Yasmin Tayag, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss RFK Jr’s strategy to “Make America Healthy Again,” his distain for everything from vaccines to fluoride to processed foods – and his approach to managing a $1.7-trillion agency.
Read moreThe straight story about posture panic
Beth Linker joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how posture ignited public health panics and race hierarchies of previous generations and why we should examine our previous beliefs to better understand fitness today.
Read moreWhat personalized medicine promised, and what it delivered
James Tabery, a professor at the University of Utah, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why precision medicines focused on gene technology benefit only the rich, while average citizens are left behind in this new model of curing disease.
Read moreFeeling lonely? It’s time to get creative
Dr. Jeremy Nobel, a primary-care physician with faculty appointments at the Harvard Medical School, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how we can use creative expression to connect with others.
Read moreViruses don’t treat everyone equally (because society doesn’t)
Stephen W. Thrasher, discusses why survival rates and public health resources reach some but not others.
Read moreShe Went To Med School At 18. Now She Fights For Your Health
Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, public health professor at George Washington University and former Baltimore health commissioner. She joins us to discuss her work in the area of public health on everything from opioid addiction to disease outbreaks to infant mortality.
Read moreCould The CDC Have Shielded Us From The Pandemic?
Author Michael Lewis joins us to tell the stories of a biochemist, a public health worker and a federal government employee who worked in the White House during the early days of trying to contain the coronavirus.
Read moreThe World Needs More Toilets
Science journalist Chelsea Wald joins us to talk about what’s behind the plumbing and introduce the scientists and activists working to make sanitation healthy and accessible for all.
Read moreDo Women Really Need All Those C-Sections?
Jacqueline H. Wolf, professor of the history of medicine at Ohio University, joins us to talk about the history of cesarean birth and the impacts it has on women’s lives and the public health system as a whole.
Read moreFareed Zakaria On Our Post-Pandemic World
Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN Worldwide and a columnist for The Washington Post, joins us to talk about what experts predict about the future of technology, politics, health and cities once the coronavirus is conquered.
Read moreDoes Personal Freedom Endanger Public Health?
Mark Rothstein joins us to talk about what to do when public health directives during a pandemic clash with our expectation of personal liberty.
Read moreThe Rise Of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs
Muhammad H. Zaman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston University, joins us to talk about antibiotic-resistant superbugs and why he’s worried we could face yet another public health threat.
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