Podcast appearances and mentions of Spencer Wells

This is part two of our Fabtech special, where Beau sits down with Brynwelds, a welder and content creator from Nebraska; John Fowler from Northeast Alabama Community College; our very own host and tig artist Tig Devil; Spencer Wells, an engineering technician at the Nasa Prototype Lab; Mike Myer, a Welding instructor from Evans High School; Danea Buschkoetter, a welding instructor and host over here at weld.com; Chad, a Pipe Fitter/Pipe Welder talking about working in a union; Blake Hamric, a welding instructor at Calhoun Community College; and Barbie The Welder, a metal sculptor, author and advocate for the skilled trades. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welddotcom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welddotcom/support

Hace más de 60.000 años la Tierra estaba poblada por un grupo en torno a los 10.000 hombres afincados en lo que hoy conocemos como África. Una serie de pruebas genéticas, realizadas durante el pasado año, han demostrado que todos los seres humanos que hoy habitan en nuestro planeta descienden directamente de estos primeros pobladores, formando una gran familia. La travesía del hombre relata con detalle este asombroso viaje, de la mano del científico que ha hecho posible este descubrimiento, el experto en genética Spencer Wells. El programa acompaña a Wells en su periplo alrededor del mundo, siguiendo las huellas de nuestros ancestros. Joven, carismático y apasionado por su trabajo, Wells ha estudiado el cromosoma masculino Y del ADN humano, que contiene los datos que prueban cómo los primeros seres humanos abandonaron África y se extendieron por el resto del mundo.

Spencer Wells and Isaac Barnes May seek to put the recent ex-communication/name removal of Natasha Helfer from the LDS Church into the broader context of church boundary maintenance in America.

This week we chat with Fort Loramie football coach Spencer Wells about his teams Friday night matchup against New Bremen as well as how his journey led him to the Redskins.Also on the show the usual news and notes segment features a look at area volleyball, soccer, and football matchups across the area.

Spencer Wells was instrumental in developing many of these trends. As an Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic, he was an early innovator of using genographic kits — studying DNA from people all across the world to map out the migrations of mankind’s earliest ancestors. Spencer went on to found a company called Insitome, which also gives consumers insight about their genome and their heritage. In an exclusive interview with 7investing, Spencer describes the permanent changes that have taken place in the Direct-to-Consumer genomics industry and explains how genomics is now catching on with hospitals. He shares his thoughts about the technology behind DNA sequencing, the personalized medicine movement in pharmaceuticals, and the importance of the ethical debate in shaping the future for gene editing. Check out https://7investing.com/subscribe to start a premium membership for $17/month and receive our 7 very best stock market ideas every month. Interview timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction: Spencer’s Indonesian Adventure 6:25 – Insitome: Changes in the Direct-to-Consumer Genomics market 11:18 – “The Disruption of Health Care”: Genetics Meets the Clinic 17:32 – An Ethical Debate: The use of Genomics and Gene Editing 23:40 – Genomic Sequencing Technology: Next-Generation Sequencing vs Nanopores 33:08 – Personalized Medicine: What will this Mean for the Drugmakers? 38:28 – National Geographic Takeaways: The Earliest Migrations of Mankind 42:26 – Spencer’s Favorite Musicians and Concerts 45:30 – What Individual Investors Should be Watching: CRISPR Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Illumina, Roche, and Pacific Biosciences. 7investing’s advisors and/or guests may have positions in the companies that are mentioned. This interview was originally recorded on May 29, 2020 and was first published on June 2, 2020. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/7investing/message

Join us for a conversation with Spencer Wells, author, traveler, entrepreneur and scientist about Covid19 and more. Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.

More COVID-19 discussion. Dr. Spencer Wells returns to the show to discuss the dropping COVID-19 infection fatality rate, possible economic forecasts and the outlook for a vaccine. This is not an episode for the faint of heart! 

