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Episode 132: Martin Kulldorff discusses vaccines, lockdowns, school closings and the global response to COVID-19 from 2022-01-24T19:00:37
Our guest today describes the global response to COVID-19 as one of the biggest public-health fiascos in history. As you would expect, he gained quite a bit of notoriety for this contrarian view. D...
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Episode 131: Christopher Logothetis discusses advances in prostate cancer therapies from 2021-12-13T17:18:17
Our guest today is Dr. Christopher Logothetis, one of the nation’s foremost experts on prostate cancer. Chris has spent nearly five decades at MD Anderson in Houston developing therapies for prosta...
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Episode 130: Josh Turknett talks about holistic approaches that help people end chronic migraines from 2021-11-04T21:00:06
Our guest today is Dr. Josh Turknett, the author of “The Migraine Miracle” and “Keto for Migraine,” two books that have h...
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Episode 129: Morley Stone talks about biomimetics and human performance augmentation from 2021-10-14T17:00:32
Our guest today is Dr. Morley Stone, the former Chief Technology Officer for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and former Senior Vice President for Research at Ohio State University, who is ...
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Episode 128: Tommy Wood talks about high-fat diets and the metabolic flexibility of the human gut from 2021-09-23T18:00:27
In today’s episode, Dr. Tommy Wood returns for his fifth appearance on STEM-Talk. Tommy is a UK-trained physician and an assistant research professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington. ...
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Episode 127: From UFOs to fasting to the keto flu, Ken & Dawn answer questions from 2021-08-25T17:00:29
It’s time for another Ask Me Anything episode. In today’s show, Ken and Dawn tackle a wide range of listener questions about:
-- Protein intake on a ketogenic diet.
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Episode 126: Christoffer Clemmensen discusses therapeutic strategies to correct obesity and its disorders from 2021-08-04T16:00:40
Our guest today is Dr. Christoffer Clemmensen, an associate professor and lead researcher at the University of Copenhagen’s Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research.
Episode 125: Gary Taubes addresses common arguments used against ketogenic diets from 2021-07-14T17:00:37
Today we have the second part of our interview with science and health journalist Gary Taubes. In the first part of our interview, episode 124, Listen
Episode 124: Gary Taubes makes a case for the ketogenic diet and its metabolic benefits from 2021-06-23T17:00:53
Today we have journalist Gary Taubes making a repeat appearance on STEM-Talk to discuss his new book, “The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat...
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Episode 123: Steve Chien talks about AI, Mars rovers, and the possibility of intelligent alien life from 2021-05-26T18:00:17
Episode 123 Steve Chien talks about AI, Mars rovers, and the possibility of intelligent alien life
Today’s interview is with Dr. Steve Chien. Dr. Chien is JPL Fellow, Senior R...
Episode 122: James Kirkland on targeting senescent cells to reverse age-related diseases from 2021-05-06T18:00
In today’s episode, we talk about zombie cells, a term used to describe senescent cells because of their refusal to die. Our guest on this topic is Dr. James Kirkland, a geriatrics specialist and r...
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Episode 121: Pascal Lee on the Mars mission and our search for alien life in the galaxy from 2021-04-14T17:00:05
It has been nearly a month since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars. So far, the rover hasn’t detected any signs of past life on the planet. But scientists have determined that several of the...
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Episode 120: Gordon Lithgow on alpha-ketoglutarate’s potential to affect healthspan and lifespan from 2021-03-17T20:50:35
Ever since Cell Metabolism published a study that found the naturally occurring metabolite alpha-ketoglutarate reduces inflammatory signaling as well as chronic inflammation, listeners have been as...
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Episode 119: Gordon Lithgow talks about the biology of aging and prolonging lifespan from 2021-02-25T19:00:28
Episode 119: Gordon Lithgow talks about the biology of aging and prolonging lifespan
Our guest today is Dr. Gordon Lithgow, a professor and vice president of Academic Affairs a...
Episode 118: Julie Andersen talks about urolithin-A’s potential to prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases from 2021-02-02T19:00:18
Today we have part two of our conversation with Dr. Julie Andersen, a professor at the Buck Institute who is conducting fascinating research into the metabolite compound urolithin-A.
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Episode 112: Tim Broderick discusses biotechnology and increasing the biological aptitude and careers of elite special forces from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our guest today is Dr. Tim Broderick, the chief science officer here at IHMC. Tim is a surgeon and biomedical scientist who joined IHMC l...
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Episode 117: Julie Anderson talks about her research into aging and neurodegenerative diseases from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our guest today is Dr. Julie Andersen, who is best known for her research into aging and age-related diseases. A professor at the Buck Institute Buck Institute for Research on Aging, an independent...
