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299 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe humans behind the big ideas shaping our world. Inspiration and help for future creators of big ideas and for all those who love big ideas and great stories.
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Refresh Your Cells?
May 16, 2019 15:07 - 39 minutes - 46.1 MBIra Pastor, ideaXme longevity and ageing ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Matthew Roberts PhD, MBA, Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of ChromaDex. They discuss new innovative research into the restoration and repair of metabolic homeostasis, "refreshing your cells". Ira Pastor comments: There has been quite a bit of activity over the past few years in one niche of the aging biotechnology community that has to do with damage repair, and when we mention “dama...
Dive into the future with Blue Abyss, astronaut training facility!
May 09, 2019 10:21 - 39 minutes - 29.8 MBDive into the future with Blue Abyss, astronaut training facility John Vickers, Leader of Blue Abyss, the UK Astronaut Training Facility Talks About His Vision for the Future of Commercial Human Spaceflight. Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador interviews John Vickers, CEO Blue Abyss. Ana Guzman comments: John Vickers, CEO of Blue Abyss, astronaut training facility Recently, I had the pleasure in conducting an ideaXme interview with John Vickers, CEO of Blue Abyss in the UK. Blue Abyss...
ExoAtlet: Enabling people with disabilities to walk!
May 07, 2019 10:57 - 33 minutes - 39.3 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Ekaterina Bereziy, CEO and founder of ExoAtlet, an organisation that develops medical exoskeletons to enable people with disabilities walk again. Ira Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador left. Ekaterina Bereziy, CEO and co-founder ExoAtlet. Enabling the disabled Ira Pastor comments: On the past ideaXme shows, we have spent time on the different hierarchical levels of the aging process, speakin...
LIVE FAST. DIE OLD: Fighting back against ageism!
May 05, 2019 17:23 - 34 minutes - 41.7 MBLIVE FAST. DIE OLD! Ira Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews David Harry Stewart, Founder and CEO AGEIST-"Live Fast. Die Old", a global movement and media brand fighting back against ageism, which focuses on the generation of people age 50 and over who are living longer and "better than before". Revolution which is taking place in getting old They promise to change perceptions of this age group, in fact to disrupt society's view of this secto...
Super 'human like' computer
April 29, 2019 16:05 - 46 minutes - 56.3 MBideaXme interviews Stephen Furber, Creator of SpiNNaker, a super human like computer and ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, at the University of Manchester. Andrea Macdonald, founder ideaXme [00:05:54] Who are you? Stephen Furber, ICL Professor [00:05:58] I'm ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, in the School of Computer Science at The University of Manchester in the UK. I was brought up in Manchester in North Cheshire, South Manchester. I went to school at Manchester G...
Exploring the Human-Animal Connection For Health and Wellness!
April 29, 2019 11:54 - 44 minutes - 52.6 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Philip Tedeschi, executive director of the Institute for Human-Animal Connection at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work. They explore the human-animal connection that not only enhances human health but the existence of all living things on this planet. Philip Tedeschi, executive director of the Institute for Human-Animal Connection at the University of Denver. Learn why some of Tede...
Blast off to a better life: Dr. Mindy Howard astronaut trainer explains how!
April 23, 2019 12:05 - 47 minutes - 55.3 MBAndrea Macdonald, founder ideaXme Ltd interviews Dr. Mindy Howard astronaut trainer. Listen to this interview to discover Dr. Mindy Howard's path to becoming an astronaut trainer. Learn of her current role as astronaut trainer for Blue Abyss and AdvancingX Career Astronauts. Moreover, hear her advice for Yumna Majeed, for B.S (Hons) in Medical Laboratory Technology at Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore and ideaXme's first student space ambassador, who would like to become the first femal...
Rebel Girl: Francesca Cavallo talks of empowering rebel girls across the world.
April 23, 2019 08:56 - 32 minutes - 31.3 MBRebel Girl: Empowers girls to be rebels Hollie Fraser ideaXme literature reading and writing ambassador interviews Francesca Cavallo, co-author of Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls and co-founder of Timbuktu Labs. This is an incredible human story, moreover a "how to" case study of powerful methodology and strategy to launch a successful global campaign to win world-wide public support for a business that moves the human story forward. Resilience and determination of 2 rebel girls It ...
