All Episodes

FHC #214: Revisiting GLP-1 prices and ChatGPT’s early leap forward

FHC #212: OpenAI’s Nate Gross on ChatGPT’s next big move in healthcare

FHC #211: How medical culture slowly reshapes physician identity

FHC #210: Healthcare’s productivity crisis & how vibe coding could help

MTT #105: New science on aging, rising medical debt & healthcare’s fax problem

FHC #209: What the AMA’s new CEO is hearing from doctors & patients right now

FHC #208: Why empathy alone won’t fix healthcare leadership

FHC #207: Three major healthcare threats GenAI can help solve

MTT #104: TrumpRx, rising measles cases & the politics of vaccine science

FHC #206: What Gen Z expects from healthcare & why it matters

FHC #205: What ‘F1’ movie teaches us about leadership in medicine

MTT #103: Can generative AI safely prescribe medicine on its own?

FHC #204: Why healthcare chaos didn’t lead to change & what comes next

FHC #203: Dead ends, failures & the unlikely path to medical progress

FHC #202: Willpower, doom scrolling & the illusion of control

MTT #102: Vaccines under fire, rising disease & the cost of politics in medicine

FHC #201: Mark Cuban’s blunt diagnosis of what’s broken in healthcare

FHC #200: Healthcare’s cost crisis, GenAI’s promise + medicine’s leadership gap

FHC #199: Revisiting ‘The road to AI-empowered healthcare’ from ChatGPT, MD

FHC #198: The surprising science of gratitude & the cost of conformity

MTT #101: From measles outbreaks to GLP-1 hype, the data every patient should know

FHC #197: Artificial wombs & medical tourism – Draper siblings on healthcare’s next wave

FHC #196: Revisiting Thanksgiving 2020 at Covid’s peak

FHC #195: Dr. Julie Fisher on medicine, marriage & misogyny

FHC #194: A flashback to Dr. Jen Gunter’s fearless fight for truth in women’s health

MTT #100: From COVID-19 to ChatGPT, a close look at the last 5 years

FHC #193: What’s fueling medical mistrust & why startups fail

FHC #192: Flashback to ‘burnout and the physician career arc’

FHC #191: Dr. Joel Bervell on medical bias & the power of storytelling

MTT #99: The frightening state of U.S. medicine as politics replace science

FHC #190: TikTok’s favorite OB-GYN reveals what millions of women really ask their doctors

FHC #189: Diving deep into imposter syndrome in medicine

FHC #188: Why younger patients turn away from doctors & toward GenAI

MTT #98: Can patients and doctors still trust the CDC, FDA?

FHC #187: Autonomy, burnout & the future of medical care

FHC #186: Optum CEO on AI, big data & preventing disease

FHC #185: A System in crisis, a technology in waiting

MTT #97: Drug prices, Big Tech EHR promises & the 7,000-step surprise

FHC #184: Dr. Uché Blackstock on racism, sexism and fixing medicine

FHC #183: Will GenAI replace docs? How should medical schools respond?

MTT #96: Cancer confusion, obesity clarity & a $3M drug failure

FHC #182: How GenAI, telemedicine and AI assistants will reshape medicine

FHC #181: When the doctor becomes the patient

FHC #180: Diving Deep into healthcare politics & the biases blocking chronic disease care

FHC #179: An unfiltered look back at independence, authenticity in medicine

MTT #95: Politics vs. science—Who really controls America’s vaccines?

FHC #178: Dying of a broken heart, literally

FHC #177: Inside TPMG’s bold AI strategy with CEO Maria Ansari

FHC #176: What AGI means for medicine & what Trump means for healthcare

MTT #94: Measles, meds & misinformation: Can we still trust American science?

FHC #175: Burnout, Broken Systems & The Severed Self

FHC #174: Zocdoc CEO says AI will cure healthcare’s scheduling chaos

FHC #173: Before ChatGPT, Vinod Khosla predicted healthcare’s AI revolution

FHC #172: 91% of Americans get subsidized healthcare. What if it vanishes?

MTT #93: Measles death toll rises, healthcare spending hits $5.2 trillion

FHC #171: The doctor is in … Lululemon?