National Geographic Explorer and population geneticist Spencer Wells is back.  I respect him tremendously but I love interviewing him because I can't wrap my head around how big his predictions of doom and gloom are regarding Coronavirus.  We talk about the economy, the mutations of the disease, and how society will change.  National Geographic Explorer in Residence and world renown population geneticist Spencer Wells joined Vance Crowe from his hideout in Indonesia where he has decided to wait out Coronavirus.  We discuss if blood types matter, how past civilizations faced pandemics, when to lift the quarantine and what will happen if hunger spreads as a result of the disease (or the cure).During our first jarring discussion, I made personal decisions about preparing for the future- following this interview, I am really starting to wonder what the world will look like.  To follow Spencer check out his blog: https://medium.com/@spwells/the-moyo-diaries-1-d14c0cd10aab Spencer Wells on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spwells Vance Crowe on Twitter: @VanceCroweThis is the 41st interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.  I believe that the Overton-Window will be wide open and new rules are going to be created about how we operate in a post Coronavirus world.

"This is not only a financial downturn as big as the great depression... this not a pandemic as lethal as the flu pandemic... the only thing that rivals [Coronavirus] is the Black Plague, in the 17th Century"National Geographic Explorer in Residence and world renown population geneticist Spencer Wells joined Vance Crowe from his hideout in Indonesia where he has decided to wait out Coronavirus.  We discuss if blood types matter, how past civilizations faced pandemics, when to lift the quarantine and what will happen if hunger spreads as a result of the disease (or the cure).During this jarring discussion, I made personal decisions about preparing for the future- I am now expecting 18+ months of nothing as normal.  To follow Spencer check out his blog: https://medium.com/@spwells/the-moyo-diaries-1-d14c0cd10aab Spencer Wells on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spwells We discussed scientific thinkers and people worth following during the pandemic.  https://twitter.com/primalpolyhttps://twitter.com/EricRWeinsteinhttps://twitter.com/Plinzhttps://twitter.com/carlzimmerhttps://twitter.com/nntaleb@VanceCroweThis is the 30th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Most of us are glued to the latest coronavirus news, but how often do we hear new information? Our guest today offers rare and unique insight into the pandemic that is sweeping our globe. Dr. Spencer Wells holds a PhD in biology from Harvard University and is one of the world's leading population geneticists. From his current location on a remote island in Indonesia, Spencer has been tracking the spread of coronavirus, which he describes as “evolution in action.” We discuss a number of important topics related to the coronavirus pandemic including: asymptomatic spread, the potential for genetic susceptibility, the success of Asia, and how life in our cities may change in the wake of COVID-19.

Genetics has radically transformed our understanding of prehistory over the past two decades, revealing everything from the existence of brand-new, unknown species to interbreeding between Neanderthals and our human ancestors. I talked to geneticists Spencer Wells and Razib Khan, two of the world's most knowledgable communicators on genetics and prehistory, to get a sense for how things have changed.

The population geneticist professor on pandemics, DNA adaptation, SXSW and Asia's mitigation efforts.

In this hour, TED speakers explore our origins as a species — who we are, where we come from, where we're headed — and how we're connected to everything that came before us. In an updated interview, futurist Juan Enriquez says homo sapiens are becoming a new species, right before our eyes. Other guests from the original 2014 episode include geneticist Spencer Wells, historian David Christian, paleontologist Jack Horner, and anthropologist Louise Leakey.

10/16/2017 Anthropologist, geneticist, author, and entrepreneur Spencer Wells discusses his work using genetics to track human movement patterns around the world. A new and rapidly-growing industry, consumer genomics gives people the opportunity to learn not only about the origin of their ancestors, but also about the traits they have inherited from them, using DNA data. Through a whirlwind tour of the past 60,000 years of human history, Wells speculates about where current demographic trends might be in the future and discusses how consumer DNA tests can be used to better understand the human population. Speaker Spencer Wells Geneticist; Anthropologist; CEO, Insitome Inc.; Adjunct Professor, University of Texas

Welcome to our 1st complete podcast - a 15-minute documentary. What does a Mexican artist studying space have in common with a former Vietnamese refugee who calls Canada home? Listen to our audio feature where the journey of space and a fleeing human intersect and we arrive together in one destination: the Empire of Dreams. We explore human movement which is triggered by fear and hope -- it is a venture into the unknown. Thanks to artist Nahum Mantra and writer Kim Thuy for their beautiful words and expressions. And to all the participants for their contribution. NOTE: we also took a section of an interview Spencer Wells, an anthropologist/geneticist with the National Genographic project, did with the Red Cedar Environmental Institute.