How to build a new heart: Off the shelf replacement organs in the future?
April 19, 2019 09:46 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Doris A. Taylor Director Texas Heart Institute. Ira Pastor left. Doris A Taylor right. Watch on YouTube here. Ira Pastor comments: For the last few months we’ve been profiling many cutting edge bio-molecular technologies in the pipeline and moving us into a 21st century curative model. These breakthroughs promise to have a major impact on the many of the chronic degenerative diseases responsible for hum...
Super 'Human Like' Computer
April 16, 2019 14:40 - 46 minutes - 56.3 MBAndrea Macdonald, founder ideaXme Ltd. interviews Stephen Furber, ICL Professor, Computer Engineering at the University of Manchester and Creator of SpiNNaker. SpiNNaker is short for Spiking Neural Network Architecture. It is a super 'human like' computer in the planning for 20 years. A neural network computer, the current main focus of which is to advance knowledge of neural processing in the brain. Andrea Macdonald, founder ideaXme Ltd left. Stephen Furber ICL Professor Computer Engine...
Digital Medicine Moonshots Solve Major World Health Challenges?
April 14, 2019 15:34 - 26 minutes - 31.9 MBIra Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr Oliver Harrison, CEO Telefónica, Alpha Health. Ira Pastor left. Oliver Harrison, right. Find the video interview here Ira Pastor comments: The year is now 2019, and we have surpassed $7 trillion in total annual healthcare expenditures around the globe. We’re spending close to a $1 trillion a year on pharmaceutical products and hundreds of billions on diagnostics. As an industry, the health secto...
THINK for yourself: Move the human story forward!™
April 10, 2019 09:17 - 33 minutes - 24.6 MBTwo students, Mohammad Asadi Lari, co- founder (with Dr Sacha Noukhovich) of the Stem Fellowship and Mohit Sodhi founder YNOTFORTOTS discuss what it takes to move the human story forward!™ ideaXme Ltd. Credits: Interview audio and text by Mohit Sodhi and Mohammad Asadi Lari Think for yourself! Guest interviewers Mohammad Lari and Mohit Sodhi: Today we are constantly bombarded with news and information. This can be very overwhelming to many, especially the younger generation. We are succ...
Access to all medication from anywhere in the world?
April 07, 2019 07:03 - 33 minutes - 40 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Sjaak Vink founder and CEO TheSocialMedwork "I’m the Chief Empowerment Officer at the disruptive health startup TheSocialMedwork.com, the first patients' buyers club for the latest, lifesaving approved medicines". Sjaak Vink, founder TheSocialMedwork. Providing access to medications from anywhere TheSocialMedwork is a social enterprise that helps people to access the latest medicines, no matter where th...
Genius of Genetics: Talks gene therapies, synthetic organisms and life beyond earth!
April 04, 2019 11:22 - 30 minutes - 25.3 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews George Church, "Father of synthetic biology" Professor Harvard Medical Center and MIT, founder Personal Genomes and co-founder of eGenesis and Editas. "I grew up without any scientists in my life" Professor George Church, comments in his ideaXme interview. Pioneer in the field of genetics As well as being "the father of synthetic biology", Professor Church's innovations have contributed to nearly all "ne...
Courageous approach to fight aging and cancer: Senolytics
March 31, 2019 11:09 - 32 minutes - 39.2 MBIra Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Peter de Keizer Assistant Professor Senescence UMC Utrecht and Scientific Founder Cleara Biotech. They talk of the breakthrough science of senolytics and how it shows promise to fight aging and cancer in humans. Interview on ideaXme's YouTube channel. Senolytics to fight aging and cancer Senescent cells remain present in the body and form a prelude to cancer. Evidence indicates that the removal of senes...
Serious Comedy. Seriously Dramatic Film!
March 28, 2019 10:35 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBStephen Spender ideaXme arts ambassador, singer songwriter and actor interviews Gary Burns, award winning Canadian writer and director with a formidable track record in making comedy, now turning his hand to making dramatic feature films with the launch of his new movie Man Running. Watch the trailer of Man Running. "Winning combination of sharp performances, crisp cinematography, along with some judicious editing managed to win me over" North Hollywood Review comments on Man Running S...