FHC #170: AI could save 500,000 lives, $1.5 trillion a year, says Dr. Pearl

FHC #169: How GenAI, telemedicine can fix America’s chronic disease crisis

FHC #168: How political unrest is changing American healthcare

MTT #92: The worst flu season in 15 years, a measles resurgence & Medicaid cuts

FHC #167: How Microsoft’s AI solutions got a doctor home in time for dinner

FHC #166: Musk’s DOGE vs. healthcare + UnitedHealth’s defining moment

FHC #165: Why doctors are doing side gigs

MTT #91: The future of AI in healthcare & the latest on vaccines, dementia, cancer

FHC #164: AI vs. healthcare’s staffing crisis with Hippocratic’s CEO

FHC #163: Lessons from the tech industry & a CEO’s tragic murder

FHC #162: Overcoming medical errors and rebuilding public trust

MTT #90: Winter viruses, vaccine skepticism & America’s healthcare frustrations

FHC #161: AI will help docs be their best selves, says Google’s Karen DeSalvo

FHC #160: Fixing Healthcare flashback with Zubin Damania

FHC #159: Fixing Healthcare flashback with Jonathan Fisher

FHC #158: RFK Jr., obesity, the healthcare cost crisis and AI

FHC #157: NVIDIA expects AI, robots to cure healthcare’s biggest problems

FHC #156: Fixing Healthcare flashback with Malcolm Gladwell

FHC #155: The road to AI-empowered healthcare (from ‘ChatGPT, MD’)

MTT #89: Trump’s second term, weight-loss drugs & the rise of ‘walking pneumonia’

FHC #154: Handling pressure in medicine with tips for doctors, leaders

FHC #153: Vinod Khosla on AI, disruption & the future of medicine

FHC #152: Tackling healthcare denial, consumerism & the cost crisis

MTT #88: Abortion restrictions, PBMs and the rising cost of care

FHC #151: Six years later, Don Berwick’s vision for healthcare remains unfulfilled

FHC #150: Restoring meaning in medicine—burnout and the physician career arc

FHC #149: Tech needs to get out of the way of healthcare, says Feinberg

FHC #148: End-of-life lessons and combatting health disparities

MTT #87: COVID-19 resurgence, soaring healthcare costs and the push for patient empowerment

FHC #147: Game theory and healthcare—the complex relationship between doctors, payers and patients

FHC #146: Dr. Eric Topol on how AI is changing healthcare

FHC #145: The boring secrets to longevity with Brad Stulberg

FHC #144: Medical education reform and Medicare’s payment crisis

MTT #86: New hope for Alzheimer’s, colon cancer and mental health

FHC#143: Navigating life’s final chapter with Atul Gawande

FHC #142: The role of luck in medicine and life

FHC #141: Reflections on life after loss with Lucy Kalanithi

FHC #140: Diving deep into GLP-1 drug prices and ChatGPT’s newest update

MTT #85: Skyrocketing healthcare costs and new insights into long COVID

FHC #139: The hidden costs of rising healthcare prices with Zack Cooper

FHC #138: Examining unhealthy relationships with parents, celebs & AI

FHC #137: How generative AI could have saved my father

FHC #136: Love and sexuality at the end of life with Dr. Pebble Kranz

FHC #135: Diving Deep into AI-medical malpractice & FTC’s non-compete ban

MTT #84: The latest research on mammograms, hormone (HRT) medications

FHC #134: An unfiltered look at the challenges of lifestyle medicine

FHC #133: The many misconceptions of palliative care

FHC #132: Diving deep into ChatGPT’s ‘memory’ and Nvidia’s AI bot

MTT #83: How will the FTC’s non-compete ban affect healthcare workers?

FHC #131: ChatGPT interviews Dr. Pearl about their new book, ‘ChatGPT, MD’

FHC #130: An unfiltered look at AI’s current, future uses in medicine

FHC #129: A reading from Dr. Pearl’s newest book, ‘ChatGPT, MD’

MTT #82: How do childhood traumas shape our health as adults?

FHC #128: ‘I Promised My Sister I Would Write About How She Chose to Die’

FHC #127: Diving deep into the state of American healthcare

FHC #126: On finding peace with who you are

MTT #81: Are the kids alright, medically?

