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Ep. 409: Health Care on Trial
We invited Dr Brian Day, the man who is the face of private clinics, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about what now.
Ep. 407: Creating A Healing Community
Stuart McNish invited Lynda Brown-Ganzert to join him for a Conversation That Matters about an online platform that reaches out to people who may feel isolated by bringing them together.
Ep. 405: Genome BC: A beacon of excellence
Stuart McNish invited Pascal Spothelfer to join him for a Conversation That Matters about the role Genome BC is playing in our lives and in the expansion of scientific research and bio-medical technology.
Ep. 402: How we are taking the brain virtual
Stuart McNish invited Dr. Randy McIntosh to join him for a Conversation That Matters about the vast new world of brain research that allows scientists to boldly go where no neurologist has gone before.
Ep. 392: Discover your brain power
Stuart McNish invited Dr. Ryan D’Arcy to join him for a Conversation that Matters about his work, why you should care, and what needs to be done to ensure the sector continues to develop.
Ep. 391: The Last High
Stuart McNish invited Dr. Kalla to join him for a Conversation that Matters about how the best feeling you ever had could kill you and whether we are any closer to loosening its deadly grip.
Ep. 387: The Magic Mushroom Breakthrough
Stuart McNish invited Dr Robert Hancock to join him for a Conversation that Matters about the life-saving benefits of making treatment accessible to millions of people in desperate need.
Ep. 385: The Hacking of the American Mind
Stuart McNish invited Dr Robert Lustig, the author of “The Hacking of the American Mind”, to join him for a Conversation that Matters about how you’ve been manipulated into believing that you can be happy by buying pleasure.
Ep. 383: Vancouver biomedical engineering shines bright
Stuart McNish invited Dr. Zandstra to join him for a Conversation that Matters about the role his research has played in finding cures for debilitating chronic diseases and the greater life sciences and biomedical community in Vancouver and British Columbia.
Ep. 381: Designer medicine: Is GenXys the answer?
Stuart McNish invited Karl Pringle, the CEO of GenXys Health Care Systems, to join him for a Conversation that Matters about the promise of designer medication and when it might just arrive in your doctor’s office.
Ep. 379: What is hereditary cancer?
Stuart McNish invited Dr. Brian Shirts to join him for a Conversation That Matters about the power knowledge brings to developing precise medical strategies to prevent and treat rare cancers early.
Ep. 376: British Columbia’s vaccine rollout
Stuart McNish invited Dr. Penny Ballem to join him for a Conversation That Matters about how we got to now and where we’re going from here.
Ep. 370: Was Popeye wrong?
We invited Andrea Bertaglio to join us for a Conversation That Matters about eating a balanced diet that includes meat and vegetables.
Ep. 369: The importance of early detection of breast cancer
We invited Dr Paula Gordon to join us for a Conversation That Matters about everything to do with breast cancer, from prevention to detection.
Ep. 368: Your brain on fruits and veggies
We invited Dr Bonnie Kaplan, the co-author of “The Better Brain,” to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the broad spectrum approach to a healthy and better brain.
Ep. 359: The link between social media and food
Stuart McNish invited food specialist Dr. Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie University to join him for a Conversation That Matters, Food For Thought episode about the dramatic changes underway in food production and supply thanks to consumer empowerment.
Ep. 358: COVID-19: Where did it come from?
We invited Nicholas Wade to discuss his investigative work to have a Conversation That Matters about what we do and don’t actually know about the source of COVID-19.
Ep. 353: Cannabis as medicine: How it works
Stuart McNish invited John Tse to join him for a Conversation That Matters about how and when to use cannabis as medicine.
Ep. 351: Let’s Talk GMOs with a GMO Scientist
Stuart McNish wanted to ask someone who actually does this type of work, what they do, why they do it, and can we trust them and the foods they produce. He invited Larry Gilbertson of Bayer Crop Sciences to join him for a Conversation That Matters about innovations in plant biotechnology.
Ep. 349: Let’s talk about CRISPR People
Stuart McNish invited Henry Greely to join us for a Conversation That Matters about human germline editing.