Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 16: Joan Vernikos discusses the effects of gravity on humans in space and on earth.
Season 1 Episode 16
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 w…
9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 15: Brian Shul talks about piloting the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane
Season 1 Episode 15
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 be…
9 years, 11 months ago
Episode 14: Dominic D’Agostino discusses the physiological benefits of nutritional ketosis
Season 1 Episode 14
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 scientis…
9 years, 11 months ago
Episode 13: Kelvin Droegemeier talks about the past, present and future of weather prediction
Season 1 Episode 13
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 m…
10 years ago
Episode 12: Dale Bredesen discusses the metabolic factors underlying Alzheimer’s Disease
Season 1 Episode 12
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 …
10 years ago
Episode 11: Kirk Parsley discusses why good sleep is more important than nutrition and exercise
Season 1 Episode 11
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 happi…
10 years, 1 month ago
Episode 10: Barry Barish discusses gravitational waves, LIGO, and the scientists who made it happen
Season 1 Episode 10
In many respects, Barry Barish is the quintessential scientist: soft-spoken and modest, he is also completely dedicated to the pursuit of pure scienc…
10 years, 1 month ago
Episode 9: Rusty Schweickart discusses asteroids and planetary defense
Season 1 Episode 9
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 …
10 years, 1 month ago
Episode 8: Greg Smith discusses the herpes virus
Season 1 Episode 8
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, …
10 years, 1 month ago
Episode 7: Mark Mattson talks about benefits of intermittent fasting
Season 1 Episode 7
Intermittent fasting—alternating days in which you fast or eat only a few hundred calories a day—may have significant long-term health benefits, acco…
10 years, 1 month ago