Welcome to the Behind the Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my

absolute honor to welcome on the show, former associate professor of genetics and genomic sciences

at the Ecan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the president and co-founder of Bevy Me, Joel Dudley.

Now, in this conversation, we discuss a host of topics. From his journey into the world of

computing, bioinformatics, the exciting innovations within AI for human health, supplementation,

immunotherapy, debunking myths around the COVID outbreak and the vaccinations,

combating Alzheimer's, cognitive health, the importance of sleep, and so much more.

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Thank you. Well, Joel, I want to start by saying two things.

Firstly, thank you to our mutual friend Tom Paz for making this connection.

And secondly, I want to welcome you today onto the Behind the Shield podcast. Yeah, thanks for having me. It's a pleasure. Where on planet Earth we find

you this afternoon? I live in a small town called Louisville, Colorado, which is just outside of

Boulder, Colorado. Brilliant. Well, I would love to start the very beginning of your timeline, then we'll work through.

Where were you born? And tell me a little bit about your family dynamic, what your parents did,

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