A bee’s brain is tiny, but its one million neurons make shockingly complex connections. Individual bee and bumblebee intelligence is phenomenal, from spatial memory to communication. And would you believe that bees are likely also capable of play?
Corina shares her beautiful and hopeful perspective about her interfaith marriage. Growing up LDS, Corina and her Husband (from a Brazilian-based Christian religion) make decisions about family life, tradition, raising children in the LDS faith tradition.
Have you ever been on the run for your life? In this episode, April Giaugue shares her gripping story of marrying a husband with Schizophrenia, and living for years in a difficult and dangerous world that constantly blurred the lines between reality and fantasy.
Something (or someone?) is causing all of the computers at Marlowe Middle School to crash, and it's wreaking havoc on the heating, the between-class bells, and, worst of all, the lunch menu! Can detectives Quentin and Sam solve the mystery before Sam's beloved tater tots are replaced by (gulp!) chickpea curry?
After reading the last few verses of Alma 15, I hope you love Amulek just a little bit more - along with anyone else who is willing to “forsake all… for the word of God”
Alan Townsend describes his early professional and personal life as marked by a naïve faith in the power of science to provide answers and solve problems. Townsend was already softening his early scientific dogmatism when his wife and his daughter were diagnosed with unrelated brain cancers. One survived, while the other did not, and this father and husband then had to choose how to how to put back the pieces, both of his life and of his view of a universe that once seemed to him so clear and logical.
More than two-thirds of children under the age of 6 in the U.S. live in a household where all available parents work. But in most communities, there’s a shortage of slots in childcare centers and home-based providers. Because of unreliable childcare, as many as 100,000 Americans are forced to stay home from work at least once a month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This week, we are honored to share with you a conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous, author of the The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World. From the moment we started reading Sharon’s book, we knew that she had a special message, and that she would be an incredible guest. Sharon’s book is a beautiful blend of ancient Jewish wisdom, contemporary science, and deep personal experience that shows how humans throughout history have taken up the responsibility to sit with each other as sacred witnesses to life’s most vulnerable and most joyous moments.
Now that detectives Quentin and Sam have infiltrated the middle school band, can they solve the mystery of the terrible smell?
In this episode, Grant Johnson, a psychology student from Southern Virginia University, opens up about his battle with video game addiction and how it affected the world around him, including his mood, motivation, relationships, and even his view of reality. Fortunately, Grant was able to find ways to overcome his addiction, serve a mission, and get married. He is now on a new mission to teach others the life lessons he's learned about mindfulness and self-mastery.