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From an Actuary to Micro-finance, a conversation with Todd Engelsen – Nerding Out Ep 9
On this episode of Nerding Out, we talk to Todd Engelsen, president of PEER Servants, on how he went from being a successful actuary to the president of a micro-finance organization. You can check out PEER Servants at: https://peerservants.org PEER Servants YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/PEERServantsVideo/videos This episode brought to you by Nerdy Catholic Tees https://www.nerdycatholictees.com/ Facebook:
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A Short Intermission, Reflecting on the Mission – Nerding Out Ep 8
I take a short intermission (I need to tape more shows) and a short two week break. I wanted to reflect a little on the episodes so far, so please allow this short moment of meta reflection. Danka. This episode brought to you by Nerdy Catholic Tees https://www.nerdycatholictees.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatnerdycatholic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdyCatholic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ThatNerdyCatholic/ Love0
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Why is Philosophy Important? Guest JonMarc Grodi – Nerding Out Ep 7
In this episode of Nerding Out, I talk to JonMarc Grodi, C.O.O. of The Coming Home Network International about why philosophy is so important, and how many more people are doing philosophy than know it. This episode brought to you by Nerdy Catholic Tees https://www.nerdycatholictees.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatnerdycatholic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdyCatholic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ThatNerdyCatholic/ Love0 Share Tweet Share
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Nerd Out Over Thinking, How JonMarc Grodi Got Into Philosophy – Nerding Out Ep 6
This episode we meet JonMarc Grodi, the C.O.O. of @The Coming Home Network International and host of a show with Awaken Catholic. We talk about why he studies philosophy and why it is important to be a Nerdy Catholic. This episode brought to you by Nerdy Catholic Tees https://www.nerdycatholictees.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatnerdycatholic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdyCatholic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ThatNerdyCatholic/
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Four Ways to the Good Life, Psychology of Joy – Nerding Out Ep. 5
In this episode, Dr. Brent Robbins and I dive deeper into his work researching joy, or finding “the good life”. We go into the 4 kinds of joy and the existential tradition behind the modern understanding of what joy is. We get deep and nerdy about joy, but in the end try to find out
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Are we wired to believe in God? Psychology & Faith – Nerding Out Ep 4
Dr Brent Robbins was an Atheist when he studied psychology in graduate school. In evaluating patients, instead of hearing them talk about mental issues, many of them used language like they were lacking joy and meaning in their life, using transcendent language. This confused him at the time, but now makes more sense to him
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How do Machines Learn? How do Kids Learn? Machine Learning – Nerding Out ep 0.3.0
We talk with Adam Schroeder about how machines learn compared with how children learn. We both share our experiences as engineers compared to our experiences as parents and make some comparisons of the similarities and differences between how machines and children learn. Check out the University of Toledo Engineering Department https://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/ Merch Store: https://www.nerdycatholictees.com/ Facebook:
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The Joy of Breaking Something to try and fix it! – Nerding Out Ep. 2
I sat down with my good friend Adam Schroeder who is the Director of the Robotics and Automation Design Lab at the University of Toledo in Toledo Ohio. We talked about what it means to be an engineer, what led him into engineering, and some of the joys of breaking things and trying to put…
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Nerding Out Ep. 1 / Coming Out of Hibernation
After over 1 1/2 years, I am active again on YouTube with this new show Nerding Out, and with the return to YouTube I am bringing this show to the Podcast service near you! This is a short introduction episode to the Nerding Out series. We will be talking with scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and many