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Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Sir John Hegarty.

Sir John Hegarty, co-founder of global advertising and communications company BBH (Bartle Bogle Hegarty) and founder of The Garage Soho, Investment Company is one of the world's most awarded and respected creatives in history.

He has written 2 best-selling books with a possible third in the pipeline. Current books, Creativity: There Are No Rules and Advertising: Turning Intelligence into Magic have not just been benchmarks for both the creative and communications industries, they have inspired disruptors and innovators working across a myriad of seemingly unrelated sectors.

At the heart of Hegarty's work, his creativity, business ethos and indeed his philosophy of life stands one word. That word is "truth".

Listen to this ideaXme interview or read the transcript of the interview below to learn of how truth and creativity combined has rocketed Sir John Hegarty to the top of the creative world.

"The foundation of any long-term relationship is probably two things, love and truth. You can't have love without truth. So, truth comes first. What you're trying to do is constantly build the truth." Sir John Hegarty, ideaXme interview. For the full transcript visit www.radioideaxme.com

Sir John Hegarty's Career:

Hegarty has been at the forefront of the global creative advertising industry for over 50 years, from the early days of Saatchi and Saatchi to Bartle Bogle Hegarty, which was founded in 1982 and sold to Publicis in 2012. In 2014, building on this legacy, Hegarty founded The Garage Soho, an investment company with creativity at its heart.

"Sometimes marketing is not enough. You need to change the product". Sir John Hegarty, ideaXme interview

The Garage Soho:

The Garage Soho is an early stage investor and brand builder. They invest between £100K - £500K into companies' pre-series A with a focus on technology enabled consumer brands. The team work closely with portfolio companies on their brand strategy, creative and media partnerships from the outset and throughout their journey to exit. Companies are chosen on the basis of "their potential to change the world".

Bartle Bogle Hegarty:

Sir John Hegarty founded Bartle Bogle Hegarty with John Bartle and Nigel Bogle. The agency soon became one of the most famous and awarded advertising agencies in the world. Today, BBH's 7 offices worldwide include London, New York, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Mumbai. John, was responsible for campaigns for Levi's such as the ground-breaking commercial starring an unknown model called Nick Kamen who stripped off down to his boxer shorts in a launderette. As a bi-product sales of boxer shorts went through the roof. He created the tagline 'Vorsprung Durch Technik' for Audi and picked Brad Pitt to star in a commercial for Levi's. He pioneered the importance of music in commercials, earning BBH nine number 1 hits. John also oversaw the first viral phenomenon to hit the headlines, the furry yellow puppet Flat Eric for Levi's, who kicked Eminem off the number 1 singles slot in 1999.

"You never really leave BBH" Sir John Hegarty comments on his departure from BBH in 2012, ideaXme interview

Awards: In 2007 he was Knighted in the Queen's birthday honours. John has also won numerous golds awards at D&AD, Cannes and British Television. He has been bestowed with the D&AD President's Award for outstanding achievement and was admitted to the US One Show Advertising Hall of Fame. Hegarty sits on the Board of Trustees of the Design Museum.

In this interview:

John answers questions from: -Simon Anholt, author, researcher, policy advisor and global intellectual and Alan Firmin, founder and CEO of Tribal Heart, who spent 20 years as a creative director at FCB, Y&R and VML and more recently as a lecturer at University of London. John talks of: His career, philosophy and business ethos as well as the importance of creativity as a force for good. Potential of "truth" to transform not just creativity but the world. His application of "the truth", from his creative work to managing his vineyard in France. What he would like you to see. Where companies should start with Corporate Social Responsibility. Why he'd like you to watch The Romantics tv series His trust in ideas. The one global challenge that he would like to address with his creative power.

Interview credits: Andrea Macdonald, founder ideaXme.

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Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador and leading space communications and space exploration television producer interviews Caley Burke, Aerospace Engineer and Trajectory Analyst for NASA's Launch Program.

