Category Archives:  Social Sciences

Sir John Hegarty co-founder of BBH and founder of The Garage Soho

Sir John Hegarty: The Power of Creativity

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 […]

Brigadier General Dr. Loree Sutton Retired New York City Mayor Candidate

Brigadier General Dr Loree Sutton Mayor of New York?

In recent years we have seen the move away from ‘politics as usual’ with non-traditional figures entering the political arena to disrupt the typical entrenched narratives. The election and worldwide popularity of Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand Prime Minister who prioritises national wellbeing and happiness is just one example of a new type of leader. Brigadier […]

Imam Sheikh Dr Usama Hasan with Professor Stephen Hawking. Knowledge in Unity: From Islam and ethics to exponential technology and robotics.

Unity in Knowledge: From Ethics and Islam to Exponential Technology and Robotics

 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. In this interview learn of how Imam Dr Hasan transverses his career from scientist to Islamic Scholar to promote knowledge and build […]

Shelley Lyford President and CEO West Health and the Gary and Mary West Foundation

Billionaire Philanthropists Pour US$400 Million into Initiatives to Help the Weak and Vulnerable

 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 […]

Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro with Geminoid

Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro’s Geminoid: Human-Like Robot

Ira Pastor ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Professor Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro the Director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, of the Department of Systems Innovation, in the Graduate School of Engineering Science, at Osaka University, Japan. Professor Ishiguro is also the Director of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), a private company […]

Credit: Kim Nazel

Hip-Hop, STEM, and Youth Empowerment

   Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Kim Renard Nazel, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, founding member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rap group N.W.A. as well as a technologist, venture capitalist, startup mentor and business advisor. Ira Pastor Comments Today, we have a fascinating show with a set of […]

Dr Alexandre Kalache PhD President International Longevity Centre Brazil

Aging and Longevity in Brazil

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Alexandre Kalache, President of the International Longevity Centre-Brazil (ILC-Brazil). Ira Pastor Comments As we continue our virtual road-trip around the globe per the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Age Friendly Cities Global Movement, during the WHO defined “Decade of Healthy Aging”, we are headed down to the southern hemisphere […]

Eduardo Goncalves, founder of Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting

Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting

 Ira Pastor, founder of Bioquark and ideaXme life sciences ambassador interviews Eduardo Goncalves, founder of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting. Trophy Hunting: Ira Pastor comments: Trophy hunting is hunting of wild game for human recreation. The trophy is the animal, or part of the animal, kept and usually displayed, to represent the success […]

Kazuhiro Gomi President and CEO NTT Research

How NTT Research Plans to Upgrade Reality

 Andrea Macdonald founder of ideaXme interviews Kazuhiro Gomi (Gomi-san), M.S., CEO and President of NTT Research. Discover how this exciting Silicon Valley start-up plans to “upgrade reality”. NTT, Nippon Telegraph and Telecoms Corporation, Global: NTT Global, the parent company of NTT Research, is a top 5 global technology and business solutions provider with operations […]

John Kiff, Credit: IMF

Managing Future Longevity Risk at the IMF

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews John Kiff, Senior Financial Sector Expert at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Financial Stability Division in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Ira Pastor Comments So on past shows as we’ve been profiling many of the novel products and technologies being developed by industry, by academia, and […]