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Ground Truths

Facts, data, and analytics about biomedical matters. erictopol.substack.com

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Most frequent guests

  1. Peter Hotez 2 episodes
  2. Patrick Hsu 2 episodes

Every guest on Ground Truths

87 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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    Mark Cuban

    Mark Cuban: A Master Disrupter for American Healthcare · Dec 2024

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    Tyler Cowen

    Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath · May 2025

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    Liv Boeree

    Liv Boeree: On Competition, Moloch Traps, and the A.I. Arms Race · Jan 2024

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    Francis Collins

    Francis Collins: On Truth, Science, Faith and Trust · Sep 2024

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    Daphne Koller

    Daphne Koller: The Convergence of A.I. and Digital Biology · Mar 2024

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    Andrew Ng

    Andrew Ng: On OpenAI's stormy times, AI regulation, education, and where we are headed for healthcare and beyond · Nov 2023

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    Matthew Walker

    Matthew Walker: Promoting Our Sleep Health · Jun 2025

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    Peter Attia

    Peter Attia: Our conversation about his hit book OUTLIVE, Medicine 3.0, promoting healthspan, GLP-1 drugs and more · Oct 2023

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    Carl Zimmer

    Carl Zimmer: Air-Borne and the Big Miss With Covid · Feb 2025

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    Al Gore

    Al Gore: The Intersection of A.I. and Climate Change · Jun 2023

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    Katie Couric

    Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan · Jun 2025

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    Sanjay Gupta

    Sanjay Gupta & Eric Topol - Discuss “It Doesn’t Have to Hurt” book · Sep 2025

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    Jennifer Doudna

    Jennifer Doudna: The Exciting Future of Genome Editing · Apr 2024

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    Joanna Stern

    Joanna Stern: An AI Immersion for 365 Days · May 2026

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    Michael Osterholm

    Straight talk with Michael Osterholm · May 2023

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    Seth Berkley

    Seth Berkley & Eric Topol - Discuss Fair Doses Book · Nov 2025

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    Joseph Allen

    Joseph Allen: The Pivotal Importance of Air Quality, Ventilation and Exposures (Such as "Forever Chemicals") For Our Health · Sep 2024

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    Venki Ramakrishnan

    Venki Ramakrishnan: The New Science of Aging · May 2024

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    Priscilla Chan

    Priscilla Chan & Jennifer Doudna: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures · Jul 2025

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    Tony Wyss-Coray

    Tony Wyss-Coray: The Science of Aging · Dec 2023

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    Chris Van Tulleken

    The Science Behind Food and Dangers of Ultra-Processed, Artificial, Non-Food with Dr. Chris Van Tulleken · Oct 2023

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    David Liu

    David Liu: A Master Class on the Future of Genome Editing · Dec 2023

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    Geoffrey Hinton

    Geoffrey Hinton: Large Language Models in Medicine. They Understand and Have Empathy · Dec 2023

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    Kate Crawford

    Kate Crawford: A Leading Scholar and Conscience for A.I. · May 2024

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    Kevin Hall

    Kevin Hall: What Should We Eat? · Nov 2024

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    Peter Hotez

    Peter Hotez & Eric Topol - Discuss “Science Under Siege” book · 2 episodes

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    Sebastian Mallaby

    Sebastian Mallaby: The Infinity Machine · Apr 2026

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    Trisha Pasricha

    Trisha Pasricha: How to Get to Poophoria, Making Your Bowel Movements a Joy! · Apr 2026

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    Azeem Azhar

    An exhilarating conversation with Azeem Azhar on medical A.I., science of aging, genome editing and the GLP-1 drugs · Jan 2024

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    Euan Ashley

    Euan Ashley: Exercise may be the single most potent medical intervention ever known · Jul 2024

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    Melanie Mitchell

    Melanie Mitchell: Straight Talk on A.I. Large Language Models · Aug 2023

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    Coleen Murphy

    Coleen Murphy: The Science of Aging and Longevity · Mar 2024

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    Fyodor Urnov

    On Genome Editing With Fyodor Urnov, A Pioneer · Oct 2023

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    Steve Horvath

    Steve Horvath: Our Epigenetic Age Clocks · Aug 2024

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    Tom Frieden

    Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book · Oct 2025

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    Patrick Hsu

    Patrick Hsu: How Is AI Catalyzing Life Science? · 2 episodes

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    Charlotte Blease

    Charlotte Blease: Is A.I. Going to Remedy Medicine’s Problems? · Sep 2025

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    Devi Sridhar

    Eric Topol With Devi Sridhar on her new book- How Not to Die (Too Soon) · Jun 2025

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    Aaron Newman

    Aaron Newman: A Breakthrough Blood Test for Cancer · Jul 2026

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    Adam Kucharski

    Adam Kucharski: The Uncertain Science of Certainty · Jun 2025

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