Ana Guzman comments:

In my next interview for ideaXme, I was able to sit down and chat with Caley Burke, aerospace engineer at NASA's Launch Services Program. She works on the interface between the spacecraft and launch vehicle teams to get the spacecraft delivered to their final destination in space. As part of her work, she analyzes trajectories of the rockets launching NASA and NOAA robotic spacecraft missions. Reducing Risk During Delivery of NASA's Exploratory Missions: Her position contributes to space exploration by providing expertise in reducing risk during the delivery of NASA exploratory missions to space and maintaining a wealth of knowledge in the expendable launch vehicle market. We discuss factors taken into account when deciding which trajectories and rockets are chosen for each mission, launch windows and opportunities from different parts of the world, and why a launch window to Mars occurs only every two years. Caley worked on the launches of Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and the Mars 2018 lander, InSight, on an Atlas V, NuSTAR on a Pegasus XL, and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) on a Delta II. She did early work on the Joint Polar Satellite System 2 (JPSS-2) mission to launch on an Atlas V rocket. NASA Kennedy Space Center: She started her NASA career as a Pathways intern in 2002 at Kennedy Space Center with the International Space Station (ISS) and later transferred to the Launch Services Program in 2003. She attended MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) via the Kennedy Graduate Fellowship Program and performed fluid slosh in microgravity research on the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) platform on the ISS. For additional information from this interview, visit the following: For visitor and launch schedule info: www.kennedyspacecenter.com NASA Launch Services Program https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/ Social Media: Twitter @NASA_LSP @NASAKennedy @RocketCaley (Personal account; not representing the government) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NASALSP/ http://www.facebook.com/nasakennedy YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NASAKennedy More NASA Kennedy social media: https://www.nasa.gov/socialmedia/ Interview credit: Ana Guzman ideaXme Space Ambassador.

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Ana is a leading space exploration television producer and space communications expert. She comes to ideaXme with nine years experience working at NASA's Johnson Space Center serving different roles in their communications and multimedia teams. As part of the ideaXme team, she wishes to continue working in outreach and educating the public in different topics regarding all things space.

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Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr Vitaly Vanchurin, PhD, Associate Professor, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, at the University of Minnesota (UMN).

The Multiverse, Cosmological Neural Networks and "Space Noodles"

Dr Vanchurin's big questions and the tools we need to answer them:

"What is the origin of our Universe? What determines our vacuum and the cosmological constant that is responsible for the observed accelerated expansion of space? What determines the onset of structure formation and the birth of galaxies in our Universe? Our innate curiosity about our beginnings has been, since time immemorial, and still is, at the heart of every human being. This age old question of our origin can now be addressed by applying the scientific method".

Ira Pastor comments:

Today, we have a really exciting thought leader joining us on ideaXme who spends his time thinking about really BIG questions – Questions like: what is the origin of our Universe? What's behind the cosmological constant (in Albert Einstein's field equations of general relativity) that is responsible accelerated expansion of space? What determines the onset of structure formation and the birth of galaxies in our Universe? And many other fascinating topics.

Theoretical Physics and Cosmology

Dr. Vitaly Vanchurin, is an Associate Professor, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Dr. Vanchurin has both a Masters, and Ph.D. in Physics, from Tufts Institute of Cosmology, and did his dissertation on the evolution of cosmic strings. Dr Vanchurin currently spends his time focused on a variety of themes including: cosmic inflation, multiverse cosmology, string theory landscapes, multi-dimensional fluids, gravitational waves, light propagation throughout the universe, and other quite esoteric concepts. Most recently Dr. Vanchurin has been in the scientific press quite a bit regarding a fascinating new theory on "cosmological neural networks".

On this episode we will hear from Dr. Vanchurin about:

- His background - how he developed his interest in science, in theoretical physics, and in cosmology - His current research interests and programs at UMN - A discussion of his most recent research / theories in the area of "cosmological neural networks" and novel ideas surrounding machine learning - His views on the connection of his theories to those in the field of quantum biology (as well as thoughts on consciousness) - His work on multiverse theories and paradoxes - And of course "Space Noodles"

This interview is in American English.

