Laura Trujillo shares the shock she faced when her mother took her own life, the dark secret she had to plumb to move forward, and where she ultimately found peace.
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Would you really be happier with someone else?
Psychologist Joshua Coleman explains how our culture of individualism puts pressure on relationships and how to know when it’s time to walk away.
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Would you be happier if you got naked more?
Journalist Gloria Liu talks about the outdoorsy types who like to go naked and asks: Would she be happier if she were less prudish about her body and those around her?
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What it’s like being autistic in a neurotypical world
Devon Price talks about his own experience with neurodivergence and delves into the lives of people who feel ignored and invisible.
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Viruses 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.
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Are evil people born that way?
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen joins us to discuss the neuroscience of narcissism and psychopathy and the reasons someone might lack the ability to care.
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A protein in blood could unlock youth
Journalist Eilene Zimmerman joins us to discuss the protein known as GDF11, which has sometimes shown promise stimulating the growth of the brain and blood vessels.
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The pioneering plastic surgeons of WWI
Science writer Lindsey Fitzharris joins us to tell the story of Harold Gillies, a plastic surgeon who established one of the first hospitals for facial reconstruction as he worked to heal both body and soul.
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Covering Uvalde took a toll on Latino journalists
Assistant Prof. Liliana Soto joins us to discuss the emotional toll of Latino journalists covering the El Paso and Uvalde mass shootings, necessary coping skills, and why self-care is so difficult for reporters.
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Big Pharma refuses to save the world from COVID
Amy Maxmen, a science journalist at Nature Magazine discusses how a large percentage of all available vaccines have been purchased by wealthy countries.
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Giving back the sense of touch to amputees
National Geographic writer Cynthia Gorney explains why, out of the five senses, touch is so key to well-being, and the latest tech helping amputees to feel again.
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Why it’s hard to eat healthy, even for doctors
Dr. Raj Telhan discusses his quest to give up refined sugar and how it made him question the nature of pleasure and wonder about our capacity for desire.
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