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Ep. 24: The Right Thing, with Children’s National Hospital’s Kurt Newman

“We've been around for 150 years and we want to be around for another 150 years. So we'll figure out a way to deal with the finances. Right now we're just focused on doing the right thing for these kids and families.” Putting patients first...

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The Right Thing, with Children’s National Hospital’s Kurt Newman

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Ep. 23: Curveball, with Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred

“They may not be perfect with large crowds at Dodger Stadium. It may look a little different. But I really am committed to the idea that it's important as part of our recovery to get the game back on.” A month after what would have been...

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Curveball, with Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred

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Ep. 22: Gaining Ground, with Amgen’s Robert Bradway

“This is, of course, unlike anything any of us have experienced before. This synchronous global shutdown caused by what is a pretty tricky virus—a virus that had a head start on all of us. But we're gaining ground fast.” Under Robert...

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Gaining Ground, with Amgen’s Robert Bradway

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Ep. 21: Ramping Up, with Novartis’s Vasant Narasimhan

“Our thinking is, how do we create a protease inhibitor that could work on future coronaviruses, not just the current coronavirus?...Fundamentally, our ability to withstand pandemics is likely going to center around our ability to think of...

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Ramping Up, with Novartis’s Vasant Narasimhan

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Ep. 20: Sounding the Alarm, with Entrepreneur Jeff Skoll

“About a month ago in the US we had about a thousand confirmed cases; today we have about 600,000. The developing world is very much on that same pathway.” Jeff Skoll knows pandemics. More than a decade ago he launched an organization whose...

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Sounding the Alarm, with Entrepreneur Jeff Skoll

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Ep. 19: First Things First, with Senator Rick Scott

“If we do anything to get this economy going again, make it easy for the entrepreneurs in this country.” As two-term governor of Florida, Rick Scott led his state through crises including hurricanes, mass shootings, and the Zika virus. Now...

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First Things First, with Senator Rick Scott

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Ep. 18: Searchlight, with Senator Harry Reid

“At this stage, we have to recognize that there’s going to be some downtime here. But I think that with the experience we’ve had around the country, especially in New York, it’s something we can handle.” Senator Harry Reid knows about...

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Searchlight, with Senator Harry Reid

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Ep. 17: Data-Driven, with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

“There is an information-collection problem from the counties, which is where most of the data lives. We've got a team that literally goes through both by hand and using technology. … one of the things I'd say we're very proud of is being...

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Data-Driven, with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

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Ep. 16: The Translator, with PCF’s Jonathan Simons

“This is why we all went into medicine—for moments like this where we come together.” For Jonathan Simons and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, global collaboration and team science were a way of life long before the pandemic. The...

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The Translator, with PCF’s Jonathan Simons

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Ep. 15: The Record-Keeper, with Epic’s Judy Faulkner

“We do have a culture of ownership, of working hard, of wanting to be heroes helping heroes. That's one of the things you hear our staff say.” The story is familiar, even mythic: brilliant young student builds out a new technology in her...

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The Record-Keeper, with Epic’s Judy Faulkner

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