TWO NOBODYS

Cpt. Gary Russell: Insider secrets of aviation safety management

In this podcast, we sit down with Cpt. Gary Russell to learn about the insider secrets of aviation safety management. From the recent Alaska Airlines blowout to the current 2024 pilot shortage and the use of diversity hiring. We also cover important topics like the controversial 737 MAX and the rigorous training that's required to be a commercial pilot. Stay informed and improve your aviation knowledge with this insightful conversation.

Twitter: @garybrussell 

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Captain Gary Russell is a Boeing 737 pilot based in Vancouver, and is a former union executive for the Air Canada Pilots Association. Prior to his appointment as the Association’s Chairman, he served two terms as a national board member and has been actively involved in the Association over the past decade, including as a local pilot representative, magazine editor, trustee and Chair of the External Affairs Committee.

 

Like many pilots in Canada, Captain Russell began his flying career as a flight instructor and later a pilot in Northern Canada and overseas before being hired by Air Canada in 2007.

 

As Chairman, Captain Russell presided over board meetings and acted as the pilots' principal representative to Air Canada on employment matters, including negotiation and administration of their collective agreement and was the official spokesperson for ACPA.

 

The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) currently represents approximately 4,200 commercial pilots, with 600 previously furloughed during the COVID crisis all of whom have now returned to active status. These highly skilled professional pilots fly passengers and cargo across Canada and around the world on Air Canada and Air Canada rouge.

 

Gary resides on a farm in Comox, BC with his wife, Chantal, and son, Ben.

75: Ancient healing powers of Urine Therapy and Ayurveda | Coen van der Kroon

Dr. Coen van der Kroon, author of “The Golden Fountain” and Program Director of the Ayurveda Academy in the Netherlands shares his approach to using urine as a therapy both topically and drinking pee.

We start off by focusing on Ayurveda and how there’s been this refocus in India to incorporate this ancient healing practice. You will get understand how an Ayurvedic consultation works, Ayurvedic treatments, and the challenges of it being accepted by Western medicine.

We then turn our focus to urine therapy and Coen shares his thoughts on where urine is and isn’t practical, what urine taste says about your health, along with his cautions that drinking your own pee isn’t a life hack.

#drinkingurine #urinetherapy #drinkingpee #pee #urine #ayurveda #ayurvedic medicine

DISCLAIMER:

The information herein is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified licensed physician or other health care provider.

 

Chapters:

00:00 Intro and Coen’s travels to India

03:39 Is India losing its connection to traditional medicines?

06:15 Evidence based Ayurveda

08:25 Bringing Ayurveda to the Netherlands

13:50 India government’s support for Ayurveda

15:05 Common Ayurvedic treatments

16:45 Initial Ayurvedic consultation

20:25 Traditional Ayurvedic surgery

23:00 Nutrigenomics Ayurgenomics

26:15 Typical Ayurvedic patients

28:25 Renewed interest in India in Ayurveda

32:00 Ayurvedic response to COVID-19

35:00 Rise in zoonotic viruses

38:00 Coen’s reaction to Ayurvedic is not scientific

40:00 Coen’s introduction into urine therapy

50:00 Looping effect and self-healing

52:10 Urine as a waste product

56:30 Why can’t you eat fecal matter?

57:25 What your urine says about your health and diet

59:00 Change your diet before drinking urine

01:01:10 Is drinking urine a life hack?

01:03:50 Using urine for acute and chronic issues?

01:06:15 Does Coen currently use urine therapy?

01:08:30 Ideal urine (midstream, morning)

01:11:30 Athletic benefits from urine

01:13:35 Is drinking urine hard on your kidneys?

01:14:30 Coen’s takeaways

01:15:00 Five for dinner

01:24:10 What do you know for sure?

01:25:25 Wrap-up

74: Managing chronic illness (Personal, Emotional, Social) | Joelle Prevost

Are you someone who is having trouble managing through the personal, emotional, and social aspects of a chronic illness? Joelle Prevost, a registered Counsellor from British Columbia, Canada discusses strategies and her new workbook of how to deal with these factors. We also discuss how families and friends of those surrounding someone with a chronic illness can support their loved ones.

