The Other 80
Episodes
Patient Agency in the Age of AI with Liz Salmi & Hugo Campos
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Patient innovators Liz Salmi and Hugo Campos join The Other 80 to discuss the evolving role of patients in healthcare, using the recent release of Ch...
Missing the Nobel Call with Fred Ramsdell
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Newly-minted Nobel laureate Fred Ramsdell joins Claudia to discuss his groundbreaking work on regulatory T cells, which act as the immune system's nat...
Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness with Kunal Modi
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Mayor Lurie took office, San Francisco was spending nearly $1 Billion a year responding to homelessness, yet the number of people living unshelte...
Bending the Chronic Care Curve with Sean Duffy
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Not many digital health companies go public. And even fewer do so with a model designed to fix what’s truly broken in U.S. healthcare: episodic, fra...
Free Childcare for All with Elizabeth Groginsky
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 2025, New Mexico made history as the first state in the nation to commit to free childcare for all families. Elizabeth Groginsky, who leads this ef...
Making Drugs More Affordable with Paul Markovich
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we close out our three-part series on pharmaceuticals with a must-listen encore episode. After detailing the scope of the drug price crisis...
Lessons in Disruption with Mark Cuban
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Billionaire investor and healthcare disruptor Mark Cuban joins The Other 80 to talk about his online pharmacy, Cost Plus Drugs, that is bringing affor...
New Life for Old Drugs with Dr. David Fajgenbaum
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When David Fajgenbaum nearly died of Castleman disease for the fifth time, he decided to take fate into his own hands. Using his medical training, he ...
Gun Violence Interruption in American Cities with DeVone Boggan and Jason Corburn
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richmond, California used to be called America’s “Murder Capital”. But when city leaders chose a different path the city’s gun violence proble...
Smarter Venture Bets with Nancy Brown
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investor Nancy Brown joins us at Aspen Ideas Health to share her blueprint for impactful investments. Identify public health breakthroughs that delive...
Stories Move the World with Zoanne Clack
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grey’s Anatomy Executive Producer and physician Dr. Zoanne Clack joins The Other 80 at Aspen Ideas: Health to talk about what public health leaders ...
Is AI Public Health’s New Ally? with Dr. Karen DeSalvo
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is going to transform healthcare - but how do we ensure it does so responsibly, equitably and ethically? Google’s former Chief Health Officer, Dr...
Take Your Moonshot: 13 Ideas to Reimagine Health
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a time where we need hope and innovation more than ever, we asked 13 health leaders—all guests on this podcast—what they would do to reimagine ...
A “Slow Tech” Approach to Health Innovation with Katie Drasser
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we think about digital tools and technology, we think of them as moving fast. Katie Drasser, CEO of Rock Health, joins me to discuss what a “sl...
Snake Oil & Smoothies: What's Up With the Booming Wellness Industry? with Amy Larocca
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the surface, what the wellness industry is offering feels like an antidote to our fragmented and fast-paced lives. Influencers and companies use wo...
Why We Need a Social Health Movement with Kasley Killam
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Loneliness isn’t just a feeling - it’s a public health crisis. The number of hours we spend with friends is rapidly decreasing, more and more Amer...
The Four Billion Dollar Question with Dr. Bechara Choucair
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if instead of treating illness we also confronted the reasons Americans get sick in the first place? That’s the origin of this podcast and also...
The Truth As We Know It with Dr. Robert Califf
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US leads the world in biomedical innovation, with about 40% of patents being filed by US scientists and companies. The FDA plays a critical role i...
Building Nest Health with Dr. Rebekah Gee
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could primary care at home unlock better health and lower costs for American families? Rebekah Gee, a physician and policymaker turned entrepreneur, j...
Shifting Power with Dr. Tony Iton (Encore Episode)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it's the civil rights movement, marriage equality or even seatbelt laws, community organizing is how change happens in America. In this encore...
Covered California: A Startup in Government with Dr. Monica Soni
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
California is full of hardworking people—nurses, teachers, delivery drivers, baristas—who keep our communities running. Many of them live paycheck...
Health Interrupted: The Stories of Six Recently Fired Federal Workers
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of massive layoffs at HHS - and so many other federal agencies and programs - we are sharing the powerful stories of federal workers who h...
Medicaid on the Brink with Katie Heidorn, Kody Kinsley & Larry Levitt
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the House approving a plan to slash $880 billion from the federal budget, all eyes are turning to Medicaid as the most likely source of cuts.&nbs...
