Best The Hard Problem Of Consciousness Podcasts (2025)

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The loans that fund life's biggest moments, with Scott Baker 33:51

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People don't want mortgages; they want houses, and mortgages are just the unavoidable, often overly-complicated means to that end. Scott Baker understands this, and has embedded it into the very fabric of Toast. Join us as we talk about Scott's journey from retail to finance, the state of the Australian mortgage landscape, and how he built Toast to…

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Overwhelm: The #1 Motivation Killer 37:06

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Imagine this…the weather is starting to get cooler, and it’s time to get out the winter clothes. You’ve been doing great, working hard with managing your portions, making some solid choices and feeling truly proud of yourself. But that box of winter clothes looms and you can hear the ominous eerie music in your head. Will the jeans fit? You put on …

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The "S" Word: A Lexicon of Sin 1:55:02

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton The Bible has a lot to say about sin, but sometimes a word can get so familiar we forget what it really means. Additionally, our culture is reluctant to entertain the idea of sin at all, causing the word t…

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The Startup Building Edible Insulation to Tackle a 1.4 Gigaton CO2 Problem 27:22

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Heating and cooling drive 40% of all energy-related CO2 emissions, yet 60% of that energy is wasted by bad insulation. Is there a better way? We got the chance to speak with Theresa Hoffmann, founder of Nanoplume, a UK startup that has developed a revolutionary bio-aerogel 3x more insulating and 60% thinner than traditional materials. The technolog…

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Modern fraud solutions for modern fraud problems, with Rob Meakin 31:03

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We’re increasingly seeing collaboration between cybercrime, fraud, organised crime and money laundering. Organisations face mounting challenges in protecting their digital infrastructure and customers from fraudulent activities - and this is true in developed and developing markets. Developed countries tend to have more developed risk controls, but…

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How To Get Past "This Will Never Work" 30:40

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Have you ever had a day when your brain just takes off without you? One minute you’re feeling pretty good about your food choices, and the next you’re spiraling because the scale didn’t move, or you ate a handful of chips? Maybe you’ve actually been doing fine and even had some good wins, but your brain finds the one thing that wasn’t perfect and d…

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Stones, Onions and Odes: Inspiration for the Hard Work of Being Human Part 3 1:43:06

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Sarah Chestnut Over the centuries, poets have sung praises to athletic victories, Grecian urns, and the "wild West Wind" of Autumn, and odes praising the ordinary--socks, tomatoes, drinking water from cupped hands--rais…

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What Are You Avoiding? 35:41

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#84 — Are you avoiding what matters most? Avoidance shows up in subtle ways—sometimes we know we’re dodging a task, sometimes it’s a reflexive habit, and other times we don’t even realize what we’re avoiding. In this episode of The Happy Scientist, we explore how these patterns of avoidance can quietly drain your confidence, slow your progress, and…

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Cashflows and credit for SMEs, with Guga Gorenstein 47:45

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Corporate cards, payments, accounting, and credit for growing businesses in 25+ countries - there's a lot to cover today, and then we also chat about Brazzilion fintech and Guga's impressive career! If you're in Mexico as this comes out, I think you can still catch the Jeeves team at Mexico Tech week (https://www.mexicotechweek.mx/). If not, you ca…

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How to Be a Normal Eater When You Still Want to Lose Weight 36:38

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Have you ever thought, “ok I get the whole normal eater thing and I want to be a normal eater... but I still want to lose weight”? Like, you’re totally on board with the idea of dropping diet rules, but you also don’t want to drop your goals? You want to trust yourself and see the scale move, but part of you still wonders, “Can I really have both?”…

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Temperate: The Tech Beaming Heat Into Space to Disrupt the Trillion-Dollar Cooling Market | Angel Insights 29:07

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Temperate: The startups building tech that beams heat into space and aims to disrupt the trillion-dollar cooling market Air conditioning consumes 10% of the world's electricity, a figure set to double by 2050. Is there a better way? I got the chance to speak with Charlie, founder of Temperate, a UK startup that has developed a revolutionary cooling…

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Fall 2025 Theme Weekend: The Dignity of Dependence 2:00:40

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Joshua Chestnut and Esther Dalton The second lecture portion of the Southborough L'Abri Fall 2025 Theme Weekend: "The Glory and Challenge of Ordinary Humanness." Part 1: Lovely, Finite, Connected: Adjectives for Being H…

