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What do today's tax policies really mean for the future of Social Security and retirement? Economist Teresa Ghilarducci joins Josh to break down a wave of new proposals, including the Trump-backed MAGA accounts and tax cuts on tips and Social Security income. Together, they dig into what these changes signal for long-term economic stability, especially for working families and retirees. The two cover the unraveling crisis in long-term care, the decline of sustainable retirement plans, and how Medicaid struggles to fill the gaps. Teresa shares her perspective on the shift away from defined benefit pensions, the rise of 401ks, and why America's aging population demands a new approach to policy. Can't get enough of The Financial Quarterback? Click ‘Subscribe' so you never miss a play. If you're enjoying the show, leave a 5-star rating and drop a review—it helps keep the game going. For more on Teresa's work, visit her faculty page at The New School and explore her research at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis.

Former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove discusses her upcoming performance of “The Bridgetower,” her poem to be recited in concert with the Emory Chamber Music Society on January 17 at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Plus, we hear about Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger” on “Kosmo’s Vinyl of the Week,” and we’ll learn how “The Frisky Whisker” in Underground pairs a listening room and art gallery with a couple dozen really cool cats.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textHernia surgery is one of the most common procedures, but the quality of care and post-op treatment can vary widely.What's behind these variations, and how can we ensure better care for patients?In this episode of HealthBiz Briefs, Dr. Michael Reinhorn and Dr. Nora Fullington dive into the challenges of hernia surgery and explain how Boston Hernia is raising the bar with patient-centered care and improved outcomes.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/caretalk and get on your way to being your best self.As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided.

Rabbi Valerie Stessin is the Director of Kashouvot: The Center for Spiritual Care in Israel. A native of France, Valerie earned a BA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, majoring in Special Education and Jewish Philosophy and received a teaching degree from the Kerem Institute. Valerie studied at the Schechter Institute, earned two M.A. degrees and had the honor to be the first woman ordained by the Masorti movement in Israel, in 1993. She has been involved in Spiritual Care in Israel since its beginnings and is dedicated to advancing this area.Since 2008, Valerie studied Clinical Pastoral Education (C.P.E.) in Israel and in the United States at Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies with Rabbi Zahara Davidowiz-Farkas,  Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey with Rev. John DeVelder,  Jewish Theological Seminary in New York with Rabbi Mychal Springer and Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston with Rev. Mary Martha Thiel. Valerie was certified as a chaplain by NAJC – Neshama Association of Jewish Chaplains and the Israeli Association for Spiritual Care. In 2020, she was certified as an educator in Spiritual Care after she studied at the Educator's Course with Dr. Rabbi Alan Abrams at the Schwartz Center for Health and Spirituality.During this period, Valerie worked as a chaplain at various hospitals and geriatric centers: Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in the hematology day care and the rehabilitation departments, Hadassah Ein Karem in the Bone Marrow transplant department, the French Hospital in Palliative care, Hod Yerushalayim nursing home, Yehud and Ness Ziona day-care for the elderly and more.Valerie taught Spiritual Care in C.P.E. professional training programs and various courses for health-care and geriatric staff.She served on the board of the Association for Spiritual Care in Israel and of Tmicha, the organization for palliative care in Israel and is a member of the N.A.J.C, the National Association of Jewish Chaplains. Valerie speaks Hebrew, French, English and some Russian.Painting by Georges Stessin, Rabbi Stessin's late father.  About our host:Rabbi Edward Bernstein, BCC, is the producer and host of NeshamaCast. He serves as Chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a member of the Board of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. Prior to his chaplain career, he served as a pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Rochelle, NY; Beachwood, OH; and Boynton Beach, FL. He is also the host and producer of My Teacher Podcast: A Celebration of the People Who Shape Our Lives. NeshamaCast contributor Rabbi Katja Vehlow was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and is Director of Jewish Life at Fordham University. She trained as a chaplain at Moses Maimonides Medical Center in New York. Previously, she served as Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of South Carolina. A native German speaker, she is planning a forthcoming German-language podcast on the weekly Torah portion with a focus on pastoral care. Support NeshamaCast and NAJC with a tax deductible donation to NAJC. Transcripts for this episode and other episodes of NeshamaCast are available at NeshamaCast.simplecast.com and are typically posted one week after an episode first airs. Theme Music is “A Niggun For Ki Anu Amecha,” written and performed by Reb-Cantor Lisa Levine. Please help others find the show by rating and reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts or other podcast providers. We welcome comments and suggestions for future programming at NeshamaCast@gmail.com. And be sure to follow NAJC on Facebook to learn more about Jewish spiritual care happening in our communities.

Join Tom Wheelwright as he discovers the current state of our retirement crisis with economist expert and author, Teresa Ghilarducci. As a labor economist, Teresa Ghilarducci has spent her career working to ensure retirement security for all American workers. At The New School for Social Research, she directs the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), which focuses on economic policy research and outreach. Ghilarducci frequently testifies before the U.S. Congress and serves as a media source to popular and online news outlets about pensions, labor economics, and older workers. Ghilarducci frequently publishes in economics journals and edited volumes and has authored several books. In this episode, learn about Teresa's Gray New Deal, how to prepare for our retirement, and what entreprenuers can do to improve the lives of their employees. Order Tom's book, “The Win-Win Wealth Strategy: 7 Investments the Government Will Pay You to Make” at: https://winwinwealthstrategy.com********************************** Resources ********************************** Tom's Book: Tax-Free Wealth https://taxfreewealthbook.com Visit WealthAbility® https://wealthability.com/ Sign up for Tom's Free Weekly Report https://wealthability.com/getreport/ Schedule A Call With My Team https://wealthability.com/schedulecall/ *********************************** Social Media *********************************** Facebook (Tom Wheelwright) https://www.facebook.com/Tom.Wheelwright.CPA/ Facebook (WealthAbility®) https://www.facebook.com/4wealthability/ Twitter (WealthAbility®) https://twitter.com/WealthAbility Instagram (WealthAbility®) https://www.instagram.com/wealthability_now/ Youtube (Tom Wheelwright) https://www.youtube.com/@TomWheelwrightCPA Looking for more on Teresa Ghilarducci? Website: https://teresaghilarducci.org/ Books: "Work, Retire, Repeat" ; "Rescuing Retirement" ; "How to Retire With Enough Money and How to Know What Enough Is" Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCEPA X / Twitter: https://x.com/tghilarducci Blog: https://teresaghilarducci.org/blog Email: ghilardt@newschool.edu DISCLAIMER: WealthAbility® does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. The materials provided have been prepared for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide tax, legal or accounting advice. The materials may or may not reflect the most current legislative or regulatory requirements or the requirements of specific industries or of states. These materials are not tax advice and are not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for purposes of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed on any taxpayer. Readers should consult their own tax, legal and accounting advisors before applying the laws to their particular situations or engaging in any transaction.

Happy Monday! Sam & Emma host Teresa Ghilarducci, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) at The New School, to discuss her recent book Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the State Department's Leahy Law report, the contradictory evacuation orders coming out of Gaza, internal dissent in the Biden Administration, Trump-Biden polling, Trump's legal woes, Katie Britt, labor action, and Nancy Mace, also diving into the Biden Administration's changing position on Israel's war. Teresa Ghilarducci then joins, diving right into the recent report on Social Security trust's longevity, and unpacking the myths of the US' supposed “retirement crisis,” before exploring why the incredible low-end wage growth and robust employment of the post-2020 US economy has proven to be the best formula for funding any retirement system. Next, Ghilarducci steps back as she, Sam, and Emma walk through the primary issue facing Social Security's funding: the $168k income cap. Teresa parses through how this cap cuts off vast quantities of income in the US from the reaches of Social Security, with folks like Elon Musk covering their yearly payment before January 1st is half over, the additional source of income of capital gains revenue that remains untouched by Social Security, and the minimal impact that eliminating either of these restrictions would have on economic activity. After an extensive conversation on the shift in US retirement from defined benefit plans to defined contribution plans, how that change shifted the risk on the shoulders of the employees, and why employers have such a drastically better capacity to handle said risk, Ghilarducci tackles the false narrative around the state of retirement age and labor in the US, and wraps up with the central elements of her “Grey New Deal” plan to reaffirm the value of the US labor force. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma discuss the gaping Candace Owens-sized hole in the Daily Wire's newest production, Lindsay Graham discusses nuking Gaza, and watch a Zionist Joe Scarborough get put in his place by his father-in-law over the Oslo Accords. They also watch Kowalski from Nebraska discuss his Senate campaign live on KETV, tackle Trump's return to his roots (lying about his crowd size), and listen to Tim Pool discuss the negatives (calls the Bible antisemitic) and positives (calls the Quran antisemitic) of the US' new Antisemitism bill, plus, your calls and IMs! 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Everyone from the Bank of Canada to leading economists from across the country are discussing what's at the root of Canada's productivity challenges.   To help us sort through the discussion, I'm joined this episode by the Conference Board of Canada's Director of Economic Research Tony Bonen and the Founder and Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) Andrew Sharpe.We discuss how we should understand productivity and why it's important for it to improve.  Near the end of the episode we hear about new research from the Conference Board of Canada linking skills to our productivity challenges.  We'll hear that Tony thinks this is a promising new avenue—in part because there are many levers that the government can use to support skills development.About our guests:Tony Bonen is the Director of Economic Research at The Conference Board of Canada. In this role Tony provides strategic leadership to a dynamic team producing insightful custom analyses for the Board's partners.Tony brings significant experience managing research and providing guidance on a wide range of economic issues. Prior to joining the Board, he served as the Executive Director at the Labour Market Information Council (LMIC), building on his previous work as LMIC's founding Director of Research, Data and Analytics. While in the risk department at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Tony led the development of housing price and macroeconomic forecasts used in stress testing. He analyzed the economic impacts of climate change and the US pension and retirement system at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, and the economic policy and geopolitical analysis affecting member countries while at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.Andrew Sharpe is founder and Executive Director of the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). Established in 1995, CSLS is a national, independent, non-profit research organization. Its main objectives are to study trends and determinants of productivity, living standards and economic well-being and to develop policy recommendations to improve the lives of Canadians. He has held a variety of earlier positions, including Head of Research at the Canadian Labour Market and Productivity Centre and Chief, Business Sector Analysis at the Department of Finance. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D in economics from McGill University, a maitrise in urban geography from the Université de Paris-Sorbonne, and a B.A. from the University of Toronto. He is also founder and Editor of the International Productivity Monitor and Executive Director of the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth, an international research association dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to income and wealth.

