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Men and women require estradiol for optimal health. In this podcast, Dr. Carrozzella and I delve into the importance of estradiol in both men and women. The importance of estradiol in women is crucial for reproductive, brain, and bone health, as well as cardio protection. Decline in estradiol during menopause can lead to various diseases of aging. There is controversy around replacing estradiol in women, but the literature supports its necessity. Similarly, men also require estradiol for optimal health, but there are still physicians blocking estradiol. We cover the misconceptions surrounding blocking estrogen and explore the cardio-protective effects of estradiol. Lastly, we address the treatments for sexual health and the role of Trimix, Emsella, PDE-5’s, and botox in sexual function. Tune in for an informative discussion on sexual function and hormone management. Dr. John Carrozzella, an Honors Graduate from Yale in 1978, went on to earn his MD from the University of Cincinnati (UC) in 1982 and was awarded the honor of Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed his Orthopaedic Surgical Residency and Hand Surgery Fellowship in 1988 and practiced as an Orthopaedic Surgeon for 25 years before shifting his focus to nontraditional medical specialties such as Hormone Replacement, Sexual Health and Dysfunction, and Age Management. He has been a member of several medical associations, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and the American College of Surgeons. In 2014, he became an Advanced Fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine, a member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. Dr. Carrozzella was awarded a Master’s Degree in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine from the University of South Florida in August 2016. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and holds certificates in Sexual Medicine from the American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine, Advanced Metabolic Endocrinology from the University of South Florida, and Advance Bio-identical Hormone therapy from Worldlink Medical. Dr. Carrozzella specializes in Hormone therapy, sexual dysfunction, and age management for both men and women. He practices in the Windermere/Bay Hill/Dr. Phillips section of Orlando, where he is dedicated to serving patients with hormonal deficiencies, sexual dysfunction, incontinence, nutritional imbalances, and age management issues. To contact Amy Stuttle email: podcast@amystuttle.com To learn more about Victory Men's Health To learn more about Dr. John Carrozzella's practice Hormones and Wellness Dr. Carrozzella's Instagram Dr. Carrozzella's YouTube This is NOT medical advice. Consult your doctor.

Why are pronouns important when working with your clients? Well, as this week's guest, Dr. Jacob Eleazer, explains, misgendering clients is a form of medical harm, especially for members of the Trans* community. As we all move toward greater awareness and competency when it comes to working with Trans* clients, mistakes will be made. In this episode, Dr. Eleazar provides some practical advice for responding compassionately and directly to examples of misgendering. Also, in a P4P first, Dr. Eleazar and the crew demonstrate a few key techniques through candid role plays!Dr. Jacob Eleazer (he/him) served in the Kentucky Army National Guard for 12 years and was among the first actively serving transgender soldiers to come out publicly in 2014. He completed his doctorate in counseling psychology at the University of Louisville and a postdoctoral clinical fellowship in LGBTQ+ Health and Psychosocial Rehabilitation at the Connecticut VA Healthcare System (VACHS). He is currently an Advanced Fellow in Health Services Research and Development at VACHS and the Yale School of Medicine and serves as the LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator for VACHS. Jacob's research investigates the experiences of actively serving transgender military personnel, health disparities for LGBTQ+ Veterans, and patient-centered interventions to improve access to care for transgender Veterans. Jacob also advocates for an inclusive military policy as the Director of Advocacy for SPARTA, A Transgender Military Advocacy Organization. Resources mentioned in this episode: Ruben MA, Kauth MR, Meterko M, Norton AM, Matza AR, Shipherd JC. Veterans' Reported Comfort in Disclosing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(6):550-556. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001543. PMID: 33797509. [8:34]practicewithpronouns.com [32.23]CDP Presents: Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Service Members and Veterans [36:00] Calls-to-action: Subscribe to the Practical for Your Practice PodcastSubscribe to The Center for Deployment Psychology Monthly Email

