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913 - Uncovering America’s Decades-Long PFAS Contamination
Season 12 Episode 913
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Since the 1950s, companies have been using PFAS—or “forever chemicals”—to manufacture everyday household items from waterproof ma…
1 year, 3 months ago
912 - The Correlation Between Movement and Health As We Age
Season 12 Episode 912
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Consumer wearables like Fitbits track a lot of our activity, from time spent standing to estimates of calorie expenditure. What i…
1 year, 3 months ago
911 - Book Club—We Are Eating The Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System
Season 12 Episode 911
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Growing and producing our food comes at an extreme cost to the environment. In this episode: a conversation about climate and agr…
1 year, 3 months ago
910 - Climate Change and Meteorology: 2025 Update
Season 12 Episode 910
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What might be in store for the 2025 hurricane season? Meteorologist Brian McNoldy returns to the podcast to talk about how things…
1 year, 3 months ago
909 - From the Archives: Reflecting on Juneteenth with Janice Bowie
Season 12 Episode 909
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Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday in 2021 but many people don’t know the history or how to recognize the day. In this epi…
1 year, 3 months ago
908 - A Sharp Decline in Homicides
Season 12 Episode 908
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Homicides in the U.S., particularly those involving gun violence, peaked in 2022 following a rapid rise during the COVID pandemic…
1 year, 3 months ago
907 - Humanitarian Health in Gaza and Beyond
Season 12 Episode 907
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Humanitarian health systems provide relief like food, water, and medicine in crisis situations. They operate within a carefully o…
1 year, 3 months ago
906 - Here To Understand: How Braver Angels Is Orchestrating Tough Public Health Conversations
Season 12 Episode 906
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In 2016, the nonprofit Braver Angels was founded to bring together diverse groups of people to try and figure out why productive …
1 year, 3 months ago
905 - Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy, and Ear Tubes for Children
Season 12 Episode 905
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A recent MAHA report from the Department of Health and Human Services stated that a trio of common procedures for children—tonsil…
1 year, 3 months ago
904 - Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals
Season 12 Episode 904
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Would it be a good idea to have tariffs on pharmaceuticals? In this episode: a conversation about the rationales for tariffs as w…
1 year, 3 months ago