

Nana Meriwether
- Jan 31, 2018
Week 5 | Noise Detoxes Are a Thing: How Cars Honking, Cell Phones Ringing, Lawnmowers and Other Soun
Audio Guide --- I grew up in the suburbs of Maryland. I was blessed to grow up right outside Washington DC - in fact my upbringing was that which you would think one would be growing up right outside of our nation’s capital. From 1st - 12th grade, I went to Sidwell Friends which is the current and former school of Chelsea Clinton, the Obama Daughters, Joe Biden’s grandchildren and even President Roosevelt and Richard Nixon’s children attended my alma mater. I preferred the c


Nana Meriwether
- Jan 24, 2018
Week 4 | To Stay Together, You Must Be Apart: Why I May Consider Sleeping in a Separate Bedroom Than
Audio Guide --- According to my own personal observations, that include having lived in New York City for 6 years + commentary from my mostly single girlfriends, I have come to the conclusion that the average length of a budding relationship in the city is 4 weeks: Week 1 - Boy and girl arrange to see each other Week 2 - Boy is into girl and pursues her Week 3 - Girl realizes she likes boy and starts reciprocating Week 4 - Boy stops texting Like clockwork, by a month’s end, m


nanameriwether
- Jan 17, 2018
Week 3 | Play is Essential to Human Intelligence and Innovation: The Power of Play and Why I Go To B
Audio Guide --- I am 30 something years old and I love to dance around my bedroom with my roommate's cat - yes he runs away from me most times, but his disinterest doesn’t preclude me from getting down like nobody's watching - I hope nobody's watching... My name is Nana I am an adult who loves to play. I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, the Ted Radio Hour by NPR and in one particular episode called, ‘Press Play’, my pursuit to play was scientifically justified! Y


Nana Meriwether
- Jan 10, 2018
Week 2 | Does Intermittent Fasting Lead to a Longer Life? Here's How I Fast Everyday
Audio Guide How I Discovered Fasting While I had heard about it here and there, I didn’t really buy into fasting until I heard it discussed on Sam Harris’ podcast titled ‘From Cells to Cities’, where Harris interviewed theoretical physicist, Geoffrey West. The prescribed gains of fasting that include the obvious, weight loss struck me - but what was more drawing was West’s conclusion that the scientific community was mounting evidence and data supporting the fact that fasting


Nana Meriwether
- Jan 3, 2018
Week 1 | The Science Behind Yoga
Audio Guide --- I was a 2 time All American volleyball player for UCLA. Training was intense, we lived in the gym. For preseason we would spend a couple of weeks in the mountains for high altitude training, but regularly after an hour of lifting weights, conditioning + sprints on the track and 3 hours of practice, our coaches used to make us meet up and do this thing called yoga with a man named Jack who smelled like vanilla perfume. My days as a fast twitch athlete at the mo