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Episode 117: Julie Andersen talks about her research into aging and neurodegenerative diseases from 2021-01-12T17:00:13
Our guest today is Dr. Julie Andersen, who is best known for her research into aging and age-related diseases. A professor at the Buck Institute Buck Institute for Research on Aging, an independent...
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Episode 116: Marcas Bamman on the many benefits of exercise and strength training from 2020-12-16T17:00:44
Our guest today is Dr. Marcas Bamman, an internationally recognized researcher known for his scientific contributions to the biology of human skeletal muscle and medical rehabilitation.
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Episode 115: Ken and Dawn answer listener questions about ketogenic diets, Viagra, methylene blue, fasting, Mars and more from 2020-11-24T19:00:13
It’s that time again for another Ask Me Anything episode. And we must say, listeners sent us a wealth of excellent questions for this round of Ask Me Anything.
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Episode 114: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi talks about how diet and ketones affect brain aging from 2020-10-28T18:00:15
Our guest today is Dr. Lilianne Mujica Parodi, the director of the Laboratory for Computational Neurodiagnostics at Stony Brook University.
We will be talking to Lily about her...
Episode 113: Peter Pirolli discusses information foraging, AI and the future of human interaction with technology from 2020-10-08T18:00:08
Today’s interview features Dr. Peter Pirolli, a colleague and senior research scientist here at IHMC since 2017. He previously was a fellow at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and is known for...
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Episode 111: Tommy Wood talks about lifestyle approaches to improve health span and lifespan from 2020-08-27T18:00:36
Today we have the second of our two-part interview with Dr. Tommy Wood. Ken and Dawn talk to Tommy about his ongoing research into lifestyle approaches that can improve people’s health span, lifesp...
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Episode 110 : Tommy Wood talks about nourishing developing brains and the importance of metabolic health from 2020-08-04T19:00:27
Dr. Tommy Wood is a UK-trained physician who is making his third appearance on STEM-Talk. Earlier this year before the COVID-19 outbreak, Tommy gave a well-attended lecture at IHMC about the latest...
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Episode 109: Robb Wolf discusses whether eating meat is bad for you and the environment … and his new book “Sacred Cow” from 2020-07-14T18:00:22
Today’s guest is Robb Wolf, who is making his third appearance on STEM-Talk. He has a new book, which is being released today, the same day as our interview with Robb goes live. His new book, Listen
Episode 108: Ken and Dawn tackle questions ranging from AI to amino acids to methylene blue to ketosis to COVID-19 from 2020-06-23T19:00:45
Because of the number of questions that keep pouring in, today we have another Ask Me Anything episode. We also have been receiving requests to do more of these shows, so we plan to record more fr...
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Episode 107: Francisco Gonzalez-Lima discusses methylene blue and near-infrared light as therapies for cognitive disorders from 2020-05-26T22:00:28
Today we have part two of our interview with Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, a behavioral neuroscientist at The University of Texas at Austin.
Francisco and his colleagues at the ...
Episode 106: Francisco Gonzalez-Lima talks about brain metabolic mapping and Alzheimer’s from 2020-04-29T17:00:52
Our guest today is Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, a professor in the department of psychology, pharmacology and toxicology and the department of psychiatry at The University of Texas at Austin. He al...
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Episode 105: Art De Vany talks about healthspan, lifespan and healing the wounds of aging from 2020-04-07T18:00:26
Our guest today is Dr. Arthur De Vany, who we interviewed three years ago on episode 30 of STEM-Talk. Art, who is perhaps best known as one of...
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Episode 104: Katherine Eban talks about the dangers associated with relying on generic drugs manufactured overseas from 2020-03-10T18:00:15
Today’s interview is with Katherine Eban, an investigative journalist who uncovered the widespread fraud that goes on overseas in the manufacturing of U.S. generic drugs.
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Episode 103: Abe Morgentaler talks about men’s health, sex drive and the benefits of testosterone therapy from 2020-02-19T19:00:02
Today’s interview is with Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, an internationally known pioneer in men’s sexuality and the founder of the first comprehensive center in the U.S. specializing in men’s health.
Episode 102: Adam Konopka talks about metformin’s effects on healthspan and lifespan from 2020-01-28T19:00:12
Our guest today is Dr. Adam Konopka, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, who believes that aging is the grea...
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Episode 101: Rachel Yehuda talks about epigenetic inheritance, PTSD and the potential of MDMA therapies from 2020-01-07T19:00:08
Today we talk with Dr. Rachel Yehuda whose pioneering research on cortisol and brain function has revolutionized worldwide our understanding and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Episode 100: Peter Attia gives an update on his views regarding longevity and health span from 2019-12-17T07:00:13
Today’s episode marks the 100th episode of STEM-Talk and the return of guest Peter Attia, who Ken and Dawn interviewed for episode one of STEM-Talk back in 2016.
Peter is the f...
