The Zero (Half) Hour

Today, Roslyn is joined by Lorraine Martin, CEO of the National Safety Council, to talk about Naloxone and opioid overdoses in the workplace. The NSC is a non-profit dedicated to preventing injuries and death, both in public and in the workplace. Lorraine comes to the NSC after more than 30 years with Lockheed Martin.

Dr. Kelly Ramsey currently works as the Chief of Medical Services at the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). Dr. Ramsey is an internal medicine physician who has treated substance use disorder since 2004. She is board certified in internal medicine and addiction medicine.

Welcome to a FLASH BRIEFING on the newly coined "Triple-demic" of COVID, Flu, and RSV. Join Roslyn and fan-favorite Dr. L.J. Tan of Immunize.org as they discuss the challenges (and good news!) about the cold and flu season that's upon us.

Mara Aspinall is a Managing Director of BlueStone Venture Partners and a Professor of Practice and Diagnostics at the ASU College of Health Solutions. She's one of the nation's preeminent experts on diagnostic testing and has been a leader in the COVID testing space. She talks to us today about where we are in the COVID-19 pandemic, what the current stats mean for us, and where we go from here as we enter the endemic phase.

Our guest on this edition is Dr. LJ Tan, Chief Policy and Partnerships Officer at Immunize.org, advocating for vaccinations and immunizations across a wide range of diseases, while supporting the front line workers who make this work happen. LJ joins us to talk boosters, COVID, and the top of the week - polio.

Roslyn chats today with Chip Cutter, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, whose beat includes workplace culture, management, and leadership issues. His stories often explore how work is changing today. He writes frequently on return-to-office efforts, hybrid work and related challenges in the pandemic. Enjoy!

Roslyn joins Jonathan Maze, Editor-in-Chief for Restaurant Business, a Winsight Media company, one of the leaders in the business of analyzing and reporting on the foodservice industry. Jonathan's got a unique perspective on the ways in which foodservice is adapting and evolving (or not!) in the face of the ongoing pandemic.

You may know Sarah Lockyer as the former Publisher and Editor of Nation's Restaurant News, the preeminent foodservice industry editorial and a leader in the space. Sarah has just begun a new role as the Chief Brand Officer of the Elliot Group, the top executive search firm in the foodservice industry, and is here to talk about her experience and where she sees the future of restaurants, The Elliot Group, and more.

Marc Hinson is the VP of people at Bartaco, a local ZHH favorite. Marc joins us to talk about the amazing work that they've done to achieve a 92% vaccination rate in their workforce, all while growing the business above pre-pandemic sales.

Handwashing and sanitizing has always been the most important best-practice any business could do to keep employees and customers healthy, but since the COVID-19 outbreak began, Gojo, the makers of Purell and many other sanitizing products, have found themselves at the epicenter of outbreak prevention. Today, Roslyn talks with Dr. Chip Manuel, Gojo's Food Safety Science Advisor about what it's been like for Gojo throughout this pandemic and how we should all think about sanitizing in the future.