Introducing the WTH Podcast...
Only 5 years later... about darn time
If you know me, you know I love a yap with ridiculously smart people about the future of health. It’s actually why I started What the Health.
Fun fact: WTH was originally supposed to be a podcast.
Then life intervened (RIP a few years thanks to a surgery gone wrong), and the podcast quietly disappeared before it ever existed. Instead, it became this newsletter.
5 years, millions of reads and ~11,000 of you later...
Today I’m excited to finally announce…
🎙️ The What the Health Podcast 🍩
For those of you who can’t be bothered reading a long newsletter - or just love hearing from crazy smart people - we’re bringing What the Health to convos you can now listen to on the go and in video.
We started What the Health to help make sense of one of the world’s fastest-moving industries. The podcast is the next chapter—bringing you beyond the headlines and into conversations with the founders, clinicians, researchers, investors and operators shaping the future of health.
We're incredibly excited to be bringing this to life with our founding partner, 💚 Tenmile, an iconic Aussie based Health & Life Sciences venture fund, building bold ventures for better health.
Alongside the amazing team at DayOne, where we're proud to be joining the network as an official show.
👇 Watch or listen to Episode 1 now!
Or if you prefer Audio
📺 Youtube | 🍏 Apple | 🎧 Spotify
👀 What to expect
We’ll sit down with the people, ideas and institutions shaping the future of health for candid, useful and occasionally unruly conversations.
Going beyond the headlines to unpack what’s real, what’s hype, what’s worth paying attention to - and why it matters.
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candid conversations with leading minds in health innovation
clear explanations without the health-speak
sharp takes backed by facts
practical context on the companies, ideas and policy shifts changing healthcare
a smarter way to stay ahead without drowning in noise
👀 Episode 1
To kick things off, we're tackling one of the biggest weeks in Australian health innovation.
I was joined by the incredible Dr Jackie Rabec, co-founder and Chief Product Officer at ThinkMD.ai (Ex - Heidi & Ex - Google), and Dr Prashanth Rajan, Investor at Brandon Capital.
We dive into:
Myricx’s US$1.5B acquisition
AdvanCell’s US$315M raise
Everlab & Neko Health
AI drug discovery
AI beyond admin
RDTI changes
Preventive health inequality
Rapid fire
💜 A huge thanks to everyone who got us here, but a special shout out to:
Adam and the DayOne crew for the patience and epic production chops
Stone & Chalk, Australia’s leading innovation hub for their studio space
Nudge Group for lending us a top-tier studio on very short notice
Maison H. Studio for our pretty new (actually professional) brand and cute pics
Billa, Cam, Mariah, Victoria, Tash & Simran (just to name a few) who have been one killer support crew
And of course our incredible partners, 💚 Tenmile.
💡FEEDBACK? 🙏
This is Episode 1.
We’ll keep making it better.
If there’s a guest you’d love to hear from, a topic you want unpacked, or something we could improve, hit reply.
We read every email.
💌 So hit reply or reach out to emily@whatthehealth.io to share your thoughts.
Thats all for now friends - hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more dropping soon.
👋 Emily
& Team WTH
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