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Lyft at LAX, the year of the shared economy, the real life doctor featured in 'Concussion'
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Dec 23, 2015
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Lyft at LAX, the year of the shared economy, the real life doctor featured in 'Concussion'

Lyft now can pick up passengers at LAX, the growing influence 'shared' business models, the story of Bennett Omalu, who shed light on concussions in the NFL.

Will Smith stars as Dr. Bennet Omalu in 'Concussion,' a film about one neuropathologist's fight against the NFL.
Will Smith stars as Dr. Bennet Omalu in 'Concussion,' a film about one neuropathologist's fight against the NFL. We'll talk to the real Dr. Bennet Omalu
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Lyft now can pick up passengers at LAX, and the growing influence of other "shared" business models. Plus the real life story of a Nigerian born doctor named Bennett Omalu, the man who shed light on concussions in the NFL.

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