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Something You Should Know

What Is Culture? & The Problem with Fitness

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Is a newborn baby more likely to resemble mom or dad – or is it a toss-up? This episode begins by explaining why a baby is more likely to look like one parent and not the other and why that is.  https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/health/the-claim-babies-tend-to-look-like-their-fathers.html When people talk about the "culture" – why do they mean? What is culture. You probably use the word in conversation and you have a sense of what it means but it is actually a difficult word to define. Here to define it and explain why it is so important to understand what culture is and how it changes is Marcus Collins. He is a clinical assistant professor of marketing at the Ross School of Business, at the University of Michigan and recipient of Advertising Age's 40 Under 40 award. He is also author of the book, For the Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be (https://amzn.to/3tOT4On). It is a little strange that there is such a fitness craze in America yet so many people are not physically fit at all. The medical evidence is pretty clear that being physically fit and keeping your weight under control is so important to a long and healthy life. So why are so many people not motivated to do it and how can you find the motivation to start if you are not feeling inclined? Joining me to talk about this is Natalia Petrzela. She is an historian of contemporary American politics and culture as well as a fitness instructor and she is author of the book Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession (https://amzn.to/48V5LGb) Is it ever too late to change your life or must you set your course early if you are ever to make something of yourself? Interestingly, researchers followed 350 students for decades – all the way into adulthood to see how they turned out. Listen as I explain how people tend to change and how those goof-offs you remember from high school are likely to end up doing pretty well. Source: Susan Krause Whitborne author of The Search for Fulfillment (https://amzn.to/3O9XuWP). PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare and find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, and more today at https://NerdWallet.com Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Dell Technologies and Intel are pushing what technology can do, so great ideas can happen! Find out how to bring your ideas to life at https://Dell.com/WelcomeToNow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It started with an old cabbage.

0:02.2

I was going to chuck it out, but my knee's resolution has been more resourceful.

0:06.6

So I searched reducing food waste on Tik-Toc and bound loads of videos on there. A Kimchi recipe really caught my eye. I gave some

0:15.8

to my neighbours and they loved it. And here I am. My first day at the local farmers

0:21.2

market with my new side hustle,

0:23.4

Colleen Kimchi.

0:25.1

Not bad for leftovers.

0:27.2

It starts on Tik-Tock.

0:31.6

Today on something you should know is a baby more likely to look like its mommy or daddy

0:38.0

then understanding culture what it is, how it changes.

0:43.0

It's important.

0:44.2

Why?

0:45.2

Because culture is the most influential force

0:48.3

on human behavior, full stop, right?

0:50.6

What we wear, what we buy, how we style our hair, what we drive, who we marry, if we marry, what

0:57.1

we eat, all these things are byproducts of our cultural subscription.

1:01.7

Also is it ever too late to really change the direction of your life?

1:06.4

And there is a fitness and exercise craze in America, but not for everyone.

1:11.1

I think that we are in this really peculiar moment

1:13.8

where everybody agrees exercise is good for you

1:16.3

and even talks about it, like it's this moral act,

1:19.6

but relatively few Americans even do the recommended minimum amount of exercise per day or per week.

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