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If you enjoyed this interview you might like our interview with Stephen Furber, ICL Professor of Computer Engineering University of Manchester Super-human like computer.

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Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Rick Bente, MSc, MBA, BS, CEO of Seventh Sense Biosystems.

Ira Pastor Comments:

Getting blood drawn is not a fun activity for many. It can be scary for some (especially if you have children); it can be painful for others (especially where frequent blood draws are required). Studies show that a remarkable 20% of the population has some degree of fear of needles or injections, and 10% within that number suffer from what is known as Trypanophobia (a psychological term for people with an extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles), who on top of their anxiety, completely avoid necessary tests and treatment. In addition to this, it is estimated that needles injure healthcare workers more than 2 million times a year in accidents, with potentially dangerous and deadly outcomes. Drawing blood is likely the most common invasive medical procedure, with an estimated half a billion a year conducted in U.S. hospitals alone, and two to three times this number across all hospitals worldwide annually. On top of that, millions of patients have to prick their fingers daily, multiple times a day, and experience pain each time.

Seventh Sense Biosystems:

Seventh Sense Biosystems is a company that has designed and developed, the world's first push-button blood collection device, called TAP, which aims to make the process simple, convenient, and virtually painless. As $50 billion is spent annually on diagnostics, combined with the fact that consumers are demanding more "quality of life" centric products from the healthcare system, Seventh Sense Biosystems is aiming to create a new standard for blood collection that increases patient compliance with testing orders, leading to faster diagnoses and better outcomes. Seventh Sense Biosystems was actually founded by one of ideaXme's previous guests: chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, and inventor extraodinaire, Dr. Robert Langer, from MIT.

Rick Bente:

Today, we are joined by Mr. Rick Bente, CEO of Seventh Sense Biosystems. Mr. Bente joined Seventh Sense Biosystems in 2019 bringing a strong background in the design, development, and commercialization of disruptive medical devices. With over 15 years of experience, and more than 50 granted US Patents in the wearable medical device space, he has held a range of leadership roles in R&D, Marketing, and Business Development. Mr. Bente most recently held the role of Vice President of Strategic Alliances in Business Development at Insulet Corporation, where he led strategic partnering and collaborations for the world's largest wearable insulin pump company. Before joining Insulet he spent six years at Unilife establishing and scaling the business of novel pre-filled wearable injectors for pharmaceutical customers and 8 years at Medtronic Diabetes designing, developing, and commercializing insulin pumps. Mr. Bente received a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA, and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management. On this episode we will hear from Mr. Bente about: His background - how he developed an interest in mechanical engineering and a bit of his path through the bio-medical device segment. The Seventh Sense Biosystems Story including it's founders, investors, mission, and goals. A market overview per "next generation" blood collection technologies with a focus on the TAP technology. A discussion of tele-health, remote diagnostics, and other opportunities related to the future of such tools� in the smart home / smart home care setting - with a focus on Covid-19. Future ideas / Potential "combinatorial" applications with other diagnostic tools and potential consumer applications, such as personalized nutrition and home based genetic analysis. A discussion of mentors and influencers over Rick's career.

This interview is in American English.

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In recent years we have seen the move away from 'politics as usual'. Non-traditional figures have entered the political arena to disrupt the typical entrenched narratives. The election and worldwide popularity of Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand Prime Minister just one example of a new kind of leader who prioritises national wellbeing and happiness in the belief that everything else will follow.

Brigadier General (Retired) Dr. Loree Sutton Next Mayor of New York City?

Brigadier General Dr. Loree Sutton, ex-army general, physician, LGBTQ, mental healthcare advocate, is a further example of a leader who attempts to bridge the gap between people and focus on wellbeing. She is a candidate who is bringing a centrist, holistic, "quality-of-life" based approach to rejuvenating and re-inventing one of the world's major financial, technological, and cultural capitals, New York City. https://loreeformayor.nyc @NYC Mayor's Office

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From Brigadier General to New York City Mayor?

