
Futurology Could We Spotify-ify Healthcare? (with D.A. Wallach & Grant Slater)
What do music, medicine, and markets have in common? They all rely on stories we tell ourselves about how the world works. And those stories are being turned on their heads by AI.
In this episode, medtech investor and former Spotify Artist-in-Residence D.A. Wallach digs into what makes music special (hint: it’s not originality) and what upending the healthcare industry would look like if AI puts the world’s best doctor in your pocket. This is a conversation about taste, technology, and what happens when you follow your curiosity wherever it leads.
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Apple Podcasts
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Spotify
The Gap — Ira Glass (Video, 2009)
Who Owns the Future? — Jaron Lanier (Book, 2013)
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Who-Owns-the-Future/Jaron-Lanier/9781451654974
Bitcoin for Rockstars — D.A. Wallach (Essay, 2014)
https://www.wired.com/2014/12/bitcoin-for-rockstars/
Zero Toll Medicine — D.A. Wallach (Essay, 2024)
https://dawallach.substack.com/p/zero-toll-medicine
Where to find D.A. Wallach:
X: @dawallach
Instagram: @dawallach
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawallach/
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Credits
Executive Producers: Nicolas Berggruen, Nathan Gardels, Nils Gilman, Dawn Nakagawa, & Jason Hoch
Producers: Grant Slater, Alex Gardels, & Nathalia Ramos
Associate Producer: Elissa Mardiney
Theme Music: Marcus Bagala
Audio Engineer: Aaron Bastinelli & Kyle Scott Wilson
Futurology is a production of Studio B and Wavland for the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles, California.
