What happens when a Peace Corps volunteer contracts malaria in a remote village and discovers that the traditional healer's definition of "health" completely upends everything Western medicine taught her? Medical anthropologist Dr. Diane Hardgrave takes listeners from emergency refugee camps in Somalia to sacred Hopi mesas, revealing why the youngest medical system on Earth (hint: it's ours) might be missing something crucial about healing. In this episode, she shares how a bowl of pungent tea, a sauna conversation in Ethiopia, and women secretly trading emergency wheat rations taught her that humanity's approach to health transcends biology—and why understanding this could change how we think about our own bodies.

Learn more about Dr. Hardgrave's publication, Health, Healing, & Culture: https://grl.pub/health-healing-culture

Traditional textbooks are failing students. Bombarded with information from every direction, including their 1500-page business law texts, students tune out. That is, except for Thane Messinger's digital textbook, Business Law: Navigating the turbulent realm of commerce. Messinger, a business law professor at the University of Hawaii, shares his journey from practicing law in Texas and Micronesia to becoming a textbook author. He shares insights on the deep research process that improved his own teaching and the creative challenges of restructuring legal education, and offers valuable perspectives for educators seeking to make complex subjects accessible and engaging in higher ed.

Meet Don Bryn, a musical renaissance man whose journey from globe-trotting performer to innovative educator reads like a composer's symphony—unexpected, layered, and beautifully orchestrated. Having graced stages across 130 countries, Don discovered that music truly is humanity's universal language, a revelation that now drives his mission to shatter what he calls "musical prejudices" in the classroom.

From the concert halls of Australia to the State College of Florida, Don weaves together his roles as composer, full-stack developer, and passionate educator with infectious enthusiasm. He challenges students to break free from the "three-minute pop song prison" that has homogenized our musical landscape, using everything from chocolate shop metaphors to ear training apps he's coded himself.

In this captivating conversation, Don reveals the physics behind musical composition, shares tales from his film scoring adventures, and delivers a stirring manifesto about reclaiming music's lost diversity. His unique blend of technical expertise, global perspective, and educational innovation offers a fresh take on why opening our ears—and minds—to the world's rich musical tapestry has never been more crucial.

Learn more about Don's digital textbook for music appreciation, Now Hear This: https://grl.pub/NowHearThis