53. Brain-Computer Interface, Music as Medicine, and the Last Frontier of Privacy
We all assume the brain is private. What you think, what you feel, what you almost said but didn't — that has always been yours alone.
That is starting to change.
Jörn Rickert, neuroscientist and co-founder of CoreTec and Neudio, has spent his career building devices that go inside the human skull — and music that rewires it from the outside. In this conversation, he breaks down how brain-computer interface technology is moving from paralysis clinics to your Spotify playlist, why your browsing history already reveals more about you than any brain scan, and what happens when neuroscience and sound become the same thing.
Stay curious. Question everything. And maybe just maybe — the most private place you have is still yours.
52. Why Your Medicine Doesn't Work — The Microbiome Science Nobody Told You About
We all assume medicine works. You take the pill, you get better. But for a huge number of people, it doesn't — and it's not because the medicine is bad.
The answer is living inside you right now.
Jenny Yang, PhD scientist and co-founder of Outpost Bio, is decoding the relationship between your gut microbiome and the compounds that enter your body. In this conversation, she breaks down why two people with the same disease, taking the same pill, can have completely opposite reactions — and why medicine has been missing this piece of the puzzle for decades.
Stay curious. Question everything. And maybe start treating your gut like the sophisticated ecosystem it is.