FDA Direct

About FDA Direct

Commissioner Makary and other members of FDA leadership, as well as guests, engage in timely and frank discussions to bring you an inside look at the current happenings at the FDA.

Publisher

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 May 2025

Latest episode

29 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Apr 2026

   FDA Direct: The Power of Real-Time Clinical Trials

   Commissioner Makary joins FDA’s Chief AI Officer Jeremy Walsh and two industry leaders to discuss the advancement of real-time clinical trials, which can accelerate drug development and help the agency make decisions more efficiently.

2. 

   1 Apr 2026

   FDA Direct - Special Edition of FDA Direct

   Recapping a year's worth of progress, taking a moment to recognize our amazing staff, and discussing what's next for the FDA.

3. 

   23 Feb 2026

   FDA Direct: Combating Rare Diseases at the FDA

   Join FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Director of the Office of the Secretariat Elisabeth Armstrong as they talk with FDA Chief of Staff Jim Traficant about the impact rare disease has had on his life, and how his lived experiences are contributing to innovation at the FDA.

Who has been a guest on FDA Direct

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Makary
• Kyle Diamantas
• Sanjula Jain-Nagpal
• Vinayak "Vinay" Kashyap Prasad

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

41,987,183

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.7 / 5

36 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

84

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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