The Empire State’s Big Bet with Amir Bassiri
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New York Medicaid has made some big bets on social care recently, and Amir Bassiri is here to answer all our questions. The bold new program centers o...
Car Sick with David Zipper
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Driving fast on the open road is almost as American as apple pie. We all remember the thrill of our first car - a symbol of American freedom and indep...
The Secret Life of Caregivers with Alexandra Drane
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An incredible 43% of Americans are unpaid caregivers, who are often alone with the burden and blessing of caring for their loved ones as life begins a...
Transforming Primary Care with AI with Dr. Kameron Matthews
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If AI is going to rapidly improve healthcare, shouldn’t we start at the ground floor - with primary care? Cityblock’s Chief Health Officer Dr. Kam...
Hard and Soft Powers with Micky Tripathi
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the past 20 years, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the ONC has played a pivotal role shaping and regulating the health tech ...
The Big Squeeze with Paul Markovich
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a lot of concern right now about healthcare affordability, but not enough action. Paul Markovich, the CEO of Blue Shield of California,...
Breaking up the Deadly Organ Transplant Monopoly with Donna Cryer
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On so many issues, Congress has not been willing or able to act. But when faced with horrifying stories of death and mismanagement, Congress finally p...
The Good Fight with Dr. Theresa Cullen
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Theresa “Terry” Cullen is on a mission to make Pima County, Arizona one of the healthiest counties in the nation. It’s a challenging goal, a...
Health and the Election with Larry Levitt
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the election just days away, Larry Levitt joins me to discuss where Harris and Trump stand on key health issues: reproductive health, affordabili...
A Bold Plan to Increase Life Expectancy in NYC with Dr. Ashwin Vasan
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you create a healthier city? As the climate shifts, screens dominate our lives and cities continue to grow - urban areas are grappling with how...
The Way Out of The Gun Violence Crisis with Dr. Megan Ranney
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In July, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a landmark advisory declaring firearm violence a national public health crisis. The advisory build...
A Case for Techno Realism with Deena Shakir
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deena Shakir is an investor who is obsessed with expanding access to the basic health services people need and often can’t access: pediatric care, c...
Moonshots and Bold Bets with Renee Wegrzyn
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Government systems often take a lot of flack for their (sometimes) built-in inability to take risks and make big bets. So, what would it take to encou...
The Crisis in Affordable Housing with Jeff Olivet
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US is living through an affordable housing crisis - in fact, we are short millions and millions of affordable housing units. During the pandemic, ...
California Tackles Healthcare Affordability with Elizabeth Mitchell
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
California is the latest state to address healthcare affordability through cost growth targets. Elizabeth Mitchell – President and CEO of Purchaser ...
Revisiting CalAIM with Dr. Palav Babaria
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The scope, scale and timeline of what California is trying to do with CalAIM is truly breathtaking. Two years after the launch of the ambitious progra...
Community Social Capital with Dr. Rishi Manchanda
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To achieve whole person care, we can try layering new social services on top of medical care. But Dr. Rishi Manchanda believes we should move further ...
From Data to Impact with Dr. Maya Petersen
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
June 18th is “Maya Petersen” day in San Francisco, in honor of her work building disease models that guided the region through the early days of C...
How NC Changed Its Mind on Medicaid Expansion with Kody Kinsley
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If there’s one thing politicians do little of these days it’s change their minds. But, that’s exactly what North Carolina’s General Assembly d...
Think Like Zink with Dr. Anne Zink
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One thing is clear from the last four years: public health leaders need to seriously upgrade their skills in communication and partnering. In this epi...
The Patient-Led Revolution with Susannah Fox
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Susannah Fox, author of Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care. The book is a deep dive into the...
COVID Leadership Lessons with Dr. Tomás Aragón
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We'll be unpacking lessons from the COVID 19 pandemic for many years to come. Dr. Tomás Aragón, who leads public health for the State of California,...
Untangling AI Bias with Dr. Ziad Obermeyer
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Using AI in healthcare comes with a lot of promise - but access to data, lack of clarity about who will pay for these tools and the challenge of creat...
Tragic and Preventable with Dr. Monica McLemore
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Black women in the US are 3-4 times more likely to die than white women from a pregnancy-related cause and overall the US has the highest rate of mate...