Doesn't everyone deserve a dignified retirement? Rather than fixing our retirement system, working longer is often seen as the solution to finance retirement. But for people with physically demanding jobs or people grappling with health issues or disabilities, working longer is not an option. Teresa Ghilarducci joins us to discuss her new book  Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy  and her proposal for a Gray New Deal to fix the retirement system in the US. Teresa Ghilarducci joins us from New York. _________________________ Bio Teresa Ghilarducci is the author of the new book Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy. A labor economist and nationally-recognized expert in retirement security, she is the Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz professor of economics at The New School for Social Research and the Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and The New School's Retirement Equity Lab. As a labor economist, she has spent her career working to ensure retirement security for all American workers. She joined The New School for Social Research as a professor of economics in 2008 after teaching at Notre Dame for 25 years. She frequently testifies before the U.S. Congress and serves as a media source to popular and online news outlets about pensions, labor economics, and older workers. She also frequently publishes in economics journals and edited volumes and has authored several books, including How to Retire with Enough Money: And How to Know What Enough Is and Rescuing Retirement, co-authored with “Tony” James, who was Executive Vice Chairman of The Blackstone Group at the time and co-authored  In an unusual partnership, they outlined their bold policy vision to create Guaranteed Retirement Accounts (GRAs) for all American workers. ____________________________ For More on Teresa Ghilarducci Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy How to Retire with Enough Money: And How to Know What Enough Is Rescuing Retirement: A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All Americans ____________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like Are You Ready for The New Long Life? – Andrew Scott When Will You Flip the Switch? – Dr. Barbara O'Neill Why Retirement is About Much More Than Money – Ted Kaufman & Bruce Hiland ____________________________ Wise Quotes On the Pyramid of Retirement Security "Well, me and everyone else in this field knows that the building box of a good retirement looks like not pillars, but is a pyramid. There's a base and then there's a middle part, and then there's a tippy top part. I think of it as the food pyramid with the base as your fruits, your vegetables and your grains. That's a foundation and that's Social Security and that it doesn't provide all of your retirement income needs, for sure. But it's certainly a foundation. It's a foundation of security because retirement is for the lucky ones. A lot of people have missteps along the way that they have to take care of somebody and drop out of the labor force. So your family needs to be secured for that. So a spousal benefit is there, or you may be disabled, of course. And in fact, a huge percentage of people can't do their jobs mentally and physically starting around 50. And so official disability may not be in the offering, but kind of a partial disability is something that we all are at risk of having to manage. And so Social Security has to take into account the insurance system, a couple of missed quarters. We need social insurance against wild recessions where you might miss hours and work. And so you need that foundation." On Defined Contribution Plans vs. Pensions   "And I think an unintended consequence of our do it yourself experiment we've had for 40 years in our country, there's no such thing as elders. You're supposed to stay young forever.

The dream to retire and live comfortably at age 65 is becoming more of a fantasy to millions of Americans. Teresa Ghilarducci is professor of economics and policy analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York City where she serves as the director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and the New School's Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab). She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why our golden years only look rosy for the wealthiest among us, why social security can't keep up —  even if we work longer — and why going back to work is the only option for so many. Her book is “Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy.”

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Data is becoming increasingly engrained and revered in the world of healthcare. And, indeed, data is vitally important in improving medical science, measuring outcomes and proving the value of specific processes.Yet, as data continues to grow in priority, that emphasis can cause patients to feel like a number in an ever-expanding sea of numbers. Going back to Hippocrates, medicine was designed to treat people, not just diseases. In fact, one of the main principles of the Hippocratic Oath centers on respect for the patient's autonomy.So how do healthcare providers retain the humanity and dignity of patients and their families while data reigns?In this episode, Tim Short (M.D., HMDC, FAAFP, FAAHPM, FNAP) joins host Stan Massey of Transcend Strategy Group to discuss this crucial topic. Their conversation covers how to engage the art of empathy, as well as how to maintain a feel of high-touch care while high-tech continues to emerge in all facets of healthcare practices. Tim and Stan even discuss how to leverage technology to improve communications with patients and families, so they feel heard and understood.As implied by all those letters after his name, Tim has enjoyed an illustrious and impactful career in family practice as well as in practicing hospice and palliative medicine. He most recently served as chief medical officer at Hospice of the Piedmont in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he also was director of their education institute. That program developed education and training modules for healthcare professionals on a variety of subjects.Among other positions at several institutions, Doctor Short also served as associate professor of palliative medicine at the University of Virginia. While there, he was clinical director of the Schwartz Center rounds and course director for the “Heart of Medicine,” mentoring first-year medical students on how to apply skills such as the art of listening, communicating with patients and having difficult conversations. 

The healthcare space has long been a transactional one, seeing patients as numbers instead of human relationships. In 2004, Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle began to challenge the status quo and create an entirely new model of care delivery that finally put patients at the center of healthcare. Rushika Fernandopulle is the co-founder and former CEO of Iora Health, a value-based primary care group based in Boston that was acquired by One Medical in 2021, where he served as Chief Innovation Officer. One Medical was acquired by Amazon earlier this year for close to $4 billion. Rushika currently serves on the staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and on the boards of Families USA and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care.In this episode, Hercules Capital's Katie Segien is joined by Rushika Fernandopulle to discuss how he created a new delivery model for medicine, Iora Health's business model evolution, going from bootstrapping to six rounds of funding, and other topics.Topics Include:Rushika's mission and experience in transforming healthcareHow he created a new delivery model for medicineIora Health's business model evolutionGoing from bootstrapping to six rounds of fundingRushika's process for building an optimal teamAdvice for entrepreneurs who are struggling to raise capitalAnd other topics…Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle is a practicing physician who has spent decades improving the quality of healthcare delivered to patients. He was co-founder and CEO of Iora Health, a value-based primary care group based in Boston that delivers better quality, lower costs, and improved satisfaction for both patients and providers. Iora was acquired by One Medical in 2021 for over $2 billion, which went on to be acquired by Amazon earlier this year for close to $4 billion.Rushika was the first Executive Director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement and Managing Director of the Clinical Initiatives Center at the Advisory Board Company. He serves on the staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and on the boards of Families USA and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care.

Victoria Wyeth, grandchild of Andrew Wyeth, great-granddaughter of N.C. Wyeth, and the niece of Jamie Wyeth, is giving a lecture on her family's famous artwork and the Biggs Museum of American Art's exhibit “The Wyeths: Three Generations.”For this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media's Karl Lengel spoke with Victoria Wyeth about her unique perspective of her family's work and her talk at the Schwartz Center for the Arts.

Rabbi Valerie Stessin is the Director of Kashouvot: The Center for Spiritual Care in Israel. A native of France, Valerie earned a BA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, majoring in Special Education and Jewish Philosophy and received a teaching degree from the Kerem Institute. Valerie studied at the Schechter Institute, earned two M.A. degrees and had the honor to be the first woman ordained by the Masorti movement in Israel, in 1993. She has been involved in Spiritual Care in Israel since its beginnings and is dedicated to advancing this area.Since 2008, Valerie studied Clinical Pastoral Education (C.P.E.) in the best programs in Israel and in the United States:   Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies with Rabbi Zahara Davidowiz-Farkas,  Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey with Rev. John DeVelder,  Jewish Theological Seminary in New York with Rabbi Mychal Springer and Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston with Rev. Mary Martha Thiel. Valerie was certified as a chaplain by NAJC – Neshama Association of Jewish Chaplains and the Israeli Association for Spiritual Care. In 2020, she was certified as an educator in Spiritual Care after she studied at the Educator's Course with Dr. Rabbi Alan Abrams at the Schwartz Center for Health and Spirituality.During this period, Valerie worked as a chaplain at various hospitals and geriatric centers: Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in the hematology day care and the rehabilitation departments, Hadassah Ein Karem in the Bone Marrow transplant department, the French Hospital in Palliative care, Hod Yerushalayim nursing home, Yehud and Ness Ziona day-care for the elderly and more.Valerie taught Spiritual Care in C.P.E. professional training programs and various courses for health-care and geriatric staff.She served on the board of the Association for Spiritual Care in Israel and of Tmicha, the organization for palliative care in Israel and is a member of the N.A.J.C, the National Association of Jewish Chaplains. Valerie speaks Hebrew, French, English and some Russian.

Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economics and director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School, joins for a deep dive into retirement: how it's shifted from pension to 401k over the years, been impacted by recent inflation and how to plan for the future.