FHC #125: Beyond medicine—a Rabbi’s insights on end-of-life issues

FHC #124: An unfiltered look at the science & skill of love

FHC #123: Diving deep into healthcare’s biggest battles of 2024

FHC #122: Navigating life’s final chapter with Atul Gawande

MTT #80: What’s new in drug discovery and pricing?

FHC #121: An unfiltered look at resolutions, kept and unkept

FHC #120: Revisiting the hero’s journey with Dr. Zubin Damania (ZDoggMD)

FHC #119: Diving deep into clinician burnout and ChatGPT as a solution

FHC #118: 2023 in review plus 2024 preview and predictions

FHC #117: The Young and the Breathless

FHC #116: Death of a Surgeon

MTT #79: Why do viruses love the holidays?

FHC #115: The bioethical dilemma of saving life ‘at any cost’

FHC #114: An unfiltered look at empathy in medicine

FHC #113: Diving deep into Dr. ChatGPT and healthcare ‘skimping’

FHC #112: How the culture of medicine can change

MTT #78: How high will premiums rise? How low will patient satisfaction go?

FHC #111: Among wealthy nations, U.S. docs rank average for burnout

FHC #110: Diving deep into drug-pricing wizardry and deep learning (AI)

FHC #109: Dan Ariely on irrationality and misbelief in medicine

MTT #77: Is the ‘tripledemic’ returning? Will new vaccines help?

FHC #108: An unfiltered look at distrust between patients and doctors

FHC #107: Amy C. Edmonson on ‘failing well’ in medicine

FHC #106: ZDoggMD on patient anxiety, medical bias & the Barbie movie

FHC #105: Diving deep into the good, bad and ugly of U.S. healthcare

MTT #76: Can Rx weight-loss drugs help prevent heart attacks, too?

FHC #104: Robert Burgelman on strategic leadership in healthcare

FHC #103: Too much or not enough in American healthcare?

FHC #102: Diving deep into value-based care and the need for ‘system-ness’

FHC #101: Sachin Jain on the leadership crisis in American healthcare

MTT #75: Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage?

FHC #100: Diving deep into weight-loss drugs + toxic leadership

FHC #99: Why is healthcare so expensive and who will fix it?

FHC #98: Don Berwick on leadership, greed + a promising youth movement

FHC #97: Fixing Healthcare flashback with Malcolm Gladwell

MTT #74: A change in the Covid-19 booster? A new Alzheimer’s drug?

FHC #96: Diving deep into the financial crisis of U.S. healthcare

FHC #95: This cardiologist took care of 20,000 hearts before taking care of his own

FHC #94: Abraham Verghese on ‘The Covenant of Water’ and the practice of medicine

FHC #93: Zeev Neuwirth on the future of healthcare

MTT #73: #CovidIsNotOver or is it?

FHC #92: Diving deep into the future of AI in medicine

FHC #91: An unfiltered look at what AI can (and cannot) do

FHC #90: Malcolm Gladwell on a new kind of healthcare leader

MTT #72: The Covid-19 pandemic is over! Did anyone notice?

FHC #89: Diving deep into medical regulations and monopolies

FHC #88: Good healthcare leaders vs. bad healthcare leaders

FHC #87: An unfiltered look at death, medicine’s No. 1 villain

MTT #71: Why is this drug 19-times more expensive than it was in 2007?

FHC #86: Diving deep into GPT-4 (the new ChatGPT) and medicine’s future

FHC #85: Dr. Robert Pearl’s leadership vision for American healthcare

FHC #84: ChenMed brothers feel ‘moral imperative’ to give seniors affordable, VIP care

MTT #70: Why does U.S. healthcare rank last among wealthy countries (again)?

FHC #83: Diving deep into the many monopolies of U.S. healthcare

FHC #82: An unfiltered look at love and life expectancy

FHC #81: Eric Topol on the future of AI, medical education and leadership

CTT #69: Welcome to our new show ‘Medicine: The Truth’

FHC #80: 3 shocking healthcare stats + 3 beneficial healthcare laws

FHC #79: An unfiltered look at ChatGPT and medicine

FHC #78: How leadership can fix healthcare, with Dr. David Feinberg

FHC #77: Fixing Healthcare flashback with Don Berwick

FHC #76: Fixing Healthcare flashback with Ian Morrison

CTT #68: The worst flu season in over a decade?

