How to Triage Health is a health care rights podcast presented by Triage Health. In terms you can understand, each episode breaks down the legal and practical issues that impact people navigating a chronic or serious medical diagnosis, from patients and caregivers to advocates and health care professionals. Hosts: Triage Health CEO Joanna Doran, Esq., Triage Health Chief Mission Officer, Monica Bryant, Esq., Triage Health Outreach Coordinator, Michaela Tobin
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This podcast series introduces i-MPACT, a multifaceted program which aims to improve the care of patients treated with immunotherapy, while providing a better understanding of the pathophysiology associated with immune-related adverse events. Each episode features an interview with a leading expert discussing proactive, longitudinal care, as well as the potential for irAEs following treatment with immunotherapy and current toxicity management strategies.
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Me and my Fuzzybutts have backpacked thousands of miles and met a whole cast of cool and curious characters. As the founder of The Puppy Up Foundation and Fuzzbutt Studios and the father of 5 Infamous Fuzzybutts, 3 of which I've lost to cancer, we'll talk to guests that relate to our travels and inevitably to dogs. Join us for our crazy adventures on the road and on the air every Tuesdays! Puppy Up and Talk Soon. Grayson, Indiana & Luke (aka Yer Big Dog)
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Welcome to the Innovatively Speaking podcast, where we dive into the origins of the next big things...we’re talking about the who, why and how of ideas that are changing what’s possible here at the Medical University of South Carolina and in some cases, all across the world! Join us as we talk to expert guests and explore breakthrough ideas and technology that are reshaping life and health care in exceptional ways!
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Episode 9: Navigating Life Transitions: Insurance, Legal, and Financial Essentials
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23:22In this episode: Turning 18, moving, changing jobs, or going through open enrollment are all life transitions that can significantly impact your insurance, legal, and financial well-being. In this episode of How to Triage Health, host Michaela Tobin is joined by Triage Cancer’s Chief Mission Officer, Monica Bryant, Esq., to unpack the essentials yo…
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Episode 8: Medicare Myths, Mistakes, and Must-Knows
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38:58Host: Michaela Tobin, Outreach Coordinator, Triage CancerGuests: Monica Fawzy Bryant, Esq., Chief Mission Officer, Triage Cancer Amanda Goodstadt, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, Triage Cancer In this episode: Medicare can feel complicated, but understanding the basics is essential for making the best decisions about your health care. In this episode …
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Episode 7: Cancer, Fertility, and Insurance: Breaking Down Barriers
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43:53Host: Michaela Tobin, Triage Cancer Outreach CoordinatorGuests: Monica Fawzy Bryant, Esq., Chief Mission Officer, Triage Cancer Joyce Dillon Reinecke, JD, Executive Director, Alliance for Fertility Preservation In this episode: A cancer diagnosis often means making decisions quickly, and one critical but sometimes overlooked area is fertility prese…
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In this episode: Uncertainty is something we all face, but for individuals living with serious health conditions, and their caregivers, it can feel overwhelming. In this episode, host Michaela Tobin is joined by Monica Bryant and special guest Julie Larson, LCSW, to explore practical ways to find calm, stay grounded, and build resilience in the mid…
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Episode 5: Breaking News: What's in the “Big Bill” & How it Impacts You
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28:59In this episode: In this timely and important episode of How to Triage Health, host Michaela Tobin and Chief Mission Officer Monica Bryant debrief on the record-breaking turnout for Triage Cancer’s recent webinar on the newly passed Budget Reconciliation Act (often referred to as the “Big Bill”) and announce a second webinar to meet the overwhelmin…
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Episode 4: Managing Work and a Health Condition: Your Legal Protections Explained
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35:09In this episode: In this episode of the How to Triage Health podcast, host Michaela Tobin is joined by Monica Bryant, Esq., COO at Triage Health, to explore the complex relationship between employment and serious or chronic health conditions. They discuss how employment is often more than just a paycheck; it’s often a source of stability, purpose, …
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Episode 3: Medicare 2025: What’s New and How It Affects You