It is well known that exercise can improve both physical and mental health. But what about preventing and treating PTSD in Veterans? In this episode, Dr. Edgar Villarreal speaks with researcher Dr. Daniel Reis and Army Veteran Adam Holt. Through the lens of both research and lived experience they explore exercise as an alternative treatment option for Veterans living with PTSD. Reis shares the findings of his article that reviewed research on the effect of exercise on PTSD symptoms in Veterans. And Holt shares his own journey from struggling with trauma, substance use and suicide attempts to literally running from relapse. Holt recently opened a free gym to create an active, sober community and support Veterans in recovery.   Transcript Episode 134 Short Takes Article Discussed: Exercise to Reduce Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Veterans Host: Edgar Villarreal, PhD, is a Psychologist and the Director of Education and Training at the VA Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention. Guest: Adam Holt is a U.S. Army Veteran and the Executive Director of Outsiders Anonymous - a 100% free gym for individuals in recovery, Veterans with PTSD, and the community that supports them.  Guest: Daniel Reis, PhD, is an Advanced Fellow in Mental Illness Research and Treatment at the VA Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention. His research interests include the relationship between lifestyle variables and mental health outcomes as well as the impact of seasonal sunlight on depression treatment outcomes. The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the linked web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein.

In the next installment of ASTCT's Titans of Transplant series, Dr. Rahul Banerjee, Advanced Fellow, BMT/CAR-T Therapy, with the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, speaks with Dr. Krishna Komanduri, who is a professor of medicine at the University of Miami and the Kalish Family Chair and Chief of Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Titans of Transplant series seeks to recognize, celebrate and chronicle the physicians, researchers, pharmacists, nurses, social workers and more who were on the frontlines of the early days of transplant.

Breath control in physical and mental health as it enhances performance both on and off the field. About Michael Miletic, MD Advancing the field of brain-body-mind science for your best health. Dr. Michael Miletic is a former Olympic athlete and a prominent physician specializing in clinical neuroscience and integrative metabolic medicine. Dr. Miletic evaluates the brain, mind, and body and brings the latest science and evidence-based treatments to optimize your health. He specializes in athletes, executives, and adolescents looking to reach their full potential. Dr. Miletic's comprehensive training and evidence-based research have enabled him to understand something many healthcare providers do not: approaches that treat the body without addressing the mind are limited in their effectiveness. Getting to know you, your life experiences, and the way you think and feel is thus a critical aspect of the care you receive from Dr. Miletic. Dr. Miletic developed “The Miletic Method” as a new model of mental health treatment, brain functioning, performance, longevity, and health. The model consists of looking at the brain/body as a series of interrelated bidirectional systems influencing and influenced by each other in ways specific to each patient. Understanding the intricacies of this allows us to approach each patient in an individualized way. The method then involves integrating all of the physical measures through history taking and specialized lab tests with psychology and neuroscience in a way that provides a new understanding of mental states and psychiatric diagnoses. Some of the aspects of your health that are measured and evaluated include hormone balance, micronutrients levels, neurotransmitter levels, gut health, inflammation, stress, immune response, life events and trauma. Based on an initial assessment of your physical and mental health and your personal health goals, Dr. Miletic will provide a personalized treatment plan. As he monitors your body's response to this plan, he will adapt and optimize treatment until the desired results are achieved. Dr. Miletic earned his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario Medical School and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Detroit Medical Center. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Neurology and Metabolic Medicine. He is also certified in Psychoanalysis and serves as an Advanced Fellow in Metabolic Medicine. He is licensed in both the United States and Canada, and his practice is based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Follow Dr. Miletic TheMileticCenter.com is the primary website. On Instagram - Michael Miletic. Instagram.com/michaelmiletic/ On Facebook - The Miletic Center https://www.facebook.com/themileticcenter Upcoming Books & Courses 'The Athletes Mind' and “The Inner Game”

Join Dr. Rahul Banerjee, Advanced Fellow of BMT / CAR T Therapy in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, and Dr. Nina Shah, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at UC San Francisco, as they discuss their paper “Early Time-to-Tocilizumab after B Cell Maturation Antigen-Directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy in Myeloma.” The paper was co-authored by Drs. Shah and Banerjee, along with several colleagues, and was published in ASTCT's Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Journal in March.

