Future Tech: Almost Here, Round-the-Corner Future Technology Podcast
1,842 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Future Technologies Poised to Transform Our Lives For The Better are the focus of this podcast. Almost here means these technologies are Now Here, or Just Around The Corner. Listen to the latest future tech news & interviews, featuring Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, stem cells, regenerative medicine, Bitcoin, Blockchain & other cutting-edge stuff.
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The Gene Game – Katie Hasson, PhD, Writer, Researcher, Educator – The Political and Social Issues of Human Biotechnologies
November 06, 2019 07:26 - 28 minutes - 24.5 MBKatie Hasson, PhD, writer, speaker, researcher, educator, talks about the political and social aspects of human genetic technologies. Hasson has an active role with the Center for Genetics and Society (geneticsandsociety.org) as their Program Director on Genetic Justice. The Center for Genetics and Society is a public interest nonprofit social justice organization that seeks to ensure a fair and impartial future in which human genetic and reproductive technologies will benefit the collectiv...
Foiling Fraud – Kevin Lee, Digital Trust and Safety Architect at Sift – Using Technology to Combat Various Types of Digital Fraud
November 04, 2019 10:47 - 22 minutes - 22.2 MBKevin Lee, Digital Trust and Safety Architect at Sift (sift.com), talks about his company and their mission. As the Trust and Safety Architect at Sift Science, Lee is very involved in Sift’s core mission—securing trust and safety for the digital age. Lee is skilled in building high-performing teams and systems that will combat suspicious and malicious behaviors. Before bringing his expertise to Sift, Lee was a manager at Facebook, Square, and Google in roles pertaining to risk, and spam, as...
Prosthetic Improvements – Luke Osborn, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory – Using Technology to Improve Amputees’ Experiences with Their Prosthetics
November 04, 2019 07:48 - 34 minutes - 30.8 MBLuke Osborn, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, discusses the lab’s exciting work in modern prosthetics and biomedical engineering. Osborn is a postdoctoral researcher in the Intelligent Systems Group in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Osborn’s expertise lies in multiple scientific areas, specifically concentrated on neuroengineering and applied neuroscience. His intensive work explores the groundb...
Genetic Pathways – Dr. Theodore Piliszek, Founder and Medical Director of the Advanced Health and Wellness Center in Houston, Texas – Genetics, Health, and Disease
November 04, 2019 06:58 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBDr. Theodore S. Piliszek, founder and medical director of the Advanced Health and Wellness Center in Houston, Texas, delivers an interesting overview of his life’s work in health, wellness, and genetics research. Dr. Piliszek has over 30 years of experience in preventive medicine that has taken him to multiple continents. Dr. Piliszek is a nutritional specialist who has dedicated his life to the study and advancement of Functional Longevity Medicine and Clinical Nutrition for the prevention...
Relationship Repair – Nicola Beer, Internationally-Recognized Expert in Relationship Psychology and Transformation – Improving Relationships, Healing Trauma, and Living Your Best Life
November 04, 2019 06:38 - 24 minutes - 21.6 MBNicola Beer, internationally-recognized and award-winning expert in relationship psychology and transformation, provides an interesting overview of her work with individuals—helping people improve relationships, heal trauma, and live fuller lives. She is a leading authority on save your marriage techniques. Beer has dedicated her life to helping people repair, renew, and reinvigorate their relationships. For more than ten years, Beer has assisted thousands of men and women from many corners...
Conservation Connections – Peter H. Raven, Celebrated Botanist and Conservationist – Conservation Can’t Wait—A Serious Look at Climate Change, Population, and Future Scenarios
October 30, 2019 11:15 - 24 minutes - 24.2 MBPeter H. Raven, internationally celebrated Botanist, and Conservationist provides an interesting overview of his life’s work in the life sciences. Raven has spent the better part of his life advocating for conservation, educating the public about the grave threats to Earth’s biodiversity. His work and research are so significant that Time magazine hailed him as a “Hero for the Planet.” For four decades, Raven headed the Missouri Botanical Garden, a distinguished institution and world-class ...
