By Evan Falchuk

The shuttles from Boston to DC and New York are fascinating crossroads in the worlds of government, finance and even healthcare. Today I had the good fortune to meet Dr. Alvin Poussaint on the flight from Boston to DC. Dr. Poussaint is a renowned psychiatrist and Professor at Harvard Medical School, perhaps best known for his many collaborations with Bill Cosby, including as a consultant to the Cosby Show. They most recently worked together on their  acclaimed book Come on, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors, which is about helping Americans in the hardest suffering communities improve their lives. As it turned out, Dr. Poussaint was on his way to Washington to appear on Chris Mathews’ Hardball.