Medicine
How electroconvulsive therapy’s troubled past has colored its modern use
Elyse Hunt hit rock bottom last summer. She had pummeled deeply into an already serious depression, leaving her bedridden and contemplati ...
8 years ago
Listen 12:05Listening to the brain to reveal damage and disease
Researchers are studying the way the brain processes sound to better understand – possibly even diagnose – concussions. ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:25The Johnson Amendment; a view from the GOP; news fatigue
Guests: Emma Green, Charlie Gerow, Nir Eyal At last week’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump said that ...
Air Date: February 6, 2017
Listen 00:49:24Guest: Suzanne O’Sullivan Your co-worker says she feels sick. “It might be the flu,” she wonders aloud. ...
Air Date: January 24, 2017
Listen 00:48:59A Jehovah’s Witness balances surgery with beliefs
When Audrey Butler dedicated herself to becoming a Jehovah’s Witness seven years ago, she knew she would never accept a blood trans ...
8 years ago
ListenGreen burials and DIY funerals
Guests: Mark Harris, Suzanne Kelly, Katrina Spade Green burials are increasingly popular in the United States. ...
Air Date: January 23, 2017
Listen 00:48:55Guests: Dan Diamond, James Carpetta, Mollyann Brodie As promised since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 201 ...
Air Date: January 17, 2017
Listen 00:48:58The hazards of sitting (or standing) too much
Guests: Carolyn Barlow, Alan Hedge, James Levine Many of us sit at a desk all day at work and then head home to l ...
Air Date: January 5, 2017
Listen 00:48:57The Aleppo evacuations and the future of the Syria’s civil war
Guests: Liz Sly, Samer Abboud, Andrew Tabler Evacuations from Aleppo resumed yesterday. Buses carried rebels an ...
Air Date: December 22, 2016
Listen 00:48:57National security and the controversial U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay
Guests: Sheri Fink and Karen Greenberg Despite President Obama’s efforts, the Guantánamo Bay prison remains in ...
Air Date: December 21, 2016
Listen 00:49:16Journalist Maia Szalavitz on drug addiction and recovery myths
Guest: Maia Szalavitz Journalist ...
Air Date: December 6, 2016
Listen 00:49:30Digital distractions and our ancient brains
Guests: Adam Gazzaley, Larry Rosen The average person checks their phone almost 50 times a day. We do it while we ...
Air Date: November 30, 2016
Listen 00:49:30Puerto Rico is exporting addicts to Philly
Guests: Alfred Lubrano, Maria Quiñones-Sanchez, Andrea Duffy Opioid addiction is the public health crisis of our ...
Air Date: November 21, 2016
Listen 00:49:35‘Virtual’ refugee journey a somber reminder things could always be worse
How ironic. Just as many Americans were threatening to move to Canada, an installation opened on Independence Mall to replicate the exper ...
8 years ago
Radio Times in Review: Trump’s appeal
Guests: J.D. Vance, Nancy Isenberg, Thomas Frank Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review; we’ll ...
Air Date: November 11, 2016
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