Jacqueline H. Wolf, professor of the history of medicine at Ohio University, joins us to talk about the history of cesarean birth and the impacts it has on women’s lives and the public health system as a whole.
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Why The Thing We Want Most Is Nothingness
Kyle Chayka joins us to discuss the barriers we put up to isolate ourselves from the world, why that’s caught on as a health craze, and how that disconnect might link to a more pessimistic outlook on life than we’d like to acknowledge.
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Biden Promised To Fix The Climate – Here’s What He Can Do
Heather Hansman of Outside magazine joins us to discuss a myriad of options the president now has before him to mitigate environmental damage, and the political costs of choosing which path to take.
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What The World Demands Of Deaf People
Jaipreet Virdi, assistant history professor at the University of Delaware, joins us to talk about her research into medicine’s long legacy of promised hearing cures and why science has yet to achieve a universal solution.
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When Scientists Dabbled In Clairvoyance
Alicia Puglionesi holds a Ph.D. in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology from Johns Hopkins University, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a field of study that tried to make a science of the unexplained.
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When Medical Misinformation Goes Viral
Dr. Seema Yasmin, director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, joins host Krys Boyd to dispel common rumors and myths about science and medicine, and why facts still don’t tamp down lies.
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How Crowd Psychology Played Out At The Capitol
Rob Henderson studies human behavior at the University of Cambridge, and he joins us to talk about the psychology of why people follow a crowd.
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Mom By Day, Nazi Hunter By Night
Filmmaker Chana Gazit joins us to talk about the extraordinary, secret life of cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
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For Inspiration, Look To The Stars
Science journalist Jo Marchant joins us to talk about the impact stargazing has had on human civilizations and the importance of connecting to the wonder of the night sky.
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What Must Be Done Before The Next Pandemic
Jennifer Nuzzo, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins us to talk about when politics and science collide during a global pandemic and what an effective response should look like next time.
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What Life Is Like On The International Space Station
Colonel Terry Virts is a former commander of the International Space Station, and he joins us to provide a behind-the-scenes look at daily life hovering miles above humanity.
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How Science Skeptics Create Doubt
Sean B. Carroll, vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, joins us to talk about how science deniers return to the same strategies over and over to create doubt around new discoveries.
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