All Episodes

Episode 340- Building Michigan’s Healthcare Workforce. With Russ Kavalhuna

Episode 339- How Grand Rapids Builds Talent And Health. With Rick Baker

Episode 338- Medicaid On The Line in Michigan. With Monique Stanton

Episode 337- Fixing Michigan’s Broken Mental Health System. with Michael Webber

Episode 336- "The Power Of And" In Health Care. With Matt Elliott

Episode 335- Building Safer Systems For Kids. With Luanne Thomas Ewald

Episode 334- Building Detroit’s Next Medical Campus. Dr. Adnan Munkarah

Episode 333- The Gift Of Life. With Dorrie Dils

Episode 332- Health Care Should Be A Right, Not A Privilege. With Debbie Stabenow

Episode 331- Your Deductible Is High And Here Is Why. With Dominick Pallone

Episode 330- When A Heart Attack Hits Nobody Asks Party. with Sarah Anthony

Episode 329- Detroit’s $2.2B Hospital Bet. with Denise Brooks-Williams

Episode 328- Michigan Health Care Affordability. with Bill G. Schuette

Episode 327- How Michigan Hospitals Stay United Under Pressure. with Brian Peters

Episode 326- The Cost Squeeze In Health Care. With Rob Casalou

Episode 325- How Michigan Medicine Sees The Path To Lower Costs. David Miller, M.D., MPH

Episode 324- Independent Hospitals And Local Power. with Bill Manns

Episode 323- Stop Counting Hours And Start Hiring Graduates. with Rick Snyder

Episode 322- Why The Real World Feels Different Than The News.

Episode 321- Leadership in Action. A Disruptor Who Defied the Odds. With Dr. Imamu Tomlinson

Episode 320- You Will Love America More When You Talk To People

Episode 319- Primary Care Under Pressure. With Dr. Harry Albers

Episode 318- What If Hunger Looked Like You? With Angela Moloney

Episode 317- Unity Through Service. With Chip Webster

Episode 316- How Local Power Shapes National Outcomes. With Chris Armitage

Episode 315- Brutal Truths About Healthcare Leadership. With Louis Shapiro

Episode 314- How Data Centers And AI Are Redrawing U.S. Infrastructure

Episode 313- Feeding A County Hidden In Plain Sight. With Ruth Mageria

Episode 312- Healthcare Gets Better When Leaders Invest In People. with Quint Studer

Episode 311- Can Hospitals Survive? Grumpy Old Men Take on Today's Healthcare System

Episode 310- Making Education Work For the 21st Century. with Shaka Mitchell

Episode 309- Betting On Yourself In Business. With Sam Caudle

Episode 308: From Law To Healthcare Media: Scott Becker On Building Becker’s And Fixing Care

Episode 307- From Corporate Comfort To Water-Wise Growth. With Kevin Green

Episode 306- Leaping From Data To Diamonds- with Blake Polizzi

Episode 305- Voices Beyond The Partisan Echo. With David Dennison

Episode 304- From DC Spy Dreams To Substack: Amanda Claypool On Media, Money, And Meaning

Episode 303- Mark Cuban On PBMs, Rebates, And Rewiring Healthcare Incentives

Episode 302- Seeing Clearly: Journalism Without Gatekeepers. With Chris Bray

Episode 301- Venezuela: What the Law Says. With Anthony Colangelo

Episode 300- Ten Resolutions For Health System Leaders

Episode 299- Inside The Fight To Fix Health Care Financing. With Nate Kaufman

Episode 298- Unfiltered Consciousness: Laughing Through Life’s Absurdities. With author Terence Duncan as well as Greg Jbara

Episode 297- How a System CEO Drives Access and Affordability with Optimism. With Jeff Flaks

Episode 296- Inside Michigan Medicine: Access, AI, And A New Era Of Care. With Dr. David Miller, M.D.

Episode 295- GLP-1, Obesity, And The Cost Of Change. With Dr. David Harlan

Episode 294- Inside America’s Access Crisis And Why Wait Times Keep Rising. With Rich Helppie.

