Lucas Cantor is a podcaster, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and speaker. He hosts his own show, the Book Society podcast, featuring weekly conversations with fascinating guests from diverse backgrounds.Lucas and I are both hooked on great storytelling and popular history, and today’s conversation is a great example of how re-reading a book that we love draws us down a winding path of intrigue and ideas. Lucas has re-read Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek several times, and we explore the reasons why this topic is so fascinating. We cover thousands of years of Mesopotamian history and mythology and Lucas makes some intriguing connections to Julian Jaynes’ 1976 book, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Connect with Access Ideas:Rate and review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/access-ideas-3675816Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AccessIdeasPodcastAudio production: The Podcast Distillery.coEpisode music: Kid Kodi by Skittle and These Times by The Pine Barrens from sessions.blue

Dr. Nicole Tschierske  is a scientist and positive psychology coach who helps experts and teams in STEM do better work. Today’s conversation covers Nicole’s story and how she became interested in coaching through her experience of "boreout". In this episode, we clarify what boreout means, how it’s related to boredom, and how you can use feelings of boredom to your advantage instead of avoiding it with distractions or sinking into inertia. We discuss how you can use nearly any type of feedback to your advantage, and practical tips for communicating for impact and influence, even when that means holding back or instead of holding forth!Resources and podcasts we highlight in this episode:Website: https://nicoletschierske.com/ The No Fluff Immediately Applicable Guide to Reduce Stress & Burnout in Your Team: https://nicoletschierske.com/stress The Better Work Podcast: https://nicoletschierske.com/podcast What Works podcast: What is Money? (Time & Money 1) https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/what-works/id1054027973?i=1000550417878Connect with Dr. Nicole Tschierske on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnicoletschierske/Connect with Access Ideas:Rate and review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/access-ideas-3675816Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AccessIdeasPodcastAudio production: The Podcast Distillery.coEpisode music: Kid Kodi by Skittle and These Times by The Pine Barrens from sessions.blue

Elena Iacono designs and facilitates well-being and mental health programs to help people thrive in the workplace. Looking back to our initial podcast conversation in 2021 on Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes, we revisit timely themes, including managing stress, toxic positivity, languishing, finding new ways to thrive, and finding flow.  Articles we refer to in this episode:Toxic Culture Is Driving the Great Resignation (MIT Sloan Management Review)There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing (New York Times) Follow Elena on Instagram @ epiaconoSign up for Elena’s newsletter: https://www.elenaiacono.com/Elena recommends:· Mental Health Commission of Canada (resource hub)· Mental Health First Aid· Canadian Mental Health Association· Anxiety Canada· Root in Nature programs· Kids Help Phone· The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith· Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael PollanConnect with Access Ideas:Rate and review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/access-ideas-3675816Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AccessIdeasPodcastAudio production: The Podcast Distillery.coEpisode music: Kid Kodi by Skittle and These Times by The Pine Barrens from sessions.blue

Brian Asingia  is the CEO and co- founder of the Dream Galaxy platform, an innovation studio that trains, advises, and funds ethical entrepreneurial leaders to launch, grow, and scale content, programs, and businesses. Today's conversation covers a diverse range of topics that focus on and relate to what Asingia calls the Cashless Society, which in its broadest sense reframes how we as individuals and communities allocate invest and exchange value. Cashless Society is both an ethical philosophy and a technocratic ideal. This concept is already transforming transactional relationships within countries and communities around the world. Asingia's forthcoming book, Cashless Society 101, will be published in March 2022. In his book, Asingia captures the essence of how humanity-first design and innovation can leverage technology in delivering meaningful solutions for the 21st century and beyond. By putting ethics and values first, automation, data privacy, cyber-security and other concerns of the future of work, education, health and finance can be approached in a sustainable way. Follow Brian Asingia on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedInConnect with Access Ideas:Rate and review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/access-ideas-3675816Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AccessIdeasPodcastAudio production: The Podcast Distillery.coEpisode music: Kid Kodi by Skittle and These Times by The Pine Barrens from sessions.blue