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28:10In this episode: Michaela Tobin is joined by Monica Bryant to break down critical updates to the Medicare program that impact more than 68 million Americans. They explore key changes around prescription drug coverage in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, including the new $2,000 out-of-pocket maximum and the rollout of the Medicare Prescription P…
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In the second episode of the How to Triage Health Podcast, Outreach Coordinator Michaela Tobin and COO Monica Bryant recap their time at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, highlighting the importance of staying connected to new science, policy developments, and industry partnerships. Monica and Michaela also take a deep …
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Episode 1: About Triage Cancer and Triage Health
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21:18In the premiere episode of How to Triage Health, host Michaela Tobin sits down with Monica Bryant, COO and co-founder of Triage Cancer, for an insightful conversation about the organization’s mission and evolution. Founded in 2012 alongside CEO Joanna Doran, Triage Cancer has long been a vital resource for individuals navigating the complex legal a…
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i-MPACT Podcast - Ep. 12 - Dr. Mike McCall (Part 2 of 2)
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39:08In part two of this two-part interview, host Dr. John Walker sits down for a candid conversation with Dr. Mike McCall, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Surgical Oncology and General Surgery at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. The i-MPACT Podcast is a series that discusses cutting edge research and treatments related to the immune system’s dynamic …
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i-MPACT Podcast - Ep. 12 - Dr. Mike McCall (Part 1 of 2)
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41:17In part one of this two-part interview, host Dr. John Walker sits down for a candid conversation with Dr. Mike McCall, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Surgical Oncology and General Surgery at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. The i-MPACT Podcast is a series that discusses cutting edge research and treatments related to the immune system’s dynamic …
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S3 Episode 21: The Passing of Indiana Jones. We'll be back soon!
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8:47Hey everyone we apologize for the radio silence this past month but if you've been following either me or Ginger or social media well you know Indiana Jones was given rest June 13th and it was a tough and tragic loss. The past 6 months have been hard. As a memorial to my son I'm camping out in Austin for 47 days to do art and comedy through which I…
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i-MPACT Podcast - Ep. 11 - Dr. Egiroh Omene
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1:09:53Dr. John Walker chats with Dr. Egiroh Omene, MD, FRCPC and neuro-oncologist at the Cross Cancer Institute at the University of Alberta. The i-MPACT Podcast is a series that discusses cutting edge research and treatments related to the immune system’s dynamic role in health and disease. It is designed with both health professionals and patients in m…
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Telehealth Breakthrough: Inside MUSC's Innovative Virtual Triage Program
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23:23On the season 3 finale of Innovatively Speaking, Dr. Jesse Goodwin speaks with Dr. Jeanhyong "Danny" Park, the director of Innovation for the Division of Emergency Medicine Telehealth. Dr. Park discusses his work in developing the MUSC's virtual triage program in the emergency department. Being the only center in the country that's doing this right…
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S3 Episode 20: Tractive with Andrew Bleiman
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1:01:11When Indiana and Yer Big Dog walked the length of the west coast on the PCH we were sponsored by a startup company that made a GPS tracking system for dogs. Unfortunately it didn't really work but I always knew a company would perfect the technology. Andrew Bleiman joins us for this episode to present Tractive, a cutting edge technology that tracks…
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We're excited to have one of the most esteemed and accomplished veterinary oncologists on our podcast this week. Doug Thamm is a professor and researcher at the Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University and the head of countless studies on novel cancer therapeutics. It's a good thing Ginger couldn't join us for this episode so Dr. Tha…
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Dr. Shadi Ireifei joins Fuzzybutts & Friends for an update on several great products and platforms Vet Triage has recently launched! From a platform for Spanish speaking people to equine services to Veterinarian mentoring they are doing great things for veterinary medicine! Learn more at https://vettriage.com/ --------- Thanks to our sponsor for th…
