Dr. Zia Mian is co-director of Princeton's Program in Science & Global Security. We talk about the implications of the Iran Deal today, what would happen if a nuclear weapon were dropped, and who the major threats are.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We talk about how his early experiences with science, sports, and religion influenced his exemplary career in public health from HIV/AIDS to COVID-19.

Dr. James Doty is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford. We talk keys to happiness, the biological basis of compassion, and how to temper stress with empathy.

Dr. Melissa Bondy is the department chair of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Stanford School of Medicine. We speak on topics ranging from why minorities are disproportionally affected by COVID-19 to commercial genetic testing.

Dr. Joe Wu is the director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. We talk about the burden of heart disease; the therapeutic potential of drugs, genome editing, stem cells, and 3D printing; and his path to cardiac medicine.

Dr. Nancy Brown is dean of Yale Medical School. We talk about the effects of COVID-19 on medical school, the process of increasing representation of women and minorities in STEM, and her experience as the first female dean of Yale.

Dr. Michael Snyder is chair of the department of genetics at the Stanford School of Medicine and the director of the Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine. We talk about how wearable technology (such as Apple Watches) can provide information about our health, and indicate when sickness such as COVID-19 may be looming ahead.

Dr. Anne Schuchat is the Principal Deputy Director of the CDC. She also served as director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases from 2006 to 2015 and Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch from 1998 to 2005. We talk the COVID-19, SARS, MERS, H1N1, Ebola, bioterrorism, and more.

Dr. Quynh-Thu Le is the department chair of the Stanford School of Medicine. We talk head & neck cancer, cancer treatments, and her interest in radiation oncology.

Dr. Robert Lefkowitz won the 2012 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his breakthroughs in G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) - targets for up to 50% of prescription drugs. We talk the medical relevance of GPCRs, how prescription drugs work, and how the Vietnam War influenced his decision to pursue science.