ASU KEDtalks: The Podcast

Swimming in Plastic

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:00:01 GMT

There’s something in the water — plastic. An unfathomable amount of plastic has made its way into our oceans, but Charlie Rolsky believes we can make small changes in our lives to turn the tide of plastic pollution for a cleaner world and healthier ecosystems.

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Resilience in Materials and in Life

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:00:33 GMT

No stranger to resistance, Regents’ Professor Aditi Chattopadhyay has forged her own path in aerospace engineering to design resilient materials capable of withstanding the rigors of the world.

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Autonomy Isn’t Autonomous

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:00:27 GMT

Robots and artificial intelligence are growing more and more autonomous. But they still need to work smoothly with humans to be effective. ASU Professor Nancy Cooke explores how humans, robots and AI can best work together as a team.

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Defending Against Fake News

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:00:03 GMT

There's an insidious threat that seeks to divide the nation and undermine our faith in democracy — disinformation.

Often referred to as "fake news", disinformation is the spread of false information with the willful intent to deceive. Scott Ruston, a research scientist with the Global Security Initiative at Arizona State University, studies why disinformation is believable, how it spreads and what we can do to defend ourselves against it.

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A Living Drug That Beats Cancer

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:00:39 GMT

You may be a cancer survivor and not even know it.

Arizona State University Professor Karen Anderson from the ASU Biodesign Institute tells us how our bodies’ immune system contains T cells that chase down and kill bacteria, viruses and even cancer cells, and explains why empowering these mighty T cells may one day eradicate cancer.

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Where Creative Genius Works

Wed, 01 May 2019 22:49:48 GMT

Director of Strategic Projects Mark Naufel launched Luminosity within Arizona State University's Knowledge Enterprise with moonshot ideas in mind. Now, interdisciplinary teams of students with bright ideas are designing, building and deploying innovations that positively impact society.

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Your Poop is Talking to You, Are You Listening?

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:23:44 GMT

For Me’lisa Crawford, talking about poop isn’t gross or impolite — it’s an important part of a day’s work. Crawford is a PhD candidate at Arizona State University in the School of Life Sciences who studies poop to learn how a high-fat diet can alter your microbiome, or gut bacteria. In this episode Meli'sa discusses:

what poop tells us about our gut health
how food deserts affect what we end up eating
how she ended up as a grad student at ASU
advice for advanced science degree students

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Preventing Predictable Disasters

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:46:29 GMT

Duke Reiter, executive director at University Exchange and senior advisor to ASU President Michael Crow, explains how ASU’s Ten Across (10X) initiative is bringing together multiple ways of knowing, from the personal stories of people’s lived experience to data drawn from earth observing technologies and computer models. Armed with this information, 10X hopes to prevent “highly predictable disasters” and plan a more resilient future.

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Can Innovation Exist Without Soul Work?

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 19:12:13 GMT

Is innovation always good? And is more always better?

Not without "soul work", says Gaymon Bennett, associate professor of religion, science, and technology at Arizona State University. Listen to Bennett explain what soul work, shadow, and spirituality have to do with our fixation on innovation.

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About Our New Format for 2019 and Beyond

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:43:02 GMT

ASU KEDtalks®: The Podcast has a new format and you are going to love it!

ASU Knowledge Enterprise editorial staff members Diane, Robin and Pete sit down to talk about our new, interview-style format launching January 2019. The topics we’ll be covering as part of this new format include innovation without shadow, resilient cities, and reasons why we should care about human and whale poop.

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Staying Ahead of Cyberattacks

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 03:00:27 GMT

ASU CIDSE Asst. Professor and CEO/co-founder of CYR3CON™ Paulo Shakarian tells us how mining the dark web can throw light on cybercriminals and thwart their impending attacks. He likens his research strategy to that of a soldier running reconnaissance on the enemy.

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Hunting for Hydrogen, a Moonshot

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:00:14 GMT

ASU Asst. Professor and Principal Investigator of the LunaH-Map mission Craig Hardgrove tells us how the first self-propelled, shoebox-sized spacecraft could reveal the whereabouts of water on the moon, and what that means to Earthlings. He also explains why small spacecraft allow us to take bigger risks.

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Plagued with Questions

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 03:00:12 GMT

In many parts of the world, locust swarms devastate crops and communities. Arianne Cease, director of the Global Locust Initiative at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, is trying to change that.

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Democratizing Digital Design

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 03:00:31 GMT

Technology is not created to reflect the rich diversity of people that use it, says founding co-director of the ASU Human Security Collaboratory Jessica Rajko. She contends that adding more voices in the design process will create not only more inclusive tech experiences but better technology overall.

