The Vance Crowe Podcast

Kevin Folta Ph.D. is a professor of Horticulture at the University of Florida. Folta is a molecular biologist by training and since COVID struck he has been using his knowledge and background to provide guidance on vaccines, masks and compliance.Folta and Vance Crowe discuss why people are slow to get the vaccine, the challenge of balancing safety and liberty and a grade for how the government has done responding to this disease.0:00 Start5:25 How to keep students on zoom engaged?7:57 Light as a source of information14:35 Gene expression in photo-biology17:08 Connection between physical and biological world17:32 How are students handling the pandemic?19:34 Should people be afraid of COVID-19?23:46 Missinformations about vaccine31:53 How governments handled pandemic?34:59 How to avoid manipulation37:25 What is MRNA vaccine and how does it work?46:25 Why people don't want to get vaccinated53:55 How to not offend people56:13 What's a PCR test?1:00:03 Shall we wait till it's over?1:08:37 When will pandemic end?1:12:59 Mask after vaccination?Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast?  https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication.  Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating.  Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Chris Williamson is a model and former reality TV start that spoke with Vance Crowe about being at the top of dominance hierarchies, how male models are different from female models, and why he takes cold showers as a way to wake himself up.  Williamson is candid in this interview talking about what it is like to be highly attractive, and having achieved popular success- fame on reality TV.  Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast?  https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication.  Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating.  Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Vance Crowe sits down for an As The Crowe Flies (ATCF) podcast to discuss what listeners have been saying about their cold water showers.  He also discusses how Aldous Huxley believes the path to slavery is pleasure.  For more on Aldous Huxley check out the Academy of Ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGkymdspupsf If you want to be alerted to VR opportunities sign up for our newsletter at http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5Join the Network at https://network.articulate.ventures/

Dave Slade is a chemical engineer in the biofuels industry.  Slade talks with Vance Crowe about the energy industry discussing how energy is stored, the challenges facing the renewable energy, and the future of energy.  Slade thinks that electric cars have been overhyped and will not provide the towing power that can be created in a liquid gas vehicle.   Slade is Executive Director, Biofuel Technology & Services at Renewable Energy Group.  Slade has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University.  Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast?  https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication.  Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating.  Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Rob Henderson is a writer, philosopher and Ph.D. student in psychology.  Rob Henderson spoke with Vance Crowe about his concept of "luxury beliefs" that the elite has.  They discuss the concept of somewhere and anywhere people, the value of elite educations, the perception of media and the value of raising children in two parent homes.Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast?  https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication.  Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating.  Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Claire Fox is a new member of the House of Lords, a leader of the Brexit party, and the creator of one of the largest public debate programs in the world. Claire Fox and Vance Crowe talk about unelected officials, the dominance that the EU exerted over its member states, what happens if people don't trust in elections and the future of the nation's discontent. Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? Join the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication.  Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating.  Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

David Goodhart, author of 'The Road To Somewhere,' discusses the conflict between somewhere and anywhere people and the impact of college decisions. The podcast explores topics like the Tower of Babel, the intransigent minority, and the student loan crisis. It also delves into the value divergences in education, personal experiences with societal changes, and the limitations of meritocracy.

Yannick Veys hated being an employee, so he started his own company.  He helped his girlfriend start her own company, where she only needs to work an hour a day for it to be successful.  Eventually he found Hypefury- which he believed in so much that he offered to work for free for 2 months.  During this interview Veys talks with Vance Crowe about low context and high context cultures, how to improve how the internet algorithms see your brand, and gendered language.Find Veys online: https://twitter.com/Yannick_VeysHypefury: https://app.hypefury.com/Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? Join the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication.  Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating.  Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club 

End of Year Review and discussion about favorite episodes, a retrospective about lessons learned, an invitation to join the network and some thoughts about how to record a time capsule that you can open up at the end of next year.4 parts to an end of year review:1. 6 Big Moments in 2020 (3 positive 3 negative)2. What achievements do you think should be remembered3. Lessons hard learned this year4. What commitments do you want to have kept at the end of 2021If you are interested in the private interviews: https://store.articulate.ventures/This is the VR Headset I have been using: https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/

Kevin McKernan talks with Vance Crowe about COVID tests, how PCR works and about lockdown measures taken in response to papers that have since been recalled.  Kevin McKernan was the President and Chief Science Officer of Agencourt Personal Genomics, a startup company he co-founded in 2005 to invent revolutionary sequencing technologies that dropped the cost of sequencing a human genome from $300M to $3,000; a 100,000-fold improvement in sequencing speed and cost in a few years.  Kevin also managed the R&D for the Human Genome Project at Whitehead Institute/MIT resulting in several patents for nucleic acid purification. Kevin holds a B.S. in Biology from Emory University with a focus on cloning and expressing Norepinephrine Transporters.  Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? Join the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication.  Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating.  Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from.