In this episode, Lucas invites Dr. Michael Miletic on the show. Dr. Miletic earned his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario Medical School and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Detroit Medical Center. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Neurology and Metabolic Medicine. He is also certified in Psychoanalysis and serves as an Advanced Fellow in Metabolic Medicine. While completing his medical degrees, Dr. Miletic was Canadian Olympic weightlifting champion (1982), Pan-American games Silver Medalist (1983) and a member of the Canadian Olympic weightlifting team (1984).   Relevant links:Dr. Miletic’s Website: https://themileticcenter.com/ 

In this episode, Lucas invites Dr. Michael Miletic on the show. Dr. Miletic earned his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario Medical School and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Detroit Medical Center. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Neurology, and Metabolic Medicine. He is also certified in Psychoanalysis and serves as an Advanced Fellow in Metabolic Medicine. While completing his medical degrees, Dr. Miletic was Canadian Olympic weightlifting champion (1982), Pan-American games Silver Medalist (1983), and a member of the Canadian Olympic weightlifting team (1984).  Relevant links:Dr. Miletic’s Website: https://themileticcenter.com/ 

Today's episode of Redefining Medicine features Pamela Hyde, DO. Dr. Hyde has always had a deep passion for helping people realize their real power in taking control of their health and wellness. As a practitioner of Functional Medicine, Dr. Hyde and her team at AIM Wellness partner with clients to get to the root causes of chronic disease. Knowing 80% of all chronic disease is dictated by lifestyle and environment, she is dedicated to being a leader in changing the way we look at our health as well as recognizing the limits of our current healthcare system. ​   Dr. Hyde has been practicing Osteopathic Medicine for over 25 years. As a Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist, she served for more than 17 years at Jackson County Memorial Hospital Women’s Health Associates in Altus, Oklahoma. Earning a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Research from the University of Maryland, Dr. Hyde holds steadfast to the belief that food is medicine, prevention is the best approach. It makes the commitment to “walk her talk” every day.   In 2004 Dr. Hyde chose to further her postgraduate studies with The American Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, going on to achieve the distinction of Board Certification and Advanced Fellow in 2009. As an expert in women’s health, hormones, and functional medicine, Dr. Hyde has been a keynote speaker at numerous symposiums and community events in the Southwest Oklahoma region. She serves as Medical Director for Life Services at Pathways, a pregnancy resource center located in Altus.

Today's episode of Redefining Medicine features Laurena Law, B MED (Newcastle), DFM (HKCFP), Dip in Practical Dermatology (Cardiff University), P Dip ComPsychMed (Hong Kong). Dr Laurena Law is a medical doctor from both Australia and Hong Kong. A conventional doctor by training, Dr. Law utilises an integrative medicine approach to managing chronic diseases. Dr Laurena integrates the best of both evidence-based approaches in functional medicine and traditional Western medical practices using nutrition, diet, exercise, laboratory testing, supplements, detoxification programs and stress management techniques personalized to the individual. She believes in promoting health which goes beyond just the absence of disease. Optimizing metabolic, hormonal and physiological functions has helped many of her patients in improving sleep, energy, fat loss, chronic pain, recovery from injuries, recurrent infections, skin disorders, autoimmune diseases as well as a reduced need for drug therapy.   In addition to a busy clinical practice in functional medicine and aesthetic medicine she is also a part-time lecturer at Hong Kong University Space and a presenter to both doctors and the public on topics related to hormonal health, fat loss, nutritional supplementation, detoxification, stress management, integrative approach to ageing skin and intravenous use of high dose vitamin C. She is certified by both the Australasian College of Nutritional Medicine (ACNEM) and The Australasian Institute for Medical Nutrition (AIMN) on the use of intravenous nutrients. She is a member of the International Peptide Society and is currently completing her certification.   Her professional fitness career spans over 10 years as a group fitness coach certified in TRX training and in multiple Les Mills programs. She has represented Hong Kong in Muay Thai Boxing and Powerlifting Championships placing first in both these events. As a hobby she is also a cohost of The Wellness Doctors podcast which is a platform discussing topics related to wellness, health, nutrition and lifestyle medicine.   She is an Advanced Fellow in Anti-aging, Metabolic and Functional Medicine and is Board Certified by the American Association of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M).

