Episodes
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The Invisible Addiction: Everyone Has a Casino in Their Pocket
Sports betting apps, prediction markets and casino ads are everywhere, and Barron's reporter Nick Devor calls what's happening "a public health crisis" and "a ticking time bomb." Nick covers the gambling industry and prediction markets, and his investigative reporting earned him the Barlett &...
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"Your Attitude Is Worth 7.6 Years" with Erika Andersen
Everyone is talking about how to live longer. Erika Andersen wants to know how to live better. In this return visit to Bold Mind, the leadership expert and author talks about her new book, The New Old, and how turning 70 led her to rethink what aging can look like. She shares her framework for a...
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Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar: Can the Brain Unlearn Pain?
When the Brain Learns Pain: Teaching It to Let Go Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar, a neurologist and interventional pain medicine specialist at UCSF, has spent years trying to answer those questions. His research focuses on some of the hardest-to-treat forms of chronic pain and on developing personalized...
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The Audacity to Feed 100 Families. Then Everything Changed.
In 2020, someone challenged Dion Dawson with a simple question: "What are you doing for Juneteenth?" In that moment, he made a commitment. "I'm going to feed 100 families." What began as a promise became a mission. Today, Dion is the Founder and Chief Dreamer of Dion's Chicago Dream, an...
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Starting Over and Finding Community
What does it actually take to build community as an adult, especially when you’re starting over? In this episode, I sit down with Bob Krinsky, who made a bold decision after more than 30 years in San Francisco to move to New York and begin a completely new chapter. What stands out is not just the...
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Healthcare Still Pays for Volume. Can It Really Change?
In this episode, Susan Dentzer, President and CEO of America's Physician Groups, shares a grounded perspective shaped by her work across journalism, policy, and now with physician groups accountable for both cost and quality. Susan explains why healthcare is less a “system” and more a fragmented...
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Data Changes Cancer Care, Human Connection Defines It
A patient walks into a hospital with scans already done. And yet, they’re asked to repeat everything. Not because the system is inefficient, but because the data doesn’t mean the same thing everywhere. In this episode, we explore AI and data in cancer care with Dr. Caroline Chung, and why context...
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When Venture Capital Serves a Mission
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, yet innovation in this space faces unique scientific, economic, and structural challenges. In this episode of Bold Minds, Christine Winoto speaks with Lisa Suennen, Managing Partner of the American Heart Association...
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Emotional Wellbeing Is a Leadership Strategy
Why do so many workplace wellbeing efforts fall flat, even when companies offer great benefits? In this conversation, Ian Shea explains why real wellbeing starts with culture, leadership, and the ability to create psychological safety at work. Ian Shea, Founder and CEO of I Am Human, talk about…
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The Myths, The Science, The Fix: Women and Heart Care
Women’s heart health equity is not a slogan. It is the difference between dismissal and diagnosis, between outdated myths and modern care. In this episode, Dr. Sharonne Hayes of Mayo Clinic explains how cardiology bias and research inclusion shape outcomes, why heart failure with preserved…
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Why Healthcare Lost the Benefit of the Doubt
Restoring trust in healthcare starts with clear, human communication. In this episode, Ross K. Goldberg, Founder and President of Kevin/Ross Public Relations, shares five decades of lessons from hospital boards, health plans, and health systems on how to make care feel navigable and trustworthy.…
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From Pharmacist to System Disruptor
Medication mismanagement is one of the largest hidden crises in healthcare. It leads to billions in wasted spending and avoidable hospitalizations every year. In this episode, we speak with Yoona Kim, PharmD, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Arine, a company using AI-driven medication intelligence in...
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Myopia Is Not Destiny
Myopia control is changing how we care for kids’ eyes. In this episode, Dr. Maria Liu, Professor of Clinical Optometry at UC Berkeley and founder of the Myopia Control Clinic, explains evidence-based myopia control strategies, including orthokeratology for pediatric myopia, and why early exams…
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The Quiet Power Behind Responsible AI
What does it really take to implement AI in healthcare—at scale, and responsibly? Dr. Daniel Yang, Vice President of AI and Emerging Technologies at Kaiser Permanente, joins us to share his firsthand experience leading the nation’s largest clinical deployment of generative AI tools like ambient...
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Why Healthcare Doesn’t Behave Like a Real Market?
After a life‑threatening emergency and months of confusing denials, Ali Diab turned his personal crisis into a mission to fix health benefits. In this episode, he shares how that experience led to founding Collective Health and the drive to put clarity and humanity back into insurance. We discuss...
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From Soda to Strategy with Ann Somers Hogg
What does it take to transform a health system from sick care to true health creation? In this episode, we sit down with Ann Somers Hogg, Director of Health Care Research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, to explore business model innovation in healthcare and the messy middle between bold…
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Can Efficiency Save Lives in Cancer Care?
Healthcare innovation in cancer care often means new drugs or breakthrough therapies. But as Othman Laraki, co-founder and CEO of Color, explains, the most powerful impact comes from making proven tools work for everyone. In this episode, Othman shares his journey from Google and Twitter into...
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