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Unavoidable Collisions
What does it mean to succeed in healthcare for Oliver, CEO of Zocdoc? In the inaugural episode of Commons Healthcare, journalist Britta Lokting (The New York Times, VICE, Rolling Stone) follows the threads connecting past to present, offering a triangulated view of the physician and entrepreneur behind one of healthcare’s most well-known companies.
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This Season
The healthcare leaders you already know—and the ones you should know
02
The former New York Times editor who built a healthcare newsroom that’s been a Pulitzer finalist twice
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03
The rural physician who opened the first community health clinic in her corner of New Mexico
Coming soon
04
The physician who left the CDC in protest and now leads care at a New York health center built for the queer community
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About Commons Healthcare
On what it means to succeed in healthcare
In healthcare, a successful career often calls for showing up every day to do work few people see but everyone feels.
Most healthcare media misses this.
We hear about systems, strategies, and buying decisions. About staffing shortages and burnout. About the flashiest new technology. We hear about everything except the people living inside it all.
At Commons Healthcare, we’re here to change that. We’re a media company that investigates what it means to succeed in healthcare.
Our flagship narrative journalism podcast takes listeners inside the lives of the people behind the healthcare system. Through deeply reported, character-driven stories, we explore what it means to make an impact and succeed in an industry with millions of lives and $6 trillion on the line.
Lend us your ear and leave ready to build a career that’s successful by any measure — especially yours.
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Reach the people who move healthcare
Commons Healthcare engages established and rising leaders across healthcare: the executives, clinicians, innovators, and operators who shape where the industry goes next.
We partner with a small number of mission-aligned sponsors per season. If you’d like to be one of them, we should talk.
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Reach healthcare leaders who choose long-form, character-driven storytelling over headlines and hot takes.
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Meet the team
The people behind the show
Contributing reporters
Britta Lokting
Rolling Stone, The New York Times, VICE
Danny Funt
The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal
Katerina Barton
NPR, Fast Company, WNYC
Nathan McDermott
CNN, The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review
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