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3:14Okay. Back we go to this uphead piece that was in the New York Times that I thought was fascinating. This professor, organizational psychology at Wharton in Pennsylvania, Dr. Adam Grant. He had students logging in for a final exam. And he had heard from other students that the cheating is going to be rampant. And so he said, okay, no multiple choice or short answer questions, which usually involved this remember log in exam. How about this right in essay right now using the principles of organizations like college you'd been studying. And here was the essay how to motivate students to stop cheating. And it had to be real time right now. And it was pretty hard to cheat. And the problem was is that talking to the students and looking at the studies, everybody made excuses why they cheated. I wonder a lot of stress.

4:14Everyone else is doing it. We have no choice. Yada yada yada. But the issue that he found fascinating is that the students didn't think cheating is a violation of integrity. That is something that I wasn't expecting. And by the way, schools are confronting this problem all over the country. And that's why teachers are switching to in class essays or all exams in class. And what he says is creating these obstacles is never going to be enough. We have to get to the root of the problem changing the motivations. Somehow convincing students that it is wrong to cheat. Now how do you change people's moral position? That is difficult. And he says we have to start real early. But with psychologists have done a series of studies. The more competitive life is or school is, cheating goes up to. And a lot of most people are immune to the effects of feeling bad about cheating.

5:17They don't follow the logic of consequences of looking at whether the benefits of cheating outweigh the costs. They don't think that through. All they see is the benefits of cheating. Not a moral issue to them, not feeling bad. There's something called moral identities, which psychologists talk about. And that's caring deeply about being a person of honor and integrity. And if you have honor and integrity, of course, you are going to cheat less or not at all. And there's honor codes out there. You go to military schools. There's an honor code across the board. I will not lie cheat or steal and I will not allow or I will not suffer anyone from doing so. That's it. And if you don't, if you don't follow it, you're out. They throw you out. Every single crime known to man is because of entitlement.

6:18Every single one is that the person feels entitled, even if they know that it's wrong. I mean, a murderer doesn't want to get murdered. So they know it's not okay, but they make a case why it's okay for them to kill this person. And if this is where we're at in our colleges, we're effed. Oh, we are. This is exactly where we're at in our colleges. As he did this testing and as he looked at the emails that came in, he started looking at the studies and the studies all show that this moral integrity in this day and age of AI of the competitiveness of how difficult it is to get a good job out there. That is causing people to, well, I have to cheat. And then there are a couple of things that he said that you think makes sense and actually don't demanding an oral, demanding a moral code makes it more difficult to enforce a moral

7:22code. The pledges, honesty pledges make you less honest is what the studies have showed. It's like if you have someone or maybe you have a student, a kid who is just now feeling getting sexuality going. This is usually guys. And this is a piece of advice I'm going to give young men now who are starting to think about sex. Start dating a girl from a religious school where abstinence is the objective and what it has to be said. When they promise abstinence, you're going to get the wildest, most wonderful sex you could ever imagine. Absidence doesn't work. Declaring moral integrity doesn't work. We have to go deeper than that. And so how do we do that? Well, it kind of start really early on now. They don't have to worry about people with strong moral identities.

8:24People grow up in some cases with strong moral identities, whether it's taught to you by parents or a church that you belong to or a peer group or sometimes you're just wired to do that. There are people that are just wired to be to have integrity. I don't know any. And I certainly my son is. Okay. Max, it's fascinating that he very much had a moral code before we ever started instilling anything in it. And my kids didn't know that there was such thing as a moral code. When they learned there was something like that out there, they went, huh? They thought you said, I didn't know that, Dad. They thought you said immoral code. Yes. And it worked out beautifully. And the point is that this is a, it is become a big issue. And that is, I don't, I often look to see what's wrong with society a lot. And I joke a lot about it, you know, that everything is terrible, everything's horrible.

