Category Archives: Ambassador Interviews

PALA Los Angeles Purposeful Aging

Laura Trejo: Purposeful Aging Los Angeles

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Ms. Laura Trejo, General Manager of Los Angeles’s Department Of Aging. They talk of the Purposeful Aging Los Angles Initiative. Ira Pastor comments: The World Health Organization (WHO), through their Department of Ageing and Life Course, recently defined this new decade we have just entered […]

Dr. Josh Bongard, Credit: Dr. Josh Bongard

Xenobots: Living Machines

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Josh Bongard, Professor in the Morphology, Evolution & Cognition Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont. Ira Pastor comments: On a recent ideaXme episode, we delved into the fascinating topics of “living architecture” and “living machines” and […]

Charity Weeden, Credit: Astroscale

Astroscale: Space Sweepers of Orbital Debris

Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador, interviews Charity Weeden, Vice President of Global Space Policy at Astroscale. Ana Guzman comments: In my next interview for ideaXme, I was able to chat with Charity Weeden, Vice President of Global Space Policy at Astroscale. We talked about space policy and mitigation practices to alleviate the current situation of […]

Dr Ellen de Brabander Research and Development Food, PepsiCo

PepsiCo: The Future of Food

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Ellen de Brabander, Senior Vice President Research and Development at PepsiCo. Ira Pastor comments: Today we are going to segue into the food industry, which is a fascinatingly complex and diverse set of businesses that supply most of the food consumed by […]

Biotech’s Wizard of Wall Street

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder or Bioquark, interviews Fred Frank, Founder and Chair of Evolution Life Science Partners, an investment bank focused on the needs of life sciences and healthcare companies. Ira Pastor comments: On several recent shows we’ve been discussing some of the novel and alternative funding pools that have been […]

Dr. Tzezana, Credit: Chen Galili

XPRIZE – Dr Roey Tzezana Develops Prizes To Radically Extend Human Lifespan

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Roey Tzezana, Futures Studies Researcher, Tel Aviv University, Research Fellow, Brown University, and Lead Researcher, XPRIZE Foundation. Ira Pastor comments: Today, we are going to continue upon a theme that we started several episodes ago, which explores how in this world with amazing […]

Suzanne Somers, Credit: Cindy Gold

A New Way To Age: Suzanne Somers Longevity Science’s Ultimate Advocate

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Suzanne Somers: actress, author, singer, businesswoman, and health spokesperson. “She just might be a pioneer!” Suzanne Somers as described by Oprah Winfrey. Ira Pastor comments: On the last several shows we have spent time talking with many thought leaders and experts on different levels […]

Dr. Tara O'Toole, Credit: B.Next / In-Q-Tel

Dr Tara O’Toole: The CIA, National Security And Preventing The Next Pandemic

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr. Tara O’Toole, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow at In-Q-Tel. During the course of this interview, at 44:41, Dr. O’Toole receives breaking news that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has determined the 2019 Coronavirus to be a significant threat, therefore […]

Professor Dr. Frank Rühli, Credit: University of Zurich

Evolutionary Medicine: Analysing Mummies’ Past Health For Insights Into Human Health Now

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Professor Dr. Frank Rühli, Director of the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine and on the Medical Faculty of University of Zurich, and Founding Director, Chair, Full Professor of Evolutionary Medicine. Ira Pastor comments: Famous prominent Russian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist, Theodosius Dobzhansky, stated in […]

Dr. Rhonda Prisby, Credit: University of Texas at Arlington

Dr Rhonda Prisby: The Health Connections Between Cardiovascular and Skeletal Systems

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr. Rhonda Prisby, Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, at The University of Texas at Arlington. Ira Pastor comments: We have a fascinating show today focusing on the intersection of the cardiovascular system and the skeletal system.  We will be discussing interesting recent evidence that suggests […]