Volunteering two to four hours weekly slows cognitive decline by 15 to 20 percent, according to data from 31,000 adults. Dr. Samantha Yammine, neuroscientist, explains why researchers are stumped by their own findings. The study controlled for wealth, education, physical health, and mental health… all the usual suspects that could explain the results. The effect…
Adam Sorenson beat stage 4 brain cancer at 13 using an extreme ketogenic diet and metabolic approach. He stayed in remission for 10 years, unheard of for glioblastoma multiforme, the same cancer that killed Gord Downie and Neil Peart. When it came back in his brainstem and spine in 2024, doctors gave him two months.…
Good News Tuesday brings personal wins from the team: Ryan’s swapping TikTok scrolling for reading (starting with a Stephen King horror novel at bedtime… bold choice), Shane’s booking trips with actual dates after watching retired friends map out their year, and David’s saving money by fixing what he already owns. The conversation explores why setting…
Acknowledging parents are human doesn’t mean your childhood was toxic. Shane Hewitt and Ryan O’Donnell take on the generational blame narrative and ask a harder question: would you even be here without your parents’ mistakes? The team unpacks why gratitude for imperfect parents is controversial online, where cutting off family over disagreements has become normalized.…
Switchbot’s Onuro H1 humanoid robot costs $10,000 and launches by December 2025. Kris Abel explains how elevator-track arms let it pick clothes off floors and why that price might not be as crazy as it sounds. Abel reflects on why CES lost its magic after 20+ years of coverage: streaming killed the in-person exclusivity, wild…
Someone in London, Ontario just won $80 million. In California, coworkers were asked to sign a contract before buying a group lottery ticket detailing who gets what percentage, who bought it, all of it. Would you sign? Or would that ruin the trust forever? Shane and Ryan dig into whether contracts protect everyone or just…
Four astronauts are about to fly past the moon… further from Earth than any human has ever traveled. No landing. Just… past it. Why? Dr. Sarah Rugheimer breaks down what Artemis 2 is actually for, and why restarting lunar missions after decades matters more than the spectacle. The mission includes the first woman and first…
You can’t win a war without an air force, but you can absolutely lose one without cyber defenses. Richard Shimooka unpacks how warfare has evolved to include everything from space systems to biotech threats, and why militaries that ignore these domains get blindsided fast. The conversation examines specific cases where new warfare theories either delivered…
Most people avoid their credit card statements in January because the numbers are terrifying. Financial planner Anita Bruinsma says that’s exactly why you need to open them—but not for the reason you think. Bruinsma introduces a simple question that changes everything: “Was it worth it?” Instead of obsessing over totals, review each purchase and ask…
Maduro’s gone. The vice president, security minister, and defense minister are still there. So what actually changed? Shane and Joe Varner dig into the geopolitics behind Venezuela’s seizure—how a country became the Western Hemisphere hub for Russian money laundering, Iranian Hezbollah operations, Chinese oil interests, and Cuban survival. Joe walks through why Maduro had a…
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