What makes the brave, BRAVE? Status Row explains
March 25, 2019 16:34 - 30 minutes - 37.1 MBAmy Jones ideaXme bravery ambassador and founder of Recollect interviews team Status Row, a trio of incredibly brave and relatively inexperienced female rowers who rowed 3,000 miles in The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2018. Her objective, to discover: "What made them so brave?" Team Status Row, Photographic Credit: Ted Martin Bravery moves the human story forward. We make progress as a species through individuals pushing themselves beyond their comfort zones. This is the first in...
Drug discoveries: Translation to disease management protocols for patients
March 22, 2019 12:00 - 33 minutes - 24.8 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews John LaMattina, Senior Partner PureTech Health and former President of R&D Pfizer. They talk of drug discoveries and treatments and the process of translating them to disease management protocols for patients. Ira Pastor comments: On the last few shows, we have spent time on the different hierarchical levels of the aging process and diseases of aging. We've discussed topics from the genome, to tissue leve...
Massive Human Processing Power Creates Scientific Breakthroughs: Metformin for anti-aging and beyond!
March 20, 2019 15:41 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Jahahreeh Finley, a life science patent attorney with a difference! Jahahreeh makes, connections, both intellectual and intuitive to produce powerful scientific breakthroughs in life sciences. He has recently authored several publications "likely have an immeasurable impact on the assessment of disease ethology". Jahahreeh Finley's Blog: Access to his research Scientific breakthroughs and innovation In ...
"Future Technologies For End of Life?"
March 18, 2019 13:10 - 42 minutes - 50.8 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Philip Nitschke Ph.D, MBBS, BSc (Hons) often referred to as "the Elon Musk of assisted suicide". Is access to end of life technologies a human right? Pastor investigates Nitschke's work as founder of Exit International and his vision: "That every adult of sound mind has the right to implement plans for the end of their life, so that their death is reliable, peaceful and at a time of their choosing". Hist...
Pain Control For A Post Opioid World
March 17, 2019 11:35 - 26 minutes - 31.9 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Professor Peter A McNaughton, Kings College London. Ira Pastor's objective is to investigate pain control in a post opioid world. McNaughton is Professor of Pharmacology, a senior scientist heading a group which aims to discover more about the molecular basis of pain. He heads research projects in several areas plus two drug discovery programmes in which they seek to develop new drugs to inhibit some of t...
This could add 15 healthy years to 1 million people?
March 13, 2019 17:23 - 34 minutes - 41.9 MBIra Pastor ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Tassilo Weber, *co-founder of Yolife. Ira Pastor comments: There’s a term used in the life extension movement known as “Longevity Escape Velocity” (LEV) - sometimes referred to as Actuarial Escape Velocity. It is a hypothetical situation which assumes that describes that at some future time human life expectancy will be extended longer than the time that is passing. For instance, in some given year X, in ...
Living on Mars: What's it like to live on the Red Planet?
March 08, 2019 12:02 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBAndrzej Stewart talks with Ana Guzman about Living on Mars Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador interviews Andrzej Stewart, HI-SEAS 4, simulating living on Mars, Chief Engineering Officer, aerosystems engineer NASA and aspiring astronaut. Stewart has extensive experience in spacecraft mission operations; spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control; modeling and simulation; and software development and maintenance. He earned Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and m...
The WAR on Cancer #2: Integrated Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy
March 05, 2019 09:37 - 37 minutes - 44.5 MBDr Dario Altieri and his WAR on cancer Ira Pastor, ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr Dario Altieri, President and Chief Executive Officer The Wistar Institute and Director Wistar Cancer Center. They talk of integrated prevention, diagnosis and therapy to fight the war on cancer. Discover Dr Altieri's career, scientific research, whom he would like to meet and why he thinks "Science shouldn't belong to anybody!". Ira Pastor comments: In the la...
Courageous Ideas and Breakthrough Science: A Revolutionary Impact on Human Health
March 02, 2019 15:34 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBIra Pastor, ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Gerald Pollack, Professor Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle. Life is water: Breakthrough Science Ira comments: The last few shows we have spent time on different hierarchical levels the biologic-architecture of the life and aging process. We’ve talked about the genome, the micro-biome, the macro-biome, the whole organism and its interaction with its external environment, even dabbled in t...