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Fall 2025 Theme Weekend: Being Human as an Act of Resistance 2:24:51

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes The opening lecture of the Southborough L'Abri Fall 2025 Theme Weekend: "The Glory and Challenge of Ordinary Humanness." "The model of the Christian life is the recovery of ordinary human experience, says the …

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Collecting from debtors is hard, but often not as hard as selling to strangers, with Amanda Morrison 48:16

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If you're fed up with chasing unpaid invoices and debts, iCollect's DIY debt collection software might be the solution for you. You don't have to be a lender to have creditors, but you often have to be a lender to afford a full team to chase those creditors when they start to default - that's where Amanda Morrison steps in. icollect is at https://w…

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How to Go From A Dieter to A Normal Eater 29:53

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Have you ever spent so many years dieting that you don’t even know what “normal eating” is supposed to look like anymore? Like, is it eating salads 24/7? Or never thinking about food at all? Or maybe it’s having that magical ability to ignore cake at the office party like it’s a plate of dry broccoli? The thing is, normal eaters aren’t these mystic…

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Are We "Whittling Away" Character in Our Society? 2:34:26

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Dick Keyes This lectures looks at what character has meant, has now come to mean, and how we might respond to the change. The Copyright for all material on the podcast is held by L'Abri Fellowship. We ask that you respe…

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Flexible and intelligent collections for improved returns, with Hannah Baynham 46:24

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Getting out of debt has never been harder, and, yes, a sluggish economy and the cost of recovering from a global pandemic play a big role in this, but lenders are not entirely blameless. For too long, it felt cheaper to deliver rigid and unpleasant collections processes, because 'it's not like the customer has a choice'. But they do, they have the …

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Listen Again: I just want to eat WHATEVER I want, WHENEVER I want 28:33

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Have you ever found yourself thinking “I just wish I could eat whatever I want, whenever I want.” Maybe you even remember a time when that seemed to be true. Ah the good ol’ days. Isn’t it funny how we seem to remember the past with rose colored glasses? But now a’days, if you even look at a hamburger you’ll put on 5 pounds. Ugh! Today we're diving…

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The Hard Problem of Consciousness, Part 2: The Gift of "What It's Like" to be You 2:10:05

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What If 50% Effort Was Enough? 18:49

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Have you ever felt like if you can’t do something perfectly, then what’s the point in even trying? Like if you miss one workout or eat one “bad” meal, then the whole week is a wash and you might as well go all in with the cookies and call it a day? Have you ever wondered: “Am I even capable of change if I can’t do it all right?” Well, what if I tol…

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"The Word of Your Soul's Health": William Tyndale and the Bible in English 1:34:43

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton Can you imagine living a Christian life without the Bible? Five hundred years ago, that was the situation of most ordinary Christians. In fact, at that time, it was illegal to translate the Bible into Engl…

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Motivation: When the Couch Wins Again (and Again, and Again) 29:24

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Have you ever promised yourself you were going to go for a walk, but somehow the couch whispered sweet nothings and won the battle? Why does motivation vanish right when you need it most? And why does it feel like everyone else has an endless supply of it except you? Today we’ll cover: why motivation isn’t what you think it is, how your brain is se…

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Psalm 131: A Psalm for the Anxious and Exhausted 1:45:13

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ Charles Spurgeon commented that Psalm 131 is one of the shortest Psalms to read but one of the longest to learn. With the help of theorists Hartmut Rosa and Byung-Chul Han, this lecture will consider unique characteristics…

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Have You Ever Heard of the Consciousness Hard Problem? 32:02

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Extra Episode — Cory Katuna — Have You Ever Heard of the Consciousness Hard Problem? Today's episode is part of an experiment: introducing best practices from other disciplines to the bench-based bioscientist. Today, we discuss the consciousness "hard" problem with Cory Katuna. Why should a bioscientist care about consciousness? In science, objecti…

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The Myths of Maintenance 24:45

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Have you ever thought, “Once I hit my goal weight, I can finally relax and stop thinking about food and exercise all the time”? And then, when you actually got close to your goal, you realized… oh no, this isn’t what I expected. Let me ask you this. What if that way of thinking—waiting for the finish line, waiting for the “after” picture—is the ver…

