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Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show

Interviews and Discussions With Fascinating People Who are Creating A Better Tomorrow For All Of Us - Host - Ira S. Pastor

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52:42

Edmund Benami - CEO, NeuraLight - Measuring Brain...

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2025/11/18

Send us a text Edmund Benami is Co-Founder and CEO of NeuraLight ( https://neuralight.ai/ ), a pioneering health-tech company focused on applying advanced computer vision and deep-learning techniques to accelerate and improve drug development and patient monitoring in neurological diseases. NeuraLight’s mission is to develop objective and sensitive biomarkers in neurology by extracting oculometric markers (measures of eye movement) from standard webcams or smartphones, thereby providin...

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66:01

Les Johnson - fmr. Chief Technologist, NASA’s George...

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2025/11/17

Send us a text Les Johnson is a physicist, author, and space technologist ( https://www.lesjohnsonauthor.com/ ) who most recently served as the Chief Technologist at NASA’s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Les is also the Founder of Infinite Frontiers Consulting ( https://www.lesjohnsonauthor.com/infinite-frontiers-consulting-llc.html ), an aerospace consulting firm dedicated to helping turn innovative space ventures into reality. After decades leading of missions at NASA and co...

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59:18

Dave Rosa - CEO, NeuroOne - The Next Frontier of...

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2025/11/15

Send us a text Dave Rosa is President & Chief Executive Officer of NeuroOne ( https://nmtc1.com/ ), a developmental-stage medical technology company developing high-definition, minimally invasive thin film electrodes for the diagnosis and treatment of various neurological conditions ( https://nmtc1.com/technology ). The company’s initial focus is on epilepsy and the fast‑growing neurostimulation device market. Mr. Rosa is an entrepreneur with three decades of experience in the medical de...

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53:09

Dr. Julia Moore Vogel, PhD - Assistant Professor and...

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2025/11/13

Send us a text Dr. Julia Moore Vogel, PhD, MBA is Assistant Professor and Senior Program Director at The Scripps Research Institute ( https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-medicine/translational-institute/about/people/julia-moore-vogel/ ) where she is responsible for managing a broad portfolio of patient-centric health research studies, including The Long COVID Treatment Trial ( https://longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/ ), a fully remote, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial targeting in...

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45:36

Komeil Nasrollahi - Senior Director, Innovation &...

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2025/11/11

Send us a text Komeil Nasrollahi is a seasoned innovation and business‐development leader currently serving as Senior Director of Innovation & Venture Partnerships at Siemens Healthineers ( https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/ ), where he is charged with forging strategic collaborations, identifying new venture opportunities and accelerating transformative healthcare technologies. With an academic foundation in industrial engineering from Tsinghua University (and additional studie...

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39:40

When The Flu Changes Everything - Shari and Bill...

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2025/11/07

Send us a text Shari and Bill Hall ( https://familiesfightingflu.org/family-story/the-hall-family/ ) are a really remarkable couple whose story shines a light on just how far-reaching the effects of influenza can be — not only for the person who gets sick, but for the loved ones who care for them. What began as an ordinary illness became a life-changing experience for the Hall family, one that tested their strength, deepened their compassion, and opened their eyes to the true impact of flu. ...

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66:37

Dr. Adnan Masood, Ph.D. - Chief AI Architect, UST -...

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2025/11/05

Send us a text Dr. Adnan Masood, Ph.D. ( https://medium.com/@adnanmasood ) is Chief AI Architect at UST ( https://www.ust.com/ ), the giant global digital transformation solutions company. Dr. Masood brings over two decades of leadership in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large-scale system architecture, bridging cutting-edge academic research with real-world business outcomes. At UST, Dr. Masood leads the firm’s global strategy for cognitive computing, AI, ML, an...

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37:49

Ariel Garten - Co-Founder, MUSE by InterAxon -...

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2025/11/03

Send us a text Ariel Garten is a neuroscientist, innovator, and entrepreneur whose driving purpose is to empower and help others overcome mental obstacles in order to live healthy, happy lives and reach their maximum potential, by harnessing real-time brain data to improve focus, relaxation, and meditation. Ariel is Co-Founder of InteraXon, the makers of Muse: the brain sensing headband ( https://choosemuse.com/ ). Muse is the award-winning wearable, clinical-grade Electroencephalogra...

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42:43

Dr. Fred Grossman - President and Chief Medical...

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2025/10/30

Send us a text Dr. Fred Grossman, D.O., FAPA is President and Chief Medical Officer of Coya Therapeutics ( https://coyatherapeutics.com/ ), a clinical-stage company focused on developing multi-modality, Regulatory T Cell (Treg) therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Coya has already developed strong proof of concept data in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer’s, and is also active in the autoimmune and metabolic disease domains. Dr. Grossman brings over 20 years of drug deve...

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86:19

Douglas Leech - CEO, Ascension Recovery Services -...

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2025/10/28

Send us a text Douglas Leech is Founder and CEO of Ascension Recovery Services ( https://www.ascensionrs.com/ ), an organization focused on developing and managing comprehensive, fully integrated behavioral health systems, treating Substance Use Disorders and co-occurring mental illness across the full continuum of care. Mr. Leech has a B.S. degree in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University and worked at Ernst & Young in Pittsburgh before returning to Morgantown, West Virginia and ...

