Best The Quantified Body Podcasts (2024)

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71: From Star Trek to Reality: The quest for digital body twins and quantified imaging with Clarissa from Q Bio 25:13

14d ago25:13

25:13

On this episode Clarissa Shen joins the show, she is COO at Q Bio. She discusses how they are transforming healthcare with AI, machine learning, and big data. Discover how Q Bio’s advanced digital platform combines full-body MRI, biochemistry, and genomics to predict health risks, making diagnostics more accessible. Clarissa reveals how they are bu…

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Joe MacGregor on Mapping the Geology of Greenland Below the Ice 31:10

9h ago31:10

31:10

With most of Greenland buried by kilometers of ice, obtaining direct information about its geology is challenging. But we can learn a lot from measurements of the island’s geophysical properties — seismic, gravity, magnetic from airborne and satellite surveys and from its topography, which we can see relatively well through the ice using radar. In …

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Adam Simon on Battery Metals 34:14

22d ago34:14

34:14

As we wean ourselves away from fossil fuels and ramp up our reliance on alternatives, batteries become ever more important for two main reasons. First, we need grid-scale batteries to store excess electricity from time-varying sources such as wind and solar. Second, we use them to power electric vehicles, which we are now producing at the rate of a…

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70: Transforming Fertility: How Apricity’s virtual clinic is changing fertility care with Caroline Allen 20:32

1M ago20:32

20:32

By Dr Vinay Shankar

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Rufus Catchings on Pinning Down California's Faults 33:33

2M ago33:33

33:33

Knowing exactly where faults are located is important both for scientific reasons and for assessing how much damage a fault could inflict if it ruptured and caused an earthquake. In the podcast, Rufus Catchings describes how we can use natural and artificial sources of seismic waves to create high-resolution images of fault profiles. He also explai…

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69: How to go from extraordinary side hustles to an AI mental health startup? With Ross from Limbic 23:14

2M ago23:14

23:14

On this episode, Vinay is joined by founder of Limbic, Ross Harper, who has a PhD in computational neuroscience. Limbic enhances mental health care by assisting providers to manage and support demand for mental health services through AI-driven tools. It can prioritise need, from more routine aspects to serious issues, by applying machine learning …

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Sara Seager on Exoplanet Geology 34:33

3M ago34:33

34:33

During the past couple of decades, we have discovered that stars with planetary systems are not rare, exceptional cases, as we once assumed, but actually quite commonplace. However, because exoplanets are like fireflies next to blinding searchlights, they are incredibly difficult to study. Yet, as Sara Seager explains, we are making astonishing pro…

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68: How to understand your brain with MEG? With Caitlin from MYndspan 21:24

3M ago21:24

21:24

On this episode, Caitlin Baltzer, CEO and Co-founder of MYndspan helps us imagine a world where access to information on how our brain works is at our fingertips. MYndspan is a platform which uses a unique brain scanning technology called magnetoencephalography or more easily known as the MEG scanner. This non-invasive, millimetre-accurate scanning…

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Evan Smith on Diamonds from the Deep Mantle 34:36

3M ago34:36

34:36

We have only a tantalizingly small number of sources of information about the Earth’s deep mantle. One of these comes from the rare diamonds that form at depths of about 650 km and make their way up to the base of the lithosphere, and then later to the surface via rare volcanic eruptions of kimberlite magma. In the podcast, Evan Smith talks about a…

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67: Do we need technology for our health and wellbeing? With Srinivas Arka 28:31

4M ago28:31

28:31

On this episode, Srinivas Arka joins the show. He is a philosopher, author and renowned speaker who focuses on achieving a state of well-being by addressing our mental, physical and spiritual health. Highly regarded for his talks, books, and workshops internationally, Srinivas Arka has also founded the Centre For Conscious Awareness charities world…

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Roberta Rudnick on the Continental Crustal Composition Paradox 27:53

