Heliox: Season One Review

Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy

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The Heliox Podcast is a cutting-edge science and technology podcast that explores contemporary issues through an evidence-based, empathetic lens. The podcast explores recent research, technological innovations, and societal challenges, from artificial intelligence and climate change to public health, neuroscience, and social dynamics.

The Heliox podcast stands out for its multidisciplinary approach, blending scientific rigour with human-centred storytelling. Each episode typically runs 8-25 minutes and draws from recent academic research, expert interviews, and contemporary social commentary.

Notably, the podcast strongly focuses on nuanced understanding, often challenging simplistic narratives and exploring complex intersections between science, technology, and human experience.

The tagline "Where Evidence Meets Empathy" encapsulates the company's core mission: to present scientific and technological insights with intellectual depth and human understanding.

Here is a sampling of the seventy-three episodes in our first season
🧠 Neuroscience & Psychology

• S1E48: The Cost of Genius: High Intelligence's Connection To Psychological Overexcitabilities
• S1E45: The Love Lab: Breaking Down Romance's Chemical Cocktail
• S1E35: The Big Silence: Parental Estrangement From A Buddhist Perspective
• S1E36: Homo Sapiens Stumble: A Comprehensive Analysis of Human Reasoning

🦠 Public Health & COVID-19

• S1E58: H5N1 Bird Flu - Mammalian Transmission and Potential Pandemic Threat
• Multiple episodes on Long COVID research (S1E24, S1E37, S1E39)
• S1E57: Clean Air Events: A Musician's Perspective on COVID-19 Mitigation
• S1E47: UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Professor Clive Beggs

🌍 Climate & Environment

• S1E53: Lancet Countdown 2024: Health and Climate Change (3-part series)
• S1E41: Violence & Climate: Lessons from the Andes
• S1E29: Canada's 2030 Biodiversity Strategy
• S1E11: Do Not Despair: How to Act on Climate Change

🤖 Technology & AI

• S1E69: Computing Evolves: P-bits Cut AI Energy Costs
• S1E46: AI Art and Copyright
• S1E40: Beyond Liquid Neural Networks
• S1E33: AlphaProteo Generates Novel Proteins

🌐 Social & Political Issues

• S1E61: UN Ch

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