Ira Pastor ideaXme life sciences ambassador interviews General Dr. Loree Sutton a retired military officer who served as a Brigadier General in the United States Army for over 20 years (one of only 15 female generals out of the 1.3 million soldiers serving in the Army) as well as a medical psychiatrist (for a period of time the Army's highest-ranking), who was deployed to various locations including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, ad Egypt in support of the first Gulf War and other missions, and is a current candidate in the 2021 New York City mayoral election.

Ira comments:

Over Dr. Sutton's career she has been awarded Legion of Merit (a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements), as well as the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and Order of Military Medical Merit. Dr. Sutton is also the founding director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, and served as a special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Military Career and New York City Department of Veterans Services Over her career Dr. Sutton also served as Commander of the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Commander of the DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Deputy Commander for clinical services at the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, and a special assistant to the Surgeon General of the United States Army. Dr. Sutton graduated from medical school at Loma Linda University, and completed her internship and residency in psychiatry at Letterman Army Medical Center. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, with an M.S. in National Security Strategic Studies, the National War College, and also has an undergraduate degree in business administration. In 2014, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Dr. Sutton as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Veterans' Services, and from 2017 to 2019, she was its Founding Commissioner. She resigned in October 2019 to launch her campaign for Mayor of New York City. A disclaimer, the ideaXme show does not endorse any particular candidate or political party. On this episode we will hear from Brigadier General Dr. Sutton about: - Her background – when she developed an interest in medicine, in psychiatry and mental health, and her journey through the military and public service – What makes an armed forces hero (and successful clinician) want to get into politics - Her plans for "fixing" New York City and dealing with many of its current challenges - Her leadership of New York City Department of Veterans' Services - Her views on current mental health issues affecting the city and broader society - Her goals to turn New York City into a global tech hub laboratory, especially looking at investing in green jobs, technologies, infrastructure and renewable energy, as well as supporting STEM education

This interview is in American English.

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If you liked this interview, be sure to check out our interview with Simon Anholt, Founder of the Good Country.

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Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief Research and Development Officer at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.

Ira Pastor Comments: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) @U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs is a federal Cabinet-level agency that provides comprehensive healthcare services to military veterans at over 1,000 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the US. It also provides several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members.

The VA serves over 9 million enrolled Veterans each year, employs over 377,000 people and has an annual budget of $200 billion. Within the VA structure, the Office of Research & Development is focused on improving the lives of Veterans, and all Americans, through health care discovery and innovation including: basic, translational, clinical, health services, and rehabilitative research, and applies scientific knowledge to develop effective individualized care solutions.

Dr. Rachel Ramoni:

Dr. Rachel Ramoni, is the Chief Research and Development Officer of the VA, where she oversees the VA's nationwide research enterprise, encompassing some 2,000 active projects at more than 100 sites, with a total budget of $2 billion in both direct VA support, and research funding from outside entities such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other federal agencies, and nonprofit and private organizations.

Dr. Ramoni earned a Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, as well as a Master of Science and Doctor of Science in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Ramoni was previously on the faculty at New York University College of Dentistry in the department of epidemiology and health promotion, and at Harvard Medical School in the department of biomedical informatics.

While at Harvard @Harvard University , Dr. Ramoni founded and led the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) Coordinating Center, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, and brings together clinical and research experts from across the U.S. to solve challenging medical mysteries using advanced technologies. Among Dr. Ramoni's research interests are informatics, genomics, and precision medicine.

Prior to her role with the UDN, she was Executive Director of the Substitutable Medical Applications Reusable Technologies project, or SMART. Initially launched with federal funding, SMART aims to make it easier for providers across different health systems to securely share information from electronic health records. The overarching goal is to improve the quality and continuity of care for patients. Dr. Ramoni has also led research projects aimed at improving dental care nationwide. She worked on implementing standardized diagnostic terms for dentistry, and developing a patient safety system that would help dentists identify and prevent adverse events.

