The DNA of Things with Dr. Jeremy Koenig
The DNA of Things," hosted by Dr. Jeremy Koenig, is an auditory journey into the evolving world of health science, performance, and longevity. This podcast brings together the sharpest minds in the field, including elite health strategists, pioneering scientists, and wellness mavericks, to share cutting-edge practices and revolutionary insights. Each episode is meticulously curated to enrich your understanding of well-being and to extend your vitality, propelling you toward a future filled with possibilities. Join Dr. Koenig as he unveils the secrets of human potential through the lens of genomics, and discover how to transform your health and life trajectory.
Episodes
103 episodes
Episode 103: From Bell Labs to Your Biology: Why the Next Trillion-Dollar Health Company Looks Nothing Like a Hospital with Dr. Asif Naseem
What happens when a Bell Labs engineer who built a $90M software business, raised $70M in wireless tech, and watched Intel acquire his company decides to walk into a hospital — and can't unsee what's broken? In this episode of The DNA of Th...
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Episode 103
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52:30
Episode 102: The Gap Nobody Talks About: Why Great Healthcare Innovation Never Reaches Patients with Mariano Bendersky
Most healthcare innovation never makes it to the patient — not because the science is wrong, but because nobody figured out how to plug it into the real world. In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Mariano Bendersky, Head of Innovat...
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Episode 102
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49:26
Episode 101: Get In The Game: How At-Home Diagnostics Are Putting Health Back In Your Hands with James York
From the fast-paced trading floors of Wall Street to the cutting edge of molecular diagnostics, James York's career path is anything but conventional — and that's exactly what makes his work so powerful. As Chief Commercial Officer at Molecular...
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Episode 101
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55:46
Episode 100: From 23andMe to the Future of Personalized Genomics: Mike Polcari on Building the "Hugging Face of Multi-Omics"
What happens when the architect behind one of the world's largest consumer genomics platforms decides to build what comes next? In this episode of The DNA of Things, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Mike Polcari — former Chief A...
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Episode 100
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45:40
Episode 99: The Immune Age Revolution: From Cellular Avatars to Lifelong Health with Vijay Vaswani
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig talks with biotech leader Vijay Vaswani, co-founder and CEO of Omniscope, about how decoding the immune system at single-cell resolution is changing how we define true health and extend healthspan.✨ ...
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Episode 98
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1:25:45
Episode 98: The Trillion-Dollar Bet on Preventative Health with Dr. Travis McDonough
In this episode of The DNA of Things, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Dr. Travis McDonough — serial entrepreneur and CEO of Wellnify AI — for one of the most honest conversations about the future of preventative health you'll hear. Travis spen...
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Episode 99
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52:05
Episode 97: Beyond Insulin - Stem Cells, Islet Engineering, and the Future of Diabetes Care with Dr. Quinn Peterson
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Dr. Quinn Peterson, a Mayo Clinic stem cell biologist, to explore how regenerative medicine could move type 1 diabetes from lifelong management to true biological restoration.✨ Key ta...
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Episode 97
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38:56
Episode 96: Rewriting Medicine - Upstream Health, Multi‑Omics & AI with Dr. Helen Messier
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy sits down with physician-scientist Dr. Helen Messier to unpack how multi-omics, AI, and “upstream medicine” are rewriting the future of healthcare—from managing chronic disease to truly preventing and reversing it.
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Episode 96
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1:02:47
Episode 95: When Ethics Meets Power: Stem Cells, AI, and the Future of Being Human with Dr. Insoo Hyun
In this episode, we sit down with leading bioethicist Dr. Insoo Hyun to unpack how ethics, politics, AI, stem cells, and the future of human identity are colliding in real time—from embryo models and gene editing to digital twins and data owner...
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Episode 95
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1:25:27
Episode 94: WellPro AI, Beyond 60-Page Reports - Building an Outcome-Native Health Operating System with David Lefkovits
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with David Lefkovits, visionary CEO and co-founder of WellPro AI, to unpack why personalized, preventative healthcare hasn't scaled yet—and what it's going to take to finally get there. They d...
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Episode 94
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1:01:13
Episode 93: From ICU to 100,000 Patients: Building the Future of Personalized Medicine
In this episode, Chris Spears, founder of OrderlyMeds, shares his transformative journey from a catastrophic ICU experience to building a human-centered medication management platform that's revolutionizing personalized healthcare. Chris opens ...
