Amy Maxmen is a science journalist for Nature, and she joins us to talk about social determinants of health – a concept that’s been around for 150 years – and why it’s taken a pandemic to really focus on the health outcomes of the most vulnerable.
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Steven Johnson is host of the PBS/BBC series “How We Got to Now,” and the “American Innovations” podcast. He joins us to talk about societal change that has pushed us to live older, fuller lives and why that’s dependent on the greater good.
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James Doucet-Battle, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, joins us to talk about the prevalence of diabetes in Black America – and to make the case that health researchers must completely rethink assumptions when it comes to the intersection of race and health.
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Jonathan Tepperman is a former editor-at-large at Foreign Policy magazine, and he joins us to talk about how the Biden administration might strengthen the relationship with American allies – and about the growing threat from Russia, China and other adversaries.
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Education Week reporter Madeline Will joins us to talk about how learning gaps will be addressed, how schools are planning to fully reopen, and which Covid safety measures will remain even after students can be vaccinated.
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Wired senior reporter Lauren Goode joins us to talk about her experience reliving a failed relationship via social media apps and how companies monetize our most private moments.
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Vox senior reporter Anna North joins us to talk about the exoticized images and articles once published in the magazine – and to analyze if a recent overhaul has improved the magazine’s approach.
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David Napier is professor of medical anthropology at University College London, director of the university’s Centre for Applied Global Citizenship, and director of its Science, Medicine, and Society Network. He joins us to discuss group dynamics and why public policy that values the collective good over individual interests is ultimately beneficial to everyone.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss joins us to talk about how food manufacturers have created unhealthy foods we crave and why even the diet options are rarely any better.
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Journalist Bill Minutaglio joins us to talk about the state’s long history of conflict, violence, backroom deals, and bravado that’s created its political framework.
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Anna Sale, creator, and host of the “Death, Sex and Money” podcast, joins us to talk about the painful and taboo topics we’re told to avoid, and why we need to bring them up more often to make progress on tough issues.
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Lynn Berger joins us to talk about the origins of birth order psychology and whether the roles we’re assigning children are based in fact or fiction.
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