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Accelerator Programs and Innovation Engagement
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34:25On this episode of Innovatively Speaking, we speak with Todd Headley, the CEO of the Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization (ZI). We discuss how Charleston has grown to an innovation hotspot as well as how ZI, the technology transfer office of MUSC, is working to provide answers and support for all the ideas coming in. 00:00 The start of…
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S3 Episode 17: Brett Simon, Service Dogs 4 Vets
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57:37Yer Big Dog has always said we need more dudes doing great things for dogs! A few weeks ago I met Brett Simon by virtue of our work for Fetch Petcare. His mom didn't let him have a dog when he was a kid so the first job he signed up for was as a K9 officer and that changed his life. Brett then worked on a military service dog program in Iraq after …
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It's time for another edition of Fuzzybutts in the News and this episode is both freaky, funny & frightening. If you haven't met Sparkles check out this video first! https://youtu.be/MG4PPkCyJig?si=NycSUPHRKZSPysEF The addition of fur to Boston Dynamics famous robot dog Spot changes the game and Ginger and I discuss it to silly lengths. And then ou…
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Our good friend and veterinary oncologist extraordinaire stopped by to talk about new and exciting tools to beat cancer in our canine companions! But before we talk data and exciting tech, Craig shares a wonderful story about his family and fuzzybutts. It's a powerful and poignant example of the bond between companion animals and their human mates!…
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S3: Episode 14: Vet Behaviorist Dr Christopher Pachel
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1:07:31Dr. Chris stops by Fuzzybutt Studios today to talk about his life's work as a veterinary behaviorist and wow what an episode! We talk about everything from instinct dog training, to enriching environments for your fuzzybutt, to Neuralink for pets! And even the pathology of humping dogs! Learn more about the important work of Dr. Pachel at his websi…
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In this powerful episode Dr. Jaime Modiano joins us from his lab at the University of Minnesota to talk cancer technology amongst many other timely and important topics: diagnostics, AI in cancer detection, evolutionary genetics and metastasis, and even the economics of veterinary medicine. It's our second conversation with Dr Modiano and he will u…
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S3 Episode 12: Dr Pamela Jones, QBiotics
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1:16:45In this episode we introduce another tool in the increasingly growing box of new therapeutics for treating cancer in your canine companions! This one, Stelfonta, targets specifically Mast Cell Tumors (MCT) although its plant based small molecule compound may hopefully become a platform technology for treating other types of cancer. Dr. Pamela Jones…
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S3 Episode 11. Julie Louther, Communicating with Animals
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1:20:22We most often discuss scientific and quantifiable topics but this episode delves into things unseen and perhaps unknowable. Brought back to life by her dog Smokie when she was 10 years old, Julie Louther has devoted her journey to understanding the spiritual world and the energy that connects all things. Julie practices shamanism and interspecies t…
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The second episode of stories and photos celebrating the 16th anniversary of Yer Big Dog's Walk 1 from Austin to Boston! Please consider making a donation of $16 to the Puppy Up Foundation in honor of our 16th anniversary to support our work on companion cancer: https://www.puppyup.org/ Thanks to our sponsor for this episode and maker of great hemp…
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In this episode, Chief Innovation Officer Jesse Goodwin, Ph.D., talks with Arman Kilic, M.D., Director of the Harvey and Marcia Schiller Surgical Innovation Center at MUSC. Dr. Kilic discusses how artificial intelligence is being used to advance medicine and treatment in transplantation, through machine learning. Through AI, new risk models are bei…
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S3 Episode 9: Mindi Callison, Bailing Out Benji
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1:31:28Our second installment on the tragic systemic problem of puppy mills in the United States. Mindi Callison is the founder and Executive Director of the amazing and inspiring nonprofit dedicated to putting an end to what Yer Big Dog is calling the big business of dog trafficking. It's a candid, compassionate and solution driven discussion and Mindi i…
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S3 Episode 8: Julia Lauria, Brutus Bone Broth
