Best STELIOS Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 99 – Stelios Papadopoulos on Biotech’s Long View: Pricing Pressure, China & Big Pharma 37:59

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In historical terms, this is not a bear market, says Stelios Papadopoulos. There’s volatility, which is unnerving, and major issues to reckon with, but the level of anxiety in biotech doesn’t reflect the “extraordinary science, the likes of which we’ve never seen — and it’s getting better,” said Papadopoulos on The BioCentury Show. Papadopoulos is …

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#238 - Business rates, wages and hospitality policy with Allen Simpson and Kate Nicholls 1:06:57

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Stelios is joined by Allen Simpson, CEO of UKHospitality, and Kate Nicholls, Chair of UKHospitality, for an open and detailed discussion on the pressures facing hospitality businesses across the UK. The conversation explores business rates, rising rateable values, wage policy, VAT, employment reform and why many pubs, restaurants, hotels and fish a…

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#237 - Trust, pressure and customer loyalty, with Giles Fuchs of Burgh Island Hotel 1:34:31

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Stelios is joined by Giles Fuchs from Burgh Island Hotel for a grounded conversation about what it really takes to run a hospitality business when the pressure is real. Giles shares lessons from building, losing, and rebuilding businesses, including why even a single customer can become your strongest long-term asset if you get the experience right…

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#236 - Why hoping for help is not a business plan - Podsquad 1:50:43

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In this Podsquad episode of The Ceres Podcast, Stelios Theocharous is joined by David Nicolaou and Mark Petrou for a frank conversation about the pressures fish and chip businesses are facing right now. The discussion starts with real-world stories from the coalface, including a frozen bank account without warning and the serious consequences of a …

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Interview #80 Raj Shukla, CTO of SymphonyAI 43:37

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Join Raj Shukla, CTO of SymphonyAI, as he discusses the critical distinction between AI demos and production-ready systems, revealing that enterprises consistently underestimate the "last mile" challenges of authentication, authorization, and data scalability that break POCs when moving to production. Shukla explains how SymphonyAI's vertical AI ap…

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#235 - What makes a business worth buying or selling with Andrew Markou, Businessesforsale.com 1:24:28

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Stelios is joined by Andrew Markou, CEO and co-founder of BusinessesForSale.com. Together they break down what really drives the value of small hospitality businesses, with direct relevance to fish and chip shops. The conversation focuses on why cash flow matters more than turnover when valuing a business, what realistic multiples look like, and ho…

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Ep. 98 - Inside Precision Oncology’s Next Chapter with Fore’s Bill Hinshaw 37:38

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When Bill Hinshaw looks back across the arc of his career — from his early days helping to commercialize Gleevec to his present role leading Fore Biotherapeutics — he sees a precision oncology field transformed by technological ambition, yet still grappling with many of the structural challenges that defined its beginnings, now compounded by the di…

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Interview #79 Balaji Raghavan, Head of Engineering at Postman 31:21

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Join Balaji Raghavan, Head of Engineering at Postman, as he discusses the critical gap between AI adoption and API readiness, revealing that while 80% of developers use AI, only 24% design APIs with AI agents as the intended consumer. Drawing from Postman's 40 million developer user base, Raghavan explains how human-designed APIs create ambiguity p…

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#234 - The News Review, Grumpy Fryers, Scottish awards and the stories shaping hospitality 1:51:45

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In Episode 234 of The Ceres Podcast News Review, hosts Stelios Theocharous and David Nicolaou break down the week's most important stories for fish and chip shops and hospitality operators. With their usual mix of clarity, experience and straight talking, they explore what the headlines really mean for independent businesses on the ground. This epi…

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Popular Episode - Reimagining FDA: Steve Usdin on Designing the Drug Regulator of the Future 38:39

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This is a previously recorded episode of The BioCentury Show from September 5, 2025. Subscribe to this channel to listen to each new episode. Visit TheBioCenturyYouTube.com to access and watch all prior episodes. If you could redesign FDA from the ground up, what would it look like? That’s the fundamental question underlying the 2025 BioCentury Bac…

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#233 – Steven Muscat of Yan's Fish Bar, Cardiff 1:13:53

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Steven Muscat has spent his life behind the counter at one of Cardiff's best-known family chippies, Yan's Fish Bar. In this episode, he joins Mark Petrou for a warm, honest catch-up that starts with Steven's family roots and the story of how the business began, then moves into what it was like growing up in the shop and eventually taking over the r…

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#232 - The Real Cost of Standing Still — with Robert Furey, Florigo U.K 1:52:49

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Stelios sits down with Robert Furey, Managing Director of Florigo UK, to talk about how fish and chip shops can stay sharp and profitable in an uncertain economy. They explore the difference between cutting costs and cutting investment, why some operators often pause while others stick to long-term plans, and how replacing ageing ranges can save mo…

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Ep. 97 – From NIH to Industry: Zerhouni Warns Policy & Rhetoric Threaten U.S. Science 34:11

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Elias Zerhouni personifies the American dream. He arrived in the U.S. from Algeria as a young man with a couple of hundred dollars in his pocket. Talent, ambition and hard work propelled him into a successful academic career. In 2002, he was nominated and confirmed as NIH director, and later he served in senior positions in the biopharma industry. …

