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Popp Talk with Mary Jane Popp

Popp Talk with Mary Jane Popp

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POPP TALK! A fast-paced Magazine-style Show dedicated to keeping you on the cutting edge of today's hot button issues. The show is high energy, upbeat and entertaining. It gives you the tools to feel better, reach for that brass ring, and live longer and happier. It's Fun! It's Fascinating! It has guests from politics to health, to the stars from La La Land. It's Radio with sizzle!Copyright 2026 Mary Jane Popp Alternative & Komplementäre Medizin Beziehungen Elternschaft & Familienleben Hygiene & gesundes Leben Sozialwissenschaften
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  • Popp Talk, July 18, 2026

    Popp Talk, July 18, 2026
    Jul 19 2026
    Popp Talk with Mary Jane Popp Biotech Breakthroughs, Hidden Pain, and the Truth We Struggle to Tell Guests, Tim Harris and Michelle May A Potpourri of Health, Science, and Self-Understanding In this episode of Popp Talk, host Mary Jane Popp introduces a wide-ranging “potpourri” show covering biotechnology, health, therapy, and the hidden struggles people sometimes carry beneath the surface. She begins by setting up an interview with Tim Harris, author of In Pursuit of Unicorns: A Journey Through 50 Years of Biotechnology, and later introduces Michelle May, psychotherapist and author of What I Couldn’t Tell My Therapist. The episode moves from the evolution of biotech and medical innovation to emotional repression, chronic pain, social media misinformation, and the importance of personal responsibility. Tim Harris on Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Unicorns Mary Jane’s first guest, Tim Harris, defines biotechnology as the combination of biology and technology, beginning with recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies. He explains that his book title uses the word “unicorns” because biotech companies can become billion-dollar enterprises, though some valuations may prove more mythical than real. Harris presents biotechnology not only as a scientific field but also as a business story shaped by companies, capital, invention, risk, and the long effort to turn scientific tools into useful products. Recombinant DNA, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Gene Editing Harris walks listeners through the development of recombinant DNA, explaining how scientists learned to combine pieces of DNA and use bacteria such as E. coli to produce important proteins like insulin and growth hormone. He also explains monoclonal antibodies as single antibodies made by cloned cells, first useful for diagnostics and later for therapies. The conversation then turns to gene editing, including CRISPR-Cas9 and its use in sickle cell disease, which Harris describes as life-changing for patients whose lives revolve around managing pain and disease. Cancer, mRNA Vaccines, AI, and the Risks of Innovation Mary Jane and Harris discuss why cancer remains difficult to treat, with Harris explaining CAR T-cell therapy, its success in certain leukemias and lymphomas, and the continuing challenge of solid tumors such as breast, prostate, and colon cancer. He also connects nanotechnology to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, describing lipid nanoparticles as the delivery system for messenger RNA. The conversation expands into new COVID strains, vaccine updates, artificial intelligence, risk assessment, and the limits of prediction in biology. Harris emphasizes that while AI can help analyze data and predict viral changes, drug discovery and development remain experimental sciences. Michelle May’s Story of Chronic Pain and Repressed Emotion The second major interview features Michelle May, who shares that she woke up in 2007 with a headache that lasted six years. Doctors eventually found a Chiari malformation, and after two brain surgeries, her head pain improved dramatically. Still, some headaches remained, and May says she later learned through intensive dynamic therapy that repressed emotions also contributed to her pain. She explains that anger, grief, guilt, and love can be pushed out of awareness when people grow up in environments where certain feelings do not feel safe, but those emotions may still remain in the body. What People Cannot Tell Their Therapist May explains that the title What I Couldn’t Tell My Therapist has two meanings: the painful family stories she feared would feel like betrayal, and the truths she had not yet admitted to herself. She describes how patients may minimize or filter their experiences, especially when they love the people who hurt them. Mary Jane presses her on how therapy helps uncover those hidden barriers, and May explains that she watches for avoidance patterns, such as looking away, intellectualizing, minimizing pain, or struggling to stay connected while discussing intimacy and emotion. Pain, Anxiety, Opioids, Social Media, and Responsibility The interview broadens into the overlap between physical pain and emotional pain, with May stressing that medical causes should always be ruled out first before exploring emotional processes. She distinguishes between feelings and actions, explaining that anger is a bodily experience while harmful behavior is a choice. The conversation also covers chronic pain, opioid dependence, the mind-body connection, social media misinformation, fact-checking, political and cultural falsehoods, and the difficulty people have admitting they were wrong. The episode closes with May encouraging people to find a therapist they trust, while Mary Jane emphasizes comfort, accountability, and the need to stop blaming others when personal responsibility is required.
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    55 Min.
  • Popp Talk, July 4, 2026

