Connectibles

Connectibles

"Are we alone in the universe? "Yes"?, "No"?, "Maybe"? Here, we connect. Each episode, join The LongTalk featuring real stories of passionate people following their inner voices. In the LongTalk Connectibles we talk with our precious guests about what they do, feel, learn, love and fear, or dream of while in their proffessional silos. Listen to their insights, experiences, maybe some great advice, and deep knowledge on their own fields. "Life is Beautiful When You're Bold!" Lale Başarır

Episodes

  1. 09/06/2019

    Let's talk "space, resilience, and goals" and "pluripotency" with Shawna Pandya!

    Dr. Shawna Pandya is a citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, physician, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver and pilot-in-training. She holds degrees in neuroscience, space, entrepreneurship and medicine, and is currently completing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine.  In 2015, Dr. Pandya completed Scientist-Astronaut Candidate training with Project PoSSUM (Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) and was part of the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in zero-gravity; her work with Project PoSSUM and Final Frontier Design was captured in the CBC Documentary, “We Are Canada.” She has continued to test commercial spacesuits with Project PoSSUM’s annual microgravity parabolic flight campaigns, and has completed over 100 parabolas in microgravity to date. Dr. Pandya is also the lead instructor for Project PoSSUM’s EVA 102: Space and Wilderness Medicine course. As part of Project PoSSUM, she also completed hypobaric hypoxia training, centrifuge studies, aerobatic flight, basic and advanced emergency spacecraft egress and sea survival training, and high altitude noctilucent cloud research. Dr. Pandya also completed a 2-week tour at the Mars Desert Research Station analog in Utah as the Crew Health and Safety Officer. She has recently been named as an ambassador for the PoSSUM 13, an initiative to make space opportunities and engagement more accessible to students, particularly girls and young women. She also serves as the Chair of Strategic Development for this initiative. Dr. Pandya will be attaining her aquanaut designation with a mission to the Jules Verne Underwater Lodge later this year and successfully completed the World Extreme Medicine Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine Course at Florida International University’s Aquarius Reef Base, where NASA NEEMO missions take place, attaining her Dive Medical Technician designation in the process. Her adventures and experiences were recently captured in the Land Rover short, released with the Apollo 11: First Steps film. In her spare time, Dr. Pandya practices Taekwondo (as a second-degree black belt) and Muay Thai. She is currently working towards her private pilot’s license and holds her accelerated free fall solo skydiving license and numerous SCUBA diving certifications. Dr. Pandya also sings and plays the piano.

    56 min

  2. 07/28/2019

    Let's hear about Architecture, Curiosity, R&D and Antarctica from Yüksel Demir

    After receiving his BA degree in Architecture at the Istanbul Technical University, he received his MA and PhD degrees from ITU, Institute of Science&Technology Architectural Design Program. He worked as a Teaching Assistant (1989-2002) and as an Assistant Professor (2002-2012) in ITU, the Department of Architecture, where he currently works as an Associate Professor. He served as the Head of the Department of Fine Arts at ITU between 2007-2016. Demir worked at Politecnico Di Milano DIAP (now DASTU) as a Guest Professor, he was a Visiting Professor at Anadolu University, Department of Architecture and at Auburn University CADC. He founded ITU MardINT Interdisciplinary Research and Development Centre. He initiated the establishment process of ITU Polar Research Centre Polrec. His works and interviews were published in several national and international publications; he participated in several national and international scientific meetings, gave lectures in national and international institutions and won national and international awards. He continues to work in the fields of architectural design, ICT in design and art. Currently he is coordinating the establishment of the Turkish Antarctic Research Station and is working for the transformation of ITU into a research university.  Yüksel Demir can be reached at social media and his profile can be viewed here and here on LinkedIn

    42 min

  3. 07/08/2019

    Let's listen to Baglan Rhymes about "redesigning your life"

    Baglan Rhymes is an entrepreneur, a thought leader, an athlete and much more... Can be found at  https://www.baglanrhymes.com and on LinkedIn.

    47 min

  4. 06/09/2019

    Let's hear about "vulnerability" from a Transformation Stratejist, Lale Kesebi!

    Lale Kesebi is Founder & CEO of human at work.  She is a strategist, transformation expert, innovator and keynote speaker. She can be reached at www.human-at.work and through LinkedIn

    49 min

  5. 05/17/2019

    Let's talk about "identity" with Caner Alper

    Let's listen to Caner Alper, writer, film director and producer, and much more!   'It takes daring to be original.' Caner Alper Caner Alper can be reached at www.instagram.com/caneralper,  https://www.pantographpictures.com

    39 min
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"Are we alone in the universe? "Yes"?, "No"?, "Maybe"? Here, we connect. Each episode, join The LongTalk featuring real stories of passionate people following their inner voices. In the LongTalk Connectibles we talk with our precious guests about what they do, feel, learn, love and fear, or dream of while in their proffessional silos. Listen to their insights, experiences, maybe some great advice, and deep knowledge on their own fields. "Life is Beautiful When You're Bold!" Lale Başarır

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