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
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875 episodes
Building the Internet of Medicine: How AI Could Transform Children's Healthcare | Dr. Timothy Chou - Founder, Pediatric Moonshot
Imagine a world where a child with a rare disease in a rural hospital could benefit from the collective intelligence of 500 of the world's best children's hospitals - not years later, but in real time. What if artificial intelligence could conn...
How Regenerative Medicine Is Reinventing Breast Reconstruction | Dr. Claudia Chavez-Munoz, MD, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder - Conexeu Sciences
For decades, women undergoing mastectomy have largely faced the same choice: reconstruct with permanent implants or use tissue transplanted from another part of the body. But what if there was a third option - not replacing what's been lost, bu...
How Radiopharmaceuticals Are Changing Cancer Forever | Dr. Ebrahim Delpassand, MD - Founder, Chairman and CEO - RadioMedix
What if radiation could become one of the most precise medicines ever invented? Long before radiopharmaceuticals became one of the hottest areas in biotech, today's guest was helping pioneer targeted radiation therapies that seek out cancer cel...
Inside Israel's Health Innovation Revolution | Dr. Michal Tzuchman-Katz, MD - Chief Innovation & Research Officer, Maccabi Healthcare Services
Can artificial intelligence really think like a physician - or is it simply predicting words?This week we're joined by Dr. Michal Tzuchman-Katz, MD, physician, AI entrepreneur, pediatrician, and Chief Innovation & Research Officer a...
Beyond Immunosuppression: The Rise of T-Cell Engagers for Autoimmune Disease | Dr. Jeffrey Jones, MD, MPH - Chief Medical Officer, Cullinan Therapeutics
For decades we've treated autoimmune diseases by suppressing the immune system - but what if we've been approaching the problem all wrong? What if, instead of lifelong immunosuppression, we could selectively eliminate the immune cells causing d...
Beyond Ignition: The Engineering Challenge That Will Decide Fusion's Future | Dr. Will Regan, Ph.D. - Founder and Chief Scientist, Pacific Fusion
For decades, fusion researchers were chasing a single goal: ignition. But what if ignition isn't the finish line? What if it's only the starting gun? Today we're joined by Dr. Will Regan, Founder and Chief Scientist of Pacific Fusion, a company...
Growing Plants in Space: The Science Behind Future Moon and Mars Colonies | Mark Ciotola - CEO and Co-Founder, Sustain Space
Everyone talks about getting humans to Mars. But almost nobody talks about the harder question - how do you keep them alive once they get there? My guest today says the answer isn't bigger rockets - it's plants.Mark Ciotola is CEO and C...
Delirium, Dementia & Protecting the Aging Brain | Dr. Tammy Hshieh, MD, MPH - Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife
We often assume confusion after surgery is temporary. But what if those few days of delirium are actually a major turning point in the aging brain? New research from Harvard and Hebrew SeniorLife suggests postoperative delirium may be the stron...
The Inventor Who Revolutionized Heart Monitoring | Dr. David Albert, MD - Founder, AliveCor
What if a device small enough to fit in your pocket could detect a potentially fatal heart rhythm before symptoms even appear? My guest today helped make that possible. Dr. David Albert, MD - Founder of AliveCor, pioneered smartphone ECG techno...
Systemic Oncolytic Virotherapy Explained | Dr. Eric Poma, Ph.D. - CEO - Calidi Biotherapeutics
For decades, scientists have searched for better cancer drugs. But what if the biggest challenge isn't discovering the drug - it's getting it to the tumor? My guest today is developing programmable viruses designed to travel throughout the body...
The Blood Test That Could Change Cancer Treatment Forever | Eric Matthews - General Manager, Biopharma, Natera
For decades, oncologists have had to wait until cancer became visible on a scan before knowing whether it had returned. But what if doctors could detect microscopic traces of cancer months earlier with a simple blood draw - and use that informa...
How Female Biology Shapes Skin Disease Across a Lifetime | Dr. Doral Fredericks, PharmD, MBA - Vice President and Head of Global Medical Affairs and Outcomes Research, Organon
For decades, medicine has recognized that pregnancy and menopause transform nearly every system in the body. Yet only recently have researchers begun asking a simple question: what happens to chronic skin diseases like eczema and psoriasis duri...