    Popp Talk, July 4, 2026
    Jul 5 2026
    Popp Talk with Mary Jane Popp Kindness is the way to Happiness and Life in Performance and Reinvention Guests, Jordan Birnbaum and Victoria Summer from Disney's "Saving Mr. Banks" Kindness, Creativity, and the Courage to Keep Creating Searching for Truth, Joy, and Human Connection In this episode of Popp Talk, host Mary Jane Popp welcomes two guests: Jordan Birnbaum, a speaker, author, entrepreneur, and founder of Jordan Birnbaum Consulting, and Victoria Summer, an actress, singer, and performer known for roles including Julie Andrews in Saving Mr. Banks. Mary Jane opens by framing the program around truth, positivity, joy, and the importance of finding out what people are really about. The first half centers on kindness, happiness, social science, and human connection, while the second half shifts into Victoria Summer’s creative life, music, acting, marriage, charity work, and ongoing artistic goals. Jordan Birnbaum on Social Science and Motivation Jordan Birnbaum explains social science as the study of forces people experience every day, often intuitively, that shape mood, decisions, stress, behavior, and motivation. He says learning the names of these forces allows people to use them intentionally. His main example is loss aversion, the idea that people are often more motivated to avoid losses than to secure gains. Mary Jane challenges and expands that idea by asking whether loss can become a learning process, and Jordan agrees that failure, when understood correctly, can provide new information rather than define a person’s worth. Kindness as the Fastest Route to Happiness The discussion then turns to kindness, which Jordan defines as an intention and action meant to positively affect someone else. Mary Jane shares a personal story about giving cookies to a young neighbor who had to work on his birthday, explaining that his smile lifted her as much as it lifted him. Jordan says this is exactly how kindness works: helping someone else makes it almost impossible to remain in a bad mood. They also discuss smiling at strangers, making people feel seen, including lonely people during holidays, and being attentive to those who may be grieving, isolated, or disconnected. Technology, AI, and the Need for Real People Mary Jane and Jordan then discuss technology, phones, face-to-face communication, and artificial intelligence. Mary Jane worries that young people are losing the ability to connect directly because so much communication happens through screens. Jordan agrees that technology creates new challenges and says people now need to be more intentional about real-life connection. Their AI discussion explores job loss, creativity, sentience, ChatGPT, human mistakes, and the danger of allowing AI to replace human imagination. Jordan says generative AI can help people get past the blank page, but Mary Jane emphasizes that she still wants the human voice, human mistakes, and human judgment to remain central. Victoria Summer’s Life in Performance In the second interview, Mary Jane introduces Victoria Summer as an actress and singer whose career began early with ballet, music, pantomime, church choir, and local theater. Victoria recalls waking up as a child to play Tchaikovsky and dance before breakfast, showing how deeply classical music shaped her. She discusses Vindication Swim, the upcoming Brooklyn All-American, big-band performances, and her love of singing with an orchestra. She also explains her musical influences, especially Michael Jackson and Elton John, and why her version of “Stranger in Moscow” connects emotionally with Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road era. Role Models, Rescue Animals, Love, and Family Victoria describes her philosophy as using art to elevate people and make them happy, whether through voiceover, audiobooks, stage performance, film, or music. She also discusses her project Next Generation Role Model, created during COVID to spotlight young people doing good in the world. Mary Jane and Victoria talk about hope, dreams, writing goals down, and continuing to move toward an ideal life. Victoria also shares her love of animals, her rescued pets Bentley, Tiger, and Storm, and the story of meeting her husband, Fabrizio, in England before lockdown led them into a whirlwind relationship and eventual marriage. New Music, Charity Work, and Reinvention The conversation closes with Victoria reflecting on her career ambitions, including a desire for a musical path similar to Michael Bublé, future theater work, new music, and a developing one-woman show. She discusses playing Julie Andrews in Saving Mr. Banks, her respect for Celine Dion’s comeback, and her admiration for Tom Cruise’s passion and refusal to slow down creatively. Victoria also shares her work as a global ambassador for Teen Cancer America, including afternoon tea fundraisers. Mary Jane closes by affirming that age should never stop people from creating, reinventing themselves, or pursuing new work with ...
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    55 Min.
  • Popp Talk, July 11, 2026

