"As a small Business, you've got to think... what can I do that the bigger players cannot copy tomorrow... Not good enough having (one competitive advantage)... how can I combine them in a multiple way"

Dr. George Redhead and I chat about his research on entrepreneurship, from the importance of it in rural communities, how it can revitalize these areas, how it can provide social change, and the importance of a third space like a pub, cafe or restaurant.

We also talk about how to get started through a MVP (Minimal Viable Product). Get started by boiling down the solution to the problem and get it to market as fast and as cheaply as possible to get something out in the world!

So many wonderful things come from Entrepreneurs! Community, third spaces, friendship, new information, tasty food and drink, cool technology, clothes, books, art, and much more!! Entrepreneurship is all around us and have lead to many wonderful things.

Dr. George Redhead is the people's entrepreneur! Stands for the everyday entrepreneurs, the 99% of us in the world!

Please support and check out the great research that Dr. George Redhead is doing just across the pond in the UK!

https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/george-redhead/

Hope you enjoy! Please share the podcast with your friends and family!

Take care now!

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Albert

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Betsy Small | Author of Before Before (a 2026 Nautilus Silver Award Winner), Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist | RPCV Sierra Leone 1984-87

I had the wonderful opportunity to reconnect with Betsy Small a fellow RPCV who served in Sierra Leone

We Chat about her very non-linear career path after Uni, how this lead her to some awesome meaningful work in Sierra Leone where she worked in the agriculture sector, aiding with growing rice and even experimenting with fisheries in the village.

This experience lead her to many unique experiences and learnings over her life. Like teaching sign language, working on a farm, working for various non-profits and international aid-organizations, and even writing her own book!

In the podcast episode we chat about some of the challenges the locals faced with the civil wars, blood diamonds, ebola outbreak and more.

Her award wining book "Before Before" talk about her time in the Peace Corps, the village members questioning her ability at first, their curiosity of new information beyond their own boarders, working together and just trying new things out, building lasting friendships and more!

Betsy wanted to show the world, that Sierra Leone is more than the headline news, conflicts and tragedy. To highlight how nice and wonderful the people are, and how resilient the communities are before these conflicts happened.

We also chat about the layers of complexities of international aid, where food from overseas (like Rice) that had good intentions, was meant to feed and nourish the people in the communities. It clashed and disincentivized many of the farmers to overproduce rice production because they knew they couldn't compete with the free rice or food from abroad.

In the end, everything is a learning experience!

Betsy will continue her great work in Sierra Leone and visit her old host village next month. Sharing the stories and her book "Before Before" in person. The book was peer reviewed by village members and experts in the field for accuracy and cultural awareness / sensitivity. So her village members and local friends were a part of the entire writing process!

Everyone has a different experience in the Peace Corps and there are challenges. But when you boil everything thing down, the simplest things are the luxury.

The People and friends you make are really the luxury; and make your stay in country so wonderful and enjoyable!

We talk about so many things in the episode.

From the challenges, the lovely parts, the funny things, the book and more!

Please check out and purchase "Before Before" on Amazon, Direct from the her website or from Barns & Nobles.

Check out Betsy's Website: https://www.betsysmall.com

Buy "Before Before" from the publisher here:

https://press.umich.edu/Books/B/Before-Before3

Amazon:

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Hope you enjoy! Please share the podcast with your friends and family!

Thanks again and take care!

- Albert

About a year ago I started my blog and had my first interview with Dr. Lei Wei! It originally was on the bigdawgsgottaeat.blog site and YouTube because The Double Double Podcast didn't exist yet, so here is the audio podcast format! Hope you enjoy!!

Thanks again for all of the support!

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I was fortunate enough to chat with Dr. Lei Wei (a microbiologist post doc researcher at the Marco Lab at UC Davis) on her research on Sauerkraut! This was such a fun and informative conversation and made me realize all of the different factors that go into a research project!

Thanks so much again to Dr. Lei Wei for the amazing research!

