The Vance Crowe Podcast

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California Copywriter Chad Fred Lott discusses how to live in Bay Area during the lockdown Apr 29, 2020

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Chad Fred Lott is a copywriter for a tech company in Silicon Valley. He has known Vance's since he was working at Whole Foods. We discuss YouTube Censorship, Living in San Francisco, and his thoughts about what will happen next.

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This is the 45th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels. I believe that the Overton-Window will be wide open and new rules are going to be created about how we operate in a post Coronavirus world.

Phage Researcher U.K. scientist living in Atlanta, Georgia; James Gurney Apr 28, 2020

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James Gurney is a longtime friend and an advanced researcher on a little understood part of life: Phage Research. James talks about his concerns about Coronavirus, his time as a Skeptics podcaster on the League of Nerds. James is a script editor for the science communications YouTube Channel Kurzgesagt.

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This is the 44th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

Human Genome scientist explains the evolution of viruses, the value of free markets, and why cannabis is an essential service Apr 24, 2020

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Kevin McKernan believes there are too many scientists paid from tax money, and that the free market would have handled the Coronavirus crisis much more precisely if the government had not intervened. His controversial ideas are explained with detail and a level of understanding that is simply amazing. I felt genuinely uncomfortable as he approached topics that are controversial, but his nuance made the conversation particularly compelling and interesting.

Kevin is the CSO and Founder of Medicinal Genomics and has pioneered the genomics of cannabis and hemp to build a stronger scientific environment (Kannapedia.net) for the study of cannabis based therapeutics and blockchain technologies for tracking and verifying cannabis genetics. Previously, Kevin was the CSO of Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., and was Vice President and Director of R&D of Life Technologies where he managed the development of Life Technologies next generation SOLiD sequencing technology. Integral to the SOLiD R&D process, Kevin oversaw over 100 research collaborations exploring the new biological frontiers with next generation sequencing and saw particular excitement and traction in human tumor sequencing. Kevin initiated an R&D project to investigate chemFET semiconductor based DNA sequencing and spearheaded a process to acquire the DNA sequencing company Ion Torrent for $350M. These collaborations resulted in hundreds of publications and 7 Journal covers from Science Translational Medicine to Nature.

Kevin was the President and CSO of Agencourt Personal Genomics, a startup company he co-founded in 2005 to invent revolutionary sequencing technologies that dropped the cost of sequencing a human genome from $300M to $3,000; a 100,000-fold improvement in sequencing speed and cost in a few years. In 2000, Kevin Co-Founded Agencourt Biosciences Corporation and acted as the CSO until it was acquired by Beckman Coulter. Kevin also managed the R&D for the Human Genome Project at Whitehead Institute/MIT resulting in several patents for nucleic acid purification. Kevin holds a B.S. in Biology from Emory University with a focus on cloning and expressing Norepinephrine Transporters. When not decoding DNA and unraveling the mysteries of cannabis medicine, Kevin enjoy boating, skiing, and gardening.

Kevin can be found on Twitter: @Kevin_McKernan
Vance can be found on Twitter: @Vance Crowe

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Out of work Las Vegas bartender Kevin Edwards on what unemployment is like 30 days in Apr 23, 2020

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Kevin Edwards is a bartender that lost his job about 30 days ago. Vance Crowe and Kevin discuss how society is changing because of Coronavirus, how the Las Vegas casinos will re-open, and the cascade of negative things that will happen as more hospitality.

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This is the 42nd interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

Check out a short video to see how The Vance Crowe Podcast looks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhwK0rV0JDA

Nat Geo Explorer Spencer Wells Returns; We talk virus mutations and his view on how much the world is about to change Apr 23, 2020

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National Geographic Explorer and population geneticist Spencer Wells is back. I respect him tremendously but I love interviewing him because I can't wrap my head around how big his predictions of doom and gloom are regarding Coronavirus. We talk about the economy, the mutations of the disease, and how society will change.

National Geographic Explorer in Residence and world renown population geneticist Spencer Wells joined Vance Crowe from his hideout in Indonesia where he has decided to wait out Coronavirus. We discuss if blood types matter, how past civilizations faced pandemics, when to lift the quarantine and what will happen if hunger spreads as a result of the disease (or the cure).

During our first jarring discussion, I made personal decisions about preparing for the future- following this interview, I am really starting to wonder what the world will look like. To follow Spencer check out his blog: https://medium.com/@spwells/the-moyo-diaries-1-d14c0cd10aab

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This is the 41st interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

ICU nurse on caring for Coronavirus patients and how seriously he takes the disease. Apr 22, 2020

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Luke Mulch is an ICU nurse and a brown belt in Jiu Jitsu at BJJ Lifestyle Academy. Luke discusses caring for Coronavirus patients, the challenges with sedating people to go on ventilators, and if they have enough personal protective equipment. Luke is a tough guy, it is surprising that he is a nurse but he is a bad ass, that I would want caring for me.

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This is the 40th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

Our truck driver friend Chris Niemann was laid off; packing plants aren't buying pigs Apr 20, 2020

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Coronavirus has prompted thousands of workers to walk off their jobs butchering hogs at a JBS plant. Chris Niemann- who we interviewed on episode 3 of Coronavirus perspectives was told today that his job driving hogs from farms to slaughter houses is done until further notice.

During this interview Chris pleads with listeners to restart their lives and move forward despite Coronavirus.

If you have questions for Chris tweet them at me- I will send them to him until he gets a handle of his own.
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This is the 39th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

Networks, Cities and Coronavirus; theoretical physicist Geoffrey West from the Santa Fe Institute Apr 19, 2020

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Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist and is a Distinguished Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. We talk about scaling and Geoffrey's research on emergence which led us to a fascinating discussion on how the Coronavirus will spread and how to help cities flourish in the mean time.

Geoffrey's primary interests have been in fundamental questions in physics, especially those concerning the elementary particles, their interactions and cosmological implications. He has since applied this knowledge into the fields of complexity; ultimately uncovering fascinating realities about how living things scale and live (including viruses).

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This is the 38th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

What the hell is deflation? U.S. Treasuries expert Lacy Hunt explains what he thinks will happen to your dollars. Apr 18, 2020

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Lacy Hunt Ph.D. is an internationally recognized trader in U.S. treasuries. He understands how the Federal Reserve creates and distributes money. He works at Hoisington Investment Management Company (HIMCo) and produces a newsletter read by commodities traders and large investors around the world. We discuss how the economy works in real terms. I learned more in this one hour, than my graduate level economics courses.

I learned about the difference between "printing money" and the Federal Reserve Selling Treasuries. He discusses how US Treasuries puts money into the system through sales of treasuries, and talks about how the British did the opposite and printed money to put into the economy. He discusses his opinion that we run the risk of deflation now that more money is being added into the system. He described how the economic pressures already in the economy before Coronavirus will be exposed as a function of certain business practices.

Find their website- it may look old enough to have shag carpet, but there are a lot of intelligent and wealthy people that get their news from this site: https://hoisingtonmgt.com/

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This is the 37th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

Chubbyemu Medical doctor that makes YouTube videos that millions of people see. Apr 18, 2020

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Chubbyemu is a medical doctor that makes YouTube videos that get millions of views in the US and in China. Vance Crowe talks with Bernard about how he built his career, China's reaction to Coronavirus and when he thinks we will return to more regular life.

The Coronavirus Video that helped Chinese doctors explain what was happening in Wuhan in January 2020: This video was seen by nearly 2 million people and likely many times more in China.

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This is the 36th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.

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