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Shannon Watts On Demanding Action

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"This required a grassroots presence that we now have in every single state, this army of badass women fighting every single day." Shannon Watts is...

Esther Choo On Being An Influencer

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Esther Choo is an Emergency Medicine physician, a founder of TimesUp Healthcare, and a cornerstone voice driving progress in our profession. She is a ...

Claudia Schaffner on Earning The Combat Medical Badge

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"I remember him turning to me and saying 'Hey Doc, you ready?'" Claudia Schaffner is one of the first women in our nation's history to be awarded t...

Jocalyn Clark on Gender Equity & The Lancet

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"This is about trying to shatter all myths, all notions about gender equity within these institutions of medicine, of science, of global health" Jo...

Avital O’Glasser on Social Media & ERAS Applications

10 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Avital O'Glasser is back to discuss our recent Explore The Space White Paper addressing the question of social media on the ERAS application for resid...

Jamie Margolin On Youth Climate Summit & Zero Hour

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"My favorite speeches are when I go to places that aren't receptive to the climate justice message and I can just school them." Jamie Margolin is t...

Epic EHR: Controversies, Tensions, & Goals

02 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Seth Hain is Vice-President of Research & Development and Chris Mast is a Family Medicine physician & Vice-President of Clinical Informatics at Epic. ...

Warren Binford On Children In Border Detention Centers

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Warren Binford is a Professor of Law at Willamette University and an internationally recognized children's rights scholar and advocate. She was part o...

Mark Hertling On Character, Resilience, & Leadership

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"You can't lead others until you understand how to lead yourself" Mark Hertling returns to Explore The Space to discuss leadership through the pris...

David Wallace-Wells On Climate Change, Complacency, & Progress

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"The best antidote to a feeling of despair is progress, and that's what we are seeing now" David Wallace-Wells is a Deputy Editor & climate change ...

Joseph Sakran On “This Is Our Lane” & Gun Violence

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Each and every one of us, we have a story to tell. Using that narrative to change the hearts and minds of Americans, that's what will move the needle...

Caitlin Thompson On New Voices & Gender Bias in Tennis, Healthcare, & Beyond

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“There’s a lot more listening and amplifying that needs to happen that doesn’t involve a white man’s perspective" Caitlin Thompson is the cre...

Rob Larter on Connecting Antarctic Ice & Human Health

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"I don't think anyone expected the rates of melts that we found. It's really alarming" Rob Larter is a marine geophysicist with the British Antarct...

Jasmine Marcelin On Diversity, Bias, & Foreign Medical Graduates

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"I am in a unique position to be a voice where some people may not feel empowered to be that voice because of all that they have gone through" Jasm...

Heather Knight On Power & Stories In San Francisco

28 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"My favorite part of the job is finding something that City Hall is doing wrong that's negatively affecting regular people who live here and hammering...

Alexa Miller On Art, Observation, & Learning

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Be able to acknowledge the limits of knowledge, be authentic, and invitational to other perspectives on the edge of the unknown" Alexa Miller is a...

Dani McClain On The Black Maternal Health Crisis

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"We have a human right to have a child, to not have a child, and to parent a child in safe and healthy communities." Dani McClain is a journalist a...

Rebecca Kotch on Activism & Gun Violence

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca Kotch is the Director of Rock The Ride, which is a fundraiser for gun violence prevention efforts taking place this June. She stepped into bei...

Arghavan Salles On Being Authentic

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"The key is always trying to get better, do better and be better and figure out how to bring people along on the journey." Arghavan Salles is a sur...

Eric Topol on “Deep Medicine” As A Warning

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"All we are doing here is feeding the squeeze if we don't turn this thing back" Eric Topol is one of the great bell-weathers in medicine, his new b...

Valorie Kondos-Field On Developing Superheroes

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Being courageous is taking that step confidently without any guarantee of a result" Valorie Kondos-Field is one of the greatest coaches in history...

Megan Ranney On Ending Gun Violence

03 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Ranney is an Emergency physician & a national leader in the gun violence prevention movement. She joins us after working overnight in the ED to ...

Bryan Vartabedian On So Many Cool Topics!

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Doctors are looking for a place to put bigger ideas" Bryan Vartabedian is a bon vivant physician on social media. He's been active on Twitter for ...

Rob Mitchell On Accessing Toughness

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"On the path to achieving something extraordinary, you will do extraordinary things." Rob Mitchell spent a career serving in the Navy SEALs & the C...

Shawna Pandya On Going Beyond Boundaries

23 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Shawna Pandya is pluripotent. Whether it's medicine, spacesuit testing, diving, or martial arts, she stays out on the sharp edge & has made a life out...

