National Champion Radio

About National Champion Radio

A spotlight on US citizens winning the most prestigious prizes in the world.

Publisher

National Champion Radio

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Oct 2024

Latest episode

12 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Aug 2026

   Rosalind Picard - Lombardia è Ricerca International Award Winner

   Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author, and engineer. She is the Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at the MIT Media Lab. Picard is best-known for her book, Affective Computing, which proposed and described how to give skills of emotional intelligence to computers -- including voice assistants, robots, agents, and many kinds of interactive technologies. Rosalind W. Picard is a Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology at the MIT Media Lab. She is an IEEE Fellow and the recipient of the 2026 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology, one of IEEE's highest honors, recognized for pioneering contributions to wearable technologies that improve health, safety, and human well-being. While trying to create ways to objectively measure data related to emotion, she and her team pioneered wearable technologies to monitor and analyze physiological data in daily life, giving rise to new research and inventions at the intersection of wearables, physiology, and physical and mental health.Picard is the recipient of the 2022 International Lombardy Prize for Computer Science Research which includes an award of a million euros, which Picard donated to non-profit research and to charity.She is founder and director of the MIT Media Lab’s Affective Computing Research Group, where she teaches and mentors students in research. Her research and engineering contributions have been recognized internationally, also with election as a fellow to the IEEE, the ACM, the AAAC and the APA.** The views expressed by Dr. Rosalind Picard in this interview are her own and do not represent the positions of MIT or the MIT Media Lab. References to Empatica and its products reflect her role as company co-founder. **WATCH / LISTEN• Inside the Lombardia è Ricerca International Award Winner | Rosalind Picard ( https://youtu.be/AmdnPZmz3nI )CONNECT WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSTWITTER / X: https://x.com/Nat_ChampionsINSTAGRAM: / nat_champions SUBSTACK: https://nationalchamps.substack.com/

2. 

   29 Apr 2026

   Naomi Oreskes - Volvo Environmental Prize | National Champion Radio

   Naomi Oreskes is Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. A world-renowned earth scientist, historian and public speaker, she is the author of the best-selling book, Merchants of Doubt (2010) and a leading voice on the role of science in society, the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and the role of disinformation in blocking climate action. Oreskes has worked as a consultant for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and US National Acadmey of Sciences, and has also taught at Dartmouth College, New York University, UCSD and Harvard University. She is the author of or has contributed to a number of essays and technical reports in economic geology and history of science in addition to several books. WATCH / LISTEN• Inside the Volvo Environmental Prize Winner | Naomi Oreskes(LINK)CONNECT WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSTWITTER / X: https://x.com/Nat_ChampionsINSTAGRAM: / nat_champions SUBSTACK: https://nationalchamps.substack.com/

3. 

   7 Apr 2026

   Unchecked Power The New Face of U.S. Foreign Policy w Dr. John Owen IV on National Champion Radio

   Most Americans have no idea how far we've drifted from the constitutional limits on war and the stakes are sky-high. National Champion Dr. John Owen, winner of the 2025 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, exposes how today's reckless decision-making risks plunging us into an uncontrollable and unjustified conflict in Iran.In this urgent conversation, he reveals how the erosion of international constraints and constitutional protections is empowering a president who acts outside the law — and how this could reshape global stability forever. You'll discover why the gaps in military accountability matter more than ever, how social media fuels desensitization to war’s human toll, and the dangerous myth of quick, decisive victories.WATCH / LISTENhttps://youtu.be/M9o4bmfT7uMCONNECT WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSSUBSTACK: https://nationalchamps.substack.com/TWITTER / X: https://x.com/Nat_ChampionsINSTAGRAM: nat_champions

Who has been a guest on National Champion Radio

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr John M Owen IV
• Dr Jeffery L Dangl
• Gary LaFree

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

96,819

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

32

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