4M ago27:53

27:53

Continental crust is derived from magmas that come from the mantle. So, naively, one might expect it to mirror the composition of the mantle. But our measurements indicate that it does not. Continental crust contains significantly more silica and less magnesium and iron than the mantle. How can we be sure this discrepancy is real, and what do we th…

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66: Vann, a cancer support platform inspired by a personal journey with Ani Haykuni 20:51

4M ago20:51

20:51

Imagine a platform where technology and compassionate care converge. This episode is a deep dive into that very space. We’re joined by Ani, the visionary founder of Vann, a cancer support app created from her own personal experience. Incubated at Oxford University Innovation, Vann combines support for patients during and after diagnosis. The platfo…

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Alex Copley on Soft Continents 32:04

4M ago32:04

32:04

We tend to think of continental tectonic plates as rigid caps that float on the asthenospheric mantle, much like oceanic plates. But while some continental regions have the most rigid rocks on the planet, wide swathes of the continents are not rigid at all. In the podcast, Alex Copley explains how this differentiation comes about and points to evid…

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Shanan Peters on Quantifying the Global Sedimentary Rock Record 27:14

5M ago27:14

27:14

Shanan Peters believes we need to assemble a global record of sedimentary rock coverage over geological time. As he explains in the podcast, such a record enables us to disentangle real changes in the long-term evolution of the Earth-life system from biases introduced by the unevenness and incompleteness of the sedimentary record. To this end, he a…

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65: Surgical training beyond boundaries with Ad Gandhe from Amodisc 21:49

5M ago21:49

21:49

On this episode, practising orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Touch Surgery, Ad Gandhe joins the show to discuss Amodisc, his latest venture. This conversation cuts deep into healthcare transformation through technology, as we uncover the story behind a platform designed to educate various grades of surgeons on complex surgeries. Born out of neces…

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Paul Smith on the Cambrian Explosion 32:44

6M ago32:44

32:44

Complex life did not start in the Cambrian - it was there in the Ediacaran, the period that preceded the Cambrian. And the physical and chemical environment that prevailed in the early to middle Cambrian may well have arisen at earlier times in Earth history. So what exactly was the Cambrian explosion? And what made it happen when it did, between 5…

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64: Can you improve mental health in six weeks? With Ravi Janapureddy from Resony 21:21

6M ago21:21

21:21

On this episode, Ravi Janapureddy joins the show to discuss his latest venture, Resony Health. It’s a response to his own experience of burnout working as a financial consultant. Vinay navigates through the creation of Resony, a software as medical device platform that promises to improve accessibility to mental health services. The app, backed by …

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Scott Bolton on the Most Volcanically Active Body in the Solar System 24:45

6M ago24:45

24:45

Jupiter's innermost Galilean moon, Io, is peppered with volcanos that are erupting almost all the time. In this episode, Scott Bolton, Principal Investigator of NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, describes what we're learning from this space probe. Since its arrival in 2017, its orbit around the giant planet has progressively shifted to take it close …

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63: Fertility Mapper: How to help patients navigate the fertility treatment journey? With CEO Kaleigh Hartigan 24:13

7M ago24:13

24:13

On this episode, Kaleigh Hartigan, CEO and founder who has created fertility mapper joins the show. It’s powered by user reviews and provides clarity to those seeking fertility treatments. Kaleigh also reveals their newest tool to help those pursuing NHS support for fertility. The NHS IVF tool, breaks down complex criteria, to offer any person who …

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Bob White on How Magma Moves in the Crust 36:45

7M ago36:45

36:45

We know that most magma originates in the Earth’s mantle. As it pushes up through the many kilometers of lithosphere to the surface, it pauses in one or more magma chambers or partially melted mush zones for periods of up to a few millennia before erupting. But while we have seismic evidence and models and support this picture, we have not hitherto…

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62: Can you use an app to unleash the power of photos & games in dementia? 20:47