9:25Well, actually it is. But when it comes to what we're seeing here in terms of moral integrity, we are heading downhill. And this is one of those, one of the benefits of AI. Of course, you already know. And then some of the detriment of AI. And would you think that AI is connected to moral integrity? It is in a big way. We've got some real change in to do. We really do. And so once again, consequences, AI, a science, morality, dealing with AI is something far deeper, far more difficult to deal with. And that is exactly what's going on. So coming up at the bottom of the hour or 10 minutes, give or take, it'll be Dr. Jim Kinney, medical segment of which I'm going to be going to a doctor. So it'll be Neil who is a Philly Inn and we'll be talking about what's going on in the world of medicine. All right. In the meantime, a word or two about Social Security because once again, Congress has

10:26to deal with Social Security, the third rail, which means you don't screw with Social Security if you want to keep getting elected. And so we're now looking at insolvency. Coming up, we've done through that through the years and they're now looking at insolvency happening in 2032. What does that, what does insolvency means? Well, it basically means Social Security is going to run out of money. Does that mean there'll be no Social Security? No, there'll still be there. There'll be less fewer benefits. Less money going to people. There are only two ways to make this thing solvent. Fewer benefits and more taxes to pay for it. And there's a huge problem with Social Security. First of all, the government has to pay and does pay Social Security and it pays predicated on inflation, the higher inflation, the more money you get because Social Security payments are pegged on inflation. And so that's one problem. Inflation goes up, they have to pay more money.

11:26Government has to pay more money. To the number of people paying into Social Security is going down because as people retire, they're not paying into Social Security. They're taking Social Security. And what makes sense is that while they should, because they spend a lifetime working, and so something's got to give. And do you have these elected officials just keep on kicking the can down the road because who is going to run on Ike Knockdown Social Security? I withheld benefits. Can you imagine what the other side does? Hey, that guy over there who I'm running against, he took away your Social Security benefits. Yeah, that's a pretty powerful argument to get elected. And that's a pretty powerful argument to get elected if you're on the other side. That's what I mean is the third rail. So what is going to happen? What are the choices? Well, one, of course, is retirement age getting older and older. That's the other problem about Social Security.

12:27We are getting older. We are collecting more Social Security than we ever have before. I've told you many times Social Security was created in the mid-30s to help workers who had, once they stopped working, they basically had to die. And so Social Security was created and retirement kicked in at 65. And people were old at 65. Today, if someone, for example, dies in their mid-60s, you're going, oh, wow, that was way too young. Oh, my God, this was just a relatively young person. When does old age start in my head? I'll tell you, it's probably in mid-80s is when you're old from 65 to 75. I mean, you're getting older, but are you old in the crepid? No, it used to be when you're 65, you're old in the crepid. Things have changed. Nobody anticipated my mother being on Social Security for 35 years. And that is the problem with older people in our system.

13:30What happens? What do you do? Okay, a couple of answers. You make the age of Social Security recipient, old already done that. We're 67 years, maybe 70 years at some point. You reduce benefits, which no one wants to happen. You increase the taxes, Social Security taxes. It used to be pennies on the dollar. Today, it is basically 6.5% of your income up to, I think, $180,000. After that, you pay no more in Social Security taxes. And the argument is, well, they should take the cap off, and there are a few taxes they do take the cap off. So therefore, anybody making $200,000, $250,000 here should pay that 6.5% all the way up to the upper limits to the amount of money they make. And that's the argument. Basically, if you have money, you should pay a lot more for everything. And it's fair to say that's regressive. It's not graduated because people that make $180,000 a year paying Social Security on their

14:33full salary people that make over that are not. So it's unfair. Okay, that's in quotes, by the way. So removing that cap is one of the things that are going to happen. And here's another little bit of information. There's no money in the Social Security Fund. There's no money there. There's no assets. Now, the US Highway Trust Fund, the Highway Construction Fund, whatever the hell they call it, that has real money. We pay our taxes. You pay your gasoline taxes. You pay whatever tax the government charges, the federal government. That goes into an account. There's real money there. Social Security, all the money goes into Social Security. The government takes and writes an IOU to Social Security. I mean, it's kind of weird because the government is writing itself a check, but we're talking about a specific fund that doesn't have any money because it's used someplace else.

