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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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30:29

Joel Latham - CEO, Incannex Healthcare - Combination...

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2026/01/23

Send us a text Joel Latham is the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director of Incannex Healthcare Inc. ( https://incannex.com/ ) a science-led combination medicines company leading the way in developing cannabinoid-based medicines and psychedelic-based regimens for people living with challenging chronic conditions. Incannex Healthcare’s science-driven programs are exploring the therapeutic potential of oral synthetic cannabinoid and psilocybin drug candidates in sleep apnea, anxiety,...

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45:11

Dr. James Mackay, Ph.D. - CEO, Crystalys Therapeutics...

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2026/01/23

Send us a text Dr. James Mackay, Ph.D. is President, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Crystalys Therapeutics Inc. ( https://crystalystx.com/ ), a development stage pharmaceutical company addressing the significant unmet medical needs of people living with gout and dedicated to developing new therapeutics and helping improve the lives of patients. Dr. Mackay has over 40 years of development and commercialization expertise in the pharmaceutical industry, including 6 drug product appro...

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52:07

Peter Basica - Founder & Chairman, 360 Smarter Care -...

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2026/01/22

Send us a text Peter Basica ( https://peterbasica.com/ ) is the Founder and Chairman of 360 Smarter Care ( https://360smartercare.com/ ), an independent, AI-driven healthcare company redefining how self-funded employers manage healthcare costs and population health. Under his leadership, 360 Smarter Care applies advanced behavioral science, proprietary artificial intelligence, and deep human empathy to deliver personalized, one-to-one engagement at scale — improving health outcomes while sign...

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51:13

Dr. Steven Quay, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Atossa Therapeutics...

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2026/01/22

Send us a text Dr. Steven Quay, MD, Ph.D. ( https://drquay.com/ ) is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Atossa Therapeutics ( https://atossatherapeutics.com/ ), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. Dr. Quay is certified in Anatomic Pathology with the American Board of Pathology, completed both an internship and residency in anatomic pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard Medical School t...

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46:15

Lewis Bender - CEO, Intensity Therapeutics - Turning...

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2026/01/22

Send us a text Lewis Bender is CEO and Founder of Intensity Therapeutics ( https://intensitytherapeutics.com/ ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to help patients live longer, higher quality lives by discovering, developing, and commercializing first-in-class cancer drugs that attenuate tumors with minimal side effects, while training the patient’s own immune system to fight the cancer. Intensity’s novel engineered chemistry (lead candidate INT230-6) enables aque...

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54:41

Dr. Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D., CMPC, Mental Fitness...

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2026/01/21

Send us a text Dr. Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D., CMPC, is a clinical psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant known for his work with elite athletes, including members of the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. Dr. Jenkins also serves as Assistant Director of Psychology Training at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital ( https://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/22465/jonathan-jenkins ) as well as in private practice, Mental Fitness and Psychotherapy ( http...

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35:14

Marcel Ishimwe - CEO, AMR Initiative Rwanda - Leading...

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2026/01/21

Send us a text Marcel Ishimwe is a pharmacist and public health advocate based in Kigali, Rwanda who is also the Founder and CEO of AMR Initiative Rwanda ( https://amrinitiativerwanda.org/ ), an organization dedicated to tackling antimicrobial resistance through awareness, stewardship, and community-driven solutions. With a BS in Pharmacy from Unversity of Rwanda, certificates in organizational leadership from Harvard and in Advanced TB Research Training and Epidemiology from University of W...

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54:41

Dr. Tara Williams, Ph.D. - Founder, Innovative...

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2026/01/20

Send us a text Dr. Tara Williams, Ph.D. is the owner and founder of Innovative Collegiate Consultants, Inc. ( https://innovativecollegiateconsultants.com/ ), a consultancy that provides educational assistance and guides neurodivergent students to build academic confidence and independence through advocacy and personalized executive functioning support in their coursework and daily lives. Dr. Williams earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry from the University of S...

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59:58

Dr. Casey Perley, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Army...

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2026/01/20

Send us a text Dr. Casey Perley, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Army Applications Laboratory ( https://aal.mil/ ) where she leads the mission to reshape how the U.S. Army works with industry to provide the best tech in the world to the best Army in the world. Her vision is for AAL to work from problem inception to sustainment hand in glove with stakeholders across the Army and the Department of War to accelerate and assess the Army's ability to ingest innovation. Dr. Perley previously se...

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53:11

Dr. Marie-Angélique Sene, Ph.D. - Head, Advanced...

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2026/01/18

Send us a text Dr. Marie-Angélique Sene, Ph.D. is Head of Advanced Vaccine Bioprocessing at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar ( https://institutpasteurdakar.sn/ ), one of the most strategically important vaccine manufacturing and research centers in the world—particularly as Africa works to build long-term, sovereign capacity to develop and produce its own vaccines, and she leads their laboratory responsible for the acquisition and transfer of novel technology. Dr. Sene began her studies i...

