Invisible Forces

Healthcare innovations aren’t just about drugs, but how care is delivered. But one of the fastest-growing areas of health care is focusing less on WHAT’s wrong with you, but WHERE the healing actually happens, and HOW doctors can deliver that care right to your home. In this episode we learn how a fitness craze from the 80’s is helping provide medical care right to a patient’s front door.

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• Raphael Rakowski is the founde...

The discovery of DNA in the 1850s allowed us to see into the genetic code of individual humans. Now gene editing, a technique by which the gene or genes that make us susceptible to some diseases, allows that code to be rewritten. In this episode we look at the ways in which gene editing is being used to turn that century-old breakthrough into the future of medicine.

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• Pino Ciaramella is the chief scientific officer and p...

Thanks to modern medicine, we are living longer lives than ever before. But our longer lives have led to an increase in age-related degenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and ALS – neurological degenerative disorders that have proven very difficult to treat because of one of the strongest security systems in the human body: The Blood Brain Barrier. This episode looks at how an idea as old as the Trojan Horse c...

We kick off this new season with a medical breakthrough story you might THINK you know, but isn't that straightforward. We dive into how the "speedy" development of mRNA vaccines is actually a story with decades of twists and turns. In this episode we look at the mRNA technology that is behind many COVID-19 vaccines, and how an idea that once looked like it was destined to fail got a new life just in time to save so many of ours.

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Throughout this season, we are exploring some of the amazing medical breakthroughs that have changed lives – and continue to change what’s possible in the world of medicine. And all of this progress stems from investment: of time, of money, of research and ingenuity. In this episode, we’re looking at the common thread that links all the incredible stories we’ll be hearing over the coming season: that alchemy that brings about these...

Invisible Forces is a podcast that investigates the unseen influences that drive our spending, our saving and our global economy. 

Hosted by Jefferies' insider Shannon Murphy, season three is all about one invisible force – the alchemy that can turn a series of unlikely events, surprises and setbacks into medicine’s biggest successes.

We’ll hear from biotech industry leaders and our own Jefferies experts about some of the biggest bre...

Culturally in 2020, the conversation around racial injustice has hit a breaking point. COVID-19 exacerbated inequities in health outcomes for Black and Latino Americans, and in the wake of George Floyd’s death, we’ve seen a massive movement for enduring change. The people have spoken. But how will businesses, markets and economies respond?

Today, consumers are seeking ways to support the Black-owned businesses with their dollars, an...

2020 has been a year of instability and upheaval, so it’s no surprise many of us have been especially focused on our security. And that comes in many forms – securing our health, our homes, our finances, and even our digital lives. We used to talk about ‘safety in numbers’ – but during the pandemic as we’ve been in quarantine and isolation, we’ve had to rethink what security looks and feels like today.

In this episode, hosts Shannon...

Consumers today, especially younger buyers, are in the market for more environmentally friendly products - and the good news is, their options are only growing. Hosts Shannon Murphy and Erin Shea look at how the trend towards conscious consumption is driving change in just about every industry, from fashion to food to home decor. 

In this episode we dig into how tech is powering green innovations in a wide range of industries. We he...

The global pandemic has made many of us think differently about the cities we live in. While lockdowns closed many of the amenities that make cities desirable, work-from-home orders showed us we can really work from anywhere. Hosts Shannon Murphy and Erin Shea are joined by equity researcher Jon Matuszewski, whose research shows that many city-dwellers are considering leaving for the suburbs – but will they really move?

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From the ads we see, to what we buy, and even how we're treated when we get sick, the world is getting more bespoke and personalized every day. For consumers, personalization offers the promise of a better, more intimate shopping experience and of products that are more finely tuned to their exact needs and interests. For businesses, personalization can be an effective way to boost sales, customer satisfaction and brand loyalty, al...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has exposed major weaknesses in our global supply chain. Governments, manufacturers, retailers, small businesses, individual consumers — all have been hit hard by the shutting down of international borders and travel stoppage. For some, supply has been the problem — how do you secure access to the products you need when shipping routes are closed and much of the world is on lockdown? For others, it’s been t...

In our season finale, we take a step back and explore one invisible force that has underpinned every episode in the season so far: the brilliant entrepreneurs, thinkers, and founders behind groundbreaking and culture-shifting companies. We talk to three successful founders about the entrepreneurial spirit that drives their work: Aaron Rasmussen, who just launched Outlier.org and co-founded MasterClass, Angela Lee of 37 Angels, and ...

In this episode, we’re going inside an industry boom to understand what leads to value creation and sustained growth in today’s world — which is shaped increasingly by social media influence, e-commerce, and digitally native companies. We’re talking about the beauty industry. Jefferies analyst Steph Wissink will walk us through what’s been happening in this sector over the past decade. It’s an industry that just underwent a long bo...

Artificial intelligence is helping move the financial services sector into a new era of operation. We’ll learn about the invisible forces shaping how AI and other technologies could reinvent the industry in the coming years. Our hosts are joined by Jefferies Managing Director and technology lead Vaughn Harvey and Jesse McWaters, financial innovation lead for the World Economic Forum. We’ll also hear from Betterment CEO Jon Stein an...

Consumers today have a very different relationship with the products they buy. Jefferies analyst Randy Konik explains that there are forces propelling consumer value beyond price points. More than ever, individuals’ core beliefs are coming into play when making purchasing decisions. And in response, brands are adjusting their products and their messages. We’ll get a look at how these shifts are playing out, from the diamond industr...

The mobility sector makes up one of the world’s largest economies and the forces driving changes within it could result in trillions of dollars of value creation — or loss — in the future. Storm Duncan, Jefferies’ Global Head of Tech-Enabled Mobility, joins our hosts to explain the factors at work. We’ll also hear from two entrepreneurs disrupting different areas of mobility: Lime CEO Brad Bao and Drew McElroy, the CEO of Transfix....