Meet Our Guest: Joyce Murphy brings a wealth of health care experience and a deep understanding of the New England health care landscape to our board. She retired from Commonwealth Medicine and the UMass Medical School in 2018, after a dozen years focused on developing solutions to the most challenging health care policy and public health populations. From 1991 through 2005, she held various positions at Caritas Christi Health Care System, including president of Caritas Carney Hospital, president of St. Mary's Women and Children's Center, and vice president of St. Margaret's Hospital for Women. She was a 2019 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard Business School and has been repeatedly honored as an outstanding leader. Joyce joined the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care board of directors in 2009, serving as chair from 2017 to 2020. She serves on several other boards and commissions, including the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Advisory Council and the state treasurer's Advisory Committee on Wage Equality, and is on the boards of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Curry College, and UHealthSolutions. Key Insights: Joyce Murphy's story showcases her diverse experiences and the impact she has made in healthcare and community service throughout her career. ● The Strength to Give Back. Joyce shared her personal background, growing up in a family focused on service and having a brother with a severe illness. This experience instilled in her a sense of responsibility to give back.● Service & Responsibility. She started from volunteering with children to working in the prison system and eventually leading in the field of child support enforcement before making her way into healthcare.● Make Yourself Be Heard! Joyce emphasized the importance of women being taken seriously, and encouraged women to persist and find effective ways to be heard. This episode is hosted by Sandi Fenwick, Former CEO, Boston Children's Hospital. Relevant Links: Read more about JoyceJoyce Murphy - 2019 ALI Fellow

The pandemic created upward pressure on housing and recent increases in interest rates are pushing affordability even further away for some. The OECD now ranks Canada as having the most expensive housing market among all other G7 countries. Our guests this episode explore how we got to this point and what if anything can be done to create a more affordable housing market. They share that not only are housing prices forecasted to continue to rise, but that the affordability crisis is extending deep into the rental markets. This is further deepening the crisis and creates greater pressure for near and long-term solutions.About our guests:Tony Bonen is the Director of Economic Research at The Conference Board of Canada. In this role Tony provides strategic leadership to a dynamic team producing insightful custom analyses for the Board's partners. He collaborates across disciplines and Focus Areas to ensure the Boards economic research is meaningful for leaders across Canada.Tony brings significant experience managing research and providing guidance on a wide range of economic issues. Prior to joining the Board, he served as the Executive Director at the Labour Market Information Council (LMIC), building on his previous work as LMIC's founding Director of Research, Data and Analytics. While in the risk department at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Tony led the development of housing price and macroeconomic forecasts used in stress testing. He analyzed the economic impacts of climate change and the US pension and retirement system at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, and the economic policy and geopolitical analysis affecting member countries while at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.John Pasalis is the President of Realosophy Realty, a Toronto real estate brokerage. A frequent commentator on the Toronto housing market, John has contributed to the Globe and Mail, BNN Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and other media, government and industry organizations. His research has been shared with the IMF and Statistics Canada and cited by the Bank of Canada and CMHC.John holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Toronto, an MSc in Business and Management Research from the University of Reading and is currently completing a Doctor of Business Administration at the University of Reading and the University of Toronto.

In this episode, Drs. Mark Hoffman and Amy Park invite Dr. Susan Khalil, a board-certified OB/GYN and fellowship-trained Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeon at Mount Sinai in New York, to speak about the topic of second victim and fostering resilience in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology. --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn free AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://earnc.me/FlFfqZ --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Khalil's efforts to improve quality and patient safety began almost a decade ago. When discussing how she is involved with quality and safety, Dr. Khalil describes her experiences with programs outside of her institution, such as Schwartz Rounds through the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, as well as those within her institution, including those conducted by the Vice Chair for Wellness and the Chief Wellness Officer at Mount Sinai. Throughout these programs, Dr. Khalil explains that the common thread is the opportunity to discuss a negative patient outcome or a harmful situation within the workplace within a safe environment. In Dr. Khalil's personal experience, these programs have covered topics such as improving communication in a multidisciplinary team. The physicians then transition to discuss the topic of “second victim,” which Dr. Khalil describes as the caregiver who witnesses a patient undergoing a traumatic event and that caregiver's personal trauma they are then left to cope with. She expresses that these situations often require mental health support, especially from a community that understands clinically what is happening and also has the resources to provide the caregiver with the support they need to return to work more resilient. Ultimately, Dr. Khalil believes that culture is the key to fostering a safe environment for physicians, as well as all other people involved in a patient's care. Dr. Khalil encourages those who may not have access to these resources to consider online resources (e.g., the Schwartz Center) or to look to other institutions as a framework to tailor programs that may work within your own hospital or institution. --- RESOURCES The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare: https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/programs/schwartz-rounds/ Khalil S, Ascher-Walsh C. Advancing Patient Safety Science While Not Losing Focus of the Big Picture: Improving Patient Care. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2022 May;29(5):581-582. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2022.03.003. Epub 2022 Mar 11. PMID: 35283322. Association of Academic Surgery Presidential Address by Dr. Carrie Cunningham Lubitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNBH4UPHv4

Sheridan Alford, director of community engagement at the Georgia Audubon, discusses this year's Georgia Bird Festival. It takes place April 22nd through May 21st at various locations across the state. Plus, Grammy award-winning banjo player Béla Fleck discusses his new album “My Bluegrass Heart.” He's performing at Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts on April 20. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We've released dozens of episodes exploring how to improve the lives of Americans that live in rural areas, but we don't often discuss how cities (and the folks that live in them) are being left behind by state lawmakers and federal policies. This is a problem because cities are key to innovation and economic growth. Richard McGahey's new book explores how to overcome anti-urban bias in order to reduce inequality in cities throughout the United States. Richard McGahey is an economist and senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, both within The New School. Twitter: @rickmcgahey Unequal Cities http://cup.columbia.edu/book/unequal-cities/9780231173346 Redefining Rural America https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/redefining-rural-america-with-olugbenga-ajilore/   Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick's twitter: @NickHanauer

In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's newest podcast, Go Atlanta, AJC Entertainment reporter Rodney Ho looks at the new Paramount+ documentary, “Sometimes We Touch” and talks about the soft revolution featured in the film. Plus, Rodney talks about Madonna's return to Atlanta at State Farm Arena. Yvonne Zusel from the AJC food and dining team explores an Atlanta favorite from the Atlanta Classics series: Polaris. Hear about the fascinating history of the flying saucer-style restaurant and lounge above the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Peachtree Street. Plus, Yvonne will tell you about the relocation of a longtime sushi restaurant and where you can find a great hot toddy.   AJC Arts and Entertainment editor Shane Harrison introduces you to Staibdance's Ararat, which is set for three first-iteration performances at Emory University's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio.      Listen and subscribe to the new Go Atlanta podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this touching episode, Marcus interviews Jonathan Bartels, RN the creator of The Pause. Jonathan shares the experiences that helped form The Pause, and how it originated in the ED. It did not stop there and is now practiced around the globe. This selfceare practice is just a single tool in the kit of healthcare providers and the two share other ways for healthcare workers to take care of themselves. Key topics:00:00 – Introduction01:30 – Marcus asks Jonathan to introduce himself and his work.06:44 – Jonathan talks about the death of his brother being a catalyst for his work in healthcare.08:15 – Marcus asks about Jonathan's work as a trauma nurse. 10:00 – The conversation moves into compassion and presence. Jonathan highlights Being with Dying training and Compassion Care Initiative.13:10 – Jonathan reflects on The Pause and what it means for care givers.20:00 – The two talk about compassion, and the intersection of The Pause and the I'm Here Movement.24:00 – Marcus brings up the Pandemic and the pain it has caused. Jonathan talks about the focus of hospitals and the staff that keeps things running.28:00 – Both Marcus and Jonathan highlight the fact that the practice of The Pause is selfcare, just as much as it is patient care.31:38 – Marcus asks the standard rapid-fire questions for Jonathan.37:00 – Thank you and Goodbyes! Jonathan shares his website and how they can learn more about The Pause. Resources for you: Connect with Marcus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusengel/Connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/Bartels_jonathanLearn more about The Pause: https://thepause.me/Learn more about the Compassion Care Initiative: https://cci.nursing.virginia.edu/about/Subscribe to the podcast through Apple: https://bit.ly/MarcusEngelPodcastLearn More About Jonathan:In 2010, as an Emergency trauma nurse, Jonathan Bartels, RN initiated a practice called “The Pause.” This practice has been instrumental in promoting a paradigm shift surrounding death and self-care across healthcare both nationally and internationally.  He has received accolades from the American Academy of Critical Care Nurses (2018 Pioneering Spirit Award) and the Schwartz Center for compassionate healthcare in 2017.  Prior to pursuing a degree in nursing, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (1990) from Canisius College in Buffalo NY. Following that degree, he joined the Comparative Religion Graduate program at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI (1993-1996).  The focus of his academic pursuits include Eastern/Western Philosophy & Mysticism.  He is currently the Palliative Care Liaison nurse at The University of Virginia Health System.  He is also currently the Health System Liaison for the Compassionate Care Initiative (CCI) from the University of Virginia School of Nursing.  Since 2010 Jonathan has been a facilitator for Resiliency/ Compassion retreats offered by the CCI which has been offered to over 3000 medical/nursing students and healthcare providers. Jonathan is a podium presenter, artist, nurse, retreat facilitator.  His interests and goals are to support compassion/resilience both for his fellow healthcare providers and also to the patients he serves.Date: 07/18/2022Name of show: Compassion & Courage: Conversations in HealthcareEpisode title and number: Episode 59 – Jonathan Bartels - How to Implement The Pause

Description: This week I am speaking with Teresa Ghilarducci and Sia Radpour about how the great retirement surge was not associated with the great resignation but by mass job loss by older workers during the pandemic. Teresa and Sia are both economists with the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy analysis and they recently published a report called No "Great Resignation" for Older Workers—Mass Job Loss Drove the Retirement Surge. This report confirmed many of our suspicions that the great retirement surge was driven by involuntary job loss and was not by choice. Teresa's bio is as follows: Teresa Ghilarducci is a labor economist and nationally recognized expert in retirement security. She holds the Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in economic policy analysis in the Economics Department at the New School for Social Research and directs the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis that focuses on economic policy research and outreach. Ghilarducci joined The New School in 2008 after 25 years as a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame. Her most recent book, Rescuing Retirement: A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All Americans, offers solutions to the growing retirement crisis in the U.S. Sia's bio is as follows: Siavash Radpour earned his Ph.D. in economics from the New School for Social Research in 2020. His research focuses on the effects of the retirement system and aging on wealth and income inequality, wellbeing, and economic growth and redistribution. Previously, he worked as a Research Associate for the Retirement Equity Lab. He received his MA in economics and business from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and Corvinus University of Budapest. My discussion with Teresa and Sia clearly states some of the ugly truths on how older workers have been hurt during the pandemic. They acknowledge the elephant in the room that ageism in the job market is alive and well. This is an employer issue that only employers can fix. This episode is sponsored by Career Pivot. Check out the Career Pivot Community, and be sure to pick up my latest book, Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life Third Edition. For the full show notes click here.

An uncomfortable amount of the 45-and-over crowd have been forced to take jobs at the Home Depot or accept gig-economy-type roles, just to pay the bills and get health insurance. A large percentage have just given up on the job hunt and called it a day. Sadly, the experienced people were unceremoniously pushed out of the job market and did not leave on their own volition. A new study from the Schwartz Center for Economics at the New School, entitled, ‘The March 2022 Status of Older Workers Report,' showed that during the pandemic “many older workers did not leave their jobs voluntarily but got pushed out of the labor force.” The retired population in America between ages 55 and 74 has boomed since March 2020. A lot of this was by force, not choice. More than one million people in this demographic left the job market. The number of those who retired involuntarily a year after losing a job was 10 times higher than pre-pandemic times, the report found. The study indicates that workers didn't leave the job market because of the Great Resignation. It was the Great kick-out-the-door. Things haven't improved that much, despite a hot job market. The research shows that some older workers are returning, but “these flows do not make up for excess retirement.” The numbers paint a bleak picture for the experienced workers. In March 2020, there were 35 million older workers who were gainfully employed. Only one month later, around 3.8 million workers ages 55 to 74, (11 percent of all workers in that age group), lost their jobs. A year later, 400,000 workers in this cohort retired due to the inability to find a suitable job. By comparison, in a pre-pandemic environment, the number of people in this demographic retiring would be about 180,000. Those older workers who remained employed were more likely to postpone retirement during this period, as they've seen what happened to their contemporaries. It would seem that a person who was pushed into retirement, now has a good chance of finding a new role as there are more than eleven million jobs open, a record setting high. However, it's not so simple.

MarketWatch's retirement reporter, Alessandra Malito, speaks with Teresa Ghilarducci, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, about how the pandemic has affected retirement savers.

O que fazer para avançar na luta contra a corrupção e em favor do bom uso dos recursos públicos? Este é o tema deste episódio do Fura Bolha. As convidadas são as professoras e economistas Laura Carvalho e Elena Landau. Laura é diretora do Centro de Pesquisa em Macroeconomia das Desigualdades (Made) e Senior Fellow do Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), e Elena é sócia do escritório de advocacia Sergio Bermudes Advogados, ex-presidente do Conselho de Administração da Eletrobras e ex-diretora de Desestatização do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES). O Fura Bolha é uma série de conversas entre pessoas conhecidas por terem pensamentos distintos. Ouvir e dialogar com quem pensa diferente fortalece a cultura democrática. A iniciativa é da Plataforma Democrática, uma parceria entre a Fundação FHC e o Centro Edelstein de Pesquisas Sociais. http://www.plataformademocratica.org/

In a recent study, hiring managers were 20% less likely to hire candidates who voiced an interest in the company's pay and benefits structure. Rellie Derfler-Rozin, associate professor at the Management and Organization Department at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, talks about her research on hiring bias. She is joined by Teresa Ghilarducci,  professor of economics and director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School, who explains New York City's new wage transparency law, which will require jobs posted with four or more employees to list salary ranges.

The theme this week on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Why You Shouldn't Retire in 2022 Roughly 2 million more people than expected have joined the ranks of the retired during the pandemic, according to The New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. 2 million extra people are now retired compared to what would be expected since the pandemic began…that's a lot of people who decided to accelerate their retirement and call it quits over the last couple of years, and that's in addition to the roughly 2 million people who retire each year in the US.  The typical story behind an accelerated retirement goes something like this: I'm burned out at work, I had a health scare last year, I'm worried about Covid, I don't want to get vaxxed but my employer is making me….these are all reasons I've heard in just the last few months of why some of my clients are retiring earlier than they planned. We run the numbers and find they can afford to retire now, so they put in their notice and call it quits.  And there's nothing wrong with this. If you would rather be retired and not working anymore and you can afford to retire, great! But I think one of the problems facing early retirees right now, is that they are lulled into a false sense of security because they feel pretty rich right now. Their investment portfolios are fat and growing (at least they were until January of this year), and we really haven't had a bad recession or a prolonged downturn in the stock market since 2008…that's 13 years ago now. 13 years of steady growth and the last 3 years have been double digit earning years for most people. Covid counts as a bad recession, but it was over so quickly and recovered so soon that most didn't feel any real pain. You're in your peak earning years, likely with the highest income you've ever had. Your house is worth way more than it probably should be and so most people close to retirement feel pretty rich right now. That's a problem, because if your plans don't take into account the possibility that we could have a recession and a major downturn in the market in your first couple years of retirement, you could be setting yourself up for a retirement that's very different from the one you envisioned.  I'll continue with this topic tomorrow and I'll talk more about why you don't want your retirement accounts to lull you into a false sense of security.  That's it for today. Thanks for listening! My name is Ashley Micciche and this is the Retirement Quick Tips podcast.  ---------- >>> Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2DI2LSP >>> Subscribe on Amazon Alexa: https://amzn.to/2xRKrCs >>> Visit the podcast page: https://truenorthra.com/podcast/  ---------- Tags: retirement, investing, money, finance, financial planning, retirement planning, saving money, personal finance

Orange Bowl Boys#FiredBlakeJamesShow NotesThe University of Miami and Director of Athletics Blake James today mutually agreed to part ways. James' 17 years at the University—including eight as athletics director—were marked by class and integrity. He served in several ACC and NCAA leadership roles and earned national recognition from his peers during his time with the Hurricanes.A national search for the University's next athletics director will begin immediately.“It has been an honor to lead Miami athletics and to be a part of such a world-class institution,” said James. “I am proud of the work that we have done together, though I know there is still more yet to be achieved. I want to thank our University leadership, our athletics staff, our coaches, and especially our incredible student-athletes for their commitment to excellence and for believing in what the University of Miami can accomplish. I wish the Canes nothing but the best and look forward to my next endeavors.” During James' tenure as athletics director, which began in 2013, Miami student-athletes and teams captured five NCAA individual championships, six ACC team titles, and 71 individual ACC titles. The Spring 2021 semester marked the 15th consecutive semester in which Miami student-athletes averaged a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA and the University's most recent NCAA Graduation Success Rate was 94 percent. In addition, Miami has made significant facility enhancements, including the $40 million Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility, the Jimmy and Kim Klotz Baseball Player Development Center, and the Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence.Guess you should've given Ro his shoes…Oh well.You can find us on all social platforms under the handle: @orangebowlboysSponsors: Ed Morse Automotive Group, BeatinTheBookie.com, Caneswear & Draftkings SportsbookOrange Bowl Boys are owned and produced by OBB Media Inc. You can visit us online at www.obbmediainc.com. Copyright 2021.

This audio story provided to Scriptures and Wall Street by NPR Business News.When Norma Jasso first started working from home in March 2020, she thought it was fun."I could wake up later, not have to commute, not have to put my pumps and my working clothes on," says Jasso, who was a regulatory case manager for San Diego Gas and Electric.Help Wanted: Where Are The Workers?Help Wanted: Where Are The Workers?But soon, her days grew longer. She found herself checking email at odd hours. She missed her colleagues. She'd been with the utility for 23 years and found joy being around people.She hadn't planned to retire for at least five years, but about a year into the pandemic, her daughter called. She was expecting her first child and wanted her mom's help. It was a request Jasso couldn't refuse."My mom helped me when I had my daughters, and so I thought, how wonderful. I could pay it back, pay it forward, pay it with love," she says.She met with a financial planner to figure out whether she had enough money to retire. To her surprise, her 401(k) retirement account had grown considerably, thanks to market gains during the pandemic.So at 62, Jasso retired.Millions more retired during the pandemic than expectedRoughly 2 million more people than expected have joined the ranks of the retired during the pandemic, according to The New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis.While some like Jasso happily chose to retire early, others were forced into retirement after losing their jobs or quitting out of fears of exposure to COVID-19.This doesn't mean that they're permanently out of the workforce. There's a constant flow in and out of retirement, says researcher Owen Davis, who conducted the analysis.But for older workers, the time away can make finding a new job harder, and they often return to lower wages."Age discrimination plays a role there," says Davis. "This is something we certainly saw during the Great Recession."Retirement is not an easy choice for manyYvonne Grace Anderson, 74, was working as a cashier and a customer service representative at a Publix grocery store in Pensacola, Fla., when the coronavirus first arrived in the U.S.By mid-March 2020, she was experiencing extreme anxiety on the job. With no masks, gloves or disinfectant, Anderson feared catching the virus from one of the thousands of shoppers coming through the store every week. Her daughters shared her fears and implored her to stop working.Anderson didn't need the income. She's widowed but has enough Social Security to live off of. She worked the part-time grocery job to fund her favorite hobby, painting, and as a way to be active in the community."I'm a social butterfly," she says. "I love people. I love to hear their stories."Millions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime SoonTHE CORONAVIRUS CRISISMillions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime SoonJust before Christmas, after weathering a difficult hurricane season, she moved to rural Alabama to live with a nephew. With no easy access to transportation, she can't imagine being able to find a new job."I wish I could say that I could embrace retirement, but it scares me — not being a part of something," she says.The closest place she can think of where she might find a job is at the nearby Dollar General store, but with the delta variant surging and no one wearing masks, she's not interested."I don't want to be out there," she says.Norma Jasso and her husband, Samuel, are getting their house in San Diego ready for sale. They're planning to move just up the coast to be close to their new grandson.Andrea Hsu/NPRRetirees are reassessing life and setting prioritiesIn San Diego, Jasso has taken stock of this moment. She says she has lived two-thirds of her life already. She has just one-third to go."What do I want to do with that one-third?" she asks.Prioritizing family, friends and community is high on her list. She's volunteering with the group MANA de San Diego, mentoring young Latinas.And she and her husband are now getting their house ready for sale. They're moving up the coast to be close to their new grandson, who was born in early August.

President Biden criticized Republicans opposing efforts to keep the country from defaulting on its debt. Teresa Ghilarducci, labor economist focusing on retirement security, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School, and a senior contributor for Forbes, explains what government shutdown would mean for ordinary Americans.

How worried should we really be about our national debt, and are the benefits of congressional oversight of the "debt ceiling" really worth the costs of government shutdowns? On Today's Show:Teresa Ghilarducci, labor economist focusing on retirement security, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School, and a senior contributor for Forbes, explains what government shutdown would mean for ordinary Americans.

#027 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews neurosurgeon and writer Dr. Jody Stern.   Jody discusses his recently released book, Grief Connects Us, which was inspired by his sister Victoria's illness and death from leukemia as well as his brother in law Pat's death from a ruptured aneurysm.   Jody speaks candidly about how these experiences changed him as both a person and as a surgeon.  He reflects upon the importance of emotional agility and the challenges of practicing as a surgeon while maintaining an open heart.  However, he also notes that "if a neurosurgeon can do it, anyone can!"   Jody's essays in the New York Times:Grief As My Guide:  How My Sister Made Me a Better DoctorMoral Distress in NeurosurgeryDying in the Neurosurgical ICUTo purchase Grief Connects Us:  A Neurosurgeon's on Love, Loss and Compassion, go here. To purchase Emotional Agility by Susan David, click here.To learn more about the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, click here.To learn more about the recently launched Surgical Palliative Care Society, visit the website at  www.spcsociety.org or twitter @spcsociety.To learn more about the surgical palliative care community, visit twitter @surgpallcareTo learn more about host Red Hoffman, visit her website www.redhoffmanmd.com or twitter @redmdnd.

Hogan Gagle, M.S., is a clinical psychology doctoral student at Eastern Kentucky University. In addition to his graduate work, he is a member of the EKU Trauma and Suicide Prevention Clinic (TSPC). He currently works providing group and individual therapy at the Schwartz Center, an inpatient substance use and cooccurring diagnosis treatment center. His clinical and research focus includes working with trauma and suicide with veterans.

Over the next two weeks, we'll be taking a closer look at the state of retirement security in the United States, and we'll be featuring two very different perspectives on the topic. We're kicking things off with labor economist and retirement expert Teresa Ghilarducci, who will offer a progressive perspective. Ghilarducci joined The New School for Social Research as a professor of economics in 2008 after teaching at Notre Dame for 25 years. At The New School, she also directs the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, which focuses on economic policy research and outreach. Ghilarducci has frequently testified before U.S. Congress on matters of retirement planning. She has also published numerous research pieces in economics journals and has authored several books. Her most recent book, Rescuing Retirement, is co-authored by Tony James, executive vice chairman of the Blackstone Group. She received her bachelor's and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of California at Berkeley.Background BioThe New School for Social ResearchSchwartz Center for Economic Policy AnalysisBooks The Retirement Crisis"The Retirement Crisis," by Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School."Whose Retirement Crisis? Household Savings or Public Financing?" by Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, Feb. 20, 2018."America's Unusual High Rates of Old-Age Poverty and Old-Age Work," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, March 2, 2018."Working Longer Cannot Solve the Retirement Crisis," by Teresa Ghildarducci, Michael Papadopoulos, Bridget Fisher, and Anthony Webb, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Feb. 3, 2021.The Defined-Contribution System"How Defined Contribution Plans and 401(k)s Affect Employer Pension Costs," by Teresa Ghilarducci, ResearchGate, July 2006."Americans Haven't Saved Enough for Retirement. What Are We Going to Do About It?" by Teresa Ghilarducci and Tony James, Harvard Business Review, March 28, 2018."America's Retirement Savings Crisis Is Now. Here's How to Fix It," by Teresa Ghilarducci and Tony James, CNN Business, Sept. 15, 2020."Fixing the U.S. Retirement System," Written Testimony by Teresa Ghilarducci; Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, U.S. Senate, May 21, 2014."Laying the Groundwork for More Efficient Retirement Savings Incentives," by Teresa Ghilarducci and Christian Weller, Center for American Progress, Nov. 18, 2015."Retirement Savings Inequality: Different Effects of Earnings Shocks, Portfolio Selections, and Employer Contributions by Worker Earnings Level," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Joelle Saad-Lessler, and Gayle Reznik, Social Security Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, 2018."The Inequitable Effects of Raising the Retirement Age on Blacks and Low-Wage Workers," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Kyle Moore, and Anthony Webb, The Review of Black Political Economy, April 26, 2019."Everyone Should Have the Retirement Plan Federal Employees Enjoy," by Teresa Ghilarducci and Kevin Hassett, The Washington Post, March 29, 2021."What if Low-Income American Workers Had Access to Wealth-Building Vehicles Like the Federal Employees' Thrift Savings Plan?" by Teresa Ghilarducci and Kevin Hassett, Economic Innovation Group, March 25, 2021.Social Security"A Nobel Laureate's Plan to Use Social Security to Fix the Retirement Crisis--and Why it Won't Work," by Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School's Retirement Equity Lab, April 19, 2019."Teresa Ghilarducci on Social Security Fixes to Protect the Poorest," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Bloomberg Businessweek, March 27, 2020.Income Inequality and Women in Economics"The Unique Disadvantage Older Women Face in the Workforce," by Teresa Ghilarducci, PBS News Hour, March 25, 2016."Women's History Month: Gender Pay Gap Contributes to Elderly Poverty Gap," by Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School's Retirement Equity Lab, May 1, 2017."Labor Market Discrimination: A Bleak Outlook for Older Women," by Teresa Ghilarducci and Kyle Moore, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, 2017."How Big Firms Keep Wages Low," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, Jan. 21, 2019."Barring Women From Economics," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, March 31, 2019."Economists Weigh In on Covid-19 and Inequality," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, March 4, 2021.Behavioral Finance"Financial Literacy: Just Another Word for Financial Shaming," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Psychology Today, May 7, 2018."Go Ahead and Spend Your Children's Inheritance," by Teresa Ghilarducci, Advisor Perspectives, Dec. 17, 2020.

Rana Awdish, MD, FCCP is the author of In Shock, a critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir based on her own illness. A critical care physician and faculty member of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, she completed her medical degree at Wayne State in 2002 where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society, her residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, and her fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital where she serves as the current Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program. She also serves as Medical Director of Care Experience for the entire Health System. Dr. Awdish’s mandate as well as her passion is to improve the patient experience across the system and speak on patient advocacy at health care venues nationally. After suffering a sudden critical illness, herself, she has devoted much of her career to improving empathy through connection and communication. She lectures to physicians, health care leaders and medical schools across the country. Her book has been integrated into the curriculum of medical schools and universities across the US and Europe. She was awarded the Speak-Up Hero award in 2014 for her work establishing a workshop-based program called CLEAR (Connect, Listen, Empathize, Align, Respect), which trains faculty and trainees in relationship-based communication skills utilizing improvisational actors. She was named Henry Ford Hospital’s Critical Care Teacher of the Year in 2016. She was named the National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year by The Schwartz Center as well as Physician of the Year by Press Ganey in 2017. She has been interviewed by The Times, The Telegraph, The BBC, NPR, the Today Show online, MedPage, Health Leaders Media, and Beckers Hospital Review. She has written for Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, as well as the New England Journal of Medicine. Her NEJM Perspectives article, A View from the Edge, went viral garnering over 120,000 views and is ranked in the 99th percentile for reach.

Welcome back to the Humans of Tepper Podcast, a show about the MBA experience at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business. Today, our hosts Cynthia and Rohit are chatting with Melissa Bizzari. She's sharing why she chose Tepper, what's surprised her most as a grad student, and how she went from Division 1 Hockey player and hopeful coach to finding a passion in data analytics and becoming a community leader.    Melissa's journey to Tepper started when she discovered a passion for analytics while working with the Women's Hockey Team at Boston College. During her time there, she pivoted from a career path towards a head coaching job, to a more rigorous analytics environment.    When she came to Tepper, she expected the typical MBA experience--classes, an occasional event, and things of that nature. What surprised her was the amount of collaboration and community that has found a home here in Pittsburgh. Even outside of the school, alumni are willing to lend a hand and share their experiences. The size of the program at Tepper allows that to happen--everyone knows everyone, and conversations become easy to have.    The MBA track tends to lean towards a male population. The experience that you have on campus though, Melissa says, doesn't necessarily reflect that. Leadership in the program is female, club leadership has promoted female figures, and though the numbers may be slightly lower, the presence is not lacking. Peers see the strengths women bring to the program, including the Tepper Women in Business Club. Melissa also was elected President of the GBA, further demonstrating her philosophy.    A driving force to running for GBA president for Melissa was her passion to get involved and contribute in a meaningful way to her program. As she got more exposure to clubs and built relationships, she wanted to seize the opportunity to help her peers get what they need. The impact that she could have in the position became reason enough to run. Of course, with the pandemic, leadership has to pivot. Without the ability to interact in person, Melissa had to get creative and build online programming. Through working to overcome challenges, opportunities to connect continue to come to fruition.    Melissa is a Schwartz Fellow, which is part of an entrepreneurship program in the Schwartz Center that is available to students of all disciplines. The cohort of 12 students from across campus host a seminar where prominent figures in entrepreneurship speak in fireside conversations with students. They share their successes and failures and speak on their experiences and lessons learned. (Yes, Mark Cuban).   Tune in to hear what Melissa is working on now, and more!

For as long as anyone can remember, talk about deficits and the debt have been central to political life. How much can we spend? On what? What are the trade-offs? What will it cost? I mean, what will it really cost. If politics is about choosing, if it is about, as the classic phrase goes, “Who gets what, when, and how?” then spending constraints are central to what makes it so. But what if deficits and the debt did not induce the constraints we thought? Modern monetary theory invites us to think about money and government spending in a new way, opening up possibilities that were seemingly out of reach before. But is the promise too good to be true? On this episode we take a look and ask: Who's afraid of modern monetary theory? On this episode of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with Stephanie Kelton, Senior Fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University, and author of The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy.

For as long as anyone can remember, talk about deficits and the debt have been central to political life. How much can we spend? On what? What are the trade-offs? What will it cost? I mean, what will it really cost. If politics is about choosing, if it is about, as the classic phrase goes, “Who gets what, when, and how?” then spending constraints are central to what makes it so. But what if deficits and the debt did not induce the constraints we thought? Modern monetary theory invites us to think about money and government spending in a new way, opening up possibilities that were seemingly out of reach before. But is the promise too good to be true? On this episode we take a look and ask: Who’s afraid of modern monetary theory? On this episode of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with Stephanie Kelton, Senior Fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University, and author of The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy.

