We know that poverty leads to people making poor decisions. What about mood poverty? How would you act differently if you knew that you could drastically improve your mood through short meditation? The answers to these questions and more in today's episode...

Stephen Zerfas is the founder of Jhourney, a company trying to make peak meditation states (Jhanas) more accessible to the average person. Tune in to learn more and stay tuned for an easter egg at the end of the episode.

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In this episode, we have a two guest special! My friend Weston Browne and I sit down with the amazing Ivan Rodriguez Jaubert to talk about his company Dupla Bio and it's role in the growing industry of synthetic biology.

Expensive and complicated equipment is often required to do synthetic biology and so the barrier to entry for research is high. Dupla Bio is working hard to change that. Hopefully one day you will be able to visit a lab near you!

You can check out Dupla Bio's website here: http://dupla.bio/.

Synthetic biology is allowing us to create new medicines, invent new products and materials, as well as reinvent old ones. All of this is done through recoding DNA , the essential building block for life. We just scratched the surface, if you want to learn more, check out Built With Biology: https://www.builtwithbiology.com/.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Nick Milne, the CSO and co-founder of Octarine Bio. Octarine is a biotechnology company using genetically modified yeast to produce psychoactive compounds. We talk about promises and challenges in the space of synthetic biology, and psychedelics. Check out Octarine's website at http://octarinebio.com/.

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Much love,
Brendan