Explore The Space

By Mark Shapiro MD

Examining the interface between healthcare and society, with thought leaders from across the spectrum.... more

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October 21, 2025 Dave Berke on The Need To Lead
“The authenticity of my writing was going to come through by telling these stories in a very exposed way”
Dave Berke is a retired Marine Corps Officer and Top Gun instructor who is back on Explore The Space Podcast! This is his 5th time on the show and first since 2018. He is here to discuss his incredible new book “The Need To Lead” and what a great time we had talking about his journey, the power of self-talk, intergenerational leadership and much more. Part leadership book, part autobiography, this book is an amazing read and I’m so proud of my friend for writing it.
Listen to Dave’s previous appearances on Explore The Space Podcast here
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Links
Get a copy of “The Need To Lead” here
Sign up for Echelon Front Muster events here
Sponsors
Practicing Excellence is the leader in human development for the modern healthcare workforce, helping organizations, teams, and individuals build skills to drive outcomes. Through Practicing excellence, organizations can scale a unified approach to help everyone in the healthcare enterprise learn and apply experience-based behaviors in every role and every care environment. To learn more, visit www.practicingexcellence.com.
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December 18, 2024 Rupa Patel on Advances in HIV Care and Education
“It just brings a sense of there are great things to come”
Dr. Rupa Patel is an Infectious Disease specialist and an expert on HIV working with the CDC on HIV prevention and PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). She joins us to discuss remarkable evolutions in PrEP and HIV care, resources available for rapid, free clinician education and how we can integrate HIV education across generations of healthcare professionals. It’s really great to release this during HIV Awareness Month and she is absolutely fantastic
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Links
The PrEP line 855-438-7737
CDC website resources on PrEP
CDC resources for clinicians about PrEP
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39min
September 26, 2024 Kierstin Kennedy On Leading With Authenticity
“It all comes back to figuring out how to connect with individuals”
Dr. Kierstin Kennedy is a Hospitalist and Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Alabama-Birmingham. She is also Chief Medical Officer at UAB Hospital, the 8th largest hospital in the United States. She joins us to take what frequently sounds like a platitude, the idea of authentic leadership, and gives it real meaning and vitality. She is a remarkable leader, teacher and collaborator who also runs the superb Leadership Academy from the Society of Hospital Medicine. This episode is packed, enjoy!
This episode is sponsored by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), the only medical society solely dedicated to hospitalists and hospital-based clinicians. Looking for the latest CME, practice management resources, and leadership training? Learn how becoming a part of the SHM community can benefit you at hospitalmedicine.org.
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Links
Society of Hospital Medicine
SHM Leadership Academy
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September 23, 2024 Austin Chiang On The Power of Prioritization
“It’s often a very personalized conversation”
Dr. Austin Chiang is a Gastroenterologist and Chief Medical Officer for the endoscopy business of Medtronic. He is also one of the most influential and entertaining physician voices across social media. He recently published a fantastic new book entitled “Gut: An Owner’s Guide” which breaks down the digestive system and digestive health for a very broad audience. Clearly, Dr. Chiang is an expert on prioritization, and we dive into this critical skill.
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Links
Social media: @austinchiangMD
“Gut: An Owner’s Guide”
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September 17, 2024 Aliya Bhatia On Voter Registration
“We are talking about the power of individuals to shape their community’s health”
Aliya Bhatia is the Executive Director at Vot-ER and Civic Health Month, a nonpartisan organization working to integrate civic engagement into healthcare . Over 700 hospitals and clinics plus 50,000 health professionals use Vot-ER’s tools and resources to ensure their colleagues and patients are registered to vote. September 17th is National Voter Registration Day, no better time to hear from her, and she is fantastic.
Check out the archive of Explore The Space Podcast
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Please subscribe to and rate Explore The Space on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download podcasts.
Email feedback or ideas to [email protected]
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Use this QR code to register to vote or change or change your address.
Links
We Want You, Doctor, to Help Get Out the Vote
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/111237?trw=no
Get your Vot-ER Badge
vot-er.org/badge
Joint the Healthy Democracy Campaign — Vot-ER’s health professional student competition
https://vot-er.org/healthy-democracy-campaign/
Remind people to check their voter registration on National Voter Registration Day (September 17)
link.vot-er.org/nvrdemail
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38min
July 18, 2024Sasha Shillcutt on Creating A Transformational Experience
“It’s hard to put it on a webpage and describe how powerful it is”
Dr. Sasha Shillcutt is a cardiac anesthesiologist, author of 2 books, and the creator of the Brave Enough Women’s Conference. She joins us to discuss how she thinks about work-life balance, what happens when people experience a transformational conference, and why she loves lifting heavy weights.
Listen to Sasha’s previous appearance on Explore The Space Podcast here
Check out the archive of Explore The Space Podcast
The Explore The Space Merchandise Store is open! Please check it out
Please subscribe to and rate Explore The Space on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download podcasts.
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Links
Twitter and Instagram @rubraveenough
Brave Boundaries Book: https://a.co/d/0KF4Sor
Between Grit and Grace Book: https://a.co/d/30yDizX
Brave Enough Website: https://www.becomebraveenough.com/
Brave Enough Women’s CME Conference 2024:
Dates: Sept 27 – 30, 2024
Website: https://www.becomebraveenough.com/be24-cme-conference

Episode Sponsors
Practicing Excellence is a skill-building platform designed to deliver value to every team member. Through Practicing Excellence, leaders become more purposeful, teams more capable, care providers lean in, and patients more engaged and confident in their care. To learn more, visit www.practicingexcellence.com.
Elevate your journey in healthcare at the Women in Medicine Summit. Join us September 13-14 at the iconic Drake Hotel in Chicago for a transformative CME conference. Meet influential leaders, tackle healthcare inequities, and engage in exclusive networking and leadership sessions. The Women in Medicine Summit offers unparalleled opportunities for both personal and professional growth. Don’t miss out, secure your spot now at womeninmedicinesummit.org.
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April 29, 2024 Adaira Landry and Resa Lewiss on “MicroSkills”
“It was important for us to be very direct”
Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa Lewiss are back together on Explore The Space Podcast! This time, these two extraordinary ER docs are here to discuss their new book “MicroSkills” and things they would have liked to have learned earlier in their career. These two are remarkable coaches, educators, and writers, enjoy!
Listen to Resa and Adaira’s previous appearance on Explore The Space Podcast here
Check out the archive of Explore The Space Podcast
The Explore The Space Merchandise Store is open! Please check it out
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Links
Twitter https://twitter.com/AdairaLandryMD and https://twitter.com/ResaELewiss
LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/adairalandrymd/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/resaelewissmd/

Sponsors
Practicing Excellence is a skill-building platform designed to deliver value to every team member. Through Practicing Excellence, leaders become more purposeful, teams more capable, care providers lean in, and patients more engaged and confident in their care. To learn more, visit www.practicingexcellence.com.
Elevate your journey in healthcare at the Women in Medicine Summit. Join us September 13-14 at the iconic Drake Hotel in Chicago for a transformative CME conference. Meet influential leaders, tackle healthcare inequities, and engage in exclusive networking and leadership sessions. The Women in Medicine Summit offers unparalleled opportunities for both personal and professional growth. Don’t miss out, secure your spot now at womeninmedicinesummit.org.
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38min
January 29, 2024 Danielle Sarno on Mentorship, Sponsorship and the Art of Saying No
Dr. Danielle Sarno is the Director of Interventional Pain Management in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Instructor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. She joins Explore The Space Podcast to discuss powerful ongoing work in the equity space, focusing on effective mentorship and sponsorship. She also shares her journey in the critical art of learning to say No when asked and invited to do more.
Check out the archive of Explore The Space Podcast
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Links
Twitter: @daniellesarnoMD
Instagram: @daniellesarnoMD
“Six Practical Strategies to Mentor and Sponsor Women in Academic Medicine”
“The Push-Pull Mentoring Model: Ensuring the Success of Mentors and Mentees”
Sponsors
Practicing Excellence is a skill-building platform designed to deliver value to every team member. Through Practicing Excellence, leaders become more purposeful, teams more capable, care providers lean in, and patients more engaged and confident in their care. To learn more, visit www.practicingexcellence.com.
Join Mark Shapiro M.D. and other experts and social change leaders at the 12th annual TEDxSonomaCounty on March 2, 2024 to “Reimagine, Reconfigure and Reconnect”. Get ready for a day of big ideas and inspiration that will leave you energized! Go to www.tedxsonomacounty for tickets.

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December 27, 2023 Kimberly Manning On Year-End Reflections
“It’s interesting what happens when we open ourselves up to receive people”
Dr. Kimberly Manning is back for the best tradition ever, coming on Explore The Space at the end of the year to reflect, reset, and move into what is to come. She is the best, this conversation goes all over the place and it’s wonderful. Enjoy!
Check out Dr. Manning’s previous appearances on Explore The Space Podcast
Check out the archive of Explore The Space Podcast
The Explore The Space Merchandise Store is open! Please check it out
Please subscribe to and rate Explore The Space on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download podcasts.
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Links
Twitter: @gradydoctor
The Human Doctor Podcast
Sponsors
Practicing Excellence is a skill-building platform designed to deliver value to every team member. Through Practicing Excellence, leaders become more purposeful, teams more capable, care providers lean in, and patients more engaged and confident in their care. To learn more, visit www.practicingexcellence.com.
Join Mark Shapiro M.D. and other experts and social change leaders at the 12th annual TEDxSonomaCounty on March 2, 2024 to “Reimagine, Reconfigure and Reconnect”. Get ready for a day of big ideas and inspiration that will leave you energized! Go to www.tedxsonomacounty for tickets.

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49min
October 06, 2023 Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal on “Plague-Busters”
“It’s about heroes!”
Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris is one of the world’s finest medical historians, Adrian Teal is a wonderful artist and caricaturist. Together they have combined on the superb new book “Plague-Busters”. We had such fun discussing this book which, while directed towards a younger audience, is a blast for any reader.
Check out Dr. Fitzharris’ previous appearance on Explore The Space Podcast here!
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we are proud to amplify The Breasties, a wonderful organization for younger women diagnosed with breast cancer. The Breasties are fundraising for stage IV breast cancer research. Also please check out the wonderful work of Dr. Anne Peled, a great friend of Explore The Space Podcast
Check out the archive of Explore The Space Podcast
The Explore The Space Merchandise Store is open! Please check it out
Please subscribe to and rate Explore The Space on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download podcasts.
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Links
The Breasties website
Dr. Fitzharris’ website
Adrian Teal’s website
Twitter: @DrLindseyFitz, @Tealcartoons
Instagram: @Tealcartoons @drlindseyfitzharris
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39min

FAQs about Explore The Space:

How many episodes does Explore The Space have?

The podcast currently has 420 episodes available.