Anthropology professor Kate Clancy joins Krys Boyd to discuss the science of periods, reproductive health, and the ways we hide this simple fact of nature from daily life.
Read moreHow we fail people with severe mental illness
Author Jonathan Rosen joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his friendship with a man who developed schizophrenia in his 20s.
Read moreWhy so many adults feel traumatized by their adoption
New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar tells the stories of adult adoptees grappling with their feelings of transracial adoption, international placement and even adoptions that on the outside look like a perfect fit.
Read moreHow learning a new skill helps you appreciate mastery
New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik joins us to discuss what it takes to master a skill and to explain why the real benefit comes not in becoming a virtuoso but, rather, in just forcing your brain to try something hard.
Read moreCollagen may or may not help your skin, but it does hurt the planet
Fábio Zuker, a journalist and anthropologist, joins us to discuss his investigation into where collagen originates and how it threatens both the Amazon and the indigenous people who call the rainforest home.
Read moreWill new weight loss drugs change fat-shaming culture?
Jia Tolentino, a staff writer for The New Yorker, talks about how – with enough money – it’s easy for anyone to get their hands on these drugs – and how people who take them might underestimate the health risks.
Read moreThe mental health effects of caring for dementia patients
Dasha Kiper is consulting clinical director of support groups at CaringKind. She discusses the disconnect between the healthy mind of a caregiver and the ailing mind of a patient, and the counterproductive ways we try to help but cause harm instead.
Read moreWhy you should be scheduling time for fun
Psychologist Mike Rucker joins us to discuss why adding fun back into the daily grind will make you more productive and lead to a happier life.
Read moreYour brain could supercharge your immune system
Science journalist Diana Kwon joins us to discuss promising new research on mice that demonstrates healing through brain stimulation and the lessons scientists are hoping will translate to human patients.
Read morePlenty of people hear voices nobody else can hear
Ben Alderson-Day, an associate professor of psychology, joins us to discuss the psychology and neuroscience of feeling watched or hearing voices as he tries to unravel a phenomenon felt by people the world over.
Read moreThe big business of blood: Exploitation in the plasma industry
Journalist Kathleen McLaughlin shares her research into where blood plasma really comes from – a journey through the for-profit blood industry that stretches all the way to China.
Read moreWhat if we didn’t think of time as money
Jenny Odell talks about why she believes our clock-watching is tied to for-profit goals and not the reality of nature and offers ways to slow down and take in the beauty of the true rhythms of life.
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