RWL newsletter #88
Greetings from UNH! What a week. We remembered the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the southeast, and closer to home for us here, there were a series of gas main explosions in Lawrence and Andover last night. One of my colleagues was in the danger area and had to be evacuated. We are of course thinking of everyone who is being effected by these events.
Hoping for a little more peace and calm, here's a picture of the sun setting over Portsmouth Harbor.
And here's some links to get you thinking this weekend. I think they are all pretty light and fun, so that should be a good counterpoint to all the heavy stuff we've been dealing with.
Read
What: Topic Magazine, Hollywood’s New Golden Age
https://www.topic.com/hollywood-s-new-golden-age
Why: Can you imagine a nursing home that has it's own TV station and whose residents produce 12 hours of original programming each day? That's what happens at the Motion Picture Country Home, a nursing home owned and operated by the non-profit Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF):
Another feature that differentiates the Motion Picture Country Home, as residents call it, from your run-of-the-mill retirement community: it has a TV channel. Founded about a dozen years ago, Channel 22 is a closed-circuit station run by and for MPTF residents, with assistance from a dedicated staff and hundreds of volunteers, including film-school students and current members of the industry. Its programming, which runs 24-7, is composed of older movies and TV shows and 12 hours of original content a day, including interviews with the residents about their experiences in entertainment—like a popular series called Behind the Silver Screen, in which folks will recall their work on a specific film or show before it airs on the channel—as well as documentary programs about goings-on on campus and original short films written, directed by, and starring the residents.
This is a great, feel-good article that allows us to re-examine what aging could be like.
Watch
What: Alex Tabarrok, A Price Is a Signal Wrapped Up in an Incentive (5 min)
https://youtu.be/aBYzvPbIFNw
Why: I shared last week that we were talking about the nature of the firm in my management class. Here's a great video that explains how markets use prices to transmit information and change behavior. The example given is the effect of increasing oil prices on where roses were cultivated. Fun and short.
Listen
What: Radiolab, Baby Blue Blood Drive
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/baby-blue-blood-drive/
When: I had heard about Radiolab, but I don't recall listening to their podcast before. I was cruising around looking for new podcast experiences and decided to give them a try. As I was flipping through there prior episodes I came across this one. I knew horseshoe crabs were used for some medical purposes, but wasn't sure what it was. Radiolab produces a very entertaining podcast on the uses of horseshoe crab blood. It's actually really important for ensuring the safety of immunizations and other injectables. This is an interesting story and an entertaining audio experience.
Thanks for reading and see you next week! If you come across any interesting stories, won't you send them my way? I'd love to hear what you think of these suggestions, and I'd love to get suggestions from you. Feel free to drop me a line by e-mail, or you can tweet to me at @mbonica .
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Have a great weekend and do amazing things!
Mark
Mark J. Bonica, Ph.D., MBA, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Management and Policy
University of New Hampshire
(603) 862-0598
mark.bonica@unh.edu
Health Leader Forge Podcast: http://healthleaderforge.org
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau