The Point Podcast by Richard Hausman

14/03/2021

!!! NEW EPISODE WITH DR. LINDA HONAN AND DR. THOMAS DUFFY OF THE YALE SCHOOLS OF NURSING AND MUSIC !!!
"Looking is Not Seeing, Listening is not Hearing - Using Art and Music to train better diagnosticians with Dr. Linda Honan and Dr. Thomas Duffy": https://open.spotify.com/show/5LexBfRUDWfQe9FGazzLL4?si=31yofqlWRrGsTE3tPq2IWw
Episode Description:
Dr. Linda Honan is an innovative and ingenious proffessor at the Yale school of nursing, where she is Associate Director for Interprofessional Longitudinal Clinical Experience (ILCE) and is responsible for several programs. She obtained her PhD from the University of connecticut, and is well known for her interdisciplinary approach to clinical education, which we'll be discussing today. She is the author of books, presentations, and innumerable research papers, and her knowledge stretches far beyond the world of medicine.

Dr. Tomas Duffy is the Director of Bands at Yale university. He recieved his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from Cornell University, and not only is he a prolific conductor and composer (with commissions from a wide range of sources), but he also is very experienced in a leadership capacity both within the world of music and elsewhere - he served on the Fulbright selection committee, he was an organizer of the Tanglewood Symposium, he was president of the New England College Band Directors Association, publicity chair for the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and much, much more.

Timestamps:

(00:40) Introductions and backgrounds of the guests
(5:38) "Looking is Not Seeing" and "Listening is Not Hearing" - the origins, motivations, and methodology.
(26:34) A demonstration of "Listening is Not Hearing" - Diastolic Murmur
(29:00) Artificial imitation of heart, lung, and bowel sounds.
(30:43) Effect of musicianship on performance in the intervention, and the benefits that "Listening is Not Hearing" can provide for patients.
(33:24) The parallels between the work of Daniel Kahneman and the work of Dr. Honan and Dr. Duffy
(40:15) Red Herrings and Variance in the diagnostic process
(45:55) Collaboration with the Engineering Department
(48:56) Using Narrative Writing and Journaling to reduce Burnout
(55:05) What's next for Dr. Honan and Dr. Duffy
(59:15) Interdisciplinary Work: where Intellectual Sparks Fly
(1:02:45) Closing Thoughts and Outro
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Save the date: April 22nd, 2021 - Creative Writing Awards with Keynote Speaker Linda Villarosa
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13/03/2021

Looking is Not Seeing, Listening is not Hearing - Using Art and Music to train better diagnosticians

06/03/2021

!!! NEW EPISODE WITH DR. DAVID SIMPSON OF MOUNT SINAI
In this episode, I'm HONORED to welcome Dr. Simpson onto the podcast.
"What Nerve! - The Past, Present, and Future of Neurology and Pain Treatment with Dr. David Simpson :
https://open.spotify.com/episode/40fUzobrKXr5yrhrfpOFYb?si=2rvBN58hRHq7mo_ish4xZg&nd=1
Episode Description:

Dr. Simpson is a world-renowned and endlessly creative Neurologist, and a graduate of the Yeshiva schooling system. In this episode, we explore how Dr. Simpson's background and Jewish schooling have influenced how he practices and learns about medicine, about some of the terrifying but lesser-known neurological effects of HIV and how Dr. Simpson has worked diligently and compassionately to improve the lives of the afflicted patients, about the fascinating histories of both Capsaicin and Botulinum Toxin and how Dr. Simpson has managed to transform these old discoveries into new sources of treatment and hope for his patients, and finally about frameworks that physicians and researchers can use to collaborate with pharmaceutical companies in an ethical manner and maximize benefits to their patients and to the wider public.

Timestamps:
(0:41) Introduction of Dr. David Simpson
(1:51) How Orthodox Judaism and Yeshiva education influence Dr. Simpson's methods of scientific and medical thought.
(6:00) Being Comfortable with Uncertainty, and how physicians come to terms with uncertainty as they gain experience.
(7:35) What drew Dr. Simpson to Neurology?
(13:00) The HIV pandemic, as experienced in a 1980 Neurology Ward.
(19:08) The timeline of HAART and other HIV treatments, and the toxicity of its early components.
(26:50) The Capsaicin Patch - treating peripheral Neuropathy using a familiar, friendly compound.
(33:45) The history and biology of Botulinum Toxin (Botox), and its novel application to spasticity and stroke patients.
(38:00) Magnifying the impact of a medicine through the discovery of new applications.
(42:04) How to Successfully and Ethically work with Pharmaceutical Companies: Principles, Encouraging Signs, and "Red Flags"
(46:58) Looking Forward: What's next for Dr. Simpson? What's next for Neurology?
(49:16) Closing Thoughts, Book/Paper recommendations, and Outro

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06/03/2021

What Nerve! - The Past, Present, and Future of Neurology and Pain Treatment with Dr. David Simpson

27/02/2021

!!! NEW EPISODE WITH JUSTIN SOURIAU-LEVINE !!!
"The Beauty of Life" :
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ZyXZ5CNffCsyZDaNfFmFg?si=S_zmJO5ERwuDoG92zpXDZQ
In this episode, I'm HONORED to have Justin S-L on the podcast!
Episode description:
The Beauty of Life - Building Communities, Overcoming Adversity, Finding Beauty, and Defying Reality with Justin Souriau-Levine

Justin SL is an extraordinary movie director, cinematographer, ballet dancer, performer, soccer player, entrepreneur, and a very dear friend of mine. He has repeatedly used his entrepreneurial spirit and relentlessly positive outlook on life to create tight-knit communities around projects or ventures, such as his soccer club, Moulin à Café, and his movie company. Justin is a true student of life, and I'm honored to have him on the podcast. Rather than try to encapsulate Justin in this intro, I'll let his story and his personality speak for themselves.

Timestamps:
(0:00:40) Intro

(0:02:15) Moulin à Café

(0:06:05) How cinema helped shape Justin's worldview

(0:11:39) Giving and Receiving Joy, and appreciating the perspectives of others

(0:14:11) Pivoting and course-correcting in life (Justin's time at The Rock School)

(0:17:30) Justin reveals what life is all about. How to not "miss the point"

(0:23:30) Justin's professional ballet career: overcoming roadblocks and natural disadvantages

(0:32:05) Overcoming the two types of adversity: roadblocks/natural disadvantages, and catastrophe.

(0:44:05) Finding your star, and changing your Terminal Goals

(0:50:15) How to Defy Reality

(0:52:37) The differences between French and American Education, and the importance of studying History

(0:58:07) How to instantly befriend and connect with strangers, and how to meet interesting people

(1:12:02) Notes and outro.

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https://www.instagram.com/justin.souriaulevine/

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27/02/2021

The Beauty of Life - Building Communities, Overcoming Adversity, Finding Beauty, and Defying Reality with Justin Souriau-Levine Justin SL is an extraordinary movie director, cinematographer, ballet dancer, performer, soccer player, entrepreneur, and a very dear friend of mine. He has repeatedly used...

26/02/2021

SNEAK PREVIEW: EPISODE WITH DR. DAVID SIMPSON, Director of the Neuromuscular Diseases Division, of the Clinical Neurophisiology Laboratories, AND of the Neuro-AIDS program AT MOUNT SINAI! Dr. Simpson has saved untold lives with his innovative treatments for HIV-induced neuropathies - you don't want to miss this! PLUS: this Saturday, an episode with JUSTIN SOURIAU-LEVINE, a world-famous ballet dancer!

21/02/2021

!!! NEW EPISODE WITH AADIT PATEL !!!
"When Machines Fly" : https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ioVVMEA4UdIfVlZlRBhuR?si=DbimniiWT7Gh3Ynps53y2g

In this episode, I'm HONORED to have Aadit Patel on the podcast.
Episode description:
When Machines Fly - AI, Aerospace, and The Future of Food with Aadit Patel

Aadit Patel is an incredibly smart, talented, driven, and kind person - a pilot, an Aerospace Engineer, a Software Engineer, and a leader in the field of Machine Learning. In this episode, we discuss Aadit's Aerospace background and his experience at NASA and Boeing, his pivot to Computer Science and Machine Learning, how Aadit is using Machine Learning to shape and accelerate the future of sustainable food through his leadership at The Not Company, and the state and future of Machine Learning within the context of society and industry.
Some Timestamps:
(00:43) Intro
(02:40) Aadit's background and interest in aviation
(05:22) CubSATs, NASA, and the Startup Environment
(09:15) Aadit's Internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and his mentor at the JPL(16:55) Pivoting from Aerospace Engineering to Computer Science - Aadit's time at Boeing
(27:00) The Not Company - revolutionizing food with Machine Learning
(35:00) Abstract Machine Thought - The Philosophy of Latent Spaces in Machine Learning
(39:35) Applying ML in the real world without the hype cycle: human-machine collaboration. Also, using Bayesian Optimization to accelerate experiments.
(45:25) Bleeding-edge ML Technologies: Transformers (including GPT3) and their limitations
(50:15) Frameworks for how to overcome the limitations of generative models. Also, Q-learning.
(55:28) The Future of Work and AI: a framework for the path to harmony and humility.
(1:02:22) Closing Thoughts, Book/Paper recommendations, and Outro

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https://notco.com/us/
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21/02/2021

A quick post about my first episode, "An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Cure - Akshay Swaminathan" (a brand new episode will drop tomorrow, but I'm just posting this here ahead of that)

Akshay Swaminathan is a distinguished Public Health Researcher, a future Physician, and an impressive polyglot who speaks 11 languages! In this episode, we discuss various strategies and paradigms for learning languages more efficiently, the implications of Akshay's public health research, and what the future of healthcare might look like in the United States in terms of our healthcare system's structure, the patient experience, and the physician's profession. I'm honored to have Akshay as my guest for the inaugural episode of The Point Podcast.

Timestamps:
1. (1:50) Language Learning Strategies.
2. (21:00) Strategies for structuring public health systems (with case studies).
3. (27:00) The inefficiencies of the US healthcare system in the face of crises.
4. (32:50) The systemic shortcomings of the US healthcare system due to its focus on profit over public service and the influence of corporate lobbyists. (This topic continues until 42:38).
5. (36:15) How we can change our conception of what healthcare is, expand it to include social spending, and thereby improve our healthcare.
6. (42:38) Plant-based alternatives to meat, their role in public health and environmental health, and subsidies for the meat industry in the US.
7. (48:00) "Social Businesses," and the NGO Refresh Bolivia.
8. (58:27) The future of medicine - what it will be, and what it should be, and the future of being a physician in the US.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2g1GXyhJbfzSXiUH31ZJ0f?si=6vFvJGdIR5q0Kc8JCTDyRQ

Listen to this episode from The Point Podcast on Spotify. Akshay Swaminathan is a distinguished Public Health Researcher, a future Physician, and an impressive polyglot who speaks 11 languages! In this episode, we discuss various strategies and paradigms for learning languages more efficiently, the....

21/02/2021

Welcome to the Point Podcast! I'm excited to announce a fantastic roster of guests including a polyglot and public health researcher, a Machine Learning leader and former NASA JPL Engineer, a professional ballet dancer and filmmaker, a Neurologist, and both the CEO and CTO of the multi-hundred-million-dollar company, The Not Company! We're in for quite a ride, so buckle up!

21/02/2021