The Etan Ilfeld Podcast

Derek Frost is the author of Living and Loving in the Age of AIDS . He is also a distinguished designer and entrepreneur who alongside his husband Jeremy Norman, founded Heaven, the first gay nightclub in London.  Their lives were high-octane, full of adventure, fun and fearless creativity. However, in 1991, Derek’s partner Jeremy was diagnosed as HIV positive. While the onset of AIDS strengt...

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash  has one of the fastest minds you've ever met. He took gold in the 2020 Mental Calculations World Championship and can calculate things like the cubed root of a 5 digit number within seconds. He's also the founder of 'Exploring Infinities', a math education startup that aims to eradicate math phobia. According to Bhanu, anybody can strengthen their math mus...

Ben Aldridge's book How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable is appropriately subtitled : 43 Weird & Wonderful Ways to Build a Strong Resilient Mindset. The book is already an international bestseller and has rave reviews.  It offers challenges and advice on how to push yourself out of your comfort zone and into the unknown. Demonstrating that constantly learning new things, really...

In this podcast, Keren Landsman and I discuss a wide range of topics from overcoming the Corona pandemic, to the history of pandemics and the future of humanity.  In addition to being a physician and epidemiologist, Keren is also the author of the award-winning urban fantasy book, Heart of the Circle. Keren works for the Israeli Health Ministry as an epidemiologist and volunteers at Mida’at,...