Stanford psychology professor Jamil Zaki joins us to answer the question: Can empathy be developed or nurtured? The answer is a resounding “yes”.
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If You Go Off The Pill, Will You Still Love Your Husband?
Sarah E. Hill, research psychologist and professor, Department of Psychology, TCU joins us to talk about a woman’s body and the most current research (or lack of it) that doctors rely on.
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Reuniting Mind and Body In Treating Trauma
James S. Gordon, M.D., founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., joins us to talk about his approach to integrative healing and support.
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The Science Behind Your Bad Habits
Wendy Wood, provost professor of psychology and business at the University of Southern California, joins us to talk about her research into the science of making better choices.
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New Frontiers In Medicine — And Medical Ethics
Dr. Jonathan Moreno, a professor of ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us to work through gut-wrenching questions about the ethics of health care.
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Anything You Ever Wanted To Know About Death
Mortician Caitlin Doughty joins us to tackle the interesting and icky questions posed by children about a still-taboo subject.
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The $300 Band-Aid: Surprises In Medical Bills
Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon and professor of health policy at Johns Hopkins University, joins us to talk about the medical debt that consumes one in five Americans.
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Who’s Looking After Home Health Care Workers?
Reporter Alexia Fernández Campbell joins us to talk about the harsh realities of a job asked to provide comfort when supplying very little of its own.
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The Case For Single Payer Healthcare
Healthcare activist Timothy Faust joins us to discuss why, he says, it’s more dangerous to get sick in the U.S. than anywhere in the world.
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Why Female Vets Have It Harder
Director of Women’s Health Sciences Division National Center for PTSD and director of WoVen (the Women’s Veterans Network), Tara Galovski joins us to talk about the research paving the way for healthy re-entry for female veterans.
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Wild Stuff Happens When You Sleep
Neurologist Dr. Guy Leschziner joins us to talk about night terrors, sleepwalking and all the maladies that keep us from sleeping like a baby.
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Should We Enable Safe Drug Use?
Journalist Kate Knibbs joins us to talk about a movement to allow medically-supervised drug use aiming at keeping addicts alive.
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