I Wish They Taught That In School

Mike Mulick

Conversations about everything that’s missing. Mike is a physician and teaches wilderness and survival medicine.

Episodes

  1. 07/13/2022

    Collin Kachel — The Impact of Tech on Mental Health

    Collin Kachel is an educator in Wisconsin, teaching tech education, automotives, robotics, machining, welding, electronics, graphic arts, computer aided design and drafting. He shares his thoughts on the impact of tech (smartphones as an example) on our well-being and the direction society is headed. In this 90 minute podcast, we go deep covering topics from fractured attention to comparing ourselves in the age of instagram. Specifically we try and understand what is happening to young men as they are more isolated and destitute than the previous generations. Are young men in desperate need of a healthy rite of passage? Colin is a lover of technology but recommends using it as a tool rather than being controlled by it. He often uses analog products in his own home. An analog tool—a tape deck for instance— is specifically for one purpose and using such inventions are focused and brings a sense of tranquility not felt when using digital products. We also converse about the difference between car-centric and people-centric cities. The latter of which is far more common and illustrates just one of many unhealthy types of communities in which we live. Cities like Boulder, Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin have well protected bike lanes and closed off streets allowing people to enjoy community expereinces where they are the focus rather than feeling threatened by vehicles. Collin is ultimatley an optimist and thinks we can save ourselves by turning to the mentors of our own communities. Books mentioned: Fire in the Belly The Wonder of Boys Oversuccess

    1h 36m
  2. 11/06/2018

    Shakti Patel On Patience While Applying to Medical School As a DACA Recipient

    This is a special episode because I want to share a story with you, it’s a story about Skakti Patel, an immigrant from Zambia who now lives and works in California.  Here’s the thing though, he’s been here since he was 5 years old and he’s a legal resident here.  His status is called being a DACA recipient.  Shakti and I talk about how he came to the US, and the challenges of being a DACA recipient.  He’s an incredibly talented young man who is applying to medical school and will one day become a doctor.  But like over a million other people, he is here in this country as a legal resident with no clear path to citizenship and he is making a real impact here.  He volunteers for the american red cross, he is involved in the future physician leader program in San Bernadino, and a health scholar at COPE health solutions.  This is a very special episode because tomorrow is November 6 and that means it’s the midterm elections, probably one of the most important midterms in my lifetime.  We see a nation divided like I have never seen before and what I hope you can take away from Shakti’s story is that there are over a million people in this country who are here legally and do not have the right to be citizens and don’t have the right to vote.  Please listen to his story.  Tomorrow, please go out and exercise that right to vote because your voice really does matter.      Music Intro: Music by BENSOUND http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-… Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/osg9PmkfTB0 Main Title: Bay Breeze Artist: FortyThr33 Download: https://goo.gl/HCmgSQ Bay Breeze by FortyThr33 https://soundcloud.com/fortythr33-43 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/XER8Zg0ExKU Contact the artist: https://twitter.com/FortyThr33music https://www.facebook.com/FortyThr33/ https://soundcloud.com/fortythr33-43 Interview Intro: Title: Going Higher Artist: Bensound Genre: Rock Mood: Inspirational Download: http://goo.gl/HH8AK8

    28 min
4.3
out of 5
6 Ratings

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Conversations about everything that’s missing. Mike is a physician and teaches wilderness and survival medicine.