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Ep. 20: Sounding the Alarm, with Entrepreneur Jeff Skoll

“About a month ago in the US we had about a thousand confirmed cases; today we have about 600,000. The developing world is very much on that same pathway.” Jeff Skoll knows pandemics. More than a decade ago he launched an organization whose...

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Sounding the Alarm, with Entrepreneur Jeff Skoll

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Ep. 19: First Things First, with Senator Rick Scott

“If we do anything to get this economy going again, make it easy for the entrepreneurs in this country.” As two-term governor of Florida, Rick Scott led his state through crises including hurricanes, mass shootings, and the Zika virus. Now...

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First Things First, with Senator Rick Scott

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Ep. 18: Searchlight, with Senator Harry Reid

“At this stage, we have to recognize that there’s going to be some downtime here. But I think that with the experience we’ve had around the country, especially in New York, it’s something we can handle.” Senator Harry Reid knows about...

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Searchlight, with Senator Harry Reid

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Ep. 17: Data-Driven, with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

“There is an information-collection problem from the counties, which is where most of the data lives. We've got a team that literally goes through both by hand and using technology. … one of the things I'd say we're very proud of is being...

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Data-Driven, with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

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Ep. 16: The Translator, with PCF’s Jonathan Simons

“This is why we all went into medicine—for moments like this where we come together.” For Jonathan Simons and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, global collaboration and team science were a way of life long before the pandemic. The...

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The Translator, with PCF’s Jonathan Simons

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Ep. 15: The Record-Keeper, with Epic’s Judy Faulkner

“We do have a culture of ownership, of working hard, of wanting to be heroes helping heroes. That's one of the things you hear our staff say.” The story is familiar, even mythic: brilliant young student builds out a new technology in her...

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The Record-Keeper, with Epic’s Judy Faulkner

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Ep. 14: Renaissance Woman, with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

From serving as a frontline physician treating HIV patients in Uganda, to overseeing new therapies for a leading biopharma company, to running a renowned health sciences university, to heading the world’s largest philanthropy – Sue Desmond...

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Renaissance Woman, with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

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Ep. 13: Community, with AARP’s Jo Ann Jenkins

“It is that American spirit and willingness to give of oneself to make life better for others that is behind everything that we do at AARP.” Since taking the helm of the largest nonprofit for Americans 50 and older, Jo Ann Jenkins has built...

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Community, with AARP’s Jo Ann Jenkins

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Ep. 12: A Global View, with EY’s Carmine Di Sibio

“We've stressed to all our people and in particular our partners around the world that now is the time they really needed to be close with their clients, help them in any way they can, whether large clients, small clients and so forth...

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A Global View, with EY’s Carmine Di Sibio

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Ep. 11: Impatient, with Tempus/Groupon’s Eric Lefkofsky

“Today, if somebody’s positive for COVID-19, it still doesn't tell you what's likely to happen next. And what we're trying to do by combining clinical and molecular data is really be able to predict what's likely to happen to them next.”...

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Impatient, with Tempus/Groupon’s Eric Lefkofsky

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