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1:11:47It's time for outdoor adventuring with your fuzzybutts and as it gets hotter across the northern hemisphere, properly hydrating and maintaining electrolytic balance becomes crucial to companion animal health and safety. Julia Lauria is the CMO of Brutus Bone Broth an inspiring company with an impressive product line of broth based products for a wh…
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We've flipped the switch with this episode for the upcoming 16th anniversary of Puppy Up. Instead of being the host of the show this time Yer Big Dog is the guest! It's the first in a series of specials we're recording for our March 16th celebration and in this one we talk about YBD's origin story and more importantly the story of Malcolm which is …
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S3 Episode 6: David Haworth Embark Vet
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1:06:37We've had Dr. David Haworth on our show before and he's back again this time working with another innovative vet tech company, Embark. The leader in breed and genetic health testing, Embark has launched a new series of tests specifically designed to give pet parents more data about health and disease risks. Embark's gut and oral health tests provid…
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S3 Episode 5: Sheri Throop on Dog Scouts of America
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1:10:04If we had to pick a theme for this week's fun and funny episode it's enriching your relationship with your fuzzybutts. We're joined by a dear friend and part of the Puppy Up family, Sheri Throop. Sheri has also been a big part of Dog Scouts of America for almost 2 decades! The mission of DOA is making responsible pet parents through thier 144 educa…
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We've had Dr. Andi Flory on our show before but she is back on to talk about some wonderful new developments with PetDX's cancer detection technology! And since our last conversation with Dr. Flory PetDX has published 6 new research papers one of which studied the average age of cancer diagnosis according to specific breeds. This research became th…
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S3 Episode 3: Fuzzybutts in the News
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1:06:45Starting in Season 3 is our news feature in which Ginger and Yer Big Dog discuss current topics affecting our fuzzybutts, cute animal stories, pics and videos of cross species companionhip and much more! In our first episode of Fuzzybutt News we cover the mysterious and sometimes fatal dog illness that's concerning veterinarians across the country,…
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S3 Episode 2. Karen Eckert - Talk Dog to Me
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1:03:49We love talking to guests who are fiery and fiesty about the welfare of our fuzzybutts! Karen Eckert has been taking care of client's kids through her doggie daycare - Karen's K9 Petcare LLC - for years. But the prevalence of puppy mills in her home state of Wisconsin inspired her to launch a line of merchandise to bring awarenes to the problem of …
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Welcome back for the start of Season 3 of Fuzzybutts & Friends! We hope you had a warm and wonderful holiday with your family. For ours, it was very stressful and worrisome as YBD's 12 year old Great Pyrenees, Indiana fell ill with an infection. Indy is much better now as we treated his infection aggressively both systemically and topically but it …
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S2: Episode 46: Season Finale. Favs. Happy Holidays
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29:25It's the end of Season 2 and Ginger and YBD have some Fuzzybutts & Friend Favs - stocking stuffers and gift ideas and suggestions for your kids. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to our audience see you next year! Season 3 starts January 16th 2024! https://geniestherapeutics.com/ https://bowserbeer.com/ https://www.puppyup.org/shop/ -------- #Fuzz…
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It's the holiday travel season when some pet parents must leave their fuzzybutts at home. Having to rely on strange people to take care of their kids is a frightening situation for some and the tough economy has produced no shortage of side hustling dog walkers. Fetch Pet Care provides local, thoroughly vetted and trained professionals and a whole …
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S2:Episode 44: Pet Loss with Colleen Ellis
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1:00:12The holiday season can be sad and lonely for some and our special guest this episode has spent decades learning about the psychology of grief and mourning as well as the importance of celebrating life. Colleen Ellis founded Two Hearts Pet Loss Center for not only parents of fuzzybutts but for veterinary care providers who have such a critical role …
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S2: Episode 43: Dixie Memorial Pet Gardens
