Joyce Harper is an award winning author, educator, academic, and scientist with over 30 years’ experience in reproductive health. She is Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women’s Health at University College London where she heads the Reproductive Science and Society group. Her latest book, Your Fertile Years, is published by Sheldon Press, 2021. She is chair of the International Fertility Education Initiative and deputy chair of the UK Fertility Education Initiative. She is founder of Reproductive Health at Work. Further information at www.joyceharper.com.
This podcast is about health education with an emphasis on reproductive health. We do not cover these topics enough in school or beyond. Joyce and her guests want to give you the tools to empower you to live a healthy, happy and fulfilled life. And on the way, we will debunk some of the myths around our health.
This podcast will include a wide range of amazing guests, discussing topics such as nutrition, exercise, sleep, mental health, happiness, cancer, periods, fertility, infertility, fertility treatment, preconception health, pregnancy, miscarriage, PCOS, endometriosis, menopause and much more. Joyce is a cold-water swimmer so expect some episodes about swimming! They will tell you about their work and life journey, what are the key messages they want you to know, their motivation, what makes them happy and their advice to their younger self.
David spent 25 years as a trailblazing pioneer of the mobile computing and smartphone industries. He envisioned what the future might look like, and then worked with many colleagues as part of a large ecosystem to bring that vision into reality. He sits on a number of boards, including the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation.
He chairs the world's largest meetup organisation with a focus on future foresight, called London Futurists. David regularly gives keynotes or leads workshops on aspects of envisioning and shaping the future.
David has written many books including Smartphones and Beyond, Transcending Politics, Vital Foresight, Sustainable Superabundance, The Singularity Principles and the Abolition of Aging.
In this episode, David explains transhumanism, humanity+, futurists, and the singularity. How can we abolish aging? He discusses regenerative therapies including techniques that are being developed to extend the telomeres of our chromosomes. But there are changes we can make now to fight off aging, such as changing our lifestyle. Are there any supplements we can take? And hear what David thinks of Black Mirror and Chat GPT.
