Health, Wellness & Medicine
249: Kobe Bryant | Dissecting the Mamba Mentality
Along with the rest of the world, we mourned the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on January 26, 2020. We were humbled to have the opportunity to talk to him for this interview just a few short months before the tragedy, when the future looked like it would be a much different […]
VIEW EPISODE244: Rob Reid | Synthetic Biology for Medicine and Murder
Rob Reid (@Rob_Reid) is a tech entrepreneur, early-stage tech investor, author of After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, and host of the After On Podcast. What We Discuss with Rob Reid: The potential for synthetic biology to be leveraged by nihilistic mass murderers to wipe out millions. The potential for synthetic biology to be […]
VIEW EPISODE235: David Roeske | The View from the Top Is Breathtaking
David Roeske (@roeske) is a plant-powered portfolio manager, pilot, runner, and the fourth person in the world to summit Mount Everest and another 8,000-meter peak in one trip without supplemental oxygen. What We Discuss with David Roeske: How many calories does an Everest climber burn per day on average? What’s the difference between a porter […]
VIEW EPISODE223: Bryan Johnson | A Plan for the Future of the Human Race
Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and founder and CEO of Kernel, a company developing advanced neural interfaces, and OS Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage science and technology companies. What We Discuss with Bryan Johnson: Why humanity needs to co-evolve with artificial intelligence if we are to survive as […]
VIEW EPISODE222: Matt McCarthy | The Race to Stop a Superbug Epidemic
Matt McCarthy (@drmattmccarthy) is an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, a staff physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and the author of Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic. What We Discuss with Matt McCarthy: How antibiotics are abused on a large scale by industrial agriculture, prescription-happy doctors, and mysophobic hand washers. Why antibiotic abuse […]
VIEW EPISODE212: How to Live with Unwashed Loved Ones | Feedback Friday
Are you a germaphobe if it creeps you out when your spouse and in-laws don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom, or is your disgust actually reasonable and justified? If getting divorced and burning down the house aren’t options, we’ll tell you how to live with unwashed loved ones on this Feedback Friday! And […]
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