1 - Intro: Join the host and his guests in a discussion on college athletics and principally their utility in developing the character skills of young athletes such as grit, resilience, discipline, teamwork, selflessness, precision, and determination, and the importance of it with respect to their overall growth and maturation both as individuals and as citizens of the world.

2 – Guest bio: Loyola University of Chicago Head Coach Steve Bode & Associate Head Coach Graham Brennan lead this Division 1 Mens Soccer team from Rogers Park, Chicago. In their first season as coaches in the Atlantic-10 conference, the Ramblers reached the conference championship final. Loyola as a Jesuit institution and as an Athletic Department stresses not just education and athletics, but the development of the whole person. The two guests share their thoughts and ideas on the character development that occurs in athletes through their commitment to and participation in the college athletic program.

3 – Timestamps:

• [00:01] Intro: Steve Bode and Graham Brennan, Mens Soccer Coaches for Loyola University of Chicago. How did you get into coaching? 
• [06:00] Coaching Mindset; Schedules; Recruiting 
• [10:35] What’s the coaching community like?
• [12:15] Why should a kid play college sports?
• [14:30] Soft Skills & Character Development
• [19:22] Leadership
• [28:00] Character Maturation & Growth
• [30:05] What can young men and women athletes do to develop their leadership abilities?
• [33:15] What’s the value of Athletics within a University?
• [35:30] How is character development at your program different from anywhere else?
• [38:15] Closing & Thank You

4 – Key Takeaways:

• Soft Skills are Life Skills which are developed through --for example-- athletics, and are valuable in multiple other aspects of adult life
• Leadership opportunities and development occur within college athletics and are honed to a high degree
• The Life Skills and Leadership Skills take years of hard work to develop, but needed and highly valued within broader society

5 – Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_skills

https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-soccer?path=msoc

https://thegeorgiaway.com/project/the-power-of-transferable-skills-how-to-sell-your-experience-as-a-student-athlete/

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7 – Wrap-up and next episode Trauma Surgeon and Educator Faran Bokhari, MD.

Welcome to Fixing Chicago:  the podcast focused on “what right looks like,” and, how to achieve peace, educate the kids, restore vitality, and reinvent Chicago for success moving into and through the 21st century

I.  Today’s guest is Peter Wagner, from Oak Park, Illinois, and the topic is “Connecting with the City on a personal level.”

A. Growing up & Education 

B. Work Experience

II.  Work as a tour guide throughout Chicago: Getting the job? What did it entail? Who would you take around? What were their impressions of Chicago, and their favorite places?

III.  Photography

A. Personal interest and commitment to Photography

B. Photographing Chicago, Chicagoans, Aviation, Car show, tell us about the Chicago Photography scene…

IV.  Volunteering at Children’s Memorial Hospital: What has been your involvement with the hospital? What was it like? What do you feel you brought to it? What did it give to you? Tell us about the kids…

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VI. Contact: Peterwagnercreative@gmail.com

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https://www.instagram.com/peterwagnercreative/?hl=en.

1 - [00:05] Intro

2 - [00:25] Guest CAPT (ret) Rom A. Stevens, MD

3 - [08:10] Background on the Ukraine Conflict

4 - [17:45] Dr. Steven's decision to go to Ukraine

[19:00] Getting there and getting started

[24:45] Ukrainian medical system & fitting Into it during wartime

[33:20]Joys & Sorrows of Volunteering

[41:24] Who is helping them?

[46:05] What kind of help is best?

[50:00] Closing and Slava Ukraini

5 - Key Takeaways:

Ukrainian defense an existential situation for the country of Ukraine, and for democracy in Europe

Medical system there improving from Soviet times, but still challenged even before Covid, and the stress (and the intentional targeting of it by Russian bombs) of the war

Volunteering as a Medical staff is rewarding and needed but to be effective, some command of the language is essential; and, issues such as medical supply and medical logistics may be as or more important than physicians lending a hand.

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