Unlock the wonders of science, technology, and curiosity—one story at a time. Curious Minds is for lifelong learners craving fun, fact-checked insights and practical wisdom. Each episode explores real-world questions, revealing how science and tech shape everything under the sky where innovation drives change. If you’ve ever wondered “why?” or “how?”, tune in for captivating stories that spark curiosity and fuel your next big idea. Don’t let silence mean surrender. “If you are not at the tab ...
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Science fiction is becoming science fact. In 2018, the team behind this podcast uncovered that a Chinese scientist, Jiankui He (nicknamed “JK”), was creating the world’s first genetically enhanced babies. The experiment opened the door to what may become a commercial market for "designer babies" and for governments to enhance entire populations. In the controversy that followed, the Chinese government disappeared JK and later sentenced him to three years in prison. Dr. He is now out of priso ...
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The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) is a Professional Membership Group of the American Hospital Association. AHE is the organization of choice for professionals responsible for establishing and maintaining health care environments that are free of surface contamination and that support safety, service, and efficient and effective operations. AHE is the go-to resource for best-in-class tools, products, education and training that raise the standard of the health care environ ...
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Curious Minds: Engineering Extremes: The Cloud-Piercer in India & The Starfish in China
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10:32Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity, exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. If you think technology is just silicon chips and invisible code, think again. Today we explore "Engineering Extremes," where twenty-seven …
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Curious Minds: The Science of Allergy: What's Behind the Sudden Onset?
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10:47Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity, exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. If you think allergies are just something you grow out of, think again. Today we explore sudden-onset adult allergies, where biological def…
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Curious Minds: AI in 2025: The Breakthroughs No One Live-Streamed
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10:01Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity, exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. If you think the AI revolution is just about flashy robots or sci-fi movies, think again. Today we explore the two worlds of 2025, where qu…
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Curious Minds: The Silent Warrior of Trust: How Governments Are Using Blockchain to Crush Fraud
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9:03Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity, exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. When most people hear “blockchain,” they think crypto prices, hype cycles, or digital coins that rise and crash overnight. But far away fro…
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Curious Minds: Biotech to Bioterror: Silent Heists in the World of Cyberbiosecurity
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8:00Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity, exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. If you think hacking is just about stolen passwords or leaked emails — think again. Today, the frontier has shifted from computers to cells…
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Curious Minds: Wait, Say That Again: Ghosting, Situationship… What Does That Even Mean? Digital-Age Dating in 2025
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10:33Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep.10): Join host Neil as we decode the new vocabulary of modern love. From ghosting to situationships, breadcrumbing to lo…
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Curious Minds: Why Can’t I Focus? The Attention Span Challenge from Gen Alpha to Boomers
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8:33Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. If you can listen to this episode without checking your phone even once — congratulations, you’re already in the top 1% of focus champions. …
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Curious Minds: Shhhhhh Careful! Your Air Fryer is Listening: A Take on Digital Privacy Intrusion
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9:44Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep. 8): What if the most ordinary device in your home — your air fryer — wasn’t just cooking your dinner, but quietly colle…
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Curious Minds: The Man Who Lived Under the Sea and Came Out 10 Years Younger
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6:44Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep. 7): Can living underwater make you biologically younger? Join host Karthik as he explores the incredible story of Dr. J…
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Curious Minds: Innovation vs Regulation: What's the Real State of Play in 2025?
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7:00Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep. 6): As technology evolves faster than ever, governments race to keep up. From deepfakes and AI scams to crypto regulati…
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Curious Minds: The Science of Car Safety: How AI and Mathematics Save Lives on the Road
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5:30Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep. 5): Join Prashanth to explore how a 19th-century mathematician’s equations, modern sensors, and artificial intelligence…
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Curious Minds: From Lullabies to AI: Parenting Tech Through the Decades
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8:55Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep. 4): Join host Indira on Curious Minds as she takes you on a fascinating journey through five decades of parenting and t…
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Curious Minds: From Sci-Fi to Reality: Dreams or Warnings?
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6:49Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this Episode(Ep.3): Ever wondered if the movies we love are predicting our future? In this episode of Curious Minds, host Ravi pulls back…
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Curious Minds: Unfreezing Your Phone: Simple DIY Fixes for Everyone!
