Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnthony Fauci Is Worried about Bird Flu—And How Our Divisions Could Help It Hurt Us
Anthony Fauci speaks with Tanya Lewis, senior editor for health and medicine at Scientific American, about his remarkable career, as detailed in his …
1 year, 1 month ago
A Psychologist’s Tips for Avoiding Overconsumption This Black Friday
Black Friday sales have gone from one-day in-person shopping bonanzas to a multiday deals extravaganza. It’s tempting to give in to the seasonal pres…
1 year, 1 month ago
What RFK, Jr., Could Mean for Public Health, and How Tobacco Use Has Dropped Unevenly
Donald Trump has nominated RFK, Jr., to run the Department of Health and Human Services, a position that includes oversight of the Centers for Diseas…
1 year, 1 month ago
Using AI to Understand the Thoughts of the Dead
Writings and records are how we understand long-gone civilizations without being able to interact with ancient peoples. A recent opinion paper sugges…
1 year, 1 month ago
Unscheduled C-Sections May Depend on the Color of Your Skin
Disparities in health are not indicated by adverse outcomes alone. Adriana Corredor-Waldron, an assistant professor of economics at NC State Universi…
1 year, 1 month ago
An Off Day on Uranus, a Wildfire in Prospect Park and Dispatches from COP29
A wildfire in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Prospect Park was in part linked to drought conditions nationally. Plastic waste is set to grow with our expanding eco…
1 year, 1 month ago
Reflecting on our First Attempt to Speak with the Stars
Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of a transmission from the Arecibo Observatory, intended as our first attempt to send a message to intelligent li…
1 year, 1 month ago
Humans Inherited a World That Insects Made
What does the Declaration of Independence have in common with Vincent van Gogh’s sketches? The ink used to produce them came from wasps. From pests t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Baseball Mud Bath, Water Woes and Wooden Satellites
A wooden solution to metal satellites polluting space. Water woes create droughts in 48 of the 50 U.S. states—and climate change is of course a culpr…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Weight May Not Be the Whole Story on Health
Could our fixation on weight actually be harming, rather than helping, people’s health? Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Ragen Chastain, a writer, re…
1 year, 2 months ago