This hour, we talk with experts about simple ways to get healthier.
Read moreCitizens Of Other Countries Trust Their Governments. Why Don’t We?
Wired magazine contributor Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins us to talk about how other nations have more successfully contained the coronavirus thanks to a shared trust with citizens – and about what it will take for the U.S. to rebuild a similar level of trust.
Read moreCan We Safely Reopen Schools?
Education Week reporter Madeline Will joins us to talk about what it will take to safely welcome students back to school amid the pandemic.
Read moreThe Psychology Of Victimhood
Humanistic psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman talks to us about the relationship between victimhood and our sense of how much control we have of our lives.
Read moreWhy Science Is So Easy To Dismiss
Adrian Bardon, professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University, joins us to talk about how identity, political affiliation, culture and rationalization have led to science denial.
Read moreFor The Dying, Dreams Offer Comfort
Dr. Christopher Kerr, CEO and chief medical officer at Hospice Buffalo, joins us to talk about observing end-of-life patients and how their dreams and visions provide moments of beauty and affirmation.
Read moreHow having an abortion — or not — affects women
Researcher Diana Greene Foster talks about her book “The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having – or Being Denied – an Abortion.”
Read moreThey Had 12 Kids – Six Had Schizophrenia
Robert Kolker joins us to talk about the Galvin family, which saw schizophrenia take over six of 12 kids – drawing interest from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Read moreCOVID-19 And The Future Of College
Paul Quinn College president Michael J. Sorrell joins us to talk about how COVID-19 complicates the way institutions of higher learning welcome back their students and staff.
Read moreWhy No One Listens to You
Reporter Kate Murphy joins us to talk about why listening—even to gossip—is good for our brains and human connection.
Read moreWhen The People We Elect Don’t Talk, This Is What We Get
Journalist Ed Yong joins us to talk about the unique challenges of addressing the coronavirus – and about the urgency for local, state and federal governments to figure out ways to coordinate their plans.
Read morePoor And Pregnant In Texas? You Might Want To Move
ProPublica reporter Nina Martin joins us to talk about the critical links between maternal mortality and Medicaid and why limited to no access means pregnant and new mothers are dying at an alarming rate.
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