On this episode of The Human Odyssey, join Dr. Reginald O'Hara, our Director of Applied Health & Performance, along with Henry Penix and Aaron Fournier, founders of Soaak Technologies, as they explore how sound frequency technology is being leverage to improve sleep, reduce stress, enhance focus, and support recovery and overall human performance. Their conversation explores military applications, ongoing collaborations with research organizations, and why optimizing sleep remains one of the most powerful tools for strengthening recovery.

This episode of The Human Odyssey was recorded on August 21, 2026.

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On this episode of The Human Odyssey, join Reginald O’Hara, PhD, our Director of Applied Health and Performance, as he sits down with David B. Allison, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Endowed Chair, and Director of the USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine. Together, they explore what rigor, reproducibility, and trust truly mean in modern science, particularly within nutrition and obesity research.

During their conversation Dr. Allison reflects on his interdisciplinary career and current research at the Baylor College of Medicine and the USDA, while highlighting translational work spanning maternal and child health, nutrition, and performance outcomes. The two also explore key threats to scientific rigor, including bias, incentives, and institutional pressures, alongside limitations in peer review and common statistical pitfalls, ultimately emphasizing that science should be guided by data, methods, and logic, with evidence informing, not dictating, public health decisions.

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This episode of The Human Odyssey was recorded on April 22, 2026.

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On this episode of The Human Odyssey, Dr. Reginald O’Hara, Director of Applied Health and Performance at Sophic Synergistics, sits down with Dr. Joshua Hagen, Performance Scientist at The Ohio State University, to explore the science of stress, recovery, sleep, and human performance. Drawing from their shared experience at the Air Force Research Laboratory and Dr. Hagen’s current work with elite athletes and military populations, they dive into recovery science, wearable technologies, photobiomodulation, vibroacoustic therapy, and the future of individualized performance optimization.

This episode of The Human Odyssey was recorded on April 29, 2026.

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