Episode 99 : Dave Rabin talks about how psychedelics and wearable devices can help improve people’s lives from 2019-11-26T18:00:24
Dr. David Rabin is the chief innovation officer and co-founder of Apollo Neuroscience. He also is the co-inventor of Apollo, a wearable device designed to improve focus, sleep and access to meditat...
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Episode 98: Steven Austad talks about aging and preserving human health from 2019-11-05T18:00:27
Our guest today is Dr. Steven Austad who studies virtually every aspect of aging. He is a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Biology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Episode 97: Francesca Rossi talks about AI ethics and the development of new AI systems from 2019-10-15T06:00:54
Our guest today is Francesca Rossi, who for the past three years has been an AI Ethics Global Leader at IBM Research as well as an IBM Distinguished Research Staff Member. Prior to her time at IBM...
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Episode 96: Dick Despommier discusses vertical farming and fly fishing from 2019-09-24T06:00:20
Today we have part two of our interview with Dr. Dickson Despommier, a microbiologist and ecologist who is the emeritus professor of public and environmental health at Columbia University.
Episode 95: Dickson Despommier talks about 30 years of research into intracellular parasitism from 2019-09-11T17:00:38
Our guest today is Dr. Dickson Despommier, a microbiologist and ecologist who is the emeritus professor of Public and Environmental Heath at Columbia University. Our conversation with Dick covered...
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Episode 94: John Newman discusses how the ketogenic diet and fasting regulate the genes and pathways that control aging from 2019-08-27T06:00:05
Our guest today is Dr. John Newman, a geriatrician and researcher who is well-known for a 2017 study that found a ketogenic diet reduced the mid-life mortality of aging mice while also improving th...
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Episode 93: Emma Wilson talks about Toxoplasma gondii infection and its consequences from 2019-08-06T06:00:51
Our guest today is Dr. Emma Wilson, a researcher who has spent the past 15 years studying Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite that infects about a third of the world’s population.
Episode 92: Megan Roberts discusses the potential of a ketogenic diet to extend healthspan and lifespan from 2019-07-16T06:00:10
Our guest today is Megan Roberts, a research scientist who conducted an interesting study that showeda ketogenic diet extended the longevity and healthspan of adult mice. This study has been discu...
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Episode 91: Irina and Michael Conboy explain tissue repair and stem-cell rejuvenation from 2019-07-02T06:00:04
Our guests today are Drs. Irina and Michael Conboy of the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California Berkeley. In their lab at Berkeley, the Conboys investigate the process of tis...
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Episode 90: Dawn and Ken answer listener questions from 2019-06-12T06:00:43
Ken and Dawn return in today’s podcast to answer more listener questions.
Back at the beginning year, Ken and Dawn hosted their first Ask Me Anything episode. In that episode,...
Episode 89: Robert Epstein reflects on his career and the threat big tech poses to privacy and democracy from 2019-05-21T18:00:11
Our guest today is Dr. Robert Epstein, a psychologist, professor and journalist who is the former editor of Psychology Today.Robert is currently a co-founder and the senior research psychologist at...
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Episode 88: Duane Mitchell talks about the uphill battle to treat aggressive brain tumors from 2019-05-07T06:00:30
Our guest today is Dr. Duane Mitchell, the Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine.He’s also the co-director of the uni...
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Episode 87: Dom D’Agostino reflects on his 10 years of research into ketogenic nutrition from 2019-04-23T06:00:13
Dr. Dominic D’Agostino returns to STEM-Talk to give Ken and Dawn an update on his research into ketogenic nutrition. Dom was the guest on episode 14 back in 2016 when ketogenic diets didn’t even sh...
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Episode 86: Matt Johnson talks about the power and future of human-machine teaming from 2019-04-09T06:00:15
Our guest today is Dr. Matt Johnson, another colleague who works with Ken and Dawn at IHMC.
Matt is a research scientist who joined the institute in 2002 after a 20-year career...
Episode 85: David Geary discusses our shrinking brains, cognitive development and sex differences from 2019-03-26T15:00
Today’s guest is Dr. David Geary, a cognitive developmental scientist whose wide-ranging interests are particularly focused on evolutionary psychology, sex differences and children’s mathematical d...
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Episode 84: Joe Gomes discusses optimizing human performance and resiliency in the NFL and elite warfighters from 2019-03-12T06:00:05
Today’s guest is Joe Gomes, the former head strength and conditioning coach for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, who today is IHMC’s new High Performance Director.
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Episode 83: Ken and Dawn host their first Ask Me Anything episode from 2019-02-19T07:00:14
It has only taken us nearly three years to get around to it, but we’re finally doing our first “Ask Me Anything” episode. It’s hard to believe, but Ken and Dawn sat down to interview their first ST...
