Conversations on Health Care cover art

All Episodes

Conversations on Health Care — 240 episodes

#
Title
1

Governing Pandora: Leading in the Age of Generative AI and Exponential Technology

2

Dr. Zeke Emanuel: Tough Talk on Living Longer

3

Is Parkinson’s Preventable? Our Guest Says Yes

4

2026 Health Care Predictions: Do You Agree?

5

KFF Health News Covers $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation: Latest Details

6

Happy, Healthy New Year: What the Future Holds

7

2025 Rewind: Our guests recount the promises and hurdles

8

“Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America”: Author Conversation

9

Congress Races to Find Obamacare Subsidy Solution: Reporters Examine the Efforts

10

Flu Cases Rising: “It’s Not Good,” Says Former CDC Dir. Dr. Tom Frieden

11

Can You Have a ‘Healthy’ Thanksgiving? How the Food Industry Conspires Against Us

12

How Dr. Sanjeev Arora Helped Improve Care for 200 Million Patients

13

“Cash for Moms and Babies”: How it Works & Why

14

Intimate Partner Violence: Health Care Providers’ Role

15

Shutdown Threatens Food Benefits: Family Physicians Leader Urges Resolution

16

New Research Bolsters Model for Preventing Infant Mortality

17

Preventing Veteran Suicides: Strategies & Tactics

18

How Govt. Shutdown Affects Telemedicine

19

The 16th Anniversary Show: Our First Guests Are Back!

20

'How Healing Works’ Author Dr. Wayne Jonas Explains His Approach

21

‘Next Week Will be Telling’: Reporters Prepare for Ex-CDC Dir. Testimony

22

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Fight: ‘Threat to Good Public Health’

23

Mayo Clinic Doctor Leads The Patient Revolution: Insights & Tools to Improve Health Care

24

“Father of Aerobics” at 94: Dr. Cooper’s Unrelenting Health Advocacy

25

America’s Mental Health Crisis: Philanthropy’s Bold Action Plan

26

Food is Medicine Advocate Urges Evidence-Based Solutions Amid SNAP Cutbacks

27

60 Years of Medicaid & Medicare: Health Care Challenges & Opportunities

28

NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow: Curing Addiction a Real Possibility

29

Pretend You Have Millions to Fix Health Care: What Would You Do? A Doctor Gives His Answer

30

Dr. Oz’s Second-in-Command Explains Need for Medicaid Reimbursement Cuts as “Big Beautiful Bill” Passes

31

How Realistic is Super Aging? Research-Based Answers (Encore)

32

Unlocking Long COVID Mysteries: Dementia-Like Symptoms & Pre-Existing Conditions

33

Youth Mental Health Crisis: Can a New Corps Create a Solution?

34

400 Million+ People Globally With Long COVID: A Top Researcher Seeks Solutions

35

Dr. Leana Wen Grades RFK Jr. on Health Care: What Does She Say?

36

Breaking News: House Budget Hawks Victorious Over Medicaid Defenders

37

Unlocking Long COVID Mysteries: Dementia-Like Symptoms & Pre-Existing Conditions

38

Menacing Melanoma: Marc Hulbert, PhD on How You Can Fight Back

39

Healthcare Disability Advocate, Fueled by Personal Experience: Megan Morris

40

Breaking News: Food Dye Ban: Support But More Needed, Says Dr. Marion Nestle

41

“ChatGPT, MD”: Author says AI-empowered patients, doctors take control

42

Mystery no more: Howard Hughes’ legacy advances science

43

'If Ryan Reynolds doesn’t get you to do it…’: Colorectal Cancer Alliance CEO talks screening

44

Food is medicine: How young changemakers are transforming healthcare

45

Hon. Mary Bono, Mothers for Awareness and Prevention of Drug Abuse

46

Michael J. Fox’s foundation makes Parkinson’s breakthrough

47

Colorectal cancer rising for millennials & gen Z: How to reverse the trend

48

Alzheimer’s researchers under fire: Acclaimed journalist explains why

49

Former republican HHS secretary offers bipartisan wisdom

50

Guardrails for health AI: How, why and when

51

Egg prices up: Hear from experts about why

52

Do your 2025 healthcare predictions match up with what an expert says?