Holistic Health – Samantha Gladish, Author & Holistic Wellness Coach – Making Strides Toward a Healthier Way of Living and Healing
October 30, 2019 05:52 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBSamantha Gladish, author and holistic wellness coach (holisticwellness.ca) delivers a wealth of information about holistic health and holistic wellness. As a longtime sufferer of various health issues, Gladish battled blood sugar levels, mood swings, poor digestion, and troublesome gut health, as well as tremendous PMS cramping and bloating. She endured numerous bouts with devastating migraines and day to day headaches, and she set out on a path to heal herself. Currently, Gladish is healin...
Finding Calm–Charlotte Reznick, PhD, Author, The Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success – Meditation and Mindfulness for a Healthier Life
October 30, 2019 05:35 - 36 minutes - 32.3 MBCharlotte Reznick, Ph.D., child educational psychologist, and author of the Los Angeles Times bestselling book, The Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success, provides an overview of her work in meditation and mindfulness practices. For three decades, Dr. Reznick has had a meditation practice, and she is the creator of positive coping skills, mindful program, Imagery For Kids: Breakthrough for Learning, Creativity, and Empowerment. Dr. Rezni...
Hemp Hemp Hooray – Ryan Lewis, Chief Business Developer of Global Cannabinoids – The Incredible Potential of Hemp-Derived Products
October 29, 2019 08:17 - 29 minutes - 26.1 MBRyan Lewis, Chief Business Developer of Global Cannabinoids, talks about the emerging markets for CBD and hemp-derived products. Global Cannabinoids is a high volume producer and distributor of bulk and wholesale phytocannabinoid-rich (PCR) industrial hemp—naturally high in CBD, CBG, CBC, CBN, CBDA, and terpenes. Additionally, Global Cannabinoids is a large manufacturer of private- label CBD products, one of the biggest in the US. They are a serious CBD oil distributor that is changing the ...
Working Out, For Yourself and the Planet—Rubin Mejia—SportsArt
October 28, 2019 10:35 - 20 minutes - 20.4 MBMost of us value our health, and we know that exercise can help us achieve and maintain it, but it can still be a challenge to get to the gym on a regular basis. The team at SportsArt is trying to change that by giving us one more reason to work out: we can help improve the planet by doing so. The fitness equipment manufacturer has created a product that's like nothing else on the market: a line of cardio equipment that actually generates electricity when it’s used. On today’s episode, CTO ...
Game Changer – Robin Arnott, CEO of Andromeda Entertainment – New Immersive Video Games that Seek to Provide Transformative Content in an Exciting Platform
October 28, 2019 10:29 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MBRobin Arnott, CEO of Andromeda Entertainment (enterandromeda.com), discusses his work with the next wave of gaming and the ever-expanding world of entertainment technologies. Andromeda Entertainment is the first publisher to serve the advancing interest in mindfulness and wellness with truly transformative content and amazing virtual entertainment experiences for users. Arnott talks about his background as an audio engineer and game designer. Through working in games in the entertainment t...
Diabetes Discoveries – Professor Jeffrey M. Karp, Principal Investigator, Karp Lab – Reversing Diabetes? An Amazing New Breakthrough
October 28, 2019 10:12 - 29 minutes - 29.6 MBProfessor Jeffrey M Karp, Principal Investigator, Karp Lab (karplab.net), provides an overview of the current state of diabetes treatment. Dr. Karp is a celebrated Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Additionally, Dr. Karp is a principal faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, as well as an affiliate faculty member at the Broad Institute and with the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Dr. Karp specializes in the fiel...
Managing Chronic Pain with the Oska Pulse - Dr. Jeff Marksberry, Chief Medical Officer – Oska Wellness
October 28, 2019 09:59 - 19 minutes - 19 MBIf you’ve ever experienced chronic pain, odds are that you’ve tried various solutions to mitigate that pain. Maybe you’ve found something that works. Great! If not, you may be looking for an alternative to your current therapy. One of the latest technologies in pain management utilizes painless electromagnetic pulse therapy to provide long-term pain relief. Dr. Jeff Marksberry, Chief Medical Officer of medical technology company Oska Wellness, discusses the Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Techn...
