Hi everyone; Chrissy here.

I’m thrilled to share something I’ve been working on for months: my new podcast, Lifers.

For years, I’ve had some of the most honest, eye-opening conversations with founders, operators, clinicians, and policy leaders, often late at night, over texts, or in the corners of conferences. The kinds of conversations you never hear on the main stage.

I wanted a place for those conversations to live.
A place for real talk.
A place for the people who stay in healthcare long after logic says they shouldn’t.

That’s what Lifers is about: the operators, clinicians, and technologists who keep going, despite the setbacks, pivots, regulatory chaos, reimbursement nightmares, and decade-long timelines.
The ones who are still here — building, fixing, fighting, and trying to make healthcare better.

This is a new show, with a new tone, new format, and new energy. And I couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you.

To kick things off, I sat down with an incredible lineup of guests and co-hosts:

• Michelle Carnahan – Arbiter
• Ari Hoffman, MD – Collective Health
• Graham Walker, MD – ER physician, MDCalc & Offcall
• Othman Laraki – CEO, Color Health
• Sam Holliday – CEO, Oshi Health
• V Bento – CEO, Sword Health
• Warris Bokhari – CEO, Claimable
• Mike Desjadon – CEO, Anomaly Health

These aren’t polished PR interviews. They’re the hard-won stories, unfiltered lessons, and behind-the-scenes realities of building in this space.

Throughout these conversations, there have been so many incredible moments of reflection that have stuck with me. Here are just a few:

“A drug is only hope in a bottle until it reaches a patient. That’s what keeps me here.”

Michelle Carnahan, on the moment she realized she’d never leave healthcare

“In big companies, the activity matters. In startups, the outcome matters.”

Warris Bokhari, on why he chose the hard path

“High-quality care is the cheapest care — because you actually get people better.”

V Bento, on incentives in healthcare

Subscribe wherever you listen

You can find Lifers on:

• Apple Podcasts
• Spotify
• YouTube

Or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Make sure to subscribe so new episodes download automatically, and enable notifications so you never miss a new one.

Tell me what you think

I’d love to know what topics you want me to cover next, who I should bring on, and what you want more of. Please also review my podcast; your reviews mean the world!

Lastly, if your company wants to sponsor an episode or season, reach out anytime at partnerships@secondopinion.media.

Thanks for listening, and for supporting this new chapter.