Episodios

  • ChatGPT: Finding The Right Ethical Framework

    ChatGPT: Finding The Right Ethical Framework
    Apr 17 2024
    To celebrate the installation of the new rector of the University of St Paul in Ottawa, Canada, a panel was assembled to discuss the ethical implications of the rise of Artificial Intelligence. My presentation as part of this panel was titled, “ChatGPT: Finding the Right Ethical Framework.” This podcast episode is the audio from that […]
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  • Social Media & The Transmission of Misinformation

    Social Media & The Transmission of Misinformation
    Dec 11 2023
    This podcast episode was an assignment for one of my undergraduate students in another class (Satya Sarma). Satya chose to interview me for it! The topic is one close to my heart: public health information (and misinformation) in the age of COVID. It’s also available on YouTube as a video:
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  • Is It Time For Mainstream Scientists To Take UFO/UAPs Seriously?

    Is It Time For Mainstream Scientists To Take UFO/UAPs Seriously?
    Aug 7 2023
    Recent US congressional hearings focused on eyewitness testimony from two navy pilots who claimed to have encountered UFOs, and a highly ranked military intelligence officer who claimed to know of crashed UFO retrieval programs. In the wake of this event, Mike Donofrio and Dr Raywat Deonandan talk about the waning stigma of the UFO topic […]
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  • Let’s Talk About RAT Tests

    Let’s Talk About RAT Tests
    Jan 29 2022
    Jan 28, 2022 — Today’s episode is the audio from a presentation I gave to Occupational Health Clinics For Ontario Workers Inc, or OHCOW, all about Rapid Antigen Tests, or RATs. You can download the slides from this link. And you can watch the presentation on YouTube.
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  • COVID-19: Should You Give Your Child the Vaccine

    COVID-19: Should You Give Your Child the Vaccine
    May 28 2021
    May 28, 2021 — It’s a question I get a lot these days: should I give my child the COVID-19 vaccine? Well, it’s ultimately a personal decision that you should take up with your child’s pediatrician. In this brief episode, I outline a framework for how to think about risk vs reward. You can read […]
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  • COVID19: Interview with Sweden’s Dr Anders Tegnel

    COVID19: Interview with Sweden’s Dr Anders Tegnel
    May 11 2021
    Today’s episode is the audio from an interview with Sweden’s Dr Anders Tegnell from March 3, 2021. The interview was organized and lead by Dr Ziad El-Khatib of the Facebook Epidemiology group, and is posted in full on YouTube:
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  • COVID19: Answering Your COVID Vaccine Questions.

    COVID19: Answering Your COVID Vaccine Questions.
    Dec 12 2020
    Dec 12, 2020 — In this special podcast episode, I’ve solicited pressing questions from the general public about the new COVID-19 vaccines. After receiving about 26 questions, I reached out to a true expert to help answer them: Dr Erling Rud, a virologist and vaccinologist with decades of experience researching vaccines for viruses like Ebola and […]
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  • COVID19: Pandemics Are Worse for the Poor

    COVID19: Pandemics Are Worse for the Poor
    Dec 11 2020
    Dec 11, 2020 — I was asked by a journalist to submit a two minute video on a topic related to COVID-19. I spoke too long and recorded a five minute one instead, so I re-recorded a shorter version. What to do with the original video? Well, I’m including it here as a podcast. The […]
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