How nearly dying helped me discover my own cure (and many more) | David Fajgenbaum
Physician-scientist David Fajgenbaum was dying from a rare disease that didn't have a cure — until he discovered a lifesaving drug that wasn't originally intended for his condition. In an astonishing ...
7 Heinä 19min
How to support parents of children with autism | Quentin Mezetin
In this powerful and personal talk, Quentin Mezetin shares his journey raising two sons with autism—and the challenges of parenting in a world that often treats neurological differences as deficits. A...
30 Kesä 24min
The Data Center Next Door with Dr. Jacoby Wilson | from TED Tech
Imagine if one day, your quiet neighborhood came alive with a steady hum… and it never went away? All throughout the United States, data centers are popping up next door and in your backyards. These b...
23 Kesä 27min
A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell (re-release)
Joel Bervell was one of the only Black students in his medical school program. After noticing how misconceptions about race were embedded in health care, he turned to social media to raise awareness a...
16 Kesä 28min
Athletes fear concussions—why don’t they report them? | Ben Jones
In a society that grows ever more risk averse, how do we balance fun and competition with our responsibilities to keep one another safe? In this talk, sport science professor Ben Jones explores our as...
9 Kesä 20min
The future of cancer treatment and immunotherapy with researcher Dr. Alicia Zhou
Dr. Alicia Zhou is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Research Institute—the oldest nonprofit in the world devoted exclusively to cancer immunology and immunotherapy. She joins Shoshana to disc...
2 Kesä 29min
How your brain affects your mind with Alex Rosenthal and Susan G. Wardle
Picture this. You're scrolling late at night and a reel pops up advertising a seemingly magical wellness product with some scientific-sounding marketing language. Do you stick around and maybe even be...
26 Touko 18min
How to stop feeling tired all the time with Dr. Alexandra Crosswell
Why do we feel exhausted all the time? We’ll get through the workday, collapse on the couch, scroll for a while, and go to bed… but wake up still feeling depleted. In this episode, Shoshana seeks to u...
19 Touko 39min