She is extensively published and her publications have appeared in Birth Defects Research, Epidemiology, Circulation, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the American Journal of Human Genetics, and numerous other journals.

On this episode we will hear from Dr. Ramoni about:

Her background; how she developed an interest in science, in dental medicine, in epidemiology, and a little bit of her journey to her leadership role at the VA. A general discussion about the VA, the VA Research and Development purview, and the general model surrounding how VA research is implemented, both intramural and extramural. She shares with us some of the VA research strategic priorities as it pertains research related to COVID, their precision oncology programs, and rare / mystery disorders such as Gulf War Syndrome. A discussion about the Million Veteran Program and it's relation to the NIH "All-of-Us" program. She tells us of important influencers / mentors during the course of Dr. Ramoni's career.

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Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador interviews Imam Sheikh Dr. Usama Hasan, PhD, MSc, MA, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Research Consultant at the Tony Blair Institute For Global Change.

Ira Pastor comments:

Today, on the ideaXme show we are going to segue back towards the fascinating intersection of science and spirituality. We are joined by Imam Sheikh Dr. Usama Hasan, most recently Senior Researcher and Head of Islamic Studies at Quilliam International, a think tank and worlds first counter-extremism organization, where he was a founding advisor to the organization since 2008. Dr. Hasan has a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London, an MA in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge, and a MSc in Mathematics from King's College, London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and former planetarium lecturer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Before joining Quilliam, Dr Hasan was a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at Middlesex University, a visiting Associate Professor at Pakistan's National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) and a consultant in artificial intelligence throughout UK industry. Fluent in English, Urdu and Arabic, Dr Hasan completed memorizing the entire Qur'an by the age of 11. He has served as a part-time imam since his teens and is a certified transmitter of the Qur'an and Hadith scriptures and has translated a number of Islamic texts into English, including The Islamic Foundation's "Way of the Prophet". Dr. Hasan is regularly featured on international television channels, including BBC, CNN , Sky News, Al-Jazeera and has also written various columns for The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the Washington Post. Additionally, Dr. Hasan was a member of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Projecting British Muslims Delegations to Egypt and Afghanistan, a keynote speaker at the Anglo-Syrian government-sponsored conference "The Message of Peace in Islam", and Patron of both the Forum for the Discussion of Israel and Palestine (FODIP) and Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum. Dr. Hasan was also a speaker at the Google Ideas/Council on Foreign Relations Summit Against Violent Extremism.

On this episode we will hear from Imam Sheikh Dr. Hasan about:

- His early background and development of his passionate interest in of a diverse range of interests including the fields of astronomy, information systems, and Islamic studies - An overview of his development as a thought leader, and campaigning, against extremism (and for) religious reform, within Muslim circles - His arguments for the compatibility of evolutionary theory and Islam - A discussion of some of deeper scientific / technological themes, such as AI, cosmology, and robotics and their connection to Islamic teachings - A Islamic view on the topic of transhumanism - A discussion of his future initiatives / plans

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Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Mr. Evgeni Borisov, CEO and Co-founder of Vimana Global Inc.

Ira Pastor Comments:

A flying car is a type of personal air vehicle, or "road able" aircraft, that provides door-to-door transportation by both ground and air, and was a popular theme in fantasy and science fiction stories throughout the early 20th century. One of the first debuts of a flying car was that of Henry Ford, back in 1926, when he displayed an experimental single-seat airplane. There were a lot of attempts over the 20th century, but activity has ramped up significantly in the early 21st century, and several groups have brought us close to the true flying car ideal: a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that can hover, take off, and land vertically.