15:34Isn't that just Socialism? Social Security? Social Security is absolutely Socialism. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, of course it is. And it's not working. It is working. So it was insurance, medical insurance, which is not working. Social Security works for people that are over 65. It is working. The system is, but it's going to be broke. But it's a Ponzi scheme. That's the whole point. Is that Socialism ends up not scaling again. Unless money is coming, unless enough money is coming in to pay for things. And that is a big issue. And there's never going to be enough money because government will always spend more money than it is coming in. That's not necessarily true. There have been times, you know, the United States used to be a country that was in surplus. We didn't have deficits for a very long time. I think the first deficit they kicked in, I think, was in the 18th. 30s. And there have been plenty of governments, plenty of times where the US government has been in surplus. And that was before income tax, by the way. But also the government gave you no services either.

16:37Like they do. Education was not free. There was no housing. There were no entitlement programs. I mean, just didn't... Well, the original schools and stuff were... Churches. Yeah, probably. They were private. All of it started as religious hospitals and... That's true. And schools were over. And then the government got involved because there weren't enough churches out there. You're right. Socialists and me, you know, is the Republicans... Social programs are what cost us the most. That's true. Entire all alone now. Oh, I have to... And by the way, the number one social program that cost by far the most social security. And so when you hear... And I love this. When I hear an anti-socialist, I'm never going to go... We don't want our country to go socialist. Give up your social security. Just say no. When you hit 65, I just say no thanks. I don't want to be part of a socialist government. Oh, no one touches my social security payments. But it's also a downfall because it's not working. Socialism doesn't scale. It can.

17:37It can. Well, on paper. It can scale. And there are plenty of societies where it works great. You look at the Scandinavian countries. They... They work for them. Now, they're very highly taxed. But it does work for them. It's just we have a different society, that's all. And we'll go into that. And it's... I love talking to Neil about this because he and I have discussions. We don't even particularly disagree on stuff on this one. No, I think it's a great idea. It just doesn't scale. That's the problem. But he can scale. It doesn't scale for us. And it doesn't scale for a lot of other countries. Okay. Your official home for Dodgers baseball is AM570 LA sports. Tonight, you're back to back world champion Dodgers take on the Cardinals with first pitch at seven. Labor Day is almost here. This week at Superior Grocers, you can say big with Huffy. Great hot dog, by the way. Get Huffy, meet Frank's 16 ounce packages for just 99 cents. What with their digital deal?

18:38Superior Grocers, quality, variety and value. Dr. Jim, there are a couple of things to get tossed in our face every couple of years with new studies. You got wine, whether it's good or bad, the cholesterol or problems of eggs. You've got... Oh, and of course you have sugar substitutes. Right now, what is being studied and looked at is a particular one called a Rithra Tall. And nobody's gonna know that. But it's in a lot of things like sugar-free drinks, keto-friendly stuff, energy drinks. What are they saying now about this artificial sweetener or sugar substitute rather? Yeah, so a study came out. It's an observational study. So it looked at risk of heart attack in people with xylitol, or it's a total...

19:41In their system. And it turns out that the highest quartile concentration had a 57% increase in major cardiac events like heart attack or stroke. So, and then in a British study, they did over 30 years in the highest group had like an 18% increase. So it does seem like there's some association here that it doesn't necessarily mean that the xylitol causes the heart attack. Maybe something else goes along with it that does, but it does seem that there's increase in risk for cardiovascular disease. We know that xylitol can increase platelet clotting activity. And if you remember that the mechanism for heart attack is typically like a rough spot in the artery, a plaque, breaks open or exposes some of the inner tissue. And that's a signal for platelets to think that there's an injury to the blood vessel and try and clot it off. So platelets start sticking and clumping. And then all the fiber in all these fibers in your blood

