STEM-Talk
Hosted by Ken Ford and Dawn Kernagis and Ken and Dawn and Dr Ken Ford · Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford
4.7from 714 ratings
- 199
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 714
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 13M
- YouTube views
About STEM-Talk
The most interesting people in the world of science and technology
- Publisher
- Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford
- Category
- health & fitness · health & fitness · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Mar 2016
- Latest episode
- 15 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 199 episodes have a transcript.
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 199: Ken and Dawn respond to listener questions on aging, meat consumption and dementia, genetic testing, AI, exercise, a lunar mission and much more
12 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 198: Blessing or curse? Dawn grills Ken on listeners’ toughest AI questions in this all-AI AMA
15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 197: Scott Sherr discusses hyperbaric oxygen therapy, methylene blue, and more
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Episode 199: Ken and Dawn respond to listener questions on aging, meat consumption and dementia, genetic testing, AI, exercise, a lunar mission and much more
Published 15 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Protein supplementation is one of the stronger and more practical areas of nutritional evidence that we have. Starting around age 50 and accelerating greatly after 65 years of age, many adults lose muscle and strength. We call this sarcopenia. Adequate protein, especially paired with resistance exercise, is one of the most effective ways to help prevent or at least slow that. And it's not just about strength and performance, but also about mobility, independence, metabolic health, and fall risk. don layman who we had on episode one fifty seven was a pioneer in this work his research helped establish leucine as one of the key triggers for muscle protein synthesis after a meal the best supported evidence for many older adults is to aim for roughly 25 to 40 grams of high-quality protein per meal to overcome anabolic resistance. […]
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- Scott Sherr
- Dominic D’Agostino
- Doug Cooke
- Tommy Wood
- Francisco Gonzalez-Lima
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 12,881,448
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 664 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 50 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts STEM-Talk?
Ken Ford and Dawn Kernagis and Ken and Dawn and Dr Ken Ford host the show. Published by Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford.
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