Catherine A. Sanderson, Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences at Amherst College, joins us to talk about the psychology of groupthink and how to become a leader.
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Will COVID-19 Spell the End of International Cooperation
Abraham Newman joins us to talk about how smoothing out all the bumps in our international supply chains created an unexpected shock in the system.
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During Social Distancing, We’re All In This Together
NYU sociology professor Eric M. Klinenberg joins us to talk about how making it through Covid-19 will require buy-in from everyone.
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To Work Better, Work Less
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a visiting scholar at Stanford and Oxford, joins us to talk about redesigning the workday.
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The Role Of Animals In Human Pandemics
Science writer David Quammen joins us to talk about why an animal-to-human zoonotic transmission happens and what the risk is, now and in the future.
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Meet Your Microglia: The Brain Cells That Heal And Harm Us
Science writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa joins us to talk about microglia, cells that act as the brain’s housekeeper but can sometimes be unreliable.
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How Covid-19 Attacks Our Immune System
New York Times reporter Matt Richtel joins us to talk about our complicated immune system, which is capable of both healing the body and turning on it.
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To Improve Healthcare, Cut Costs
Jay Shambaugh, director of The Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about why health care prices are so high and how we can improve future outcomes.
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Life On The Front Lines Of Covid-19
Dr. Robert J. Hancock, president-elect of the Texas College of Emergency Physicians, joins us to talk about how hospitals are planning ahead.
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How to Deal with Your COVID-19 Anxiety
Dr. Ahmad Raza, professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern’s joins us to talk about COVID-19 anxiety and how we can both calm ourselves and care for others.
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Pandemics: Then And Now
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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Why No One Listens to You
Reporter Kate Murphy joins us to talk about why listening—even to gossip—is good for our brains and human connection.
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