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DISCERNING TODAY'S SCIENCE HEADLINESPodcast Interviews and Episodes
- After IVF, Effective Altruism, and More: An Interview with Ari Shulman of The New Atlantis https://www.cbhd.org/podcast/after-ivf-effective-altruism-and-more-an-interview-with-ari-shulman-of-the-new-atlantis
- Dual-Use Technologies and Genetic Surveillance of Ethnic Minorities in China: An Interview with Yves Moreau https://www.cbhd.org/podcast/dual-use-technologies-and-genetic-surveillance-of-ethnic-minorities-in-china-an-interview-with-yves-moreau
- Barbenheimer & Bioethics Part II -- The Manhattan Project and the Seduction of Technology https://www.cbhd.org/podcast/barbenheimer-bioethics-part-ii---the-manhattan-project-and-the-seduction-of-technology
- Bioethics News: Artificial Intelligence, CAR-T Therapy, medical debt, and ways people in the church can support those going through a time of illness https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/episodes/Review-and-Comment-on-Bioethics-News-e2d5g8s/a-aantc91
CBHD Bioethics Podcast Latest Episodes
- Cradled in Glass: An Interview with Filmmaker Savannah Crossfieldby The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity on March 11, 2025 at 10:48 pm
Lucidity Pictures and Cradled in Glass: https://luciditypictures.com/projects/cradled-in-glass/International Institute or Restorative Reproductive Medicine: https://iirrm.org/Register for Living in the Biotech Century: The First 25 Years https://www.cbhd.org/conference
- Review and Comment on Recent Bioethics News Itemsby The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity on February 3, 2025 at 10:46 pm
Show Notes "AI and All Its Splendors," Christianity Today "AI Is Making Dating Even Harder," Men’s Health Magazine "Moral Resilience: Nurses experience deep suffering when they can’t act according to their moral compass. Our research shows a way forward," Aeon "What is a Relational Virtue?" Philosophical Studies
- After IVF, Effective Altruism, and More: An Interview with Ari Schulman of The New Atlantisby The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity on November 13, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Show Notes: “The World Isn’t Ready for What Comes After I.V.F.” by Ari Schulman, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/opinion/ivf-debate.html “Open Wallets, Empty Hearts” by Ari Schulman, The New Atlantis https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/open-wallets-empty-hearts “Silicon Valley’s Trendy Ethic: Effective Altruism” by Heather Zeiger, Mind Matters News https://mindmatters.ai/2024/09/silicon-valleys-trendy-ethic-effective-altruism/ “I was adopted from China as a baby. I’m still coming to terms with that” by Cindy Zhu Huijgen, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/opinion/china-adopted-babies-identity.html The New Atlantis Donation Page: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/collections/2024-annual-campaign CBHD Donation Page: https://www.tiu.edu/giving/bioethics/
- The Burdens and Privileges of Caregivingby The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity on September 25, 2024 at 1:18 pm
In this episode of The Bioethics Podcast, we have one of the most powerful pieces we have ever published. It is read for us by the author, Lori Way, and it comes from her experience caring for her husband through illness, recovery, and a “new normal.” This piece is part of our "Faces of the Church Series" of articles, which are posted on our Intersections Forum at our website, https://www.cbhd.org/ Our Intersections Forum is meant to discuss, equip, and inspire pastors, ministry leaders, and laypeople regarding the real-life issues people are experiencing and seeking Christian guidance on at the intersection of medicine, technology, and the Christian life.
- Review and Comment on Bioethics Newsby The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity on September 10, 2024 at 9:47 pm
In this episode of the podcast, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger join CBHD Executive Director Matthew Eppinette for a discussion of several recent bioethics-related news items. Support the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity: https://www.tiu.edu/giving/bioethics/ Show Notes: “What Silicon Valley’s New Ethical Thinking Gets Right–And Wrong,” Christianity Today Todd Daly, "The New Asceticism: Biohacking the Body for Greater Longevity," Dignitas "AI Has Become a Technology of Faith," The Atlantic "This doctor has helped more than 400 patients die. How many assisted deaths are too many?" National Post George Orwell, Why I Write J. Todd Billings, The End of the Christian Life Allen Verhey, The Christian Art of Dying Support the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity: https://www.tiu.edu/giving/bioethics/
Bioethics.com Latest News
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Availableby Bioethcs Research Assistant on March 14, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 51, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
- Teens who vape had similar nicotine exposure to smokersby Bioethics Pundit on March 13, 2025 at 9:04 pm
(Axios) – As teen tobacco use experiences historic declines, new evidence suggests vaping is giving kids the same level of nicotine exposure. Why it matters: The findings could undercut arguments that vaping and e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes … Read More
- Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingersby Bioethics Pundit on March 13, 2025 at 9:02 pm
(New York Times) – People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity. Perhaps no country was as deeply reshaped by the pandemic as China, … Read More
- German spy agency concluded COVID virus likely leaked from lab, papers sayby Bioethics Pundit on March 13, 2025 at 8:58 pm
(Reuters) – Germany’s foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported on Wednesday. According to a joint report … Read More
- Covid Vaccines Have Paved the Way for Cancer Vaccinesby Bioethics Pundit on March 13, 2025 at 8:54 pm
(Wired) – The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients. Lennard Lee, a UK National Health Service oncologist and medical director at the Ellison Institute of Technology in Oxford, calls himself … Read More