Conceivable with Noor

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Conceivable with Noor is a podcast that discusses technologies and ideas that will fundamentally impact our world. It examines topics that will have a massive impact on the future, and how each can help us live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives.

Hosted by Noor Siddiqui, CEO of Orchid, each episode is a deep dive with experts in critical fields like AI, genetics, reproductive technology, and more.

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On becoming a co-founder, an angel investor, and family planning with Anrok CEO Michelle Valentine

May 09 2024 26 mins  
Today our guest is Michelle Valentine. She is the Co-founder and CEO at Anrok. We cover lots of ground, discussing her experience founding Anrok and how it compares to her prior career as an investor (with a few investing tips discussed). She also shares her experience using Orchid and how it was a critical part of her eventual path to parenthood.

How IVF works, and how Genetic Testing and Fertility Extension will impact family building with Dr. Amber Cooper

May 02 2024 33 mins  
Today our guest is Dr. Amber Cooper. Dr. Cooper is Chief Medical Officer-Genomics and Laboratory Sciences, and Medical and IVF Practice Director at Kindbody in St. Louis. She is also one of Orchid's Medical Advisors. First she gives us a crash course on IVF and debunks a popular misconception about it. Then we talk about how egg quality changes over time, what egg freezing is, how

How one IVF doctor helps her patients overcome infertility struggles, and shares her own personal fertility journey

Apr 25 2024 37 mins  
Today our guest is Dr. Roohi Jeelani. She is board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist at Kindbody, and one of Orchid’s Medical Advisory Board members. Dr. Jeelani shares her path to becoming a fertility doctor, and how, due in part to her own PCOS diagnosis, she became the patient herself as she sought fertility treatments to have her first and thir

How one couple used IVF and genetic screening to protect their child from hemophilia

Apr 18 2024 37 mins  
Today our guests are Brandon Schram & Aimee Gupta, who opted to use IVF and genetic screening to reduce their future child’s risk of hemophilia, a blood clotting condition that runs in Aimee’s family. They share their IVF journey, as well as how beneficial genetic testing became for them when they later discovered their daughter had a rare genetic mutation that was caus

How knowing your genetic risk can help protect you and your children against breast cancer, Director of the Medical Breast Program at the Cleveland Clinic explains

Mar 28 2024 35 mins  
Today we speak with Dr. Holly Pederson, Staff Physician and Director of Medical Breast Program at the Cleveland Clinic and associate professor at Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Pederson explains the genetics of breast cancer, the differences amongst available testing, and who should seek out testing. We also talk about how resul

How a tech power couple built a public company and a family at the same time, with Julia and Kevin Hartz, co-founders of Eventbrite

Mar 14 2024 40 mins  
Today we are joined by Julia and Kevin Hartz, Co-Founders of Eventbrite. Julia is now Eventbrite’s CEO and Kevin is a Co-Founder and General Partner of A*. Julia and Kevin join us today to talk about how they built Eventbrite, how they built their family at the same time with the birth of their two daughters, and how they are planning to expand their family more than a decade lat

Using Genetics to Fight Cancer with Jerry Lanchbury, previous Chief Science Officer of Myriad Genetics

Mar 07 2024 31 mins  
Our guest today is Dr. Jerry Lanchbury, PhD. He's the previous chief scientific officer at Myriad Genetics. He led teams that were responsible for major molecular diagnostic innovations across oncology, urology, rheumatology, and neuroscience. He has had an incomparable track record in driving molecular genetic discovery from ideation all the way to translation into some high v

Dating, gendered timelines, and masculine versus feminine energy with Noah Smith and Steph Sher

Feb 29 2024 32 mins  
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with two incredible guests: Noah Smith, economic writer, and Stephanie Sher, Investor in AI and data infrastructure. Noor, Noah, and Steph tackle one of today's toughest issues, modern dating. They discuss why it is so difficult, the difference in women's and men's desired timeline to start a family (and the resulting complications

How IVF embryos are actually made with Stanford’s Director Barry Behr Ph.D

Feb 26 2024 34 mins  
Today our guest is Barry Behr, Ph.D., H.C.L.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility), Emeritus. Barry takes us behind the curtain, walking us through the process of IVF, including how eggs are retrieved from ovaries, how they’re fertilized with sperm, and how genetic testing is performed with the resulting blastocyst. He shares insig

Conquering procrastination, AI spouses, and savoring life with Tim Urban

Feb 14 2024 33 mins  
Today we welcome Tim Urban on the show! Tim is the author of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, author of the book What’s Our Problem, and is in the process of writing a new book. Tim shares insights about his Life Calendar, becoming a parent, procrastination, and some details about the book he is currently writing. We even talk a bit about why AI is such a challenge for our p