What barriers to health might be in place for recent immigrants and how do we put people on a path to better health? At its core, this is a story of culture, understanding the whole person and their unique individual stories — things our health system is just not designed to do. Kurt talks with Mona Antilla Carloni and Mariam Mohamed, the creators …

Listen in as Kurt talks with Rob Williams, founder and executive director of Every Meal. Across the United States, one in seven children experiences hunger on a weekly basis. During COVID-19, that number has grown to nearly one in four as schools, where many children receive breakfast and lunch, shut down. Nearly a decade ago, Every Meal stepped in…

Join Kurt for a conversation with Jason Shaplen, the Chief Strategy Officer for Community Health Center in Connecticut, one of the nation’s largest federally qualified health centers providing healthcare to low-income families. Jason has a rich history in affordable housing and is passionate about the linkage between housing and health. Kurt and Ja…

Kurt talks with Dr. José Diaz, an economist and the Chief Impact Officer for the Constellation Fund, a non-profit dedicated to smart philanthropy. Traditionally, a non-profit’s success is judged by how much it fundraises, not how well it impacts society. Constellation Fund flips that and measures return to build philanthropy that works. Kurt and Jo…

Kurt enjoys the company of Pinar Karaca-Mandic, a professor in healthcare risk management at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Pinar, among other accolades, is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an editorial board member for the International Journal of Health Economics Management. Ku…

Kurt talks with Kyle Rolfing, serial healthcare entrepreneur and supporter of the Minnesota health-tech ecosystem. They discuss the history of healthcare innovation in Minnesota, how the industry looks now and what entrepreneurs are hoping for the future. Listen to the insightful conversation between the two founders, both with long ties to the reg…

Kurt enjoys an energetic conversation with Thompson Aderinkomi, a luminary of the Minnesota health and entrepreneurial landscape, working on his latest venture, Nice Healthcare. Listen in as they challenge each other and you on the central question, why is healthcare so expensive? And more importantly, what can we do about it?…

Kurt sat down with Carrot Health’s own Spencer Pratt recently for a conversation about consumers, what’s missing in health care, and, more importantly, what can we do to help? Spencer is Carrot Health's Vice President of Product and has unique expertise at the intersection of healthcare, data science, and consumer behavior.…

The very first episode of Kyra Carloni!