# Ashish Jha on Public Health Policy, Affordability & Preparedness Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621/ashish-jha-on-public-health-policy-affordability-preparedness Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621/ashish-jha-on-public-health-policy-affordability-preparedness.md Podcast: [A Health Podyssey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621) Published: 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/63c727c9 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/63c727c9/942c0e9a.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-health-podyssey-1366621/episodes/ashish-jha-on-public-health-policy-affordability-preparedness Duration seconds: 1605 ## Resource Health Affairs Publishing 's Rob Lott interviews Dr. Ashish Jha about the future of public health education, the growing threat of engineered pathogens and building a bio-intelligence company, and practical approaches to slowing health care spending while preserving access and innovation. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-health-podyssey-1366621/episodes/ashish-jha-on-public-health-policy-affordability-preparedness/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621/ashish-jha-on-public-health-policy-affordability-preparedness.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.