08 - Sek Kathiresan: The Inherited Mission

08/02/19 • 78 min

Dr. Sek Kathiresan, CEO of Verve Therapeutics, joins Best Known Method to speak with host Ethan J. Weiss about his experiments to map the areas of our genome that are associated with different levels of blood cholesterol, the genetic basis underlying risk of heart attack, and his decision to step away from his roles as Director of the Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative at the Broad Institute, and Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, to put all of his efforts into Verve.

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07 - Lisa Rosenbaum: Writing From The Heart

Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, cardiologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women's hospital, and National Correspondent for New England Journal of Medicine, joins Best Known Method to speak with host Ethan J. Weiss about her storied career, split between the roles of physician and writer.

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09 - Emily Oster: The Data-Driven Parent

Emily Oster, Professor of Economics at Brown University and bestselling author, joins Best Known Method to speak with host Ethan J. Weiss about her most recent book, "Cribsheet, A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool", her best known method for parenting, and her thoughts on the nature of evidence in the internet age, behavior change and weight loss.