Podcast Episodes

Episode 168: Alessio Fasano discusses celiac disease and gluten-related disorders

Season 9 Episode 169

Dr. Alessio Fasano, who is considered the world’s leading expert in celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, returns for his second appearance on STEM-Talk. Although just 2 million Americans have…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Episode 167: Nicholas Norwitz discusses a ketogenic diet as metabolic medicine

Season 9 Episode 167

Today we have Dr. Nicholas Norwitz, 28, a third-year Harvard Medical School student whose research into the applications of a ketogenic diet as metabolic medicine has attracted a significant followin…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Episode 166: Vyvyane Loh and Ken Ford discuss atherosclerotic heart disease

Season 9 Episode 166

Dr. Vyvyane Loh returns to STEM-Talk for her second appearance to talk about atherosclerotic heart disease. Also known as ASCVD, the disease has been reported to affect 26 million people in the U.S.,…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

John Edwards on ketamine treatment for depression and suicide prevention

Season 9 Episode 165

Today we have Dr. Johnathan Edwards, an anesthesiologist and medical practitioner who specializes in human health and optimization. He is perhaps best known for treating mental health conditions with…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Michael Leon on olfactory stimulation as a buffer for dementia symptoms

Season 9 Episode 164

What if the path to delaying the onset of dementia symptoms begins at the nose?

It is a doorway that the research of Dr. Michael Leon opened with a 2023 study on the power of olfaction enrichment to …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Mark Mattson discusses glutamate, the brain’s most important neurotransmitter

Season 9 Episode 163

Today we have Dr. Mark Mattson, an adjunct professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who is making his third appearance on STEM-Talk.

Today’s interview focuses on Mark’s research …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Marc Hamilton discusses the soleus push-up and how excessive sitting is a health hazard

Season 9 Episode 162

Today we have Dr. Marc Hamilton, an international expert in muscle physiology. He has published pioneering work on the soleus push-up, a potent physiological method which Marc discovered having the a…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Episode 161: Sten Stray-Gundersen on the benefits of blood-flow restriction training

Season 8 Episode 161

Today’s episode of STEM-Talk features Dr. Sten Stray-Gundersen, a post-doctoral research associate at the University of South Carolina who is also an adjunct instructor at the university’s Arnold Sch…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Episode 160: Euan Ashley discusses precision medicine and the potential to predict, prevent, and diagnose diseases before they occur

Season 8 Episode 160

Our guest today is Dr. Euan Ashley, a pioneer in the use of genomic sequencing to solve some of our most puzzling medical mysteries. Medical genomics, and the precision medicine it will enable, has t…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 159: Ken and Dawn discuss chatbots, termites, kratom, ketosis, and the future of AI

Season 8 Episode 159

Today’s episode marks the return of another Ask Me Anything episode where listeners ask Ken and Dawn to weigh in on a wide range of topics.

In this go-around, listeners certainly had a lot on their m…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago