Danielle Tcholakian discusses the first year she lived without alcohol – a year during which so many people lived in fear and isolation at the beginning of the pandemic.
Read moreNature Is Our Nurturer
Lucy Jones joins us to talk about her story of overcoming addiction by forming a deep connection with the beauty of nature, and the biological reasons humans need to be outside.
Read moreIt’s time to retire retirement
Bradley Schurman, founder and CEO of The Super Age, a global strategic research and advisory firm, discusses what he sees as a social and market force tipping point: when 20 percent or more of a given population is over age 65.
Read moreA battle-tested guide to confidence
Nate Zinsser, director of West Point’s Performance-Psychology program, lays out his step-by-step guide to overcoming the mental pressures holding us back.
Read moreHow to heal your broken heart
Journalist Florence Williams talks about her painful divorce and how that led her to uncover the latest research on loneliness and its connection to health.
Read moreLadies who lift: Women, exercise and power
Danielle Friedman talks about how getting in shape morphed from simply being a beauty tool to a force for physical and emotional well-being, and what that says about feminism.
Read moreHow our emotions guide our decisions
Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow discusses emerging science working to better understand how our decisions, big and small, are influenced by our emotions.
Read moreRonald Reagan’s daughter on Alzheimer’s and caregiving
Patti Davis joins us to discuss the support group she founded and the struggle with prolonged grief that comes with the illness.
Read moreOur hobbies, ourselves
Julie Beck, senior editor at The Atlantic, talks about why our free time is often seen as a hole to fill with activity and productivity, and why that might be more a reflection on capitalism rather than personal goals.
Read moreWhen Our Bodies Attack Us
Scientific American senior editor Josh Fischman joins us to talk about rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases and the progress being made to fight them.
Read moreHow trauma is etched onto our brains
Rutgers University professor Tracey Shors explains how the body processes trauma and the therapeutic approaches to help mitigate the negative effects it has on our lives.
Read moreA YA Novelist Takes On Fatphobia
Author Crystal Maldonado joins us to discuss her YA novel about a young woman dealing with the typical subjects of boys and friends, but also a deepening understanding of how she’s viewed by the outside world.
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