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Host Don Murphy has been a medical research assistant at the Salk Institute For Biological Research, a park ranger, director of California State Parks and deputy director of the U.S. National Park Service. He has traveled the world representing the United States on the World Heritage Commission. Don is the author of several books: “Love Vignettes”, a collection of love sonnets; “Beth”, a coming of age story of a young girl; and several children’s books.

Don was honored by the University of California, San Diego as one of its top 50 Alumni. For fifteen years he led executive leadership seminars at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado and at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. For the past ten years Don has led Making Sense of Science Seminars to promote science literacy among seniors.

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The Progenitor Field - A Pre Big Bang Scifi Novel &Raquo; Rdkga3Huy78Fh68W0Qq8Oqp0Ss2N
The Progenitor Field – A Pre Big Bang SciFI Novel

Send us Fan MailHost and Executive Producer of the podcast will discuss his latest science fiction novel, The Progenitor Field.   The novel tells the story of the experiment to reunite the seventeen …

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Send us Fan MailHost and Executive Producer of the podcast will discuss his latest science fiction novel, The Progenitor Field.   The novel tells the story of the experiment to reunite the seventeen known fields of physics and prove that the universe is conscious.   The experiment fails and plunges the world back into  primordial DARKNESS.  Ethiopian twins, endowed from birth with an enhanced genetic ability to connect to the Progenitor Field must act as a bridge between the fractured world of reality and the DARKNESS.You can now access excerpts of The Progenitor Field at our publisher&apo…

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DC Golf Course Restoration Threatens Affordable Access

Send us Fan MailMichael Williams joins us to discuss the proposed restoration of the golf courses in DC including Langston Golf Course and East Potomac.  We will explore the effects of the proposed r…

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Send us Fan MailMichael Williams joins us to discuss the proposed restoration of the golf courses in DC including Langston Golf Course and East Potomac.  We will explore the effects of the proposed restoration on future affordability and the restorations relation to the Act of 1897 and the history of public golf course development in the 20th century.In 2005, Mr. Williams launched his first radio show on FOX News Radio, "Sticks and Stones", a critically acclaimed show that covered golf, business and politics. Since that launch, Mr. Williams has established a reputation as a savvy broadcaster …

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The First Women Lifeguards: How Perseverance And Skill Overcame Obstacles &Raquo; Rdkga3Huy78Fh68W0Qq8Oqp0Ss2N
The First Women Lifeguards: How Perseverance and Skill Overcame Obstacles

Send a text“Debbie Friedman adds a bouyant new element to history, introducing the strong and brave women who battled ocean waves and stinging sexism to become the first ocean lifeguards on the Cali…

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Send a text“Debbie Friedman adds a bouyant new element to history, introducing the strong and brave women who battled ocean waves and stinging sexism to become the first ocean lifeguards on the California coast. GUARDED combines tender memoir and heart-pounding rescue scenes. Friedman captures the salty grit of her fellow guards as they smash through boundaries and risk their lives.” —Elaine Weiss New York Times bestselling author of The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the VoteThe book is available here on Tower One Press and here on amazon.https:/natureandsciencepodcast.com

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Sustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table &Raquo; Rdkga3Huy78Fh68W0Qq8Oqp0Ss2N
Sustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table

Send a textSustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table is what this podcast is all about. Shawn and Lindsay and their three children work to provide you with healthy food through practicing …

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Send a textSustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table is what this podcast is all about. Shawn and Lindsay and their three children work to provide you with healthy food through practicing permaculture and raising their farm animals in a humane way.  Their pigs are pastured raised meaning they are allowed to roam free and forage on the land.  They will tell the story of how they built their farm and business through a love for the land, a passion for farming and just plain hard work.  They now provide their products throughout the country of Ecuador while managing a large farmers…

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One Ranger'S Quest To Save His Beloved Desert &Raquo; Rdkga3Huy78Fh68W0Qq8Oqp0Ss2N
One Ranger's Quest To Save His Beloved Desert

Send us a textThis is the story of how a young man fell in love with the beauty and mystery of the desert and translated that love into a career as ranger protecting that desert.Vic Maris began his ca…

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Send us a textThis is the story of how a young man fell in love with the beauty and mystery of the desert and translated that love into a career as ranger protecting that desert.Vic Maris began his career with California State Parks, working at Red Rock Canyon in 1974. He served throughout the State during his 30-year career working as a park ranger, supervising ranger, and superintendent. His favorite job was working as Superintendent of the Mojave Sector, protecting seven parks including Red Rock Canyon State Park. Vic has always been fascinated by the night sky. When he retired from State P…

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From Doctor To Healer &Raquo; Rdkga3Huy78Fh68W0Qq8Oqp0Ss2N
From Doctor To Healer

Send us a textWelcome to my third memoir about my unusual trajectory in the world of medicine. In my first memoir, “Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert,” I shared with readers my profoundly l…

