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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…
A community affairs podcast that focuses its attention on all things WB!
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We ruminate about the upcoming school board referendum election on March 11th. We talk about the 3 known candidates that will be in the Democrat primary this June. Potential township track at the JFK Center.
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We discuss the school board voting to close schools on FEB 14th because of the Eagles parade. A resident had an issue with her sewer lateral that goes beyond her property line. How did it happen? And some other items.
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In this episode, we revisit the school board referendums and the school district presentation at the Feb 4th township meeting. An honest discussion of questions that came up about the School District presentation. Infrastructure healing. https://sites.google.com/wboe.net/willingboro-township-public-sc/investment?authuser=0…
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We discuss the school board referendums, the concept of One Willingboro, and the alignment of the different municipal entities. Referendums: https://sites.google.com/wboe.net/willingboro-township-public-sc/home
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This week we talk about the annual township re-org 2025. We have a new Mayor! The school board will have 2 bond referendums on the ballot on March 11, 2025, Track bubble? What does the WMUA do?
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