Alex More on Pandemics, Climate, and Human Survival
About this episode
Dr. Alex More shares his extraordinary journey of immigration, survival, and academic achievement.
In this episode of Life's Tough, Explorers are Tougher, Richard Wiese speaks with Dr. Alex More about an extraordinary journey that spans immigration, survival, scholarship, and discovery. Alex recounts leaving Italy as a teenager, navigating New York and Chicago with limited resources, and eventually building an academic career that led to Harvard and beyond. His story is one of persistence, risk, and the determination to keep asking bigger questions. The conversation then expands into Alex’...
People in this episode
Host: Richard Wiese
Guest: Dr. Alex More
Topics covered
- pandemics
- climate
- human survival
- immigration
- academic career
- persistence
- discovery
Keywords
- pandemics
- climate
- survival
- immigration
- Harvard
- persistence
- discovery
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Harvard
Places: Italy, New York, Chicago
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