Paul Farmer joins us to talk about what the global health community learned from Africa’s Ebola outbreak.
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The Cutting Edge Of Alzheimer’s Research
Heather Snyder, senior director for medical and scientific relations with the Alzheimer’s Association, joins us to talk about the latest trends in patient care.
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Portraits Of Opioid Addiction
Paul Moakley, deputy director of photography at Time, joins us to talk about what he learned from documenting the opioid epidemic.
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Hooked: Understanding Addiction
This hour on Think, we explore the topic of addiction with a former heroin addict, a historian who writes about America’s relationship with alcohol and a neuroscientist who studies the brains of addicts.
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A Guide To Repairing Sorrow
Psychologist Guy Winch joins us to talk about practical steps to getting over everything from a failed relationship to the death of a loved one.
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The Upside Of Forgetting
Sallie Tisdale joins us to talk about how we might take a more nuanced approach to interacting with people suffering memory loss.
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Why Talk Therapy Is Still Important
Psychologist Enrico Gnaulati joins us to talk about why psychotropic drugs aren’t always the answer – and about why talking is still the way to go for many patients.
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At The Table With Michael Pollan
The noted food writer joins us to talk about how we think about food from a cultural, environmental and historical perspective.
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Health Consequences Of A Terrible Childhood
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris joins us to talk about new research on how childhood traumas can affect a person’s physical health into adulthood.
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How To Have A Good Death
Dr. Samuel Harrington joins us to talk about how to have tough conversations about our end-of-life wishes.
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How To Make Screen Time Family Time
NPR education reporter Anya Kamenetz joins us to talk about new ways of thinking about the time we spend with phones, tablets and TVs.
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Why ‘Why?’ Isn’t Always the Right Question
Sociologist Gregory Smithsimon joins us to talk about how often the question “why?” actually leads us down the wrong path and encourages us to overlook our own biases.
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