Workbook: https://a.co/d/1kjOC5H

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Joelle Prevost holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology, is a registered clinical counselor (British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors), has a teaching degree, and has her own personal experience with chronic illness as she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2011. In private practice, Prevost works with individuals experiencing communication challenges, anxiety, trauma, and, of course, chronic illness. In her spare time, she writes music, makes cold-process soap, plays pool, and enjoys hanging out with her cat and dog in her native British Columbia, Canada.

For more information, visit www.JLPrevost.com.

 

Chapters:

00:00-Intro

02:16-Managing Personal, Emotional and Social Aspects of Chronic Illness

09:45-Setting boundaries - Joelle’s 3rd book

14:45-Setting boundaries at work versus personal life

18:00-3 aspects of chronic illness

24:50-Relationship challenges and chronic illness

30:15-Being forced to deal with personal, emotional, and social aspects

32:00-Having a balanced attitude

34:00-Joelle’s YouTube channel

35:00-What is chronic illness?

37:40-People who don’t have chronic illness want it to have a finish line

41:32-Coaching family members on how to support those with chronic illness

44:18-Supporting children with chronic illness

47:35-Don’t you want to get better?

51:10-Loneliness and chronic illness

57:08-Social media comments to create connection

01:00:20-Adult bullying

01:06:15-How to talk to an adult bully?

01:08:20-Joelle’s curiosities

01:10:20-Are there things about people that get you frustrated?

01:12:45-Online counselling

01:18:40-Inside Out 2

01:19:30-Wrap-up

73: World Class Athletes | Dr. Stuart McGill #stuartmcgill

World-renowned spine expert Dr. Stuart McGill joins Rupesh on the Two Nobodys Podcast to reveal what sets world-class athletes apart. From working with elite performers to developing key skills like strength, speed, and elasticity, Dr. McGill shares his unique insights into building champions. Whether you're a strength coach, personal trainer, athlete, or simply curious about high performers, this episode is packed with valuable takeaways!

72: Systemic Racism | Prakash Diar

Prakash Diar talks about systemic racism, what's going on in Canada, racism facing Indigenous Peoples in Canada, diversity and inclusion training, his time during South Africa's apartheid, and the South African case against Israel in the International Court of Justice.

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Prakash Diar was born in South Africa to 3rd generation indentured labourers of Indian descent. He is the first in his family to attend university and the first lawyer in his community, having to serve in all areas of the law, especially in human rights given the unjust and evil system of apartheid.

He was arrested at court and detained in solitary confinement for a month (without charge). His life was thereafter threatened by the state. Canadians helped him and his family come to Canada 34 years ago.

In Canada, Prakash has won major human rights cases including a systemic racial discrimination case for racial minorities. He then worked on the Indian Residential Schools class action, settlement and its implementation. He has trained over 2,000 DOJ lawyers and paralegals on Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. He designed, developed and leads the training for federal public prosecutors on systemic discrimination and the over-representation of Indigenous (and Black) peoples in the criminal legal system. Prakash is a published author, an Anti-Discrimination and an EDI consultant.

71: Dr. Alexandra Flynn – Canada’s Housing Crisis

What is Canada’s housing crisis? How did we get here? How do we solve this problem? Does Pierre Poilievre have a common sense plan?

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Dr. Alexandra Flynn is an Associate Professor at Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia where she teaches and researches in the areas of law and cities. Her work focuses on the constitutional role of cities and urban governance, and she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, reports, and media articles in leading publications. She is currently leading CMHC and SSHRC-funded projects focused on Canada’s housing crisis: the Housing Assessment Resource Tools project, which redefines and helps to measure housing need; and the Balanced Supply of Housing Node, which brings together academic and non-profit community organizations to research responsive land use practices and the financialization of housing. She is also working on several projects related to precariously housed people in Canadian cities, including the governance of personal property of precariously housed people, and human rights and tent encampments.

70: Wyatt Tessari L’Allié – How to make AI safe?

