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Steve Spear, LEAN Expert, MIT Sloane School of Management
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Steven Spear, PhD, Senior Lecturer at the Sloane School of Management at MIT and int...

Bought by KZYX, WRIR, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Ruben Amarasingham, Founder and CEO of PCCI
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Ruben Amarasingham, Founder and CEO of PCCI, a non-profit research and developmen...

Bought by WRIR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Kickstarter for your electricity bill
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Solar workers installing panels on the Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Credit: Andreas Karelas
Among these new and creative ways to finance solar panels is crowdfunding. Instead of one person or organization paying tens of thousands of dollar...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Meaning of Friendship in the Era of Facebook (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...

Bought by KENW and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Clement Bezold, Chairman of The Institute for Alternative Futures
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with futurist Dr. Clement Bezold, co-founder and Chairman of the Institute for Alternativ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 2
Homeless hackers head to Noisebridge for shelter
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Chris Zapata shows a guest around Noisebridge, Credit: Holly J McDede
Every day, more than two dozen people pass through a hackerspace in San Francisco’s Mission district called Noisebridge. At its broadest, “hackersp...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
An Equation to Predict Crime?
From: Aaron Mendelson
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In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 5
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center's CEO Council
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week Mark and Margaret speak with surgeon and entrepreneur Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong who is Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center's new CEO C...

Bought by KZYX, WRIR, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Ashish Jha, Harvard School of Public Health
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health an...

Bought by KZYX, WRIR, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Grapefruit Juice - A Dangerous Mixer
From: David Niesel
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Every day, millions of people who take medications also drink grapefruit juice. I do. But most don’t realize the combination can be toxic and even ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Chair of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at UPenn
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chair of medical ethics and health policy at the Universi...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Kenneth Mandl, Director of the Intelligent Health Lab, Boston Children's Hospital
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Kenneth Mandle, Director of the Intelligent Health Lab at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Mandl is a pi...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director for Policy and Regulation at the Center for Consumer Information an...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 24:59
Dr. Christopher Murray, Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Chris Murray, Co-Founder of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 24:59
Dr Jeffery Levi, Executive Director of Trust For America's Health
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Jeffery Levi, Executive Director of Trust for America's Health, a non profit organization seeking to ma...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dr Daniel Kraft Executive Director of FutureMed at Singularity University
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Daniel Kraft, Executive Director of FutureMed and the Medicine Track Chair at Singularity University. D...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 24:59
Dr John McDonough, Director of the Center for Public Health Leadership, Harvard School of Public Health
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. John McDonough, Director of the Center for Public Health Leadership at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Mc...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
Dr Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health and leader of the team that first mapped the human genome.
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Mark and Margaret speak with NIH Director Dr Francis Collins on the thousands of research programs underway at the National Institutes of health an...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 25:00
Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer of the Dept. of Health and Human Services
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer at the Dept.of Health and Human Services about the sweeping changes u...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 25:00
Lynn Quincy, Sr. Health Policy Analyst for Consumers Union
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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She talks about her recent report on design architecture for state-by-state insurance exchanges being set up under the Affordable Care Act - and ho...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:59
Dr Elliot Fisher, Director of Health Policy at the Dartmouth Institute
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Elliot Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute. Dr. Fisher is an expert on Accountable Care Organ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 24:57
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber on his state's health reform measures, including expanded use of...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 24:59
Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, President of the National Physicians Alliance
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Valerie Arkoosh talks about National Physicians Alliance "Un-Branded Doctor" program that urges physicians to refuse corporate payments, and al...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:59
Dr. Joel Kupersmith, Chief Research and Development Officer, Veterans Health Administration
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Kupersmith discusses the Million Veteran's Program aimed at gathering genetic data from a million volunteer vets for ongoing medical research

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 25:01
Dr. Amelia Haviland, Senior Statistician for RAND Health
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Amelia Haviland, professor of statistics at Carnegie Mellon University and Senior Statistician for the Health Insu...

Bought by Jazz 91.9 WCLK


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1