Science writer Lydia Denworth joins us to talk about the role close-knit communities play in our mental and physical health.
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What You Need to Know About Coronavirus
Dr. Seema Yasmin joins us to talk about what we know – and are still learning – about the coronavirus.
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It’s Not What You Eat But When
Dr. Satchin Panda joins us to talk about why when you eat can be as important as what you eat.
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Strategies For Keeping Those New Year’s Resolutions
ABC News’ Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton joins us to talk about taking a realistic approach to health in mind and body without upending your life.
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The Epidemics That Changed The World
Frank M. Snowden, the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History and History of Medicine at Yale University, joins us to talk about how infectious outbreaks — both terrifying and romanticized — have shaped our world.
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Grieving Before Someone’s Gone
Pauline Boss, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, joins us to talk about her work that has helped articulate the lonely and confusing feelings of loss even as someone lives.
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Why There’s A Massive Shortage Of Psychiatric Hospital Beds
Author Susannah Cahalan joins us to talk about her investigation into a psychology sting operation testing the legitimacy of mental health diagnoses.
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New Strategies For Preventing Gun Violence
Robyn Thomas and Peter Ambler, from the Giffords Law Center and Giffords, join us to talk about strategies for decreasing gun violence while balancing gun owners’ 2nd Amendment rights.
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How Reading And Writing Saved A Lost Girl
Jaquira Diaz joins us to talk about overcoming her struggles with sexual assault and depression, growing up in Puerto Rican housing projects, and more.
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When the Buzz of Progress Becomes Noise Pollution
Bianca Bosker, contributing writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about how sound is affecting our world.
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Opioids In Rural America
Dr. Laura Fanucchi and epidemiologist April Young talk about why Appalachia is one of the epicenters of the opioid crisis – and what the medical community is doing about it.
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If You Go Off The Pill, Will You Still Love Your Husband?
Sarah E. Hill, research psychologist and professor, Department of Psychology, TCU joins us to talk about a woman’s body and the most current research (or lack of it) that doctors rely on.
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