When you think of essential workers, you probably don't think of fishermen. But throughout this pandemic, they've been out on the ocean doing their work, despite the danger they face of contracting coronavirus. Arun Rath speaks with Heidi Sulman of Fishing Partnership Support Services about how the industry has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. And case numbers are low here in Massachusetts, but doctors, nurses and other staff are still caring for coronavirus patients at local hospitals. Even the strongest among them are feeling the strain. Arun hears from Dr. Beth Lown, medical director at the Boston-based Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, about the emotional toll this crisis is taking.

When you think of essential workers, you probably don't think of fishermen. But throughout this pandemic, they've been out on the ocean doing their work, despite the danger they face of contracting coronavirus. Arun Rath speaks with Heidi Sulman of Fishing Partnership Support Services about how the industry has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. And case numbers are low here in Massachusetts, but doctors, nurses and other staff are still caring for coronavirus patients at local hospitals. Even the strongest among them are feeling the strain. Arun hears from Dr. Beth Lown, medical director at the Boston-based Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, about the emotional toll this crisis is taking.

For part nine of our No Barriers Alchemy Series our host Dave Shurna and guest host, Tom Lilig, interview Dr. Rana Awdish. Rana is a critical care physician operating on the front lines during COVID-19 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Her own serious illness in 2008 has informed her belief in the power of compassion, sacred listening, and community. As medical director of the Care Experience for the Henry Ford Healthcare System, she is training staff to practice empathy in critical care. She completed her medical degree at Wayne State in 2002 where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society, her residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, and her fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital where she serves as the current Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and The American College of Chest Physicians and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society in 2019.She was named Henry Ford Hospital’s Critical Care Teacher of the Year in 2016, and the National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year by The Schwartz Center as well as Physician of the Year by Press Ganey in 2017. Her articles have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Harvard Business Review, and the Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic. A New York Times book review called Awdish’s book, In Shock, based on her own critical illness. “the one I wish we were given our first year of medical school, alongside our white coats and stethoscopes.” Her book has since been integrated into the curriculum of medical schools and universities across the U.S. and Europe.Resources:https://www.ranaawdishmd.com/Sign up for our No Barriers Summit

For part nine of our No Barriers Alchemy Series hosts Erik and Dave interview Dr. Rana Awdish. Rana is a critical care physician operating on the front lines during COVID-19 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Her own serious illness in 2008 has informed her belief in the power of compassion, sacred listening, and community. As medical director of the Care Experience for the Henry Ford Healthcare System, she is training staff to practice empathy in critical care. She completed her medical degree at Wayne State in 2002 where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society, her residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, and her fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital where she serves as the current Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and The American College of Chest Physicians and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society in 2019.She was named Henry Ford Hospital’s Critical Care Teacher of the Year in 2016, and the National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year by The Schwartz Center as well as Physician of the Year by Press Ganey in 2017. Her articles have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Harvard Business Review, and the Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic. A New York Times book review called Awdish’s book, In Shock, based on her own critical illness. “the one I wish we were given our first year of medical school, alongside our white coats and stethoscopes.” Her book has since been integrated into the curriculum of medical schools and universities across the U.S. and Europe.Resources:https://www.ranaawdishmd.com/Sign up for our No Barriers Summit

Host: Dawn Berndt, DNP, RN, CRNI® – INS Clinical Education & Publications Manager Guests:  • Judy Thompson, MSNED, RN, VA-BC – AVA Director of Clinical Education • Marlene Steinheiser, PhD, RN, CRNI® – INS Director of Clinical Education INS and AVA come together to address an issue of profound importance to the infusion and vascular access communities. Healthcare workers are facing significant challenges in their professional and personal lives, due to COVID-19. These challenges may result in ongoing stress and evoke feelings of anxiety, sadness, hopelessness, defeat, guilt and anger. Join INS and AVA Directors of Clinical Education, Marlene Steinheiser and Judy Thompson as they discuss the psychological crisis of COVID-19, the impact on clinicians and their upcoming webinar on this topic. Resources: · American Nurse Association (ANA) - https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/what-you-need-to-know/mental-health-and-well-being/ Resource Categories:        o   Mental Health and Stress        o   Family Support        o   Fatigue        o   Financial Help        o   Grief & Bereavement        o   Support Groups        o   Hotlines such as National Suicide Prevention Lifeline · The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare - https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/covid-19?utm_source=website&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=covid19 The Schwartz Center is dedicated to strengthening the human connection at the heart of health care.

This week on the podcast, we check in with labor economist Teresa Ghilarducci on the unemployment situation for older workers, as reflected in the April jobless report that was released this morning.Teresa is a professor at the New School for Social Research in New York, where she directs the school’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, and its Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab). She specializes in the labor situation for older workers. The federal government’s April jobs report market was as grim as expected. The total jobless rate soared to 14.7 percent, which meant that 20.5 million fewer Americans were employed than during March.The worst numbers were for younger people - 26 percent of workers age 25 to 29 were out of work last month. But I wanted to talk with Teresa about the figures for older workers. The official rate for people over age 55 more than quadrupled to 12 percent, but that understates the real damage. She calculates that the true rate is around 20 percent.We also talked about how the COVID19 crisis is rewriting the labor force dynamic for older workers. Age discrimination already was a big deal before the crisis, and many employers likely will now treat older workers differently post-crisis, since they are more vulnerable to the virus. Here’s what Teresa told me on this point:“Since we won't have a vaccine, probably, for about two years, this means that older workers will very sensibly not want to go back to work unless their employers can make it a safe environment. And employers will not will not be able to make it that safe for older workers even if they wanted to. It'll be much more expensive.”Listen to the podcast by clicking on the player icon at the top of the newsletter. The podcast also can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.New guide: Social Security in the age of pandemicLast week, I released the latest in my retirement guide series. This one explains how to deal with the Social Security Administration during the COVID19 crisis. The downloadable guide looks at how customer service at the Social Security Administration has changed during the coronavirus crisis, and how to get business done there. Social Security closed its network of more than 1,200 field offices to the public in March, 2020. Staff members are seeing people in person at the field offices for a very limited number of transactions. Social Security is handling most routine business via its toll-free line (800-772-1213) and its website. The guide also spells out what Medicare covers that is related to COVID19 - and the changes the program has been making to respond to the emergency.Click here to download your copy of the Social Security COVID19 guide.Just a reminder- subscribers, have access to the entire series of guides at any time. Click on the little green button to subscribe, or go here to learn more.Recommended reading and listening this weekPBS NewsHour interviewed one of the nation’s leading infectious disease specialists on the likely long-range path of the virus . . . I clung to the middle class as I aged - the pandemic pulled me under . . . Covid-19 vulnerabilities were a predictable outgrowth of our market-based health care system . . . The push for profits left nursing homes struggling to provide care . . .The idea that boomers were blase about the coronavirus is nonsense. . Beware buying a Medicare plan from Joe Namath . . .Broker-dealers will have to be careful when calling themselves advisors starting on June 30th . . . Health Savings Accounts add new options during the coronavirus crisis . . . The pandemic has amplified ageism . . . Americans without retirement savings are increasingly moving in with their millennial children . . . What parts of the economy are still humming along in the crisis? This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at retirementrevised.substack.com/subscribe

On this week’s podcast, we consider the impact on older workers of the extraordinary coronavirus-induced shutdown of the U.S. economy. Of course, workers of all ages are impacted by the stunning loss of jobs, but some special problems apply to people over age 50. My guest this week is labor economist Teresa Ghilarducci. Teresa is a professor at the New School for Social Research in New York, where she directs the school’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, and its Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab). She also blogs for Forbes.com, where she recently posted a piece with this provocative headline -Useless Retirement Advice And Bad Government Policy In The Time Of COVID-19.I talked with Teresa about what the numbers on older workers in this pandemic economy are looking like so far. We also discussed the impact of the economic and market crashes on retirement savings, home equity and health care spending - and the special risks older workers who are still on the job are facing during the pandemic.Listen to the podcast by clicking the player icon above. The podcast also can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.Social Security is posting COVID-10 updatesThe Social Security Administratino has a COVID-19 alert page that it is updating regularly. You can sign up for updates by email. This week, the SSA posted a couple updates on Medicare enrollment and other adjustments the agency is making during the crisis.Biden proposes reducing Medicare’s eligibility age to 60Joe Biden proposed lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 this week as he moves to unify the Sanders wing of the Democratic party with more moderate elements. If you have employer coverage and want to keep it, you can do so - or move to Medicare. In other words, the same option we have now for the 65+ population. This is an interesting, positive move on Biden’s part but it doesn’t go far enough, as I explain below. So, I’d say it likely is just an opening bid.As the COVID-19 health insurance situation evolves, one lesson people are learning rapidly is that we need much more aggressive expansion of health care and insurance in the United States. That has been clear for years, but the crisis is putting a harsh spotlight on the gaps and failings of our current system.Last month, the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) released a study of various ways to extending Medicare eligibility beyond the current 65+ population. The report was created by a Study Panel on Medicare Eligibility made up of 27 experts from a broad range of perspectives, such as economics, health policy, political science, sociology, medicine, and law, as well as people with direct experience working in areas related to public and private health insurance, including actuaries, health plan administrators, health care providers, labor representatives, and government regulators. The report examines three approaches to changing Medicare eligibility: lowering the eligibility age, establishing Medicare-for-all, and creating a Medicare buy-in. Here’s the upshot: Medicare for All is the most comprehensive solution, but the heaviest political lift to achieve in a single sweeping reform. The Medicare buy-in concept sounded great rolling off the tongues of moderate presidential candidates like Pete Buttigieg (“Medicare for all who want it” - what’s not to like about that?). But it actually is the most complicated and problematic option.Lowering the Medicare age might just be the sweet spot. It can be done incrementally and it’s fairly straightforward. The only real problem is protecting the Part A trust fund, which Biden proposes to do by financing costs from younger enrollees from general revenue, rather than the payroll tax. But in order to get the biggest gain in health care coverage, the age would need to move much lower than 60. Here’s what NASI found:Notice how many more people join Medicare if you drop the age to 50? Doing this gets millions of people who now must turn to employer coverage or the Obamacare exchanges for insurance. The latter can be problematic for people with serious health needs - premiums can be very high if you don’t qualify for the tax subsidies, and deductibles often are high, too.So - dropping the age to 60 is a decent start. Perhaps an incremental approach would work here - 60 in year one, 50 in year two, 30 in year three - and then it’s everyone in the pool.Here’s more detail on the NASI lower-the-age plan. And the full report is here.Here’s Biden’s statement.Subscribe to the newsletterIf you haven’t subscribed to the newsletter, give it a try if your finances permit in this tough economy. You’ll be supporting independent journalism dedicated to covering what matters for older Americans. Subscriptions cost $5 per month or $60 year, and you can cancel at any time.If not, no worries - I’m committed to providing everything I’ve got on the coronavirus crisis in the free edition for as long as it takes. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at retirementrevised.substack.com/subscribe