53

Health care & President Trump: What’s happened so far

54

NEJM’s 1st AI editor on tech’s pluses & minuses

55

Healthcare providers & ChatGPT will see you now: Our brave new world

56

2024 Rewind & look ahead for health care issues

57

Holidays, headaches & heartache: Best advice from the “Happiness Doctor”

58

What Elon Musk & Peter Thiel invest in to make lives longer

59

Nurse practitioners: A growing opportunity

60

Pres. Trump’s HIV/AIDS record: A look back & ahead

61

"Dr. Happiness" on Surviving Family Discussions at Thanksgiving

62

Did the millions spent matter? Election ’24 health care ads

63

When area hospitals have the same owner, does medical debt go up?

64

The limits of aging & implications

65

Reporters examine Harris & Trump’s health care policies: Election 2024

66

Election year stress? How music can help the mind relax

67

How a groundbreaking DNA study is expanding to birth-to-four-year-olds

68

Trump vs. Harris on health care: Experts explain each side

69

CDC director warns of more dangers from hurricane Helene

70

Trump & Harris debate IVF: Why it’s an election issue

71

Mark Cuban: Drug price disrupter explains how it works

72

How to reduce health risks when September temps reach 100+

73

Money takes over medicine: Risks, rewards & warnings

74

Trump, Harris on abortion: Reporters’ roundtable examines their records

75

NEJM’s 1st AI Editor: Yes, AI is here to stay

76

Nuance can help health field regain public trust: AcademyHealth CEO

77

Self-healing joints? Perfect surgeries? Your tax $$ could make it happen

78

95 Days to election ’24: Health care takes center stage

79

JAMA’s editor: Rebuilding trust & reaching more readers

80

HHS’ Admiral Rachel Levine: Managing her history-making role while focused on the nation’s health

81

Biden gun prevention leader at Aspen ideas: Health to make their case

82

Helping community health workers succeed: Ideas from an innovative program

83

Dr. Fauci talks about his new book: 7 Presidents & the Challenges of COVID, AIDS

84

The urgent need to rethink suicide: Lessons for veterans & all americans

85

America’s record-high deaths by suicide: APA president. outlines prevention steps

86

Nurses & moms partnering for health success: How babies benefit

87

Meet America's hidden health heroes

88

Sharing best practices: Lessons from community health centers coast to coast

89

Black women taking steps to health: Funder & nonprofit explain how

90

How could medical racism fuel soaring black youth suicide rate? Answers and solutions

91

Can health care policy take a page from recent bipartisan efforts?

92

An environmental psychiatrist explains climate anxiety as we celebrate Earth Day

93

Why NIH’s Dr. Collins accompanies opera’s Renee Fleming in highlighting music & mind’s power

94

Opera superstar Renée Fleming & experts reveal how music can make us healthier in new book

95

Reporters' roundtable: Why health care will impact the election—but to whose advantage?

96

Expanded coverage of weight loss drugs? Diabetes advocates say yes

97

Young deaths from colorectal cancer skyrocket as new research emerges

98

Super sperm donors - America’s underground surrogacy movement: Author explains her journey

99

IVF fallout: Top Biden health official sees dangers beyond reproductive rights

100

Nurses ask: Where is the respect?

101

Better primary care: What will it take to get the U.S. to wake up to the need?

102

Damning research reveals extent of pediatrics care gap: Children of color receive worse treatment

103

Mental health’s AI revolution: What it means for patients and providers

104

A roadmap to improve health outcomes by investing in green and healthy homes

105

Helping community health workers succeed: Ideas from an innovative program

106

She helped design Pres. Biden’s AI Bill of Rights — how does it protect patients?