Talking with geneticist, author, anthropologist and explorer for National Geographic Spencer Wells about those home DNA test kits and identity politics. Follow us on Twitter: @spwells and @sovereignsyre Support the Patreon: patreon.com/sovereignsyre Visit my website: sovereignsyre.net

“When [one guy we tested] got these results he literally started crying. He said, “Now I know why I feel connected to these different groups. It really gives me a sense of belonging.’” Spencer Wells, population geneticist and former explorer in residence for National Geographic, wants to create an app for people to discover their genetic makeup. Hear Wells’ thoughts on DNA sequencing, his Emmy award, and the future of consumer genomics. Biography: Wells is a population geneticist and former explorer in residence for National Geographic. He directed the Genographic Project, which tells the story and tracks the movement of humans since their origin. His other titles include adjunct professor at UT Austin, author, and entrepreneur: using his expertise to help and found consumer genomic companies. Quote Preview: “We’re so diverse as a species, different skin colors and hair types, and shapes of our noses and all these things. How did those differences arise? How do they connect us in some way?” (10:00) “My latest company is called Insitome. We’re involved in trying to build what will become the app store for consumer genomics. The idea is that very soon everybody is going to have their DNA sequenced and it’s going to live up in a vault, but we don’t know everything about what all that material means yet." “I remember we tested a guy who was originally from Colombia a few years ago but he was adopted by a Dutch family living in New York and had grown up in New York with a Dutch name. He knew essentially nothing about his background except for Colombia so we tested him. He had ancestry, of course from Native Americans in South America, but also European ancestry from several places, Spain and Italy, he had a Y Chromosome that was all likelihood from an Ashkenazi Jewish person, he had sub-Saharan African ancestry, and when he got these results he literally started crying. He said, ‘Now I know why I feel connected to these different groups it really gives me a sense of belonging.’”

The male Y Chromosome holds tantalizing clues about our own, personal past - but that past can turn out to be very troubling. Tatiana Zerjal's research on DNA samples brought by Spencer Wells from central asia revealed uncomfortable truths, such as the extend of rape and murder in Genghis Khan's Mongol empire. Dr. Karl Skorecki's interest in his priestly Jewish origins has the potential to sow division and strife amongst jews. Do we really want to know the secrets our DNA holds? The post Molecular Clock, Pt. 2: Y Chromosome | Curious Minds appeared first on Curious Minds Podcast.

