Bryan Rumble, Black Belt, Clinical Epidemiologist, Dungeon Master - Beyond the Belt #6

Bryan Rumble is a clinical epidemiologist who focuses his work on genital urinary cancers. He has also had a life long fascination with science fiction and fantasy; both in written form as well as table top games.   Episode Links: Beltchecker: https://www.beltchecker.com/profile.php?id=4763 Twitter/X: https://x.com/BryanRumble Personal Instagram: https://instagram.com/@bryanrumble Rumble Academy: https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Rumble-Academy-100057419059340/ PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=RUMBLE+RB ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R-Rumble LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-bryan-rumble-690a9630 Good Reads: https://btb.fan/6-gr   Additional Notes: Martha Wells - Murderbot: https://btb.fan/6-bk1 William Gibson - Neuromancer: https://btb.fan/6-bk2 EE Doc Smith - Triplanetary: https://btb.fan/6-bk3 Ursula K Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness: https://btb.fan/6-bk4 Robert Heinlein - I Will Fear No Evil: https://btb.fan/6-bk5 Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone: This is How You Lose the Time War: https://btb.fan/6-bk6 Sylvain Neuvel - A History of What Comes Next: https://btb.fan/6-bk7 qntm - There is No Antimemetics Division: https://btb.fan/6-bk8 Peter Watts - Blindsight: https://btb.fan/6-bk9   Contact: Be a Guest: https://btb.fan/newguest   Outline: 00:00 Intro 00:34 Journey to Black Belt 05:36 Teaching and Responsibility as a Black Belt 08:54 The Gauntlet: A Unique Initiation 24:18 What does a Clinical Epidemiologist Do? 31:10 Bryan's Contributions to Science 38:48 Future Directions in Cancer Research 43:55 The Specifics of Cancer 46:01 Scientific Method 49:29 From Science to Science Fiction: Tabletop Games 52:37 What is Dungeon and Dragons? 55:14 Exploring Humanity Through Role-Playing Games 59:56 The Power of Storytelling in Gaming 01:01:53 Being the Main Character in a Story 01:03:18 Science Fiction Reading 01:05:14 Science Fiction is Social Commentary 01:12:40 Inspiration and Reading as an Adult 01:16:27 Life Lessons from Martial Arts and Gaming 01:19:03 How to Find Bryan 01:19:58 Outro   Podcast Links: Podcast Website: https://www.beyondthebeltpod.com/ Spotify: https://btb.fan/spotify Apple Podcasts: https://btb.fan/apple RSS: https://btb.fan/rss   Social: Instagram: https://instagram.com/@beyondthebeltpod Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@beyondthebeltpod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@beyondthebeltpod Facebook: https://btb.fan/fb