Dr. Laurena Law was born in Myanmar in Rangoon. Her parents are Burmese Chinese, Japanese origin. They were second generation Chinese born in Burma, and in 1978 they migrated to Hong Kong. Ten years later they migrated to Australia.   Laurena considers herself to be a bit of a nomad. She started schooling in Hong Kong and completed her medical schooling in Australia. She is an Advanced Fellow in Anti-aging, Metabolic and Functional Medicine and is Board Certified by the American Association of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M).   What this means is that she specializes in medical aesthetics and uses nutritional and lifestyle medicine to improve skin aging. Chronic illness prevention is also a special interest in her medical practice. Discover who your authentic self is and personalize your healthcare. Epigenetics is a new medical buzz word. Aside from her medical practice, she represented Hong Kong, placing first in the Muay Thai Boxing and Powerlifting Championships.  https://medical.lifeclinic.com.hk/dr-laurena-law/ (https://medical.lifeclinic.com.hk/dr-laurena-law/) (https://yourpositiveimprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/laurena.law_02_small-1.jpg) (https://yourpositiveimprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cf63b1c0-44de-496d-b1a8-5ff57ed0b532.jpg)

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In this episode of Thyroid Answers Podcast Dr Eric Balcavage and Dr Erica Riggleman interview Dr Tara Scott. The doctors take another dive into the connection between hypothyroidism and hormone imbalances. The doctors cover a broad range of topics including: Biggest challenges of the medical model Why hypothyroid patients struggle in the medical model Evaluation of thyroid physiology Impact estrogen and estrogen imbalances on thyroid physiology Pros and cons of Bio-identical Hormones Relationship between cortisol and thyroid physiology Best way to evaluate hormones: blood, urine, saliva TARA D. SCOTT, MD, FACOG, FAAFM, ABOIM, CNMP Fellow of American College of OB/GYN; Advanced Fellow and certified in Anti-aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine; Board Certified, American Board of Integrative Medicine, Certified Menopause Practitioner through the North American Menopause Society; Clinical Associate Professor of OB/GYN at Northeast Ohio Medical University; Chief Medical Officer, Revitalize Medical Group, Medical Director of Integrative Medicine at Summa Health Systems. Dr. Tara Scott graduated from Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine and completed her residency with Summa Health Systems at Akron City Hospital in Ohio. She recently "retired" from OB/GYN after almost 20 years to focus on functional and integrative medicine. . She is an Associate Clinical Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University, where she teaches OB/GYN  residents. Dr. Scott is a certified menopause practitioner with the North American Menopause Society and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She first became involved with hormone and integrative medicine while practicing as an OB/GYN. Her empathy for patients experiencing hormone-related issues led her to become trained as an advanced fellow and certified by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The evidence-based practices she employed helped many patients conquer chronic wellness issues.  She then started Revitalize Medical Group, where she serves as the Chief Medical Officer. In 2016 she obtained an additional board certification in Integrative Medicine.  Dr. Scott is passionate about educating the medical community on the advances in evidence-based hormone therapy. She lectures around the community to raise awareness about wellness and hormone balance. She recently got appointed as Medical Director for Summa Health in Akron, OH where she will develop and run and Integrative Medicine program. https://vimeo.com/320744578

Today I am chatting with Dr. Tara Scott about functional medicine, the side effects of antidepressants, the side effects of having a hysterectomy and much more! Grab a pen and paper because you're gonna wanna take notes, my friends.  Todays Guest: TARA D. SCOTT, MD, FACOG, FAAFM, ABOIM, CNMP Fellow of American College of OB/GYN; Advanced Fellow and certified in Anti-aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine; Board Certified, American Board of Integrative Medicine, Certified Menopause Practitioner through the North American Menopause Society; Clinical Associate Professor of OB/GYN at Northeast Ohio Medical University; Chief Medical Officer, Revitalize Medical Group, Medical Director of Integrative Medicine at Summa Health Systems.   Dr. Tara Scott graduated from Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine and completed her residency with Summa Health Systems at Akron City Hospital in Ohio. She recently "retired" from OB/GYN after almost 20 years to focus on functional and integrative medicine.  She is an Associate Clinical Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University, where she teaches OB/GYN  residents.  Dr. Scott is a certified menopause practitioner with the North American Menopause Society and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She first became involved with hormone and integrative medicine while practicing as an OB/GYN. Her empathy for patients experiencing hormone-related issues led her to become trained as an advanced fellow and certified by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The evidence-based practices she employed helped many patients conquer chronic wellness issues.  She then started Revitalize Medical Group, where she serves as the Chief Medical Officer. In 2016 she obtained an additional board certification in Integrative Medicine.  Dr. Scott is passionate about educating the medical community on the advances in evidence-based hormone therapy. She lectures around the community to raise awareness about wellness and hormone balance. She recently got appointed as Medical Director for Summa Health in Akron, OH where she will develop and run and Integrative Medicine program.   Connect with Dr. Scott by visiting the links below: FREE WEBINAR:https://www.revitalizemed.com/webinar.html Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/revitalizemed/ Web: https://www.revitalizemed.com/about-us/our-team/dr-tara-scott/   Come join me and a great girl gang on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PMDDTRIBE/   Lets Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pmdd_diaries/    

