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Local business, lifestyle, and political news from around Miami-Dade County.
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Featuring stories of new scientific research on human flourishing that translate these basic discoveries into practical tools. Bringing a mix of curiosity, compassion, and creativity that will appeal to all ages, journalist Richard Sergay and acclaimed writer/producer Tavia Gilbert shine a spotlight on the human impact at the heart of a cutting-edge social and scientific research project. This project was made possible through the generous support of a grant from Templeton World Charity Foun ...
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How Did You Get Into That? // Careers // Entrepreneurship // Small Business
Grant Baldwin interviews Pat Flynn, John Lee Dumas, Dan Miller, Chris Brogan, Jeff Goins, & Scott Harrison with aspirations of Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, Richard Branson, Lewis Howes, Marc Maron, Michael Hyatt, & Dave Ramsey
Grant Baldwin interviews people doing interesting and inspiring work to learn more about their journey. You’ll gain inspiration, tactics, strategy and hope to find and do work you love. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, small business owner, solopreneur, or employee, this is the podcast for you!
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Jenny Morel interviews entrepreneurs building tech & other high growth companies going global from New Zealand and Australia. Growing businesses is hard work. Everyone has setbacks. The entrepreneurs who grow companies are a relentlessly positive group of people: they are going to succeed no matter what. They are risk-takers, they work crazy hours, they are obsessive. Much of the time they are embattled. Every now and then there is a wonderful breakthrough. These podcasts share with you some ...
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Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College
Michael H. Miller, Northeast Mississippi Community College, Liz Calvery
The official podcast of Northeast Mississippi Community College. Listen to us each week via iTunes Podcast, Spotify and GooglePlay. Northeast's Tiger Talk podcast has surpassed 300 weekly episodes by providing information about the premier community college in the nation - Northeast Mississippi Community College.
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Wellumio is developing a highly portable head MRI scanner for use in emergency departments - providing a scan in the “golden hour” after stroke when treatment is most effective. Shieak & Sergei talk about how great it was to find each other, their journey to dealing with investors rather than grant reviewers, and now getting their product to market…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the Success Center at Northeast. From helping students in all steps of the process during their educational career at Northeast, the Success Center plays a vital role in making all students successful. …
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss what sets Northeast apart from many other community colleges and institutions of higher learning nationwide. To wrap up, Ford shares updates on Northeast News, discussing athletics, academics, workforce…
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OneReg is about effortless compliance and smoother operations for aerospace. When Covid struck, Clinton lost his job and decided it was time to start a business. He and his two co-founders had more than 100 years experience in compliance, digital innovation and aviation. Their initial customers are airports, which are very complex environments – th…
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Over our last couple of episodes, we’ve told the inspiring story of decades of positive transformation the nation of Rwanda has sustained since the catastrophic 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. We learned that Rwanda’s peacemakers have for decades nurtured a culture of reconciliation and resilience, cultivating communities where citizens flourish.…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss many of the events that the college has held in the first week that Northeast has been back in session for the Fall 2024 semester and many of the events and happenings that are planned for the remainder…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how instructors at the top community college in the nation are incorporating technology into the classroom. Ford highlights how the Fine Arts department, especially music majors, has embraced technology…
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Eight360 has built an immersive VR motion simulator: a ball that you sit inside that can do full 360 flips and spins. This is fun. It’s also very serious: it delivers a more immersive and visceral experience, leading to better engagement and learning outcomes whether you are manoeuvring heavy equipment in unusual situations, practicing your off-roa…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Ford gives tips on how to make the school year successful. In pulling from not only his years as president of the top community college in the country but from hi…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the upcoming mini conference that the college will be hosting on Monday, August 12. Ford talks about how notable events like the mini-conference are not only important to faculty but all employees who a…
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In our last episode, we met Rwandan leader Freddy Mutanguha, who shared his remarkable journey to finding meaning and forgiveness after dozens of his family members, including his parents and sisters, were murdered during the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994. Freddy’s powerful and timely testimony underscored the importance of truth, remembrance…
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Danny, CEO & co-founder, of Basis explains how they have developed a home electricity smart panel that allows you to manage your power usage in real time and gives data to the electricity companies so they can offer smart-use plans to reduce cost. They are driven by delivering an enduring positive impact for the planet. The first smart panels will …