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6:05Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep. 2): Join Ambika for a hands-on dive into one of life’s everyday frustrations—your smartphone freezing at the worst poss…
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Curious Minds: AI in 2025: Superheroes, Robot Dogs, and Space Adventures
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3:27Curious Minds is where big questions meet everyday curiosity—exploring how science, technology, and imagination shape our world. From kids to grandparents, everyone can find something to spark their mind here. In this episode (Ep. 1): Join Guru for a fun dive into Artificial Intelligence in 2025, neuromorphic chips inspired by the brain, and SpaceX…
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As a filmmaker, Cody is acutely aware of how Hollywood films has shaped his perception of genetic engineering. Ridley Scott’s masterpiece, Blade Runner, was present for him during the entire process of making the documentary Make People Better. During shoots, they often joked that the documentary could have been shot on one of Mr. Scotts film sets.…
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The technology companies driving the genomic revolution are modeling themselves after their predecessors in Silicon Valley. Many bioethicists take note that the same value system, often a mix of new age spiritualism mixed with a tech ethic of “go fast and break things,” is being used as a justification to move the technologies of life far past gove…
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The last 20 years of history have been bookended by two events. 9/11 and Covid-19. Many security experts believe that as cheap and easy-to-use gene editing tech proliferates, the occurrence of intentional release of publicly available viruses like smallpox or engineered variants of bird flu will be released for ideological reasons. Is there a plan …
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Mosquitoes, which have evolved on Earth for more than a hundred million years, could be extinguished by new genetic engineering tools in a matter of years in modern efforts to prevent malaria. The first of these immensely powerful technologies are called “gene drives.” In this episode, we sit down for a mind mending interview with Dr Kevin Esvelt o…
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In the United States, many citizens place personal freedom above all other societal values. Combine that with a wave of new gene hacking technologies that are cheap and easy to use, and the biohacking movement is born. It’s fun, you can inject yourself in your own basement, and it can generate a lot of interest on social media. In this episode we s…
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As far back as we have recorded history, from ancient cave paintings to the pyramids, humans have quested for immortality. It is the ultimate prize for a species that can imagine the future and their own eventual death. In recent years, science has transformed that quest into a technological one. This episode starts with Max More, the former presid…
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Let’s start our journey into the genomic revolution where the documentary film, Make People Better left off. First, we will speak with Dr. Jiankui He (nicknamed “JK”), the Chinese scientist who secretly created the first designer babies, named Lulu and Nana. As a result of the controversy that followed, JK spent the next three years in prison. We a…
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Science fiction is becoming science fact. In 2018, the team behind this podcast uncovered that a Chinese scientist, Jiankui He (nicknamed “JK”), was creating the world’s first genetically enhanced babies. The experiment opened the door to what may become a commercial market for designer babies and for governments to enhance entire populations. In t…
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AHE Podcast - IP and EVS - Dr. Rutala Pt. 2
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24:51Sponsored by PDI:Infection Prevention and Environmental Services: A Critical Union, Part 2Speakers:Odetter Perriel, MS, CHESP and Dr. William Rutala, PhD, MPH, CICBy AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE PODCAST - IP And EVS - Dr. Ruala Pt 1 Audio
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27:02Sponsored by PDI:Infection Prevention and Environmental Services: A Critical Union, Part 1Speakers:Odetter Perriel, MS, CHESP and Dr. William Rutala, PhD, MPH, CICBy AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE President, Brad Winnie, MBA, CHESP sits down with Dr. Terri Rebmann, PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC, Director at the Institute for Biosecurity to discuss bio-terrorism in health care settings.By AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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Mark Hodgson discusses what EVS leaders need to know about dry biofilm in health care settings.By AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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Beth Hohl discusses methods for efficiency and collaboration in operating rooms.By AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE EXPRESS - Joe Gerstandt - How to Do Disagreement Well
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5:20Joe Gerstandt discusses how to do disagreement well.By AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE EXPRESS - Dr. Ruth Carrico - Immunization Update
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6:02Dr. Ruth Carrico discusses our responsibility to protect our community by protecting ourselves.By AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE EXPRESS - Kathy Skibinski - Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule
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5:21Kathy Skibinski, MS discusses the new hazardous waste generator improvement rules.By AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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Dr. Rodney Rohde, Texas State Honorary Professor of International Studies, Associate Dean for Research for the College of Health Professions, and Chair and Professor for the Clinical Laboratory Science program discusses a number of topics, including globalization and antimicrobial resistance; recognizing EVS professionals in the workplace and how t…
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AHE EXPRESS - Ken Kaufman - Health Care Disruption
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12:14"Legacy Health Care at the Crossroads"Kenneth Kaufman, MBA, Managing Director and Chair, Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLCBy AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE EXPRESS - Dr. Ruth Carrico - Hepatitis A Outbreak
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6:48"The Hepatitis A Outbreak: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know"Ruth Carrico, PhD, DNP, APRN, CIC, Associate Professor, University of Louisville School of MedicineBy AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE EXPRESS - James Kendig - The Joint Commission
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9:10"The Joint Commission's Top 10 Survey Deficiencies"James Kendig, MS, CHSP, CHCM, CHEM, LHRM, Field Director, Surveyor Management and Development Accreditation and Certification Operations, The Joint CommissionBy AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE EXPRESS - Kelly Reynolds - Soft Surfaces
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3:43"The Hardline Case for Phasing Out Soft Surfaces"Kelly Reynolds, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Public Health, The University of ArizonaBy AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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AHE EXPRESS - Elex Sanchez - Emergency Events Response and Recovery
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7:30"Preparing for Emergency Events: EVS's Evolving Role in Response and Recovery"Elex Sanchez, Director, Environmental Services and Sustainability, Texas Children's HospitalBy AHE EXPRESS Podcast
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