Quantum Biology - An Untapped Realm to Enhance Human Life
March 02, 2019 10:21 - 42 minutes - 49.9 MBIra Pastor ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Johnjoe McFadden, Professor Molecular Genetics, University of Surrey. They explore the "spooky" world of quantum biology and its potential to improve life of Earth. Moreover, both discuss Professor McFadden's work in this untapped realm of science and the questions he seeks to answer. The importance of quantum biology - a largely untapped realm of science Question: "What is it about life that makes it so ...
Fighting Aging With Stress, Randomness, Complexity and Usefulness
February 26, 2019 16:42 - 39 minutes - 30.7 MBHow to fight aging? Ira Pastor founder of Bioquark and ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador interviews Dr. Marios Kyriazis, a biomedical gerontologist, candidate for the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2017, medical doctor and founder of ELPIs Foundation for Indefinite Lifespans. Fighting aging Ira Pastor comments: The last few ideaXme shows have focused on different hierarchical levels of what we refer to as the biologic-architecture of the aging process. We’ve spent some time talking about t...
Studying evolution to banish aging. A new frontier in gerontological drug development
February 26, 2019 16:03 - 1 hour - 92.2 MB"I would say that individuals born in the second half of the 21 century could live for centuries in quite good health." Professor Michael Rose. Discover the scientific theory behind his hypothesis to banish aging. The interview: How to banish aging Ira Pastor, ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Michael Rose, Distinguished Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine and Founder and Chief Scientist Lyceum Pharmaceutical...
Do mosquitoes offer potential to fight human disease?
February 26, 2019 11:15 - 37 minutes - 30.5 MBIra Pastor ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr John (Jose) Mejia, MD and founder of Ectocrine Technologies to evaluate mosquitoes as a drug delivery system and their saliva offering potential to cure human disease. Ira Pastor comments: Could we eradicate many diseases with Mosquitoes? The common #mosquito , while being responsible for up to a million human deaths each year, may paradoxically also hold biochemical secrets in its ectocrine secretion...
A way to fight aging and increase lifespan?
February 06, 2019 11:56 - 32 minutes - 37.9 MBIra Pastor founder of Bioquark and ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador interviews Dr Michael Lustgarten author Microbial Burden. Ira Pastor: Throughout the 20th century, natural products (primarily those from plants, fungi, and bacteria) formed the basis for a majority of pharmaceuticals, biologics, and consumer healthcare products used by patients around the globe, generating trillions of dollars of wealth. However, many scientists believe we have only touched the surface of what th...
Using the power of art and science to fight climate change
November 23, 2018 15:25 - 33 minutes - 40 MBUsing the power of art and science to fight climate change Ben Whitehouse, artist and founder of SkyDay talks of his global mission and citizen art work, launched on 21 September 2017 and installed on the International Space Station in 2018, to tackle climate change. ideaXme asks why and how is he using the power of art and science combined to fight climate change? What gives him hope that this initiative will change people's behaviour? How did he become so brave? Why fight climate chan...
Caroline Dubois, boxing gold medalist Youth Olympics 2018 talks of Tokyo
November 15, 2018 19:11 - 10 minutes - 20.2 MBOn 18 October 2018, Caroline Dubois, 17 won boxing gold in the women’s lightweight boxing category at the Youth Olympics, Buenos Aires against Porntip Buapa, Thailand and is now unbeaten is 35 fights. Photograph Credits: Team GB/Lumix UK photographer. Pictured above, Caroline Dubois in the ring with Porntip Buapa at the Youth Olympics 2018. Shortly after Caroline won gold, Mica Moore, bobsleigh Olympic finalist 2018 and ideaXme sports ambassador tracked her down to talk. Sincere apolo...
David Grevemberg CEO Commonwealth Games discusses 'Athletes' Voice', creative sports funding, resilience and fearlessness!
October 08, 2018 12:40 - 26 minutes - 40.5 MBMica Moore, ideaXme sports ambassador interviews her first sports industry influencer Mica Moore, ideaXme sports ambassador and bobsleigh PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games 2018 finalist interviews her first sports industry influencer David Grevemberg CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation shortly before David plans to set off for the Youth Olympics Buenos Aires 2018. David Grevemberg, CEO the Commonwealth Games Federation talks of athletes voice, values and whom he would like to meet ...