Meditation for the Busy Millennial—Andrew Feinstein—Founder and CEO of Find Your Mind Meditation
October 28, 2019 09:42 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBMany of us have heard of the numerous benefits of meditation, yet many of us have also faced numerous challenges in adopting this practice into our daily lives. Maybe we are too busy. Maybe we don’t know what we’re doing. Maybe it’s a combination of the two. Without judgment, Andrew Feinstein, founder and CEO of Find Your Mind Meditation joins us today to discuss his meditation journey as a busy young professional. He discusses how he overcame the barriers that many of us face while learnin...
On the Latest in AI Research and Development—Alexey Potapov—SingularityNET
October 25, 2019 09:20 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBSmart cities, personal assistants, and human longevity; what do each of these things have in common? They’re all—in one technical way or another—possible only by virtue of the fact that neural networks and other models for AI processing exist. Alexey Potapov, PhD, is a researcher in the area of AI at SingularityNET, and he joins the podcast to talk about a number of topics, including the limitations of neural networks and how natural symbolic networks can compensate for them, areas of resear...
Generating Genius – Robin Eric Weiner, Author
October 25, 2019 07:27 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBRobin Eric Weiner, author, The Geography of Genius, talks about his book, his interests, and why geniuses are the way they are. In The Geography of Genius, the New York Times bestselling author, Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss, journeys from Athens to Silicon Valley—and takes a look back at history to show how truly creative geniuses flourished in very specific places at very specific times. Weiner explains how we have been looking at geniuses all wrong. He talks about the myths o...
In Tune to Autoimmune – Josep Bassaganya-Riera, DVM, PhD, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Landos Biopharma – Safer Therapeutics for Autoimmune Disease
October 25, 2019 06:54 - 33 minutes - 32.9 MBJosep Bassaganya-Riera, DVM, PhD, founder, Chairman and CEO of Landos Biopharma, delivers a fact-filled overview of his company’s work, developing safer therapeutics for autoimmune disease. Dr. Bassaganya-Riera has received numerous research grants from a wide variety of science and health institutions, including the National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), as well as many industrial corporations. Dr. Bassaganya-Riera holds the title of Principal In...
Medical Gamer – Samantha Bond, Certified Medical Illustrator & Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago – Exciting and Educational Medical Games for Learning and Training
October 25, 2019 06:25 - 28 minutes - 24.2 MBSamantha “Sam” Bond is a Certified Medical Illustrator and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago. In this podcast, Bond discusses her work, and her excitement about illustration, medical game development, and much more. Sam Bond wears many diverse hats in the business world. She is a successful medical illustrator, Unity developer, and innovative interactive designer. In 2016, Bond graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Master's of Scie...
Why Healthcare Should Come Naturally – Dr. Joseph Mercola – Mercola.com
October 24, 2019 05:40 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBAfter obtaining his medical degree, Dr. Joseph Mercola practiced conventional medicine for about five or six years before discovering more natural approaches that were actually more effective for improving his patients’ health, allowing him to heal people that other healthcare professionals couldn’t. When people began coming from around the world seeking his help, he decided to create a website that would allow him to educate a greater number of people. Dr. Mercola is passionate about improv...
Ketone Kaleidoscope – Steve Zarpas, President and CEO of PHK Inc. – The Amazing Benefits of Ketone Supplementation
October 23, 2019 10:58 - 34 minutes - 30.5 MBSteve Zarpas, President and CEO at PHK Inc. (phketo.com) discusses ketones, and his company’s mission. Zarpas’ company, PowerHouse Ketones is a beverage company that features 100% bioavailable, all-natural ketones that mimic ketones that our livers naturally produce. Steve attended George Washington University where he majored in the scientific areas of chemistry and biology. Zarpas talks about his early interest in ketones, and the exciting new field of exogenous ketone supplementation tha...
Transforming the Way We Look at Disaster Response – Tony Cowan – Clinics on Wheels
October 23, 2019 10:16 - 30 minutes - 26.7 MBDuring the Ebola outbreak in Africa in 2014, a response camp was designed in order to create a clinical environment that included observation bays, recovery bays, and areas for isolation. When the project didn’t go through at the last minute, the assets in place had to be burned due to an inability to disinfect the canvas structures that made up the camp. Not only is this an unsustainable use of resources, but the lack of pre-existing medical public health infrastructure created conditions c...