Matthew Walker's book, Why We Sleep, was published in 2017. And as much as I enjoyed it, I didn't review it on my Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes podcast because I felt he sensationalized some problems that people tend to have, and it might make people worry about them. So, the idea of insomnia as being a dangerous thing, or even something that would increase our mortality is something that I didn't want more people to focus on. However, since that book came out, Matthew Walker has evolved his ideas, evolved his framing around research, and he's made some strides towards giving people practical, non-scary advice for getting better sleep. And recently, when I listened to his conversation with Sam Harris in November of 2021, on the Making Sense podcast, I was struck by how practical Matthew Walker's ideas could be perceived if they were just applied a little bit less sensationally. This episode highlights the problematic science AND the useful ideas from Matthew Walker's book, Why We Sleep, so you can simplify your approach to improving your sleep.Connect with Access Ideas:Rate and review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/access-ideas-3675816Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AccessIdeasPodcastAudio production: The Podcast Distillery.coEpisode music: Kid Kodi by Skittle and These Times by The Pine Barrens from sessions.blueMatthew Walker on the Making Sense with Sam Harris podcast #267 - THE KINGDOM OF SLEEPMatthew Walker earned his PhD in neuroscience from the Medical Research Council in the UK, and subsequently became a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is currently Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. Matt’s research focuses on the effect of sleep on human health and disease, brain, and body. Walker has published more than 100 scientific research studies and has received numerous funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. He was recently awarded the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization. Matt has given a main-stage TED Talk that has been viewed over 13 million times, has also created several TED Miniseries on sleep, a MasterClass series on sleep, and is author of the New York Times bestseller, Why We Sleep. Matt is also host of the 5-star-rated, The Matt Walker Podcast.Twitter: @sleepdiplomatWeb: www.sleepdiplomat.com 

Jane Austen novels set in the English countryside and various drawing rooms help transport me to a delightful fantasy world – and I'm in good company.  Austen's writing is so strongly associated with providing solace that she was prescribed to World War One soldiers suffering from severe shell-shock (PTSD). In the UK, Austen experienced a sales rise of 20% throughout much of 2020, compared to 2019.  What is it about Austen’s work that keeps us perpetually entertained? This humble homage to the original Regency Romance writer explores why there's nothing quite like the real thing – and why it's never too late to discover great literature.  Connect with Access Ideas:Rate and review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/access-ideas-3675816Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AccessIdeasPodcastAudio production: The Podcast Distillery.coEpisode music: Kid Kodi by Skittle and These Times by The Pine Barrens from sessions.blueWhat Jane Austen can teach us about resilience by Heloise Wood (BBC)

What drives our fascination with the fictional Roy family? HBO's Succession follows the dysfunctional owners of Waystar RoyCo, a global media and entertainment conglomerate, who are fighting for control of the company amid uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch, Logan Roy (Brian Cox).Succession's ringtone-worthy musical theme, stellar writing, and acting make it an obvious winner. This episode of Access Ideas takes a closer look at some details that take it from good to great TV territory, including Shakespearean themes, observational cinematography, and oh-so-subtle costume design. Connect with Access Ideas:Rate and review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/access-ideas-3675816Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AccessIdeasPodcastAudio production: The Podcast Distillery.coEpisode music: Kid Kodi by Skittle and These Times by The Pine Barrens from sessions.blueReference to Thomas Flight: The Succession Character You Never See (YouTube)

Are you an ideas enthusiast or collector? Our new podcast, Access Ideas, expands on a few familiar areas of interest and explores questions you didn’t know you had, such as can Jane Austen novels serve as escapist fantasy, why is sleep science so controversial, and what drives our obsession with HBO’s Succession? You can expect ad-free, entertaining and informative episodes on a variety of topics throughout 2022. Join me, your host Janna, for the first episodes of Access Ideas coming soon – you can access our episodes completely free on all major podcast streaming services. Trailer music credit: Kid Kodi by Skittle from sessions.blue