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Send us a textWelcome to my third memoir about my unusual trajectory in the world of medicine. In my first memoir, “Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert,” I shared with readers my profoundly life-changing and eye-opening time on the Navajo Reservation as a young schoolteacher in the early 1970s. Many years later, I returned to the Navajo people to serve them as a medical doctor in Cuba, New Mexico. The second memoir, “From Mountains to Medicine,” takes the reader on a spellbinding, ten-year odyssey in search of my life’s purpose.This memoir begins with my wide-eyed excitement upo…

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Two Time Loser To Revolution: The Birth Of Ky’orda &Raquo; Rdkga3Huy78Fh68W0Qq8Oqp0Ss2N
Two Time Loser To Revolution: The Birth of Ky’Orda

Send us a textHello everyone, I'm your host of Nature and Science Podcast, Don Murphy.  In the episode I am interviewed by our producer, Anna Murphy to discuss, how my two time failure in chemis…

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Send us a textHello everyone, I'm your host of Nature and Science Podcast, Don Murphy.  In the episode I am interviewed by our producer, Anna Murphy to discuss, how my two time failure in chemistry ultimately led to the founding of Ky'Orda. The mission of Ky'Orda is to eliminate the fear and failure in learning complex subjects for everyone by creating an Education app with a personal guide that uses behavioral science and adaptive Technology.  I think many of you out there can identify with failing a subject and feeling like you didn't measure up or at the worse you were…

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How Unlocking The Secrets Of Nano Vaults Could Revolutionize Disease Cures &Raquo; Rdkga3Huy78Fh68W0Qq8Oqp0Ss2N
How Unlocking The Secrets Of Nano Vaults Could Revolutionize Disease Cures

Send us a textThis episode explores the mystery of a cellular organelle known as the vault and how unlocking the secrets of nano vaults could revolutionize Disease Cures.  Though its structure is wel…

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Send us a textThis episode explores the mystery of a cellular organelle known as the vault and how unlocking the secrets of nano vaults could revolutionize Disease Cures.  Though its structure is well know and its protein composition well established, its function remains a mystery.  Joining us to explain this mystery is its discoverer, Dr. Leonard Rome.Dr. Leonard H. Rome is a cell biologist, biochemist and part-time dean involved in research, teaching and administration at the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his undergraduate degree (B.S. in Chemistry) and graduate degrees…

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New Tools Teach How To Detect Deep Fakes

Send us a textThis episode is all about deep fakes.  It is getting more difficult everyday to tell what is real and what is fake, especially on social media and even on TV networks.  In this episode…

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Send us a textThis episode is all about deep fakes.  It is getting more difficult everyday to tell what is real and what is fake, especially on social media and even on TV networks.  In this episode we will explore, the war thats raging between creation and detection of deep fakes.  So what exactly is a deep fake.  Joining us to answer that question is Dr. Ilke Demir.  She’s on the front lines of this battle.Dr. Demir is a curious research scientist, working on topics in 3D vision, computational geometry, generative models, remote sensing, and deep learning. She earned my Ph.D.  from D…

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How A Love For Science Is Fostering World Peace

Send us a textOn this episode we speak with Dr. Zafra Lerman about how a love for science is fostering world peace.Zafra Lerman is an American chemist, educator, and humanitarian. She is the President…

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Send us a textOn this episode we speak with Dr. Zafra Lerman about how a love for science is fostering world peace.Zafra Lerman is an American chemist, educator, and humanitarian. She is the President of the Malta Conferences Foundation, which aims to promote peace by bringing together scientists from otherwise hostile countries to discuss science and foster international scientific and technical collaboration. From 1986 to 2010, she chaired the American Chemical Society's Subcommittee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights. She has been successful in preventing executions, releasing pri…

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Why Fears Of A New Viral Pandemic Are On The Rise

Send us a textOn this episode we speak with Dr. Jesse Goodman about the spread of the H5N1 virus.  We will discuss what a virus is, how viruses migrate from animal populations to humans and assess th…

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Send us a textOn this episode we speak with Dr. Jesse Goodman about the spread of the H5N1 virus.  We will discuss what a virus is, how viruses migrate from animal populations to humans and assess the chances for a new pandemic.Jesse L. Goodman, M.D., M.P.H., directs Georgetown COMPASS, which focuses on science based policy and research to address unmet public Health needs with an emphasis on product development and access and antimicrobial resistance and stewardship. Until February 2014 he served as the Chief Scientist of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a position he assumed in 20…

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How To Avoid Devastating Psychological Impacts From Disasters

Send us a textThe next episode will explore how to avoid the devastating psychological impacts of disasters. A native of Long Island, New York, Dr. Katz attended Harvard College and went on to Columbi…

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Send us a textThe next episode will explore how to avoid the devastating psychological impacts of disasters. A native of Long Island, New York, Dr. Katz attended Harvard College and went on to Columbia University where he obtained his medical degree, completed his psychiatric residency training and served as chief resident in psychiatry. He subsequently completed a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at NYU. Dr. Katz has a private practice in general and forensic psychiatry in Manhattan and is a former President of the New York County District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association as we…

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