Deep Thoughts About Nutrition - Dr. Cate Shanahan – drcate.com
October 22, 2019 11:16 - 38 minutes - 37.5 MBAround 2001, Dr. Cate Shanahan acquired a mysterious pain and inflammation in her knee, which her medical providers could not explain and even surgery could not fix. The pain sometimes made her febrile and even unable to walk. When she finally learned that it was caused by a virus in her knee resulting from a diet she had once believed to be healthy, she became inspired to learn more. A medical professional herself, Dr. Cate is familiar with the nutritional science training, or lack thereo...
This Company Has Our Hearts – Steven Morris – BIOLIFE4D
October 22, 2019 09:35 - 31 minutes - 27.1 MBBIOLIFE4D is back to tell us more about the technology they are using to create a bioengineered heart! In the United States, there are about 200,000 people who could use a heart transplant to save their lives, but only about 3,500 heart transplants take place each year. This discrepancy is due to a lack of viable donor hearts. BIOLIFE4D is addressing this problem by developing the technology to create a heart out of the cells of the very patient who will receive the heart for transplantat...
Autofocals: A New Way of Looking at the World—Nitish Padmanaban—PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
October 22, 2019 07:19 - 19 minutes - 18.7 MBAccording to Nitish Padmanaban, the problem in vision is deceivingly simple: as a person ages, the lenses in their eyes stiffen and become unable to change shape enough to focus on different objects in their environment. As a result, a person might get reading or bifocal lenses to help them see what they need to. As a fifth-year Ph.D. student at Stanford University, Padmanaban is working on a unique solution to this problem, which is a focused, tunable lens that replaces the functionality th...
AI Advancing – Gary Marcus, Scientist, Entrepreneur, and Author – Discussing the Current State, and Future, of AI and Learning
October 21, 2019 11:07 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBGary Marcus, the scientist, entrepreneur, and author of the buzz-worthy book, Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust, talks about the current state of AI and learning. Marcus is a scientist, first and foremost, and his extensive research has often focused on natural and artificial intelligence. Marcus was Founder and CEO of Geometric Intelligence, a successful machine learning company that was acquired by Uber. Marcus talks about his background, and his early interest i...
A Chiropractor Conversation – Dr. Amelia Mazgaloff, Principal, Chiro-Health, Inc.
October 21, 2019 10:14 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBDr. Amelia Mazgaloff, principal, Chiro-Health, Inc. (chirohealthsf.com), provides an overview of her work as a chiropractor, helping people heal their nervous system. Dr. Mazgaloff holds a master’s degree in physical education and kinesiology (the study of human movement). She completed her education in X-ray technology and began her tenure at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, a top-rated spine orthopedic hospital. Dr. Mazgaloff discusses joint pain and inflammation, and how c...
Combatting Cancer – Charles J. Meakin, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Care Oncology Clinic USA – Finding New Ways to Fight Cancer, Combinations of Drugs, and Rethinking Treatment
October 21, 2019 07:21 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBCharles J. Meakin, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Care Oncology Clinic USA, provides an overview of his life’s work in oncology and research. Dr. Meakin amassed 30 years of radiation oncology practice before joining Care Oncology in the summer of 2019. Dr. Meakin is interested in health optimization strategies and uses his extensive oncology background to develop and implement ‘whole patient’ care. Dr. Meakin completed his premed education at Notre Dame University, Medical School at the Univers...
Radiation Reaper – Trisha Pritikin, Lawyer and Radiation Exposure Survivor – Radiation Danger: The Health Calamity of Dangerous Radiation-Dispersing Plants and Facilities
October 17, 2019 05:59 - 39 minutes - 34.7 MBTrisha Pritikin, lawyer, and radiation exposure survivor talks in-depth about her past health problems, causes, and her efforts to educate the public about the dangers of radiation exposure. Trisha Pritikin was born and raised in Richland, Washington, just a couple miles from the Hanford Site, a decommissioned nuclear production complex that was operated by the United States government, on the Columbia River in Benton County, Washington. Her father worked around the reactors, overseeing ope...
