Introduction
Two optimists talking about the news, as well as just about everything else.
Dr. Ben Hwang dropped out of high school and started as a bat boy at Dodger Stadium. He then went on to earn a PhD in biology at Johns Hopkins, consult at McKinsey, spend two decades leading life science and medtech businesses in the US and Asia, and bring a company to Wall Street. Dr. Kent Gustavson is a prize-winning writer, entrepreneur, and musician who does what he can to extract the beating heart of every person's story.
Every week they take on the headlines, from AI and immigration to money, medicine and work, and the things that never make the news: baseball, musicals, and what makes us human.
The headlines run on bad news and fear. Ben and Kent step back, look at the data, and look for what can be celebrated. Optimistic, not Pollyanna. When they disagree, it’s right and wrong, never righteous and evil.
Because a rising tide lifts all boats.