11 happened. Losing them this way, for this reason, at the end …
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A quick update on what's coming up next on the Military Culture Shift Podcast. Please consider leaving a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/military-culture-shift-podcast/id1704769860\ Please consider leaving a review of the book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/8Ltu9ryBy Corie Weathers, LPC, BCC
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Breaking from regularly scheduled programming, I'm sharing some of the topics and trends surfacing since publishing Military Culture Shift. This podcast is based on the book Military Culture Shift by clinical consultant and SME on military family culture, Corie Weathers. Order your copy of Military Culture Shift https://militaryfamilybooks.com/prod…
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The Gen Z Interview Every Leader Should Hear
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53:52This week, we are going to the source. Elise, or "Elle", shared in the book the powerful impact of leaders who made her feel seen and valued. In this interview, I ask tough questions about social media, Gen Z's expectation for diversity, her thoughts on sexual harassment, and more. Every leader should listen to this interview. This podcast is based…
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The Seesaw of Distrust with Gen Z Matthew Weiss
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53:43In 2023, Gallup reported that America’s confidence in major institutions such as banking, education, religion, and government was historically the lowest it has ever been. Like a see-saw, trust has been declining for decades but there was always enough trust in the older or youngest generations to keep the see-saw somewhat balanced and institutions…
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Ch 10 The Multi-Generational Roundtable
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1:28:06While the military culture is a subculture of America, the military spouse community is a subculture of the military. Similar to our military kids, these subcultures experience a unique perspective separate from what service members and government employees experience. While they are not employees and (mostly) aren’t regulated by the institution, t…
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Speaking Truth to Power- Military Whistleblowers with Ryan Sweazy
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1:09:33Can an institution as large as our Department of Defense change? What is it about our relationship with the DOD that makes it difficult to ask for healthy accountability and transparency? I sat down with Ryan Sweazy, Director of Walk the Talk Foundation, a non-profit that protects military whistleblowers, to help us understand the power dynamics ma…
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Ch 7 The Millennial Response to Crisis with Shannon Razsadin, MFAN
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59:08As a Gen X, I wish I could say that it was my generation that was the Hero generation. However, Millennials swung away from independence and invited our multi-generational nation into a giant family meeting. With their signature question “why”, they have challenged us to talk about the many elephants in the room, making all of us a little (or a lot…
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Starting in 2008, cell phones and social media quickly escalated into our daily lives. Millennials filled the lower ranks of the force while op-tempos reached exhausting levels and sequestration tainted the beginning of a second decade of war as it forced us to dangerously downsize. The “halo effect” left many Gen X and older Millennials, confused-…
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Ch 5 Perspective From The Top- Former Joint Chief of AF
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1:01:28In the Army, there is an old saying that the commander is responsible for everything the unit does or fails to do. When morale begins to fail in the institution, the culture looks to the top. When the Afghanistan exit began to unravel, veterans and even some active duty looked to top military leadership, mainly the Joint Chiefs of the branches as w…
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Ch 4 Follow the Money with Heba Abdelaal
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1:03:11The Defense Budget is not likely part of your dinner table conversations. Yet, the budget impacts the lives of everyday military families in the groceries they have access to, the condition of their housing, and of course their paycheck. I wanted to make the very confusing topic of Congress and Defense Budgets as simple as possible, so who better t…
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Ch 2: Honor, Duty & Wisdom with Dr. Edward A. Gutiérrez
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56:46Corie sits down with military historian Dr. Edward A. Gutiérrez who studied the Doughboys from WW1. Dr. Gutiérrez specifically researched how a sense of honor and duty were engrained in the everyday culture of Americans prior to WW1 propelling many of them to enlist in the war. In this talk, Dr Gutiérrez suggests that as a culture moves away from e…
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Ch 1 Ground-level Leadership With Matt & Corie Weathers
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1:03:02Corie sits down with her husband Matthew to talk about the process of writing Military Culture Shift, behind the scenes of being an author, and Matt's thoughts on what it means to be a "ground-level" leader. Matthew, an active duty service member and Corie, a mental health clinician, coach, and consultant, share some of the shifts they have seen ov…
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The Military Culture Shift Limited Series Leadership Podcast launches Feb 15, 2024! Interviews with experts and leaders, (many of them mentioned in the book) will bring the book to life in a multi-sensory way, and breathe life into your home and leadership, and especially validate your story. Episodes will start on Feb 15th and roll out weekly so m…
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Chapter 1 Reading by Author Corie Weathers
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40:35As a special teaser to Military Culture Shift launching on November 14th, 2023, Corie reads the introduction- inspiring readers to listen to the story of our military community in a way you've never heard before. Order Military Culture Shift from Military Family Books Order Military Culture Shift on Amazon More about the Book More about author Cori…
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Introduction of Military Culture Shift read by Author Corie Weathers
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43:24As a special teaser to Military Culture Shift launching on November 14th, 2023, Corie reads the introduction- inspiring readers to listen to the story of our military community in a way you've never heard before. Order Military Culture Shift from Military Family Books Order Military Culture Shift on Amazon More about the Book More about author Cori…
