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You can be anorexic and fat, but not all doctors understand

November 9, 2022 Health, Mental Health

Kate Siber discusses atypical anorexia nervosa, where people starve themselves but do not exhibit extreme thinness.

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What parents get wrong about teens and their phones

November 3, 2022 Culture, Mental Health

Emily Weinstein of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education talks about the ways teenagers navigate their online world and how parents can better understand their pull to be always connected.

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Why emotions don’t translate across cultures

November 3, 2022 Culture, Mental Health

Social psychologist Batja Mesquita talks about why feelings differ from culture to culture — and why shame can be good.

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With Roe overturned, doctors need lawyers

November 2, 2022 Current Events, Health, Politics

Time magazine reporter Abigail Abrams talks about the routine doctor-patient relationship for a pregnancy that has now become a high-stakes game of providing care while not running afoul of state mandates.

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How scientists could help your dog (and you) live longer

November 1, 2022 Health, Science and Technology

Wired senior editor Tom Simonite discusses breakthroughs in doubling lifespans of animals, how this could lead to better aging therapies for humans, and why the FDA has not gotten involved yet.

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Why a cult survivor was drawn to the military

October 31, 2022 Culture, Mental Health, Race/Identity

Daniella Mestyanek Young talks about being raised in The Children of God religious cult, her escape to build a new life, and what her later career in the military taught her about herself.

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Polio is back—here’s what it can teach us about Covid

October 25, 2022 Health

Correspondent Patrick Cockburn talks about his own experience with polio and why public health officials around the world should be on high alert for new outbreaks of the highly debilitating disease.

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What it’s like being autistic in a neurotypical world

October 18, 2022 Mental Health, Race/Identity

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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Say less: Your teens listen more than you think

October 14, 2022 Culture, Mental Health

Terri Apter discusses teenagers and their changing emotions, how to better understand their emerging identities, and ways parents can strengthen relationships.

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Are evil people born that way?

October 13, 2022 Mental Health

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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The boy who survived a men’s prison

October 13, 2022 Education, Health, Mental Health, Race/Identity

Ian Manuel joins us to discuss his crime, his quest for forgiveness, and why, he believes, we should not judge an entire life based on one’s worst day.

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There IS such a thing as too much pleasure

October 12, 2022 Culture, Health, Mental Health

Dr. Anna Lembke, a medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, joins us to discuss the neuroscience of pleasure, why our bodies crave it, and the consequences of overconsumption.

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