How to Put Faith and Science Together with Francis Collins
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
What happens when you combine groundbreaking genetic research with deep spiritual wisdom? Meet Francis Collins - the physician-geneticist who led the Human Genome Project, directed the NIH under five presidents, and helped develop the cure for cystic fibrosis. In this fascinating conversation, Francis reveals how he searches for three missing letters among 3 billion, why the COVID vaccine represents one of science's greatest achievements, and how faith and science enhance rather than conflict with each other. From his insights on presidential wisdom to his prescription for healing our divided nation, Francis shares lessons from his book "The Road to Wisdom" that challenge how we think about truth, trust, and what it means to be truly wise.
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| 0:00.0 | If historians look back at this time and say, well, what were the significant aspects of |
| 0:05.2 | scientific achievement? I think the development of that COVID-19 vaccine in 11 months will |
| 0:11.8 | stand up as potentially the most significant scientific achievement that saved lives ever, |
| 0:17.5 | probably saved somewhere between 14 and 20 million lives around the world. |
| 0:23.5 | Three million of them here in the U.S. Those are the facts. |
| 0:30.7 | Hello, everybody. This is Guy Kawasaki, and this is the Remarkable People podcast. |
| 0:36.2 | I happen to be in Hawaii right now. |
| 0:38.0 | That's why I have an Aloha shirt on. |
| 0:40.7 | And we have another remarkable guest for you. |
| 0:44.1 | Truly remarkable. |
| 0:46.0 | There's so much to ask him. |
| 0:47.7 | His name is Francis Collins, and he's a physician, a geneticist. |
| 0:53.4 | He led the Human Genome Project. He was the director of the |
| 0:56.8 | National Institutes of Health. He worked for five presidents. Oh my God, five presidents. This was |
| 1:03.9 | Clinton, George W., Obama, Trump, and Biden. How many people can say that? And he's also recognized not just for his management ability, but also his basic research. |
| 1:16.7 | And he was key in finding the cure for cystic fibrosis, hunting disease, and other disorders. |
| 1:25.2 | So this is a real giant in medical science we have today. So Francis, |
| 1:31.6 | welcome to Remarkable People podcast. Guy, thank you. That was a very generous introduction, |
| 1:38.0 | and I'm glad to spend a little time with you. Oh, thank you very much. Tony Fauci told me, |
| 1:42.9 | yeah, for sure you've got to get Francis Collins. |
| 1:46.7 | And whatever Tony tells me to do, I do. |
| 1:49.5 | So here we go. |
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