Rethinking Dentistry – Dr. Hanan Elsaie, Voted One of ‘America's Top Dentists’ – Modern Dentistry Practices and Procedures with a Holistic Approach
October 16, 2019 12:09 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MBDr. Hanan Elsaie voted one of ‘America's Top Dentists’ discusses her background, goals, and extensive work in dentistry. Dr. Elsaie is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center - Dental Branch, in Houston. Dr. Elsaie is skilled in all areas of general dentistry, and she specializes in general and cosmetic dentistry. Dr. Elsaie received the honorific—‘one of America’s Top Dentists’— Consumers’ Research Council of America, Guide to America’s Top Dentists. Dr. Elsaie discuss...
The Big Science Question – Perry Marshall, Marketing Expert, Engineer, Entrepreneur, and General Scientific Enthusiast – The Quest for Scientific Explanations—Origin of Life
October 16, 2019 10:27 - 38 minutes - 35 MBPerry Marshall, a marketing expert, engineer, entrepreneur, and general scientific enthusiast, talks about the current state of scientific development, approaches, and practices. Marshall’s sought-after consulting service provides independent entrepreneurs an opportunity to take part in high-level mentoring groups, to solve problems, and find exciting pathways to incredible success. Though Marshall’s lifetime of marketing and business knowledge, he has developed a system that delivers state...
Wild Ride – Joshua Perry, Keto Consultant, Former Professional Athlete, Coach – Sage Advice and Consulting from a Former BMX Champ Who, Today, Rides for Team Health
October 16, 2019 07:51 - 28 minutes - 29.3 MBJoshua Perry, keto consultant, former professional athlete, coach, and brain tumor survivor, (<a href="http://joshperrybmx.com">joshperrybmx.com</a>) talks about his life and work as a keto consultant and public speaker. Perry provides some background on his life and interests, starting out with his high school years, and how he found a love for BMX (bike motocross). He talks in-depth about his competition years, and how regular pain, nausea, and vision loss caused him to look deeper into h...
Healing Your Home – Paula Baker-Laporte FAIA, Architect, EcoNest Architecture Inc. Healthy Home Design and Consulting – Taking Control of Your Environment Via Healthy, Green Architecture, and the Simple Changes We Can All Make to Improve Health
October 14, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutes - 21.9 MBPaula Baker-Laporte FAIA, Architect, EcoNest Architecture Inc. Healthy Home Design and Consulting, discusses her important work in the emerging arena of healthy, green architecture. Baker-Laporte holds degrees from the School of Architecture at the University of Toronto, and The International Institute of Bau-Biologie and Ecology. Baker-Laporte’s firm is dedicated to environmentally sound and health-enhancing architecture. She is a noted advocate for environmentally-sound architecture and w...
Helping Healing – Cass Nelson-Dooley, M.S., Owner and CEO of Health First Consulting, LLC – The Microbiome, Plant Diversity, and Natural Pathways to Healing
October 14, 2019 06:54 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBCass Nelson-Dooley, M.S., owner and CEO of Health First Consulting, LLC, discusses her work and research into the microbiome and beyond. Nelson-Dooley has conducted extensive research into the pharmacology of medicinal plants at the University of Georgia and AptoTec, Inc, and she was an innovator at Metametrix Clinical Laboratory as well as Genova Diagnostics. Nelson-Dooley is passionate about human health, passionate about improving it through a comprehensive approach that addresses the m...
Psilocybin Salvation – Alan K. Davis, PhD, of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University – Unlocking the Power of Magic Mushrooms in a Clinical Setting that Could Offer New Hope for Depression Sufferers
October 14, 2019 06:28 - 26 minutes - 26.6 MBAlan K. Davis, PhD, of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University, discusses his important work researching the powerful and positive effects of psilocybin on depression sufferers. Dr. Davis has vast clinical experience in multiple areas and he regularly works with people who are dealing with trauma-based psychological problems, including addiction, PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Dr. Davis discusses his research, and his work as a guide for psychedeli...
Putting You (And Your Baby) To Sleep—Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg, Sleep Psychologist
October 11, 2019 09:57 - 48 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode, we hear from Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg, sleep psychologist and assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Schneeberg works with adults who suffer from sleeping disorders and helps educate and coach guardians of children who struggle with sleep. Today’s conversation is focused on helping babies and children to have better sleep health. Dr. Schneeberg tells us that the most common sleep challenge for children is behavioral insomnia, which may be ...