Mark Shapiro On Hospitalists In A Disaster

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I was fortunate to present a talk entitled "Hospitalists In A Disaster" at the 2019 Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting on March 25th, 2019. T...

Bret Scher On FOOD!

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bret Scher is a Cardiologist, author, and host of Diet Doctor podcast who has found a vital path in helping people understand the complex world of foo...

Amitha Kalaichandran on Bullying In Medicine

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amitha Kalaichandran is a physician and a journalist who wrote a provocative and impactful piece in The Boston Globe about bullying in medicine. She j...

Avital O’Glasser On Social Media, Healthcare, & Community

09 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Avital O'Glasser is a leading physician on Twitter who is helping to drive a rapidly evolving revolution in medical information exchange. She is also ...

Alin Gragossian On Shock & A New Heart

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alin Gragossian was in the middle of her 3rd year as an Emergency Medicine resident when she became critically ill & required a heart transplant.  Sh...

Vinny Arora & Charlie Wray On CVs & Social Media

02 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UPDATE: The Social Media and Professional CV White Paper can be found here! Feedback is welcomed White Paper- Social Media, Podcasts and Blogs on a...

Pregnancy, Maternity, & Being A Doctor

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Gottenborg, Christine Jones, Marisha Burden and Anna Maw are  Hospitalists at the University of Colorado and all have had children at some poin...

Vivek Wadhwa On The Coming Healthcare Revolution

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Vivek Wadhwa is a Silicon Valley futurist, renaissance man, & raconteur. He joins us for an provocative & rollicking discussion of artificial intellig...

Christina Farr On Apple, Medical Data Sales, & Biohacking

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Christina Farr covers digital health for CNBC and, between her scoops, her writing, and her epic Twitter feed, is the clear leader in this work. She i...

Garth Mullins On Heroin, Dopesick, & Crackdown Podcast

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode contains adult language Garth Mullins is the host and executive producer of Crackdown Podcast. He also has opioid use disorder and a l...

@EPICparodyEMR On Electronic Medical Records

15 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you're in healthcare or seeking healthcare, the electronic medical record will impact your experience. We are joined by the anonymous creator ...

Adam Rodman On Filth Parties, History, & Medicine

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Rodman is a Hospitalist, a podcaster, and host of Bedside Rounds. His podcast is the most wonderful journey into the history of medicine, connect...

Episode 100! Des Shapiro On Finding Joy

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Des Shapiro is a physician with a 40-plus year career in medicine and an incredible legacy under his belt. He's also my Dad and I'm delighted to have ...

Nick Watts On Climate Change & Human Health

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Watts is a physician & Executive Director of Lancet Countdown. He joins us to discuss a defining issue for humanity: climate change. We discuss h...

Larry Istrail On COFFEE!

26 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I've been waiting for the right time and person to discuss the importance of coffee to our daily lives. Larry Istrail is a Hospitalist and a coffee af...

Shoshana Ungerleider On The Oscars & “End Game”

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Shoshana Ungerleider is a Hospitalist, founder of End Well & an educator focusing on end-of-life care. She joins us to discuss the evolution of her ca...

Aimee Gardner On USMLE Step 1 & Choosing Residents

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aimee Gardner has a PhD in Organizational Psychology and is Assistant Dean of Evaluation & Research at Baylor College of Medicine. She joins us for a ...

Ingrid Nembhard On Organizational Culture & Learning

14 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ingrid Nembhard is an Associate Professor of Health Care Management at the University of Pennsylvania and she is the definition of a pluripotent resea...

Mark Hertling On Developing Leaders

12 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Hertling dedicated 37 years of service to the United States Army, serving in two wars before retiring as a Lieutenant General. He then stepped in...

Peter Hotez On The Anti-Vaccine Movement

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Hotez is a Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. He is the world's authori...

Laurie Garrett On Gender Equity & “The Trouble With Girls”

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Laurie Garrett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who wrote an extraordinary article in The British Medical Journal on gender equity in healthcare...

Visar Berisha On Pro Football & Brain Injury

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's Super Bowl week, so it's time to discuss Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in NFL players. Visar Berisha is an Associate Professor of Engineering...

Kristin Wikelius On United States Of Care

22 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kristin Wikelius is a Senior Policy Director with United States of Care and she joins us to discuss the vision of the organization, how illness and si...

Grace Farris On Cartooning, Medicine, & Education

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Grace Farris is a Hospitalist, Chief of Division of Hospital Medicine at Mount Sinai West, and an accomplished cartoonist with works featured in Annal...