FHC #75: Diving deep into healthcare technology and capitation

FHC #74: The tangled mess of medicine and politics

FHC #73: The ‘rules of healthcare’ that cause burnout

FHC #72: Fixing Healthcare flashback with Zubin Damana (ZDoggMD)

CTT #67: Should Americans be worried about a ‘triple-demic’?

FHC #71: Diving deep into healthcare leadership

FHC #70: India-based doctor breaks rule that great healthcare must be expensive

FHC #69: An unfiltered (uncensored) look at ‘medical misinformation’

CTT #66: What’s the latest on long Covid?

FHC #68: Diving deep into the medicine’s middlemen & the future giants of healthcare

FHC #67: Dr. Zeke Emanuel on the virtues of rule breaking

FHC #66: Right brain vs. left brain in medicine

FHC #65: Diving deep into Amazon and Apple’s healthcare ambitions

CTT #65: Why are Moderna and Pfizer going to war?

FHC #64: The hero’s journey in healthcare

FHC #63: One Medical founder Tom Lee on Amazon, primary care, the future

CTT #64: Are Americans putting Covid-19 behind them?

FHC #62: Diving deep into 3 urgent threats facing U.S. healthcare

FHC #61: An unfiltered look at Rx triplicates & Amazon’s healthcare expansion

FHC #60: Don Berwick on ‘breaking the rules for better patient care’

CTT #63: What causes ‘Covid-19 rebound’ after Paxlovid?

FHC #59: Diving deep into SCOTUS rulings & drug-industry rules

FHC #58: An unfiltered look at inauthenticity in medicine

FHC #57: Dr. Rod Rohrich on how to change the rules of medicine

CTT #62: Has the pandemic ‘frozen’ kids emotionally, socially?

FHC #56: Diving deep into odd pandemic behaviors and overpriced drugs

FHC #55: Is it time for doctors to temper their career expectations?

FHC #54: The incredible rulebreakers of medicine’s past

CTT #61: Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? Is a monkeypox pandemic next?

FHC #53: Diving deep into physician burnout and America’s views on Covid-19

FHC #52: The future of medical misinformation, education and motivation

FHC #51: Eric Topol on breaking the rules and putting patients in charge

CTT #60: Will mask mandates return to planes and trains?

FHC #50: Diving deep into physician intuition and hospital prices

FHC #49: An unfiltered chat about ‘the slap,’ emotional doctors, and more

FHC #48: Marty Makary on breaking the rules of medical education

CTT #59: What does Covid-19 infection do to the brain?

FHC #47: Diving deep into primary care & health-tech

FHC #46: An unfiltered look at medicine’s generational clash

FHC #45: Drs. Alexa and Siri? A healthcare futurist weighs in.

CTT #58: Are Covid-19 restrictions gone for good?

FHC #44: Diving deep into how we select and pay American doctors

CTT #57: How do Covid-19 vaccines alter fertility, childbirth, menstrual cycles?

FHC #43: Malcolm Gladwell on breaking the rules of healthcare

FHC #42: Google’s chief doctor previews the health tools of tomorrow

CTT #56: Is an Omicron vaccine coming soon? Will it help?

CTT #55: Can I trust the results of at-home Covid-19 tests?

CTT #54: What can we expect from Covid-19 in 2022?

FHC #41: New Cerner CEO says Epic isn’t his biggest competitor

CTT #53: How dangerous is Omicron, based on the latest data?

FHC #40: How venture-backed tech is transforming U.S. healthcare

CTT #52: What do scientists know about Omicron?

CTT #51: Will the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ change with boosters?

FHC #39: Paying for healthcare is out. Buying healthcare is in.

CTT #50: Is Covid-19 here to stay?

CTT #49: Can I get my flu shot and Covid-19 booster at the same time?

CTT #48: Is Merck’s anti-Covid pill really the ‘holy grail’?

FHC #38: More male nurses, nurses of color needed says ANA president

CTT #47: How are the Covid-19 numbers still this bad?

