Get Real with Jim Weiss
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As the founder of internationally acclaimed global health innovation company Real Chemistry, Jim Weiss knows that the key to success and leveraging one's mission is connection -- so he's reached out to innovators in and outside of healthcare to discuss what's now and what's next. He's interviewing world-renowned scientists, CEOs, public health experts, and the list goes on! It's time to GET REAL about the future of healthcare and how to be better health citizens.
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- Losing a Spouse: What No One Tells You About Grief · 51 minWhen Samina Bari lost her husband, Doug Neale, unexpectedly in 2023, she was left to navigate grief, raise their twin daughters, and manage the financial and legal…
- Survivor Winner Ethan Zohn on His Cancer Battle & the Drug That Saved His Life · 40 minEthan Zohn won Survivor: Africa for $1 million. But at 35, he faced a far bigger fight: surviving cancer. On Get Real with Jim Weiss, Ethan recounts his diagnosis with a rare…
- Dr. Mary Claire Haver: Menopause, Aging & Living Longer · 25 minMenopause is about far more than hot flashes. It can affect sleep, weight, heart health and how women age for decades to come. Dr. Mary Claire Haver returns to Get Real with Jim…
- Jim Olson: He Survived Stage IV Cancer, Then He Lost His Sight · 53 minWhat happens when the crisis expert becomes the crisis? Jim Olson built a career helping some of the world’s biggest organizations navigate the unexpected. Then his own life…
- Dan Mendelson on Fixing American Healthcare · 39 minWhy does healthcare keep getting more expensive, even as technology gets better? Dan Mendelson has spent his career trying to answer that question, from the Clinton White House…
- Alan Murray on What the World's Top CEOs Are Focused On · 37 minAlan Murray has spent decades inside the rooms where leaders make consequential decisions, from The Wall Street Journal and Fortune to today’s WSJ Leadership Institute. In this…
- Patrick Dempsey Goes Beyond Hollywood with The Dempsey Center · 32 minPatrick Dempsey's non-profit, the Dempsey Center, is dedicated to offering wraparound support to cancer patients and the people around them impacted by cancer. On this episode…
- AstraZeneca's Dave Fredrickson is on a Mission to Improve Cancer Care · 36 minJim sits down with Dave Fredrickson, Executive Vice President of AstraZeneca's Oncology Business Unit, to explore the breakthroughs reshaping cancer care and why this may be the…
- Jeremy Levin Discusses the Future of Biotech · 48 minAs a physician, scientist, entrepreneur, and biotech CEO, Jeremy Levin has spent his career helping bring innovative medicines to patients. In his book, Biotech in the Balance…
- Bob Pearson Is Getting Ahead of AI · 36 minThe rules of leadership are changing. According to Bob Pearson, success in the age of AI won't come from replacing human intelligence. It will come from learning how to amplify…
- Frank Clyburn on Building Great Healthcare Companies · 30 minFrom helping build one of the world's leading oncology businesses to serving as CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Frank Clyburn has spent his career at the intersection of…
- Dr. Richard Pazdur on the Future of Cancer Treatment · 47 minFor more than two decades, Dr. Richard Pazdur helped shape the future of cancer treatment from inside the FDA, overseeing many of the therapies that transformed care for patients…
- The Science of Psychedelics with Robin Carhart Harris · 45 minRobin Carhart-Harris is one of the world's leading researchers studying psychedelics, consciousness, and mental health. For decades, psychedelics sat on the fringes of medicine…
- Robert Croak's Financial Wisdom is Changing Lives · 45 minRobert Croak never set out to create one of the biggest product crazes of the 21st century. But when he spotted an unusual silicone rubber band at a trade show, he saw something…
- A Mother’s Mission to Cure Rett Syndrome with Monica Coenraads · 40 minWhen Monica Coenraads’ daughter was diagnosed with Rett syndrome, she refused to accept that nothing could be done. As founder and CEO of the Rett Syndrome Research Trust, she…
- How to Keep Living with Metastatic Cancer: A Conversation with Tamatha Thomas-Hasse · 34 minJim gets real about death with someone who's embracing that conversation. Tamatha Thomas-Haase, host of the podcast Grand Exit, has been living with metastatic breast cancer…
- Renée Fleming: Soprano Singer, Advocate for Music as Medicine with The FNIH · 35 minRenée Fleming has spent her life mastering sound. Now, she’s convincing science to see its power. Renée joins Jim to explore Music and Mind, her groundbreaking book, and Music as…
- Misty Copeland: Prima Ballerina and Founder of The Misty Copeland Foundation · 40 minMisty Copeland changed what was possible for generations of dancers to come. Jim and Kate sit down with Misty to talk about the determination it took to reach the top and why her…
- Maimah Karmo Is Redefining What It Means To Survive · 37 minFor Maimah Karmo, surviving cancer was just the beginning. In this episode of Get Real, Jim sits down with Maimah, founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation, who is 20 years…
- Isaac Barchas Sees The Next Biotech Boom · 44 minFor decades, the biotech industry has been concentrated in a handful of coastal hubs. But according to Isaac Barchas, one of the most significant opportunities in medicine may be…