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Episode 82: Stu Phillips discusses the importance of dietary protein and its role in muscle from 2019-02-05T07:00:12
Our guest today Dr. Stuart Phillips, a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, who is best known for his research into muscle health and the benefits of dietary protein....
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Episode 81: Charles Brenner discusses NR and the benefits of boosting NAD as we age from 2019-01-22T07:00:29
Our guest today is Dr. Charles Brenner, the Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Iowa.
Charles is one of the world’s leading experts on nicotinamide adenine...
Episode 80: Butler Hine talks about paving the way for robotic space exploration from 2019-01-01T07:00:07
Our guest today is Dr. Butler Hine, the Flight Project Manager and Chief Technologist for Engineering at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Butler is also a senior research...
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Episode 79: Satchin Panda discusses circadian rhythms and time-restricted eating to improve health and even reverse disease from 2018-12-18T07:00:52
Dr. Satchin Panda is a professor and researcher at the Salk Institutewho has become recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on circadian rhythm. In today’s wide-ranging interview, he discu...
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Episode 78: Jeff Phillips talks about physiologic episodes among tactical aircrew from 2018-12-05T07:00:36
Today’s interview is with IHMC Research Scientist Dr. Jeff Phillips. Jeff joined IHMC a year ago after spending six years as a research psychologist at the Naval Medical Research Unit in Dayton, Oh...
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Episode 77: John Ioannidis discusses why most published research findings are false from 2018-11-20T07:00:30
Our guest today is Dr. John Ioannidis, a Stanford professor who has been described by “BMJ” as “the scourge of sloppy science.” Atlantic magazine has gone so far as to refer to him as one of the wo...
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Episode 76: Dava Newman on getting humans to Mars and creating the next-generation spacesuit from 2018-11-08T07:00:32
Today’s episode features Dr. Dava Newman, the first female engineer to serve as NASA’s deputy administrator. Dava is currently the Apollo Professor of Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute o...
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Episode 75: Rob Mueller: Using the resources of space to build lunar outposts on the Moon and Mars from 2018-10-26T06:00:04
Today’s guest today is Rob Mueller, one of NASA’s senior technologists who is leading an effort to establish a base station on the Moon, and eventually Mars, as well as other destinations in the so...
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Episode 74: Robert Whitaker: the drug-based paradigm of psychiatric care in the U.S. from 2018-10-09T06:00:23
Today’s guest is a science journalist and author who has written extensively about the pharmaceutical industry. Robert Whitaker is also the founder of Mad in America, a nonprofit organization that ...
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Episode 73: Michael Okun talks about the complexity and treatment of Parkinson’s disease from 2018-09-25T06:00:53
Nearly 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease every year in the U.S. The disease is an incredibly complex disorder that affects more than 10 million people worldwide.
Episode 72: Peter Norvig talks about working at Google, digital privacy, fake news, killer robots and AI’s future from 2018-09-11T15:00:57
Today’s episode features a timely interview with Google’s Director of Research, Peter Norvig. He is also the co-author of “Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach,” which is in its third editio...
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Episode 71: Elizabeth Nance talks about using nanotechnology to understand and treat brain diseases from 2018-08-28T06:00:05
Our guest today has been described by Forbes magazine as one of the “most disruptive, game-changing and innovating young personalities in science.”
Dr. Elizabeth Nance is known...
Episode 70: David Sabatini on the discovery of mTOR and its role in disease, longevity & healthspan from 2018-08-14T06:00:47
Peter Attia, who was our very first guest on STEM-Talk, describes David Sabatini’s discovery of mTOR as one of his two favorite science stories.
Today, Dr. David Sabatini joins...
Episode 69: David LeMay talks about countering inflammation with SPMs from 2018-07-31T06:00:01
Dr. David LeMay is a sports medicine and rehabilitation physician who is a consultant for the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NFL’s Oakland Raiders and the National Hockey League’s Washington Capital...
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Episode 68: Steve Anton talks about diet, exercise, intermittent fasting and lifestyle interventions to improve health from 2018-07-17T06:00:51
What’s the best way to eat and the right way to exercise to ensure a healthy lifespan? Our guest today is Dr. Stephen Anton, a psychologist who has spent his career researching how lifestyle factor...
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Episode 67: Doug Wallace talks about mitochondria, our human origins and the possibility of mitochondria-targeted therapies from 2018-07-03T06:00:01
Today’s guest is Dr. Douglas Wallace, the director of the Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
He is internationally known a...
Episode 66: Peter Neuhaus talks about exoskeletons, robotics, and the development of exercise technologies for space and Earth from 2018-06-19T06:00:21
In today’s episode, Ken and Dawn interview their colleague Dr. Peter Neuhaus, a senior research scientist here at IHMC. Peter is an engineer well-known for his work on wearable robotic devices. In ...