Robert Pearl On Fears & Frustrations of American Physicians

08 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Pearl is a physician leader in the United States of the highest order. He is widely published and frequently featured on multiple TV networks. ...

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, The Sherlock Holmes of Medicine

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In our final episode of 2018, we have a proper A-list MD, Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal, joining us. He is a master diagnostician who never fails to dazzle an...

Keith Murray On Responding To A Mass Shooting

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Keith Murray is an Emergency Physician at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and serves as Medical Director for Pittsburgh SWAT. He was a par...

Eric Byrnes On Mental Toughness & Going Hard

04 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Byrnes comes back after writing a book and completing the Triathlon Across America. We cover transitioning from Major League Baseball, how his de...

George Gittleman On Crisis Leadership

27 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Rabbi George Gittleman is the Senior Rabbi at Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa, CA. Over the course of navigating crises like September 11th, ...

Taylor Brana On The Happy Doc

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Taylor Brana is a Psychiatry resident and the host of The Happy Doc podcast. He joins us to discuss bringing fresh eyes to key challenges facing p...

Mary Brandt On Guns, Doctors, & Public Health

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mary Brandt is a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is in full-time clinical...

Nina Shapiro On Hype & Conversation In Healthcare

13 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nina Shapiro is a Professor of Surgery specializing in Pediatric Otolaryngology at UCLA. She is also a highly sought-after speaker on medical topi...

Special Announcement! A New Website for Explore The Space

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are proud to welcome you to the new home of Explore The Space. The url is the same, the site is entirely different. We've defined the 4 Pillars of ...

Dave Berke On Work-Life Balance, Communication & more

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Berke is a retired Marine fighter pilot and Top Gun instructor who now is a part of the leadership team at Echelon Front. He is back for a fourth...

Lizzie Johnson On The Wine Country Wildfires One Year Later

05 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Lizzie Johnson is a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle who covers wildfires in California. She joins us on the eve of the one-year anniversary o...

Emily Silverman On Medical Storytelling & “The Nocturnists”

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Silverman is a Hospitalist and the creator of "The Nocturnists" podcast and live show. If you love stories from the dark corners of medicine, an...

Maureen Bisognano On The Well-Being Trust & Tackling Mental Illness

30 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Maureen Bisognano is a nurse who has held many roles over her extraordinary career in healthcare, most recently as President of the Institute for Heal...

Michelle West On Anticipation & Anxiety At Badwater 135

23 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Badwater 135 is one of the toughest footraces on the planet, Michelle West is preparing to run it for the third time. We caught up with her less t...

Mona Hanna-Attisha On Social Advocacy & Medicine

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is a Pediatrician who brought the epidemic of lead exposure in the water supply of Flint, Michigan to national exposure in 2015...

Sarah Sellers On The Boston Marathon

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Sellers is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist who shocked the world this past April when she came out of nowhere to finish in 2nd place at...

Colleen Kraft On Immigrant Child Separation

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Colleen Kraft is the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics and she has been a pivotal voice in helping us understand the scope of the i...

Sam Quinones On The Opioid Epidemic

08 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Quinones is an investigative journalist who wrote an extraordinary book about the opioid epidemic in America called “Dreamland.” He joins us t...

Pamela Wible On Physician Suicide

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pamela Wible is a Family Practice physician who has taken on the cause of physician suicide. We discuss the acuity of the problem and the disconnect b...

Dave Berke On The Pillars Of Team Culture

26 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Berke is back and we continue our deep-dive into assessing and building team culture. In our 3rd conversation, we get into the importance of self...

Zack Shinar On Motivating Future Doctors

11 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Zack Shinar is an Emergency Medicine physician, an international expert on resuscitation and highly sought-after speaker who is launching a new confer...

Meg Tirrell On Healthy Returns

26 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Meg Tirrell is a reporter with CNBC focusing on biotech and pharmaceuticals, and she joins us to discuss CNBC’s new conference “Healthy Returns”...

Steve Beeson On The Power Of Coaching

15 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Beeson comes back on the the podcast to discuss the power of coaching in medicine. Steve was my coach early in my career after residency; there ...

David Troxel On Medical Malpractice

06 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. David Troxel is the Medical Director for The Doctor’s Company, which is the largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer in the United St...

Dave Berke On Assessing Team Culture

07 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

David Berke is back to help us harvest hard-won lessons in leadership from his career as a fighter pilot and Top Gun instructor. We build on his previ...

Jack Ende On Gun Violence

29 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Ende is the President of the American College of Physicians, the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, and he joins us to ...

The Curbsiders On Changing How We Learn

21 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Curbsiders Podcast, made up of Matt Watto, Stuart Brigham, and Paul Williams, is changing the way we learn about medicine and education. The 3 doc...

