TWO NOBODYS

Sheri Doyle is the owner of Digital Owl Communications—a consulting business that works with boards, non-profits, crown corporations, elected officials and businesses on award-winning, cross-platform communications and storytelling.

With over 15 years of experience in the public sector, she has developed communications strategies for wildfire response, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Premier of Alberta, provincial budgets, and national marketing campaigns.

She is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for her communications work and has perviously served as Director of Marketing and Communications for LitFest, Associate Producer of YEGPodfest, and as board director for Digital Alberta.

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Dr. Nita Farahany, a foremost scholar in the social, legal, and ethical implications of emerging technologies, discusses her critically acclaimed book The Battle For Your Brain: Defending Your Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. Nita believes this is a critical moment for the global society to act for the right to ‘cognitive liberty’, which is the right to self-determination, the right to mental privacy, and the right to freedom of thought.

Twitter: @NitaFarahany

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitafarahany

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Dr. Nita Farahany is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy and Founding Director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society. She is a widely published scholar on the ethics of emerging technologies and frequent commentator for national media and radio and keynote speaker at events including TED, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the World Economic Forum, and judicial conferences worldwide. From 2010-2017, she served as a Commissioner on the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

She currently serves on the National Advisory Council for the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke, as an elected member of the American Law Institute, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, immediate past President of the International Neuroethics Society, ELSI advisor to the NIH Brain Initiative and to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, member of the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders and the Standing Committee on Biotechnology Capabilities and National Security Needs for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Global Future Council on Frontier Risks for the World Economic Forum. She is the Reporter for the Drafting Committee on updating the Uniform Determination of Death Committee for the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), as well as a ULC Commissioner. Farahany is a co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and the Biosciences and on the Board of Advisors for Scientific American. She also serves on scientific and ethics advisory boards for corporations. Farahany holds an AB (Genetics) from Dartmouth College, an ALM (Biology) from Harvard University, and a JD, MA, and Ph.D. (Philosophy) from Duke University.

Brendan Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of SiTration Inc., chats about his company’s focus on improving the battery recycling process, starting a clean tech company, being a student athlete, and the influence of where he grew up.

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Brendan Smith is the Co-Founder & CEO of SiTration, Inc., an advanced materials startup that aims to drastically reduce cost and resource consumption of important industrial separations on a global scale. Spun out of MIT in 2020, the company is developing their core technology, a patented ultra-durable filtration membrane, to impact societally critical applications such as recovering lithium from end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. Brendan earned a Ph.D. in materials science & engineering from MIT and a B.S. in nanotechnology engineering from the University of Waterloo, where he was also a captain of the varsity basketball team. He is generally passionate about developing new materials to address big societal challenges. Outside of work Brendan loves spending time with his family and being outdoors in the ocean or the mountains.

Cathy Nesbitt (aka 'The Worm Woman') is a Health and Wellness Advocate. Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy’s Sprouters and Cathy’s Laughter Club. She is a multi award-winning environmental innovator who uses workshops and inspirational speaking to motivate people to live a more sustainable life. Cathy is a certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Appointed Laughter Ambassador in 2017 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga.

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http://www.cathysclub.com/

http://www.cathyssprouters.com/

https://www.facebook.com/cathyscomposters/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/

https://twitter.com/Squirm

What’s happening in the Amazon rainforest as a result of climate change and deforestation? Dr. Chris Boulton, a Research Fellow from the Global Systems Institute within the University of Exeter, explains how the Amazon rainforest is losing its resilience.

Twitter: @caboulton

Pronounced loss of Amazon rainforest resilience since early 2000s (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01287-8)

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Chris is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, UK where he works in the Global Systems Institute. His main research focus is looking for early warning signals of tipping points in, and the monitoring of resilience of climate systems. Recently, he has considered whether these same signals can be found in other systems. For example, measuring individual countries resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic. More generally he considers himself a data scientist who enjoys playing with large datasets, providing he can somehow make it a part of the work he’s employed to do!

Brian Kates is back for Part Two of his conversation with Rupesh to discuss the meaning of success, his journey from a top Engineering student to finding meaning in what he does.

Brian is the founder of Root 2 Engineering and Motobrix.

Chat with Dr. Jesse Rogerson of York University about the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) technology and recent discoveries, the purpose of the Artemis 1 mission to the moon, and promising future space propulsion.

https://www.yorku.ca/science/profiles/faculty/jesse-rogerson/ Twitter: @jesserogerson Instagram: @jesserogerson

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Jesse Rogerson is an Assistant Professor at York University. He teaches astronomy and space sciences courses to students from a variety of faculties throughout the university. He also works to communicate science and engage the broader society with scientific topics, including exoplanets, space junk, humans on the Moon, and more. Through his work in the classroom and in the public sphere, Jesse is working to build a more scientifically engaged society.

Brian Kates joins Rupesh to discuss his journey from being the #1 mechanical engineer at Waterloo to finding a love for metal fabrication. Brian discuses his health (physical and mental) challenges along the way. https://www.root2eng.com/ IG: root2eng https://www.motobrix.com/ IG: motobrix -- Brian Kates is a custom metal fabricator focused on architectural metal projects and motorcycles. After years of experience as a mechanical engineer in nuclear power and biomedical industries, he switched gears and has spent the last 8 years dedicated to TIG welding and metal fabrication. He builds everything from custom railings, to modified and restored vintage motorcycles, and has been featured for his work in some notable online magazines.

May joins Rupesh for another episode of Two Nobodys Talk.

They discuss: • Stanley Park • Raptors in Edmonton • Dream trip in Canada • Black Friday • Fatherhood • Being out of touch • ADHD • Gaming • Metaverse • Crypto • Central Bank conspiracies • Moneymaking in health care • Artemis 1 • Harvesting solar in space • Bringing nurses from the Philippines • Foreign Aid • Donald Trump

Did you know there is a network of global citizens living in China creating meaningful connections?

Fabiola Benitez, talks about what inspired her to create this network called Global Friendship out of Guangzhou, China. This inspiring connector and social entrepreneur is helping people from all walks of life make meaningful connections.

www.globalfriendship.net

WeChat: GFCommunity

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Fabiola was born in Canada to immigrant parents from a small country in Latin America, El Salvador. She has always been fascinated by other cultures, languages, and people. Fabiola grew up in Ottawa, and graduated with a B.A. (Honours) in Criminology and Criminal Justice,

with a concentration in Sociology, from Carleton University. Education and growth have always been an important part for her life journey.

In 2012, she decided to take the plunge and try living and working in another country. She decided to go come to China to experience work and travel life as an ESL teacher, but soon discovered that there was something more going on in China. There were many opportunities to explore and create new values for herself. She was lucky to have her high school best friend with her and together started their own organization, Global Friendship. As the Co-founder of Global Friendship, she now works to strengthen the GF community by creating diverse and meaningful events and services.