In this episode, Halle Tecco sits down with John Mackey, founder and former CEO of Whole Foods Market. Mackey discusses his new venture, Love.Life, that aims to do for healthcare what Whole Foods did for grocery shopping. We cover: - His vision for rethinking the healthcare experience - What he learned about healthcare running a self-insured employer - How Whole Foods gamified health for employees - His views on healthcare regulation and personal responsibility - Why he doesn't believe in market research - His advice for entrepreneurs taking on venture capitalist funding

March is National Nutrition Month and in this episode, Instacart’s CEO Fidji Simo shares her insights on scaling food as medicine programs, improving nutrition security, and making healthy choices more accessible.

August is breastfeeding month. And this year it hits different. We have faced a severe shortage of infant formula, with an out-of-stock rate surging to 70%. While it's easy to say ""just breastfeed!"" — not everyone can breastfeed for a variety of reason, and we don’t exactly make it easy for working mothers.

Patrick Brown, founder of Impossible Foods, doesn’t care about food. He just wants to stop climate change. And he knows the best way to halt global warming is to ditch meat from animals. A former Stanford Professor, Patrick Brown started Impossible Foods at age 60 and has helped grow it to a multi-billion dollar company and household name. In this episode, we talk about his journey to save the planet and human health, and how food is just the vessel for that mission.

Ten years ago, Dr. B found himself with low self esteem, anxiety, and 50 extra pounds of weight. He turned to his favorite tool from med school -- medical research -- to transform his life through gut health. Combining cutting edge microbiome science with a newfound love of plant-based foods, Dr. B saw mindblowing results. In this episode, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, board-certified gastroenterologist and author of NYT best-seller, Fiber Fueled, talks about his journey from helping himself to helping others. Follow Dr. B on Instagram at @TheGutHealthMD.

March is National Nutrition Month. In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-Winning investigative journalist Michael Moss discusses how the Big Food industry uses science and marketing schemes to get us addicted to their unhealthy food products, then turns around and sells us diet fads that don't work. Michael Moss is the author of Salt Sugar Fat and Hooked, and was formerly an investigative journalist for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.