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44:20

Yael Elish - CEO/Founder, StuffThatWorks - OpenStuff...

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2025/10/27

Send us a text Yael Elish is CEO and Founder of StuffThatWorks (https://www.stuffthatworks.health/open-stuff), a company that offers an online platform where people suffering from chronic diseases can share information to learn which treatments work best for their specific condition, based on the experience of their peers combined with a smart, AI-based crowdsourcing system. Last week, StuffThatWorks announced the alpha launch of OpenStuff ( https://www.openstuff.com/open-stuff ), the world’...

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57:21

Joel Krikston - Managing Director Venture...

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2025/10/23

Send us a text Joel Krikston is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in venture investments and strategic innovation within the healthcare sector. Joel currently serves as Managing Director Venture Investments Merck Global Health Innovation Fund ( https://www.merckghifund.com/?profile=joel-krikston ) and Co-Founder of MSD Idea Studios ( https://www.msd.de/ideastudio/ ), a global innovation hub organization that is committing $38 million to scale high-impact health technologies that...

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50:37

Dr. Théau Peronnin, Ph.D. - CEO, Alice & Bob -...

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2025/10/23

Send us a text Dr. Théau Peronnin, Ph.D. is a physicist by training and a visionary leader in the field of quantum computing. After earning his master’s degree from École Polytechnique in Paris and completing his PhD in quantum physics at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Dr. Peronnin embarked on a mission to tackle one of the greatest technological challenges of our time: building a truly fault-tolerant quantum computer. In 2020, Dr. Peronnin co-founded the quantum‐computing st...

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41:10

Xaque Gruber - Director / Writer, Sallywood -...

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2025/10/21

Send us a text Xaque Gruber ( https://www.xaquegruber.com/ ) is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and artist. Xaque is the writer and director of the hit independent film Sallywood ( https://sallywoodmovie.com/ ) — a touching, funny and deeply insightful look at the career of actress Sally Kirkland ( https://www.sallykirkland.com/ ), as well as current trials and tribulations navigating life and identity in the film industry. The limited theatrical release for Sallywood debuted on No...

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55:22

Karen Mayer Cunningham - Founder & CEO, Special...

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2025/10/18

Send us a text Karen Mayer Cunningham is a nationally recognized leader in special education advocacy and the Founder and CEO of the Special Education Academy ( https://specialeducationacademy.com/ ), an organization dedicated to empowering parents to navigate the complex world of special education with clarity, confidence, and purpose. After confronting the challenges of the system firsthand as a parent, Karen transformed her experience into a mission — helping families across the country u...

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56:19

Edward You - EHY Consulting LLC - fmr. Supervisory...

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2025/10/18

Send us a text Edward You is recently coming off an amazing career at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where most recently he served in roles as Supervisory Special Agent, National Counterintelligence Task Force, Counterintelligence Division, as well as a Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. He was also previously simultaneously detailed as a Liaison Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of National Securi...

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38:07

Christian Maugee - PhD Candidate, University Of...

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2025/10/15

Send us a text Christian Maugee is a PhD Candidate at the University of Florida, in Genetics and Genomics ( http://www.vulpelab.net/graduate-and-undergrad-students.html ), where his research explores how gene expression differs in the hearts of individuals with Friedrich’s Ataxia (FA), a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease. His work could lead to new insights into the cardiac complications that can be associated with FA and how to potential treat them better. Christian’s disser...

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Kenneth Russell DeGraff - Fellow, Shorenstein Center...

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2025/10/14

Send us a text Kenneth Russell DeGraff ( https://www.russelldegraff.com/ ) is a Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School ( https://shorensteincenter.org/person/k-russell-degraff/ ), where he focuses on the challenges American voters face in understanding how legislation in Congress affects them, and how they can engage with or benefit from these laws. He is also a Visiting Scholar Vanderbilt University Law School. Kenneth spent nearly two decad...

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69:22

Dr. Douglas G. Adler, MD - Director, Center for...

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2025/10/12

Send us a text Dr. Douglas G. Adler, MD, F.A.C.G., A.G.A.F., F.A.S.G.E. ( https://douglasgadler.com/ ) is Director of the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, AdventHealth Porter in Denver, Colorado ( https://www.adventhealth.com/find-doctor/doctor/douglas-adler-md-1891748687 ). Dr. Adler is also the Editor-in-Chief of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ( https://www.giejournal.org/ ). Prior to moving to Colorado, Dr. Adler was a tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of ...

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47:54

Dr. Michael McCullar, PhD - CEO, RegCell - Restoring...

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2025/10/10

Send us a text Dr. Michael McCullar, PhD is Chief Executive Officer of RegCell ( https://regcellbio.com/ ), a biotechnology company has developed a best-in-class proprietary platform that allows the generation of epigenetically reprogrammed antigen-specific regulatory T-cells (Tregs) that are stable in vivo and maintain a high degree of functionality (S/F-Epigen-Tregs) to restore immune tolerance and ultimately reverse autoimmune disorders as well as the limitations with transplantation...

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