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- Marco Lab website: https://marcolab.ucdavis.edu/

- EATLAC project website: https://eatlac.ucdavis.edu/

- "Do fermented foods contain probiotics": https://isappscience.org/do-fermented-foods-contain-probiotics/

- UC Extension Resources and UCANR for home fermentation: https://ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu/consumers/food-specific-resources-home-food-preservation

- EATLAC project IG: https://www.instagram.com/eat.lac.project/?hl=en

- Interview with Sandor Katz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XRPzshOvs&t=2s

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Dr. Anthony Silard is an Author, Professor of Leadership the Director of the Center for Sustainable Leadership at Luiss Business School in Rome, Non-Profit Founder, RPCV Kenya

We chat about is his challenging upbringing and how it lead to the work he does today. As well as breaking down the word passion, derived from the Latin word `Patire` which means "to suffer."

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Tony's aim is to uplift others and bring the best out of everyone!

We also touch on his work in the Peace Corps in Kenya and navigating the culture and idiosyncrasies of a new country.

Cultural immersion and truly getting to know the people is key!

Tony is still hosting conferences in Kenya and helping his country in various ways!

Keep up with his various non-profits, books he's written and listen to his Podcast ReSocial!

Please check out Tony's work at:

Theartoflivingfree.org

Get your free ebooks at:

https://theartoflivingfree.org/freehappinessandfriendshipbooks/

Check out his latest book Love and Suffering.

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Suffering-Emotional-Prevent-Experiencing/dp/0981785379

ReSocial Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resocial/id1896294703

https://open.spotify.com/show/5oGARvwgHHG5IZOzRIewI5?si=2b830898d4964abe

Take care now!

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- Albert

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"What Steroids are to bodybuilders.

Artificial Intelligence is to companies and businesses."

"...But we saw that clean athletes were still beating the "enhanced" athletes at the games?! So it's not all broken right? Can we still compete with AI at a clean ethical, non AI using human being? Is there hope?!"

I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast!

Take care now! 🌼🐶🌼🐶

- Albert

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Have you ever walked into the gym, workplace, or your sport with a not so positive attitude? It kinda sucks and dragged along the day right?

So I just chat about the importance of having a little pocket of positivity when the days, hobbies, or sport gets challenging.

I speak briefly about wrestling legend Dan Gable and his almost perfect college wrestling career. It was perfect until the very last match.

This defeat didn't beat him down, just lit a fuel to his future success as an olympic champion and legendary wrestling coach.

I hope you stay positive when things get tough, the best of the best always have a good outlook on life!

Take care now!

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- Albert

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Mustard and cake?!?!

Cool...now that I have your attention, I was fortunate enough to chat with Martin Hablesreiter is one half of the Austrian art duo "Honey & Bunny" who is also an architect, researcher, director, author, etc. Just overall creative human.

We chat about many things, from growing up in Austria, studying architecture and design, working in Japan, researching and answering questions like why foods hold a certain shape, why a table is a certain height, why we use fork and knife when eating, etc.

This lead to many different opportunities like hosting art exhibits, art performances, photography, videos, writing books and much more!

We talk about the importance of designers and their roles in creating habits and desires. As well as the importance of storytelling & creating interesting + engaging narratives.

The discussion also touches on community, breaking the rules, the different food systems, goals of design, provocation & allowing people to think differently about something, the interactive power of food to spark discussion, the importance of home, as well as creating an openness in the design world that engages all continents and peoples.

And much more! I hope you enjoy the chat! Thanks again to Martin for taking the time to speak with me on the podcast!

Support Honey & Bunny Here:

https://www.honeyandbunny.com

https://www.youtube.com/@martinhablesreiter7340

#fooddesign #eatart #sustainability #food #podcast

Take care now! 🌼🐶🌼🐶 - Albert

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Everyone has a different experience and takeaways from their service out there, these are a few things I learned when I was out in Timor-Leste and Fiji!

If you're interested in doing the Peace Corps, feel free to DM me via email or Instagram! Would be happy to chat!

If you're interested in applying, check out the Peace Corps website below! https://www.peacecorps.gov

Take care now! 🌼🐶🌼🐶 - Albert

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