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iFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Sheena Jack and Rob SeljakIn our latest iFHP Executive Podcast, Sheena Jack (HCF) and Rob Seljak (TUH), share what they learned from 45 years of leadership experience in the Australian private health insurance market. As they both retire from their roles they reflect on their proudest achievements and where the industry must go next.
2025-09-3021 min
BæredygtigChristopher Weis Thomasen: Mød fremtidens kollega: Robotten WatneyVerdens befolkning vokser stadig og forventes at nå 9 milliarder mennesker i 2050. Det vil kræve en fordobling af mængden af dyrkede afgrøder, og det gør vertikalt landbrug afgørende for at løse udfordringen uden at ødelægge de nuværende naturressourcer. Vært: Annemarie MeislingKlip: Natasja Engholm
2024-04-0840 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Nick Astwick, Southern Cross Health SocietyChris Watney talks to Nick Astwick, CEO of Southern Cross Health Society about contemporising New Zealand's largest health fund, the opportunity for health insurers to be much more relevant in assuring their members' health, the importance of achieving better value care and how his experience of launching Kiwibank shaped his leadership style.
2024-01-2318 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesChangemakers - Dr Wizdom Powell, Headspace
In the second episode in iFHP's new Changemakers podcast series, Chris Watney, CEO at iFHP speaks with Dr Wizdom Powell, Chief Social impact & Diversity Officer at Headspace, about enabling people to face the growing mental health crisis with confidence and resilience, why mental health is still a difficult subject in today's society, tackling disparities in health outcomes and helping people live better lives through mindfulness, coaching and digital therapy.
2023-09-2620 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesChangemakers - Anna Birney, the School of System ChangeIn the first episode in iFHP's new Changemakers podcast series, Barbara Vanneuville, partnerships manager at iFHP speaks with Anna Birney of the School of System Change about reimagining health systems to centre on resilience instead of disease, the importance of system thinking, and the opportunity to create change in healthcare that benefits everyone, but most importantly the individual.
2023-08-0115 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Greg Adams, Kaiser PermanenteAt iFHP's Biennial conference in Vancouver, Chris Watney spent some time with Chair and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Greg Adams. In this podcast, we discover the journey Greg took to the top of one of America's largest and most influential integrated managed care businesses, the future he sees for the business and healthcare in general, his views on leadership, and how the industry needs to redefine how care is delivered to ensure access, quality, and affordability for all.
2023-02-2427 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Matt Eyles, AHIPIn this episode of the iFHP Executive Podcast series we speak with Matt Eyles, President and CEO of AHIP about the key challenges and opportunities faced by US health funds as they exit the pandemic and face a new and uncertain future for health in America.
2022-07-0629 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Dr Thilo Schumacher, AXA GermanyChris Watney talks to AXA's head of health insurance in Germany, Dr Thilo Schumacher, about sustainability in the insurance model, what good innovation looks like, AXA's recent announcement with Microsoft and why parents spent more on dental care for their children during lockdown.
2021-05-0621 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Evelyn Bourke, BupaChris Watney interviews Evelyn Bourke, Group Chief Executive of Bupa to find out why CFOs make good CEOs, how Bupa has tackled COVID-19 with its members and what life after Bupa will look like for Evelyn.
2020-10-2019 min
Die Kulturpessimist*innenKP066: I'm not throwing away my Old GuardThemen: The Old Guard, Hamilton
„Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?“
Musik in unseren Ohren: Ja, es ist wirklich passiert, die Kulturpessimist*innen haben ein Musical besprochen! Oder besser gesagt die Aufnahme der Broadway-Inszenierung des Musicals „Hamilton“ von Lin-Manuel Miranda um den titelgebenden Alexander Hamilton, einen der Gründerväter der Vereinigten Staaten. Und nachdem wir die offensichtlichen Fragen nach Musik, Rap, Poesie und deren Verknüpfung abgearbeitet haben, diskutieren wir über Turntables als Bühnendrehscheiben, über das (zu positive?) Bild der Gründerväter im Musical, über diverse Casts und darüber, wie Geschichte sich auch dadurch...
2020-08-024h 24iFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Charlotte Mbewu-Sanqela, Discovery Health Medical SchemeActing Principal Officer of Discovery Health Medical Scheme, Charlotte Mbewu-Sanqela, talks to iFHP about how South Africa is managing through Covid-19, how the Vitality wellness programme is having a positive impact on Discovery's health insurance customers, and why relationships are so critical to leading the business through times of crisis.
2020-07-0819 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Craig Drummond, MedibankIn the latest in the iFHP Executive podcast series, Craig Drummond, CEO of Australia's Medibank, speaks to Chris Watney about keeping Medibank's customers and employees safe through COVID-19, the impact of the crisis on new care models, what his four years in health has taught him as a leader, and how Aussie rules football is good for the nation's mental health right now.
2020-07-0816 miniFHP Executive Podcast SeriesiFHP Executive Podcast Series - Dr Mike Cropp, Independent HealthDr Michael Cropp, President and CEO of Independent Health speaks with Chris Watney about his experiences of managing one of the East Coast's leading health plans through COVID-19, the importance of trust in the payer/provider relationship, the secret to outcome-based payment models and why kindness is the way to get through the pandemic.
2020-07-0820 min
Physics World Stories PodcastPhysics and film, a match made in Hollywood“Physics at the movies” is the theme of the November issue of Physics World magazine. In this star-studded episode of the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester interviews a trio of people who have worked on – or inspired – Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters.
First up, Glester travels to MCM Comic Con in London to meet Paul Franklin, a member of the team that won the 2014 Oscar for Best Visual Effects for its work on Interstellar. Franklin is the creative director of DNEG, which has worked with director Christopher Nolan on his various other films including Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy a...
2019-11-2836 min
General Snobbery | Film and Philosophy#15: Interstellar: From Inception to the Fourth Dimension
Christopher Nolan is a controversial man for snobs like us. Known for his mind-bending films, Nolan is expert at many things, not limited to big explosions, wild special effects, awful dialogue, exposition-laden stories, and giving bad names to his characters. Under the watchful eye of the full moon many years ago, as the seeds of General Snobbery implanted themselves in our minds, we found ourselves despising Nolan more and more with each breath.Yet as the universe changes, so change the minds of the most stalwart of snobs. Join us, listener, as we travel through mul...
2016-09-181h 37
Now and Then Movie Podcast#13 - The Martian and Interstellar w/ Bradley SmithSpace rescue time! Matt Damon is Mark Watney in The Martian and another guy in Interstellar. Both are out of this world films. We compare Ridley Scott's version of space travel and rescue to the 2014 Christopher Nolan version.
2015-11-021h 02
The Spoiler WarningReview 380: The Martian
Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review The Martian.
Directed by Ridley Scott. With Matt Damon, Jessica Chasten, and Kristen Wiig. During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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2015-10-0743 minThe Spoiler Warning (MP3)Review 380: The Martian
Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review The Martian.
Directed by Ridley Scott. With Matt Damon, Jessica Chasten, and Kristen Wiig. During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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2015-10-0743 min
Big Picture ScienceMartian MadnessIt’s the starkly beautiful setting for the new film “The Martian,” and – just in time – NASA has announced that the Red Planet is more than a little damp, with liquid water occasionally oozing over its surface. But Mars remains hostile terrain. Mark Watney, the astronaut portrayed by Matt Damon, struggles to survive there. If he has a hard time, what chance does anyone else have?Find out how long you could last just eating Martian potatoes. Also, author Andy Weir describes how he prevailed upon his readers to turn his serialized blog posts into a technically accurate thri...
2015-10-0554 min