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Episode 93
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54:00
Episode 92: From Monsanto to AI: Accelerating the Race Against Cancer with Dr. Chadi Nabhan
In this episode, Jeremy Koenig sits down with Dr. Chadi Nabhan, a physician-scientist, oncologist, and healthcare innovator who stands at the intersection of cancer care, precision medicine, and artificial intelligence. Dr. Nabhan shares his re...
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Episode 92
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1:02:13
Episode 91: From Last Pick to Olympian - Why You're One of One with Eli Bremer
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Eli Bremer, Olympic modern pentathlete turned systems thinker and international sport leader, for a profound conversation about human performance, individualization, and the courage to reject on...
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Episode 91
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57:35
Episode 90: The N of One Analyzer: Your Biology, Your Data, Your Health with Dr. Nathan Price
In this episode of the DNA of Things, Dr. Jeremy Koenig welcomes back Dr. Nathan Price, co-director of the Center of Human Health Span at the Buck Institute and Chief Scientific Officer at Thorne. Dr. Price reveals how AI and multi-omic ...
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Episode 90
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57:35
Episode 89: Decoding Women's Health Through Systems Biology and AI with Dr. Elena Ikonomovska
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Dr. Elena Ikonomovska, a machine learning scientist and co-founder/CEO of Diadia Health, to explore how artificial intelligence and systems biology are revolutionizing women's health. Elena shar...
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Episode 89
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57:36
Episode 88: Building Healthcare's Missing Infrastructure with Pouria Sanae
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Pouria Sanae, CEO and co-founder of ixlayer, to explore the transformation of healthcare delivery through technology and systems thinking. Pouria shares his remarkable journey from aerospace eng...
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Episode 88
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56:21
Episode 87: Your Biology Listens: How Epigenetics and Microbiome Science Are Revolutionizing Personalized Health with Dr. Neal Kitchen
In this episode of The DNA of Things, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Dr. Neal Kitchen, COO of Epimorphy and pioneer in personalized health through epigenetics and microbiome integration. As an identical twin with a divergent health journey fr...
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Episode 87
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57:38
Episode 86: From Lab to Kitchen: Ancestral Microbiome Science with Dr. Jens Walter
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Dr. Jens Walter, a global leader in microbiome research and professor at University College Cork Ireland, to explore how ancestral dietary patterns can reverse metabolic imbalances and restore g...
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Episode 86
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57:44
Episode 85: 80% of Disease is Preventable: Why Your Doctor Can't See It Coming with Guy Leitersdorf
Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Guy Leitersdorf, founder and CEO of Longevity AI, for a powerful conversation about transforming healthcare from reactive to proactive. After losing his father to late-stage lung cancer despite premium healthcar...
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Episode 85
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1:05:33
Episode 84: The Biology of Belief: How Consciousness Shapes Your Genes with Dr. Garrett Yount
In this episode of the DNA of Things, host Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Dr. Garrett Yount from the Institute of Noetic Sciences to explore the fascinating intersection of consciousness, biology, and human potential. They dive deep in...
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Episode 84
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55:16
Episode 83: CENEGENICS: Tailored Longevity for All Ages with Kristy Berry
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Kristy Berry, CEO of CENEGENICS, to explore how longevity medicine evolved from a “fringe” idea to the future of proactive health. Kristy’s story—from her start as the compa...
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Episode 83
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1:00:37
Episode 82: Dr. Lee Hood on Systems Biology, P4 Medicine, and the Future of Health
In this episode, Dr. Lee Hood, one of the great pioneers of modern biology, joins Dr. Jeremy Koenig for an in-depth conversation about the evolution of medicine—from reactive care to predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory (P4) ...
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Episode 82
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1:10:03
Episode 81: Designing the Future of Medicine: Dr. Don Brown on AI, Genomics, and Precision Health
In this episode of The DNA of Things, Dr. Jeremy Koenig welcomes Dr. Don Brown — physician, entrepreneur, software visionary, and founder of Bioscope — to explore how technology, AI, and genomics are reshaping the future of precision m...
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Episode 81
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1:03:37
Episode 80: Your Health, Your CEO Moment: Taking Charge in the Age of Digital Medicine with Eliad Josephson
In this episode of The DNA of Things, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Eliad Josephson, a Wall Street banker turned Hollywood financier and now diagnostics industry leader, to explore how the healthcare system is undergoing a ra...
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Episode 80
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1:00:48
Episode 79: AI, Adaptability, and the Founder’s Journey with Matt Cooper of Volta
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Koenig sits down with Matt Cooper, CEO of Volta, one of Canada’s largest innovation hubs, to explore how curiosity, discipline, and first principles thinking shape resilient founders and thriving ecosystems. With ove...
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Episode 79
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47:13
