The Michael Peres Podcast

Michael Peres

The Science of Today Is The Technology of Tomorrow

  1. FEB 9

    A Conversation with Dr. Nidhi Gupta

    Catching up with Dr. Nidhi Gupta — pediatric endocrinologist turned leading voice in digital wellness — for a conversation that gets real about screen addiction, dopamine, and what it actually takes to reclaim your attention. Dr. Gupta is a bestselling author (Calm the Noise), TEDx speaker, and the founder of the Phreedom Foundation, where she helps families and organizations rebuild healthier relationships with technology. We go beyond the usual “limit your screen time” advice and dig into the hidden physical and behavioral consequences she’s seeing in clinic — plus how AI is changing the stakes even further. If you’ve ever looked up after “one quick scroll” and realized 25 minutes disappeared, this episode is for you. In this episode, you’ll learn: • Why screen addiction isn’t a kid problem — it’s a human problem (and adults set the blueprint). • The “tool vs trap” mindset shift that changes everything about how you use your phone. • How dopamine-driven habits connect to serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins — and why that matters for motivation and mood. • What she’s seeing firsthand in children: sedentary health impacts, cravings, anxiety spirals, and escalating behaviors. • How to talk to kids about screens without stigmatizing them — and what to focus on instead of “policing.” • Why workplace distraction is the productivity leak nobody wants to talk about — and how attention recovery really works. • The surprising way digital wellness changed Dr. Gupta’s food choices (and what cheesecake has to do with it).

    27 min
  2. FEB 5

    A Conversation with Moghis Uddin

    Stepping into the future of healthcare with Moghis Uddin – founder of Alethian AI – as he shares how personal tragedy, financial leadership, and frontline pandemic experience led him to build one of the most ambitious AI healthcare platforms on the market today. From managing investment funds to developing a HIPAA-compliant, agentic AI system designed to automate clinical workflows end-to-end, Moghis breaks down how AI is transforming patient care, doctor burnout, and global healthcare accessibility. In this episode, you’ll learn: • How Moghis’ journey from computer science to genetic engineering, finance, and healthcare shaped the vision behind Alethian AI. • Why clinical workflow automation can reduce administrative burden, eliminate after-hours charting, and improve patient-doctor interactions. • How Alethian AI’s live conversational scribe, agentic HPI intake, and CPT billing support are redefining real-time medical documentation. • The three types of burnout doctors face today: click fatigue, talk fatigue, and note fatigue – and how AI can solve them. • How AI-driven triage and multilingual healthcare tools could expand access to care in underserved regions worldwide. • The ethical and philosophical debate around AI replacing or enhancing human-centered healthcare. • Why Moghis believes AI-assisted preventative medicine and autonomous clinical support will reshape the healthcare industry over the next decade.

    24 min
  3. FEB 2

    A Conversation with Leo Wang

    Michael Peres sits down with Leo Wang, Vice President of Capital Markets and Corporate Development at Canaan Inc., where he leads investor relations, capital markets strategy, and strategic transactions for the publicly listed Bitcoin ASIC manufacturer. From growing up in a small city in China to earning law and economics degrees at Peking University, passing the New York Bar after Columbia Law School, and working on cross-border deals in Beijing, New York, Hong Kong, and mainland China, Leo has built a career at the intersection of law, finance, and deep tech. In this episode, you’ll learn: • How Leo’s early fascination with financial law and economics at Peking University set the foundation for a global capital markets career • What he learned working at major U.S. law firms in Beijing, New York, and Hong Kong on public transactions, VC, M&A, and capital markets deals • How a move into smart home electronics – with R&D in China and brand/marketing in the U.S. – exposed him to the realities of hardware, cloud services, and early “connected” products • Lessons from trying to take a Chinese electronics company public and later overseeing public companies listed across three different exchanges • Why he chose to leave a senior capital markets role to reunite with his family in California during the pandemic • How that decision led him to Canaan and what it actually looks like to run capital markets and corporate development inside a Bitcoin ASIC manufacturer

    33 min

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