In this episode I speak to one of the founding members of the Ladies European Tour, an Advanced Fellow of the Professional Golfers Association and my first leading lady of How I Teach Golf, Denise Hastings. Denise shares her journey and her struggles in being a women in a mans world. Her passion to help others and the fun she has in golf.

Ian has over twenty years of experience as a golf professional, and during that time has focussed his career towards teaching the game he loves, having spent time teaching in the Middle East in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi Ian returned to the UK in 1999. Ian has now opened the Ian Clark Golf Academy based at the world of golf in New Malden, Surrey, the academy is equipped with the latest teaching technology available, this includes a Trackman launch monitor, K-Vest 3d body motion analysis, SAM balance lab and SAM putt lab, one of Ian's teaching mottos is why guess when you can measure, and with this technology at hand you can be sure that you are receiving the best instruction available to help you play to your best ability.  Using this technology Ian can describe to you what is happening with your swing, and how you can implement changes to improve your golf game, as a Trackman Master Instructor, a Golfing Machine authorized instructor and a TPI certified coach you can be sure you are receiving instruction of the highest quality. Ian has won a number of awards for his coaching, most recently being voted one of the top 100 coaches in the country by Golf World magazine, Ian also holds the designation of Advanced Fellow of the British PGA.  Ian has made it a lifetime vocation to learn from the best instructors, and has studied personally under many of them, those have included, Jim Flick, Mike Bender, Lynn Blake, Jim McLean, Ben Doyle, Chuck Cook, Geoff Mangum, Andy, Plummer, Mike Bennet, Martin Hall, James Leitz, Mike Adams, and Mark Blackburn.     Contact Ian -  TEL. 0208 949 9200   EMAIL     ian@ianclarkgolf.co.uk  

Learn The Reasons Why You Can Lose Your Sex Drive at Any Age and How You Can Get It Back with The “HARSH” and “Rewire Your Desire” Programs Using Diet, Exercise, Mindfulness and Individualized Hormone Therapy Kirk Hamilton interviews Dr. Jennifer Landa who earned her medical degree from Albany Medical College of Union University in Albany, NY in 1996. She completed her internship and residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC, where she was distinguished as the Administrative Chief Resident in OB/GYN. Dr. Landa is Board Certified by the American Board of of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and serves as an Advanced Fellow in the Fellowship for Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine. In addition, Dr. Landa has made appearances on a number of nationally-syndicated television shows, and was featured in a cover story by Florida Trend magazine in December of 2009, as a leading expert in anti-aging medicine. Dr. Landa is the author of the Amazon best seller “The Sex Drive Solution for Women”; creator of the "HARSH" and  “REWIRE YOUR DESIRE” programs designed to help women obtain optimal health and help those with low sex drives get their passion back. She is a hormone specialist, Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD and a Sexpert MD. Visit Dr. Landa's personal website here. For free videos created by Dr. Landa on regaining one's sex drive Click Here. Download or Open:

