Lifers with Christina Farr

By Christina Farr

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Veteran journalist, investor, and Second Opinion Media founder Chrissy Farr talks with the CEOs and founders who've been in the trenches long enough to know that healthcare doesn't move at startup speed. These aren't the entrepreneurs chasing quick exits—they're the "lifers" who understand that building in healthcare requires endless pivots, regulatory navigation, and decade-long timelines. No hype, just honest conversations about what it really takes. Each episode explores healthcare innovation, startup strategy, medical technology and AI, health system transformation, and investment insights from operators who've navigated regulatory challenges, clinical trials, reimbursement complexities, and the unique dynamics of the healthcare industry.

Episode Date
President of Microsoft Science saw ChatGPT coming (and now he predicts how it will change healthcare) | Peter Lee
Mar 10, 2026
Othman Laraki, Color CEO, on surviving three major pivots
Mar 03, 2026
Dr. Ari Hoffman on escaping the era of pagers and eFaxes
Feb 24, 2026
Why longevity author Dr. Zeke Emanuel thinks you can eat the ice cream
Feb 18, 2026
Dr. Robert Wachter on why healthcare is finally ready for its "giant leap" because of AI
Feb 10, 2026
Niyum Gandhi, CFO of Mass General Brigham & Mike Desjadon, CEO of Anomaly: Why hospitals are increasingly falling into the red
Feb 03, 2026
Dr. Kameron Matthews & Inlightened President Shelli Pavone on saving primary care from collapse
Jan 13, 2026
Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN on why healthcare doesn’t need more toxic positivity
Jan 06, 2026
How money really flows in healthcare with Claimable CEO Warris Bokhari & Anomaly CEO Mike Desjadon
Dec 16, 2025
V Bento, Sword Health CEO: Building real clinical AI (not API wrappers), outcomes pricing, and winning from Portugal
Dec 09, 2025
Michelle Carnahan, Arbiter CEO: From Eli Lilly to solving healthcare's $100B fragmentation crisis
Dec 02, 2025
Lantern's Dickon Waterfield on rising healthcare costs and how Medicaid cuts will impact businesses
Jul 09, 2025
Why is the longevity sector taking off? With Lifeforce CEO Dugal Bain-Kim
Jun 25, 2025
Meeting people where they are: Healthcare in America's laundromats with Fabric's Courtney Bragg
Jun 18, 2025
Are we all out of a job? Examining AI’s impact in health with Towerbrook’s Eric Larsen
Jun 11, 2025
From Hinge Health’s IPO to Regeneron buying 23andMe: Unpacking the mega deals of the week
Jun 04, 2025
Why tech and medicine need each other with GC's Steve Klasko & THL Partners' Jessie Beegle
May 28, 2025
Healthcare’s “original sin” with Stephen Buck, CEO of Courage Health
May 21, 2025
The power of patient data & the future of health tech with Microsoft's Peter Lee and Dave deBronkart
May 14, 2025
How dietary guidelines changed our rate of aging with Stephanie Venn-Watson
May 07, 2025
The healthcare check-in: HES, tariffs, AI and more
Apr 16, 2025
Dr. Jeff Wessler on longevity: heart attacks aren't random
Apr 09, 2025
Why 25% of Gen Z might need a different type of healthcare, with Liana Guzmán, CEO of FOLX
Apr 02, 2025
The fertility conversation we're not having (but should) with Carrot's Dr. Asima Ahmad
Mar 26, 2025
Are there better alternatives to Ozempic with Sami Inkinen, CEO of Virta Health
Mar 19, 2025
Why health care entrepreneurs need to be missionaries, not mercenaries — with angel investor Zen Chu
Mar 12, 2025
Distribution advantage: Are influencers the new moat in healthcare? with Headline VC's Georgina McMillan
Feb 26, 2025
Let's talk about men's health: hormones, longevity, and cultural shifts, with Hone CEO Saad Alam
Feb 05, 2025
Dr. Dean Ornish proved heart disease Is reversible. Now he's doing it with Alzheimer's
Jan 29, 2025
Why healthcare needs more rule breakers with Jonathan Bush, CEO of Zus Health
Jan 22, 2025
The $1M patient keeping employers up at night w/ Lantern CEO John Zutter & Matt Harmon
Jan 18, 2025
The $500 billion healthcare problem nobody talks about w/ Mike Desjadon, CEO of Anomaly Health
Jan 08, 2025
Why healthcare innovation can't wait for politics with Andrea Ippolito, CEO of SimpliFed
Dec 04, 2024
The biotech reset
Nov 20, 2024
Future of American healthcare: post-election with Zeke Emanuel
Nov 16, 2024
Why healthcare is losing its women CEOs
Nov 01, 2024
Curing more than disease: Rob Perez's mission to transform communities
Oct 23, 2024
Stanford Medicine's Dean Dr. Lloyd Minor on the Future of Medical Education
Oct 16, 2024
What digital health needs most: Evidence
Oct 09, 2024
Where the jobs are and aren’t in digital health
Oct 02, 2024
AI's role in diagnosing disease -- with Dr. Isaac Kohane of Harvard Medical School
Sep 25, 2024
Scaling a taboo-breaking business with Origin's CEO Carine Carmy
Sep 18, 2024
The problem with bad therapy — with Alex Katz, Two Chairs CEO
Sep 11, 2024
All the things we don’t tell women with author Leslie Schrock
Sep 04, 2024
Selling into the employer is harder than it's ever been with Included Health's Owen Tripp
Aug 28, 2024
Raising from VC and PE in Health Tech with Meg FitzGerald of Grey Ghost Capital
Aug 21, 2024
Big tech's healthcare hurdles with Sumit Nagpal, CEO of Cherish
Aug 14, 2024
Breaking down biotech with Daphne Zohar: VC dynamics, drug development, and the Biosecure Act
Aug 07, 2024
Whose job is it to prevent chronic disease? with Dr. Robin Berzin, Founder & CEO of Parsley Health
Jul 31, 2024
Introducing Second Opinion
Jun 17, 2024