Most people don’t know that you’re considered a cancer survivor at the moment of diagnosis. It wasn’t always this way. Sixty years ago, a cancer diagnosis was a death sentence. And if you did survive, you were left to figure out the rest of your life on your own. But some survivors demanded something different, something better. This is The Cancer Mavericks, a deep-dive narrative into the people who fought for better treatment, forced doctors to listen, and pushed America to see the human si ...
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Longtime local radio personality Harold 'The Dog' Weber discusses sports and local entertainment in a weekly program exclusively on FingerLakes1.com.
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This podcast was created for lawyers however anyone who works with people will benefit from this content. Through inspiring interviews, courageous conversations and thoughtful commentary, Myrna and her guests shine a light on a critical ethical competency lawyers missed in law school: trauma-informed lawyering. This is a do-no-further-harm, relational approach to the practice of law which benefits you, your clients, your colleagues and the legal profession generally. For lawyers and non-lawy ...
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The Flame tells the story of two women: Jamie (Ellie Brigida), an LGBTQ bar owner, and Sam (Jasmin Savoy Brown), the woman selling the building the bar inhabits, and the inevitable sparks that end up flying between them! With the help of her best friend, Heather (Leigh Holmes Foster), and bar regular Jo (Jenn Colella), can the residents of The Flame keep the bar alive? Or can Sam’s friend Mel (Valerie Rose Lohman) help her work through her complicated feelings about her father’s death and th ...
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Review of: American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873, by Alan Taylor
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Racial Trauma and the Rush to Innocence: a Conversation with Robert S. Wright
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Exploring Racial Trauma and Transforming Justice with Robert Seymour Wright. Join Myrna McCallum, a Métis Cree lawyer and passionate advocate for trauma-informed lawyering, in this compelling episode of The Trauma-Informed Lawyer podcast. Myrna sits down with Robert Seymour Wright, a queer, African Nova Scotian social worker and sociologist, to dis…
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Once Were Warriors: In Memory of Ty (aka Clovis) Iron
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This episode is emotional, raw, real and it isn't my regular content and deals with heavy subject matter including addiction, death, overdose, suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, residential schools and my Indigenous lived experience. Listen with care. Seek support at 988 if you are in crisis and/or need support. RIP my brother Ty Iron. May the spiri…
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Review of: Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life, by Elizabeth D. Leonard
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The Road Less Traveled: A Conversation with Jennifer Yong
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This episode with Jen Yong, Myrna's business partner delves into deep and meaningful topics including career changes, life changes, spiritual partnerships, friendship and healing trauma. Jen Yong is a lawyer and transformational coach. If you would like to connect with her, please email jennifer@myrnamccallum.co AND If you are interested in our upc…
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Review of: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, by Candice Millard
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Review of: Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration, by Harold Holzer
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Review of: To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949, by Ian Kershaw
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Review of: On Tyranny (Graphic Edition): Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder, Illustrated by Nora Krug
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Review of: On Tyranny (Graphic Edition): Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder, Illustrated by Nora Krug Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Review of: The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War, by Michael Gorra
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Service Without Sacrifice with Dimple Dhabalia
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Dimple Dhabalia began her career as a lawyer but after a stint at the Attorney General's office in Denver, she found her calling as an asylum officer. Working for almost two decades at the crossroads of the government and humanitarian sectors, Dimple found her job fulfilling, but it also led to vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, moral injury, an…
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Review of: The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History, by Serhii Plokhy
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Review of: Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo, by Phillips Verner Bradford & Harvey Blume
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Review of: The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 BC-400 AD, by Charles Freeman
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Review of: The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, by Timothy Snyder
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Healing Sexual Harm Through Restorative Justice: a Conversation with Marlee Liss
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In 2019, Marlee Liss's sexual assault case became the first in North America to get resolved in a restorative justice process instead of ending up in a criminal trial. Today, Marlee Liss is a restorative justice advocate, award-winning speaker, and embodiment coach. Her story is a testament that restorative justice provides a rare opportunity for s…
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[BONUS] The Lost Pilot Episode: "Cancer Mavericks Goes To Hollywood"
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Knownst to Matthew Zachary, but unknownst to others, long before the Award-Winning documentary "The Cancer Mavericks: A History of Survivorship" hit podcast feeds, a pilot episode was storyboarded and produced to test the waters with our newly minted production team, helmed by acclaimed executive producer, Steve Lickteig. If all went to plan, we wo…
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Review of: Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided, by Scott Eyman
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[From Indictment: the Criminal Justice System on Trial] Courtroom to Campfire: Harold Johnson's Final Public Lecture for Indigenous Justice
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Today's episode is a special one. I am sharing an episode of Ben Perrin's podcast, Indictment: the Criminal Justice System on Trial which can be found here: https://indictment.simplecast.com/ In the most recent episode of Indictment, Ben shares Harold Johnson's final public talk - and what a gift it is to listen to Harold one more time. For more in…
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Review of: The Calculus of Violence: How Americans Fought the Civil War, by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
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Unpacking Restorative Leadership and Collective Healing: A Conversation with Louise Marra
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Louise Marra is a systems healer and founder of Spirited Leadership and Unity House. By coaching companies and NGOs across sectors in New Zealand, Louise aims to create a space for what she terms "walking restorers." These individuals can foster new relationships and promote practices that help heal historical wounds that creep into today’s workpla…
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Exploring Complex Trauma for People of Colour: A Conversation with Natalie Gutierrez
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Natalie Gutierrez, author of The Pain We Carry, Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color, is a critical POC voice in a wellness space dominated by white trauma experts. Through her personal lens and professional lens as a Puerto Rican complex trauma therapist, Natalie explains how historical and cultural trauma is experienced by Black people, …
