Get Real with Jim Weiss

Today, I’m hosting my friend Charlie Melcher on Get Real. We had this conversation on the day his new book, The Future of Storytelling, hit shelves. You may also have listened to his well-known podcast with the same title. I’ve been lucky to hear the behind the scenes of this book and his life's work during our hikes up Mount Tam, and I can’t wait for you to gt to know a bit more about his vision....

You probably know Jesse Solomon from Summer House on Bravo and from his up and coming singing career. Today, Jim and Jesse are chatting about advocacy and cancer. Jesse is a two-time testicular cancer survivor who uses his platform to reduce the stigma around testicular cancer and to encourage young men to prevent the event by getting checked yearly. Jesse is fun, loving, and unafraid to get real,...

This week, Jim is chatting with his own doctor, Dr. Paul Turek, one of the nation’s leading experts in male fertility and founder of The Turek Clinic. Jim and Dr. Turek talk about why sperm health reflects overall health, and how mental health, physical health, epigenetics, lifestyle, and environment ALL affect fertility. They discuss how men's resistance to the doctors is more often due to the fa...

This week, Jim is speaking with the incomparable Dr. Cliff Hudis about his work in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering to his shift into the public sector as CEO of The American Society of Clininal Oncology. Cliff is a wealth of knowledge and insights and this audience will cling to every word. He's a delight of a person, full of warmth, heart, and just the right amount of fight. We discussed the...

This week, the tables are turning! Jim is trading hot seats with Dr. Adrienne Youdim, physician, author, and TEDx speaker. He was on her podcast HealthBite and now she's on Get Real. He's worked with Dr. Youdim during his weight loss journey, both in number crunching and dietary shifts, and also in finding the source of his hunger, and thus his pain and grief. Dr. Youdim runs her practice in Bever...

Jim is getting real with his friend Scheana Shay about her new book The Good Side. He met Scheana and her husband Brock with his late wife Audra a few years ago. They bonded over a shared belief in lifelong marriage and the resilience required for its ups and downs. Scheana opens up about living with OCD and postpartum OCD, the years of misdiagnoses, and what it felt like to finally put a name to...

For great leaders, optimism is a driving force. In this episode of Get Real, Shanna Adamic, Executive Director of the Oracle Health Foundation and author of Audacious Optimism, shares how her health journey and battle with a life-threatening brain tumor shaped her philosophy on resilient leadership. She’s joined by her good friend Stephanie Trunzo, CEO of Merge, who has guided major companies thro...

In today's episode, Jim is speaking with Jonathan Gluck about his new memoir An Exercise in Uncertainty . Gluck is a leading journalist, writing for publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Vogue. He also served as the deputy editor of New York Magazine. Two decades ago, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare, incurable blood cancer, and told he had over a year to liv...

On this episode of Get Real, Jim is joined by Shelley Zalis, Founder and CEO of The Female Quotient and the self-titled Chief Troublemaker. Shelley is the force behind one of the largest global communities of women in business. TFQ is 7 million strong across more than 100 countries. What began as a walk through CES with 50 women turned into a movement and a business... Shelley created a space she...

In this episode we're joined by the menopause GOAT, Dr. Mary Claire Haver. A board-certified OB-GYN, bestselling author, and truth-teller, Dr. Haver unpacks the science, stigma, and solutions surrounding menopause and perimenopause. She's breaking down what’s happening with your hormones and exposing the flawed studies that scared a generation of women away from HRT. Dr. Whether you're in your 40s...

As the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association's 2025 Honorable Mentor, Jim is bringing together HBA Women of the Year winners spanning two decades. Co-moderated with HBA CEO Mary Stutts, this episode features 2025's Reshema Kemps-Polanco (EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, Novartis US), 2015's Denice Torres (former President, McNeil Consumer Healthcare), and 2005's Lynn O'Connor Vos (former CEO,...

Matthew Zachary has been reshaping the healthcare media landscape since before podcasting even had a name. A 29-year survivor of brain cancer, he’s the founder of Stupid Cancer and the voice behind  Out of Patients —one of the longest-running healthcare podcasts, which launched in 2007 as  The Stupid Cancer Show . Dubbed “America’s Cancer Advocate” by  People  magazine, Matthew is known for cuttin...