Healthcare for Mars, secret research and teetering on the edge of infinity!
September 28, 2018 11:16 - 34 minutes - 29.7 MBHealthcare for Mars Here is a rare opportunity to learn about the human who for many years was responsible for overseeing NASA astronauts' health in space, that is healthcare for mankind's journey to Mars. Discover the details of John B Charles' work before his recent retirement, as well as what occupies him now, an intriguing art project based on declassified secret research. Moreover learn of his human journey, what he has learnt both professionally and personally and the questions t...
Why we ALL need to be scientists to take part in the future!
September 20, 2018 15:29 - 43 minutes - 51.6 MBTaking part in the future Huge change is underway within the academic fields that govern how we live. Most change will spring forth from the science and technology community. One of the most important vehicles for managing change is open dialogue within the scientific community and from the scientific community to the Public and vice versa. We interview Dr Ellen Jorgensen, founder Biotech Without Borders to find out why we all need to be scientists to take part in the future. Genome editi...
Disabled gaming community set free!
September 16, 2018 15:40 - 36 minutes - 44.9 MBAccess to gaming opens up communications for the disabled setting them free 15 percent of the world's population of 7.2 billion people are disabled. Many are highly intelligent and trapped inside bodies that have great difficulty in performing basic tasks. One of the most harrowing and frustrating things for them to cope with is the effort to communicate. A UK based charity, SpecialEffect , is opening up communications for people with severe physical disabilities. They're doing this by ...
The Power That Moves Books!
August 31, 2018 14:20 - 20 minutes - 26.2 MBThe power that moves books - Bookstagramers From neighbourhood book corners and social networks to city transport systems across the world, a power is moving books. That power is people. Ordinary people who find it irresistible to share their love of books. They are doing it, on and offline, in huge numbers. And jump at the opportunity when inventive social influencers provide new and imaginative ways in which they can do so. This pleasant past time has a huge impact on big business an...
Alchemy moves fashion forward!
August 22, 2018 08:02 - 11 minutes - 14.6 MBDesigner Corie Ruochen Fan graduated from Central St Martins in Fashion Design with Marketing, BA Hons in 2018. She has produced a vivid, exquisite collection, rich in texture. Inspiration drawn from a nostalgia for China of the past Corie's inspiration is drawn from an opposition to the materialistic societal views of modern-day China and a nostalgia for the past. Her objective is to challenge the established definition of ‘luxury’ by creating ‘luxury’ out of cheap materials, that is,...
This is grown!
August 15, 2018 13:13 - 10 minutes - 11.3 MBLearning from scientists to create a sustainable material from bacteria Jen Keane is a designer and researcher who has just graduated from the Material Futures MA at Central St Martins. Coming from a sports design background, her work looks at how new digital, material and biological technologies could change our approach to design and making. Her project focus has been on microbial weaving, learning from scientists at Imperial College to create a new kind of sustainable material. Above p...
Sustainable jewellery designer disrupts the landscape
August 09, 2018 09:37 - 10 minutes - 10.7 MBMaeve Millwood, rising fashion ambassador interviews Matilde Mozzanega, sustainable jewellery designer who disrupts fashion landscape Maeve discovers how Matilde has used layered cardboard, to create an award winning and unique sustainable jewellery range. Maeve Rosemary Millwood, ideaXme's rising fashion ambassador's mission: I’m on a mission to track down the individuals who move the world of fashion and design forward. I speak to the people who disrupt the landscape in which they wo...
Be heard, make a film!
April 26, 2018 11:23 - 13 minutes - 11.7 MBBe heard, make a film! Filmmaker and activist offers free filmmaking for people to voice their opinions Charlotte Knowles is in love with film. She is a film collaboration advocate. She is an activist. Her objective, to help minority groups to "be heard". How does she do this? Free filmmaking skills are offered through her initiative Film School In A Box for people to make a film to "be heard." Factual filmmaker Charlotte Knowles is a factual filmmaker. For the past 12 years she has ...