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Episode 65: Dr. Brendan Egan talks about the importance of muscle and his research into exogenous ketones from 2018-06-05T06:00:08
Dr. Brendan Egan is an Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise Physiology at Dublin City University who is well known for research that shows resistance training can improve strength, muscle mas...
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Episode 64: Valter Longo talks about the fasting-mimicking diet and the keys to longevity from 2018-05-22T06:00:29
Today’s episode features Dr. Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California.
Valter is best known for his research on stem cells and...
Episode 63: Keith Baar talks about collagen synthesis, ketogenic diet, mTORC1 signaling, autophagy, post strength training nutrition, and more… from 2018-05-08T06:00:25
Dr. Keith Baar joins Ken and Dawn today for the second of his two-part interview for STEM-Talk. Keith is a renowned scientist in the emerging field of molecular exercise physiology who has made fun...
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Episode 62: Keith Baar talks about muscle and explains mTOR, PGC-1a, dystrophin, and the benefits of chocolate from 2018-04-24T06:00:56
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part interview with Dr. Keith Baar, the head of the Functional Molecular Biology Laboratory in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior at the ...
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Episode 61: Chris McCurdy discusses kratom and the opioid crisis from 2018-04-10T06:00:58
More than 90 Americans a day are dying from opioid abuse. Today’s guest, Dr. Christopher McCurdy, is at the forefront of research designed to help the U.S. deal with this drug overdose crisis.
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Episode 60: Marie Jackson talks about the amazing endurance of Roman concrete from 2018-03-27T06:00:51
Why is it that modern marine concrete structures crumble and corrode within decades, but 2,000-year-old Roman piers and breakwaters endure to this day?
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Episode 59: Stephen Cunnane discusses the role of ketones in human evolution and Alzheimer’s from 2018-03-13T06:00:57
Nearly five million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s disease. In 30 years, that number is estimated to be 16 million
In today’s episode, Ken and Dawn interview Dr. ...
Episode 58: Flora Hammond discusses traumatic brain injuries and how treatments are evolving from 2018-02-27T07:00
Today’s episode features one of the nation’s leading physicians and researchers who has spent years studying and treating traumatic brain injuries.
Dr. Flora Hammond is a profe...
Episode 57: Lauren Jackson discusses radiation exposure, including the effects of a nuclear strike from 2018-02-13T07:00:53
Today’s interview features Dr. Lauren Jackson, a nationally known expert in the field of tumor and normal-tissue radiobiology. She is especially recognized for her expertise in medical countermeasu...
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Episode 56: Jon Clark talks about NASA, supersonic jumps from the edge of space, and humans in extreme environments from 2018-01-30T07:00:53
Today’s episode is the second of a two-part interview with IHMC Senior Scientist Dr. Jonathan Clark, a six-time Space Shuttle crew surgeon who has served in numerous roles for both NASA and the Nav...
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Episode 55: Jon Clark looks back at his Naval and NASA careers and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster from 2018-01-16T07:00:03
Today’s episode is the first of two-part interview with IHMC Senior Scientist Dr. Jonathan Clark, a six-time Space Shuttle crew surgeon who has served in numerous roles for both NASA and the Navy.<...
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Episode 54: Brianna Stubbs talks about ketone esters and their application in sport from 2018-01-02T07:00:07
Late in 2017, a San Francisco startup company brought one of the commercial ketone esters to market. Today’s episode features an interview with a scientist and world-class athlete who has spent the...
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Episode 53: Brian Caulfield on wearable technologies and the potential of electrical muscle stimulation from 2017-12-19T07:00:08
Today’s interview is with Dr. Brian Caulfield, the dean of physiotherapy at the University College Dublin, where he also is one of the directors of Ireland’s largest research center, the INSIGHT Ce...
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Episode 52: Nina Teicholz on saturated fat, U.S. dietary guidelines, and the shortcomings of nutrition science from 2017-12-05T07:00:10
Investigative journalist Nina Teicholz joined Ken and Dawn remotely from a studio in New York City in mid-September for a fascinating discussion about the history and pitfalls of nutrition science....
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Episode 51: Roger Smith talks about bears, raptors, and life as a field biologist from 2017-11-21T07:00:02
Today’s episode features field biologist Roger Smith, the founder and chair of the Teton Raptor Center, a rehabilitation facility in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that annually cares for more than 130 inj...
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Episode 50: Ken Ford talks about ketosis, optimizing exercise, and the future direction of science, technology, and culture from 2017-11-07T07:00:20
Today’s episode features the second of Dawn Kernagis’ two-part interview with her STEM-Talk co-host and IHMC Director Ken Ford. This episode marks a milestone for STEM-Talk. It’s our 50th episode a...