Vimana Global Founded in 2015,Vimana Global Inc.(named after the mythological flying palaces or chariots described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics) is developing a hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV). These Autonomous Aerial Vehicles are intended to address traffic congestion in urban areas by using airspace to move cargo throughout a city, allow first responders a way to get to a location quickly, and ultimately transport commuters. Vimana's AAVs will feature automatic compensation for adverse weather, coordinated flight paths with other AAVs, and the ability to detect objects. The design will use modular construction so that the parts can be shipped to dense urban areas and assembled on the spot where the AAVs are intended to be used. Evgeni Borisov Mr. Evgeni Borisov, is the CEO and Co-founder of Vimana Global Inc., and has more than seventeen years of corporate executive experience, including executive work at Toshiba and other deep tech companies. Mr. Borisov leads Vimana's vision for an Autonomous Dynamic Airspace System global roll-out for transportation of both cargo and passengers. The "Airspace-as-a-Service" infrastructure VIMANA is developing makes all aerial vehicles communicate via a proprietary protocol based on distributed UAS Traffic Management (D-UTM) that enables low-altitude airspace to be used globally as a novel transportation infrastructure and transaction network. Mr. Borisov obtained degrees economic and technical sciences from The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, and Ukhta State Oil & Gas University.

On this episode with will hear from Mr. Borisov about: His background, how he conceived of this unique project and it's long-term vision. About Vimana Global Inc., including the founders, idea, mission, and goals. A market overview for Autonomous Aerial Vehicles. Current Autonomous Dynamic Airspace System pilot programs in Russia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland. Next steps, corporate partnerships, and investment plans.

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Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador interviews Shelley Lyford President and Chief Executive Officer of West Health, the Gary and Mary West Foundation, and the West Health Institute.

Growth in Population of Weak and Vulnerable

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world is on the brink of a demographic milestone. Since the beginning of recorded history, young children have outnumbered their elders. In about 5 years' time, the number of people aged 65 or older will outnumber children under age 5. Driven by falling fertility rates and remarkable increases in life expectancy, population aging will continue, and even accelerate. The number of people aged 65 or older is projected to grow from an estimated 524 million in 2010 to nearly 1.5 billion in 2050, with most of the increase in developing countries.

Impact of Aging Population

As these trends occur, key questions arise:

- Will population aging be accompanied by a longer period of good health, a sustained sense of well-being, and extended periods of social engagement and productivity, or will it be associated with more illness, disability, and dependency?

- How will aging affect health care and social costs?

- Are these futures inevitable, or can we act to establish a physical and social infrastructure that might foster better health and wellbeing in older age?

- How will population aging play out differently for low-income countries that will age faster than their counterparts have, but before they become industrialized and wealthy?

These are important questions which require answers, and sooner than later.

Billionaire Philanthropists Gary and Mary West

For Gary and Mary West, what started as an entrepreneurial journey in 1978, when they co-founded a small telemarketing company in the garage of their house in Omaha, Nebraska, turned into the multi-billion $$ American telecommunications company / success story, the West Corporation, employing close to 36,000 people

As wonderful an entrepreneurial success story as that was, what happened next is an equally fascinating story, where this amazing couple has taken major parts of their fortune, spending hundreds of millions of dollars in supporting causes, including, but not limited to, senior citizen wellness and cutting the health care costs for the elderly.

Shelly Lyford, West Health and Gary West Foundation

Shelley Lyford is President and Chief Executive Officer of West Health, the Gary and Mary West Foundation, and the West Health Institute.

Solely funded by the philanthropy of Gary and Mary West, West Health is a family of non-profit, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to lowering healthcare costs to enable seniors to successfully "age in place" with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life, and independence.

With a master's degree in international relations and political economics from the University of San Diego, Ms. Lyford has played a critical role in establishing the Gary and Mary West Foundation in 2006, and under her leadership, has to date rewarded grants totalling more than $223 million for applied medical research, policy initiatives and community support and social services for seniors and their caregivers.

Ms. Lyford also leads the Gary and Mary West Health Institute as it conducts research on a wide range of healthcare issues affecting seniors and their families.

