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Every day your immune system is busy protecting you from the thousands of germs around you that can make you sick. It does its job so efficiently that you don’t even notice that it is at work. Micro-organisms are present in your gut and interact with your body during periods of health and disease. When the immune system hits the wrong target, however, it can unleash a torrent of disorders, including inflammatory diseases, cancer, and autoimmune disease. Come along and be enlightened by our experts in the field.

Panelists: Dr Eoin McKinney (Autoimmunity - Dept of Medicine), Dr Maike De La Roche (Immunity - CRUK), Dr Sam Forster (Microbiota - Sanger Institute). Chaired by Prof Clare Bryant (Innate Immunity - Dept of Vet Medicine).

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Hello and welcome to We are the University. A podcast about the people who make Cambridge University unique. I’m your host Nick Saffell. 

In this episode we meet James Biddulph, the headmaster of the University of Cambridge Primary School. 

We talk about the school’s character and vision, how a trip to Nepal helped him realise that he wanted to teach as a career and we find out how he inspires the team of teachers that work with him.

https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/biddulph/

We are the University - James Biddulph

CHOOSE THE PATH OF MOST RESISTANCE.

Do you avoid challenging yourself?

If you do, you’re cheating yourself of reaching your full potential.

There is so much you can learn through pain.

But we want to avoid it.

We want to stay in our comfort zone.

Growth, though, is found in the discomfort zone.

You have to have the courage to face sickness, disappointment, and discomfort.

That’s why I’m so excited to share this conversation I had with someone who has mastered the art of using pain as a way to better himself: David Goggins.

David Goggins is a retired Navy SEAL and is the only member of the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training (including two Hell Weeks), the U.S. Army Ranger School (where he graduated as Enlisted Honor Man) and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training.

David is indisputably one of the world’s best endurance athletes. He has completed over 60 endurance races, regularly placing in the top five and taken home first place several times.

David says that if don’t give yourself a way out, your body will figure out a way to persevere.

We are capable of so much more than we know. Mental toughness isn’t a class, it’s a lifestyle.

Learn how to change your outlook on the “bad things” that happen to you and to be excited about what you can learn through hardship on Episode 715.


Some Questions I Ask:

What was the hardest obstacle to overcome growing up? (16:53)

What was the greatest lesson your mom taught you? (25:04)

When someone’s lacking confidence, how can they gain more? (33:37)

What’s your biggest insecurity? (36:21)

Do you have any fears today? (1:11:52)

What’s the greatest lesson your father taught you? (1:26:50)


In This Episode You Will Learn:

What made David apply for the Military (23:04)

What David believes the key to life is (35:44)

Why getting sick was the best thing that ever happened to David (37:43)

About the 40 Percent Rule (38:49)

How to retrain your mind when you want to seek comfort (41:10)

What haunts David the most (47:33)

The importance of long-term gratification (1:04:20)

Why you need to be quiet with yourself to succeed (1:11:08)

David’s morning routine (1:17:18)

The School of Greatness

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Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds with David Goggins

GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR SUPERPOWERS.

All of us have superpowers.

They are the things that come easily to us.

You have to find your superpower and then use it to change the world.

Why is it so important?

Because once you are coming from a place of passion, the rest will follow.

People who lead with a desire for money or fame won’t have the same impact.

It’s all about your intention.

On today’s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk with an amazing entrepreneur and mother who has honed in on her superpowers and helps others find theirs: Rebekah Neumann.

Rebekah Neumann is a founding partner and Chief Brand Officer at WeWork, where she has directed the company’s mission, values, and culture from its inception. As an artist, entrepreneur, and yogi, Neumann has also worked as an equity trader for Solomon Smith Barnet, gained certification as a Jivamukti yoga teacher and acted in and produced a number of film projects.

Neumann majored in Business and studied Buddhism at Cornell University. Mother to five children, she is committed to creating a conscious educational community that fosters growth in children’s minds, bodies, and souls, unleashing endless happiness, global citizenship, and every child’s superpowers.

Rebekah has now created WeGrow as a new approach to childhood education. She’s hoping to consciously and authentically help the planet through her work using her superpower of intuition.

So get ready to get in touch with your superpowers on Episode 716.


Some Questions I Ask:

Do you ever hate anything? (13:47)

Who came up with the name “WeWork?” (14:54)

What inspired you to start a different type of school? (24:24)

What are you the proudest of? (33:07)

How do you emotionally handle your business taking off? (40:38)

Why is WeWork taking off? (42:26)


In This Episode You Will Learn:

Rebekah’s superpower (11:43)

Why anger isn’t a helpful emotion (19:46)

The biggest thing Rebekah is working on (21:20)

Rebekah’s innovative approach to early education (26:01)

How Rebekah used career setbacks to find her true passion (31:50)

Why it’s important to be constantly changing (44:06)


Follow Guest:

WeWork Website: https://www.wework.com/

WeGrow Website: https://www.wegrow.com/


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Build a Purpose Driven Business, Education, and Life with WeWork Co-Founder Rebekah Neumann

Brian D. Ridgway survived a childhood riddled with trauma, as well as a rollercoaster ride in business and his personal life, going on to transmute his shadow and unlock his great gift to this world: helping people to break the spell of matter.

812: Pal-Wow with "Spellbreaker" Brian D. Ridgway

Will the future of work be one in which jobs become ever more precarious and robots take over or can we regulate to make the gig economy and artificial intelligence work in our favour? With Magdalena Soffia, former UN consultant and researcher in Sociology at the University of Cambridge, Dr Alex Wood, a sociologist of work and employment at the University of Oxford, Dr Hatice Gunes, associate professor in the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory, and Laetitia Vitaud, HR specialist and writer on the future of work.

20 Oct - THE FUTURE OF WORK

What does gender equality mean in practice? Is feminism a threat to men or a collective liberation from social stereotypes? A panel discussion will look at the links between equality at work and equality at home and how the move towards gender equality connects to wider issues of social equality. With Jude Browne, Jessica and Peter Frankopan Director of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies, economist Victoria Bateman, sociologist Manali Desai, film, TV and theatre director Topher Campbell and Duncan Fisher from the Family Initiative. Chaired by psychologist Magdalena Zawisza.

24 Oct - BRIDGING THE GENDER DIVIDE

The University Library is delighted to have been given the archive of the satirical TV programme Spitting Image. The first latex puppet to arrive is Margaret Thatcher. In this podcast, by Made For Your Podcasts, Spitting Image creator explains why the archive is coming home, and Mrs Thatcher speaks form beyond the grave...

Spitting Image archive comes to Cambridge University Library

Has parliament taken back control and if so, are MPs about to shed their traditional party loyalties to prevent a no-deal Brexit? Listen to David Howarth, Professor of Law and Public Policy and former Cambridge MP, and Simon Deakin, Professor of Law, discuss what’s likely to happen in the Brexit negotiations in both the short and longer term.