20:41start clotting and make a blood clot that then clots off the artery that goes to the heart. So that's what causes a heart attack, similar mechanism for stroke. And the thing that is what they refer to as a loophole here is the gross pathway. And that is short for generally recognized as safe. This is an FDA response or category here for packaged food and drinks. And this means that certain levels, we know that toxicity is in the dose, right? So at certain levels they say this ingredient is okay. They being the FDA. Is that what's being looked at specifically? Is should we take this out of that category? Should we get rid of that category of generally recognized as a safe altogether? What does this do for that? Right, so again, because this is more on an observational study,

21:42it's an association one associated with the other. So a high level of this substance in your blood is associated with a higher risk of heart attack. It doesn't mean one causes the other. It's the same old thing we always talk about this is that the rooster crow, the sun comes up, or the sun comes up and the rooster crow, the rooster makes the sun come up. Those are associated but they're not necessarily causal. So, it's frustrating, right? Because every story we do almost seems to be an observational study because the work it takes to spend years doing a prospective randomized trial is insane. So people do these quick, easy studies. They're still not quick and anti. They're still not that easy, but there are a lot quicker and easier than a randomized trial. And that's what we end up with is this kind of data. We have to recognize that it's limited, that's all I'm saying. So it makes a headline, but it is limited. So it's not generally recognized

22:43as sick as throwing out the window, but it's something an awareness of, hey, you may think, oh, because this has no calories, I can chew a pack of gum a day and there's nothing bad with that. Well, that kind of level of extreme exposure is probably not what you want to do. Am I still going to chew sugarless gum? Yeah, I still will. And I just don't chew gum very often. So I don't think I'm going to be putting myself at high risk, but people who are chewing a pack a day, they may want to rethink that. Yeah, I remember logic always, the first thing is correlation is not causation. They pound that into your head over and over again. But all sciences observation by definition. So it's a matter of observing more information versus a small amount of information. But it fascinates me about these little things that are put in food, obviously, because of the for-croport, these things come up. And at what point does it become problematic to your average person, like you said? Doc, nothing is better than when you see insights

23:46coming from the natural world and medicine that doesn't come from a bottle, but from natural resources, tell us about its lanacod and skin wounds on humans. Yeah, you know, now when you bring that up, actually the last story we did on Zylethal, that actually is made in nature too. Your body actually makes some of it itself. So it's not completely foreign to your body. But that's cool. When we're talking. Yeah, I know that. So yeah, the cod, though, what they found is that when you have a burn or you have a major skin injury, say a diabetic foot ulcer, for example, those are notoriously bad at healing. You can, you end up with a deficit in the skin and it has to grow in from the edges and all it has to build the scaffolding and then grow the cells and then create the matrix that it all sits on from scratch.

24:48Well, what they've done is take cod. And essentially they decelularize the skin. So there's no cod cells in the skin, but that the gooey matrix that is like the scaffolding that skin is built on, it remains behind. And they lay it out across the wound and now it massively accelerates the healing process. So you're not growing fish cells on your body, but you are taking, like I said, kind of a structural overlay and those cells grow into it. And then that replaces the skin much, much faster. For diabetics, there was a 70% relative increase in healings compared to standard wound care. So pretty impressive. Oh, and for the younger folks, gooey matrix is opening on this furry stage for a Coachella this year. So Doc, let me get this straight. So the assumption is you get a wound and I don't know how to explain this, but let's say the wound is the size of a dime.

25:48The assumption is, or I guess what comes to mind is like the skin or the healing is coming up through the entirety of it and then reforming the skin. You're saying it's a bridge forming over that. Correct. Okay, so the bridge comes from the edges. I mean, yeah, skin heals from the bottom up because we call that granulation tissue, but that's this bubbly red kind of non-organized tissue that looks almost like hamburger, right? So that's not really skin. And then, so that's the tissue that we call granulation tissue that the skin have to now grow over and create a matrix over. So then that matrix kind of comes from the edges. So there are ways we can shorten that by doing skin grafts. For example, with your own skin graft, where you see now, you take a patch of skin and then through a series of micro cuts, you're turning it almost into a mesh, right? By cutting the skin in not in a long line,

