Dr. Rupa Marya explains how climate change and inequality correlate to surges in inflammatory disease, and how they might be healed with a new approach to medicine.
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Looking for comfort? Build a routine
Harper’s Magazine writer Meghan O’Gieblyn explains what we can learn from habit, and how we can find freedom in even the most mundane tasks.
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When a difficult parent dies, grieving is complicated
Obed Silva discusses his father, who his family left behind in Mexico to escape his drunken violence, and what it means to grieve for a man who caused so much pain.
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We really are what we eat
This hour, we’ll talk with experts about how what we eat affects how we think and feel.
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It’s time to stop dismissing psychosomatic illness
Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan discusses her travels around the world trying to understand seemingly odd or fantastical illnesses that spread in communities, and the very real humans who suffer from them.
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A scientific case for spirituality
Psychology professor Lisa Miller explains why prayer, mindfulness, even nature walks, improve brain function, resilience and, ultimately, our health.
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Making work from home work forever
Charlie Warzel discusses the takeaways from work-life balance that have come out of Covid working arrangements, and what the future of corporate HQ might look like.
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The global poor need mental health care, too
Vox reporter Dylan Matthews discusses the work of the Happier Life Institute, which found that access to psychotherapy should be central to foreign aid and charity work abroad in order to increase well-being.
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On disability and discrimination
Jan Grue talks about justice for people with disabilities and why he believes, even with gains in disability rights, the world would still like to keep the differently-abled in the shadows.
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How gender stereotypes mix with alcohol
Mallory O’Meara talks about the history of women and alcohol, from a Sumerian beer goddess to today’s lighter fare and asks: when did drinking become so gendered?
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Searching the Amazon for the next miracle drug
Dr. Cassandra Quave joins us to discuss her work searching the globe for plant-based medicines.
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What it’s like to grow up undocumented
Author Qian Julie Wang joins us to tell the story of her childhood in an undocumented family, how the experience shaped her life, and how she now views the American Dream.
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