7M ago20:47

20:47

On this episode, we have CEO Bruce Elliot from Memory Lane games. It all started as a chat in a humble pub with his co-founder, where they began to discuss their own mothers and how much joy they gained from reminiscing over old photos. Recognising the value of conversation for those with dementia and cognitive decline, they have utilised a gamific…

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Richard Ernst on Large Igneous Provinces 31:56

8M ago31:56

31:56

At roughly 15-25-million-year intervals since the Archean, huge volumes of lava have spewed onto the Earth’s surface. These form the large igneous provinces, which are called flood basalts when they occur on continents. As Richard Ernst explains in the podcast, the eruption of a large igneous province can initiate the rifting of continents, disrupt…

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61: Reimagining the community nursing journey for patients & nurses using tech with Kelly Klifa from Ally Health 21:54

8M ago21:54

21:54

On this episode, CEO and co-founder Kelly Klifa joins the show to discuss Ally Health. It’s a company that uses digital scheduling with a track and trace type system to bring clinical care to the home. No stranger to entrepreneurship, she is the founder of Testing for All, a company with an annual turnover of £29 million, which became the leading C…

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Damian Nance on What Drives the Supercontinent Cycle 35:58

9M ago35:58

35:58

Perhaps as many as five times over the course of Earth history, most of the continents gathered together to form a supercontinent. The supercontinents lasted on the order of a hundred million years before breaking apart and dispersing the continents. For decades, we theorized that this cycle of amalgamation and breakup was caused by near-surface te…

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60: Better than paper? A digital surgical consent platform with Dr Patrick Hart from Concentric Health 22:52

9M ago22:52

22:52

On this episode Dr Patrick Hart joins the show, he is the clinical operations lead at Concentric Health. We delve into how Concentric is pioneering change in surgical operations and procedures. It streamlines how patients and clinicians navigate the consent process, reducing errors and delays in operations, integrating with electronic health record…

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David Kohlstedt on Simulating the Mantle in the Lab 32:00

10M ago32:00

32:00

The Earth’s tectonic plates float on top of the ductile portion of the Earth’s mantle called the asthenosphere. The properties of the asthenosphere, in particular its viscosity, are thought to play a key role in determining how plates move, subduct, and how melt is produced and accumulates. We would like to know what the viscosity of the the asthen…

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59: Neutrocheck, an at-home test for neutropenic sepsis with Umaima Ahmad from 52North 20:44

10M ago20:44

20:44

On this episode, Vinay is joined by co-founder Umaima Ahmad, to discuss their startup 52North and their ambitious tech that powers a life-saving product. Neutrocheck is device for those undergoing chemotherapy and who are at risk of neutropenic sepsis. With a background in financial law, Umaima and her team of co-founders were inspired to solve a p…

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Claire Corkhill on Geological Radioactive Waste Disposal 31:07

11M ago31:07

31:07

In many countries, nuclear power is a significant part of the energy mix being planned as part of the drive to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions. This means that we will be producing a lot more radioactive waste, some of it with half-lives that approach geological timescales, which are orders of magnitude greater than timescales associated …

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Mahesh Anand on What Human Return to the Moon Means for Lunar Geology 32:30

11M ago32:30

32:30

We have learned a great deal about the geology of the Moon from remote sensing instruments aboard lunar orbiters, from robot landers, from the Apollo landings, and from samples returned to the Earth by Apollo and robot landings. But in 2025, when NASA plans to land humans on the Moon for the first time since 1972, a new phase of lunar exploration i…

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58: Can you optimise your health before surgery with an app? With Adam Robinson from Surgery Hero 21:55

11M ago21:55

21:55

On this episode, Adam Robinson joins the show to share how his diverse background including working with Tesco and Spotify, led him to found Surgery Hero. The company was developed to tackle mental and physical issues that can reduce the effectiveness of surgery due to various aspects such as anxiety, weight management, alcohol use and more. They p…

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Susan Brantley on Earth's Geological Thermostat 27:44