26:51but in individual dotted lines in rows, that now you can pull that out and it looks like a mesh, right? You can stretch it. And that mesh then is laid on a wound. And that's why people get that kind of thing, that look when you use skin grafting like that, the skin may look like the gauze left in impression or something because it has that mesh-like look. But the newer stuff that we're using doesn't do that. And the skin just grows right into it. Just real quick, we only have a little less than a minute, a new pill that mimics exercise, do tell. Oh, okay, yeah. So that's the headline, but it doesn't really mimic exercise, right? Exercise is something that affects your brain, your bones, your muscles, your blood vessels, your insulin level, your mood. So one pill can't do all that. But what it does is they're looking at it for weight loss maintenance after you stop GLP drugs because it does seem to reduce just like exercise would. It does seem to reduce that rebound weight gain.

27:54And so that's what they're looking at specifically for. It's pretty interesting, but again, they create the headline, the company creates the headline exercise in a pill, but that's not what this is. All right, send me a box. And I'll get back to you on F it works. Dr Jim Keene, Chief Medical Officer for Dignity St. Mary Medical Center there in the LBC. Thanks, Doc. Always love talking with you. Yep, take care. We'll talk again next week, at least with handle. All right, stick around, Gary and Shannon and we're gonna say horrible things about each other that explain if that's good or bad. I was at Ferries. Thanks for hanging out. We'll catch you in the morning with Bill Handel. This is KFI, heard everywhere on the I Heart Radio M. You've been listening to the Bill Handel show, catch my show Monday through Friday, 6am to 9am, and anytime on demand on the I Heart Radio app. I'm Mungusha Teghler and I'm back with a new season of the podcast Skyline Drive. This time I'm diving into a rabbit hole of peptides, organoids, blood boys, blue zones,

28:56and brain replacement to try to understand what this longevity obsession is all about. And what it really means to live forever for all of us. I learned about some rad science. I can make a brain for you, and then we can test what draw is the best for your brain, a suppose to his brain. Here's some hard truths. I would expect Indians to age faster, but I did not expect it to be almost a four to five-year acceleration and get myself into a world of trouble. I'd say probably start bone smashing. That doesn't work. Make you look more defined. They say it works. I don't know. Listen to Skyline Drive, how to live forever on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, this is A's Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast, Hollywood Handbook on the Big Money Players Network. Our show is extremely accessible to first-time listeners. Each week we talk to someone in show business, aka The Biz,

29:59and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time, and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests, like Sarah Sherman, not that great. Actually, can you help me shape this? How about we flip it on his head? How about we flip this around? Okay. What is the surprise one, man? Well, actually, you think it's the straight man, it's actually the one who's acting weird. Adam Scott. This entire time you've been expecting Adam Sandler to come to visit the show. I would never let go of that. I have, I would never set expectations for something like that. It seems like if the universe allows for something like that to happen, I am open to it. I'm always going to accept, you know, Danny McBride, fine. Yeah, it's all this fragile masculinity exuding. I could smell it walking on the hallway to be honest with you. I was like, I was like, exactly. I was like, exactly. Nope, it's fragile masculinity.

31:00Ben Stiller, no. I think there's a lot of times in out of context, people don't get it or even know what a circle is. You know what I mean? Like you're like, oh, it's a status. Everyone's so dumb. And fake. Right, fake and also not interested or just like, oh, I've got my life. I don't care about your life. And a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Oh, and by the way, Will Ferrell told us personally he loves the show and he wants to be a guest on every episode, but he's just so busy. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Beniero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word solita, trading the pity for possibility.

32:01Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people and they were like, you smiled at us, not a lot of people smile around here. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies your soul about it. It can be a time where you push your limits, change your mind, or wake up to a new version of yourself. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're a bookshelf and you're for you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Pro's Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks pride and prejudice and love island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm gonna have to look up this story. I'm obsessed, so obsessed.

