Episodes

  • Five Years After CAR-T, Her Son Is Cancer-Free. What Did It Take to Get There? | Betsy Larrabee

    Five Years After CAR-T, Her Son Is Cancer-Free. What Did It Take to Get There? | Betsy Larrabee
    Nov 10 2026
    Five years after CAR-T, Betsy Larrabee’s son Beau is cancer-free. Getting there meant searching for options for relapsed childhood leukemia, navigating clinical trials, and making difficult decisions with no certain outcome. When eight-year-old Beau re...
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    1 hr
  • His Father Lost His Limbs. Now He’s Building Healthcare That Answers at 2 AM. | Dr. Samir Qamar

    His Father Lost His Limbs. Now He’s Building Healthcare That Answers at 2 AM. | Dr. Samir Qamar
    Oct 27 2026
    Dr. Samir Qamar is building ASTRID, an AI healthcare platform designed to help patients move from medical questions to the next step in care. His mission became deeply personal when his father survived a massive heart attack but lost both his hands and...
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    42 mins
  • The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease. A Company Owned by 14 Million Rwandans | Michael Fairbanks

    The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease. A Company Owned by 14 Million Rwandans | Michael Fairbanks
    Oct 13 2026
    Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s leading infectious killer. Michael Fairbanks is confronting it with an unexpected model: Akagera Medicines, a biotech company majority-owned by the people of Rwanda, developing new treatments for tuberculosis, incl...
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    51 mins
  • Time Is Brain: Why Aren’t Mobile Stroke Units Everywhere? | Dr. May Nour

    Time Is Brain: Why Aren’t Mobile Stroke Units Everywhere? | Dr. May Nour
    Sep 29 2026
    In stroke care, “time is brain”: every minute without treatment can affect a patient’s recovery. Mobile stroke units can begin treatment before a patient reaches the hospital. In the landmark BEST-MSU trial, treating patients approximately 40 minutes e...
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    48 mins
  • A Wildfire, Cancer, and AI Sent Him Into Founder Mode. | Steve Brown

    A Wildfire, Cancer, and AI Sent Him Into Founder Mode. | Steve Brown
    Sep 15 2026
    When the Palisades wildfire destroyed Steve Brown’s home, the displacement forced him into a new health system, where doctors discovered an aggressive blood cancer that had been missed for months. He responded by using AI to analyze hundreds of medical...
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    38 mins
  • Betting on Clinical Trials Is Here. He’s Trying to Stop It. | David Tsai (Bonus Episode)

    Betting on Clinical Trials Is Here. He’s Trying to Stop It. | David Tsai (Bonus Episode)
    Sep 8 2026
    Should prediction markets allow people to bet on clinical trials and drug approvals? When Kalshi introduced these markets, David Tsai launched a petition calling for them to stop—placing him at the center of a national debate about gambling, medical re...
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    40 mins
  • 19 Years of Medical Gaslighting: Why She Says Patients Have More Power Than Ever | Ilana Jacqueline

    19 Years of Medical Gaslighting: Why She Says Patients Have More Power Than Ever | Ilana Jacqueline
    Sep 1 2026
    For the first 19 years of her life, Ilana Jacqueline was told that her symptoms weren’t real. Now a leading voice in patient advocacy, she explains how medical gaslighting happens, what it costs when patients are dismissed, and how people can advocate ...
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    48 mins
  • Why Did a Doctor Buy a 600,000-Square-Foot Hospital for $1? | Dr. Tim Nelson

    Why Did a Doctor Buy a 600,000-Square-Foot Hospital for $1? | Dr. Tim Nelson
    Sep 1 2026
    Days before this conversation was recorded, Dr. Tim Nelson acquired a 600,000-square-foot hospital—for one dollar. Dr. Nelson, co-founder and CEO of HeartWorks, explains how regenerative medicine could change care for congenital heart disease. HeartWor...
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    44 mins