12M ago27:44

27:44

At the core of Earth’s geological thermostat is the dissolution of silicate minerals in the presence of atmospheric carbon dioxide and liquid water. But at large scales, the effectiveness and temperature sensitivity of this reaction depends on geomorphological, climatic, and tectonic factors that vary greatly from place to place. As described in th…

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57: Do we really need precision medicine for our drug prescriptions? With Athena Doshi, founder of Celeste 22:58

12M ago22:58

22:58

On this episode, Vinay Shankar is joined by Athena Doshi, founder of Celeste, a medication diagnostic tool. The company aims to tackle the gender gap in health, to provide prescriptions that fit physiology to improve outcomes in women’s health. Celeste aims not only to bridge the gap, but decrease wastage and eliminate the time it takes to treat a …

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Clark Johnson on the Banded Iron Formations 28:42

1y ago28:42

28:42

Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are a visually striking group of sedimentary rocks that are iron rich and almost exclusively deposited in the Precambrian. Their existence points to a major marine iron cycle that does not operate today. Several theories have been proposed to explain how the BIFs formed. While they all involve the precipitation of ferr…

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56: How to use a digital health platform to effectively prescribe exercise? With Louise O’Mahony from EXi 23:04

1y ago23:04

23:04

On this episode we have Louise O'Mahony, who is the head of customer success at EXI. She shares her transformative journey from managing exercise referral services to working with the National Diabetes Prevention Program and now working on the EXI platform. EXI has been built to integrate with existing technologies to create a seamless pathway to p…

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Catherine Mottram on Dating Rock Deformation 36:05

1y ago36:05

36:05

The geological history of most regions is shaped by a whole range of processes that occur at temperatures ranging from above 800°C to as low as 100°C. The timing of events occurring over a particular temperature range can be recorded by a mineral which crystallizes over that range. The mineral calcite is suitable for recording low-temperature proce…

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55: From Echo to Phlo: How to build a new digital pharmacy world? with Alistair Murray from Phlo 21:49

1y ago21:49

21:49

On this episode, we welcome Alastair Murray who is the chief pharmacist at Phlo. He was started his healthtech journey at Echo, the digital pharmacy that was later acquired by Lloyds Pharmacy. Phlo aims to provide a safer, error-free prescriptions-based system. Its API creates seamless connections with existing client’s software and the distinctive…

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Martin Van Kranendonk on the Earliest Life on Earth 33:28

1y ago33:28

33:28

In this episode, Martin Van Kranendonk lays out a convincing case for life on Earth going back to at least 3.48 billion years ago. To find evidence for very ancient life, we need to look at rocks that have been largely undisturbed over billions of years of Earth history. Such rocks have been found in the Pilbara region of northwest Australia. As ex…

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54: Can you use AI to discover rare diseases? With Dr Peter Fish from Mendelian 23:33

1y ago23:33

23:33

On this episode, Dr Peter Fish, the CEO of Mendelian joins the show. Their mission is to make it easier for clinicians to diagnose rare diseases. Their AI based platform can sift through medical records to discover more than 100 rare conditions. As a serial entrepreneur, he has built and invested in various tech companies, combining his medical bac…

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Rob Butler on the Origin of the Alps 30:46

1+ y ago30:46

30:46

The Alps are the most intensively studied of all mountain chains, being readily accessed from the geological research centers of Europe. But despite this, there remains considerable uncertainty as to how they formed, especially in the Eocene (about 40 million years ago) when the events that led directly to Alpine mountain-building started. In the p…

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53: Can a digital health app beat patient information leaflets? With Dom Raban from Xploro 20:29

1+ y ago20:29

20:29

On this episode we have Dom Raban, the CEO of Xploro, a digital therapeutics platform. As a result of his daughter developing and then beating cancer as a child, he was inspired to create the company to help young people better understand their health condition. The platform uses augmented reality, games, chatbots, and AI to deliver health content …

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52: How to streamline medical image reporting with Brian Plackis Cheng from OpenRad 23:42

