hm 10/19/26 hm 10/19/26

A Nutrition Label for the Air You Breathe | Lution Co-founder David Vivero

We pay close attention to what we eat and drink. But how much do we really know about the air we breathe inside our own homes?

This week, Halle is live from the New York Stock Exchange, sitting down with three-time founder David Vivero for the launch of Lution. After discovering extensive mold contamination in his own home, David became obsessed with understanding the connection between our indoor environments and our health, and whether we could make the invisible things around us easier to see and understand.

hm 7/27/26 hm 7/27/26

Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage | Dr. Jonathan Slotkin

Every day, roughly 100 Americans die in crashes caused by human drivers. Yet when a self-driving car hesitates at an intersection or makes the news for an unusual mistake, public trust can evaporate. In this special episode, Dr. Jonathan Slotkin reads his latest Noema essay exploring why we demand perfection from machines while accepting human error as inevitable. Drawing on lessons from medicine, psychology, and autonomous vehicles, he argues that the biggest barrier to safer technology is trust.

hm 2/10/25 hm 2/10/25

Making Companies Care About Your Health | Building H Co-Founder Thomas Goetz

In this episode about corporate responsibility and public health, the former WIRED editor explains why changing company behavior may be easier than changing consumer habits – and how a new health accountability index could help transform America.

hm 1/27/25 hm 1/27/25

The Shkreli Awards

From selling deceased patients' body parts to denying cancer treatment over upfront payments, the Lown Institute's annual Shkreli Awards spotlight the most egregious examples of profiteering and dysfunction in American healthcare. Dr. Vikas Saini, President of the Lown Institute, walks us through 2024's "winners" and what they reveal about the state of our healthcare system.

hm 7/1/24 hm 7/1/24

Data Over Dogma | Health Economist Emily Oster

hm 4/29/24 hm 4/29/24

No Patient Left Behind | Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi

hm 4/15/24 hm 4/15/24

Healthcare's Hidden Growth Engine: Patients | Author Susannah Fox

hm 10/16/23 hm 10/16/23

The Libertas Center for Human Rights | Dr. Dinali Fernando

hm 9/12/22 hm 9/12/22

Is This the Pandemic Era?

In this episode, I sit down with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera to discuss Monkeypox, Polio, COVID, and why pandemics are becoming more common.

Jessica serves as the Science Communication Lead for The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, a Research Fellow at Boston Children's Hospital Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator, an Infection Preventionist at Netflix, and a Senior Advisor to the Pandemic Prevention Institute at the Rockefeller Foundation. This episode was recorded at the Rock Health Virtual Summit.

hm 4/29/22 hm 4/29/22

How E-Cigarette Makers Target Youth

Public health efforts to curb teen smoking had made quite a bit of progress, until Juul and other e-cigarette brands came on the market in 2015. With a discreet form factor and tasty artificial names like “gummy bear” and “cool cucumber”, vaping has become extremely attractive to young people. In fact, research has found that between 10%-24% of high school students are addicted to nicotine. In this episode, Dr. Susan Walley, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Children's National Hospital, discusses her work developing effective healthcare and school-based interventions to reduce youth tobacco use.