107

Are you up to date on health care policy & innovation as 2024 kicks off? We can help

108

Long COVID: 2023’s enduring medical mystery

109

Any hope to avoid govt. shutdown in ’24? Health care reporters assess the chances

110

Holiday blues & America’s mental health crisis: Insights from NAMI’s Chief Medical Officer

111

How do we get more Latinas interested in nursing? Ideas & inspiration from authors of new book

112

Environmental leader Dr. Vanessa Kerry delves into intersections of health and climate at COP28 Global Climate Gathering

113

Can she solve the mystery of long COVID? Dr. Lisa Sanders searches for clues

114

Is the Air We Breathe Safe? Award-Winning Scientist Linsey Marr & Green Building Council’s Peter Templeton Share Their Insights

115

New NACHC CEO Dr. Kyu Rhee: Top 3 Goals for Community Health Centers

116

Grantmaking during global turmoil: The Rockefeller Foundation’s President Dr. Rajiv Shah

117

Preventing Veteran Suicides: VA Under Sec. Dr. Shereef Elnahal Outlines Plan

118

Flu Update from CDC Dir. Cohen: So Far, Not An Early Flu Season

119

Budget Woes & Health Care Policy Snarls: Latest Views from D.C

120

Ideas for Improving Hispanic Health With Dr. Elena Rios, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association; Charles Barber on “Paz Y Salud” Publication

121

NYT’s Diagnosis Columnist Dr. Lisa Sanders’ Views on Long COVID Affirmed by New Research

122

New Ways to Solve Big Health Problems: Lola Adedokun, Aspen Global Innovators Group

123

Effects of Trans Bans on LGBTQ+ Health Care: “State of Emergency"

124

Former White House COVID Coordinator Dr. Jha: Debate About Boosters for Young People Is OK

125

Mayo Clinic Long COVID Expert Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn: Cases Down as Stigma Continues

126

U.S. Suicide Rates at All-Time High: American Psychiatric Association President Responds

127

Community Health Legend Dr. Carl Lecce: Lessons Learned

128

Interview with NBC’s Dr. John Torres On Location at Aspen Ideas: Health

129

Record Heat Wave: L.A.’s Chief Heat Officer Speaks Out

130

Have a Way to Beat an Illness? These Federal Experts Need to Hear From You

131

Latest on Long COVID: NIH Study Leader Leora Horwitz, MD

132

HHS Sec. Becerra’s Exclusive Interview With “Conversations on Health Care”

133

Tough, Feisty, Visionary: Mount Sinai’s CEO On Location at Aspen Ideas: Health

134

Dr. Fauci Tells “Conversations on Health Care” On Location at Aspen Ideas: We Need More COVID Booster Shots

135

A Right to Health? The U.S. Legal Case for Making it Happen

136

Roe Reversal: 1 Year Since Supreme Court Took Away Federal Right to Abortion

137

The Doctor & ChatGPT Will See You Now: Is This the Future?

138

The Expanding Obesity Revolution: New Options

139

Will Patients Listen If Health Care Providers Talk Climate Change?

140

Reaction to New CDC Ventilation Targets in Light of COVID

141

COVID Emergency Ends but Mental Health Issues Remain

142

COVID Investigator Praises Community Health Workers: “Huge Innovation”

143

Health Care Budget Fight: Hear Each Side’s Argument

144

Turning Off e-Cigarettes: Health Advocates Score a Victory

145

Abortion Rights Leader Rejects Calls to “Ignore” Judge’s Ruling

146

Top Reporters on Big Health Care Stories Right Now

147

History-Making Incoming AMA President on His Vision

148

FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf Discusses the Top News Stories

149

$13K Per American for Health Care: What Are We Getting?

150

Long COVID: Skeptics Are Wrong, Researchers Say

151

Healing to Homeless People: A Doctor’s NYT Best-Selling Story

152

NYT’s Nicholas Kristof: Smarter Way to Reduce Gun Deaths

153

Biden COVID Advisor Urges Greater Paxlovid Use: ‘People Have Died Unnecessarily’

154

Sierra Club Executive Director Sees New Energy for Climate Change Fight

155

FDA Advisor Dr. Offit’s Latest Findings on COVID Vaccine & Young Children

156

Why Are Only 5% Of Doctors African American? Dr. Louis Sullivan Tells Us

157

Former CDC Chief Questions U.S Reaction to Chinese COVID Outbreak

158

WHO: What China Must Do Now to Help Fight COVID

159

COVID’s 3rd Year: Experts Speak

160

The Interview That Made News in ‘22: Fauci on COVID

161

Hear From a Progressive and Conservative - Can We Find Common Ground in Health Care?