CTT #46: Why are people taking Ivermectin to treat Covid-19?

FHC #37: The future of the American hospital

CTT #45: Do vaccine mandates actually work?

CTT #44: How does the Delta variant affect kids?

FHC #36: How physician teamwork makes the dream work

CTT #43: To booster or not to booster?

CTT #42: How dangerous is the Delta variant?

FHC #35: The AMA vs. chronic disease, racism & physician burnout

CTT #41: Are kids birthday parties the biggest super-spreader events?

CTT #40: Was social distancing a waste of time?

Season 5 recap: Fixing the culture of medicine

CTT #39: What’s the truth about Covid-19’s origins?

CTT #38: Masks in classrooms for students this fall?

FHC #33: Marty Makary on eliminating waste in medical education

CTT #37: Will pandemic stress cause clinicians to quit medicine?

CTT #36: Is the J&J vaccine scare an overreaction or scientifically valid?

FHC #32: A patient with terminal cancer opens up about her doctors

CTT #35: How young is too young to be vaccinated?

CTT #34: What happened after Dr. Pearl’s ‘Covid-19 flight from hell’?

Episode 31: Dr. Jen Gunter vs. sexism, pseudoscience & the wellness-industrial complex

CTT #33: Why aren’t we producing generic vaccines?

CTT #32: Is herd immunity almost here?

Episode 30: ‘Diagnosis’ doctor Lisa Sanders examines medical culture

CTT #31: How long do Covid-19 symptoms persist? What’s a normal recovery?

CTT #30: Are the mutant strains of Covid deadlier?

Episode 29: Leana Wen discusses COVID-19 and the culture of medicine

CTT #29: What went wrong with the vaccine rollout? Is it fixable?

CTT #28: Are coronavirus mutations in the UK cause for concern in the US?

CTT #27: Now that a Covid-19 vaccine is approved, what’s next?

Episode 28: Eric Topol sees the future of medicine as ‘man plus machine’

#26: Listeners had lots of questions about the ‘conspiracy theory’ episode

#25: Is there any truth to these Covid-19 conspiracy theories?

Episode 27: Dr. Amanda Calhoun on white coats and Black Lives

#24: Are the kids alright? What about their parents?

#23: Should I cancel my Thanksgiving plans?

Episode 26: ZDoggMD diagnoses the culture of medicine

#22: What do (and don’t) we know about Trump’s illness and treatments?

#21: Do these coronavirus statistics surprise you?

Episode 25: Why U.S. doctors provide low-value care

#20: What’s the truth about super spreaders, saliva tests and vaccine safety?

#19: What’s the most promising scientific development so far?

#18: Where to go for nonpartisan COVID-19 info?

Episode 24: Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe talks COVID-19 testing, your genes and the future of medicine

#17: Will Covid-19 sway the November elections?

#16: What are Americans still getting wrong about COVID-19?

Episode 23: How the U.S. coronavirus response went wrong and how to make it right

#15: Is it too soon for sports?

#14: How will historians look back on our nation’s handling of the coronavirus?

Episode 22: Former FDA commissioner on ending the COVID-19 pandemic

#13: Can we trust scientific research in the era of COVID-19?

#12: How does racial inequality fuel the coronavirus crisis?

#11: Is a COVID-19 vaccine almost ready?

#10: What will the ‘new normal’ look like next year based on current facts?

#9: A practical survival guide to COVID-19

Episode 21: Ex-Apple CEO talks tech and the rise of the healthcare consumer

#8: Testing, testing: Which COVID-19 test is best?

#7: Is it time to get back to work?

#6: What did scientists learn this week?

#5: Can we ‘crush the curve’ of this pandemic?

Episode 20: Siddhartha Mukherjee on COVID-19, genes and physician sacrifice

#4: Is this the week the pandemic peaks?

#3: Why can’t we accept the painful truth about COVID-19?

#2: When will the coronavirus pandemic end?

#1: Why are we afraid of the coronavirus?

Episode 19: Former VA Sec. explains why it’s so hard to serve your country

Episode 18: Eric Swalwell on whether Congress can pass a bipartisan healthcare bill