What the HOKA? with Dr. Jordan Metzl
You can’t miss them, HOKAs — those clunky athletic shoes with the thick foamy sole — are everywhere. But why? Abdul reflects on the broader juxtaposition between fitness and health. Then he sits down ...
1 Aug 202351min
Sound Advice with Prof. Erica Walker
Think about your favorite place. Chances are you thought about how it looks — but not necessarily how it sounds. Sound is all around us, so constant that we often ignore it. But it turns out that soun...
25 Jul 202359min
Affirming Care with Dr. Kellan Baker
What is gender-affirming care — and why is the far right trying to ban it? Abdul reflects on the way misinformation intended to flatten and decontextualize gender-affirming care has been critical to d...
18 Jul 20231h
The Rise of Doctors Unions with Dr. Lorenzo Gonzalez
For most of America’s medical history, the idea of a doctors’ union has been an oxymoron. Doctors were management, rather than labor. But the consolidation of healthcare over the past several decades ...
11 Jul 202355min
Trooth Decay with Tooka Zokaie
Putting a taste-less, odorless, colorless chemical in our water is among the most effective public health interventions known to humans. So why are there so many conspiracy theories about fluoride? Ab...
27 Jun 202349min
Pandora’s Gamble with Alison Young
We don’t have definitive proof of how COVID-19 emerged. But several agencies in the US Intelligence community have concluded that a leak from the Chinese government-run virology research institute jus...
20 Jun 202351min
DrGPT with Dr. Eric Topol
ChatGPT set off a flurry of excitement — and anxiety — over the impact Artificial Intelligence will have on every aspect of society. One of the most important disruptions that AI will impose is on hea...
13 Jun 202358min
The Kids Are NOT Alright with Dr. Anthony Iton and Leslie Campos
The pandemic took a major toll on the mental health of young people. But truth be told, mental illness had been rising among young people for the decade before that. Abdul reflects on the causes of me...
6 Jun 202355min
