Journalist, entrepreneur, haver of notions.
Joined January 2009
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gotta brag - not humbly - that DRUG STORY just won Signal Award for Best New Podcast AND Best Health & Wellness podcast. Gold Medals in both! woot!
more housing than San Francisco builds in one year
An absolutely massive move on housing:
@NYCHousing is demolishing its offices at 100 Gold St., an outdated building from the 1960s, and turning it into *4,000* units of housing. 1,000 units will be permanently affordable.
This is more new housing than some entire cities build in a year.
Project will also include a new senior center, a 40k sq ft gym open to the public, and lots of public realm improvements around the site. HPD will get a new home in a separate, modern building.
This is the kind of big, bold project we need much more of.
While SF’s east side booms, the west stagnates. It’s time to change that sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard
San Francisco, take notice
"Austin’s Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents" (even as its population grew)
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This is my version of "Blue Steel" I guess.
thank you to @annewoj23 and @23andMe for having me visit!
Leading with science means starting with a story, said journalist @tgoetz during a fireside chat with @annewoj23. He spoke about his podcast Drug Story, how to make science accessible for audiences, and how 23andMe's work continues to help people better understand genomics.
Whatever happened to pharmacogenomics - matching drugs to our DNA? In new episode of Drug Story, @EricTopol tells me what happened - and why it still holds promise.
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How did the idea of pain as a "5th vital sign" lead to the opioid epidemic? And why is it so hard to find something new? New episode of Drug Story on chronic pain!
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ICYMI: On our 2/7 show @WJCTNews & @FCConair we explore Drug Stories: Promise & Peril — with journalist @tgoetz on his new podcast Drug Story + Dr. K. Hatfield of @ViiVHC on #PrEP.
Join us @carlyakramer @heatherschatz @asuhealth
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i need to improve my lighting.
“Lock-in” isn’t just an Apple thing.
Thomas Goetz (@tgoetz), creator of the Drug Story podcast, explains how EpiPen built a moat: train school nurses and teachers on one device, and the “similar but different” competitor becomes harder to adopt.
@pescami
#healthcare #pharma #economics
Mike Pesca kept me on my toes! He is super informed about medicine, and this was a great conversation (part 1!)
Today on the Gist: Thomas Goetz (@tgoetz) joins the show to discuss his new podcast Drug Story, starting with the chain from FDR’s death to cholesterol science, statins, and the cold math behind drug effectiveness. The conversation moves through Lipitor and EpiPens to show how evolving medical knowledge, good intentions, and pharmaceutical incentives can quietly reshape public health at massive scale. Plus, Trump is perhaps rethinking his Minnesota deployments, as the fire trucks exit. In the spiel a look at why the word “pretext” keeps surfacing in descriptions of Trump administration ICE actions, especially in Minnesota. What the term actually means, why it is often misapplied, and what its ubiquity reveals about how this administration justifies force before retreating.
@pescami
#drugstory #ice #Minneapolis #lipitor #epipens #PublicHealth
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Today on the Gist: Thomas Goetz (@tgoetz) joins the show to discuss his new podcast Drug Story, starting with the chain from FDR’s death to cholesterol science, statins, and the cold math behind drug effectiveness. The conversation moves through Lipitor and EpiPens to show how evolving medical knowledge, good intentions, and pharmaceutical incentives can quietly reshape public health at massive scale. Plus, Trump is perhaps rethinking his Minnesota deployments, as the fire trucks exit. In the spiel a look at why the word “pretext” keeps surfacing in descriptions of Trump administration ICE actions, especially in Minnesota. What the term actually means, why it is often misapplied, and what its ubiquity reveals about how this administration justifies force before retreating.
@pescami
#drugstory #ice #Minneapolis #lipitor #epipens #PublicHealth
My new podcast, Drug Story, is climbing the charts on Apple Podcasts - now 53 on Top Shows (Society & Culture).
New episode just dropped on Ozempic & Obesity. I promise it's a story you haven't heard about the obesity epidemic.
Listen now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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With obesity rates at 40%, are we forced to confront the interactions between biology, behavior, & environment... and rethink the word “choice” with more nuance? Join this week w guest Thomas Goetz (@tgoetz) for questions at the intersection of medicine, economics, & culture.
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Why was there such an upsurge in peanut allergies? Learn about the fascinating world of prescription drugs -- some of the most important & complex elements in our world -- with science journalist Thomas Goetz (@tgoetz).
eagleman.com/podcast/137
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Is it 'cheating' to use a weight loss drug? Catch this week's Inner Cosmos to learn how meds interact with society with science journalist Thomas Goetz (@tgoetz).
eagleman.com/podcast/137
Huge thanks to @davideagleman for having me on Inner Cosmos to talk about drugs and Drug Story!
Why was there such an upsurge in peanut allergies? Learn about the fascinating world of prescription drugs -- some of the most important & complex elements in our world -- with science journalist Thomas Goetz (@tgoetz).
eagleman.com/podcast/137
Now this is cool: Apple selected Drug Story as a featured New Show!
No idea exactly how this happens, but I expect it helps that so many folks have given Drug Story a generous 5 star rating at Apple Podcasts. (HINT, HINT)
The pros, cons, and controversies of prescription drugs - loved talking with Alexis Madrigal on @KQEDForum this morning. Take a listen!
kqed.org/forum/2010101912519…