Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show
Interviews and Discussions With Fascinating People Who are Creating A Better Tomorrow For All Of Us - Host - Ira S. Pastor
Episodes
759 episodes
Dr. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH - Founder and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives - Seeing The Invisible - Public Health And Disease Prevention
Dr. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH ( https://drtomfrieden.net/ ) is the Founder and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives ( https://resolvetosavelives.org/ ), a global health organization that accelerates action against the world’s deadliest health threats. The o...
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Dr. James Mackay, Ph.D. - CEO, Crystalys Therapeutics - Next Generation Treatments For Gout
Dr. James Mackay, Ph.D. is President, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Crystalys Therapeutics Inc. ( https://crystalystx.com/ ), a development stage pharmaceutical company addressing the significant unmet medical needs of people living...
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Joel Latham - CEO, Incannex Healthcare - Combination Therapies For Challenging Chronic Conditions
Joel Latham is the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director of Incannex Healthcare Inc. ( https://incannex.com/ ) a science-led combination medicines company leading the way in developing cannabinoid-based medicines and psychedelic-base...
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Peter Basica - Founder & Chairman, 360 Smarter Care - Building a Smarter Healthcare System For All
Peter Basica ( https://peterbasica.com/ ) is the Founder and Chairman of 360 Smarter Care ( https://360smartercare.com/ ), an independent, AI-driven healthcare company redefining how self-funded employers manage healthcare costs and population ...
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Dr. Steven Quay, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Atossa Therapeutics - Novel Therapeutics For Preventing And Treating Breast Cancer
Dr. Steven Quay, MD, Ph.D. ( https://drquay.com/ ) is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Atossa Therapeutics ( https://atossatherapeutics.com/ ), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the prevention and...
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Lewis Bender - CEO, Intensity Therapeutics - Turning Tumors Into Their Own Immunotherapies
Lewis Bender is CEO and Founder of Intensity Therapeutics ( https://intensitytherapeutics.com/ ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to help patients live longer, higher quality lives by discovering, developing, and commerc...
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Dr. Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D., CMPC, Mental Fitness and Psychotherapy & Dr. Kimberly O’Brien, Ph.D., Unlimited Resilience, LLC - The Psychology of Performance, Pressure, and Well-Being
Dr. Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D., CMPC, is a clinical psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant known for his work with elite athletes, including members of the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. Dr. Jenkins also s...
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Marcel Ishimwe - CEO, AMR Initiative Rwanda - Leading The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance In Rwanda
Marcel Ishimwe is a pharmacist and public health advocate based in Kigali, Rwanda who is also the Founder and CEO of AMR Initiative Rwanda ( https://amrinitiativerwanda.org/ ), an organization dedicated to tackling antimicrobial resistance thro...
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Dr. Tara Williams, Ph.D. - Founder, Innovative Collegiate Consultants, Inc. - Designing College Success for Neurodivergent Minds
Dr. Tara Williams, Ph.D. is the owner and founder of Innovative Collegiate Consultants, Inc. ( https://innovativecollegiateconsultants.com/ ), a consultancy that provides educational assistance and guides neurodivergent students to build academ...
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Dr. Casey Perley, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Army Applications Laboratory - From Startups To Soldiers - Scaling Dual-Use Technology For The U.S. Army
Dr. Casey Perley, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Army Applications Laboratory ( https://aal.mil/ ) where she leads the mission to reshape how the U.S. Army works with industry to provide the best tech in the world to the best Army in the wo...
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Dr. Marie-Angélique Sene, Ph.D. - Head, Advanced Vaccine Bioprocessing, Institut Pasteur de Dakar - Advanced Vaccine Manufacturing And Africa’s Health Future
Dr. Marie-Angélique Sene, Ph.D. is Head of Advanced Vaccine Bioprocessing at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar ( https://institutpasteurdakar.sn/ ), one of the most strategically important vaccine manufacturing and research centers in the world—pa...
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Dr. James Giordano, Ph.D. - Director, Center for Disruptive Technologies and Future Warfare, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University - Neuroscience, Disruptive Technologies And The Future Of War
Dr. James Giordano, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Disruptive Technologies and Future Warfare in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University ( https://inss.ndu.edu/Centers/Center-for-Disruptive-Techn...
