Science writer James Nestor joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how clues on better breathing can be found not in research labs, but in choir rooms, smoggy streets and even centuries-old practices.
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Filmmaker Sasha Achilli joins us to tell the story of one ER doctor in Nothern Italy and her battle to save a daily swarm of incoming patients inside a besieged hospital.
Read moreTeaching Doctors To See Patients As People
Dr. Saul J. Weiner, professor of medicine, pediatrics, and medical education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, joins us to talk about practicing medicine that goes beyond medical charts.
Read moreOne Woman’s Quest To Tame Her Depression
Anna Mehler Paperny she joins us to talk about investigating the complex world of depression treatment in order to save herself.
Read moreFear Is Natural–But It Can Be Controlled
Eva Holland, correspondent for Outside magazine, joins us to talk about her own battle with fear and the methods she employed to overcome it.
Read moreLosing Charge: The U.S. Is Trailing In The Race For A Better Battery
ProPublica reporter Lydia DePillis joins us to talk about how we’ve been shut-out of the production of one of the most important components of our modern world — and how that’s currently impacting healthcare.
Read moreThe Rise Of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs
Muhammad H. Zaman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston University, joins us to talk about antibiotic-resistant superbugs and why he’s worried we could face yet another public health threat.
Read moreWhen Every Day Is Groundhog Day
Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Vice, joins us to talk about the psychology of why we’re all a little disoriented since our 9-to-5 routine disappeared.
Read moreHow To Live Better As We Live Longer
Daniel Levitin is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University, and he joins us to talk about what he calls human life’s two stages: “healthspan” and “diseasespan,” and explain how brain science can promote the former.
Read moreFinding Our Way To The New Normal
Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong joins us to explain why instead of asking “when will life get back to normal?”, we should focus our energies on incremental steps to a more livable future.
Read moreWhat We Can Learn From The First U.S. Coronavirus Hotspot
Miles O’Brien joins us to talk about his coast-to-coast reporting on the people affected by the coronavirus – and about how inaction by elected officials contributed to the outbreak.
Read moreOur 100-Year Battle With Pandemics
Medical historian Mark Honigsbaum joins us to talk about why bacterial and viral disasters continue to take us by surprise.
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