1+ y ago23:42

23:42

In this episode, Vinay talks to Brian Plackis Cheng, CEO of OpenRad, a teleradiology service. The company brings radiology reporting services to the cloud. It enables all medical imaging interpretation to happen remotely, allows easier collaboration with clinical colleagues and patients can access their scans through the patient portal. Brian is a …

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51: The CUE1 wearable, an effective non-drug treatment for Parkinson’s with Lucy from Charco Neurotech 22:53

1+ y ago22:53

22:53

Lucy Jung is the CEO of Charco Neurotech, a start-up that has created a non-invasive device for improving symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The CUE1 device uses vibrotactile stimulation through a small electronic device placed on the chest. It’s a unique device inspired by the famous neurologist Dr Charcot and already has 16 000 patients on the wait…

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John Wakabayashi on the Franciscan Complex 32:45

1+ y ago32:45

32:45

The Franciscan Complex is a large accretionary prism that has been accreted onto the western margin of the North American continent. Unlike most such prisms, which are submarine, it is exposed on land, making it a magnet for researchers such as John Wakabayashi. In the podcast, he describes this remarkable complex and explains the mechanisms that m…

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Bruce Levell on Bias in the Sedimentary Record 33:56

1+ y ago33:56

33:56

How can we tell if the sedimentary record is good enough to make solid inferences about the geological past? After all, it can be difficult, or even impossible, to infer what is missing, or indeed whether anything is missing at all. As he explains in the podcast, Bruce Levell tackles this question by combining fieldwork with systematic analysis bas…

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50: How to create a first-in-class drug? With Lisa Patel from Istesso 20:02

1+ y ago20:02

20:02

On this episode, we have Lisa Patel, who is the CEO and co-founder of the drug discovery & development company Istesso. They work in the emerging field of immunometabolism, harnessing the connection between immunology & metabolism to help a patient return to their natural rhythm. Lisa wanted to further her passion to eliminate conditions like rheum…

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49: How did a digital health blockchain startup lead to a telemedicine platform? With Dr Abdullah Albeyatti 23:59

1+ y ago23:59

23:59

Dr Abdullah Albeyatti is a GP and founder of two healthtech companies. Medicalchain harnesses blockchain technology to provide patients with access to their medical records on multiple levels of healthcare, removing barriers and enabling patients to be at the centre of their health. MyClinic is a telemedical solution created within three weeks of t…

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48: How to go deeper with AI to reduce missed healthcare appointments in the NHS? With Dr Benyamin Deldar from Deep Medical 17:47

1+ y ago17:47

17:47

On this episode, we have Benyamin, a Doctor and co-founder of Deep Medical. He developed the idea for the company in 2020 alongside his co-founder, David Hanbury, who is an AI engineer. They wanted to help utilise appointments in healthcare more efficiently while being focused on finding solutions that were people-centred.Using AI, Deep Medical is …

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Sujoy Mukhopadhyay on Probing the Hadean World with Noble Gases 33:50

1+ y ago33:50

33:50

In a recent episode, Nadja Drabon spoke about newly discovered zircon crystals that formed during the late Hadean and early Archean, when the Earth was between 500 million and a billion years old. The zircons revealed information about processes occurring in the Earth’s nascent crust, casting light on when and how modern-day plate tectonics may hav…

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Patrick Fulton on the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake 30:09

1+ y ago30:09

30:09

In 2011, a massive earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Japan. The destructive power of the earthquake was amplified by a giant tsunami that swept ashore, killing over 15,000 people. A major cause of the tsunami was the 50-m slip along the plate boundary fault between the subducting Pacific plate and the overriding North American plate. Patri…

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Romain Jolivet on the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquakes 29:52

1+ y ago29:52

29:52

Romain Jolivet studies active faults and the relative motion of tectonic plates. His research focuses on the relationship between slow, aseismic slip that occurs “silently” between earthquakes and the rapid slip accompanying earthquakes. As he describes in the podcast, he uses interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) images from radar satel…

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