Yesterday

"American Democracy as We Know It Might Not Survive This Technology"

What happens when the two biggest stories in the world—the Trump White House and the development of advanced artificial intelligence—collide? Well, nothing good, apparently. When contract negotiations broke down between the Pentagon and Anthropic, a leading AI lab, the Department ... Show More

1h 4m

Mar 6

Trump Is Doubling Down on Iran. How Should Democrats Respond?

Donald Trump’s polling has continued to edge down week after week. And yet approval of the Democratic Party is still stuck near its all-time low, according to Gallup and other surveys. One interpretation of these polls is that the deep unpopularity of the party is an albatross ar ... Show More

42m 18s

Mar 3

The Four Ways That the Iran War Could End

Dramatic regime change. Moderate regime evolution. A calamitous regional conflict. Or … no change at all. Today we consider how the Iran conflict might evolve following the killing of Supreme Leader Khamenei with Karim Sadjadpour, an American policy analyst at the Carnegie Endowm ... Show More

55m 52s

Jul 2024

#309 ‒ AI in medicine: its potential to revolutionize disease prediction, diagnosis, and outcomes, causes for concern in medicine and beyond, and more | Isaac Kohane, M.D., Ph.D.

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1h 55m

May 2024

AI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now

Artificial intelligence is already <a href="https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/03/27/ais-will-make-health-care-safer-and-better?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=babbage&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article& ... Show More

45m 35s

Jul 2024

Molecular Biologist's Quest: Can We STOP the Aging Clock? | Dr. David Sinclair EP 687

Have you listened to the <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/1232-pod">FULL EPISODE yet?</a>"We can actually grow little brains in the dish too... And we can age them forwards, make them older... And then we reverse it." - Dr. David SinclairPrepare for a journey into ... Show More

7m 16s

Dec 2022

New Season of I am BIO; plus Hope for Alzheimer's (Redux)

I am BIO will begin a new season of exciting topics on Feb 28. During our hiatus, we are bringing back some of our most popular episodes beginning with “Hope for Alzheimer's.”Alzheimer’s disease is a heartbreaking diagnosis and tragically there is no cure. But every day, research ... Show More

22m 47s

Sep 2025

AI Therapy Deep Dive: Can a Chatbot Be Your Therapist? w/ Dr. Nick Jacobson

AI chatbots may already be the largest providers of mental health services in the United States, raising big questions about safety, effectiveness, and oversight. Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Dr. Nick Jacobson to explore the risks and opportunities of AI therapy: Can a chat ... Show More

1h 25m

Dec 2018

The Future

Psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman concludes his exploration of delusions, looking at both historic and contemporary case studies. In the final programme he examines the latest thinking on the causes of and treatment for delusional thinking. Daniel looks at the latest research ... Show More

14m 17s

Sep 2024

Predicting everything

The Royal Society recently announced the shortlist for their annual Science Book Prize – and nominated is science writer and journalist Tom Chivers, author of the book Everything is Predictable. He tells us how statistics impact every aspect of our lives, and joins Marnie as a st ... Show More

34m 50s

Jan 2025

Driving Disease Risk Prediction and Preventative Healthcare with AI - with Dan Elton of the National Human Genome Research Institute

Today's guest is Dan Elton, Staff Scientist at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dan returns to explore the transformative role of AI in healthcare. In his new role, Dan shares how his work at NIH focuses on integr ... Show More

15m 14s

Feb 2023

Rethinking Dementia Care. February 10, 2023, Part 2

Rethinking The Future Of Dementia Care Scientists estimate that the number of people living with dementia <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/us-future-dementia-alzheimers/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">will triple w ... Show More

45m 57s

Apr 2025

Tackling bias in health

Bias in the way medical research is carried out means that new medicines for diseases such as cancer – as well as the tools used to diagnose patients with some conditions – are disproportionally tested on people of European heritage. This can lead to those not represented in the ... Show More

23m 18s

Is AI Really About to Solve Human Diseas...