    Popp Talk, July 11, 2026
    Jul 12 2026
    Popp Talk with Mary Jane Popp Hidden Symbols, Global Risks, and the Search for Truth Guests, Julia Bramer and Jon Mills Mysticism Behind Sylvia Plath’s Work Mary Jane Popp opens the program by introducing a wide-ranging episode focused on tarot, mysticism, and the future of civilization. Her first guest, Julia Bramer, discusses years of archival research into Sylvia Plath’s writings and personal materials, arguing that Plath’s poetry contains substantial evidence of occult and mystical influences. Bramer says Plath explored practices such as tarot, astrology, automatic writing, crystal gazing, bibliomancy, and the Ouija board. A Poet Beyond the Familiar Tragedy Bramer challenges the public tendency to define Sylvia Plath primarily through The Bell Jar, mental illness, and her death. She describes Plath as a complex poet shaped by family interests in mythology, alchemy, Freemasonry, and mysticism, with Ted Hughes later expanding those influences. Bramer also discusses Plath’s emotional fragility, previous suicide attempts, troubled marriage, and alleged ritualistic efforts to retaliate against Hughes, while presenting these interpretations as conclusions drawn from archival research and literary analysis. How Tarot Becomes a Language of Symbols The conversation turns to tarot history and practice. Bramer explains that the earliest surviving decks date to medieval Europe and describes the traditional belief that symbolic knowledge from Kabbalah, astrology, alchemy, and numerology was concealed within cards. She says tarot readings depend on the placement, orientation, and interaction of 78 cards, and compares the process to dream interpretation because the reader offers symbols while the client connects them to personal circumstances. Transformation Rather Than Prediction Bramer emphasizes that tarot should provide guidance rather than fixed predictions. She explains that the frequently feared death card usually represents transformation, including marriage, graduation, childbirth, or another event that permanently changes a person’s life. A reversed death card may instead suggest feeling stuck or unable to complete a desired transition. She also discusses her books Tarot Life Lessons and The Occult Sylvia Plath, which combine real client stories, personal reflections, and literary research. Civilization at a Dangerous Crossroads In the second major interview, psychoanalyst and philosopher Jon Mills discusses his book The End of the World: Civilization and Its Fate. Mills says he is concerned about the combined effects of climate disruption, warfare, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence, social inequality, and political instability. He clarifies that he is not predicting the planet’s immediate destruction, but warns that continued denial and inaction could contribute to severe social collapse. Aggression, Division, and the Need for Enemies Mills argues that human beings possess both aggressive and cooperative tendencies. He describes the search for enemies and scapegoats as part of human psychology and defines evil, for the discussion, as the deliberate infliction of pain and suffering. Popp and Mills examine political polarization, social-media disinformation, tribal thinking, and the inability to hold civil conversations with people who have different values or identities. Conversation as the First Step Forward The episode closes with Mills urging people to become more self-aware, confront uncomfortable realities, listen to opposing perspectives, and resist denial or defensiveness. He says open dialogue is essential for building a wider ecological and social consciousness. Popp summarizes the message as a call to keep working toward positive change rather than surrendering to hopelessness, fear, or division.
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    55 Min.
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