This hour, we’ll talk about the dubious history of legislating sex with human rights lawyer Eric Berkowitz, author of The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities.
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GMO (Oh No!)
This hour, we’ll talk with William Saletan about the fear of genetically modified organisms when hundreds of studies find nothing wrong with them.
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Healthcare Hang-ups
We’ll talk to Dr. Sandeep Jauhar about how the pharmaceutical industry, insurance companies and government policies are affecting patient care, which he writes about in Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician.
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Kent Brantly, After Ebola
We’ll talk to Dr. Kent Brantly and his wife, Amber, about defeating Ebola and the drive to serve others, which they write about in Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic
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Rebooting An Aging Mind
When Patricia Marx’s age was beginning to betray her memory, she decided to be proactive. This hour, we’ll talk to the New Yorker staff writer about her humorous search for ways to curb the mind’s decline.
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The Parenting Paradox
We’ll talk about how we can be better parents with Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success.
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Losing And Finding A Mind
We’ll talk with Clark Elliott about how a pair of Chicago researchers helped him to regain his mental capacity, which he writes about in The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get it Back.
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How North Texas Is Banking On Health Tech
A panel of health tech advocates explains different ways the genre is making us rich.
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The Emerging Technology of Telemedicine
This hour, we’ll talk about telemedicine’s history and future.
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Autism And Care
The Director of Autism Research at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute tells us about cutting edge therapies currently in development, and gives practical advice for parents of autistic children.
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What Ever Happened to Blue Bell?
As Blue Bell prepares to test its production lines in the coming weeks, we’ll talk this hour about how things went so wrong for the iconic Texas brand.
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Beyond Picky Eating
This hour, we’ll talk about strategies for dealing with anxiety, low appetite and other challenges children face with University of Texas at Dallas expert Jenny McGlothlin.
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