162

Hear From the Author Who Wrote the New Book Peace & Health

163

Long COVID: Skeptics Are Wrong, Researchers Say

164

Holidays & Mental Health: Interventions, Treatment & Equity

165

Alzheimer's Foundation Head Discusses Breakthroughs: Can Biomarkers & Vaccines Offer Hope?

166

What Does Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban Know About Fixing Health Care? Are There Lessons for All of Us?

167

Dr. Fauci Prepares for His Next Steps; Offers Leadership Lessons to Younger Generation

168

'Dopesick' Author on Opioid Treatment Innovations

169

All of Your Health Information Is Now a Right Not a Privilege - ONC Head Tells Us More

170

Your Vote & Health Care: Why It Matters

171

Health Care on the Ballot: What’s at Stake Nov. 8?

172

How Will We Know When the Pandemic is Over? Brown Univ. Pandemic Center Director Explains

173

White House Preview: How Can We Tackle Hunger, Nutrition, and Health?

174

Who’s Community Health Centers’ Top Ally? Powerful House Leader Makes the Case

175

Monkeypox Update from Top White House Coordinator

176

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on COVID Fall Booster Details

177

Former CDC Director Dr. Frieden’s Thoughts on Dr. Fauci and His Next Chapter

178

USAID Global Health Leader Atul Gawande Addresses Global Partners’ Concerns Over Women’s Reproductive Rights

179

He Helped Eradicate Smallpox - Listen to His Concerns About Monkeypox

180

Are Long Covid Patients Exaggerating? Biden Top Doctor Says No: “Long COVID is real”

181

West Alabama Women’s Center Director Talks About the Impact of Roe

182

Dr. Eric Topol: COVID BA.5 variant "worst we've seen"

183

How VA Innovation Affects the Entire Health Care System

184

Health Care is a Right, Not a Privilege: A Commitment for 50+ Years

185

50 Years of Community Health Center, Inc.: A Special Conversation

186

How Do We Make Healthy Buildings the Next Public Health Revolution?

187

COVID Expert Dr. Hotez On His Own Positive Case: What He’s Learned

188

A Teacher From Parkland H.S. Reflects on the Uvalde & Buffalo Mass Shootings

189

Harm Reduction in U.S. Substance Use Disorder Efforts: Top Official Explains How It Works

190

Why the Path to Mental Health Goes Beyond Science: America’s Former Top Mental Health Leader Explains

191

Dr. Deborah Birx Reacts to Vice President Testing Positive for COVID; Criticizes Trump White House Pandemic Communications

192

TV’s Jane Pauley’s Personal Story: Why Community Health Centers Matter to Her

193

Reaction to Philadelphia’s New Mask Orders: “A Little Premature”

194

APHA Executive Director: $10B in New COVID Funding Needed, Being Spent Responsibly

195

CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Breaks Down President Biden’s Health Budget Goals

196

Ukraine Doctor’s War Dispatch: Horrific Criminal Acts

197

From the Front Line in Romania to Washington DC: Project HOPE Supporting the Refugee Crisis

198

Building on the Legacy of Global Health Leader Dr. Paul Farmer

199

Ukraine: Live Interview with Physician at Her Clinic

200

Omicron’s Health Inequities: N.Y. State Health Commissioner Vows to Close Gap

201

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Childhood Vaccine Delay & Political Divisiveness: ‘We Are at War With a Common Enemy’, Not the Time to Fight With Each Other

202

Biden COVID Equity Advisor Faces Dilemma as His Employer Drops Vaccine Mandate

203

Appropriations Chair Rep. Rosa DeLauro: More Money for Hospitals, Working to Find Build Back Better Compromise

204

Dr. Michael Osterholm says COVID's Not Done with Us: Talks Omicron Surge, Future Variants and Building Better Vaccines

