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This is a series of mini-episodes that chronicles my quest to find and celebrate my authentic self and to build a life of my dreams. I hope my struggles, fears and lessons learned help others who go through similar quest.
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Science fiction is becoming science fact. In 2018, the team behind this podcast uncovered that a Chinese scientist, Jiankui He (nicknamed “JK”), was creating the world’s first genetically enhanced babies. The experiment opened the door to what may become a commercial market for "designer babies" and for governments to enhance entire populations. In the controversy that followed, the Chinese government disappeared JK and later sentenced him to three years in prison. Dr. He is now out of priso ...
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Hi my friend, how are you today? I wanted to tell you how beautiful you are, inside and outside. The light that you carry within yourself, the one that is yours and only yours, is so unique and we are so lucky to have your light in our lives. I wanted to remind you of this. In doing so, I just realized how rarely I remind myself of this: Of how uni…
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Hey my friend, I hope you had a great day. Even if it didn’t feel great, let’s celebrate it for the tiny beautiful things it brought. You don’t know me yet but over the next few months I want to take you with me to the journey of self discovery I am on, I am hoping my journey inspires you. I hope we become friends in the path we are both on. I have…
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Hey my friend, just check in with you. Hope you had a fantastic day. Mine was magical. I visited the beach last night. It was super moon, and the beach at night was quiet and majestic. It made me feel insignificant and yet deeply connected with the grandness of the universe. I have lived my whole life in the hustle and bustle of big cities. I have …
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Hi my friend, hope you are doing well. I am talking to you today because I feel very vulnerable yet empowered. You may wonder what I am talking about. Well, I have made a decision. My decision is to remove the mask of pretense, that I am the figured it all out type of a person. The reality is I have not figured it out yet but I am on a journey to d…
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Hi my friend, I hope you had a nice day, I am doing great. You know why, because I am grateful I stepped into this journey of building a better relationship with my self, to open the doorway to my soul and start to understand the woman inside. You know well my friend how much I was alienated with myself. How much my whole life I tried to quiet down…
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Hey my friend, how are you? Hope your day was great. Today, I learned something valuable. I actually reached this clarity of mind, after listening to this great book, Success principles by Jack Canfield. In the book he emphasized the importance of leaning in. You know for most of my life I had this urge of exactly knowing where the path leads, ever…
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Hi my friend, how are you? I hope your day was beautiful. Not all the days are rosy here for me. Don’t get me wrong, I am grateful for all I have, and I have so many beautiful things to be grateful for. I am grateful for my health and health of the people I love, I am grateful for my amazing family and my beautiful furry baby, Hero. I am grateful f…
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Hey friend, how are you? Hope your day was great. I wanted to check in with you because I recently became quite inspired by those people who live out their dreams. You know they say self doubt is the biggest killers of all dreams. My friend, I have dealt with self-doubt for most of my life. Even if at the eyes of people around me, I looked confiden…
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Hey my friend, I hope you are doing well and life is treating you well. As you know I traveled for work this week. Every time I used to travel for work I was very self- aware to put on the mask of a strong, smart and successful woman, in conferences or even at work. But my friend, this time was different. I went on, putting on my own face, and embr…
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As a filmmaker, Cody is acutely aware of how Hollywood films has shaped his perception of genetic engineering. Ridley Scott’s masterpiece, Blade Runner, was present for him during the entire process of making the documentary Make People Better. During shoots, they often joked that the documentary could have been shot on one of Mr. Scotts film sets.…
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The technology companies driving the genomic revolution are modeling themselves after their predecessors in Silicon Valley. Many bioethicists take note that the same value system, often a mix of new age spiritualism mixed with a tech ethic of “go fast and break things,” is being used as a justification to move the technologies of life far past gove…
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The last 20 years of history have been bookended by two events. 9/11 and Covid-19. Many security experts believe that as cheap and easy-to-use gene editing tech proliferates, the occurrence of intentional release of publicly available viruses like smallpox or engineered variants of bird flu will be released for ideological reasons. Is there a plan …
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Mosquitoes, which have evolved on Earth for more than a hundred million years, could be extinguished by new genetic engineering tools in a matter of years in modern efforts to prevent malaria. The first of these immensely powerful technologies are called “gene drives.” In this episode, we sit down for a mind mending interview with Dr Kevin Esvelt o…
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In the United States, many citizens place personal freedom above all other societal values. Combine that with a wave of new gene hacking technologies that are cheap and easy to use, and the biohacking movement is born. It’s fun, you can inject yourself in your own basement, and it can generate a lot of interest on social media. In this episode we s…
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As far back as we have recorded history, from ancient cave paintings to the pyramids, humans have quested for immortality. It is the ultimate prize for a species that can imagine the future and their own eventual death. In recent years, science has transformed that quest into a technological one. This episode starts with Max More, the former presid…
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Let’s start our journey into the genomic revolution where the documentary film, Make People Better left off. First, we will speak with Dr. Jiankui He (nicknamed “JK”), the Chinese scientist who secretly created the first designer babies, named Lulu and Nana. As a result of the controversy that followed, JK spent the next three years in prison. We a…
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Science fiction is becoming science fact. In 2018, the team behind this podcast uncovered that a Chinese scientist, Jiankui He (nicknamed “JK”), was creating the world’s first genetically enhanced babies. The experiment opened the door to what may become a commercial market for designer babies and for governments to enhance entire populations. In t…
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