Americans Are Scared Of The Wrong Things

Barry Glassner joins us to talk about why our perception of threats doesn’t line up with reality.

Haunted By Mental Illness

Lindsay Wong joins us to talk about how the stigma surrounding mental illness affected her loved ones.

Genetics professor Norman C. Ellstrand joins us to talk about the mechanics of plant reproduction.

Jacy Reese joins us to talk about efforts to grow artificial meat and end factory farming.

Thomas Bollycky talks about why we should help developing countries grow their health care infrastructure.

Peter Sagal joins us talk all things running.

Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal joins us to talk about the feasibility of single-payer health care.

Michael Hebb joins us to talk about why it’s important to engage with friends and loved ones about death.

Kurt Eichenwald joins us to talk about epilepsy and how he’s learned to navigate it.

Lacy Johnson joins us to talk about how she considers her rapist in terms of justice, vengeance and retribution.

Susan Lanzoni joins us to talk about how we’ve wrestled with the intersection of our own experience and the realities of others.

Stephanie Moulton Sarkis joins us to talk about how we can spot patterns of lies, distractions and distortions of the truth.