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An angel’s prescription: Pam Garside’s guide to spotting winning health tech founders 31:32

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Join us for a fascinating conversation with Pam Garside, a leading angel investor in the health tech sector and the first female chair of Cambridge Angels. Pam shares her unique journey from managing NHS organisations to becoming a trusted advisor and investor, offering a rare glimpse into how a true healthcare insider evaluates early-stage startup…

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Listen Again: The Puzzle Perspective: Unlocking the Weight Loss Code 31:20

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Have you ever felt like losing weight is like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded? The struggle is real, right? It's not just the simple formula that diets try to tell us it is. It's an emotional rollercoaster filled with frustration, self-doubt, and - let’s be honest - the occasional forbidden love affair with a pint of ice cream. But what …

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Explaining Why You Can Know WHAT To Do and Not Do It 35:54

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How many times have you thought to yourself “I know WHAT to do to lose weight, I just have a hard time actually doing it.”? That question used to drive me crazy. I mean how many diet books and weight loss programs does it take to learn the WHAT to do to lose weight? You’re great at learning. You can probably recite the steps and the macros and the …

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How To Stop Losing and Gaining the Same 5 Pounds 34:09

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Have you ever stepped on the scale, seen the number go down, and thought, “Woohoo! I earned this!” …only to eat a little more, step back on the scale, and wonder, “Wait, what just happened?” Or maybe you’ve asked yourself: How do I actually know when I’ve had enough food? And why is it so easy to overshoot and end up feeling too full? If these thou…

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It’s Not a Crime to Want Ice Cream - Emotional Eating 4 20:47

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Have you ever found yourself standing in front of the freezer, staring at the ice cream, and suddenly it’s like you’ve got a whole debate team in your head? One voice whispers, “Ooh, ice cream sounds perfect. I deserve it.” Another snaps, “You don’t need it. Walk away.” Then out of nowhere, a third one yells, “What is wrong with me?” It’s like a mu…

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Work's a joke anyway, so they made it a game! 33:38

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Suren Rastogi started his career in financial services, but, called to do something a little more exciting, he has broken away to pursue his dream of launching a board game. We'll talk about his roots, his pivot, and what it took to create Burnout: a chaotic strategic party game about mental health and the daily grind. Head on over to https://www.b…

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How to Crack the Snack Code - Emotional Eating 3 28:09

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Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “I know what’s happening! I know I’m eating for comfort, but I can’t seem to stop reaching for food when I’m overwhelmed, bored, or just plain done with the day?” You’re not alone, and honestly, you’re making real progress just by noticing. If you’ve been following along with our series on emotional eating, y…

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Banking (and lending) for the eco-conscious masses 35:42

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Banking that's good for you and the planet. You can see the GreenFi offering first-hand at https://www.greenfi.com/. GreenFi helps you save money, earn cash back, and plant trees - all while keeping your money out of fossil fuels. No mandatory fees. No greenwashing. Just a better way to bank. You can follow Tim on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.c…

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Why You Keep Ending Up in the Pantry - Emotional Eating Pt 2 26:49

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Have you ever found yourself with your hand in the cereal box, thinking, “How did I even get here?” Oh yes, we’re going there. Welcome back to our four-part series on emotional eating. If you missed last episode, we dug into what emotional eating really is, why it’s not just about willpower, and why your brain is actually doing its job—even when yo…

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Unbankable, making a movie about lending 36:02

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Luke Willms is an award-winning writer, director, and producer... and he's interested in lending. Unabnkable is the culmination of a seven-year, seven-country journey to unravel whether Africa's rich tapestry of tradition, innovation and experimentation to find out if it holds the key to Western economic revitalisation. Find all the details at http…

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Why Am I Eating When I’m Not Even Hungry? Emotional Eating Pt 1 23:56

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Have you ever found yourself in the pantry, not because you’re hungry, but because something inside just feels off and food feels like the best solution? Or maybe you’ve stared down a bag of chips after a tough day and wondered, “Why can’t I just stop?” If that’s ever happened to you, then you are absolutely not alone. In fact, you’re in the perfec…

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Backing resilient founders from the CEO who turned Avon around during Covid 43:57

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Angela Cretu spent 25 years at Avon, rising from area manager to Global CEO, where she led one of the most remarkable corporate turnarounds in recent history. Taking over in January 2020 when the company was predicted to go bankrupt, she navigated COVID-19 as a new CEO and transformed one of the world's most recognised beauty brands. After stepping…

