Big Questions with Cal Fussman Curiosity Media

Cal tells the harrowing story of two college wrestlers who walked straight into a Grizzly bear near Yellowstone Park last year. Then asks: What would you do if you were in a similar situation?​​

As technology connects us more and more, we tend to find ourselves more and more disconnected as humans. The numbers back this up. We’re working alone in remote locations. We’re seeing one another attacked on the internet over political beliefs. We’re spending less time with the people we love than we did years ago. Fifteen percent of males in America say they have no friends, and women who don’t know each other are meeting and walking on the streets of New York during weekends for some sense of attachment. Cal talks with the author of The Power of Ritual, Casper ter Kuile, to see if rituals are the key to restoring our connections.

Phillip Stutts, a political marketing guru who has helped engineer more than 1,500 election wins
including three presidencies, had 650-million stem cells injected into his esophagus to combat Achalasia. This disorder destroys the nerves and muscles in the esophagus which normally push food down toward the stomach -- and makes it difficult to eat. Phillip’s experience gives us a look at the medical frontier at a time when stem cell treatments have reportedly cured HIV. His moonshot approach will give a lot of hope to a lot of people.​​

Everybody loves a great comeback story, and this is one of them. Rick came to Florida as a boy in a family of Cuban immigrants. His parents never made a salary of more than $11,000 a year. An elementary school teacher labeled Rick “retarded” because he couldn’t speak English. Rick went on to become one of CNN’s most viewed hosts in the early 2000s until some comments he made about the power structure of the networks sent him into an unemployable freefall. The situation was dire, but it led him into meetings with people who were starting up a health clinic with 100 patients. Cano Health is now a billion-dollar company, and Rick isn’t stopping there. Enjoy the ride!

Cal gets some lessons on positivity from the best-selling author on Yes!Attitude and couldn’t wait to pass them on. You’re guaranteed to be more positive after you listen to this one! Cal is a new man . . .

It turns out that sometimes back pain doesn’t originate in the back – it’s from a connected area. But that connection can go un-diagnosed and surgery might be recommended for the back. Dynamic Health and Fitness rehabilitates injuries and limits pain through massage, stretching and workouts. Nick Leader explains the functional science approach and points us to a free app that assesses the stability of many of our body parts. Pass this podcast on to somebody you know with back pain, knee pain or hip pain.