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life cycle of stars. In his poem Bright Star John Keats wrote, "Bright Star, would I were steadfast as thou art". For Keats the stars were symbols of eternity- they were beautiful and ordered and unchanging - but modern astronomy tells a very different story. Stars, like everything else in the universe, are subject to change. They are born among vast swirls of gas and dust and they die in the stunning explosions we call supernovae. They create black holes and neutron stars and, in the very beginning of the universe, they forged the elements from which all life is made. But how do stars keep burning for millions of years, why do they self-destruct with such ferocity and what will happen to the universe when they all go out?With Paul Murdin, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge; Janna Levin, Advanced Fellow in Theoretical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge; Phil Charles, Professor of Astronomy at Southampton University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life cycle of stars. In his poem Bright Star John Keats wrote, "Bright Star, would I were steadfast as thou art". For Keats the stars were symbols of eternity- they were beautiful and ordered and unchanging - but modern astronomy tells a very different story. Stars, like everything else in the universe, are subject to change. They are born among vast swirls of gas and dust and they die in the stunning explosions we call supernovae. They create black holes and neutron stars and, in the very beginning of the universe, they forged the elements from which all life is made. But how do stars keep burning for millions of years, why do they self-destruct with such ferocity and what will happen to the universe when they all go out?With Paul Murdin, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge; Janna Levin, Advanced Fellow in Theoretical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge; Phil Charles, Professor of Astronomy at Southampton University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the shape of the universe. In the Beginning, runs one account, was the Big Bang. All matter in existence today originated around 13 billion years ago in a phenomenally hot, extraordinarily condensed primordial atom that exploded with incredible force. Hydrogen and helium were shot across the firmament, gravity caused the gases to condense into clouds and in these clouds the first stars were formed, then galaxies came and more galaxies in clusters, onwards and outwards, ever expanding. It is still expanding, runs the orthodox account, and may even be speeding up. It is still creating new galaxies and it continues to colonise more and more of infinite space, despite the fact that it is supposedly infinite itself.So, if our universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? If it is already infinite how can it be getting any bigger? And is there really only one?With Sir Martin Rees, Royal Society Research Professor in Astronomy and Physics, Cambridge University; Julian Barbour, Independent Theoretical Physicist; Janna Levin, Advanced Fellow in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the shape of the universe. In the Beginning, runs one account, was the Big Bang. All matter in existence today originated around 13 billion years ago in a phenomenally hot, extraordinarily condensed primordial atom that exploded with incredible force. Hydrogen and helium were shot across the firmament, gravity caused the gases to condense into clouds and in these clouds the first stars were formed, then galaxies came and more galaxies in clusters, onwards and outwards, ever expanding. It is still expanding, runs the orthodox account, and may even be speeding up. It is still creating new galaxies and it continues to colonise more and more of infinite space, despite the fact that it is supposedly infinite itself.So, if our universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? If it is already infinite how can it be getting any bigger? And is there really only one?With Sir Martin Rees, Royal Society Research Professor in Astronomy and Physics, Cambridge University; Julian Barbour, Independent Theoretical Physicist; Janna Levin, Advanced Fellow in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.

Melvyn Bragg examines Quantum Gravity. Early in the 20th century physicists were startled by the realisation that the smallest things in the universe do not obey Newton’s laws of gravity. Ripe apples fall from trees, billiard balls roll mostly on the table and the moon orbits the Earth in thrall to its gravitational pull, but there is no such force of gravity at work in the world of very small things. It seems there is one set of rules for the realm of every day objects, and a very different set of laws for the quantum world - where tiny particles actually form the building blocks of all those larger things.But how can this be? It doesn’t appear to make sense. Physicists decided that there must be another theory - a much larger theory - that unites, incorporates and finally makes sense of these divided realms. And this has been the Holy Grail of physics ever since. With Dr John Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy, University of Sussex; Lee Smolin, Professor of Physics, Centre for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, Pennsylvania State University and Visiting Professor of Physics at Imperial College, London; Dr Janna Levin, Advanced Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University.

Melvyn Bragg examines Quantum Gravity. Early in the 20th century physicists were startled by the realisation that the smallest things in the universe do not obey Newton's laws of gravity. Ripe apples fall from trees, billiard balls roll mostly on the table and the moon orbits the Earth in thrall to its gravitational pull, but there is no such force of gravity at work in the world of very small things. It seems there is one set of rules for the realm of every day objects, and a very different set of laws for the quantum world - where tiny particles actually form the building blocks of all those larger things.But how can this be? It doesn't appear to make sense. Physicists decided that there must be another theory - a much larger theory - that unites, incorporates and finally makes sense of these divided realms. And this has been the Holy Grail of physics ever since. With Dr John Gribbin, Visiting Fellow in Astronomy, University of Sussex; Lee Smolin, Professor of Physics, Centre for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, Pennsylvania State University and Visiting Professor of Physics at Imperial College, London; Dr Janna Levin, Advanced Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University.