Lead Engineer at NASA’s Virtual Reality Lab Inspires Women in STEM While Keeping Ahead in VR Software Development
April 17, 2018 13:40 - 23 minutes - 28.2 MBDuring Women’s History Month, I was lucky to sit down and chat with Evelyn Miralles, Lead Principal Engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Virtual Reality Lab. I say lucky, because she was able to squeeze in time for this interview between busy schedules of training astronauts for spacewalks in current and future missions! Evelyn’s path to success is a perfect example of what we call an American dream. Immigrating to the United States from Venezuela as a teenager, she had already develop...
What's a thing and why does it need a low cost, low powered network?
April 13, 2018 14:08 - 42 minutes - 50.8 MBideaXme talks to Wienke Giezeman, initiator of The Things Network and co-founder of Things Industries. Wienke is a catalyst in The Internet of Things, (IoT) world. He is a creator who is shaping our world. By 2020 Gartner, Inc. a leading research organisation, predicts that over 20 billion things will be connected and more than half of major new business processes and systems will incorporate some element of the Internet of Things (IoT). This development will have such a large impact on ...
You catch me at a time when I am coming back to life!
February 20, 2018 17:50 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBStephen Spender ideaXme arts ambassador interviews Tara Travis actress, comedian, puppeteer and writer. Stephen Spender: [00:00:00] Hi everyone! This is Stephen Spender, ideaXme arts ambassador and today we are interviewing performing artist Tara Travis. [00:00:07] Hello Tara. [00:00:11] Thanks for sharing with us. Tara Travis: [00:00:13] It's my pleasure. Stephen Spender: [00:00:15] So, first question - who are you? Tara Travis: [00:00:20] In short, I am an actor, writer, puppe...
Making Strides in the Advancement of Human Spaceflight
February 17, 2018 11:35 - 28 minutes - 34.2 MBUniversity Professor Making Strides in Advancement of Human Spaceflight Technologies and Educational Outreach Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ryan Kobrick, Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, Florida to talk about spacesuit technology testing and Mars simulation missions amongst other interesting topics. Advancing aerospace technologies and human spaceflight education Ryan keeps very busy wearing several hats as a leader in organizat...
Quantum Bits, Microchips and JK Rowling!
February 08, 2018 17:13 - 47 minutes - 42.6 MBideaXme recently interviewed Winfried Hensinger, Professor of Quantum Technologies and Head of the Ion Quantum Technology Group Sussex University. Hensinger has created the first practical blueprint for a super quantum computer. We found out how this master plan to construct a large-scale quantum computer has the potential to change our world. As with all ideaXme's interviews, this conversation will appeal to both the experts who work within the field, as well as the general public, that ...
Raising the dead: Regenerating, reawakening and repairing the human body!
January 26, 2018 16:42 - 42 minutes - 50.1 MBideaXme interviews Ira Pastor, founder Bioquark, US based biotech company and thereby launches the new series of interviews to evaluate the impact of exponential technology. Recently, Bioquark, announced its involvement in a ground breaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people. ideaXme interviews Ira Pastor, to find out more. Andrea Macdonald: [00:05:40] It's so lovely to meet you. Who are you? Ira Pastor: [00:06:41] I'm Ira Pastor, the Chief Executive Off...
The superhumans are coming!
January 19, 2018 11:45 - 30 minutes - 43.5 MBAn audience with a superhuman! On 17 July 2017, I interviewed Liam Malone, Rio Paralympian gold medalist. He was on a lightning visit to London for the World Para-Athletics Championships. Liam participated as a commentator for the event and appeared on Channel 4's The Last Leg. The pinnacle of Liam's sporting career as a blade runner was at the Paralympics Rio 2016. He won gold medals in the men's 200 T44 and men's 400 T44 and the silver medal in the men's 100 T44. This interview, cove...
Catching Fire and then I just couldn't stop!
November 24, 2017 13:49 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBBelow, Uli Beutter Cohen explains how she became hooked on talking to strangers on the subway. She talks of how this process has become central to a huge social movement which is expected to become the subject of a documentary series shortly. Hollie: This is Hollie Fraser. I am the ideaXme ambassador for reading, writing and literature. ideaXme provides access to the creators who shape our world. It is a podcast, social media campaign, ambassador and mentor programme and will soon launc...