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Episode 49: Ken Ford talks about AI, its critics, and research at IHMC from 2017-10-24T06:00:40
On the eve of Ken Ford’s induction into the Florida Inventor’s Hall of Fame, co-host Dawn Kernagis convinced IHMC’s director and CEO that it was the perfect time to have the chairman of STEM-Talk’s...
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Episode 48: Dr Tommy Wood, part 2, discusses insulin resistance and the role of diet in athletic performance from 2017-10-10T06:00:25
Today’s episode features the second of our two-part interview with Dr. Tommy Wood, a U.K. trained MD/PhD who now lives in the U.S.
Part one covered Tommy’ background and educat...
Episode 47: Dr. Tommy Wood talks about neonatal brain injuries and optimizing human performance from 2017-09-26T06:00:52
Dr. Tommy Wood is a U.K. trained MD/PhD who now lives in the U.S. He has spent most of his academic career studying ways to treat babies with brain injuries, but has also published papers on multip...
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Episode 46: NASA’s Chris McKay talks about the search for life in our solar system and travel to Mars from 2017-09-12T06:00:54
Today’s guest on STEM-Talk is Dr. Chris McKay, a leading astrobiologist and planetary scientist with the Space Science Division of the NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
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Episode 45: David Spiegel talks about the science of hypnosis and the many ways it can help people from 2017-08-29T06:00:10
Today’s interview features one of the nation’s foremost hypnotists who is also the associate chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University Medical School.
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Episode 44: Jerry Pratt discusses the evolution and future of humanoid robots and bipedal walking from 2017-08-15T06:00:32
Today’s podcast features Ken Ford and Dawn Kernagis interviewing their colleague, Dr. Jerry Pratt, a senior research scientist at IHMC who heads up the institute’s robotics group. In 2015, Jerry le...
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Episode 43: Jeff Volek explains the power of ketogenic diets to reverse type 2 diabetes from 2017-08-01T06:00:08
Today’s episode features an important interview with Dr. Jeff Volek, a researcher who has spent the past 20 years studying how humans adapt to carbohydrate-restricted diets. His most recent work,...
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Episode 42: Tom Jones discusses defending Earth against the threat of asteroids from 2017-07-18T06:00:13
Frequent STEM-Talk listeners will more than likely recognize today’s guest, veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones, who joins us today to talk about the threat of near-Earth asteroids.
Episode 41: Dr. David Diamond talks about the role of fat, cholesterol, and statin drugs in heart disease from 2017-07-04T06:00:51
Dr. David Diamond is a University of South Florida professor in the departments of psychology, molecular pharmacology and physiology and director of the USF Neuroscience Collaborative.
Episode 40: Allan Savory talks about the global importance of restoring the earth’s grasslands from 2017-06-20T06:00:30
Joining us for this special edition of STEM-Talk is Robb Wolf, who will co-host today’s show with Ken Ford, STEM-Talk’s regular co-host and chairman of the Double-Secret Selection Committee which s...
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Episode 39: Suzana Herculano provides a new understanding of how our brains became remarkable from 2017-06-06T06:00:52
Prior to Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel’s research, scientists assumed that the brains of all mammals were built in the same way and that the overall brain mass as compared to body mass was the critic...
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Episode 38: Dr. Mark Lupo discusses thyroid nodules and cancer from 2017-05-23T06:00:54
Thyroid cancer is one of the fastest growing cancers in the United States, especially among women. In Florida, thyroid cancer trails only melanoma skin cancer as the state’s fastest rising cancer.<...
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Episode 37: Gary Taubes discusses low-carb diets and sheds light on the hazards of sugar from 2017-05-09T06:00:59
The front pages of Gary Taubes’ new book on sugar feature a blurb excerpted from the magazine Scientific American:
“Taubes is a science journalist’s science journalist who rese...
Episode 36: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter Discusses His Life in Rock ‘n’ Roll and the U.S. Intelligence Community from 2017-04-25T06:00:42
In a rare departure from interviews with scientists and engineers, STEM-Talk Host Dawn Kernagis and IHMC Director Ken Ford interview Jeffrey “Skunk” Baxter about his life as a musician and founding...
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Episode 35: Stuart McGill explains the mechanics of back pain and the secrets to a healthy spine from 2017-04-11T06:00:59
Back pain has become the world’s leading cause of disability.
Stuart McGill has been at the forefront of non-surgical approaches to addressing back pain for many years. His 201...
Episode 34: Jim Stray-Gundersen explains how blood flow restriction training builds muscle and improves performance from 2017-03-28T06:00:31
Blood-flow-restriction training is a topic of growing interest. But as IHMC director and STEM-Talk co-host Dr. Ken Ford points out, there’s also a great deal of misinformation about the training.
Episode 33: Dr. Natalie Batalha talks about exoplanets and the possibility of life in our Milky Way and beyond from 2017-03-14T06:00:48
Dr. Natalie Batalha’s STEM-Talk interview was so contagious that Dawn Kernagis said it made her dream of returning to school to get a second graduate degree in astronomy.
