Interview with Chief Donny Gordon, distinguished police officer and army veteran. Chief Gordon shares his perspective as an African American officer engaged in his community.

On Call with Dr. Kermit is joined by Dr. Lauren Hughes, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the State Policy Director of the Eugene S. Farley Health Policy Center. Previously she also served as Deputy Sec. for Health Innovation at the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health where she co-designed and launched a rural payment model.

Dr. Kermit discusses health tech with Lisa Suennen, who heads Manatt Digital and Technology and has 30 years experience as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and strategic advisor. They discuss the state of technology in healthcare today, its potential to bring positive change and some of the barriers and challenges we still need to overcome.

Dr. Kermit talks about the potential for positive changes in the healthcare system and society post-COVID, changes that can give patients more control of their health and interaction with the healthcare system. Dr. Nundy also shares with listeners insights in his forthcoming book, "Care After COVID."

Ruben Boumtje Boumtje joins Dr. Kermit for a lively discussion about his emigration to the U.S. from Cameroon to play college basketball, how professional basketball changed his life and after basketball he became a math quant analyzing basketball.

On this episode, we have a great discussion on technology and farming with Michael Campbell. Michael, in addition to being director of UC Davis's seed biotechnology center until 2010, also helped start UC Merced, rejuvenated the agricultural relationship between UC Davis and Chile, and served as a White House Fellow in the Office of the Chief of Staff during the Reagan Administration.

Introduction to the podcast, On Call with Dr. Kermit

Kermit discusses education with Jeff Aranguena, and how the close-knit community of Mariposa pulled together to safely re-open during the COVID pandemic, always putting kids education and welfare first.

Kermit discusses international affairs with reporter and filmmaker Anna Therese Day, who has spent much of her career covering conflict and women's rights issues in the Middle East. Anna also discusses her independent film house and future projects.

In this episode, Justin Medlock, former professional kicker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, joins us and talks about the importance of resilience and transitions in life