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Episode 12: Dale Bredesen discusses the metabolic factors underlying Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted May 24, 201601:25:39

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...

Episode 11: Kirk Parsley discusses why good sleep is more important than nutrition and exercise

Posted May 10, 201601:15:45

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...

Episode 10: Barry Barish discusses gravitational waves, LIGO, and the scientists who made it happen

Posted May 3, 201601:02:45

In many respects, Barry Barish is the quintessential scientist: soft-spoken and modest, he is also completely dedicated to the pursuit of pure science....

Episode 9: Rusty Schweickart discusses asteroids and planetary defense

Posted April 26, 201600:49:44

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...

Episode 8: Greg Smith discusses the herpes virus

Posted April 19, 201601:31:57

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,...