55 Years Without a Diagnosis | Can AI Solve The Undiagnosed Condition Blind Spot? | Haresh Patel - Founder and CEO, Sanare Health AI
He spent fifty-five years searching for answers. Dozens of doctors. Hundreds of tests. Twelve different diagnoses. And what he discovered wasn't just a problem with medicine - it was a problem with the system itself.Haresh Patel ( https...
The Placenta: The Organ That Programs Human Health Before Birth | Dr. Perrie O'Tierney-Ginn, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Woman, Mother & Baby Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center
Before your heart, brain, or lungs fully developed, one remarkable temporary organ was making decisions that may influence your health for decades. Dr. Perrie O'Tierney-Ginn ( https://www.placentascience.com/ ) explains why the placenta could b...
The Intelligent Age Explained: Professor Klaus Schwab on AI, Longevity & the Future of Work
For decades, we’ve talked about the digital revolution - but according to Professor Klaus Schwab, we’ve already moved beyond it. We’re now entering what he calls the Intelligent Age - where intelligence itself becomes the most valuable resource...
The Science of Human Potential: How the Brain Shapes Aging, Health & Performance | Dr. Srini Pillay
What if aging isn’t just biology…but also psychology - and your brain is quietly shaping how fast you age every day?Dr. Srini Pillay, MD ( https://drsrinipillay.com/ ) is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, brain researcher, entrepreneur, a...
Canine Superpowers: The Future of Early Cancer Detection | Itamar Bitan - Co-Founder, Dognosis
Dogs can detect explosives, narcotics, missing persons, and even disease. But what if their greatest superpower isn't finding things - it's sensing molecular changes inside the human body long before symptoms appear? Today we're exploring wheth...
Behind the Camera: The Untold Story of a Sports Producer's Health Battle
He spent decades interviewing some of the toughest athletes on the planet. Meanwhile, he was quietly battling a condition that at times covered nearly his entire body. Today, for the first time, Paul shares the story behind the story.Pa...
Everyone Dies: The Truth About Death We Avoid Talking About | Dr. Marianne Matzo
We spend enormous amounts of time trying to extend life - but almost no time learning how to deal with the fact that it ends. And that gap is creating enormous suffering for families.Dr. Marianne Matzo, Ph.D., FAAN is a nationally recog...
From Supernova Physics to Fusion Energy: The Laser Experiments Changing Science - Dr. Mario Manuel, Ph.D. - General Atomics
What if we could recreate the inside of a star - not in theory, but inside a laboratory on Earth using the world’s most powerful lasers?Dr. Mario Manuel, Ph.D. is a plasma physicist and laser-science researcher at whose work sits at the...
When Survival Isn’t Enough: Reinventing Pediatric Recovery | Dr. Nicholas Holekamp, MD - Chief Health Transformation Officer, Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital
What if modern medicine has become incredibly good at saving children’s lives…but society still hasn’t figured out how to help many of those children truly live afterward?Dr. Nicholas Holekamp, MD is the Chief Health Transformation Offi...
The Future of AI in Pharma, Diagnostics & Precision Medicine | Bill Taranto, President and Founding Partner & Dr. David Rubin, Managing Director - Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
Over the last several years, artificial intelligence has transformed from a speculative concept in healthcare into one of the most heavily funded movements in pharmaceutical and biotech history.But in 2026, the conversation is changing....
How Computational Biology Is Reinventing Agriculture & Energy | Ofer Haviv - CEO, Casterra - President and CEO, Evogene
For decades, agriculture and energy were treated as separate worlds. But what happens when farms become part of the global energy infrastructure? Ofer Haviv joins us to discuss the rise of castor as a next-generation industrial crop, the future...
The Invention That Revolutionized Wound Healing | Dr. Michael Morykwas - Co-Inventor - Vacuum Assisted Closure
Every once in a while, a simple question changes medicine forever.For decades, chronic and traumatic wounds were among the most frustrating problems in healthcare. Doctors could clean wounds, dress wounds, and hope for healing - but man...
The Next Evolution of T Cell Engagers in Oncology | Dr. Jack Silberstein - CEO, Deck Bio
For years, T cell therapies have transformed blood cancers - but solid tumors have remained one of the hardest problems in medicine. Now a new company called Deck Bio believes the issue isn’t just finding a better target...it’s that cancer may ...