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Explore " athletes" with insightful episodes like "The Science of the COVID Bubble", "New Fan Engagement Models for Athletes and Influencers" and "777 Science and the Soul with John Brenkus" from podcasts like ""StarTalk Radio", "a16z Podcast" and "The School of Greatness"" and more!

Episodes (3)

The Science of the COVID Bubble

How has COVID-19 impacted athletes? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice investigate with cardiovascular disease specialist Dr. Saurabh Rajpal, MD, and Head Team Physician Dr. James Borchers, MD, of The Ohio State University.

NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/show/the-science-of-the-covid-bubble/

Photo Credit: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

StarTalk Radio

en-usNovember 06, 2020

New Fan Engagement Models for Athletes and Influencers

Today’s episode is about a practical application of crypto — namely, the way it can “tokenize” fandom. More broadly, it’s about fan engagement, and the increasingly blurred lines between sports, culture and tech. We talked to NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie, of the Brooklyn Nets. Spencer created a new platform on the crypto blockchain Ethereum that gives fans the opportunity to invest directly in his revenue-generating potential, through debt securities. Joining this conversation are a16z managing partner and tech investor Jeff Jordan, who has long followed the evolving relationship between sports and tech. Also joining is Jesse Walden, a former a16z crypto partner and co-founder of Mediachain. He’s also a former music promoter and manager whose focus was on helping artists stay independent. We discuss the evolution of models for fan engagement; how social media has changed the game; and where technologies like cryptonetworks and blockchains come in.

enMay 26, 2020

777 Science and the Soul with John Brenkus

THERE IS ORDER TO THE CHAOS.
What is this place?
Are we even really here?
Is there a higher power that created us, or was it a random explosion?
These are some big questions.
But the odds of life actually existing are insane. Everything would have had to had come together so perfectly.
It’s hard for people to wrap their minds around, but we need to admit there is so much about the universe we don’t understand.
For this Five Minute Friday, I revisited a conversation I had with John Brenkus where we discuss how the soul and science can meet.
John Brenkus is a six-time Emmy award-winning creator, host, and producer of Sport Science on ESPN. He is also co-founder of BASE Productions and a New York Times bestselling author. He currently hosts his own podcast The Brink of Midnight.
He dives into the idea of time and how humans put labels on things that are hard for our brains to comprehend.
I really enjoy the way that Josh is able to explain complicated scientific ideas.
Learn how to think about the miracle of life in Episode 777.
In This Episode You Will Learn:
If God and science can mix (1:05)
About the probability of life existing (3:00)
If there is really a beginning of time (4:05)