In this episode I've got some exciting news, a cool free online tool, advice on translation, stories of inspirational finds, DNA for genealogy, and a Star Trek take on the innovations of yesteryear!  NEWS: FamilySearch's free  interactive map to see the FamilySearch England & Wales 1851 Parish map.   What Has Replaced Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness?Facebook is the new RAOGK. And the upside is that Facebook expands the resources to folks who may be in a position to help through a shared interest while not necessarily being a genealogist. If you don't see a group that meets your needs, create one! From your Facebook account: 1. on the left side of the page under GROUPS click “Find New Groups” 2. Here you can join groups (Facebook will likely recommend some based on your profile interests) 3. In the upper right corner click the green + CREATE GROUP button 4. Give your group a name and select whether it is public or private 5. Start posting content to your group page 6. Start promoting the page on your profile page while also friending other genealogists and soon you will likely have a vibrant group that can assist each other based on a shared interest.   MAILBOX: From Dot: Australian Newspapers - I had to let you know how grateful I am to you and your podcasts. Thank you so much for helping our family put flesh on the bones of our ancestors. In Episode 167 of Genealogy Gems you mentioned Paul Nauta at FamilySearch let you know “that the National Library of Australia has added an additional 35 historic newspapers to their online collection at . In the last couple of weeks we have found over twenty articles referring to our great grandparents and family, Charles and Margaret McIntosh.  Charles McIntosh came to Australia from Scotland in 1856 and worked for the NSW Railways in various locations before settling in a Gate House Cottage in Moss Vale  As well as finding obituaries for family members including our Great grandmother, we have found other interesting articles. I have included a few examples:  between the pub and the house , about $300. An unwelcome visitor was found in the house – a big black snake, A cousin in California sent a description of the Golden Gate Bridge. From Kathy Needs Help Translating Swedish Gems - I just returned from an amazing trip to Sweden.  Through the help of the local genealogical societies I was able to locate the descendants of an older sibling who did not emigrate to America.  My new found Swedish cousins were so delighted to meet my husband and myself.  They knew they had American cousins, but had no idea where we lived.  They had pictures and letters sent from California in the 1890's, describing my great grandparents' experience.  My grandfather even wrote inquiring about a nice Swedish girl who might like to come to California.  Priceless.  (He did find a nice Swedish girl in California). During this trip I picked up brochures, books etc....all in Swedish.  I remember that you had a question from one of your listeners about how to translate a book in another language.  You talked about scanning the pages and then what?  I would appreciate any ideas, thoughts you might have on this subject. Be sure to remind your listeners about the local genealogical societies.  Swedish genealogists spent 5 days with me looking for churches, graves and farms.  They were absolutely wonderful! Lisa's Answer: Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast episode 96 covers translation tools.   Check out the chapter on Google Translate in my book    Amy and Jillian's recorded comments Jillian's genealogy blog: Win a free PDF article! If you would like to receive a copy of the article I wrote for Family Tree Magazine called “Technology RX” which includes 10 of my top favorite tools for managing technology, a 5 page pdf article. All you need to do is call and leave a voice mail comment or question at  925-272-4021 Be sure to clearly leave your email address too and if we use it on the podcast you will receive the Technology RX pdf.      GEM: The Genealogy Gems Book Club Do you love to read? Then you'll be happy to hear that we are launching the new Genealogy Gems Book Club! This is an idea we've been percolating on for quite a while, and many of you have sent in recommendations for riveting books to dig into. I can't think of anyone who reads more voraciously than our own Contributing Editor Sunny Morton. So I've asked Sunny to be our Genealogy GemsBook Club Guru! The first month of each quarter Sunny will introduce our featured book. The next month we'll talk about it, as well as introduce you to a few more book gems in case you need a few other good reads to hold you over until, and our final month of the quarter where we'll give you a sneak peek at our interview with the author to get their insight. As always, Premium members get to take this feature to the next level. In that last month on the Premium Podcast, Sunny will join us for an extended chat with the author about the family history aspects of their book. Our first Genealogy Gems book is She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me by Emma Brockes. She's an award-winning journalist from the UK who, after her mother's death, began investigating hints of her mother's difficult childhood in South Africa. Here's a bit from the back of the book jacket, “Brockes begins a dangerous journey into the land-and the life-her mother fled from years before. A chilling work of psychological suspense and forensic memoir, She Left Me the Gun chronicles Brockes' efforts to walk the knife-edge between understanding her mother's unspeakable traumas and embracing the happiness she chose for her daughter.” This is an amazing, page-turning read. It's a memoir that is also, as one reviewer described, part family history, part investigative reporting, part travel narrative. It's beautifully written, funny in parts, very self-aware that she is working her way around a sensitive topic with relatives she's never met. Sunny tells us what she thinks you will especially appreciate about this book: "I think they'll love the way the writer describes her research and discovery process: online research, the South African archives, her discovery of her grandfather's conviction of a serious crime that her mom's family didn't even know about, on top of his crimes they did know about. Then there's the historical context: how her mother's life straddles apartheid-era South Africa and the UK. It's a first-generation immigrant's tale. I think they'll appreciate the difficulties she describes in intruding into people's lives to ask very personal questions about the family past, and her description of the relationships between her aunts and uncles. One marvelous take-home for family historians is her ability to absorb the tragedies of the past without being sunk by them. And finally, anyone who has ever written their own family history will be absolutely inspired by the way she writes so compellingly, with such compassion but without being too sentimental." In a couple of months, we will have an interview on the show with the author Emma Brockes. The interview is fascinating whether or not you've read the book, but the reason we're telling you ahead of time is that you'll love it even more if you read the book. Sunny gives us a hint: "So I've done the interview already and I'll give you a teaser. My favorite part of the interview is something she only touches on briefly in the book: how to tell the stories of living relatives in print without hurting their feelings or your relationship with them. That was one of my favorite parts of our conversation because I can tell she cares about her family a lot. I'm really excited to share this book with GG audiences. Again, the book is  by Emma Brockes." .     