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83:44

Dr. James Giordano, Ph.D. - Director, Center for...

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2026/01/17

Send us a text Dr. James Giordano, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Disruptive Technologies and Future Warfare in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University ( https://inss.ndu.edu/Centers/Center-for-Disruptive-Technology-and-Future-Warfare/ ). He is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, and Senior Scholar Emeritus of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics of Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.&n...

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39:27

Sami Tellatin - Head of Water & Climate Solutions,...

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2026/01/16

Send us a text Sami Tellatin is Head of Water & Climate Solutions at Kilimo ( https://kilimo.com/en/ ), an organization that connects companies with farmers in the same watershed to implement water-positive practices, generate measurable water savings, and secure resources for both communities and companies. Kilimo’s operations already span 7 countries, helping steward water resources across more than 500,000 acres of land and partnering with global leaders like Microsoft, Go...

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63:18

Dr. Xanthe Scharff, Ph.D. - Managing Director for...

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2026/01/15

Send us a text January 2026 marks National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the United States ( https://www.state.gov/national-human-trafficking-prevention-month/ ) and the 100th anniversary of the 1926 Slavery Convention that intended to abolish slavery worldwide. But, the highest number of people ever recorded are currently trapped in modern slavery. Dr. Xanthe Scharff, Ph.D. is the Managing Director for External Affairs and Editor-at-Large at The Freedom Fund ( https://ww...

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51:45

Dr. Andrew Holman, MD - CEO, Inmedix - Stress Biology...

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2026/01/13

Send us a text Dr. Andrew Holman, MD is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Inmedix ( https://inmedix.com/ ), a medical diagnostics company pioneering the field of stress biology through its FDA-cleared CloudHRV® platform. Inmedix brings cloud-based clinical diagnostics and immuno-autonomics to medicine to improve outcomes in autoimmune diseases and beyond. Dr. Holman is the founding rheumatologist at Pacific Rheumatology Associates Inc PS, Director of Research at Pacific Rheumatolog...

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Dr. Marco de Baar, Ph.D. - Chair, Plasma Fusion...

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2026/01/12

Send us a text Dr. Marco de Baar, Ph.D. is a full professor and Chair of Plasma Fusion Operation and Control at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Eindhoven University of Technology ( TU/e - https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/marco-de-baar ). In addition to his work at TU/e, Dr. de Baar is also head of fusion research at the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research ( DIFFER - https://www.differ.nl/ ) located on the TU/e campus. As member of DIFFER's management team, h...

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Dr. Christie M. Ballantyne, Director, Center for...

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2026/01/10

Send us a text Dr. Christie M. Ballantyne, MD is a Cardiologist and is one of the nation’s foremost experts on lipids, atherosclerosis and heart disease prevention. He holds many leadership positions at Baylor College of Medicine ( https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/christie-ballantyne-17846 ), including director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, co-director of the Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis Clinic, and chief of the Section of Cardiology. With over 1000 pub...

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Prof. Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, Ph.D. - CEO, Advanced...

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2026/01/10

Send us a text Professor Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, Ph.D. is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University ( https://mae.ncsu.edu/people/arabiei/ ) and a leading innovator in advanced materials engineering. She is also the founder and CEO of Advanced Materials Manufacturing ( https://advancemnm.com/ ). Prof. Rabiei is best known for inventing Composite Metal Foam, a novel class of lightweight, high-performance materials that combine exceptional strength, ene...

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Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH - Public Health...

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2026/01/10

Send us a text Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH is the Public Health Officer, Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), County of San Diego ( https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/public-health-officer-.html ). Dr. Thihalolipavan is a board-certified physician in Public Health and Preventive Medicine with a distinguished public health career that started in New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as the Medical Director of Tobacco Control and Chronic D...

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Dr. Philip Huang, MD, MPH - Director, Dallas Health...

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2026/01/08

Send us a text Dr. Philip Huang, MD, MPH is the Director of Dallas Health and Human Services ( https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/dchhs/ ), which is a nationally accredited public health department responsible for providing health and social services that protect the health and well-being of over 2.6 million people that call Dallas County home. Dr. Huang previously served as the Medical Director and Health Authority for Austin Public Health for 11 years. Dr. Huang al...

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Thomas Gaffney - COO, OFA Group - From Blueprints To...

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2026/01/06

Send us a text Thomas Gaffney is the COO of OFA Group ( https://www.ofacorp.com/ ), which through its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Office for Fine Architecture Limited, is a premier architectural firm that provides comprehensive architectural services, including design and fit out services for commercial and residential buildings. OFA’s mission is to leverage not just expertise in architectural design, but also tools like AI and digital assets, to maximize the potential of every ...

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