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#231 - Andrew Griffith MP on VAT, Business Rates & Small Business 1:01:12

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Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith MP joins Stelios for a straight-talking conversation about the real challenges facing small businesses and the hospitality sector. From VAT reform and business rates to red tape, hiring struggles, and the pressure on high streets, this episode digs into how government decisions ripple into everyday life for…

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Ep. 96 – From Pharma Partnering to Biotech CEO: Sophie Kornowski on Boston Pharma’s Playbook 32:17

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It took Sophie Kornowski under four years as CEO of Boston Pharma to bring it from a pipeline full of in-licensed assets to an acquisition by GSK for about $2 billion in total deal value for a single MASH program. Though her first gig as a biotech CEO, Kornowski’s success was built on her years of experience as head of partnering at Roche. She disc…

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#230 - Leadership, Loyalty & Lessons from Cos Michael of Pisces, Heswall 2:16:53

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This week on The Ceres Podcast, Stelios sits down with Cos Michael, owner of Pisces in Heswall, for a powerful conversation about leadership, loyalty, and longevity in the fish and chip trade. From staffing challenges and delivery platforms to changing customer habits and the art of staying relevant — this episode goes deep on what it really takes …

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Ep. 95 - Kymera CEO Nello Mainolfi: Matching Degrader Chemistry to the Problem 31:33

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Kymera Therapeutics has a clear mission: to transform immunology with targeted protein degraders that enable “oral drugs with biologics-like activity,” CEO Nello Mainolfi told The BioCentury Show. A pioneer in one of biopharma’s most closely watched new therapeutic modalities, Kymera is now over nine years into its story, with multiple pharma partn…

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#229 - Join Jamie, Murray, Edward & Stuart for the Scottish Roundtable 1:56:50

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In this special episode, Jamie Russo sits down with three leading Scottish operators — Edward Thompson (The Principal Café), Murray Watson (The Carron Fish Bar & Carron Catering), and Stuart Atkinson (North Street Chip Shop). Together, they dive into what makes Scotland's fish and chip trade unique — from rising costs and staffing to changing custo…

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Interview #78 Stelios Diamantidis, CPO of Cognichip 31:55

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Join Stelios Diamantidis, Chief Product Officer at Cognichip, as he explores how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing semiconductor development by enabling more holistic design processes that can reduce development time by half and costs by 75%. He discusses how AI tackles complex challenges across the entire chip design workflow—from early p…

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#228 – Discipline Over Motivation: Daniel Rosser, Noahs 1:46:49

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Chef Daniel Rosser of Noah's in Bristol joins Stelios to share how discipline, simplicity, and relentless consistency helped him turn a quiet spot under a flyover into one of Bristol's most talked-about restaurants. A raw, inspiring conversation about building something great—without shortcuts. Join the Ceres WhatsApp Group Download your FREE copy …

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Interview #77 Paul Canetti, CEO of Skej 38:44

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Join Paul Canetti, CEO of Skej, as he discusses the unique challenges of building AI products that operate without traditional user interfaces, instead functioning as virtual humans with email addresses, phone numbers, and Slack handles that interact through natural language. Drawing from his experience in UX design at Apple during the iPhone era, …

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#227 – The £25K Challenge, VAT Gaps & Fish Quotas: The Podsquad Talks Realities of the Trade 1:57:09

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In this unmissable episode of The Ceres Podcast, Stelios Theocharous is joined by Kelly Barnes, David Nicolaou, Mark Petrou, and David Miller for a no-nonsense look at the state of the fish and chip industry. From VAT shortfalls and cod quota cuts to changing customer habits and the growing pressure on shop margins — the Podsquad dig into what's re…

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Ep. 94 - Frazier's James Li on China’s Rapidly Evolving Biotech Deal Landscape 29:45

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The frenzy among Western companies to access China’s biotechnology innovation is remaking the landscape for cross-border dealmaking, with assets becoming more expensive and partnerships earlier and broader than ever before. That’s being driven by exceptional capital efficiency, access to patients and speed of development, said Frazier Life Sciences…

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Ep. 93 – BIO’s Fritz Bittenbender on Trump 2.0, MFN Threats & Pharma’s Concessions 34:03

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President Donald Trump’s demands for “most favored nation” drug pricing presents the biopharma industry with an immense public policy challenge. Drug companies are convinced that meeting the president’s demand to reduce U.S. prices to levels below those of other industrialized countries would decimate the industry. On this episode of The BioCentury…

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Interview #76 Zachary Hanif, VP of AI ML at Twilio 26:20

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Join Zachary Hanif, VP of Data and AI at Twilio, as he discusses the fundamental differences between building AI systems in regulated financial services versus communication platforms, drawing from his experience at Capital One to implement rigorous model governance frameworks that reduce maintenance costs while accelerating development timelines. …

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Ep. 92 - Reimagining FDA: Steve Usdin on Designing the Drug Regulator of the Future 38:43

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If you could redesign FDA from the ground up, what would it look like? That’s the fundamental question underlying the 2025 BioCentury Back to School essay, authored by BioCentury Washington Editor Steve Usdin, who has been a leading voice on regulation and policy for over two decades. The topic is especially meaningful in this era of FDA turmoil, w…