Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Derek Yach, the founder, president, and board member of The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. Ira Pastor comments: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that we currently have over 1.1 billion smokers on earth, and that tobacco kills more than 8 million people […]
Category Archives: Global Issues
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Apr
Apr
Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest interviewer, interviews Ben Hammersley, one of the world’s leading futurists and founder of international Strategic Foresight agency Hammersley Futures. Amanda Christensen comments: Our world as we know it has seemingly changed overnight as countries globally make the decision to impose lockdown-type mandates in a worldwide effort to slow the spread of […]
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Mar
Mar
Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Professor Sergelen Orgoi, MD, PhD and general surgeon from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, who is best known for pioneering and developing low cost liver transplantation and laparoscopic surgery in Mongolia. Ira Pastor comments: On previous ideaXme episodes, we’ve been taking a “virtual global road trip”, talking about […]
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Mar
Mar
Media manipulation is not a new phenomenon, but the means and speed by which fake news reaches the general public is drastically changing thanks to the instantaneous nature of social media. With social media algorithms and our own patterns of content consumption favouring sensationalist content, it’s easy to prey on the public’s desperation for information […]
08
Mar
Mar
Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Sir David Richmond, CEO of the Brazzaville Foundation. Ira Pastor comments: Today we are going to start off with a bit of a crazy figure – the World Health Organization (WHO) currently estimates that 1-in-10 medicines in the developing world (over $30 billion worth) are […]
07
Feb
Feb
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 […]
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Jan
Jan
Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Mayor Zarifa Ghafari, the first female mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of a province in Afghanistan and voted as one of the BBC 100 Women of 2019. Andrea Macdonald comments: The current war in Afghanistan began with the United States invasion on 7 October 2001. It has cost […]
10
Jan
Jan
Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Ms. Nemonte Nenquimo, President of the Waorani Pastaza Organization (CONCONAWEP – Coordinating Council of the Waorani Nationality of Ecuador). Ira Pastor comments: Today we have a fascinating guest joining us on the ideaXme show from a rather remote location, and we are going to […]
06
Jan
Jan
Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Sanga Kanthema, 24 year old electronics specialist and founder and CEO of two Malawi-based companies, Dolphin Health Innovations and QubiX Robotics. Ira Pastor comments: On today’s show, we are going to continue our “virtual global road trip” and our discussions about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering […]
06
Oct
Oct
Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho, Mexico’s current Ambassador to Canada, and for the last 3 years, Mexico’s Permanent Representative of the United Nations in New York City. Ira Pastor comments: Today, we are going to talk about a fascinating series of topics related to […]
