Ben Lamm on De-Extinction & Species Restoration

December 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Ben Lamm, the Co-Founder and CEO Of Colossal Biosciences (the world’s first de-extinction company) which he founded alongside world-renowned geneticist and serial biotech entrepreneur George Church, Ph.D. Colossal are the first business to apply CRISPR technology for the purposes of species de-extinction and work…

 

The New Science of Love & Connection | Paul Eastwick

December 16th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Professor Paul Eastwick, Professor of Psychology at UC Davis, where he serves as head of the Social-Personality Psychology program and director of the Attraction and Relationships Research Laboratory. He has published over one hundred scientific articles and chapters, and his research has been featured…

 

Superintelligent AI Mathematician: Carina Hong, Axiom

December 12th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Axiom is an AI company on a mission to build a self-improving, superintelligent reasoner, starting with an AI mathematician. The company launched out of stealth in 2024 with $64 million in seed funding at a $300 million valuation led by B Capital.  The Axiom team includes renowned AI and mathematics experts…

 

Rachel Botsman on Trust & Being Trusted

December 10th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Rachel Botsman- author, designer, and lecturer renowned for her work on trust and societal change. A leading expert in the field, she has written three influential books—What’s Mine Is Yours, Who Can You Trust?, and How to Trust & Be Trusted—translated into 14 languages. As a…

 

Daniel J. Levitin on Music & the Brain

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Daniel J. Levitin- an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity, and creativity. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: This Is Your Brain On Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized…

 

Consciousness & Reality: Dr. Andrew Gallimore Interview

September 16th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Andrew Gallimore, a neurobiologist, chemist, pharmacologist, and writer interested in the relationship between psychedelic drugs, the brain, consciousness and the structure of reality. His collaboration with Dr Rick Strassman on extended state DMT pharmacokinetic model and first book “Alien Information Theory: Psychedelic Drug Technologies…

 

César Hidalgo on The Laws of Knowledge

September 16th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Professor César A. Hidalgo, a physicist and global leader in the field of economic complexity. He leads the Center for Collective Learning at the Toulouse School of Economics and Corvinus University of Budapest, is the founder of DataWheel, and author of Why Information Grows.…

 

The Science of Pets with Jay Ingram

September 15th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to veteran science broadcaster and journalist Jay Ingram, author of twenty popular science titles, including the bestselling Science of Why series. In hiss latest book The Science of Pets, he researched the latest science behind our beloved furry, and not-so-furry, creatures that sleep on our…