Commons Healthcare

Episode Summary Two brutal failures, a near miss with a $40,000 lawsuit, and the 1999 film The Matrix. They all set the stage for Commons Healthcare, the podcast where a team of renowned journalists investigates what it means to succeed in an industry with 340 million lives and $6 trillion on the line. In the official trailer, hosts Tom Castles and Jack Murtha chronicle the long road leading to the podcast’s launch and describe the journey to come. They share the belief underpinning Commons: that healthcare journalism should focus on people, not just systems. And they acquaint listeners with the trials that hardened them against healthcare’s chronic techno-centrism, anti-human ideals, and hype. Learn why we’re betting everything on human-driven and human-focused narrative storytelling in healthcare’s age of automation. Chapter Markers 00:00 - Cease and Desist: The lockdown summer of 2020 brings a devastating legal threat. 03:32 - Commons Healthcare: A podcast dedicated to human-focused narrative storytelling. 06:03 - A History of Failure: Two failed podcast attempts and a $40,000 legal roadblock. 14:09 - The Sound of Inevitability: Technological stories as a tranquilizer of the conscience. 18:15 - What’s Coming: A preview of the hand-crafted narrative profiles in season one. Key Quotes “We want to create a future where we remember to center human beings as work evolves and takes on new forms.” —Tom Castles “Technology matters, but we’re not going to pretend that it’s just something that happens to us… Both [technology and healthcare] are reflections of real, deliberate decisions that real human beings make about what we build, what we value, who benefits, and what kind of future we want to create.” —Jack Murtha Resources & Links Subscribe to Commons Healthcare: commonshealthcare.com Get our newsletter, Healthcare People: commonshealthcare.com Join Commons Healthcare: commonshealthcare.com Connect with Tom on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tomcastles Connect with Jack on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jackmurtha Connect with our sales lead, Wynn: linkedin.com/in/wynnhansen Follow Commons Healthcare on socials: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/commons-healthcare/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commonshealthcare Threads: https://www.threads.com/@commonshealthcare Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommonsHealthcare/