Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…
The Fisher Phillips podcast involves two English football fans talking about football. Plain and simple! We talk Premier League and other league news, talking points from the previous week, as well as quizzes, a distinctly average player/team of the week and our Premier League Podcast Predictions for the upcoming games. Thanks for the support and listening in each week as we upload new podcasts every week! F&P
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Yes folks it's the Fisher Phillips Podcast's 50th Episode! We've reached the milestone that both Fisher and Phillips are proud to reach and what a milestone it is! Thank you to everyone who has listening, downloaded and enjoyed each podcast we've put out there for you guys! It's amazing how far we have come in this time and the difference between E…
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We've been away for a wee bit, but here is a double whammy of the FP Podcast for you guys! We're getting near the end of the campaign now, we're talking about who could be going down and who will win the premier league! Facebook/Twitter - @TheFPPodcastDi Fisher Phillips
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This week on the Fisher Phillips podcast we talk about the latest news coming in from the world of football as Dan does the double over on Lewis once again in the predictions for the week! *Apologies for the shorter episode, the skype call cuts out at around 43:30 so we've shortened it to when Dan's audio stops*…
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