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Change Everything, All at Once

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 03:00:10 GMT

By revealing what is hidden in plain sight, Asst. Dean of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives at ASU's College of Health Solutions Chris Wharton illuminates a path to health, wealth, happiness and sustainability.

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Charting a Course for Colorado River Water

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 19:00:30 GMT

We’ve portioned out more of the Colorado River’s water than it can deliver. How do we navigate the rapids of water management without capsizing under growing demand? Dave White of ASU’s Decision Center for a Desert City explains how to stay afloat.

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Why are Dogs Special?

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:00:53 GMT

Lots of people think dogs are unique in their intelligence. Clive Wynne, Director of ASU’s Canine Science Collaboratory, says that’s not true. But he knows what makes dogs truly special.

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What Soap Leaves Behind

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 19:00:31 GMT

Some soaps leave a residue that reaches far beyond your shower door. Rolf Halden, Director of the Center for Environmental Security at ASU's Biodesign Institute, tells us about the unexpected consequences of our obsession with antimicrobials and where we go from here.

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Designing Earth's Future

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:00:09 GMT

Ariel Anbar, Professor at ASU's School Of Earth and Space Exploration spent years studying our planet’s past. Then a simple question inspired him to consider our role in designing Earth’s future for the better.

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Building a True Sharing Economy

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:00:32 GMT

In our modern sharing economy, apps let us share a ride or find a place to stay – for a price. Amber Wutich, Director at ASU's Center for Global Health says we’ve lost something vital in commodifying what we used to share. Find out what we’re missing and how to get it back.

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Carbon is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 19:00:17 GMT

Like throwing trash into the street, each year we pump tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Klaus Lackner, Director of ASU's Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, has developed technology poised to collect and reuse our carbon while cleaning the air.

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Water: A Pricing Paradox

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 19:00:49 GMT

Water...is cheap. It falls from the sky. But the infrastructure to store, transport and clean it is expensive. Michael Hanemann, Professor at ASU's School of Sustainability and W.P. Carey School of Business, brings the true cost to the surface and explains why it’s going to get higher.

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Visitors from Another World

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 13:00:59 GMT

Gazing at the night sky conjures deep questions about the universe. Meenakshi Wadhwa, Professor at ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration and Director of the Center for Meteorite Studies, invites us to look at the planetary "Rosetta stones" right here on Earth that can give us answers.

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Journey to a Metal World

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 13:00:56 GMT

Lindy Elkins-Tanton is a Foundation and Regents professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, vice president of the ASU Interplanetary Initiative, and Principal Investigator (PI) of NASA's Psyche mission. She’s also one of the few people in the world who has an asteroid named after her (Google: "Asteroid 8252 Elkins-Tanton"). In this episode she gives a behind-the-scenes look at her Psyche Discovery mission and shares the unusual career path that led her to become the second woman ever to lead a NASA mission.

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Weekending On the Moon

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 13:00:49 GMT

Is a weekend on the moon just around the corner? ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration Professor Jim Bell makes the case for why deep space is the new economic frontier, and what that will mean for humanity.

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Snapshots of a Knowledge Enterprise

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 13:00:45 GMT

In this episode...you’ll hear from Dr. Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, Executive Vice President of ASU Knowledge Enterprise Development, and Chief Research and Innovation Officer at Arizona State University, as he discusses what knowledge enterprise really means.

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Risk is Not Just a Four Letter Word

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 13:00:30 GMT

Most people don't like talking about risk, but Professor Andrew Maynard, Director of ASU's Risk Innovation Lab, does it for a living. Learn how he thinks we can all tackle risk challenges by framing them as values.

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Solving the Unsolvable Problem

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 13:00:00 GMT

As Director of ASU’s Global Security Initiative, Nadya Bliss is tackling seemingly-unsolvable “wicked” problems ranging from information security to the spread of infectious disease. She says we need to embrace complexity—not try to remove it out of fear of failure—if we are to face these challenges successfully.

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An Introduction

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:44:13 GMT

Welcome to the first season of ASU KEDtalks: The Podcast, brought to you by Knowledge Enterprise Development (KED) at Arizona State University, which advances research and innovation at ASU.

This podcast will introduce you to the people behind the research and the ideas that drive them. Kicking off the series, Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, Executive Vice President of KED and ASU's Chief Research and Innovation Officer, explains what knowledge enterprise really means, along with its impact on all of us as life-long learners. You’ll hear ASU researchers share about their areas of specialty and their findings, like an upcoming voyage to a unique asteroid...or the “wicked” problems associated with global security...the value of taking risks...the possibility of space tourism...and rocks that talk.

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