The Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi
Our national politics are crazy right now aren’t they? Haven’t they always been? It all seems like a Jenga game about to topple at any moment and the piece about to be removed by the media is sanity. If you’re like me, then we’re both fed up with the hype that passes for hope. Our response is the Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi. Beyond clickbait headlines and recycled left-right talking points are powerful unexplored ideas to level up our communities, country and planet. We traffic in solutions arbitrage: real policies and innovations that can expand the edge of what’s possible for our country. We are unafraid to take big swings at the hard policy and social questions confronting the US. Our guests will be a provocative mash-up of intellectuals, creative renegades, and leaders. Listen in and become more than just “cocktail party” smart. Set fire to the political status quo. Together, we can extend the half-life of hope one citizen, one story, one possibility at a time. And that’s not crazy at all.
Episodes
37 episodes
Ep. 36 - Virtual Care and Medicine 3.0: Chronic Disease and the Future of Healthcare Innovation with Dr. John Allen & Dr. Sameer Berry
Dr John Allen is a giant in gastroenterology and a former president of the American Gastroenterological Association. He has joined forces to work with Dr Sameer Berry to create one of the most exciting breakthroughs in virtual care: Oshi Health...
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Ep. 35 - Overcoming Obstacles To Leadership Women, Minorities, and Economically Disadvantaged Communities with Jessica Lall
Jessica Lall in the LA Mayoral Race of the City of Angels, City of Leaders, She discusses the Housing Crisis and the Future of Political Engagement. Jessica Lall has been at the forefront of policy and social reform here in Los Angeles for year...
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Ep. 34 - Burnout, Mental Health, and the New Role of Work: Emotional Well-Being with Michelle E. Dickinson
Michelle Dickinson has had her dark night of the soul and she has used her pain to create powerful advocacy and consulting platform to guide organizations to create emotional well-being. In this captivating interview, we talk about trauma, refe...
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Ep. 33 - Meaning to Grief: Death Positivity and End of Life Doulas with Ashley Johnson
Ashley Johnson was put on a path. After losing a close friend to colon cancer at a devastatingly young age, she embarked on a mission to take away the fear and uncertainty around the dying process. It's so often clouded and hyper-medicalized in...
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Ep. 32 - Crime and Punishment: Public Safety with Magnus Lofstrom PhD
Magnus Lofstrom PhD is one of those sophisticated intellectuals that has mastered such a breadth and depth of knowledge, but with such a casual and unassuming manner, I was immediately impressed and more than a little envious. In this fascinati...
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Ep. 31 - Are The Kids Okay? Parenting, Education, and the Flourishing of Children with Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn is an American author and lecturer in the areas of education, parenting, and human behavior. He is a proponent of progressive education and has offered critiques of many traditional aspects of parenting, managing, and American societ...
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Ep. 30 - Disruption with Digital Medicine: Beyond Medicine with Rami Webhi, DO
Rami Webhi is one of those rare polymaths in medicine that is able to serve patients, understand clinical research, and innovate on the enterprise and business side of healthcare. If the traditional physician-scholar worked "bench to bedside," ...
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Ep. 29 - Growing Together by Growing Further Peter Kelly PhD on Sustainable Agricultural Development
Peter Kelly is one of the leading agricultural scientists in the world, and has started a novel advocacy, research, and policy non-profit Grow Further. It is focused on creating a food secure world. They engage farmers, scientists, and individu...
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Ep. 28 - How Media Shapes The Dialogue For Better Or Worse with Corey Nathan
Corey Nathan is an iconoclast and a free thinker in the best sense of the word. Like me, he hosts an amazing podcast - called Talkin' Politics and Religion Without Killing Each Other. And like me, he shares a spirit of civil discourse with peop...
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Ep. 27 - Menagerie of Healing - Animal Rights, Compassion, and Communion with Ellie Laks of the Gentle Barn
Ellie Lak is a hero, advocating for the well-being and care of some of the Earth's most vulnerable creatures. As more attention is being paid to the climate and the way humans treat the planet, Ellie has been a pioneer for decades in demonstrat...
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Ep. 26 - Burnout Liberation Work Life Integration for the Modern Desk Warrior with Anna K Schaffner PHD
That feeling of needing to get more done but not having the energy to do is a ubiquitous feature of the ambience that characterizes modern life, and one that Professor Anna K Schaffner knows well. Having gone through her own burnout experience,...
