Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 1: Chapters 1 through 4

    • Iceland Succeeds at Reversing Teenage Substance Abuse The U.S. Should Follow Suit

    • Gimlet: The Crime Machine, Part I (Episode #127)

    • What Makes us Get Sick? Look Upstream | Rishi Manchanda
  • 2

    Week 2: Chapters 5 through 7

    • A Raised Hand | Rachel Louise Snyder

    • Gimlet: The Crime Machine Part 2 (Episode #128)

    • Lessons from the World Avoided | Sean Davis

  • 3

    Week 3: Chapters 8 through 10

    • For Even the Neediest, Housing is the Solution to Homelessness | Rosanne Haggerty

    • Freakonomics Radio: The Cobra Effect

    • What if our healthcare system kept us healthy? | Rebecca Onie
  • 4

    Week 4: Chapters 12 through End of Book

    • Key concepts from Upstream | The Growth Faculty

    • Fixing Healthcare: Dr. David T. Feinberg says fixing healthcare is ‘the simplest thing we can do (Episode #3)

    • What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda
  • 5

    Upstream Summary Call

    • Discussion with Omar Usman