Your DNA Guide: National Geographic and New Zealand with Diahan Southard Recently a group of 100 residents from a very cosmopolitan city assembled together to determine what exactly it was they had in common. What they learned about themselves that evening, has a direct impact on you, a genealogist interested in identifying your ancestors. Those 100 residents were from Wellington, New Zealand. Their host? Dr. Spencer Wells, Director of the National Genographic project.  Their admittance fee to this party? A cheek swab. You see, 800 years ago the first inhabitants of New Zealand were just beginning to explore their new territory. They had arrived from the eastern islands of Polynesia and lived in relative isolation for over 500 years. While first discovered by the Dutch in 1642, New Zealand wasn't regularly visited by Europeans until the late 18th century. Therefore the study of New Zealand's populations can give us a relatively recent look at what has been going on all over the world for thousands of years: indigenous populations being mixed with outside population groups. For Spencer Wells and the National Genographic Project, sampling people of New Zealand would provide a rare opportunity to study the genetic effect of a recent collision of populations. We can think of mixing populations like adding a tablespoon of salt to a glass of water. At first it is easy to see the two different substances co-existing in the same location.  But soon the salt becomes part of the water- creating a new substance, with only a small portion of the original substances remaining. This is what happened throughout history as outside groups arrived and intermarried with indigenous populations. The goal of population genetics as a field of study, and specifically of the National Genographic project, is to look at the modern day population (in our example the salt water), and be able to identify which ancestral populations are present (in our example, determine which parts are salt, and which parts are water. This of course, without knowing beforehand that you were dealing with salt water!). The National Genographic project has identified 9 ancestral regions from which they believe all modern populations descend. These nine would be like our salt, and our water.  They have then described how 43 reference population groups (our salt water) are comprised of their own unique mix of these 9 groups.  They can also describe the origins of your direct maternal line, and if you are male, your direct paternal line. This information was gathered for the Wellington residents and it was determined that the original Polynesian population, and a small East Asian population, are certainly the minority among a predominately Western European population group. This information will help groups like the National Genographic Project to determine the possible migration patterns of other peoples and cultures. What does this mean for genealogy?  This kind of research helps fuel the Admixture results (the pie charts and percentages) reported to you by a genetic genealogy testing company when you take an autosomal DNA test.  It is this research that helps genetic genealogists look at your DNA and pick out the essential, ancestral elements- your salt and your water- and determine how your unique mix- your salt water- reveals information about the origins and migration patterns of your ancestors.  at the Genealogy Gems Store.     GEM: A Star Trek Journey Through October Innovations You know, through history October has turned out to be quite a month for technological innovation, particularly those that affect our every day lives through modern conveniences. In this very special Profile America segment, come with me as we boldly go where no man has gone before! From Census.gov: Tuesday, October 21st. An invention was demonstrated on this date in 1879 that lit the way for a dramatic change in the rhythm of Americans' daily lives. At his Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory, Thomas Edison set up the first incandescent light bulb, which burned for almost 14 hours. Within a few years, some cities had installed electric streetlights. The number of homes across the U.S. with electricity grew steadily, but even in 1940, more than one-in-five houses was without power. Today, there are over 10,000 electric power generating establishments. American homes on average use nearly 11,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year. The national average bill for this power is just over $107 per month, but over $203 in Hawaii. Wednesday, October 22nd. "10 - 22 - 38 Astoria." That cryptic sequence indicating date and place was the very first photocopied image, created on this date in 1938 in Astoria, New York. A man named Chester Carlson developed a method of making dry copies of documents on plain paper, known as xerography -- which we take for granted in using photocopiers today. Before his invention, copies were made either by using carbon paper when typing or by a mimeograph machine for large numbers of copies. Both were messy and cumbersome. The first commercial copiers became available in 1959. Now, 76 years to the day after the first photocopy, making copiers is a $2.2 billion a year business in the U.S. Saturday, October 25th. A melted candy bar led to the invention of one of today's most-used kitchen appliances. Percy Spencer of the Raytheon company was working on a military radar device in the mid-1940s when he noticed that his snack had gotten soft. Intrigued, he experimented with irradiating some kernels of popcorn, which promptly burst. Further work led to the first microwave ovens, which cost only a little less than a new car. On this date in 1955, the first consumer models were introduced, but they required installation and cost $1,200. Countertop models came along in 1967. Now, more than nine out of 10 homes across the country have microwave ovens, and manufacturing microwave ovens and other electric cooking ranges is a nearly $2.5 billion a year business. Sunday, October 26th. Doing laundry was a wearying, time-consuming chore for many centuries. The industrial revolution and American inventiveness attacked the ancient chore on this date in 1858, when Hamilton Smith patented a rotary washing machine. But it was hand-driven and proved to be hard on both the operator and clothes. People continued to use the tub and washboard, even after the first electric washer came along in 1908. A few years later, the agitator-type machine appeared and gained immediate popularity. Finally, in the late 1930s, the fully automatic washer with a spin cycle went on sale. Today, over 85 percent of the nation's nearly 119 million households have a washing machine. Wednesday, October 29th. The scene on this date in 1945 at Gimbel's department store in New York City was shopping chaos. Big ads the day before had trumpeted the first sale in the U.S. of a new writing instrument that guaranteed it would write for two years without refilling -- the ballpoint pen. By the end of the day, the store had sold its entire stock of 10,000 at $12.50 each. The idea of the ballpoint pen was first patented in 1888 by John Loud of Massachusetts, who never made any pens. Now, ballpoints are the standard. Vast selections are offered by the nation's 7,400 office supply stores, which employ some 94,000 workers.   AmazonPlease use our Amazon box on any page of this website to begin your searches for online shopping. Doing so financially supports this free podcast at no cost to you.  Thank you!

