High Proof Podcast

High Proof Podcast

By Ryan Price & Joel EisenhoferNatural Sciences
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High Proof Podcast episodes

  • The Importance of Animal Models with Bethany Wagner
    In this cast, Ryan flies solo and interviews the irrepressible Bethany Wagner. They discuss the challenges–ethical, legal, and personal–of working with animals in order to model human disease. Though these models allow insights often impossible to gain in simple cell culture or test tube systems, no model system is perfect.
    50 min
  • Eclipses et Cetera

    https://s3.amazonaws.com/highproofpodcast/Season3Episode6EclipseAndSundries.mp3

     

    This week, Joel and Ryan discuss the Great American Eclipse and why it will blow your eyes out, teaching biology, and whether numbers are like, real, man.

     

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  • Interview with Dan Zollinger, circa Spring 2016
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/highproofpodcast/Season+3+Episode+4+Dan+Zollinger+Interview.mp3

    In this blast-from-the-past interview, Ryan and Joel interview Dan Zollinger, who was at the time a post-doctoral scholar at UCSF. We discuss how myelin, the insulating material around the long part of a neuron, is implicated in several neurological diseases; we also discuss the joys of brewing with Dan, who is himself an avid brewer.

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  • Interview with Dan Zollinger, circa Spring 2016
    In this blast-from-the-past interview, Ryan and Joel interview Dan Zollinger, who was at the time a post-doctoral scholar at UCSF. We discuss how myelin, the insulating material around the long part of a neuron, is implicated in several neurological diseases; we also discuss the joys of brewing with Dan, who is himself an avid brewer.
    42 min
  • Interview With Benjamin Stecher
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/highproofpodcast/Season+3+Episode+4+BenjaminCastFull.mp3

    Joel and Ryan interview Benjamin Stecher, who maintains the blog tmrwedition.com. Benjamin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at a young age and now travels the world learning about cutting-edge research from the scientists on the front lines of disease research. We learn about some new and developing treatments for Parkinson’s which may be ready for humans sooner than we expected!

    Thanks to Benjamin for his time and expertise!

    Links:

    http://www.worldpdcoalition.org

    https://www.summitforstemcell.org

    https://www.michaeljfox.org/

    https://tmrwedition.com/

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  • Interview With Benjamin Stecher
    Joel and Ryan interview Benjamin Stecher, who maintains the blog tmrwedition.com. Benjamin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at a young age and now travels the world learning about cutting-edge research from the scientists on the front lines of disease research. We learn about some new and developing treatments for Parkinson’s which may be ready for humans […]
    57 min
  • 13 Reasons Why and To the Bone: Controversial Depictions in Media
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/highproofpodcast/Season+3+Episode+3+ThirteenReasonsCast.mp3

    Joel and Ryan start off talking about the recent Netflix content To the Bone and 13 Reasons Why. These shows tackle controversial topics (anorexia and suicide respectively) and some schools have had interventions for students to warn against the shows or against suicide.

    Your intrepid hosts discuss the benefits of censorship which quickly spins off into a discussion of whether we can know what the good life is and to what extent it’s appropriate to enforce it on people in your society.

    Check us out at www.facebook.com/highproofpodcast/

    We’ve also got a twitter at https://twitter.com/High_Proof_Cast

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  • 13 Reasons Why and To the Bone: Controversial Depictions in Media
    Joel and Ryan start off talking about the recent Netflix content To the Bone and 13 Reasons Why. These shows tackle controversial topics (anorexia and suicide respectively) and some schools have had interventions for students to warn against the shows or against suicide. Your intrepid hosts discuss the benefits of censorship which quickly spins off […]
    1 hr 9 min

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