In this episode of Get Real, Jim sits down with Oriana Kraft, the Founder of ORI. She is transforming women's healthcare through data-driven solutions and employer partnerships. After discovering alarming gaps in medical education and clinical research, Oriana turned her thesis project into a global movement dedicated to translating women's health research into practical care solutions. The conver...

Dr. Lennard Lee is a force of nature in medicine. He is the Chief Medical Office at the Ellison Institute of Technology. Since 2020, he has led groundbreaking national programs that unite scientists, clinicians, and policymakers to advance the development of cancer vaccines. Dr. Lee co-founded the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launchpad, an initiative designed to streamline patient enrollment in cancer vacci...

Dr. Alicia Zhou is the CEO of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), an organization at the forefront of cancer innovation. With backgrounds in academia, healthcare, and nonprofits, she brings a unique perspective to the table. Today, she's heading into the future…of cancer research—what’s changing and what’s holding it back. From advancements in immunotherapy to barriers—healthcare costs, diversity...

Please welcome Pastor Michael McBride to  Get Real with Jim Weiss. Pastor Mike works at the intersection of faith, social justice, and public health as the Executive Director of LIVE FREE USA. This national network is dedicated to reducing gun violence and advocating for criminal justice reform. He also serves as the Lead Pastor of The Way Church in Berkeley, California, where he integrates faith...

Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell is the Medical Director of Urgent Care Clinics at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, NV, and the visionary founder of Beyond Clinical Walls, a platform sharing accurate, equitable, and credible health information. She was recently appointed to The CDC National Board and was selected to serve on the national CDC Communications and Public Engagement Workgroup. She...

Emily Morse, a renowned sex therapist and best-selling author, has spent nearly two decades transforming how we talk about sex and pleasure. Her podcast, Sex with Emily , started in 2005 and is now the #1 sexuality podcast on Apple. She’s the author of Hot Sex: Over 200 Things You Can Try Tonight and Smart Sex: How to Boost Your Sex IQ and Own Your Pleasure , offering practical insights for sexual...

Today’s podcast is in anticipation of the Brady United fundraiser on October 17th , hosted by Daveed Diggs and in conversation with Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr and DoorDash CEO Tony Xu. In this episode, Coach Kerr, Christian Heyne, Brady United’s Chief Programs and Policy Officer , and I discuss gun safety via Brady United’s ongoing mission to reduce gun violence. We explore the cu...

W. Kamau Bell is a celebrated comedian, writer, and social justice advocate famous for his sharp wit and brilliant commentary on the intersection of race and society. You may also know him from his Emmy Award-winning CNN series, "United Shades of America," where he explores diverse cultural perspectives across the US. His work tackles complex social and political issues, making him a prominent per...

The next guest on Get Real with the Chairman is Ardy Arianpour, CEO and co-founder of SEQSTER. This leading healthcare technology company puts the patient at the center of their health data. Before SEQSTER, Ardy launched numerous clinical and consumer-based genetic tests while serving as CCO of Pathway Genomics. Additionally, he held the position of SVP of Ambry Genetics, which was sold to Konica...

The guests on this episode of Get Real with the Chairman are Brooks Bell and Dr. Austin Chiang. What brought them together was Colorectal Cancer. What brings me to this topic is my own experience with that diagnosis. About a decade ago, I saw a potential sign of colon cancer, which I only realized was a symptom through my work with Katie Couric. Thankfully, it was caught early through a colonoscop...

On this week’s episode, our 7th, of Get Real With The Chairman, were honored to speak with Carla Tardif, CEO of Family Reach and Iron Chef Ming Tsai, founder of MingsBings, TV host, restaurateur, and active board member at Family Reach.. Family Reach a non profit that provides financial assistance to families facing cancer by covering costs such as rent, mortgage, utilities, and transportation. Th...

Our guest for our sixth episode is the formidable Kathy Giusti, Co-Founder and CEO of The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, also known as The MMRF. In this conversation, we’re discussing her debut book, “Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System.”  Kathy has been in remission from Multiple Myeloma, a devastating blood cancer affecting the plasma cells in bone mar...

In this episode, you'll meet Dr. Laura Esserman and Dr. Steve Birrell, who are collaborating to change the breast cancer treatment paradigm. This topic is more relevant than ever, given recent developments in the world of celebrities and influencers, such as Olivia Munn, who announced she had a double mastectomy for Luminal B breast cancer. Dr. Esserman is a force of nature in breast cancer. Since...