Fixing Healthcare Podcast
Health, Fitness & Longevity
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“A podcast with a plan to fix healthcare” featuring Dr. Robert Pearl, Jeremy Corr and Guests
Episodes
- MTT #107: How politics is weakening America’s public health defenses
In this week’s episode of Medicine: The Truth , hosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl probe the facts beneath healthcare’s biggest headlines. Today’s show examines the accelerating progress of generative AI, the political turmoil inside A…
- FHC #216: An unfiltered look at what legacy means in medicine
In this Unfiltered episode of Fixing Healthcare , Drs. Robert Pearl and Jonathan Fisher explore three questions that reach across medicine, leadership and life itself: What legacy do physicians leave behind? How does mindset shape health a…
- FHC #215: Revisiting healthcare leadership, technology & capitation
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- FHC #214: Revisiting GLP-1 prices and ChatGPT’s early leap forward
This episode of Fixing Healthcare replays a discussion on generative AI's rapid advancement and healthcare's slow adaptation, alongside the unresolved issue of high GLP-1 medication costs.
- FHC #213: Longevity myths, healthcare costs & why medicine must subtract to improve
In episode 213 of Fixing Healthcare, Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr challenge longevity myths, questioning the inevitability of decline and the efficacy of supplements. They propose a "subtraction before addition" approach to healthcare,…
- MTT #106: Trump’s 2027 budget & the other threats to U.S. healthcare
This episode of Medicine: The Truth examines the proposed 2027 US budget's $15.8 billion in healthcare cuts, impacting Medicaid, NIH, and global health. It also analyzes GLP-1 drugs, noting their effectiveness for weight loss and related c…
- FHC #212: OpenAI’s Nate Gross on ChatGPT’s next big move in healthcare
Nate Gross of OpenAI shares insights on how ChatGPT is already used by millions of patients for health-related questions and the implications of the new ChatGPT for Clinicians offering for healthcare providers. The discussion covers genera…
- FHC #211: How medical culture slowly reshapes physician identity
In this episode of Fixing Healthcare, Drs. Robert Pearl and Jonathan Fisher examine how professional culture gradually reshapes physician identity. They discuss the effects of stress, burnout, and workplace environments on clinicians, and…
- FHC #210: Healthcare’s productivity crisis & how vibe coding could help
In this Diving Deep episode, Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr connect two forces that are beginning to reshape the future of medicine: healthcare’s worsening economic inefficiency and the rise of physician-built generative AI tools. The co…
- MTT #105: New science on aging, rising medical debt & healthcare’s fax problem
In this week’s episode of Medicine: The Truth , hosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl balance two sides of American healthcare: the encouraging scientific advances that could help people live longer and healthier lives, and the growing af…
- FHC #208: Why empathy alone won’t fix healthcare leadership
In this Unfiltered episode of Fixing Healthcare , Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr sit down with cardiologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Jonathan Fisher for a wide-ranging conversation about leadership, strategy and the future of physician…
- FHC #207: Three major healthcare threats GenAI can help solve
In this Diving Deep episode, Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Cor return to a question listeners have been asking for months: What role will generative AI realistically play in American healthcare? Dr. Pearl opens the discussion around three ur…
- MTT #104: TrumpRx, rising measles cases & the politics of vaccine science
In this week’s episode of Medicine: The Truth , hosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl unpack a wide range of developments shaping healthcare in America today, including the TrumpRx drug discount program. From new legislation affecting tel…
- FHC #206: What Gen Z expects from healthcare & why it matters
Season 11 of Fixing Healthcare continues its shift away from the traditional top-down model of interviewing CEOs, policymakers and medical leaders to focus this week on something new, different and fascinating: listening to the generation…
- FHC #205: What ‘F1’ movie teaches us about leadership in medicine
In this Unfiltered episode of Fixing Healthcare , hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr sit down with cardiologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Jonathan Fisher for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, culture and team performance, ins…
- MTT #103: Can generative AI safely prescribe medicine on its own?
In this week’s episode of Medicine: The Truth , hosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl examine a sweeping set of developments shaping American healthcare. From the first state-approved use of generative AI to prescribe medications without…
- FHC #204: Why healthcare chaos didn’t lead to change & what comes next
This Diving Deep episode with Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr looks at U.S. healthcare across three time horizons: past, present and future. The hosts use 2025 as a case study in disruption without reform, 2026 as a year of mounting press…
- FHC #203: Dead ends, failures & the unlikely path to medical progress
As part of Season 11 of Fixing Healthcare , which spotlights influential voices with large followings and direct insight into how real people experience medicine, Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr welcome back medical historian Dr. Lindsey…
- FHC #202: Willpower, doom scrolling & the illusion of control
Dr. Robert Pearl’s latest opinion poll, part of his “Monthly Musings” newsletter, asked readers about their health goals and habits for 2026 (note: studies show most Americans have already quit their resolutions for the year ). The result?…
- MTT #102: Vaccines under fire, rising disease & the cost of politics in medicine
In this week’s episode of Medicine: The Truth , hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr look closely at the stories and controversies shaping U.S. healthcare at the start of 2026. From a severe flu season and resurgent vaccine-preventable d…
- FHC #201: Mark Cuban’s blunt diagnosis of what’s broken in healthcare
Mark Cuban approaches healthcare the same way he approaches every industry he enters: by assuming something essential is missing and then asking who benefits from keeping it that way. In American medicine, he believes that missing ingredie…
- FHC #200: Healthcare’s cost crisis, GenAI’s promise + medicine’s leadership gap
In this Diving Deep episode, the 200th of episode of Fixing Healthcare , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr explore three interconnected themes: The biggest driver of America’s healthcare crisis. The transformative (and still largely…
- FHC #199: Revisiting ‘The road to AI-empowered healthcare’ from ChatGPT, MD
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re flashing back to one of the year’s most listened-to episodes of Fixing Healthcare . This week, a special reading from Dr. Robert Pearl’s bestselling book “ ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Ca…
- FHC #198: The surprising science of gratitude & the cost of conformity
After the Thanksgiving holiday, Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr sit down for an “Unfiltered” discussion about gratitude with cardiologist and burnout expert Dr. Jonathan Fisher. While the discussion begins with an exploration of the scien…
- MTT #101: From measles outbreaks to GLP-1 hype, the data every patient should know
In this week’s episode of Medicine: The Truth , hosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl examine a wide range of stories shaping American health. From new research on the lifesaving effects of health insurance to troubling vaccine policy cha…
- FHC #196: Revisiting Thanksgiving 2020 at Covid’s peak
For this Thanksgiving week, we’re revisiting an important and emotionally charged episode from the first season of “Medicine: The Truth.” = When this episode debuted in 2020, the podcast was called “Coronavirus: The Truth,” which began whe…
- FHC #195: Dr. Julie Fisher on medicine, marriage & misogyny
This special episode of Unfiltered departs from its usual cadence and lineup as cardiologist Jonathan Fisher is joined this week by his wife, oncologist Dr. Julie Fisher. Together with hosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl, the group emba…
- FHC #194: A flashback to Dr. Jen Gunter’s fearless fight for truth in women’s health
Before TikTok myth-busting and Instagram reels took over the health education space, Dr. Jen Gunter dominated Twitter (now “X”) as medicine’s fiercest advocate for women’s health. Dr. Gunter built a massive following by calling out dangero…
- MTT #100: From COVID-19 to ChatGPT, a close look at the last 5 years
When this podcast launched in March 2020 as Coronavirus: The Truth , hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr set out to give listeners clear science and accurate analysis during a moment of chaos. Now, 100 episodes later, as Medicine: The T…
- FHC #193: What’s fueling medical mistrust & why startups fail
In this Diving Deep episode of Fixing Healthcare , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr examine two pressing topics: the hidden causes of patient mistrust in doctors and the top reasons healthcare startups fall short. The episode begin…
- FHC #192: Flashback to ‘burnout and the physician career arc’
With Dr. Jonathan Fisher’s upcoming Ending Clinician Burnout Global Summit (Nov. 6–7) just around the corner, hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr revisit one of the trio’s most powerful Unfiltered conversations ever. When this episode f…
- FHC #191: Dr. Joel Bervell on medical bias & the power of storytelling
Season 11 of Fixing Healthcare continues its exploration of medicine’s rising influencers with a conversation that reveals how patients can advocate for themselves, how doctors can confront bias they don’t even realize they have, and how s…
- MTT #99: The frightening state of U.S. medicine as politics replace science
This Halloween-themed episode of Medicine: The Truth finds hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr confronting the real horrors haunting American medicine today. When Corr asks what scares him most, Dr. Pearl doesn’t hesitate: it’s the chao…
- FHC #190: TikTok’s favorite OB-GYN reveals what millions of women really ask their doctors
Season 11 of Fixing Healthcare continues its exploration of medicine’s new voices and rising influencers with an eye-opening conversation about sexuality, vaccinees and misinformation. Today’s guest, originally from rural Texas, joins the…
- FHC #189: Diving deep into imposter syndrome in medicine
In this revealing episode of Unfiltered , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr sit down with cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Fisher to explore a hidden source of suffering in modern medicine: imposter syndrome. Together, Pearl and Fisher tak…
- FHC #188: Why younger patients turn away from doctors & toward GenAI
In this Diving Deep episode of Fixing Healthcare , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr explore two urgent shifts reshaping the patient-doctor relationship in American medicine. First, they tackle a generational divide that’s growing w…
- MTT #98: Can patients and doctors still trust the CDC, FDA?
In this episode of Medicine: The Truth , Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr dig into growing public distrust in the two government agencies charged with protecting Americans’ health: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and t…
- FHC #187: Autonomy, burnout & the future of medical care
In this candid episode of Unfiltered , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr sit down with cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Fisher to examine why so many clinicians feel trapped between rising bureaucracy and shrinking autonomy. Together, they…
- FHC #186: Optum CEO on AI, big data & preventing disease
FHC #186: From rare diseases to rural America, Optum’s CEO talks healthcare’s future In this special return to Season 10, which focused on transformative technologies in medicine, Fixing Healthcare hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr in…
- FHC #185: A System in crisis, a technology in waiting
In this Diving Deep episode of Fixing Healthcare , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr tackle two timely topics shaping the future of American medicine. First, the pair explore a growing concern among health policy experts and clinici…
- MTT #97: Drug prices, Big Tech EHR promises & the 7,000-step surprise
In this episode of Medicine: The Truth , Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr cover a whirlwind of headlines, from a White House push to tie U.S. drug prices to wealthy-nation benchmarks (with tariff threats) to a Big Tech pledge to make medic…
- FHC #183: Will GenAI replace docs? How should medical schools respond?
In this Diving Deep episode of Fixing Healthcare , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr tackle two of the most pressing questions in healthcare today, each focused on the future of medical practice in the era of generative AI. First, t…
- MTT #96: Cancer confusion, obesity clarity & a $3M drug failure
In this episode of Medicine: The Truth , co-hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr examine a wide range of healthcare headlines. From the Supreme Court’s ruling on preventive care to heat-related deaths, experimental diabetes treatments an…
- FHC #182: How GenAI, telemedicine and AI assistants will reshape medicine
In a special episode of Fixing Healthcare, Jeremy Corr turns the mic once more to cohost Dr. Robert Pearl , inviting him to reflect on Season 10, marking the duo’s most ambitious deep-dive into the technologies transforming American medici…
- FHC #181: When the doctor becomes the patient
In this introspective episode of Unfiltered , cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr sit down once again with cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Fisher to explore the emotional and psychological dimensions of medical treatment — this time from th…
- FHC #180: Diving Deep into healthcare politics & the biases blocking chronic disease care
In this episode of Fixing Healthcare’s “Diving Deep,” co-hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr examine two pressing healthcare issues through thoughtful Q&A: the impact of Trump’s healthcare promises on policy and the hidden psychological…
- FHC #179: An unfiltered look back at independence, authenticity in medicine
With Dr. Robert Pearl traveling abroad this week to keynote a major conference on patient data transparency, the Fixing Healthcare team is revisiting one of its most popular episodes: an Unfiltered conversation with Dr. Zubin Damania (aka…