“Hear...
Episode 32: Dr. Claire Fraser explains how our gut microbes improve our health, prevent disease and even play a role in our mental health from 2017-02-28T07:00:19
Women who are pregnant often talk how careful they are about what they eat and drink. They’re careful, points out Dr. Claire Fraser, because they’re feeding their baby.
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Episode 31: Dr. Michael Turner, who coined the phrase ‘dark energy,’ talks about the deepest issues in cosmology from 2017-02-14T07:00:24
Dr. Michael Turner makes a “big bang” in the world of theoretical cosmology. Translation: He’s an expert on the universe—what it’s made of, what’s in its future, and how it came to be.
Episode 30: Art De Vany Talks About Hollywood Economics, the Paleo Way, and the Role of Fitness and Diet in Aging from 2017-01-31T07:00:26
Dr. Art De Vany is an American economist known for his work on the Hollywood film industry. He is perhaps best known, however, as the grandfather of the paleo diet, a high-protein, high-fiber way o...
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Episode 29: Leonard Wong Discusses a Culture of Dishonesty in the Army from 2017-01-17T07:00:33
Dr. Leonard Wong, a research professor at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the U.S. Army War College, led an important study titled: “Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession.”...
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Episode 28: Mike Gernhardt Discusses the Overlapping Challenges of Working Undersea and in Space from 2017-01-03T07:00:21
Mike Gernhardt’s career epitomizes the scientific overlap between the depths of the ocean and Outer Space. A NASA astronaut, Gernhardt started his career as a professional diver and engineer on sub...
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Episode 27: Robb Wolf Discusses the Paleo Diet, Ketosis, Exercise, Nicotine … and Much More! from 2016-12-20T07:00:23
For fitness and Paleo Diet aficionados—and perhaps regular STEM-talk listeners—Robb Wolf is the type of esteemed guest who needs no introduction. Many people already know him by his best-selling bo...
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Episode 26: Richard Moon discusses deep-sea and high-altitude medicine from 2016-12-06T07:00:29
Dr. Richard Moon had an unusual inspiration to practicing medicine: a television show, in black and white, entitled, “Medicine in the ‘60s.” He remembers being blown away by watching live surgeries...
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Episode 25: James Briscione discusses the art & science of food & flavor from 2016-11-22T07:00:25
James Briscione’s stellar cooking career began humbly: As a teenager, he washed dishes at a now defunct restaurant (named Jubilee) on Pensacola Beach. He quickly rose through the ranks, at age 24 b...
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Episode 24: Doug McGuff talks about resistance training, myokines, strength and health from 2016-11-08T07:00:34
One could say that Dr. Doug McGuff is one of the pioneers of BMX motocross bike racing in Texas. He built the state’s first race track, having gotten hooked on the sport as a teenager in the 1970s....
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Episode 23: Michael Griffin discusses his tenure as NASA administrator and the challenges of space exploration from 2016-10-25T06:00:31
On March 11, 2005, President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Griffin to serve as the 11th Administrator of NASA. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 13, 2005 and served until...
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Episode 22: Dr. Kerry Emanuel Discusses Hurricane Prediction and Projection from 2016-10-11T06:00:36
Hurricanes are a leading source of insured losses, and a major cause of human and economics loss in the world. But from an insider’s view, they are also breathtakingly beautiful. Dr. Kerry Emanuel,...
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Episode 21: Yorick Wilks Discusses the History and Future of Natural Language Processing from 2016-09-27T06:00:23
In this episode of STEM-Talk, we talk to one of our own senior research scientists, Dr. Yorick Wilks, renowned for his work in natural language processing. Wilks is also a professor of artificial i...
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Episode 20: Dr. Alessio Fasano discusses the gut microbiome and how it affects our health from 2016-09-13T06:00:11
When Alessio Fasano entered medical school at the University of Naples (Italy) School of Medicine, his goal was to eliminate childhood diarrhea. Working with a mentor who’d studied the physiology o...
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Episode 19: Dr. Dawn Kernagis talks about life undersea during NASA’s NEEMO-21 Mission from 2016-08-30T06:00:37
For this special episode of STEM-Talk, IHMC Research Scientist and STEM-Talk Host Dawn Kernagis sits on the other side of the microphone. This summer, Dawn was one of six divers selected for NASA’s...
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Episode 18: Dr. Colin Champ talks about how the right nutrition and exercise can help treat cancer from 2016-08-16T06:00:38
As STEM-Talk Host Dawn Kernagis points out in this interview, guest Colin Champ looks like he could be featured on the television show “The Bachelor.” But the striking young doctor (who alas, is in...