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Review of: President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier, by C.W. Goodyear
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Putting the Criminal Justice System on Trial: A Conversation with Benjamin Perrin
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The justice system in Canada is broken. It traumatizes people who go through it and leaves them worse off. But how can we change a system that refuses to transform itself? Today, I talk with Benjamin Perrin, a law professor at the University of British Columbia Allard School of Law. We talk about how this revolutionary author is shaking up the stat…
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Kisâkihitin nitanis: Truth & Reconciliation Day 2023
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Kisâkihitin, nitanis means "I love you, my daughter" however many of my people also accept the interpretation, "I love you, my girl". This is a personal story about my mom and I. Her name was Judy Marilyn McCallum. This story is my contribution to National Truth and Reconciliation Day, 2023. One day - maybe - this story will be published among othe…
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Review of: Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South, by David Silkenat
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Review of: Harpers Ferry Under Fire: A Border Town in the American Civil War, by Dennis E. Frye
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Review of: The Making of the African Queen: Or How I went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind, by Katharine Hepburn
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Review of: The Making of the African Queen: Or How I went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind, by Katharine Hepburn Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Review of: The Battle of Negro Fort: The Rise and Fall of a Fugitive Slave Community, by Matthew J. Clavin
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Review of: Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, by Megan Kate Nelson
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Review of: Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, by Megan Kate Nelson Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Safety Denied: The Lives of Indigenous Women in Canada
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Ret. Police Officer Dan Jones and I discuss the disturbing trend of dehumanizing Indigenous women in Canada. The most recent case in point: the refusal of the Manitoba premiere to search for the remains of Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris. This episode may be triggering for some as we discuss murder, violence, sexual abuse, policing, homelessness, …
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Review of: Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom, by Catherine Clinton
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Review of: The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by Robert S. Levine
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Review of: The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by Robert S. Levine Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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What does it mean to be visible in a job where you need to remain impartial? Today on the show, I speak with Michael Sonberg, a retired NYC judge who was one of the founding members of the International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges. We talk about Michael’s experiences as an openly gay judge and how the Association is helping to build community for …
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What Does Truth & Reconciliation Mean To You?
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This truth and reconciliation episode with my daughter, Alicia, and Dr. Judy Jaunzems-Fernuk, is inspired by a recent event which transpired at a local Women of Distinction awards ceremony in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.Af Alicia Hrbachek, Dr. Judy Jaunzems-Fernuk
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Review of: Love & Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss, by Angela Esco Elder
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Review of: Love & Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss, by Angela Esco Elder Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Review of: Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth, by Kevin M. Levin
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Review of: Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth, by Kevin M. Levin Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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LoveBack: Healing Indigenous Trauma with Vina Brown
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Myrna's conversation with Vina Brown of Copper Canoe Woman Creations will uplift and inspire you. Vina Brown is a force, a healer, a helper, an artist and a successful Indigenous business owner. This conversation explores healing trauma for Indigenous people including the long-silenced/secret many carry: childhood sexual abuse (trigger warning) and…
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Review of: Wrestling With His Angel:The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, 1849-1856, & All the Powers of Earth:The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860,by Sidney Blumenthal
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Review of: Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, 1849-1856, and All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860, by Sidney Blumenthal Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Review of: The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality, by Angela Saini
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Review of: The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality, by Angela Saini Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Myrna discusses why psychological safety is an imperative in all our relationships and invites listeners to prioritize the same. She also shares a recent experience where no safety was present or promised, as well as, an entirely different experience with a group of Indigenous people who knew exactly how to hold a safe space for her and each other.…
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Review of: Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI, by Judy Gumbo
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Review of: Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI, by Judy Gumbo Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Review of: The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment, by Charles Freeman
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Review of: The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment, by Charles Freeman Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book BlogAf Stan Prager
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Retreat, Regulate and Repair with Myrna and Dr. Dhall
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Season 3 is here thanks to a generous gift from the BC Law Foundation! Thank you BC Law Foundation. Dr. Amar Dhall is back for round 2 to talk about introception, bio-hacking the nervous system, the importance of trauma-informed practice, emotional intelligence and to share details on our upcoming retreat in Whistler BC from April 11-13, 2023. Join…
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Review of: Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
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Review of: The Sumerians: Lost Civilizations, by Paul Collins
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Review of: The Passenger and Stella Maris, by Cormac McCarthy
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Myrna recaps 2022 and highlights holiday depression, suicidal ideation, grief, gratitude, Gabor Mate and the healing we need in the legal profession. Caution: Myrna also drops a couple F bombs.Af Myrna McCallum
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How We Teach is How They Will Practice: a Conversation with Natalie Netzel
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Natalie Netzel of Mitchell Hamline Law School explains why trauma-informed lawyering is the way forward for law schools, legal educators and future lawyers.Af Myrna McCallum
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Review of: The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy
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