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Based on the book, Military Culture Shift by clinical consultant and SME on military family culture, Corie Weathers. This podcast offers leaders an opportunity to understand the growing shifts happening within the military culture as an immersive supplement to the book. Based on 15 years of research, counseling, and teaching the military culture ac…
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45: The Future of Sustainable Innovation with Ecovyst
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27:04How does one develop innovative products that meet customers’ needs while also having a positive impact on the environment? And how can businesses blend those two ideals into a financially beneficial outcome for everyone involved? Today we’re continuing conversation we’ve started with Ecovyst last week. This time however, we’re focusing on the futu…
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44: The Future of Clean Fuel with Ecovyst
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30:23When it comes to clean fuel, what role do zeolites play? How will they impact the future of sustainability? And how many people are aware of this innovative solution? Zeolites are a group of minerals that have the ability to be readily dehydrated and rehydrated. The reason they’re so important is because they are playing a quiet but crucial role in…
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43: The Future of our Education Landscape with Megan Sweets
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22:41It’s no secret that the pandemic has had a major impact on our education system. But the truth of the matter is that there are underlying problems in the system. According to research done by today’s guest Dr. Megan Sweets: 50% of teachers will leave the profession in the first 5 years. 50% of new principals will leave their schools in 3 years, wit…
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42: The Future of Chronic Disease Management with xbird
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32:26Why is chronic illness management lagging in innovation? How can doctors and patients be better equipped and more empowered to manage their health issues? And how has Covid impacted this market? Chronic illness, especially Type 2 diabetes, is more complex than acute injuries when it comes to monitoring health and making adjustments over the long-te…
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What is artificial intelligence capable of? What can it do, and what can’t it do? And maybe more importantly, how can companies leverage it to help drive their business into the future? The week we dive into the practical applications that AI provides with today’s guest Zeina Gharzouzi, Area Sales Manager for Stradigi AI, a company who has created …
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40: The Future of Autonomous Fleet Management with Ridecell
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22:10When it comes to fleet management, how can companies not just diagnose problems with individual vehicles within their fleets but solve them without the inevitable lag pile-up issues that come with it? How can they do this while managing a large fleet? The answer: fully automating the process. To do that, there are a series of issues that need to be…
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39: The Future of Cycling with Megan Hottman
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39:43When it comes to transportation, there are many modes available to us. But despite the greener and statistically happier option of cycling, there is a lot of work to do in the cycling industry. Some of that work includes ensuring motorists are informed about cycling laws, advocating for better safety precautions throughout cities and changing laws …
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38: The Future of Health and Fitness with Verb
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28:54How has the health and fitness industry evolved as a result of the global pandemic? How are experts integrating AI and machine learning into health and fitness? And what industry problems do AI and machine learning solve? This week’s guest, Vin Miceli—founder and CEO of Verb—is here to answer these questions and more. Vin created Verb, a digital pl…
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37: The Future of Waste Management with Rubicon
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37:03What does our current waste management industry look like? What can be done to combat the sheer amount of waste being produced on a daily basis? And what are we doing about the accumulating space waste? Waste is a multi-faceted issue that is present in every market and every industry. Not only that, it’s one issue that is continuing to grow and is …
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36: The Future of Recycling with TerraCycle
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42:01Do you know what actually goes in your blue bin? How much of what we send to the recycling center can actually be recycled? And what can we do with all our hard-to-recycle materials? The traditional recycling industry has declined in recent years despite the growing awareness of its importance. Not to mention it’s a key player in combatting climate…
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35: The Future of Indoor Agriculture with Plenty
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44:20Indoor agriculture. Two simple words that represent a powerful shift in one of our biggest industries. The ability to grow produce vertically, instead of horizontally and protected from the elements is revolutionizing the industry. Aside from drastically reducing the amount of space needed, the ability to hyper-control all aspects of the growing pr…
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Water. Arguably the most important resource we have…and yet, how often do we think about our water systems? While the events in Flint, Michigan shined a light on the industry, it’s still not a prominent topic of conversation. For Megan Glover, this was a problem. That’s why she founded 120Water, a company that aims to bridge the fractured elements …
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33: The Future of Synthetic Genomes with Codex DNA
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24:56The pandemic has influenced every company in every market. But companies that focus on synthetic DNA have been in a unique position to help. That’s why Codex DNA has played, and continues to play, a crucial role in the fight against Covid-19. The creation and release of the world’s first full-length synthetic genomes for the three Covid virus varia…
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32: The Future of Green Hydrogen with Enapter
