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Mental Health

a teenager sits alone
Radio Times

How to talk about teen suicide

Guests: Guy Diamond, Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, Matthew Wintersteen The controversial Netflix series, 13 Reas ...

Air Date: May 8, 2017

Listen 00:49:28
Rodrigo Duterte and Vladimir Putin
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Why authoritarianism?

Guests: Manu Bhagavan, Howard Lavine The people of Turkey recently voted to give president Erdoğan more authorit ...

Air Date: May 4, 2017

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Voices in the Family
Health

Can negative people learn to look on the bright side?

Most of us know somebody who is always negative – predicting worst-case scenarios, seeing only what wen ...

Air Date: May 1, 2017

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Colum McCann
Radio Times

Colum McCann; then, public apologies

Guests: Colum McCann, Edwin Battistella  In Letters to a Young Writer, ...

Air Date: April 17, 2017

Listen 00:49:29
a prison cell in Pennsylvania
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Mentally ill inmates overwhelm PA jails

Across the country, there’s an increase in the number of people with serious mental illnesses who are behind bars making prisons and j ...

Air Date: April 11, 2017

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a man is arrested for prostitution solicitation
Radio Times
Money

Sex trafficking in the Philadelphia region

Guests: Shea Rhodes, Jamie Mairakiza, Erin O’Brien, Autumn Burris 116 trafficking cases were reported in Pe ...

Air Date: April 3, 2017

Listen 00:49:27
a drug overdose kit
Radio Times
Money

Combating the opioid epidemic in the Philadelphia region

Guests: Liz Evans, Priya Mammen, Devin Reaves Prescription painkillers and heroin are killing hundreds of people ...

Air Date: March 28, 2017

Listen 00:49:30
students protest Charles Murray at Middlebury College
Radio Times
Education

Are colleges suppressing free speech?

Guests: Samantha Harris, Jason Stanley Guest host Mary Cummings-Jordan will talk to a panel about the on-going de ...

Air Date: March 27, 2017

Listen 00:49:44
a girl sitting in a windowsill
Voices in the Family
Health

Why are kids today so anxious?

Anxiety disorders are rising in kids. In their weekly conversation, psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WHYY’ ...

Air Date: March 20, 2017

Listen 00:03:25
Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night painting
Voices in the Family
Health

Creativity: Life From the Inside Out

Dr. Dan Gottlieb explores the role of psychology in creativity through the lives of artists. He looks at Van Gogh’s struggle with menta ...

Air Date: March 17, 2017

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Voices in the Family
Health

Should we talk about our health problems?

People share LOTS of very personal health information online these days – with virtual strangers – ...

Air Date: March 13, 2017

Listen 00:03:29
Marty Moss-Coane
Radio Times
Community

Radio Times in Review: on relationships

Guests: Brad Gooch, Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo, Yuyin Li On today’s edition of Radio Times in Review; we explor ...

Air Date: March 10, 2017

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Sean Spicer and Tom Price
Radio Times
Health

The GOP’s new healthcare proposal

Guests: Robert Field, Timothy Jost House Republicans tried more than 60 times to repeal and replace the Affordabl ...

Air Date: March 8, 2017

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 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump acknowledges photographers after speaking at a campaign rally in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Speak Easy
Health

Is President Trump causing toxic stress?

Is Donald Trump, with his daily Twitter harangues, impulsive and outrageous executive orders, and all-around nastiness harming the health of individuals?

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Speak Easy
Health

If ACA is repealed, it will be even harder to prioritize mental health care

When it comes to investing in our health, not all issues are treated equally. This idea seems all the more relevant as we await the fate ...

8 years ago

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