Dr. Uma Naidoo is founder and director of the Nutritional Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She joins us to talk about how science shows foods like blueberries –-and sadly, not cookies — are keys to mental health and cogitative function.
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Tom Frieden, who directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009-2017, joins us to talk about the current response to COVID-19 and what America needs to do to prepare for future global outbreaks.
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North Carolina State University theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack joins us to talk about the math, science and mystery that allows space to predict our demise back here on Earth.
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Valerie Trouet, associate professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona, joins us to talk about what we can learn by looking inside tree trunks – everything from the science of climate change to momentous occasions in human history.
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Stephen Rodrick, senior writer for Rolling Stone, joins us to talk about the love of the chase to find aliens.
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Harvard Business School professor Debora L. Spar joins us to talk about how technological advancement has reshaped the nuclear family.
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Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi is a writing instructor at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Navajo Nation, and she joins us to talk about the fallout of stay-at-home orders on remote areas of Navajo lands.
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Travis Rieder joins us to talk about how his addiction to pain medication taught him about how we address the current opioid crisis.
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Michael Schuman is a contributing writer to The Atlantic and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He joins us to talk about how a seemingly harmless app, TikTok, has hit a nerve with American cybersecurity experts and provided yet another sticking point in U.S.-China relations
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ProPublica health reporter Caroline Chen joins us to talk about how we should interpret the numbers to get a sense of where we’re headed.
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Trinity College Dublin neuroscientist Shane O’Mara joins us to talk about why ditching the car is great for your body, your mood and your connection to your fellow man.
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Dr. Seema Yasmin joins us to talk about the latest research on COVID-19 antibodies, treatments, and the development of a vaccine.
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