ASU KEDtalks: The Podcast

There’s something in the water — plastic. An unfathomable amount of plastic has made its way into our oceans, but Charlie Rolsky believes we can make small changes in our lives to turn the tide of plastic pollution for a cleaner world and healthier ecosystems.

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No stranger to resistance, Regents’ Professor Aditi Chattopadhyay has forged her own path in aerospace engineering to design resilient materials capable of withstanding the rigors of the world.

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Welcome to the first season of ASU KEDtalks: The Podcast, brought to you by Knowledge Enterprise Development (KED) at Arizona State University, which advances research and innovation at ASU.

This podcast will introduce you to the people behind the research and the ideas that drive them. Kicking off the series, Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, Executive Vice President of KED and ASU's Chief Research and Innovation Officer, explains what knowledge enterprise really means, along with its impact on all of us as life-long learners. You’ll hear ASU researchers share about their areas of specialty and their findings, like an upcoming voyage to a unique asteroid...or the “wicked” problems associated with global security...the value of taking risks...the possibility of space tourism...and rocks that talk.

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You may be a cancer survivor and not even know it.

Arizona State University Professor Karen Anderson from the ASU Biodesign Institute tells us how our bodies’ immune system contains T cells that chase down and kill bacteria, viruses and even cancer cells, and explains why empowering these mighty T cells may one day eradicate cancer.

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There's an insidious threat that seeks to divide the nation and undermine our faith in democracy — disinformation.

Often referred to as "fake news", disinformation is the spread of false information with the willful intent to deceive. Scott Ruston, a research scientist with the Global Security Initiative at Arizona State University, studies why disinformation is believable, how it spreads and what we can do to defend ourselves against it.

"ASU KEDtalks: The Podcast" is a production of ASU Knowledge Enterprise.

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