Christina Farr On Apple, Amazon, & The Future

07 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Christina Farr joins us as the first 3-time guest on the podcast to discuss breaking health tech stories for CNBC and the impact Apple and Amazon are ...

Todd Salnas on Wildfires Part 2: Recovery

02 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

As the magnitude of the North Bay Wildfires have become clear, the necessity of looking towards recovery has become imperative. Todd Salnas, who is Pr...

Chad Krilich On Wildfires Part 1: Leadership

19 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past 11 days, Santa Rosa and much of the North Bay of California has been in the grips of several destructive wildfires. Chad Krilich is the ...

Rob Patel On Responding To Hurricane Harvey

02 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Patel is an ED physician who deployed to Houston with a FEMA Search and Rescue team in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. He joins us to share the unbe...

Dave Berke On Redefining Perfection

29 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

David Berke is a retired Marine aviator, Top Gun instructor, and pilot of next generation F-22 and F-35 fighter planes. He joins us to discuss his ar...

Elisabeth Rosenthal On “An American Sickness” & Healthcare Reform

18 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Elisabeth Rosenthal is the author of a provocative and powerful book on healthcare delivery in the United States called “An American Sickness.” Sh...

Michelle West On Relentless Forward Motion & Badwater 135

30 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle West is tough. 135 miles through Death Valley in 120 degree heat tough. She is running the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon for the second time in ...

BJ Miller On Talking About Our Death

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

BJ Miller is a Palliative Care physician who has rapidly become an essential voice in helping us change the way we think, feel, and talk about death. ...

Amber Moore On Doctor As Patient

10 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Amber Moore is a Hospitalist who joins us to discuss her experiences as a patient after being struck by a car. She takes us through that whirlwind, an...

Justin Legg On Overcoming Fear

07 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Legg @gorillafrog is a retired Navy SEAL officer who is no stranger to frightening situations. From combat in Iraq to acute leukemia to lung t...

Eric Byrnes On Surpassing Limits

16 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Byrnes has made a remarkable and unique transition from playing Major League Baseball to becoming an ultra-endurance athlete. He joins us to disc...

Karl Meltzer On 46 Days Of Misery

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Karl Meltzer holds the record for most 100 mile race wins and recently completed the 2,190 mile Appalachian Trail in a record 45 days, 22 hours, 38 m...

Michael Cheatham On The Pulse Nightclub Shooting

28 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Cheatham is a Trauma Surgeon at Orlando Regional Medical Center and he joins us to discuss the shocking events following the June 12th mass sh...

ZDoggMD On Healthcare 3.0

14 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

ZDoggMD (aka Zubin Damania) comes back on the show to discuss his evolution from satire to activism, the Healthcare 3.0 movement, and getting pushback...

Jeffrey Drazen On The Interface Between Medicine & Society

02 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Drazen is the editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, the foremost medical publication in the world. He joins us to discuss ho...

Jessica Shapiro On Surviving Breast Cancer

26 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Shapiro, the voice of Explore The Space, joins us during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to discuss her diagnosis at age 30, the rollercoaster o...

Sanjeev Arora On Project ECHO & Democratizing Information

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sanjeev Arora is the Founder and Director of one of the most innovative health care delivery programs in the world, Project ECHO. He joins us to ...

Peter Pronovost On Patient Safety

04 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Pronovost is a professor of Critical Care medicine and is an international leader in improving the safety of hospitalized patients. He joins us ...

Matthew Matava On Caring For NFL Players

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Matthew Matava is an Orthopedic Surgeon who was team MD for the LA Rams for 17 years, as well as immediate past president of the NFL Physician Soc...

Ricardo Nuila On Poor & Uninsured In Texas

14 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ricardo Nuila comes back to the podcast to discuss his recent New Yorker article “Poor and Uninsured in Texas.” Our conversation digs into th...

Travis Good On Privacy & Health Data

16 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Travis Good is the founder and CEO of Catalyze. In addition to having his MD and MBA, he’s an expert on safety and security of health data. This is ...

Mark Johnson On Doping & Sports

28 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Johnson is a long-time sports journalist who joins us just in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics to discuss issues around doping in sports. His ...

Paddy Barrett On Burnout

14 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Paddy Barrett is host of the very popular podcast The Doctor Paradox, and he joins us to discuss the phenomenon of  professional, not just physician,...

Peter Grinspoon On Being A Doctor & Recovering Drug Addict

31 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Grinspoon joins Explore The Space to discuss his frightening and compelling journey as a physician who became addicted to prescription pain medi...