In this episode of the Business of HLTH Podcast, we step beyond traditional healthcare conversations to examine the deeper forces shaping who gets sick, who receives care, and why.

Natalie sits down with Dr. Tyler B. Evans, physician, global health leader, and CEO of Wellness Equity Alliance, whose work spans refugee camps, pandemic response, and frontline care in some of the world’s most underserved communities. Drawing from decades of experience, Dr. Evans challenges the conventional view of disease, arguing that health outcomes are not just biological, but the direct result of social and political systems.

From the rise of street medicine and the realities of healthcare access to the growing crisis of distrust in public health, this conversation explores what’s broken and what it will take to rebuild it. Dr. Evans also shares insights from his book on how pandemics are shaped long before they begin, and why rethinking systems, not just treatments, is critical to the future of global health.

If you’re interested in health equity, system-level change, and the intersection of medicine, policy, and society, this is a conversation that will challenge how you think about healthcare.