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34:07I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced, but these aren't stories about what's taken from them. Their story is about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with Elizabeth Smart on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Mungusha Teghler and I'm back with a new season of the podcast Skyline Drive. This time I'm diving into a rabbit hole of peptides, organoids, blood boys, blue zones, and brain replacement to try to understand what this longevity obsession is all about and what it really means to live forever for all of us. I learned about some rad science. I can make a brain for you and then we can test what draw is the best for your brain, a supposed to his brain. Here are some hard truths.

35:07I would expect Indians to age faster but I did not expect it to be almost a 4-5 year acceleration and get myself into a world of trouble. I'd say probably start bone smashing. That doesn't work. Make you look more defined. They say it works. I don't know. Listen to Skyline Drive, how to live forever on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and health captive for nine months. I survived and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. You just remember this low taunting voice next to my ear saying, shut up, don't say anything. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable. I knew if he woke up without a doubt he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed and I just started screaming.

36:15They are abducted, stalked, controlled and nearly silenced. But these aren't stories about what's taken from them. They're stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with Elizabeth Smart on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook on the Big Money Players Network. Our show is extremely accessible the first time listeners. Each week we talk to someone in show business, aka The Biz, and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, not that great. I actually, can you help me shape this? Yeah. How about we flip it on his head? No. How about we flip this around? Okay. How about the surprise one, man? Actually, you think it's the straight man is actually the one who's acting weird. Adam Scott. Love.

37:15This entire time you've been expecting Adam Sandler to come to visit the show. I would never let go of that. I have. You would never set expectations for something like that. It seems like if the universe allows for something like that to happen, I am open to it. I'm always going to accept. Okay. Danny McBride. Fine. Yeah. It's all this fragile masculinity exuding. I could smell it walking on the hallway to be honest with you. I was like, is that smell? I was like, is that what you need? Nope. It's fragile masculinity. Mm-hmm. Yep. Ben stiller. No. I think there's a lot of times out of context, people don't get it, or even know what a circle is. You know what I mean? Like, girl, I go work to stay. I think it's so stupid. Uh, everyone's so dumb. I'm excited for you. Ben fake. Right. Fake and also not interested. Or just like, oh, I've got my life. I don't care about your life. And a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Oh, and by the way, Will Ferrell told us personally he loves the show, and he wants to be a guest on every episode, but he's just so busy.

38:17Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're a bookshelf and you're for you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Pro's Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks pride and prejudice and love island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo, and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. So obsessed. From bestselling authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, and that is the Trojan horse, whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations, or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro's Society on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts,

39:18or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus, or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Pinierro, and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes, without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility. Every time I try to be alone, I kept meaning people, and they were like, you smiled at us, not a lot of people smile around here. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is, and not the lies you're sold about it. It can be a time where you push your limits, change your mind, or wake up to a new version of yourself. So whether you're a solo travel veteran, or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts,

40:18or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook. Each week, we talk to someone in show business, and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer. Everyone has a good time, and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests, like Sarah Sherman, Adam Scott, Danny McBride, Ben Stillert, and a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus, or this random dude is offering the ride on his motorcycle. I choose Option B. I'm Julie Bignero, and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility.

41:19Listen to Solita on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I survived nine months in captivity, and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart, and these are the survivor files. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with Elizabeth Smart on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Our hometown is not a test tube. 90 miles northeast of Nashville, a battle for the future of America plays out in one small town. The developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land. We need cities on a shining hill. This is our town, a podcast about what happens when a small town

42:19becomes the site of a social experiment and fights back. I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies, and I'll dig you. Listen to our town on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Munga Shategatherer, and I'm back with a new season of my podcast Skyline Drive. This time I talked to scientists, biopunks, cormugins, blues owners, super seniors, and go as top cryotherapy lab to try to understand this obsession with living forever, and what it means for all of us. And I get into a bit of trouble along the way. I'd say probably start bone smashing, but it doesn't work. Make you look more defined. They say it works. I don't know. Listen to Skyline Drive, how to live forever on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.