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Catalyst Pharmacy Podcast

We Want You to Be a Catalyst for Change.
Fuel Your Passion for Pharmacy, One Conversation at a Time
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We Want You to be a Catalyst for Change.
Fuel Your Passion for Pharmacy, One Conversation at a Time
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What is the Catalyst
Pharmacy Podcast?

The Catalyst Pharmacy Podcast, part of the NextWave Pharmacy Podcast Network, is one of the top healthcare podcasts today. Our podcast network features three pharmacy shows — Catalyst, Beyond the Scripts, and Catalyst Rewind — all designed with one mission in mind: to fuel your passion for pharmacy, one conversation at a time. Each week, our podcast hosts interview top pharmacy leaders who can offer you expert insight on the issues that matter most. Engage in conversations spanning business best practices, pharmacy marketing ideas, public health, and captivating destinations across the country, all accompanied by the occasional wine digression. Scroll below to get pharmacy tips, tricks, and industry inspiration from our leading independent podcast network.

Latest Episode

Episode
BTS 64
88 Years of Community Care with Zarina Jalal
Step inside Lincoln Pharmacy, where historic charm meets modern innovation. Since 1935, this Albany cornerstone has evolved from typewriters to automation while keeping its heart in community care. Pharmacy Manager Zarina Jalal shares how her family's pharmacy secures grants, launches prevention programs, and maintains exceptional service despite industry challenges. Discover how this independent pharmacy stays relevant and vital after 88 years, proving that success comes from caring deeply about community health rather than just filling prescriptions.
How does your pharmacy stay fresh after nearly a century in business?
Business & Ownership
Guest
Zarina Jalal
Pharmacy Manager, Lincoln Pharmacy

Pharmacy Podcast Topics

Clinical Services

Clinical pharmacy is more important than ever. If you’re interested in clinical services in community pharmacy, learn from our clinical pharmacy podcast guests. Here we discuss vaccinations, point-of-care testing, and more.

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Clinical Services

Business & Ownership

If you’re looking to take charge of your pharmacy business, start here. Our guests discuss everything from how to start a pharmacy to pharmacy professional development to how to be the best pharmacist. Join our favorite business development podcasts here.

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Business & Ownership

Networking & Relationships

One of the most important podcast topics that affect pharmacy today, our networking and relationships podcasts explore the value of connections — whether with patients, providers, or legislators. Listen here to learn how you can build your pharmacy network.

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Networking & Relationships

Payment Models

Our podcast library hones in on a key component of pharmacy finances: payment models. Learn about everything from DIR fees to submitting reimbursements to surviving your next pharmacy audit. Join the podcast discussion for more.

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Payment Models

Technology & Automation

Learn about pharmacy technology, software, and hardware shaping the independent industry in some of our most informative pharmacy podcasts. Subtopics include medical billing, automation, and pharmacy dispensing systems.

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Technology & Automation

Patient Outcomes

Our patient outcomes episodes are some of the most important podcasts to listen to right now. In this podcast series, we look at the best ways in which the best pharmacists are treating their patients: with science, technology, and personalized care.

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Patient Outcomes

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Clinical Services

Clinical pharmacy is more important than ever. If you’re interested in clinical services in community pharmacy, learn from our clinical pharmacy podcast guests. Here we discuss vaccinations, point-of-care testing, and more.

Business & Ownership

If you’re looking to take charge of your pharmacy business, start here. Our guests discuss everything from how to start a pharmacy to pharmacy professional development to how to be the best pharmacist. Join our favorite business development podcasts here.

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Networking & Relationships

One of the most important podcast topics that affect pharmacy today, our networking and relationships podcasts explore the value of connections — whether with patients, providers, or legislators. Listen here to learn how you can build your pharmacy network.

Technology & Automation

Learn about pharmacy technology, software, and hardware shaping the independent industry in some of our most informative pharmacy podcasts. Subtopics include medical billing, automation, and pharmacy dispensing systems.

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Patient Outcomes

Our patient outcomes episodes are some of the most important podcasts to listen to right now. In this podcast series, we look at the best ways in which the best pharmacists are treating their patients: with science, technology, and personalized care.

Payment Models

Our podcast library hones in on a key component of pharmacy finances: payment models. Learn about everything from DIR fees to submitting reimbursements to surviving your next pharmacy audit. Join the podcast discussion for more.

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Featured Episodes

Tune in to some of our most-watched episodes

Pharmacy Podcast Library

Find your favorites in our complete episode library

Check out the complete library of episodes to get the perfect blend of a pharmacology podcast and a leadership podcast — designed to help you be the best pharmacist. Click on “Episode Details” to see podcast topics, guests, and hosts in each episode of our pharmacy podcasts. Find links to watch or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

EP
BTS 64
Beyond the Scripts
Zarina Jalal
EP
BTS 63
Jennifer Adams
EP
LIVE 1
Catalyst
Doug Hoey, NCPA
EP
BTS 62
Kunal Vyas, John Braceras, Daniel Valencia
EP
Catch-Up 3
Catalyst
Hemal Desai
EP
125
Catalyst
Greco De Valencia

Pharmacy Podcast Hosts

Get to know the hosts of the Catalyst Pharmacy Podcast

All part of the PioneerRx team, our hosts have different backgrounds in both pharmacy and business. Some are experts in pharmacy software; others are aficionados in independent pharmacy marketing; and others are experts in clinical services in community pharmacy. 

Kraig McEwen
CEO of RedSail Technologies
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Jeff Key
President of PioneerRx
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Mark Bivins
Vice President of Sales
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Marsha Bivins
Director of Marketing
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