2036: The Podcast: Recent Episodes
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What will 2036 look like? And who will shape the world to come? Emory University is dedicated to creating positive transformation in the face of profound challenges. On each episode of 2036: The Podcast, you’ll hear from faculty, alumni, students, and community members who embody the school’s mission to serve humanity through knowledge. These conversations were recorded in October 2021 at the 2O36 kickoff event in front of a live audience. If you want to learn about how Emory is reshaping the future—from using plant compounds to treat infectious diseases to the latest advances in brain health and artificial intelligence—this show is for you. THE FUTURE STARTS HERE.
Judges are seen as impartial arbiters of the law, but they are elected officials with different legal backgrounds. Joanna Shepherd, Thomas Simmons Professor of Law at Emory, studies the intersection of law and economics. Her research looks at judicial behavior to see whether factors like campaign contributions, tenure, and personal experiences influence judicial decisions. In some recent legal cases, she says, judges have acted more like politicians.
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Growing up in a multicultural home, Paul Bhasin was surrounded by diverse music—from Latin American pop songs to vintage Bollywood soundtracks. Now an accomplished orchestral trumpeter, Bhasin conducts the Emory University Symphony Orchestra, directs the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, and serves as interim chair for the department of music at Emory. He says music is a core academic subject rather than an extracurricular activity, making Emory a distinctive destination.
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Eri Saikawa, professor and environmental scientist at Emory, is researching soil and air quality in communities around the world to better understand the impacts of climate change. Saikawa looks at the relationship between climate change and health, particularly in vulnerable communities that are disproportionately affected by severe weather events. She believes that community awareness and everyday actions can spur positive action and create a healthier planet.
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When Nanette K. Wenger, renowned cardiologist and professor at Emory, began practicing medicine, research on heart disease in women was nonexistent. Wenger’s pioneering work changed how the medical field understands and treats heart attacks and cardiovascular health in women. Now 65 years on, she continues to advocate for women’s health. Wenger sees the increasing representation of women in medicine as a driver for improved research, drug development, and patient care.
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Growing up next to a church, Jill Hamilton, professor at Emory’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, understands the importance of Bible verses and hymns when facing difficult situations. That’s why she is researching the power of scripture and music in the healing process, particularly for Black patients. Hamilton sits down with Ken Carter, director of Emory’s Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement, to discuss how health care can incorporate spirituality as part of holistic treatment.
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What if, rather than fearing failure, we recognize that growth only happens when we make mistakes? In this extended director’s cut of Season 2 Episode 9: A Future Without Stigma, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani and James Raper, a longtime mental health counselor, have a thoughtful discussion about seeing success in failure, the myth of happiness, and finding the right therapist.
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Students have heard it for decades: What are you going to do after college? Branden Grimmett, who leads career and professional development at Emory College, challenges us to ask a better question: Who do you want to become? Tune in as he and Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani reimagine higher education to ensure that all students can build meaningful lives and careers.
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Is pickleball the secret to resiliency? In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani sits down with Keiko Price, Emory’s athletics director, to sketch out a holistic vision for health and well-being. They also discuss the surprising benefits of staying in motion—whatever that looks like for you. (Bring your own paddle.)
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Join Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani as he goes deep with James Raper, a longtime mental health counselor and Emory’s inaugural associate vice president for health, well-being, access, and prevention. They discuss how we can cultivate a campus environment where all students can share—and celebrate—their fullest selves.
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Human flourishing depends on connecting and belonging. How do we carve out space in our lives to ensure connection for ourselves and others? Listen as Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani and Enku Gelaye, dean of campus life, imagine a more inclusive future for higher education, with space for everyone to thrive.
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With the advent of artificial intelligence technologies, consumers can access more personalized goods and services than ever before. But at what cost? Listen as host Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani and Ramnath K. Chellappa, business-analytics expert at Goizueta Business School, probe the unintended consequences of AI and how we can preserve our privacy in a data-driven world.
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What if artificial intelligence could predict and prevent invisible diseases? In this episode, Kimberly Jacob Arriola, dean of Emory’s Laney Graduate School, speaks with Anant Madabhushi, Emory professor and global leader in developing artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes. They explore the wide-ranging potential of these technologies to save lives, mitigate health disparities, and alleviate the financial and physical toll of diseases.
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In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani and Matthew Sag, professor of law and artificial intelligence at Emory, probe the best and worst that AI has to offer the legal system, society, and how humans work and live together. Plus: Sag, a diehard science-fiction fan, explains why we shouldn’t worry that the robots are taking over—yet.
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How can we create artificial intelligence technologies that build a better world? When Lauren Klein, Emory professor and author of Data Feminism, imagines the future of computational analysis, she envisions an ethical approach with justice at the center. Kimberly Jacob Arriola, dean of Emory’s Laney Graduate School, sits down with Klein to discuss how to make that future a reality.
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The COVID-19 pandemic collapsed the boundary between work and life, and we’ve only just begun to put the pieces back together. Tune in as Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani takes on tough questions about the future of life, labor, and leisure with Carla Freeman, interim dean of Emory College and Goodrich C. White Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Hunter Akridge, an Emory College senior and Beinecke Scholar.
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In this episode, Kimberly Jacob Arriola, dean of Emory’s Laney Graduate School, speaks with Ayanna Jones, an Emory PhD student working with NASA to understand Earth’s complex atmosphere. Arriola and Jones envision a scientific community where all students, especially students of color, can thrive. Plus, Jones, a co-founder of #BlackInChem, takes on a million-dollar question—literally.
