Episode

Alex More on Pandemics, Climate, and Human Survival

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Life’s Tough, Explorers Are TOUGHER!
Published
Mar 25, 2026
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1311
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Summary

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’...