Podcast
Stop Scrolling!
Hosted by John Yan & Bryan Ng · EN
For anyone interested in technology, StopScrolling! is a podcast that explores how technology is disrupting different industries - from orchestras to pharmacies, and everything in between. StopScrolling! lets you dive into interesting conversations with experts and friends, and learn how technology is changing our lives.
10episodes
Episodes
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Digital Health pt 4: Amazon... is also a healthcare company?
Apr 19, 202100:17:17Tap to summarizeIn the fourth part of this mini series, we talk to Scott Xiao, a digital health entrepreneur and Forbes 30 under 30 recipient about digital pharmacies. We discussed the different models of digital pharmacies - from Pill Pack to Ro/Hims/Hers, the differences between digital pharmacies and traditional brick and mortar pharmacies, and the opportunity for community pharmacies to become “health hubs”. Check out Scott’s Substack for more things digital health: insilico.substack.com Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →Digital Health pt 3: Apple... is a healthcare company?
Apr 1, 202100:18:16Tap to summarizeIn the third part of this mini series, we talk to Scott Xiao, a digital health entrepreneur and Forbes 30 under 30 recipient, about the Apple Watch and other wearable devices. We discuss the implications of wearables (like the Apple Watch), and how they are currently regulated. Check out Scott’s Substack for more things digital health: insilico.substack.com Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →Digital Health pt 2: An argument for patient-centered health records ft. Scott Xiao
Feb 24, 202100:22:32Tap to summarizeIn the second part of this mini series, we talk to Scott Xiao, a digital health entrepreneur and Forbes 30 under 30 recipient, about Electronic Health Records. We discuss how electronic records of our interactions with health providers currently work, what's wrong with them, and a better solution. Check out Scott’s Substack for more things digital health: insilico.substack.com Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →Digital Health pt 1: What's it like to be a digital therapeutics entrepreneur? ft. Scott Xiao
Feb 8, 202100:26:32Tap to summarizeIn the first part of this mini series, we talk to Scott Xiao, a digital health entrepreneur and Forbes 30 under 30 recipient, about his ventures Luminopia and Odin. We talk about his experience taking leave at Harvard in order to start Luminopia - a VR-based treatment for lazy eye, and the challenges he faced along the way. Check out Scott’s Substack for more things digital health: insilico.substack.com Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →Living in a COVID-19 Infodemic ft. Daphne Tse
Jan 24, 202100:42:54Tap to summarizeWe talk to Daphne Tse who was the project manager for https://www.c19help.ca, a project aimed to address, combat, and mitigate COVID-19 disinformation. We talk about how disinformation affects minority groups, how disinformation spreads, and the importance of being kind during these difficult times. Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →Live (?) Stream Concerts ft. Jennifer West
Jan 11, 202100:48:59Tap to summarizeOn this episode, we talk to Jennifer West, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Muzewest Concerts about the challenges and opportunities of live-streaming. How has the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift to online concerts and entertainment, how have audiences and performers adapted to these changes, and what is the outlook for performing arts? Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →The future with brain-machine interfaces, a not too distant sci-fi reality ft. Han Zhang
Oct 1, 202001:23:49Tap to summarizeWe talk to Han Zhang, a former Neuralink employee, about brain-machine interface technology. What's the deal with these tiny microchips, which stage of the technology are we at, and what are the far reaching applications of this technology on medicine, education, and communication? Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →The future of education? Using VR to teach the next generation of conductors.
Jul 17, 202000:38:06Tap to summarizeWe start this episode with a discussion of the past and present of education. How is technology being used in schools to help students learn? We then explore the possibilities that virtual reality offers, with an in-depth look at a VR program designed to help student conductors simulate the experience of conducting a symphony orchestra. Our guests for this show are Dante Cerron and John Song. Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →Transforming Health Care With Data
Feb 28, 202000:36:02Tap to summarizeHow is technology transforming health care? We start the conversation discussing Microsoft's AI for Health initiative aimed to improve medical discovery, understanding in global health, and health equity. This opens up the conversation of technologies that are maturing within the medical field and interesting insights on where data can improve health. Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: Stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
Transcribe →“Who am I?" Identity Crisis In The 21st Century Ft. Barbara Peng
Dec 27, 201900:30:48Tap to summarizeEpisode 4 discusses the concept of identity: Are we who we think we are? Barbara Peng, a UBC graduate in Sociology and Law and Society joins us as we share our struggles with identity. Share your feedback, insight, or join the talk at: Stopscrolling.podcast@gmail.com Follow us at: https://www.facebook.com/stopscrolling.podcast/
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