Wyatt Tessari L'Allié, Executive Director and Founder of Artificial Intelligence Safety & Governance in Canada chats about how to make AI safe. Wyatt discusses how national and global conversations are needed to ensure AI doesn’t evolve into something that will result in significant and existential impacts to humanity. Wyatt discusses the various players, big tech, governments, and citizens and their roles in how to make AI safe.

 

AIGS White Paper: https://aigs.ca/white-paper.pdf

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Wyatt Tessari L'Allié is the founder and executive director of AI Governance & Safety Canada, a leading civil society voice on the governance of advanced AI. A former engineer, filmmaker and climate advocate, he has spent the last 8 years researching and writing about the risks and opportunities of AI, and is the author of the book "A Path Forward This Century".

 

69: Michael Barnard - Electrify Everything

Michael Barnard describes why it's more efficient, environmentally beneficial, and follows where things are headed to just electrify everything. Michael walks through how many sectors will electrify, how hydrogen won't have a place in an energy future, and the consequences for countries like Canada.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-barnard-42446

https://cleantechnica.com/author/mikebarnard/

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Michael spends his time projecting scenarios for decarbonization 40-80 years into the future, and assisting executives, Boards and investors to pick wisely today. Whether it's refueling aviation, grid storage, vehicle-to-grid, or hydrogen demand, his work is based on fundamentals of physics, economics and human nature, and informed by the decarbonization requirements and innovations of multiple domains. His leadership positions in North America, Asia and Latin America enhanced his global point of view. He publishes regularly in multiple outlets on innovation, business, technology and policy.

68: Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe On The Gut Microbiome: Probiotics, Antibiotics, Food Intolerances

Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe is back for a second episode and we chat about the influence of probiotics and antibiotics on the gut microbiome. Could there be missing microbes contributing to food intolerances? And why researching the microbiomes of honey bees is helping our understanding of their survivability and social behaviors.

 

Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe obtained her BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of London, and her PhD in Molecular Microbiology through an industrial partnership with Public Health England. Emma started her faculty career at the University of Calgary in 2005, with a Fellow-to-Faculty transition award through CAG/AstraZeneca and CIHR, to study the normal microbes of the human gut. In particular, she was among the few that focused on trying to culture these ‘unculturable’ microbes in order to better understand their biology. To do this, she developed a model gut system - the Robogut - to emulate the conditions of the human gut and allow communities of microbes to grow together, as they do naturally. Emma moved her lab to the University of Guelph in late 2007, and has been a recipient of several Canadian Foundation for Innovation Awards that have allowed her to develop her specialist anaerobic fermentation laboratory further. This has been boosted by the award of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Gut Microbiome Function and Host Interactions. Emma's research focuses are very broad, although they are all united under the banner of microbial culture and the microbiome. She has current projects focused on the human gut microbiome, on colorectal cancer, diabetes, xenobiotic metabolism, and 'missing microbes'. More recently Emma has entered the fascinating realm of the insect gut microbiome - specifically the microbes that colonize bees!

67: Gordon Houlden – State of Canada China Relations

From China to Ukraine to Cuba, Professor Gordon Houlden of the University of Alberta’s China Institute shares his insights on these areas as a former member of Canada’s Foreign Service.

https://www.ualberta.ca/china-institute/about/people/director-emeritus.html

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Professor Gordon Houlden is Director Emeritus of the China Institute, Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta.

Professor Houlden joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1976, serving in Ottawa and abroad. Twenty-two of his thirty-two years in the Canadian Foreign Service were spent working on Chinese economic, trade and political affairs for the Government of Canada including five postings in China. He also served at Canadian Embassy in Havana and Warsaw, and at Canada National Defence College. His last assignment before joining the University of Alberta in 2008 was as Director General of the East Asian Bureau of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, responsible for Greater China, Japan, the Koreas and Mongolia.

Under Professor Houlden’s leadership, the China Institute focused on contemporary China studies, with an emphasis on Canada’s trade, investment and bilateral relations with the PRC, and Asian security issues. His third co- edited book on the South China Sea was published in the summer of 2021 by Bristol University Press.