Nextopic
Nexverse's co-founders Kaan Pinar and Eren Aksu sit down with the most creative minds in tech, public policy, business, research, and the arts to discuss the "future of" a particular higher level topic. From the future of pandemics, work, and mobility to the future of food, content, gaming, and education, each season they will bring thought leaders and decision-makers to provide you with a comprehensive outlook on how these topics affect all of us today and tomorrow. Join us every week to find out what comes next. Welcome to Nextopic!
Episodes
15 episodes
Hospital Biopreparedness & Response | Syra Madad
What are we learning from COVID-19 and how can we prepare for a future pandemic?As global coronavirus cases rise and we experience a second wave, there is an increasing need to address biopreparedness and response for hospitals. Join us...
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Episode 14
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40:10
Eradicating a Disease | Sarah Ives, Jacob Glanville, Julia Peng, Nazli Senyuva
In our last panel from Nextopic: Future of Pandemics, we will be learning about the various efforts it takes to eradicate a disease. Why are vaccines important and when can we realistically expect one? Is there such a thing as disinfecting too ...
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Episode 13
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36:40
Surface Transmission & Infection Prevention of COVID-19 | Julia Peng
These days we are all anxious about contracting COVID-19 from any surface we touch. Some of us even use hand sanitizer after every single thing we touch, so in this chaos how will we reach some semblance of normality? Find out the ...
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Episode 12
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17:42
The Hunt for COVID-19 Therapeutic Antibodies | Jacob Glanville
It’s been almost a year since we’ve been introduced to COVID-19 and since that day we’ve all been asking ourselves the same thing: When and how does this pandemic end? One possible solution is the discovery of therapeutic antibodies for the nov...
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Episode 11
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28:22
The Quest to Create a Universal Flu Vaccine | Sarah Ives
Is it possible to create a universal vaccine? If yes, this will change the lives of thousands if not millions of people. Find out the answer from immune engineer extraordinaire Sarah Ives, the Director of Contract Research for Distributed Bio....
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Episode 10
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17:48
Containing a Pandemic | Jennifer Radin, Khudejah Ali, Adnan Hussain, Nazli Senyuva
Join us on this sub-session from Nextopic: Future of Pandemics, where digital epidemiologist Dr. Jennifer Radin, fake news researcher Dr. Khudejah Ali, and emergency medicine doctor Dr. Adnan Hussain come together in a panel moderated by health...
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Episode 9
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40:38
COVID-19 Experiences From the Frontlines | Adnan Hussain
Have you ever wondered how frontline healthcare workers are navigating the COVID-19 outbreak? “So the first case of COVID-19 was identified on January 21st in the US. I work in the Amita system which is a health system in the Chicagol...
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Episode 8
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19:36
The War on Fake News During a Pandemic | Khudejah Ali
During the pandemic, we’ve all seen false stories on social media about how drinking alcohol can protect you against COVID-19 or how 5G mobile networks cause the spread of the virus. While these fake news have been disproven by numerous public ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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16:01
Real-Time Viral Illness Detection Via Wearables | Jennifer Radin
Have you ever wondered how COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases are tracked in our communities? In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Radin, an epidemiologist at the Scripps Research Translational Institute's digital medicine division, explains...
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Episode 6
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9:54
Analyzing an Epidemic | Steven Taylor, Nükhet Varlık, Mauro Guillén, Phil Lelyveld
In the pièce de résistance of our first sub-session from Nextopic: Future of Pandemics, 'Analyzing an Epidemic', sociologist and political economist Dr. Mauro Guillén, historian of early modern medicine Dr. Nükhet Varlık, and clinical psycholo...
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Episode 5
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40:05
Pandemic Impacts: Short and Long Term | Mauro Guillén
Sociologist and political economist, Dr. Mauro Guillén joins us for a talk on the sociological and business impacts of the pandemic. Will people want to live in cities in the future?How does globalization affect manufacturing during a crisis? ...
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Episode 4
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13:25
Why the History of Past Pandemics Matters Now | Nükhet Varlık
Historian of early modern medicine, Dr. Nükhet Varlık takes us on a trip through past pandemics, shedding light on the Black Death of 1346, the Spanish Flu of 1918, and the dynamic relationship between societies and epidemic diseases. How did o...
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Episode 3
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15:38
The Psychology of Pandemics | Steven Taylor
Clinical psychologist and author of ‘The Psychology of Pandemics’, Dr. Steven Taylor explores the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak through modern and historical lenses. Does the hoarding of toilet paper seem odd to you? Are you cur...
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Episode 2
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15:27
COVID-19: A Microcosm of American Healthcare | Peter Kolchinsky
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has severely stressed the healthcare system both in the US and abroad. America has been enacting new policies and applying short-term solutions during this time in order to get through the pandemic. Will we treat th...
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Episode 1
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