Some things come to stay. Podcasts manage this with almost nothing: a voice and a good question. No slides, no b-roll – just people who know their field thinking out loud. Here are five we actually learn from, not just listen to.
Where clinical reality meets model behavior. Guests are pushed on study design, external validation, dataset bias, failure modes, and what not to deploy at the bedside. If “does it generalize?” matters to you, this show asks it every time.
Raising Health (a16z Bio + Health)
How products are paid for (codes, contracts), how teams cross the “pilot trap,” and how founders negotiate with health systems without losing the plot. Smart questions on margins, unit economics, and regulatory strategy.
The operator’s weather report. CIOs, CMIOs, and CISOs unpack EHR realities, data plumbing, security incidents, and vendor management. Less vision, more “here’s what actually worked and what we rolled back.”
Useful when policy and delivery collide. Reimbursement shifts, virtual care rules, EU/US regulatory ripples, plus how all this lands in hospitals and startups. Good for tracking what changes first: law, payer behavior, or procurement.
A genuinely global lens. Episodes reveal how incentives, infrastructure, and culture differ across markets, why a model that sings in the Nordics stalls in the US, or how DTx is commissioned in Germany vs. the UK.