Saving the Planet – Louise Charles, Communications Manager at Climeworks – CO2 Removal Technology to Help Combat Global Warming
October 10, 2019 07:43 - 25 minutes - 23 MBLouise Charles, Communications Manager at Climeworks (climeworks.com), provides an overview of how Climeworks’ technology is helping with CO2 removal from the atmosphere. Louise is a multilingual, expert communications specialist with vast experience working cross-culturally in communications, project management, as well as translation. Louise discusses the history and founding of Climeworks and how it has grown to a company of seventy employees to date. Louise discusses their innovative C...
Cannabis Concepts – Edward Sawicki Jr., MBA, Chief Executive Officer at Think20 Labs, LLC – Unlocking the Many and Various Medical Uses for Cannabis
October 10, 2019 06:55 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBEdward Sawicki Jr., MBA, Chief Executive Officer at Think20 Labs, LLC (think20labs.com), discusses his vision for the future of cannabis. Sawicki’s mission is to help expand personalized medicine and ensure safety for consumers in the cannabis market. He is a cannabis advocate and is heavily involved in the education of consumers about the many benefits of cannabis. Sawicki has a rich background in the biotech space assisting with lab design for DNA-sequencing and molecular biology labs. S...
The Future of Surgery – Sean Buchanan, Co-Founder of Visom Technology, Inc. – How Innovative Technology Will Change Modern Surgery for the Better
October 09, 2019 09:50 - 25 minutes - 25.8 MBSean Buchanan, co-founder of Visom Technology, Inc. (visomtech.com), talks in detail about the incredible AR + AI software-enabled technology that his company offers. Visom’s mission is to enable surgery without any compromise whatsoever. By bringing together AR + AI software, Visom is innovating how surgeons can see and operate, by overlaying important images directly over patients which places crucial information surgeons need right in their easy view. Buchanan talks about Visom’s missio...
Mood Tracking Made Easy—Dan Seidler—Misu.app
October 09, 2019 09:31 - 30 minutes - 32.1 MBAfter being diagnosed with a serious mental health condition eight years ago, Dan Seidler began to track his mood at the recommendation of his psychiatrist. The idea was that the more he could understand aspects of his experience, such as what triggers his anxiety or depression, the better he could deal with managing it, the better he could work with his mental health providers, and the better he could regulate his own behaviors in a way that could reduce his symptoms. This mood tracking p...
The Heart of the Matter:—Dr. Jeffrey Morgan—BIOLIFE4D
October 09, 2019 09:09 - 29 minutes - 28 MBRight now, there are thousands of people who need a heart transplant, yet there are not nearly enough organs available to meet that need. Additionally, those who do receive a donor heart run the risk of rejection and must on lifelong immunosuppressants, which consequently makes them more susceptible to infection. As Dr. Jeffrey Morgan, M.D., says, with the methods we have in place today, heart transplant recipients are essentially trading one disease for another. Dr. Morgan is the Chief Med...
Clearing the Mind – Adele Anderson, Life Coach, Destiny Coach, and Neuro-Linguistic Programmer – How Coaching and Neuro-Linguistic Programming Can Help to Open New Pathways for Healing and Success
October 08, 2019 10:06 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MBAdele Anderson, life coach, destiny coach, and neuro-linguistic programmer, talks about her passion for helping others and the transformative work she engages in with all her clients. Adele provides an overview of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and shares her insights about how it can help to change neuropathways in the mind, to learn and accelerate learning, and actually install the ‘excellence’ of others. She explains the science behind NLP and cites examples of groups of people who ...
Seeking Sleep – Biquan Luo, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO of Lumos – The Sleep Mask That Could Help Put an End to Jet Lag and Chronic Fatigue
October 08, 2019 06:53 - 42 minutes - 36.3 MBBiquan Luo, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO of Lumos (<a href="https://lumos.tech/">https://lumos.tech/</a>) provides an overview of her company’s incredible Lumos Smart Sleep Mask and its companion mobile app that have been precisely designed to provide sleeper-specific solutions for those who suffer from jet lag, generalized chronic fatigue, or anyone who is seeking a better sleep solution. Luo received an undergraduate degree from Peking University in China and her doctorate in Biology from the...