Last year, in the podcast episode "", I spoke to author Spencer Wells about the world of genetic testing and gene research. In just one year since that episode, we've come a long way, baby. Even though the popular genetic testing service "" seems to have had a when it comes to releasing specific health information, that doesn't mean you can't still go get tested by 23andme (a simple salivary test that costs $99) and then export that data to another service that will give you targeted health, fitness and nutrition information. My guest on today's podcast, Andrew Steele, is British Olympic athlete in the 400m and the 4x400m relay (runs the 400 in 44.94 seconds) and has represented his country at European Championships, Commonwealth games, World Championships and Olympic games. The guy knows what it takes to go from good to great, how to tap into the power of genetic research to make targeted training and nutrition choices, and now works as head of sport for a company called "", which allows you to import your 23andme test results to get personalized fitness and diet results. During our discussion, Andrew and I go over my: - - You're going to learn the background and science of how the process works, real world examples of how this information can be applied with significant benefits to health, performance and biomarkers, and how accurate the results are. Do you have questions or feedback about how to use genetic testing to get personalized diet and fitness recommendations? Leave your comments at !

In this interview with author Spencer Wells, we peer into the world of genetic testing. Full shownotes at: http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/?p=9516 You'll find out: How a modern diet represents “a profound shift in the causes of disease". How the rise of farming and animal domestication has had a deleterious effect on us. How we should change modern farming practices. Where genetic testing and gene research fits into the picture. Be sure to check out the book "Pandora's Seed" and also the Genographic Project - as well as 23andme.com genetic testing.

Spencer Wells, director of the Genographic Project, and Ajay Royyuru, IBM Research lead for the project, talk about this globe-spanning effort to collect DNA samples representing a worldwide range of diversity. They talk about the project mission, how the work is being done, and what they are already learning. They address some criticisms of the project, talk about the computing systems in use, and detail how to contribute to the study.