A Just Cause with Karen Dale
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is your just cause? Karen Dale is DC Market President for Amerihealth Caritas. She is a bold and fearless leader whose “Why” is to be a catal...
People-Centered Policy Design with Natalie Davis
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We may be politically divided, but when it comes to healthcare there is actually a lot we agree on as a nation. We want healthcare that is affordable....
Not Designed for Health with Steve Downs
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The modern world, and the products we use everyday, are making us sick. But what if we could shift this trend and start to build health into everyday ...
Caring for Rural America with Dr. Jennifer Schneider
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rural America is facing a healthcare crisis. Home to 60 million people, rural areas face a 23% higher mortality rate compared to urban locations due t...
The Best Kept Secret with Dr. Kyu Rhee
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before the phrase “social drivers of health” was commonly used, Community Health Centers had already developed a model of care that was holistic, ...
In Pursuit of Scale with Dr. Shantanu Agrawal
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is whole health here to stay, or is it a shiny new object? Our guest today is Dr. Shantanu Agrawal, Chief Health Officer at Elevance Health. He falls ...
Reinvigorating Democracy with Dr. Tony Iton
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For Dr. Tony Iton, we have to understand the past before we can shape the future. Our history of racism and exclusion laid the foundation for poor hea...
Data Foundations with Jess Kahn
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If we want people to experience whole person health – states will have to do a lot of silo-busting to integrate, streamline and coordinate disparate...
Implementation Matters with Jennifer Pahlka
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, recorded live at the Civitas Networks for Health conference in DC, I sit down with Jennifer Pahlka, author of "Recoding America", to ...
Radical Incrementalism with Dr. Pooja Mittal
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Chief Health Equity Officer, Dr. Pooja Mittal is charged with improving equity and care for Health Net’s 3 million California members. She brings...
Evidence, Community and Governance with Alan Weil
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 2 we’ll be drilling down on questions about what works and how to scale. Alan Weil is a great person to kick off this conversation. He is ...
What I've Learned So Far with Claudia Williams
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Claudia Williams started The Other 80 she was searching for evidence that whole person care – meaning the integration of social and medical car...
Health is Social Justice Work with Dr. Clemens Hong
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For Dr. Clemens Hong, health is social justice work, rooted in the community-oriented primary care movement of the 1960s. He joins us for a powerful i...
Breaking Stigma and Supporting Recovery with Corbin Petro
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly half of Americans have a family member or close friend who’s been addicted to drugs. And most are not getting the help they need. The US has ...
Reflecting on Year One of CalAIM with Jacey Cooper
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jacey Cooper, California’s Medicaid Director, gives us an on-the-ground look at California’s pathbreaking CalAIM initiative that pairs inten...
The Healthcare Leadership Crisis with Dr. Sachin Jain
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sachin Jain is setting out to build a very different kind of company—a nationally scaled nonprofit health plan, grounded in Scan’s founding story ...
The State of Mental Health with Dr. Tom Insel
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former NIMH director and renowned neuroscientist Dr. Tom Insel joins Claudia to talk about the state of mental health in America today. The conversati...
Medicaid as an Equity Engine with Dr. Aditi Mallick
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two things push Medicaid to the front of every equity conversation. First, its scale and focus. Second, its bold moves to improve equity through cover...
Building Trust with Abner Mason
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Abner Mason has spent decades working to reduce barriers to care faced by underserved people, who often experience harm and misunderstanding in their ...
Medicaid Investment and Innovation with Andy Slavitt
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many investors and founders shy away from building Medicaid-focused companies. Andy Slavitt – policymaker, investor and ‘In the Bubble’ host –...
Pioneering Whole Person Health in California with Dr. Brad Gilbert
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Investing in housing for Medicaid enrollees is one of the ways Dr. Bradley Gilbert has pioneered Whole Person Health in California. He’s an original...
Health Ecosystems with Dr. Mini Kahlon
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A move to whole person health in America is going to take a shift of the entire health ecosystem. In this episode, Claudia chats with Dr. Mini Kahlon,...
Buying Health for North Carolina with Dr. Mandy Cohen
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why is whole-person care so important? And, is it even possible to shift our current model in that direction? Former North Carolina Secretary of Healt...
Introducing “The Other 80” with Claudia Williams
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Other 80 with former senior White House advisor and entrepreneur Claudia Williams. Claudia is opening a new conversation about the move...