Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi and Pioneer Healthcare Senior Fellow Josh Archambault are joined by Hoover Institution’s Dr. Lanhee Chen to discuss the role that the World Health Organization (WHO) plays, what dysfunction may have contributed to the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what steps can be taken to bring back transparency and trust.

Join host Joe Selvaggi and Pioneer’s Bill Smith ina conversation with Hannah Mamuszka, expert in diagnostic medicine, on why the U.S. lacked adequate early testing, what current testing looks like in the Commonwealth, and where testing technology needs to be to support public gatherings in the future.

In this episode, Host Joe Selvaggi is joined by Pioneer's Rebecca Paxton to get reactions to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's phased reopening, from the leaders of two statewide business organizations, NFIB and Retailers Association of Massachusetts. The guests share their concerns and disappointment with Gov. Baker’s plan, contending that good policy requires us to trust business leaders to protect the needs and safety of their clientele.

In this episode, Host Joe Selvaggi and Co-Host Barbara Anthony speaks with the heads of Partners in Health Drs. Sheila Davis & John Welch on how they are bringing their expertise battling Ebola in West Africa to defeating the COVID-19 epidemic in Massachusetts. They explore precisely how and why tracing is an essential element in battling the epidemic.

This week on Hubwonk, Host Joe Selvaggi is joined by Pioneer’s Bill Smith, Visiting Fellow in Life Sciences, and Dr. Peter Kolchinsky, Harvard-trained virologist, biotech investor and author of the new book, The Great American Drug Deal, to learn how the SARS-CoV2 works, what a vaccine may look like, and how we might produce it to scale.

In this episode, host Joe Selvaggi and co-host Josh Archambault, Pioneer Institute's Senior Fellow in Healthcare, talk with Dr. Roy Schoenberg, Chief Executive of Amwell, a global telehealth technology company headquartered in Boston, about the promise of telemedicine and how the COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed broader adoption.

In this episode, host Joe Selvaggi and Pioneer Director Mary Connaughton speak with attorney and entrepreneur Kosta Ligris about how Massachusetts’ requirement for live attestation for many vital contracts is putting attorneys and clients at risk of exposure to coronavirus. This episode examines which contracts require live witness, how modifications to the requirements can mitigate risk of exposure, and what concerned listeners can do to help.

In this first episode of Pioneer Institute's new podcast, The Hubwonk, host Joe Selvaggi talks with Dr. Andrew Le, cofounder & CEO of Buoy Heath.  Josh Archambault, Pioneer's Senior Fellow in Healthcare, joins as co-host. They explore where the idea for Buoy originated, what problems in the healthcare system it is designed to address, the ways the application harnesses artificial intelligence, and what benefits its technology can offer users and the healthcare system broadly. Josh links the benefits found in Buoy Health to broader trends toward using technology to remove barriers to healthcare information.