The Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi

Jessica Lall in the LA Mayoral Race of the City of Angels, City of Leaders, She discusses the Housing Crisis and the Future of Political Engagement. Jessica Lall has been at the forefront of policy and social reform here in Los Angeles for years, especially with respect to housing and economic development. She ran a captivating campaign for LA Mayor with a groundswell of support before pulling. In this illuminating discussion, we e...

Michelle Dickinson has had her dark night of the soul and she has used her pain to create powerful advocacy and consulting platform to guide organizations to create emotional well-being. In this captivating interview, we talk about trauma, reference employee burnout, what workplace wellness really looks like, and how to be more resilient in chaotic times.

In this interview, Michelle and I discuss how employers can be supportive of t...

Ashley Johnson was put on a path. After losing a close friend to colon cancer at a devastatingly young age, she embarked on a mission to take away the fear and uncertainty around the dying process. It's so often clouded and hyper-medicalized in America and is bereft of the lack of humanistic discussion needed, especially in the wake of over 1 million individuals due to the COVID pandemic. In this raw and intimate conversation,...

Magnus Lofstrom PhD is one of those sophisticated intellectuals that has mastered such a breadth and depth of knowledge, but with such a casual and unassuming manner, I was immediately impressed and more than a little envious. In this fascinating interview, I chat with him about his longstanding work in public policy and specifically on the "crime wave" affecting the country and in particular California. Follow home robbe...

Alfie Kohn is an American author and lecturer in the areas of education, parenting, and human behavior. He is a proponent of progressive education and has offered critiques of many traditional aspects of parenting, managing, and American society more generally, drawing in each case from social science research. He lectures widely at universities and to school faculties, parent groups, and corporations. In addition to speaking at st...

Rami Webhi is one of those rare polymaths in medicine that is able to serve patients, understand clinical research, and innovate on the enterprise and business side of healthcare. If the traditional physician-scholar worked "bench to bedside," Rami has pioneered from "bedside to web-side." In this far-ranging interview, we talk about digital therapeutics in healthcare, the unique role physicians can play, the fu...

Peter Kelly is one of the leading agricultural scientists in the world, and has started a novel advocacy, research, and policy non-profit Grow Further. It is focused on creating a food secure world. They engage farmers, scientists, and individuals in participatory innovation for global food security and sustainable agriculture. Their members come from different backgrounds, but we all come eager to learn from each other, invest in ...

Corey Nathan is an iconoclast and a free thinker in the best sense of the word. Like me, he hosts an amazing podcast - called Talkin' Politics and Religion Without Killing Each Other. And like me, he shares a spirit of civil discourse with people of all views to work through the difficulties and pressing challenges of the moment. He's part of a movement to reclaim the public square from internet trolls and light a path fo...

Ellie Lak is a hero, advocating for the well-being and care of some of the Earth's most vulnerable creatures. As more attention is being paid to the climate and the way humans treat the planet, Ellie has been a pioneer for decades in demonstrating how humans are part of the larger ecosystem around us. Her seminal organization, the Gentle Barn, is a sanctuary for both people and animals to find common ground, respect, and love....

That feeling of needing to get more done but not having the energy to do is a ubiquitous feature of the ambience that characterizes modern life, and one that Professor Anna K Schaffner knows well. Having gone through her own burnout experience, she is one of the most insightful commentators on our relationship to work. She analyzes it through modern lenses - including political, economic, technological, cultural, and gender identit...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Nina Shapiro, Dr. Nina is the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology and a Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She has the rare ability to understand complex medical science but also communicate it to the public in a concise, clear, and comprehensive way. The pandemic has brought to the forefront the weaponization of medical mis and dis information. ...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Praveen Suthrum, Praveen is the healthcare whisperer. A well-known thought leader on the GI business industry, he has become the go to figure to predict the headwinds of the future of healthcare. His insights and interviews on digital health, business consolidation in the industry, and the implications of emerging medical technology are must reads. In this episode, we talk about all these topics an...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Natalia is a burst of energy, both professional, personal and physical. She is a historian of contemporary American politics and culture, an activist, as well as one of the most sought after fitness trainers in the country. She explains that the underlying ideology behind wellness is broadly appealing but can be claimed by conservatives and liberals alike, which makes it e...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Pete Bombaci, Pete is the head of a non-profit from Canada that seeks to connect people to people. His organization has been a major voice in the battle against isolation, alienation, tribalization, animosity, and the numerous other ways we all “bowl alone.” Listen as Pete talks about the social implications of mistrust and distrust of each other, and how kindness, connection, and community can reh...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Jeff Garner, Jeff is a self-described Southern Gentleman, is one of the hottest fashion designers in the world. He’s dressed some of the biggest celebrities of today including Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Gisele and Kings of Leon. He believes that it will be difficult for policy makers to regulate an industry that is predominantly commercial and based on profit. He argues that there is value in sustainab...

In this episode, Rush interviews Eric Loucks PhD, Eric discusses how mindfulness can be beneficial for students in their academic and personal lives. He also discusses the difference between mindfulness and self-awareness. He shares how mindfulness can be helpful in managing these stresses and he discusses examples from his own experience teaching mindfulness to students. He shares his take on the popularity of mindfulness in the c...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Merrick Rosenberg, who discusses the new media landscape and how we all interact wit each other. Merrick discusses the four styles of communication, which are the: Eagle, Dove, Owl, and Parrot. He explains that these styles play out in all aspects of our lives, including our relationships, work, and presidential elections. Merrick goes on to say that this framework is intuitive and similar to the A...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Shenelle N. Wilson, M.D. She is a fellowship-trained urologist/urogynecologist and pelvic surgeon who specializes in urinary and sexual health issues in women and men. She also specializes in urologic care for patients with neurogenic bladder. Dr. Wilson sat down to discuss how physician diversity can improve patient care and reduce health disparities. They discuss how having a diverse physicia...

In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Gregory L. Taylor, II, MBA, MD. Gregory Taylor is the Founding Medical Director of Keck Signature Care of USC Concierge Medicine. He discusses that with the pandemic going on for around two years now, and the study of medicine has been making progress in terms of understanding the virus and developing vaccines. He shares that although the pandemic is causing a lot of deaths around the world, it...