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The Promise of Zion in Isaiah: God's Vision for the Nations 1:28:50

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Dr. Tom Petter, guest lecturer What is the argument of Isaiah as a book? Is there even one? We are considering the internal evidence and come to the conclusion that yes, indeed, there is a coherence to the collection of…

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Does Feeling Your Feelings Freak You Out? 29:42

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Have you ever felt like your emotions were just too much—too big, too heavy, too uncomfortable to sit with—so you ended up reaching for food instead of facing them? And somehow you find yourself elbow-deep in a bag of chips or three scoops into the ice cream carton before you even realize what you're feeling? Like something was bugging you… but you…

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How to Be a Guest 1:39:28

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Esther Dalton At L'Abri we think and talk a lot about hospitality. Most Christian teaching about hospitality focuses on the role of the host, on opening our hearts and our doors to others, even strangers. But what about…

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9. Behind the Mic: Reflections on My Podcast Journey 9:15

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From Dream to Reality: What I’ve Learnt Launching My Podcast 🎙🎧 What really happens when you finally say yes to that big idea you've been dreaming about? In this special solo episode, I’m reflecting on what the last three months have really been like since launching the Ideas That Inspire podcast. The joy, the challenges, and the honest lessons I’v…

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How People Pleasing Sabotages Your Weight Loss 39:24

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Have you ever said yes when you really wanted to say no, just to avoid disappointing someone? Have you ever ended up cleaning the kitchen at 10 p.m. while eating cookies over the sink, because you were running on empty from managing everyone else’s needs all day? Why does it feel so hard to speak up for yourself, set a boundary, or just take a mome…

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The wandering professional's discovery: how Jodie O'Keeffe turned three careers into angel investing mastery 39:29

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In this episode, we explore Jodie O'Keeffe's fascinating journey from IT contractor in 1990s Australia to becoming one of Angel Academe's most insightful investors. Starting with a chance magazine discovery in a Melbourne supermarket, Jodie shares how her unconventional career path through technology, journalism, and philanthropy unexpectedly conve…

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Embracing GenAI in credit risk 54:34

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McKinsey recently surveyed senior credit risk executives from, among others, nine of the top ten US banks, and they asked them about their organisations’ adoption of GenAI, its current use cases, their future plans for it, and the challenges they expected. Twenty percent of the respondents had already implemented at least one GenAI use case in thei…

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An AI-powered link in the chain 30:40

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Simplified funding for SMEs: pre-qualification in minutes, funded within a day, this is not the business lending of yesteryear. Credibly is at home online at https://www.credibly.com/ You can find Ryan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-rosett-262b642/ While Credibly is there at https://www.linkedin.com/company/credibly/ I am on Linked…

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This is gonna take FOREVER! 25:07

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Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “Ugh… this is going to take forever”? Maybe it was after stepping on the scale and seeing no change—again. Maybe it was that moment when you realized how far you feel from where you want to be. Maybe it was when you just wanted to feel comfortable in your jeans… and the button still tugged. And then that thou…

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The Incarnation as Interruption 2:02:28

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A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/ by Ben Keyes In this lecture, we will briefly discuss the doctrine of the Incarnation as the central mystery of the Christian faith. Then, with the help of "interruptions" as a guiding metaphor, we will explore the way in …

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8. Emotions & the Body: Understanding the Connection for Better Health 1:10:31

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What if your emotions could be the key to better physical health? 🤔 In this episode, I’m joined by Kim Knight from Art Of Health — also known as the Kiwi Health Detective. Kim is a Root Cause and Lifestyle Medicine practitioner with over 20 years of clinical experience helping people heal from chronic pain and fatigue. After overcoming multiple chr…

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What are the odds? 50:51

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I've just added a new section to the website, featuring affiliate links to all the books written by the great guests we've featured on this show - https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/recommended-reads. If you scan that list before you listen to this show, you'll find among them Dr Michael Orkin with What Are the Odds? and Probability & Stati…

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Outsourcing AI 35:26

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Very early in my career, back in the days when the details from paper forms had to be typed into a computer to get the application process started, I heard about companies scanning application forms and then sending the files to India to have the data capture done there. A decade later, the guy I was chatting to in a hotel bar in Nairobi promised m…