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What are museums and libraries for? Who counts as an expert? In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani speaks with Valeda F. Dent, Emory’s vice provost of libraries and museum, and Henry S. Kim, director of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, to discuss the role that cultural institutions play today as connectors and conveners—and how they can remain relevant in the century to come.
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Thinkers and doers at Emory University are sparking change, inspiring wonder, and catalyzing action. In the second season of 2O36: The Podcast, recorded in front of a live audience in October 2022, you’ll hear from experts across campus on the greatest potential and looming pitfalls of artificial intelligence, how to forge meaningful connections across divides, and what it takes to build a better future. Tune in for fresh perspectives on how we’ll transform the world to come. Only on 2O36: The Podcast. THE FUTURE STARTS NOW.
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In part two, Anderson and Meghjani revisit key moments in American history that help us understand today’s political landscape.
What does a truly inclusive democracy look like, and how do we get there? In this three-part episode of 2O36: The Podcast, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani sits down with Carol Anderson, renowned scholar and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, to discuss citizenship, democracy, and justice. Anderson and Meghjani uncover the most urgent threats to equality in our political system while highlighting the leaders, past and present, working toward a more just future.
In part two, Anderson and Meghjani revisit key moments in American history that help us understand today’s political landscape.
What does a truly inclusive democracy look like, and how do we get there? In this three-part episode of 2O36: The Podcast, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani sits down with Carol Anderson, renowned scholar and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, to discuss citizenship, democracy, and justice. Anderson and Meghjani uncover the most urgent threats to equality in our political system while highlighting the leaders, past and present, working toward a more just future.
Anderson and Meghjani open their conversation by examining the transformative power of listening—to facts, the historical record, and others—to create a more equitable society.
What does a truly inclusive democracy look like, and how do we get there? In this three-part episode of 2O36: The Podcast, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani sits down with Carol Anderson, renowned scholar and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, to discuss citizenship, democracy, and justice. Anderson and Meghjani uncover the most urgent threats to equality in our political system while highlighting the leaders, past and present, working toward a more just future.
What does a truly inclusive democracy look like, and how do we get there? In this three-part miniseries of 2O36: The Podcast, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani sits down with Carol Anderson, renowned scholar and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, to discuss citizenship, democracy, and justice. Anderson and Meghjani uncover the most urgent threats to equality in our political system while highlighting the leaders, past and present, working toward a more just future.
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What does it take to cure diseases like HIV and cancer? How do breakthroughs in drug development happen? In this episode, Emory University President Greg Fenves speaks with Dr. Dennis Liotta and Dr. George Painter of the Emory Institute for Drug Development and Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE) about their role in advancing breakthrough therapies and how Emory is building partnerships between academic researchers and innovators to facilitate drug development.
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Finding your path as a first-year college student can be challenging for anyone. But without guidance from family members who have been there before, first-generation students often encounter additional barriers when it comes to navigating higher education. In this episode, Emory University alumna and commercial real estate attorney Anna Dix and first-generation student Xiomara Fernandez talk with Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani about the unique challenges first-gen students face and how, through the 1915 Scholars Program, Emory’s alumni community is coming together to provide support
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People have been using plants as medicine since ancient times. Now, Emory University scientists are collaborating with global communities to discover how botanical ingredients can advance human health. In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani speaks with Dr. Cassandra Quave, a medical ethnobotanist at Emory, and Cutler Cannon, a student and phytochemistry research assistant, about unlocking the power of plants to treat infectious diseases.
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When you talk to your computer, does it actually talk back? As part of the team that won Amazon’s 2020 Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge, Emory University’s Dr. Jinho Choi and computer science Ph.D. students Sarah and James Finch are pushing the boundaries of technology and communication. In this episode, they speak with Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani about the future of artificial intelligence and how conversations with computers are becoming more human.
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What do bungee jumpers, race car drivers, and skydivers have in common? Are they born fearless? In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani speaks with Dr. Kenneth Carter, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Oxford College of Emory University, about the psychology behind thrill-seeking behavior and how we can use this insight to better understand ourselves and each other.
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What role does the community have in reducing health disparities? How are institutions like Emory University working to bridge those gaps? In this episode, Dr. Briana Woods-Jaeger, assistant professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, and Everett Moss II, a nurse anesthesia student at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, speak with Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani about the progress they are making to reduce health disparities in communities of color.
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When it comes to treating cancer, what was not possible just a few years ago is now possible. In this episode, Dr. Suresh S. Ramalingam, the executive director of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, speaks with Emory School of Medicine student Carey Jansen about the advances in research, patient care, and education that are leading to long-term survival and a better quality of life for people with cancer.
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Will it ever be possible to prevent or cure Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders? Allan Levey of the Goizueta Institute @ Emory Brain Health says there’s reason to think so. In this episode, Emory neuroscience student Calen MacDonald talks with Levey about his research and the work Emory is doing to make brain diseases a thing of the past.
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What will 2036 look like? And who will shape the world to come? Emory University is dedicated to creating positive transformation in the face of profound challenges. On each episode of 2036: The Podcast, you’ll hear from faculty, alumni, students, and community members who embody the school’s mission to serve humanity through knowledge. These conversations were recorded in October 2021 at the 2O36 kickoff event in front of a live audience. If you want to learn about how Emory is reshaping the future—from using plant compounds to treat infectious diseases to the latest advances in brain health and artificial intelligence—this show is for you. THE FUTURE STARTS HERE.
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