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1:19:53A powerful, poignant episode about caring for our companion animals after they have left us. But it's more than that. It's about family and the love of our fuzzybutts as well as honoring and remembering them well. Daniel Russom joins us from Dixie Memorial Pet Gardens where Yer Big Dog had Hudson and Murphy cremated and Ginger many of her kids as w…
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Our Fuzzybutts & Friends Special Thanksgiving Day Episode will drop on November 23rd! In this brief update we also share foods your fuzzybutts both canine and feline can and can't eat this holiday. It was a new list for us and a couple of items were unexpected and require further research! Safe travels this holiday week! Puppy Up see you Thursday!…
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We love providing you with as many tools in the proverbial toolbox to take exceptional care of your fuzzybutts. And Dr. Robert Silver came with many for you in this episode. We start with an important discussion of the differences or more precisely lack of them between conventional or Western veterinary medicine versus Eastern. It's different data …
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S2 Episode 41: Cryopets with Kai Micah Mills
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1:16:32Imagine a pet hospital at which you take your companion animal for a routine non life threatening procedure and the unthinkable occurs. A unexpected complication turns potentially fatal and yet this hospital has a cryopet satellite that can biologically pause the life of your pet until medical technology has developed sufficiently enough to save it…
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S2 Episode 40: Vet Techs w Trey & Sammie Cercone
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1:07:47If you've listened or watched Episode 39, Yer Big Dog interviewed Trey Cercone about his beauty Sammie who was recently diagnosed with cancer. The conversation was unintentionally interrupted by the band at the walk so I promised to have Trey back on. And it also gave us a unique opportunity to do a podcast about the profession of Veterinay Technic…
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In this first of a kind episode, Yer Big Dog spent some time talking to parents who have all been touched by cancer at this year's Puppy Up walk in Memphis. This episode truly reinforces the One Cancer approach to our foundation and each story is powerful and packed with personal experiences and information. Interview 1: Chris and Lucky Interview 2…
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Transforming Cancer Care: The Hollings Cancer Center
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32:17In this episode, Chief Innovation Officer Jesse Goodwin, Ph.D., engages in an insightful conversation with Ray DuBois, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC. Together, they explore upcoming advancements that hold the potential to revolutionize the way we understand and combat cancer including an overview of the the world of ca…
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S2: Episode 38: Stef Michaels Adventure Girl
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1:00:34Stef Michaels is a girl who's gone on many, many adventures and with a penchant for French named fuzzybutts: Dexter, Beaujolais and Guillaume, the stars of this episode! Stef is the founder, the brand of Adventure Girl, her platform for global living, and she is a passionate believer in Threads, Meta's competitor to Twitter/X. Unintendedly, Stef an…
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S2: Episode 37 Muttville Senior Dog Rescue
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1:08:16It's tough to talk about senior dogs without getting a little sad. But our guest today has made caring and homing our geriatric mates her passion and the joy that it has brought her for decades shines through in this episode. Sherri Franklin founded Muttville in 2007 and has rescued over 11,000 dogs in the Bay area but they do more than find foreve…
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S2 Episode 36: Genie's Therapeutics
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1:26:40We've explored the natural medicinal power of the cannabis plant in previous episodes but this time we're focused on one specific cannabanoid that everyone's hearing about these days: CBD. Alex Kozushin adopted an Airedale named Genie who was diagnosed with cancer at 7 and like some pet parents couldn't afford traditional therapy. Driven by love an…
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Pharmacy Efficiency Redefined: QuicksortRX
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29:52On this episode of Innovatively Speaking, we speak with Jonathan Yantis, the CEO and Co-Founder of QuickSortRx. Founded by pharmacists and technologists from MUSC, QuickSortRX helps pharmacy supply chains improve efficiency by providing real-time analysis and instant reporting on drug pricing and contract changes. Yantis tells us the story of their…
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