There's no shortage of books on Silicon Valley, with a quick Amazon search yielding over 40,000 results. Our guest today believes that most, if not all, of these books have overlooked a crucial element of the story: how these high-tech, disrupt

“We Are Electric” Cracking Our Bio-Electric Code with Science Journalist, Sally Adee

Dec 21st, 2023 1h 15m

Welcome back! Today, we have science journalist Sally Adee with us to discuss her new book titled 'We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for our Body’s Bioelectric Code, And What the Future Holds.' This book and our conversation delve into

“American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, & Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis” -Adam Hochschild

Apr 28th, 2023 59m 12s

All right, welcome back. “Too many Americans are indifferent to their own history and know too little about it. This ignorance makes the present more baffling than it needs to be.” That from a Washington Post review of today’s book is the perfe

Boozed Based Medicine. The medicinal history of alcohol with Camper English.

Dec 29th, 2022 1h 3m

It’s the holiday season with New Year’s just a few days away. What better time to take a fun filled tour through the medicinal history of alcohol? Today’s guest is the perfect guide. Camper English is a journalist, author, and recognized exper

Inside the hidden world of North Korean Medicine with Neurosurgeon, Dr. Kee Park.

Sep 23rd, 2022 48m 24s

Have you ever wondered what its like being a doctor one of the most isolated and restricted countries on earth? We have. It’s a question Keith and I have explored and discussed many times over the years since starting this podcast. But how do y

Small Steps & Giant Leaps. History of surgery with Dr. Ira Rutkow.

Jul 28th, 2022 1h

All right, welcome back. Today we’re exploring the history of surgery; taking a speedy but deliberate journey from prehistoric brain surgery to our modern high tech operating suites. As Rudyard Kipling once pointed out, “If history were taught

From Rwanda to the Boardroom. Conflicts at work with Robyn Short, PhD.

Jul 28th, 2022 59m 4s

All right, welcome back. Today we’re happy to have with us, Robyn Short. Robyn is a business consultant and specialist in conflict resolution and mediation. She is currently president and CEO of the Workplace Peace Institute, a consulting and r

Expert Network Intelligence with Inex One CEO, Max Friberg

May 31st, 2022 52m 52s

Today we’re diving deep into an industry many of you have likely heard of and perhaps even participated in. It’s a nearly $2-billion-dollar global market, growing 15-20% each year. They are called expert networks and in the words of today’s gue

Consciousness & Being a Beast Machine with Neuroscientist, Anil Seth, PhD

Apr 15th, 2022 1h 7m

Today we’re privileged and delighted to have one of the world’s leading researchers in neuroscience, Anil Seth. Anil is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and Founding Co-Director of the Sackler Ce

Psychology, Science & Practice. Scott Browning, PhD & Brad Van Eeden-Moorefield, PhD

Feb 7th, 2022 52m 48s

Today we’re exploring a particular challenge in the mental health space, the gulf between academic research and real-world clinical practice. As you’ll learn in the episode, only a surprising few of the published articles in psychology and psyc

The Business of Risk with Gen. Stanley McChrystal

Nov 5th, 2021 58m 54s

Today we’re excited and honored to have with us, retired US Army General Stanley McChrystal. A retired four-star general with 34 years of service, Stanley was the commander of all US and coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010. Prior

Weeks, Years and a Royal Tribute. Brief thoughts on the 20th anniversary of September 11th.

Sep 10th, 2021 8m 23s

Colin's brief reflection and personal story from September 11th.

White House Physician Jeffrey Kuhlman, MD & Co-Author, Daniel Peach, DO on Transformative Healthcare

Aug 19th, 2021 57m 32s

When it comes to VIP medical care, there is one patient who stands above all others. From what is publicly known he is assigned a team of doctors, nurses, medics and PA’s on standby around the clock. He and this team travel with an armored ambu

Neuroscience & Innovations of Literature. “Wonderworks,” with Angus Fletcher, PhD

Jun 24th, 2021 1h 16m

Today we are excited to have Angus Fletcher with us on the show. He is a professor of story science and literature at Ohio State University’s Project Narrative. He completed dual degrees in neuroscience and literature before receiving his PhD i

R&D Dept. Science & philosophy of childhood with developmental psychologist, Alison Gopnik, PhD

May 26th, 2021 1h 7m

Today we’re exploring the world of childhood, a “protected space in which they [children] can produce new ways of thinking and acting that, for better or worse, are entirely unlike any that we would have anticipated beforehand.” A protected spa

“Nobody’s Normal” and the Stigma of Mental Illness. Anthropologist, Roy Richard Grinker, PhD

Apr 23rd, 2021 1h 19m

Today we are delighted to have Roy Richard Grinker with us. He a professor of anthropology and international affairs at George Washington University, and author of “Nobody’s Normal. How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness.” Richard com

"Tracing Health," with Research Program Director for the Public Health Institute, Marta Induni, PhD

Mar 23rd, 2021 1h 7m

Today we are delighted to have Dr. Marta Induni with us on the show. She is a principal investigator with the Public Health Institute. She is also director of Tracing Health, a program launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that provides

Targeting PTSD with two Navy SEAL Physicians. Sean Mulvaney, MD with Guest Host, Robert Adams, MD

Feb 17th, 2021 1h 23m

Today we are thrilled to embark on a new adventure here on PeerSpectrum. The first episode of our new guest host series. We’re inviting back some of our most popular past guests and handing over the microphone. As Keith and I have learned over

Big Questions with legendary interviewer & Esquire’s writer-at-large, Cal Fussman.

Dec 3rd, 2020 1h 13m

Think of someone accomplished, someone famous, someone you truly admire. Have you met them? If so, how did it go? What did you talk about? If not, what would you talk about? What questions would you ask them? For us, today’s guest is just that

Eisenhower’s Legacy of Lessons. “How Ike Led” with Susan Eisenhower

Oct 28th, 2020 1h 22m

On the release of this episode, we find ourselves in October of 2020. Still deep in the Covid-19 pandemic, and exactly one week away from the 2020 presidential election. Instead of piling on with our own opinions and speculation, we’re heading

The Quantified Surgeon. Sensors, wearables & performance analytics. Stanford surgeon, Dr. Carla Pugh

Sep 22nd, 2020 1h 5m

You’ve no doubt heard this famous quote from science fiction writer, William Gibson, “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.” What better way to describe technology and medicine? The runway for technological innovation

The Mad Men of Medicine Avenue. Investigative Journalist and “Pharma” author, Gerald Posner

Aug 20th, 2020 1h 20m

All right, welcome back. If you think you have a pretty good handle on the opioid crisis, the pharmaceutical industry and how it all works, today’s episode may challenge that assumption. It certainly did for us. The modern pharmaceutical and bi

Overcoming rejection. Renowned transplant surgeon & heart transplant patient, Dr. Robert Montgomery

Jul 23rd, 2020 1h 4m

Imagine losing your father at 14, losing your brother a decade later, and looking down the barrel of the same heritable heart condition that killed them both. Imagine learning in your first year of surgical residency that your continued existen

“No Man's Land.” The trailblazing women doctors of WWI with journalist & author, Wendy Moore

Jun 19th, 2020 56m 30s

Barbara Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the WWI classic, “The Guns of August,” once observed, “The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.” Not only must h

Mountaineering, photography and the Dalai Lama. Emergency and expedition doctor, Andrew Peacock, MD.

May 14th, 2020 1h 1m

Today’s episode is not about Covid-19. Instead we’re going to give all of you a break and take you as far away from this as we possibly (and virtually) can. For that, we’re heading to Queensland, Australia to meet Dr. Andrew Peacock, an emergen