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Episode 17: Dr. Pascal Lee talks about preparing for the exploration of Mars & its moons from 2016-08-02T06:00:02
Dr. Pascal Lee is not the first Renaissance man to be interview on STEM-Talk, but his impressive biography merits that moniker.
“An artist, helicopter pilot, polar researcher,...
Episode 16: Joan Vernikos discusses the effects of gravity on humans in space and on earth. from 2016-07-19T06:00:14
If you want to feel like an astronaut, lie in bed all day. That may seem counter-intuitive, but the body experiences the two scenarios in a similar way. The absence of gravity in space mimics the a...
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Episode 15: Brian Shul talks about piloting the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane from 2016-07-05T06:00:19
Brian Shul speaks softly and carries a big stick. The American war hero every bit worthy of Roosevelt’s words flew 212 missions in the Vietnam War before his nearly fatal crash. With his body sever...
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Episode 14: Dominic D’Agostino discusses the physiological benefits of nutritional ketosis from 2016-06-21T06:00:23
Dominic D’Agostino looks like a bodybuilder. But that doesn’t mean that he eats a diet typical for that sport; on the contrary, the research scientist—and amateur athlete—can go an entire day witho...
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Episode 13: Kelvin Droegemeier talks about the past, present and future of weather prediction from 2016-06-07T06:00:30
When Kelvin Droegemeier watched the Wizard of Oz as a child, the tornado scenes scared him so much that he didn’t want to look. Today, the esteemed meteorologist watches storms for a living—with a ...
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Episode 12: Dale Bredesen discusses the metabolic factors underlying Alzheimer’s Disease from 2016-05-24T06:00:36
Dr. Dale Bredesen says Alzheimer’s Disease is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Dr. Bredesen has developed a novel therapeutic approach that addresses the underlying metabolic...
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Episode 11: Kirk Parsley discusses why good sleep is more important than nutrition and exercise from 2016-05-10T06:00:55
If we could only sell people on the importance of sleep as successfully as we sell them on the pleasures of sex, we’d have a much healthier—and happier bunch. This is one of sleep expert Kirk Parsl...
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Episode 10: Barry Barish discusses gravitational waves, LIGO, and the scientists who made it happen from 2016-05-03T06:00:12
In many respects, Barry Barish is the quintessential scientist: soft-spoken and modest, he is also completely dedicated to the pursuit of pure science. Barish is currently the Linde professor of ph...
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Episode 9: Rusty Schweickart discusses asteroids and planetary defense from 2016-04-26T06:00:04
Rusty Schweickart remembers when getting a man on the moon was at the top of the national agenda. JFK’s single minded decision to do that, according to Schweickart, “was perhaps the gutsiest, goal-...
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Episode 8: Greg Smith discusses the herpes virus from 2016-04-19T06:00:38
Roughly 80 percent of the U.S. population is infected with the herpes virus. While the virus is very easy to get, it remains dormant in many people, who never even know they have it. This is partly...
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Episode 7: Mark Mattson talks about benefits of intermittent fasting from 2016-04-12T06:00:49
Intermittent fasting—alternating days in which you fast or eat only a few hundred calories a day—may have significant long-term health benefits, according to some researchers.
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Episode 6: Michael Turner discusses LIGO & the detection of gravitational waves from 2016-04-05T06:00:49
Michael Turner is best known for having coined the term “dark energy” in 1998. A theoretical cosmologist at the University of Chicago, Turner has dedicated his career to researching the Big Bang, d...
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Episode 5: Margaret Leinen discusses health of the oceans from 2016-03-29T06:00:02
Margaret Leinen is a big name in oceanography. She’s the director of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute and vice chancellor of marine sciences at Scripps. She was previously assistant direct of th...
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Episode 4: Harrison Schmitt discusses being the first scientist on the moon from 2016-03-22T06:00:08
In this episode, we talk with Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, the first and only scientist to land on the moon. Schmitt was part of the Apollo 17 Mission in 1972, the last Apollo mission.
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Episode 3: Rhonda Patrick discusses why your genes influence what you should eat from 2016-03-15T06:00:39
Before Rhonda Perciavalle Patrick "stumbled into research"—at the renowned Salk Institute—the Southern California native was a biochemistry major and a passionate surfer.
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Episode 2: Br. Guy Consolmagno: The Vatican Astronomer from 2016-03-08T07:00:14
Guy Consolmagno is not your typical scientist. The director of Vatican Observatory is also a Jesuit Brother, astronomer extraordinaire, MIT graduate, former Peace Corp volunteer and self-described ...
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Episode 1: Peter Attia on how to live longer and better from 2016-03-01T07:00:04
Dr. Peter Attia, the guest for this episode of STEM-Talk, is a modern-day "Renaissance man," says IHMC CEO Ken Ford. That term gets tossed around a lot, but in Attia's case, it's true. He is a top-...
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