Sifting Out the Dead Ends: How B2B Technology Companies Can Focus Sales Efforts on the Those Most Likely to Buy - Tukan Das - LeadSift
October 08, 2019 06:02 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBTukan Das knows that if you are in a B2B technology company, it is nearly impossible to confidently identify which organizations will buy your product. While such a problem can be ameliorated through manual research, the process can be tedious and time-consuming. For this reason, he and his team at LeadSift have found a way to identify signals and collect data from public web spaces in order to help you determine which organizations are worth focusing your sales efforts on. Listen in to lear...
The Environmental Equation – Thomas E. Lovejoy, Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation – Conservation, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and the Future of the Planet
October 08, 2019 06:00 - 28 minutes - 29.3 MBThomas E. Lovejoy, Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation and the “Godfather of Biodiversity,” delivers a thoroughly interesting overview of his environmental conservation work and scientific research. Lovejoy discusses his interest in biodiversity and environmental science. As he explains, he had an early interest in animals, and after taking his first biology course he was hooked. Lovejoy talks about his work in graduate school, and how he was then motivated to travel and understa...
Policy Matters – Stephen Ezell, Vice President of Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation – Public Policy, Innovation, and Economic Growth
October 08, 2019 05:42 - 32 minutes - 33.1 MBStephen Ezell, Vice President of global innovation policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, provides an overview of public policy and the innovations in technology that are impacting economic growth and security. As Vice President of global innovation policy, Ezell is focused on trade, international competitiveness, science and technology policy, as well as manufacturing and services issues. Ezell discusses his background and explains the mission of the Information Te...
Success Through Daily Coaching—Scott Smith—The Daily Boost Podcast
October 07, 2019 09:41 - 24 minutes - 21.3 MBScott Smith, creator, and host of the Daily Boost podcast joins us to discuss the philosophies that he shares daily with listeners of the Daily Boost. His aim with these brief but uplifting episodes is to help listeners overcome obstacles, find their purpose, and find motivation; these concepts can be applied to both business and personal ventures. Each day, Scott delivers important messages on personal growth, productivity, procrastination, developing relationships, and more. With over 10...
Measuring Metabolites in Sickness and Health—Alessandra Sussulini, Ph.D. —University of Campinas, Brazil
October 07, 2019 09:10 - 26 minutes - 22.8 MBAs an assistant professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Campinas, Brazil, Dr. Alessandra Sussulini studies metabolomics, which describes the set of all metabolites—such as sugars, lipids, and amino acids—in an organism and considers how those metabolites change under specific conditions. For example, what are the type and quantity of metabolites in a person who is in a state of health versus disease? How might metabolite populations change during or after treatment for a speci...
Crowding Out the Bad with the Good: Forming Microbial Alliances for Better Health—Alex Lewin—Health Strategist and Author
October 07, 2019 07:54 - 51 minutes - 45.8 MBOlives, chocolate, beer, and bread; what do these things have in common? They are all either started or driven by fermentation, the process by which—simply put—bacteria are deliberately introduced to an environment in order to crowd out harmful bacteria. Alex Lewin, health strategist and author, explains why he finds fermentation both fascinating and empowering. As the author of two books on the subject, Kombucha, Kefir, and Beyond, and Real Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food wit...
Becoming Indistractable: Forming Healthy Habits and Overcoming Distractions—Nir Eyal—Author
October 07, 2019 07:52 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBThe temptation of smartphones is undeniable. Let’s say you’re having dinner with your family or friends as you feel the familiar buzz of a text message arriving to your phone. You could be having the most fascinating discussion, yet once that notification pops up, the temptation to check that notification is almost overwhelming. Many of us would be tempted to glance down if only to see who it was messaging us. These interruptions, however brief, can completely derail our train of thought and...
The Network of Life—Nathalie Gontier—Applied Evolutionary Epistemology Lab, University of Lisbon, Portugal
October 07, 2019 05:35 - 35 minutes - 30.9 MBClassic Darwinism places organisms at the center of evolutionary theory, positing that natural selection is the sole mechanism by which evolution occurs. In the 1970s, the ideas within Richard Dawkins’ book, The Selfish Gene, initiated the first shift away from this by arguing that the true unit of natural selection is not the organism itself but the genes within the organism. Today, the way we understand evolution continues to change to include many more mechanisms of it. Nathalie Gontier,...