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Ep. 25 - Health or Hype Medical Misinformation in the Modern Media with Dr Nina Shapiro
In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Nina Shapiro, Dr. Nina is the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology and a Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She has the rare ability to understand complex med...
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Ep. 24 - Future Medicine Disruption of Healthcare Delivery
In this episode, Rusha interviews Praveen Suthrum, Praveen is the healthcare whisperer. A well-known thought leader on the GI business industry, he has become the go to figure to predict the headwinds of the future of healthcare. His insights a...
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Ep. 23 - Luxury, Health, and Virtue The Wellness Phenomenon in American Culture with Natalia Petrzela
In this episode, Rusha interviews Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Natalia is a burst of energy, both professional, personal and physical. She is a historian of contemporary American politics and culture, an activist, as well as one of the most sought...
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Ep. 22 - Catalyzing Human Connection Social Reform through Empathy with Pete Bombaci
In this episode, Rusha interviews Pete Bombaci, Pete is the head of a non-profit from Canada that seeks to connect people to people. His organization has been a major voice in the battle against isolation, alienation, tribalization, animosity, ...
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Ep. 21 - Ethical Couture to Clothe and Change the World Looking Good and Living Well with Jeff Garner
In this episode, Rusha interviews Jeff Garner, Jeff is a self-described Southern Gentleman, is one of the hottest fashion designers in the world. He’s dressed some of the biggest celebrities of today including Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Gisele and ...
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Ep. 20 - Mindfulness for Developing Minds: Emotional Well-Being, Growth, and Self Awareness with Eric Loucks PhD
In this episode, Rush interviews Eric Loucks PhD, Eric discusses how mindfulness can be beneficial for students in their academic and personal lives. He also discusses the difference between mindfulness and self-awareness. He shares how mindful...
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Ep. 19 - Captivating People: The Power of Personality and Psychographic Profiles in Politics with Merrick Rosenberg
In this episode, Rusha interviews Merrick Rosenberg, who discusses the new media landscape and how we all interact wit each other. Merrick discusses the four styles of communication, which are the: Eagle, Dove, Owl, and Parrot. He explains that...
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Ep. 18 - Minimizing Disparities for a Diverse Physician Workforce
In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Shenelle N. Wilson, M.D. She is a fellowship-trained urologist/urogynecologist and pelvic surgeon who specializes in urinary and sexual health issues in women and men. She also specializes in urologic care ...
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Ep. 17 - Forces that Divide, Forces that Bind: Entrepreneurship, History, and Communal Dialogue in Healthcare with Gregory Taylor MD
In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Gregory L. Taylor, II, MBA, MD. Gregory Taylor is the Founding Medical Director of Keck Signature Care of USC Concierge Medicine. He discusses that with the pandemic going on for around two years now, and t...
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Ep. 16 - Free Markets to Free People: How Real Estate Development Can Address Housing Insecurity in America with Vikram Raya MD
A lot of politicians talk about homelessness but few people have actual business experience in how to develop and invest in residential and commercial properties themselves. The housing crisis will not be solved by neat and clean white papers o...
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Ep. 15 - Leadership During a Crisis: Calamity and Resilience at the Apex of COVID 19 with Felipe Osorno Executive Administrator, Continuum of Care Operations and Value Improvement at Keck Medicine of USC
What happens when you face a once in a hundred year pandemic at one of the major academic medical centers in the second largest urban metropolis in the country? Felipe Osorno knows. He is the executive administrator for Continuum of Care Operat...
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Ep. 14 - Citizen's Manifesto: Commentary on Trump and Modern American Discourse with Simon Chadwick
Simon Chadwick grew up in apartheid South Africa and saw the horrors of how totalitarian regimens gain power and oppress their people. His father, Bishop Graham Chadwick, was a prominent anti-apartheid activist who was exiled from the regime. S...
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Ep. 13 - A Scientist’s Search For Truth: COVID-19 Distilled with Purvi Parikh MD FACP FACAAI
I truly thought that at the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 would help bring us as a nation together. I was quickly disabused of that notion. More surprisingly were the attacks on the credibility of physicians and scientists themselves. Dr....
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Ep. 12 - Hunger for Reform: A Path Forward for the Obesity Epidemic with Fatima Cody Stanford MD MPH MBA FAAP FACP FAHA FAMWA FTOS
Dr. Stanford is nothing less than an all-star. She is the most credentialed academic physician I’ve yet to meet and that’s saying something given the people I have had the privilege to work with. She’s a world-renown expert on obesity and opera...
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