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's Office of Continuing Education and all that it does to add value to not only the college but the community. Under the direction of Phyllis Colson, the Northeast Office of Continuing Educat…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how the college partners with business and other professional agencies to help put students first. From talking about the Tiger Apprenticeship Program to WIOA and the Gateway Youth Program, Ford discuss…
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Three founders who had worked together before started Comply Pro to meet needs for safety in the construction industry and food safety in hospitality, building a SaaS company that can be rapidly scaled around the world. Now ComplyPro manages 18.4 million records and protects 200,000 sites globally, with over 4,000 clients and 45,000 users. Michael …
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss some of the events that the college president is looking forward to as Northeast inches closer to the start of school in the Fall 2024 semester. The veteran educator talks about how vibrant the campus i…
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Today’s episode offers a powerful example of courage, peace, and forgiveness. Our story looks back thirty years, to one of the most violent periods in modern history — the genocide against the Tutsi — and to the resilience and wisdom of the Rwandan spirit and heart. On April 6, 1994, beautiful Rwanda, known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, became a…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss the impact that Northeast has on the communities that it serves. Ford talks about an economic impact survey in the works to understand the vital contributions that communit…
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Hadleigh’s maritime background gave him the insight that started SwipedOn: on a super yacht everything was electronic except the dog-eared visitors’ book. With no tech or business background, he set out to build a tablet sign in. Today Hadleigh employs over 50 people and SwipedOn is used in over 9,000 workplaces. The company has gone through owners…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss some of the programs and resources Northeast has available to its adult learners. Ford talks about the job that Adult Education has done to help the adult learners of the a…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss how students can start to prepare for college after Northeast wrapped up its final orientation session of the summer. Ford talks about what sets Northeast apart from other …
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RedSeed trains retail staff: it provides courses, coaching & a customisable LMS with a library of easy-to-implement course content and learning pathways that lets its customers customise the training. Its coaching is a key differentiator. Anya talks about growing the company from in-person training to fully online resources. She’s now looking at fl…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss the record number of student-athletes, who have received either National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) or Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Confer…
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Wildlife Intelligence Explorers with Dr. Ian Miller, Dr. Felicity Muth, Dr. Tiago Falótico & Dr. Mauricio Cantor
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In our last episode, we spent time with the extraordinary Dr. Jane Goodall, primatologist, writer, speaker, and conservationist. Dr. Goodall previewed today's episode, featuring the three recipients of the Wildlife Intelligence Project, a $2.7 million joint initiative between National Geographic Society and Templeton World Charity Foundation design…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss what has endured the TigerTalk podcast to so many listeners over 300 episodes. Northeast's TigerTalk podcast celebrates 300 episodes since its humble launch in October 2017…
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Starboard takes data from satellites to track every oceangoing vessel on the planet. It combines this with scientific models and other intelligence sources to create a pattern of life for each vessel, allowing analysts to assess if the vessel poses a risk – to sovereign borders or to commercial assets. Trent joined when Starboard had product-market…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss all the activities that happen at the college during the summer months. While last week focused on the students and community, Ford talks about what employees do during the…
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In today’s episode, we hear from leader and luminary Dr. Jane Goodall, who has, for decades, made significant contributions to not only the scientific world, but to, arguably, the entire planet. When 26-year-old, British-born Jane Goodall began field studies of primates in Tanzania in July 1960, she was the first researcher to observe chimpanzees i…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss all the activities that happen at the college during the summer months. While the majority of students are away for the summer, it does not mean that the college sits silen…
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CAR T-cell therapy is a cancer treatment where a patient’s own T-cells are reprogrammed to fight the cancer. There are 2,000 therapies in clinical development around the world which use different ways to program the T-cells. BioOra has developed an automated manufacturing system to scale up the production of personalised T-cells for treatment of t…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss what plans are on the docket for the college during the summer months when there is less student traffic on campus. Ford talks about all the maintenance that goes into keep…
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Integrated Education with Emma Black, Calum Irvine, Sean Spillane, and students Bashanti, Dylan, Emma, Laila, Nina & Sophie