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25:38When it comes to energy, what could compete with fossil fuels? Right now, there isn’t a strong competitor on the market. In five years, that will all change. Green hydrogen is already making a strong play; the only thing holding it back is cost efficiency and scalability. But those challenges are about to become history. We sat down with Vaitea Cow…
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31: The Future of In-Person Events with UNC
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23:21As vaccines become more available and the world begins to slowly re-open after over a year of battling the global pandemic, people are both eager and nervous about large-scale in-person events. University of North Carolina’s Reese Innovation Lab is combatting the new issues that Covid-19 has brought by enabling venues to positively encourage people…
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Reliability is the key to maintaining power systems and enabling them to advance. To understand exactly why this is the case, as well as to explore the world of power, we sat down with both Alan Ross, President of the Electric Power Reliability Alliance (EPRA), and Rachel Linke, Member Service Manager of EPRA. EPRA is a movement that enables a coll…
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What would it take to reinvent plastic? Ambition, a highly creative and skilled team, and the guts to go for it. It’s news to no one that we have a plastic problem. It’s used for everything, but its end-of-life process is one we would rather not think about. However, turning a blind eye to the issues that it’s causing has not worked, nor will it. W…
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28: The Future of Smart Packaging with CPI
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30:57How much thought do you give to the packaging that inevitably comes with your order? Not much? Well, get ready to start looking at it differently. Did you know that, what is affectionately known as “smart packaging” is more than just being able to track your goods with extremely high accuracy? It’s much more personal than that. It’s about automatic…
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27: The Future of Green Investing with Greenbacker Capital
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23:36How are dreams transformed into reality that then construct our future? The simple answer? Money. The longer answer? By intelligent people investing into products and services that then have a fighting chance of becoming mainstream. An industry that highlights this beautifully is renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure. Still new, its futur…
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26: The Future of the Esports Experience with Ryan Thompson
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21:06There’s nothing quite like the roar of a crowd. And for the longest time that has always gone hand-in-hand with traditional sports games. But in recent years, a new type of event has garnered the same level of intensity in a much shorter amount of time. We’re talking about esports. With the advent of competitive gaming, streaming has become a globa…
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25: The Future of Precision Medicine with Genomenon
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23:33If it’s part of your DNA, is it something that you can change? For the longest time the answer to that question has been no, but now that’s not necessarily the case. Genetics is a world that is evolving at a rapid pace. And with a lot of new data coming out in the field, there is a growing need to sort that data and make it actionable. That’s what …
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24: The Future of Synthetic Biology with Twist Bioscience
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30:11With the introduction of big data, machine learning and AI, it’s easy to get excited about what technology is allowing us to create. But what gets overlooked is the sheer amount of data that will be created in the process. And while data storage may not sound like a sexy topic, it’s one that becomes infinitely more attractive when you learn what it…
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23: The Future of Digitization with Avery Dennison
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41:27What do you think of when you hear the word sustainability? Does the term ‘digitization’ come to mind? While entirely separate entities, the impact that the digital revolution is having on the supply chain front has a direct impact on the ability companies have to truly become sustainable. This week, we sat down with both Tyler Chaffo, Manager of G…
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22: The Future of Nutrition with Dr. Michael Klaper
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38:08What role does nutrition play when it comes to the future of healthcare? Currently, nutrition has a small place in general healthcare practice. But that’s about to change. This week, we sat down with Dr. Michael Klaper to explore this topic in-depth. Bringing with him his experience in surgery, anesthesiology and orthopedics, Dr. Klaper’s journey t…
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Ready for driverless cars? Whether that sparks excitement or apprehension, the question isn’t if it’ll come to be, but when. In order for autonomous cars to become a widespread reality, major questions need to be answered about safety. How do you guarantee the safety of the passengers when the layout of the car is completely different than what we’…
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20: The Future of Plant-Based Cheese with SriMu
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47:58What does it take to shape the future of an industry? How do you leverage difficult turns in life to produce a timeless product? And how in the world can plant-based cheese compete with the real thing? These two seemingly unconnected questions merge into this week’s episode of You Should Know This. We sat down with Julie Piatt, visionary, founder, …
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19: The Future of Cultured Meat with Aleph Farms
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31:52Have you ever imagined that the meat you put on your dinner plate—real meat—could come from a lab? Before you dismiss the idea as crazy, I’m here to tell you that not only is it possible; it’s the future. Cultured meat can produce the same tasty steak you know and love, all while avoiding the main issues facing the meat industry; environmental issu…
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18: The Future of the Gut Microbiome with Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum
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35:14The gut microbiome is all the rage in the world of health research, and for good reason. The connection between our gut microbiome and health issues, including mental health, cancer and even autism, is coming to light. At the forefront of this research and actionable steps, is Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum. This week on You Should Know This, we sit down wit…
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