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Ep. 38: Disparities, with Freda Lewis-Hall

“One of the other things that has come to light with regards to COVID-19 are health disparities….in the infection rates and the hospitalization rates and in the death rates of certain communities.” As a young African American girl growing...

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Disparities, with Freda Lewis-Hall

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Ep. 37: Resilience, with Hospitality Icon Stephen J. Cloobeck

“The consumer is resilient. Vacations are mandatory. I believe the cruise business within a year will be back. I truly believe that. And I believe the [Las Vegas] Strip will be back within that period of time too.” As the founder of Diamond...

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Resilience, with Hospitality Icon Stephen J. Cloobeck

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Ep. 36: The Pioneer, with the National Cancer Institute’s Steven Rosenberg

“We're perhaps working now at 10% of where we were working before the COVID infections. It's heartbreaking to think what cancer patients are going through as they're watching their cancers grow, and yet have to deal with this threat of the...

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The Pioneer, with the National Cancer Institute’s Steven Rosenberg

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Ep. 35: Access, with Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon

“This is a demand shutdown in the economy that's affecting all businesses….If you're a small business, your access to capital in some cases can be limited, [so] that's why getting resources to these small businesses that employ so many is...

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Access, with Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon

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Ep. 34: Upside Down, with Vivek Ramaswamy

“Seeing my own family members in New York go through what they're going through has...not only turned our personal life upside down, but also has turned upside down...the near-term priorities of our company to help do our part in addressing...

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Upside Down, with Vivek Ramaswamy

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Ep. 33: Public-Private Partners, with DFC’s Adam Boehler

There are places in the United States now with little to no cases, and if the states have the ability to do contact tracing with some testing to ensure that if there's a flare we can move quickly, then I think it's fine to open up now as...

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Public-Private Partners, with DFC’s Adam Boehler

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Ep. 32: Sequencing, with Illumina’s Francis deSouza

“The first genome sequence of the virus that was published on January 12th online was done on Illumina machines, and so we have been working on this outbreak [since] well before it became a pandemic.” Sequencing DNA quickly and cheaply has...

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Sequencing, with Illumina’s Francis deSouza

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Ep. 31: Backstop, with the Veterans Health Administration’s Richard Stone

“As we began to see in January the evolution of this virus...we began reorienting ourselves to our inpatient responsibilities and to the potential that the nation would need us to be its backstop in a healthcare system.” Dr. Richard Stone’s...

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Backstop, with the Veterans Health Administration’s Richard Stone

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Ep. 30: Values, with Kroger’s Rodney McMullen

“We made the decision to share publicly all the work that we were doing internally in case it could be helpful….We're trying to pay it forward just like others paid it forward to us.” When Rodney McMullen took a high school job bagging...

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Values, with Kroger’s Rodney McMullen

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Ep. 29: Powerhouse, with Siemens USA’s Barbara Humpton

“We often talk about Siemens as being a company that was built to serve society. And that mission really hasn't changed….We have real expertise in electrification, automation, and digitalization. And that's all coming into play right now as...

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Powerhouse, with Siemens USA’s Barbara Humpton

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