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Dr Patricia Houston, Vice Dean, Medical Education at the University of Toronto has led change management projects and teams in Canada's healthcare system for decades. She has served as president of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society and Vice President at St Micheal's Hospital.

Yet, Dr Houston's ambition as a young person was to be a family doctor in a small town. In this interview, we talk about her style of leadership and the story of how she came to lead one of the best medical schools in the world.

Chijindu interviews Dr Keshavjee Shaf, the newly appointed chief of innovation at UHN (university health network) which has been named as one of the top 4 hospitals in the world by newsweek.

Dr Keshavjee invented ex vivo lung perfusion that allows surgeons to operate on lungs outside the body. He invented low pottasium dextran lung preservation solution which is used to preserve lungs for transplant around the world. He has also pioneered the use of drones to deliver organs for transplants.

He serves as the Director of the Toronto Lung transplant program and the Director of the Latner thoracic research laboratories.

In this interview we talk about the process of innovation and the future of technology in healthcare.

In this episode, we discuss the true meaning of Tolerance, the concept of the paradox of tolerance and how both concepts can be potent weapons in the hands of intolerant people.

Podcast hosts: Chijindu Ukagwu and Jonathan Ruano

How do people tend to think, what is wrong with it and how should we think instead. In this podcast we explore various common errors in thinking that can be found in our current socio-political space and attempt to provide an alternative.

Podcast Hosts: Chijindu Ukagwu and Jonathan Ruano

Why do people seem not to vote for the political parties whose policies they largely agree with? In this episode, we discuss how perception clouds political messaging. For instance, immigrants tend to be conservative in both social and economic issues, yet they often vote for more liberal parties. Similarly, liberal parties tend to pursue pro working class policies, yet many in the "working class" often vote conservative.

Podcast Hosts: Chijindu Ukagwu and Jonathan Ruano