Retirees and near-retirees have suffered a punch to the gut and their portfolios with the coronavirus induced shutdown of the economy and the massive and precipitous market decline. After a decade which resulted in longevity records being set by both the economic recovery and bull market this black swan event was a stunner which requires a reassessment and regrouping of life plans, particularly for seniors. The most important actions we can take are to have a plan to protect what we have, live within our means and limit the drawdowns from already battered portfolios. How do we find the right financial advisor to help us do that? That is one of the questions we will answer in this week’s WEALTHTRACK. One lesson we learned from the last financial crisis and recession was panic selling resulted in permanent losses. Investors who kept their targeted stock allocation benefitted from the eventual market recovery. Another lesson learned was the value of Social Security. No matter what happens in the market it is the one guaranteed, an inflation-adjusted annuity that most working Americans are entitled to. The longer Americans can delay collecting that benefit, until age 70 if possible, the bigger the lifetime payout is. That is a point upon which our two guests heartily agree. Teresa Ghilarducci is a Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research where she is Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), and the Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab), which researches the causes and consequences of the retirement crisis. Ghilarducci is co-author with former WEALTHTRACK guest, Tony James of Rescuing Retirement: A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All Americans. Jamie Hopkins is Director of Retirement Research at Carson Wealth, and Finance Professor of Practice at Creighton University College of Business. Hopkins, a frequent WEALTHTRACK guest is an expert on retirement income and author of Rewirement: Rewiring the Way You Think About Retirement. WEALTHTRACK #1642 broadcast on April 10, 2020 More info: https://wealthtrack.com/surprising-retirement-planning-essentials-from-diet-to-advisor-credentials-from-two-retirement-pros/ Books: Rewirement: Rewiring the Way You Think About Retirement: https://amzn.to/3ec2lDc Rescuing Retirement: A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All Americans: https://amzn.to/2XoWnck --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wealthtrack/support

In this episode Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA’s Physician Alliance speaks with Dr. Beth Lown chief medical officer at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, internist at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

There is a retirement crisis in this country. It is becoming more apparent as 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day. A recent Wells Fargo survey found that more than eight in ten current retirees fund their retirement primarily with Social Security, or a pension; just 5% do so from personal savings such as an IRA or 401(k). Seven in ten retirees say they would have “no idea what they would do” without Social Security. Contrast them with younger generations who expect savings to be the top source of their funding; 45% of millennials say they must rely on IRAs or 401(k)s and only 25% expect to rely on Social Security or a pension. No matter what income group you look at savings makes a huge difference. The top 10% of savers in all income groups, from the highest to the lowest consistently held 10-20 times the retirement wealth of the bottom 10% of savers. What has caused the retirement crisis and are there policy and personal solutions to fix it? Two retirement experts will join us with some answers. Teresa Ghilarducci is a Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research where she is Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) and the Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab), which researches the causes and consequences of the retirement crisis. Ghilarducci is a co-author with former WEALTHTRACK guest, Tony James of Rescuing Retirement: A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All Americans. Jamie Hopkins is Director of Retirement Research at Carson Wealth, and Finance Professor of Practice at Creighton University College of Business. Hopkins a frequent WEALTHTRACK guest is an expert on retirement income and author of Rewirement: Rewiring the Way You Think About Retirement. WEALTHTRACK #1624 broadcast on December 13, 2019. More info at: https://wealthtrack.com/americas-do-it-yourself-system-is-failing-many-retirees-answers-from-two-retirement-experts/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wealthtrack/support

Kathryn interviews Director of Bernard L. Schwartz Center for Media, Public Policy, and Education at Fordham University, William F. Baker PhD, author of 'Organizations for People: Caring Cultures, Basic Needs, and Better Lives.' For many years, there has been talk about employee engagement as a means to lift corporate profits and reduce absenteeism and turnover. Baker examines the practices of 21 companies who put the interests and needs of employees first. He's the Distinguished Professor of Media and Entertainment at IESE Business School in Barcelona and is President Emeritus of WNET-Thirteen. Kathryn also interviews Memoirist, Poet and Writing Teacher, Vermont College of Fine Arts Sue William Silverman, author of 'How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences.' Her thematically linked collection of essays charts Silverman's attempt to confront her fears of that ultimate unknown. Silverman has been featured on The View, Anderson Cooper 360, The Ricki Lake Show, CNN and more.

Kathryn interviews Director of Bernard L. Schwartz Center for Media, Public Policy, and Education at Fordham University, William F. Baker PhD, author of 'Organizations for People: Caring Cultures, Basic Needs, and Better Lives.' For many years, there has been talk about employee engagement as a means to lift corporate profits and reduce absenteeism and turnover. Baker examines the practices of 21 companies who put the interests and needs of employees first. He's the Distinguished Professor of Media and Entertainment at IESE Business School in Barcelona and is President Emeritus of WNET-Thirteen. Kathryn also interviews Memoirist, Poet and Writing Teacher, Vermont College of Fine Arts Sue William Silverman, author of 'How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences.' Her thematically linked collection of essays charts Silverman's attempt to confront her fears of that ultimate unknown. Silverman has been featured on The View, Anderson Cooper 360, The Ricki Lake Show, CNN and more.

If you work in healthcare and haven’t read the book “In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope” I really hope you will. In the meantime listen to intensivist and best-selling author Dr Rana Awdish on this week’s episode of Mastering Intensive Care and you’ll understand why. In her book, Rana brilliantly tells the real-life story of her near-death experience and subsequent recovery into which she weaves insightful observations and reflections on both the good and the bad of the healthcare she witnessed. Whilst Rana would have died without the excellence of the team who managed her sudden medical crisis the seeming lack of humanity was stark and frequently counterproductive. At the time Rana was in the final days of her Critical Care Fellowship in Detroit. Now an intensivist and frequent public speaker she has ample experience and expertise to assist intensive care clinicians to improve, the aim of this show. Rana graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, completed Internal Medicine residency in New York, and then Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowships at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit where she now works. She is Assistant Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension program, Senior Staff Physician in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Medical Director, Care Experience. Amongst many accomplishments she is the Physician Facilitator for the CLEAR Conversations program, teaches on communication, bioethics and physician wellness, and has won the National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. Apart from beautifully describing how it really felt to be a patient, Rana also talks about: The suboptimal communication encounters she remembers Her gratitude for the skill and grace she received The benefits of being more engaged and connected with our patients Why first impressions matter The value of curiosity Using mindfulness to enhance presence What being cut off from knowledge as a patient felt like Her experience of asking for working suction in her own operation The value of community in unburdening ourselves as health practitioners How Schwartz rounds can be helpful The very first patient she met after recovering from her illness Her belief that showing compassion will make you more efficient The healing effect of family member presence The benefits of self-care (and what Rana does herself) The part spirituality might play in healthcare Better understanding the use of opiates and pain management Going home after a chronic critical illness How the whole experience has affected how she acts on ward rounds Our own healthcare experiences should not be the main driver towards the compassionate and caring practitioners our patients need. But as you’ll hear in this episode, they can deliver the sort of truth and learning we may not otherwise find. Please enjoy listening to Dr Rana Awdish.   Andrew Davies   --------------------   About the Mastering Intensive Care podcast: The podcast is aimed to inspire and empower you to bring your best self to the intensive care unit, through conversations with thought-provoking guests. I hope you’ll glean things to help you improve as a healthcare professional and as a human being so you can make a truly valuable contribution to your patient’s lives.   --------------------   Links to people, organisations and other resources mentioned: Rana Awdish on Twitter @RanaAwdish Rana Awdish website Book "In Shock" (by Rana Awdish) Mastering Intensive Care podcast – episode 35 with Paul Wischmeyer CLEAR conversations Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare Kenneth Schwartz Schwartz rounds Mindful Practice with Ronald Epstein and Mick Krasner New York Times article “After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea” (by Firoozeh Dumas) Mastering Intensive Care podcast – episode 40 with Ed Litton SMACC New Normal Project podcast Mastering Intensive Care podcast Mastering Intensive Care page on Facebook Mastering Intensive Care at Life In The Fast Lane Andrew Davies on Twitter: @andrewdavies66 Andrew Davies on Instagram: @andrewdavies66 Email Andrew Davies

Beth Lown, MD, Medical Director at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, discusses recent research around compassion. She introduces a social neuroscience-based model and behavioral framework for compassionate collaborative care illustrated by clinical stories. She talks about the positive power of compassion and potential strategies we can use to build cultures of compassion and collaboration.

Tracy K. Smith, Feb. 17, 2018, Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series, Thirteenth Season, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Emory University Tracy K. Smith, 22nd US poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, gives a reading of her poems, as part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, “Ordinary Light,” and three books of poetry. Her collection “Life on Mars” won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and was selected as New York Times Notable Book. The collection is partly a tribute to her late father, an engineer who worked on the Hubble Telescope. “Duende” won the 2006 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets and an Essence Literary Award. “The Body’s Question” was the winner of the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Smith’s reading at Emory is part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series, now in its 13th season. Smith is the seventh U.S. poet laureate to be featured in the series, and the 31th reader overall.

Tracy K. Smith, Feb. 17, 2018, Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series, Thirteenth Season, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Emory University Tracy K. Smith, 22nd US poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, gives a reading of her poems, as part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, “Ordinary Light,” and three books of poetry. Her collection “Life on Mars” won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and was selected as New York Times Notable Book. The collection is partly a tribute to her late father, an engineer who worked on the Hubble Telescope. “Duende” won the 2006 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets and an Essence Literary Award. “The Body’s Question” was the winner of the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Smith’s reading at Emory is part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series, now in its 13th season. Smith is the seventh U.S. poet laureate to be featured in the series, and the 31th reader overall.

Anyone who even casually follows public policy recognizes New Jersey faces a significant challenge with respect to its pension system. The state ranks last in the nation in terms of funding ratio, along with several other metrics that speak to the dimension of the problem. A number of efforts over the years – notably the New Jersey Pension and Health Benefit Study Commission – have outlined steps to mitigate certain outcomes and to place the state on a more practical path. As New Jersey recently elected a new Governor and with pension funding a clear priority, the opportunity exists to weigh all alternatives moving forward. Joining New Start New Jersey for an examination of options available to the state as it approaches the pension situation is one of the country’s foremost experts in retirement security, Dr. Teresa Ghilarducci, the Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in economic policy analysis and Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research.

Everyone can agree that our current healthcare model is broken. But the question is, can we fix it from the inside? or do we need to start from scratch? My next guest, Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle believes in order to best address the looming crisis, we need to reimagine health care from the ground up, and build new primary care models from scratch. He is the founder of Iora Health, a next generation primary care practice designed to restore the humanity in healthcare. In recent weeks, we have seen similar primary care models like Qliance and Turntable Health fold under unsustainable business models. By what makes Iora Health different and successful to date? On this episode, Dr. Fernandopulle will share his secret sauce to success, what he believes is broken in primary care, what the future holds for quality medical care, and the inspirational backstory that led him to start Iora Health.  All this and more on today’s episode. Now, That’s Unusual. About Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle is a practicing physician and co-founder and CEO of Iora Health, a healthcare services firm based in Cambridge MA whose mission is to build a radically new model of primary care to improve quality and service and reduce overall expenditures. In 2012 he was named an Ashoka Global Fellow, and is also a member of the Albert Schweitzer and Salzburg Global Fellowships. He was the first Executive Director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, and Managing Director of the Clinical Initiatives Center at the Advisory Board Company. He is co-author or editor of several publications including Health Care Policy, a textbook for physicians and medical students, and Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity. He serves on the staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and on the boards of Families USA and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care. He earned his A.B., M.D., and M.P.P. (Masters in Public Policy) from Harvard University, and completed his clinical training at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Key Interview Takeaways Although innovations in technology continue to evolve the healthcare space, the way we deliver care has remained stagnant. Healthcare is a series of fragmented transactions, and outcomes are not the focus. Dr. Fernandopulle’s motivation to tackle this issue came from a colleague’s plea, “Every day, I lose a little piece of my soul.” Most enter the medical profession with the intention of helping people, but the system gets in the way. “Half-ass, incremental change doesn’t work.” Dr. Fernandopulle had the simple insight that starting over was the only approach, and Iora seeks to rebuild healthcare from the ground up, starting with primary care. Dr. Fernandopulle set out to replicate the Southwest Airlines paradigm: Show up in the market, break the rules, and compel others to change in order to keep up. His mission is to transform healthcare by building a different model and demonstrating this new approach for others to follow. Iora operates on the idea that the doctor’s job is to radically empower her patients, giving them the tools to improve and maintain health in a system that keeps learning and adapts quickly. The most difficult part of developing the Iora model was designing the payment system. Dr. Fernandopulle rejects the fee-for-service model, and he sought payers (employers, union trusts, etc.) who were willing to pay for the relationship rather than individual transactions. The Iora system has been cost-effective in terms of patient/team experience, clinical outcomes, cost of care, and economic sustainability. Iora practices have 96-98% retention rates, and they have experienced 40-50% drops in hospitalizations. Behavior change is a slow process. The Iora model invests more money in patients early on, but typically sees big savings in healthcare costs by year three.

With Guest: Tenney Lantz With Special Guests: Beatriz Oliveora, Sharon Terreault of the Schwartz Center

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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove reads at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on the Emory University campus Feb. 28, 2016. This was Dove’s second reading (her first was in 2007) in the acclaimed Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series, now in its 11th season. Since its debut in 2005, the series has brought a wide range of acclaimed contemporary poets to Emory’s campus, including Lucille Clifton, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Natasha Trethewey, W.S. Merwin, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, and Sharon Olds.

Kate Bahn is an economist at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Kate is also the co-founder and managing editor of Lady Economist, an amazing blog with rich content on how economics impacts women and girls. Kate’s economics writing has been featured in the Guardian, the Nation, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Good Magazine among others. She is also an active member of the International Association for Feminist Economics. Kate received her PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research, where she also worked as a researcher for the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. Kate’s scholarly research includes labor economics, gender in the economy, caring labor, and retirement. In this episode you will learn: what is a monopsony market why early-career teachers leave their profession within the first five years. about the International Association for Feminist Economics. about the economics of retirement. whether women are more risk averse than men or whether it is gender-stereotyping. which US President should be removed from a US bill and what female should replace him. and much more. Check out the show notes page where you can get all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/katebahn Subscribe to the Economic Rockstar podcast on iTunes and never miss an episode again.

Ep. 53: LaVera Crawley and Alec MacLeod are an interracial couple.  LaVera is a African-American doctor, who grew up in Cincinnati, received her undergraduate and medical degrees at Historically Black Colleges, worked on a Navajo reservation as a M.D., and now serves as a Palliative Care Chaplain.  In the field of medicine and ethics, LaVera is internationally known for her work on health disparities for palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care. She served as an expert on racial, ethnic, and cultural issues for the 2004 NIH State-of-the-Science of EOL Care Consensus Conference; was commissioned by the California Healthcare Foundation to conduct an in-depth summary of EOL health care delivery for California’s multi-ethnic, multicultural, and racially diverse population; and served a 3-year appointment as an ethics advisor for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She was honored with the Soros Faculty Scholars Award for the Open Society Institute's Project on Death in America in 1999-2001, The Howard Temin Award from the National Cancer Institute in 2003-2008, and the Stanford University Faculty Fellows Award in 2007. After a 16+ year career at Stanford as an empirical bioethicist, LaVera Crawley embarked on a new career in the art of spiritual companionship, bringing together her work in medicine, ethics, social justice, teaching, research, and public health with her longstanding interest in spirituality. After completing her clinical pastoral education (CPE) in chaplaincy, she began serving in her current role as a Palliative Care Chaplain at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. She is also in training to become an Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) Certified Supervisor. Inspired by the Schwartz Center’s Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Program for Healthcare Providers, LaVera’s goal as a Chaplain Supervisor is to create and implement a CPE Fellows Program for physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals to enhance provider skills and competencies in addressing the spiritual, existential, and religious needs of patients and families facing life-threatening illnesses. Her husband, Alec MacLeod, is a White man of Dutch an English extraction, who grew up in rural, upstate New York,lec MacLeod is a Professor in Undergraduate Studies. He received his undergraduate education at Hampshire College where he studied philosophy and fine arts. Alec also holds a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from Stanford University (1983) and has studied information science at the University of California at Berkeley. His primary areas of preparation are in the studio arts, art theory and information science. He is a practicing visual artist whose work has been exhibited nationally. Additionally, his work in the area of cultural studies includes the visual culture of the internet (especially implicit assumptions in the design of graphical user interfaces), representations of "the Other" in U.S. colloquial English, and visual explorations of theories of perception. As an educator, Alec has used participatory collaborative methods of inquiry to explore the ways in which pedagogical approaches can assist learners in examining and changing their assumptions about race and ethnicity. He has trained as a multicultural trainer at Equity Institute and Visions, Inc. A member of a research collective, the European-American Collaborative Challenging Whiteness, he has participated in an inquiry into white identity and ways in which white people can become more aware of their identity and its implications. The group has presented its work at educational conferences and recently authored an article entitled "White on White: Communicating about Race and White Privilege with Critical Humility" in Understanding & Dismantling Privilege: the Journal of the White Privilege Conference. Alec has over twenty-five years of experience as a facilitator of learning in higher education as a classroom teacher and as an administrator. He was a member of the design team for the undergraduate cohort based degree completion program and the inaugural director of that program. In addition to his interdisciplinary courses in the Undergraduate program, Alec teaches courses in visual thinking, creativity, and visual culture. Listen as LaVera and Alec speak with Alex about their marriage, their careers, and their views on race and diversity. For more on host, Alex Barnett, please check out his website: www.alexbarnettcomic.com or visit him on Facebook (www.facebook.com/alexbarnettcomic) or on Twitter at @barnettcomic To subscribe to the Multiracial Family Man, please click here: MULTIRACIAL FAMILY MAN PODCAST   Intro and Outro Music is Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons - By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Charles Wright, the 2014-2015 U.S. Poet Laureate, is one of the most important American poets writing today. Born in 1935 in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, he is the author of over 20 books of poetry. His many honors include the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2014, he was named Poet Laureate of the United States. Here on October 1, 2015, Charles Wright reads at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on the Emory University Campus for Season Eleven of The Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series.

With Guests: Michael Coleman and Tenney Lantz With Special Guest: Beatrice Oliveira

Natasha Trethewey, 19th U S poet laureate, reads her poem "Elegy" from her new book, Thrall, at the Decatur Book Festival keynote address, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on the Emory University Campus. Trethewey is also the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory.

Composer and singer Susan Botti performs a concert of her original chamber work "Gates of Silence" with Vanderbilt University's Blakemore Trio (March 23, 2012, at Emory's Dance Studio of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts).

Guest: Thomas Lynch, MD Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Dr. Thomas Lynch is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Oncology Service Line at Dana-Farber Partners CancerCare and Chief of Hematology-Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lynch discusses why Schwartz Center Rounds are so successful.

Guest: Thomas Lynch, MD Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Dr. Thomas Lynch is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Oncology Service Line at Dana-Farber Partners Cancer Care and Chief of Hematology-Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Lynch discusses the myriad of programs available through the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center in Boston, Massachusetts.