C B m E & U
Centre for Biomedical Ethics
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CBmE&U is a podcast developed by the Centre for Biomedical Ethics in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at National University of Singapore to promote awareness and debate in bioethics. The podcast showcases CBmE researchers interviewing members, visitors, and international guests on various topics in biomedical research and healthcare.
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S3E1 Losing and Supporting Capacity with Emily Largent
Send a textWelcome back to CBme&U! For our first episode of 2026, and the new season 3, we have Assistant Professor Emily Largent (University of Pennsylvania), a bioethics expert, trained nurse,…
S2E17 Who are your parents? with Hilary Bowman-Smart
Send a textThe New York Times recently published an article on a woman who is fighting for custody and legal parenthood of twin children that she is not genetically related to, whom she did not…
S2E16 The Ethics of Making Babies the Modern Way with I. Glenn Cohen
Send a textIn this episode, Prof. I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard University) gives us his world leading answers to some of the stickiest issues in modern reproductive ethics: What does in-vitro…
S2E15 Dementia and Desires: Which you is the real you? with Rand Hirmiz
Send a textIn this episode, Dr. Rand Hirmiz (Singapore Management University) discusses how people with dementia can sometimes drastically change their preferences, including their long held values…
S2E14 Can AI make better doctors? with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Send a textIf you were a doctor, woken in the middle of the night to decide which patient should get the only available liver, would you be comfortable making that decision yourself? What if an AI…
S2E13 Should we trust medicine at all? with Jacob Stegenga
Send a textIn this episode, Prof. Jacob Stegenga (Nanyang Technological University), author of the book, Medical Nihilism, chats with us why we should all be more sceptical about medical…
S2E12 Sticky & Icky: Trusting Your Moral Gut with Brandon Yip
Send a textIn this episode, James and Sinead ask Dr. Brandon Yip (Singapore Management University) whether the instinctive 'yuck' that we respond to some things is a reliable tool for evaluating…
S2E11 Happiness and Meaning: Can you have both? with Matthew Hammerton
Send a textIn this episode, Dr. Matthew Hammerton (Singapore Management University) presents the ideas of happiness, well-being, and the meaningful life, to answer what it really means to live a good…
S2E10 Healthcare for All? with Larry Temkin
Send a textIn this episode, Professor Larry Temkin (Rutgers University) proposes the initially controversial idea that expecting all countries to provide universal healthcare is more problematic than…
S2E9 TCM Again? Can! with Michael Stanley-Baker
Send a textWhy do people judge getting Traditional Chinese Medicine as pointless, or even as bad? Is your grief related to your lungs? In this episode, Dr. Michael Stanley-Baker from Nanyang…
S2E8 Discrimination Against Men?? with David Benatar
Send a textIn this episode, Kat and James interview world famous David Benatar on his controversial work, 'The Second Sexism', a book that argues that we need to understand how men are also, and…
S2E7 Wrongfully Alive with Sreenivasan Chambers LLC
Send a textShould children be able to sue their birth parent? Is not being genetically related to your parents really that bad? And is every child always a blessing? In this episode, Sreenivasan…
S2E6 Choosing Who Lives with Edmond Awad
Send a textIs ethics really just mob rule? Could ethics really be solved with asking millions of people what they think is right? Should an automated car get to decide who lives and who dies? In this…
S2E5 Religion & Bioethics with Anantharaman Muralidharan
Send a textShould religious views be a part of bioethics debates? Should doctors be able to conscientiously object on religious grounds to abortion or assisted dying? And would excluding religious…
S2E4 Daoism & Doctors with Alexa Nord-Bronzyk
Send a textWhat is Daoism? What is to be in harmony with Dao? Is it just to roll with the punches or go with the flow? How can doctors use Daoism to better help their patients live with chronic…
S2E3 Democracy in Bioethics with Lucy Frith
Send a textWhat, if any, is the role of the masses in deciding who gets which kidney? Why should the public be involved in these ethical dilemmas? Should the public get to decide whether bioethics…
S2E2 Human Genetic Enhancement with Sinead & James
Send a textIn episode 2, and series first, James and Sinead banter their way through the ethics of human genetic enhancement. Many people think of this as designer babies, but whether we should…
S2E1 Controversial Ethics with Peter Singer
Send a textIn the first episode of 2025, Julian and Sinead interview Professor Peter Singer on his life's work and controversial ideas in bioethics and ethics more broadly. Peter discusses his…
S1E9 Precision Medicine with Saumya Shekhar Jamuar
Send a textOn this episode of CBmE, Sinead and James interview Associate Professor Saumya Shekhar Jamuar (Senior Consultant in the Genetics Service at KK Women's Children Hospital & Director of…
S1E8 Moderate Compassionate Antinatalism with Marcus Teo
Send a textIn Episode 8, Sinead and James interview CBmE Doctoral Candidate Marcus Teo on his PhD analysing the ethics of having children (or not). Marcus answers questions about the antinatalist…
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C B m E & U has published 27 episodes since July 2024, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Philosophy.
C B m E & U is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 44m.
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