Ms. Lyford has spearheaded the development of innovative healthcare delivery ecosystems that serve as national care models of excellence, including the Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit at University of California, San Diego Health, California's first nationally-accredited senior-specific emergency department, and the Gary and Mary West PACE organization in north San Diego, a set of gold standard programs, which help seniors age in place, rather than in a nursing home. Additionally, she oversaw the development of the first of its kind, non-profit Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center to ensure low-income seniors have access to high-quality, affordable dental care integrated with health and wellness services.

Ms Lyford has been involved in setting up many of the organization's research initiatives and collaborations including those with the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Geriatrics Society, Brown University, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Duke University, Meals on Wheels America, Mount Sinai Health System, UC San Diego Health and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In 2019, Ms. Lyford was appointed for a three-year term as a commissioner on the California Commission on Aging, advising the state's governor and legislature, along with federal, state and local agencies, on issues, policies, and regulations that affect California's seniors, and subsequently appointed to California's Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Advisory Committee.

Ms. Lyford also serves as vice-chair of the board of directors for CivicaRx, a not-for-profit generic drug company helping patients by addressing shortages and lowering the high prices of lifesaving medications.

Prior to her work with Gary and Mary West, Ms. Lyford was a director at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. She currently sits on the Executive Committee of Grantmakers in Aging.

On this episode of ideaXme we will hear from Ms. Lyford about:

- Her background and fascinating path from growing up on a dairy farm in Vermont to running the West Health network of organizations

- The Gary and Mary West story and why they developed their charitable focus on seniors and aging

- The biggest challenges today facing seniors including the themes of "aging-in-place", geriatric emergency care, and senior oral health

- How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted seniors and aging

- How Tele-Health has emerged as an important option during the pandemic and thoughts about the importance of Tele-Health now and into the future for senior care and monitoring

- The California Master Plan for Aging

- The blossoming cost of prescription drugs and what can be done to bring prices down

- Her overall recommendations for reforming the healthcare system and her outlook for aged-care

Interview Credits: Ira Pastor ideaXme life sciences ambassador.

This interview is in American English.

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Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Matthew Richardson a Canadian author "Threatened and Recently extinct Vertebrates of the World", primatologist and conservationist.

"My forthcoming book, Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World, required me to assess and place some 15,000 species and subspecies within an updated biogeographic framework. I also had to coin common names for more than 5,000 of them; figure out an entirely new system of ecoregions based on elevation to nest within my "realms and regions." find a way to standardize language across the globe in a way that would be mostly acceptable to everyone; and somehow make it interesting for the reader. It is twice the length of "War and Peace." I've gone through three publishers, it took me ten years to write, and I've received zero funding in the process" Matthew Richardson.

Ira Pastor comments:

He began his professional career as a writer of historical non-fiction, although for the past several years he has mainly worked on academic projects related to wildlife conservation. In 2001 he published "The Royal Book of Lists: An Irreverent Romp Through Royal History from Alfred the Great to Prince William." For much of the next decade he worked as a primatologist and taxonomist for the U.S.-based NGO Conservation International, co-authoring various books and academic papers. Notable among these were Lemurs of Madagascar (book) and the massive primate volume to the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series (for which he also produced all the maps). He also lived and worked, for a time, at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands, named after British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter, Gerald Durrell. In addition to his writing and editing activities, he has consulted with scientists the world over on questions of conservation and taxonomy, helped to catalog the Royal Ontario Museum's primatology collection, gave lectures, and served as an active member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group. He currently has a new book in press entitled "Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World: A Biogeographic Approach" (quote from Matthew above).

On this ideaXme episode we will hear from Matthew about:

-His background and how he developed a long standing interest in conservation and taxonomy -An introduction to the topic and importance of biogeography studies within conservation -Interesting learnings and trends in his biogeographic studies -The need to reform the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species -The need to focus on wildlife conservation via protecting areas of strategic, biogeographic importance This interview text is in American English. Credits: Ira Pastor interview video, text, and audio. Visit ideaXme: www.radioideaxme.com Contact the founder of ideaXme: [email protected]

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