{"podcast":{"title":"A Health Podyssey","slug":"a-health-podyssey-1366621","podcast_index_feed_id":1366621,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/a-health-podyssey","website_url":"https://www.healthaffairs.org/podcasts","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CA0GVoNR-7-repgsjaV9h8eCWrF2C-P6WydGA5djdoE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0ODU4LzE2MDE0/MDI1NzEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Health Affairs","episode_count":309,"summary":"Each week, Health Affairs' Rob Lott brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T12:19:19.056495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621"},"episode":{"title":"Dhruv Khullar on Public Health, Pandemic Preparedness & the Future of Healthcare","slug":"dhruv-khullar-on-public-health-pandemic-preparedness-the-future-of-healthcare","published_at":"2026-09-01T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621/dhruv-khullar-on-public-health-pandemic-preparedness-the-future-of-healthcare","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/8b918ed6","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/8b918ed6/cf81f3d8.mp3","summary":"Are we ready for the next public health emergency? Rob Lott speaks with physician, researcher, and New Yorker writer Dhruv Khullar about the state of U.S. public health preparedness, the growing challenges facing infectious disease surveillance, and the connection between chronic and infectious disease. The conversation also explores Khullar’s work as a clinician, health policy researcher, and journalist, including his research on health care consolidation, Medicare Advantage, and the commercialization of medicine. Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis.","meta_description":"Are we ready for the next public health emergency? Rob Lott speaks with physician, researcher, and New Yorker writer Dhruv Khullar about the state of U.S.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1506,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-health-podyssey-1366621/episodes/dhruv-khullar-on-public-health-pandemic-preparedness-the-future-of-healthcare/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey-1366621/dhruv-khullar-on-public-health-pandemic-preparedness-the-future-of-healthcare.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}