Episode 293- Subsidies, Shutdowns, And The Healthcare Squeeze. With Nate Kaufman

Episode 292- From Crisis To Reform: A Mother, A Judge, And A Broken System

Episode 291- How A Neurosurgeon Heals Broken Spines With A Broken Health System. With Dr. Rod Oskouian

Episode 290- Season Seven, New Bridges. With Rich Helppie

Episode 289- College Sports' Money Game. With Dr. Thomas Dieters

Episode 288- Healthcare at a Tipping Point: Insider Perspectives from Dr. Leo Spector

Episode 287- Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Series- Jocelyn Benson

Episode 286- Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Series: Tom Leonard

Episode 285- Healing the Divide: After Charlie Kirk

Episode 284- The Healthcare System Is Broken, But We Can Fix It. With Dr. Jeff Goldsmith

Episode 283- Unraveling America's Pharmaceutical Cost Crisis: A Deep Dive with host Nathan Kaufman and Richard Helppie. Pt. 3

Episode 282- Show Me The Money- A Closer Look at NIL. With Greg Dooley

Episode 281- Medicare Disadvantage: Nate Kaufman and Rich Helppie Pt. 2

Episode 280- Laughing Through the Gaslight: Unspinning the News- With Jenna McCarthy

Episode 279- The Problem with Employer-Sponsored Healthcare. Nate Kaufman's conversation with Rich Helppie.

Episode 278- The Crisis of Healthcare Economics: A Conversation between Nate Kaufman and Brandon Edwards

Episode 277- What's Really in the Big Beautiful Bill for Medicaid? With Rich Helppie

Episode 276- Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Series: Garlin Gilchrist II

Episode 275- Who Guards the Guardians? Inside Healthcare Governance with Jamie Orlikoff

Episode 274- Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Series: Mike Duggan

Richard Helppie on WJR Radio- A Deep Dive on Education and Healthcare

Episode 273- Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Series: Chris Swanson

Column: Los Angeles: Too Soon to Call it a Civil War?

Episode 272- Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Series: Mike Cox

Episode 271- United Healthcare Under Investigation: Expert Insights with Nathan Kaufman

Episode 270- A Tale of Two Tariffs. A Conversation with Bill Michels.

Episode 269- Ukraine's War of Survival: Exploring a Nation's Fight for Existence. With Dr. Jesse Kaufman

Episode 268- Affirmation Not Necessary. With Larry Shell

Episode 267- Mailbag Musings: Listener Questions Tackled Head-On. With Rich Helppie.

Episode 266- Vaccines, Public Trust, and What We Got Wrong About COVID. With Dr. James Baker, M.D.

Episode 265- A Path to Manhood- Encouragement and Advice for Young men. with Paul Cumbo

Episode 264- Policy, Economy, and the Tech Transformation: A Deep Dive with Kerry Killinger

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Episode 263- Conclusion- Navigating Healthcare's New Frontiers- with Drs. David Harlan, Barry Meisenberg, and VADM (ret) Matthew Nathan, M.D.

Episode 262- Navigating Healthcare's New Frontiers- with Drs. David Harlan, Barry Meisenberg, and Matthew Nathan.

Episode 261- Revolutionizing U.S. Infrastructure: Insights from Professor Rick Geddes

Episode 260- United Healthcare, Villain or Victim? Systemic Challenges in Medical Economy. A Conversation with Nate Kaufman

Episode 259- One Year Ago- A Genuine Alternative to Biden and Trump. A conversation with Dean Phillips

Episode 258- The Evolving Landscape of Talk Radio, with Chris Renwick

Episode 257- This Vote Should be Unanimous. It would save Democracy

Episode 256- Navigating Urban Revival, Geopolitical Tensions, and Political Strategies with Robert Greenfield

Episode 255- Tell Me How This Ends- Attacking the media, or begging them to do their job? With Chris Bray

Episode 254- Reimagining Voting: Blockchain, Technology, and the Future of Elections. With Kahlil Byrd

Episode 253- Rebuilding Justice: Jarmo Feliks Helppikangas on Kosovo's Path to Unity and Law

Episode 252- Viewer, Listener, Reader Mailbag! With Rich Helppie.

Episode 251- Transforming U.S. Healthcare: Insights from Brian Peters on Policy, Innovation, and Advocacy

Episode 250- California's New Law on Transgender Youth: Protection or Assault?

Episode 249- Shots Fired: Analyzing Security Breaches and Politicized Media

Episode 248: Protecting Healthcare: Unveiling the Cybersecurity Imperative with Dan Dodson

Episode 247- Driving into the Future: The Transformative Potential of Autonomous Vehicles. With Adam Kovacevich

Episode 246- A Fun Talk From Inside the Beltway with Justin Higgins

Episode 245- The Future of Western Unity Amidst Global Political Changes. With Robert Greenfield

Episode 244- The Hidden Match: How Nations Polish Their Reputation via Athletics. with Brian Hess