Medicine
If Bela Batorfi has his way, Hungary may soon be synonymous with complex dental procedures in the way that France is known for baguettes ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:51Christopher Phillips on ‘The Philosophy of Childing’
Guest: Christopher Phillips What are you going to be when you grow up? That’s a question that’s put to every ...
Air Date: July 11, 2016
Listen 00:48:43Radio Times in Review: “The Elder Boom,” writer Elie Wiesel, traveling with the Fulani
Guests: Ai-Jen Poo, Elie Wiesel, Anna Badkhen Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review: we’ll he ...
Air Date: July 8, 2016
Listen 00:49:57Guests: Richard Dennison, Joseph Braun A bill overhauling the way we regulate chemicals was signed into law last ...
Air Date: July 6, 2016
Listen 00:48:47Reaction to the Supreme Court decisions
Guests: Theodore Ruger, Lisa McElroy As usual, the Supreme Court waited until the final days of its term to annou ...
Air Date: June 27, 2016
Listen 00:48:45Why don’t young doctors want to work in primary care?
Half the money and none of the respect, a first-year resident says no wonder new doctors aren’t choosing to be generalists. ...
9 years ago
Listen 16:24Watching TV you hate, then comedian Doug Stanhope
Guests: Erik Adams, Megan McLachlan, Doug Stanhope You hate a show and you watch every week. This is the phenom ...
Air Date: June 15, 2016
Listen 00:48:43Author Mary Roach on the science behind warfare
Guest: Mary Roach Thousands of books have been written about war — the battles, the weapons, the strategy, and the heroes, b ...
Air Date: June 7, 2016
Listen 00:48:43Sebastian Junger on “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging”
Guest: Sebastian Junger In his new book, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, journalist and documentary ...
Air Date: May 27, 2016
Listen 00:48:44In Philadelphia, finding dignity for bodies left unclaimed
At Laurel Hill Cemetery in Northwest Philadelphia, it’s easy to overlook a couple of small patches of grass in the center of the s ...
9 years ago
Listen 6:02Protecting the dead, both body and soul
In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...
9 years ago
Listen 4:44Autopsies contribute valuable scientific data, but they’ve become rare
Dr. Robert Ownbey, a pathologist who heads up the Hahnemann Hospital ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:15Guests: Daniel Taylor, Roy Wade More than 16 million children live in poverty in the United States. That means th ...
Air Date: May 25, 2016
Listen 00:48:44Recreational sports for adults; and to stretch or not to stretch
Guests: Jason Cooper, Dan Feeney, Denise Donald, Malachy McHugh Most of us played sports when we were kids, but w ...
Air Date: May 16, 2016
Listen 00:48:44Radio Times in Review: Musician Andrew Lipke, college admissions with Frank Bruni, ‘Vitamania’
Guests: Andrew Lipke, Frank Bruni, Catherine Price Coming up on today’s show: we’ll listen to Marty’ ...
Air Date: May 6, 2016
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