The transcendent power of music
West Australian instrumentalist and drummer Sam Maher performs on the handpan, exploring the ability for this instrument to transcend language and medicine.
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Quality care pioneer Tom Lee reveals his passionate quest to define empathy as a business asset and the reduction of patient suffering as a desirable outcome.
The problem with race-based medicine
Global scholar, University of Pennsylvania civil rights sociologist, and law professor Dorothy Roberts exposes the myths of race-based medicine.
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The secret ingredient for ending world hunger
Author, activist and academic Raj Patel introduces a novel “technology” to global farming that can help decrease chronic child malnutrition and ensure food sovereignty.
Saving the planet means straying from the herd
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Why we can’t stop eating unhealthy foods
Sugar scientist and UCSF professor of health policy Laura Schmidt questions whether consumers really do have freedom of choice – and what policymakers can learn from corporations in …
A dignified solution for wasted food
Former president of Trader Joe’s and founder of Daily Table, Doug Rauch, reveals how he plans to water food deserts by minimizing food waste – and why cultural …