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Sami Tellatin - Head of Water & Climate Solutions, Kilimo - Leading The Way To A Water-Positive Future
Sami Tellatin is Head of Water & Climate Solutions at Kilimo ( https://kilimo.com/en/ ), an organization that connects companies with farmers in the same watershed to implement water-positive practices, generate measurable water savin...
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Dr. Xanthe Scharff, Ph.D. - Managing Director for External Affairs and Editor-at-Large, The Freedom Fund - Towards A World Free Of Slavery
January 2026 marks National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the United States ( https://www.state.gov/national-human-trafficking-prevention-month/ ) and the 100th anniversary of the 1926 Slavery Convention that intended to abo...
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Dr. Andrew Holman, MD - CEO, Inmedix - Stress Biology And The Science Of Immuno-Autonomics
Dr. Andrew Holman, MD is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Inmedix ( https://inmedix.com/ ), a medical diagnostics company pioneering the field of stress biology through its FDA-cleared CloudHRV® platform. Inmedix brings cloud-based c...
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Dr. Marco de Baar, Ph.D. - Chair, Plasma Fusion Operation and Control, Eindhoven University of Technology / Head, Fusion Research, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research - How Plasma Control Will Make Fusion Power Possible
Dr. Marco de Baar, Ph.D. is a full professor and Chair of Plasma Fusion Operation and Control at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Eindhoven University of Technology ( TU/e - https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/marco-de-baar ). ...
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Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH - Public Health Officer, Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego - Health, Trust & Local Leadership
Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH is the Public Health Officer, Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), County of San Diego ( https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/public-health-officer-.html ).Dr. Thihalolipava...
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Dr. Christie M. Ballantyne, Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine & Dr. Alexander Tal - Oral PCSK9 Therapy And The Future Of Heart Disease
Dr. Christie M. Ballantyne, MD is a Cardiologist and is one of the nation’s foremost experts on lipids, atherosclerosis and heart disease prevention. He holds many leadership positions at Baylor College of Medicine ( https://www.bcm.edu/people-...
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Prof. Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, Ph.D. - CEO, Advanced Materials Manufacturing / Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University - Engineering Survival: The Science And Future Of Composite Metal Foams
Professor Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, Ph.D. is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University ( https://mae.ncsu.edu/people/arabiei/ ) and a leading innovator in advanced materials engineering. She is also the fo...
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Dr. Philip Huang, MD, MPH - Director, Dallas Health And Human Services - Health, Trust & Local Leadership
Dr. Philip Huang, MD, MPH is the Director of Dallas Health and Human Services ( https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/dchhs/ ), which is a nationally accredited public health department responsible for providing health and social servi...
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Thomas Gaffney - COO, OFA Group - From Blueprints To Blockchains: The Future Of Architecture And Real Estate
Thomas Gaffney is the COO of OFA Group ( https://www.ofacorp.com/ ), which through its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Office for Fine Architecture Limited, is a premier architectural firm that provides comprehensive architectural services, ...
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Dr. Edward Holland & Robert Dempsey - Co-Founders - Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration - Restoring Sight For Those In Need
Dr. Edward Holland is a world-renowned leader in corneal transplantation and severe ocular surface disease, and is the Co-Founder of the Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration ( HFSR - https://www.hollandfoundationforsight.org/ ) is a 501(c)(...
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Meghan Gutierrez, CEO, Lymphoma Research Foundation & Jennifer Branstetter, Executive Director, North America Corporate Affairs & Patient Advocacy Lead, BeOne Medicines - Smarter Cancer Care: The Promise of Patient-Centric AI
Meghan Gutierrez is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lymphoma Research Foundation ( https://lymphoma.org/ ), the nation’s largest nonprofit organization devoted to funding lymphoma research and education, advancing both the study of new cance...
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Tony Baldassarre - CEO, UniDoc Health Corp. - Inside the H3 HealthCube: Reinventing Care Anywhere
Tony Baldassarre is CEO, President and Director of UniDoc ( https://unidoctor.com/ ), an eHealth Innovator and creator of the H3 Health Cube ( https://unidochealth.com/h3-health-cube/ ), a self-contained virtual clinic that enables patients to ...
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The Fight for Older Persons’ Rights: A UN Update with Dr. Claudia Mahler - United Nations Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Older Persons
Dr. Claudia Mahler, Ph.D. is the United Nations Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Older Persons ( https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/ie-older-persons/ms-claudia-mahler-independent-expert-enjoyment-all-human-rights-older-persons...
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