205

A Candid Conversation with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Politics of the Office, Masking Guidelines, COVID Testing and Pandemic Frustration

206

Pediatrician Dr. Peter Hotez Creates New Vaccine; Gives Advice for Families With Young Children Staying Safe During Surge

207

Omicron Could Be as Deadly as Delta, Boosters’ Short Protection &‘Dangerous’ Oral COVID Pill from Merck: A Talk With William Haseltine

208

“Not the Doomsday Variant”: Dr. Eric Topol’s Concerns Around Omicron and America’s Low Fully Vaccinated Rate

209

Health News This Week: Omicron Makes Gains Around the World as U.S. Supreme Court Justices Hear Mississippi Abortion Case

210

UN Climate Summit Fell Short, But Gary Cohen Says President Biden’s Build Back Better Act Holds Great Promise

211

Rocketing with Captain Kirk To A New Frontier: Astronaut Glen de Vries on New Era of Innovation In Space Travel and Health Care

212

Lies and Misinformation Led to Hundreds of Thousands of US Deaths: Yale’s Dr. Nicholas Christakis on Enduring Impact of COVID-19

213

“Roe Hanging On By A Thread”: Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson on Imminent Threat To Reproductive Rights

214

Mandates ‘Turbocharging’ Vaccination Rates: US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Vaccine Requirements, Boosters and Vaccinating Kids

215

“Safety Comes First”: FDA Vaccine Advisory Panel’s Dr. Ofer Levy on Rigorous Process Around Vaccine Approval For Kids

216

Why COVID Crushed Us: Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb Details America’s Botched Pandemic Response

217

US COVID Response Has Failed By Not Scaling Up Home Testing: Harvard’s Michael Mina on Rapid Tests as Best Chance to Contain Outbreaks

218

"We Won't Get Another Chance" Climate Activist Bill McKibben on Urgency of Climate Action in Biden Administration's Reconciliation Bill

219

"Culture Wars Are Killing People": NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins on Politics and Harm to Pandemic Science

220

“We Are On Fire”: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Pandemic Surge Pushing Hospital Capacity to Brink by the Unvaccinated

221

Masks, Mental Health and Missed Appointments: AAP President Lee Beers on Pandemic’s Impact on Childhood Health

222

Dr. Leana Wen on the Pandemic and the ‘Fight for Public Health'

223

Health Misinformation on the Internet: Google/YouTube’s Garth Graham on Their Efforts to Stem the Tide

224

“A New Era of Vaccinology”: Dr. Paul Offit on mRNA Technology’s role in Vaccine Development

225

First Transgender Presidential Appointee: HHS Assistant Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine on Biden Administration’s Commitment to Health Equity

226

White House COVID Advisor Andy Slavitt on “Preventable”: His Book Chronicling America’s Failed Coronavirus Response

227

Dr. Anthony Fauci: A Conversation on Where We Are and What’s Coming Next

228

Congressman Patrick Kennedy on Pandemic’s Impact on Increased Awareness of America’s Mental Health and Addiction Crisis

229

Latino Community’s Pandemic Toll: National Hispanic Medical Association’s Dr. Elena Rios on Quest for Equity

230

How to get supercomputer-like data strategies for AI/ML

231

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky talks Boosters, masks and health equity

232

World Health Organization’s Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove on the global pandemic, variants and vaccines

233

Understanding Vaccine Resistance Among Conservative Voters: Dr. Tom Frieden

234

200 million vaccines and counting: Dr. Carlos Del Rio on need to target vaccine resistance

235

The J&J Vaccine Delay: Brown University’s Dr. Ashish Jha Says Minimal Clot Risk Shouldn’t Inhibit Vaccine Uptake

236

White House Vaccinations Chief Dr. Bechara Choucair on the road to vaccinating America

237

Biden COVID transition team advisor Dr. Celine Gounder on the race against variants

238

Dr. Eric Topol on variants, vaccines and AstraZeneca’s data reporting

239

Dr. Michael Osterholm says variants will cause more havoc

240

Dr. Rick Bright to lead bold pandemic preparedness initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation