Episodes
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Special guest (and Nakin's boss's boss's boss) Mike Weatherford joins the podcast and discusses some of the major trends in healthcare: how telehealth has changed because of the pandemic, why price transparency for healthcare services is important, and what's driving physicians to become employees at health systems rather than staying as independent providers.
Mike also shared about his experience at UCLA being an RA, hunting down burgers in Van Nuys at 2am, and his love of Bill Walton.
Listen to the end for a special announcement about B1Ear!
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Gaayatri describes her time studying at UCLA towards specializing in ethnomusicology. Her credits include Disney’s Million Dollar Arm and Mira, Royal Detective.
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Dr. Williams opens up about growing up black and gay in Louisiana during the 1960s and 1970s. After providing a primer about rare diseases, Dr. Williams explains how and why he ended up working at a pharmaceutical corporation in-spite of public perceptions. Pranav ties in the UCLA class of 2015’s reading of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ into the conversation.
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Veronica covers her role at AECOM where she leads digital and innovation initiatives for infrastructure planning. We cover topics ranging from autonomous vehicles to the gender tax in transportation. Veronica reminisces about being raised by a Bruin parent and concludes with her time at UCLA.
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Dr. Robert Hughes currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. We enjoyed our conversation with Robert as we dove into some of his research interests including the egalitarian distribution of medical care, the social responsibility that corporations have, and Robert shared his thoughts on the TV show The Good Place as it pertains to philosophy. Additionally, we were thankful that Robert shared his honest thoughts on the most significant challenge he's faced (both personally and professionally).
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Rosemary recounts the advantages of having a diverse cohort of international students and incredible faculty at UCLA that helped establish her foundation in economics research. We chatted with Rosemary about her experience at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and she shared how some of her research helped to improve the measures of labor demand for the country. We also discussed her time at the US Census Bureau and why their work is important. Finally, Rosemary shares how an opportunity for her husband led her family to Japan and the challenges of going back to work when she returned to the United States after a brief hiatus.
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Alyssa provides an account of her time at UCLA which included developing her own major (Digital Democracy), studying abroad in Spain, and listening to lots of Jay-Z. After being fired the second time from the same job and dumped on the same day, Alyssa introspects on gratitude and happiness. Listeners will learn about her early challenges building HipCamp and HipCamp’s role at the intersection of private and public land, urban and rural areas, & liberals and conservatives in the US. Pranav mentions a recent and traumatic encounter with a backyard opossum.
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Dr. Kline chronicles his career trajectory in detail including both undergrad and med school at UCLA and a now defunct club that facilitated his interest in policy making. He explains the role of various stakeholders in the heath care delivery value chain from his lived experience and describes some of the challenges of managing health insurance for the more than 8 million federal employees. Finally, Dr. Kline shares some great advice he received from a professor about "listening to your gut" and talks about developing his love for scuba diving at UCLA.
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Robert details his experience at UCLA, with emphasis on study abroad in Chile and his time at the Daily Bruin. We cover his investigative piece on how donations affected admissions to UCLA’s orthodontics program and why these crises continue to unfold in spite of past coverage. Entering the industry during a financial crisis, Robert explains how he navigated his way to the LA Times, established a foothold with a piece on police corruption, and ultimately landed a Pulitzer Prize.
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Congressman Gomez shares how his experience with healthcare at a young age has helped shape his views on it as a politician. We also talked about some of his early educational challenges in high school, but with resilience how he was able to move from jobs at Subway and Target to community college and finally transfer to UCLA. He also shared how a former Governor and presidential candidate helped shape his interest in pursuing public policy instead of going to law school.
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David shares insights from his career trajectory that includes stops at several major cities (BOS, NYC, LA, Chicago, London, Miami, Nashville, and now Seattle), and how NYC’s financial crisis led to his journey to UCLA. He captivates listeners with a story about an old Malibu 10k race and how lessons learned from competitive running such as the power of belief apply to everyday life. As David is unable to identify his single favorite city, Pranav pushes him to identify his favorite amongst his three kids.
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Erin covers studying Film and Television at UCLA as well as her astrophysics coursework. She accounts turning down acceptances to prestigious law schools, in the waning hours, for a screenwriting job with Chris Carter (X-files). She continues with the hilarious story of how she landed her gig with LMFAO and when she knew her song “Sexy and I Know It” was a worldwide hit. Finally, listeners hear about her new fitness company and a story about the time she negged Jordan Farmar, when they first met at UCLA.
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Mikala talks about UCLA Acappella and living on the same floor as Pranav, their freshman year. Mikala tells Nakin about her MPH thesis on a flesh-eating bacteria. Pranav asks Mikala to introspect on how she’s personally had to evolve and step up after quickly being thrusted under the COVID-19 limelight and assuming responsiblity for 300,000 citizens.
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John details the importance of agency, phase shifting, and fearlessness. He mentions his time studying accounting & architecture at UCLA and whizzing around campus in a moped. A few years after his first startup was acquired by Pinterest, John is back at it again with Y-combinator backed Aesthetic.
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Jeanine talks about her transition as the winner of “So You Think You Can Dance” to a student at UCLA. Majoring in World Arts and Culture, Jeanine was able to leverage the quarter system as she picked up acting gigs. Of Cuban descent, Jeanine discusses diversity in Hollywood and how she was able to parlay a recurring role on “Grey’s Anatomy” into a series lead on CW’s hit show “Roswell, New Mexico”. Pranav and Jeanine machinate to get Nakin to try out for the Emmy award winning Fox dance show.
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In our first Summer episode, Andrew explains how his MBA helped him adapt quickly to his then new role as CEO under tenuous circumstances. He explains how entrepreneurship and business can serve as rehabilitative programming as a solution to solving prison recidivism. He also discusses his role as Vice President on the board of LA Fire Commission in the time of climate change.
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Ron details growing up in the Bay Area, his first date with his now wife at UCLA, and his passion for mountain biking. Listeners also learn about the effort it took to build Liftopia, a ski ticketing company. We end with Ron’s stewardship of AllTrails and the importance of civic engagement, inclusivity, and empathy.
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