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Today we bring you a follow-up story about revolutionary education in Northern Ireland, this time exploring the impact of teaching young children to not just tolerate difference and diversity, but to seek it out, embrace it, and celebrate it. Our episode explores the history and legacy of Lough View Integrated Primary and Nursery School, a school f…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss the college's Night of Celebration on Tuesday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Hines Hall Auditorium. Ford talks about what has helped the college to survive for 75 years, discu…
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OneRoom is a webcasting platform specialized for the funeral sector. It instals cameras in funeral homes to make webcasting easy & free up funeral directors to focus on personal service. David was as an investor in the company and became CEO to take up the challenge going from start-up to scale-up. As a student he won a scholarship to the US & made…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss the college's prison education program at the Alcorn County Regional Justice Complex in Corinth. Ford talks about how the program is producing positive outcomes for the inc…
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Today we're back for another exploration of the magnificence and mystery of the universe — talking with three researchers who share not only a passion, but a respect for the species in their decidedly non-human, wildly intelligent subjects of research. First we meet Dr. Paco Calvo, a renowned cognitive scientist and professor of philosophy of scien…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Associate Alli Scott as she fills in for Liz Calvery to discuss what the veteran educator would say to those graduating high school or college. Ford draws upon years of experience to express what he would want graduating seniors to know…
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The Gastric Alimetry system is like an ECG for the gut - the electrical signals are 100x weaker than from the heart and very noisy. It provides data-driven insights to help clinicians work out what’s going on. It is now used in 35 hospitals. Greg talks about how hard it is to build a medtech: regulatory, reimbursement & technical issues. To move fa…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the Northeast Mississippi Community College Development Foundation and Alumni Association's newest fund-raising campaign - TigerTiles. Members of the Northeast community who want to possess a piece of h…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the Northeast Honors Institute and its recent Honors Symposium where students involved in the Honors Institute on campus were allowed to present their research-based topics to Northeast employees, stude…
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In today's episode, we meet Dr. Frans de Waal, Emory University and Utrecht University primatologist Dr. Frans de Waal, a trailblazer in the science of animal cognition, and Dr. Michael Levin, distinguished professor of biology at Tufts University and associate faculty member at Harvard's Wyss Institute. Both researchers’ work roots them deeply in …
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Tracksuit provides beautiful, radically affordable and easy to use brand tracking for modern consumer brands. The team recently raised $22M. Connor talks about finding early product-market fit with 100 prospect conversations, and then leaning into scale. Every 3 months everyone should “give away your Legos”–either automate your current job or hire …
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's plan for graduation with the Bonner Arnold Coliseum undergoing major renovations to the playing surface, the college had to find a new place for its 2024 commencement exercises. Ford talks…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss as the semester winds down and classes are drawing to a close, what the veteran educator thinks about the spring semester and how it has been going. Ford gives insight into how busy the spring semester …
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Goodnature makes ethical pest control devices that now sell around the world. Craig, a co-founder, talks about how they started Goodnature to control rats and stoats in New Zealand – building a trap that can go off multiple times in the bush. Dave joined as CEO 3 years ago, bringing a background in international marketing. They both like to solve p…
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Any sentient, soulful being paying attention to the way humans are treating other humans has been feeling these hard times. But sometimes, amidst all this darkness, humor can offer a little bit of hope. Today we're back with a friend of the podcast, Dr. Erica Cartmill. You might remember her from past episodes as a leader in the science of diverse …
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's newest class - a computer concepts class for the fall. However, this class will not be like the college's CSC Computer Applications class but will be more geared toward an introductory cou…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the new logistics management technology class that the college will be starting in the fall. Ford talks about Willie Gates, who will lead the program and what he has done to help get the program off the…
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Artificial intelligence is proliferating and entering new industries every day. And while it’s been used in healthcare for 50 years, researchers continue to look for new ways to use it to improve care. Today, we’re back in conversation with a team of researchers, including a philosopher, a neuroscientist, and a computer scientist. This trio might b…
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Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how high school students especially high school seniors can use the Spring Break holidays to get a jump on their fall enrollment duties and what they can do to give themselves better chances at scholars…
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