The Value of Death
How has our relationship with death changed over the last few decades? What is a "good death"? Dr. Richard Smith, Dr. Libby Sallnow, and Dr. M.R. Rajagopal discuss a new Lancet Commission which looks ...
31 Jan 202243min
Vaccination rates and Omicron in London
Prof. Kevin Fenton, Public Health Regional Director for London and advisor to the Mayor of London, joins Gavin and Jessamy to talk about strategies for tackling low vaccination rates, Omicron in Londo...
17 Jan 202236min
Richard Horton looks back at 2021
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton looks back at the "year of vaccines", discusses what surprised him the most about 2021, and talks about where the pandemic might go from here. Send us your...
20 Des 202128min
Rethinking care
Hilary Cottam, author of Radical Help, joins the podcast to talk about reimagining care and the welfare state to better support the health issues faced by the modern world. Send us your feedback! Read...
8 Des 202134min
Discovering the Omicron variant: the story from South Africa
Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, director of CAPRISA and former leader of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, describes the discovery of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant, explains wha...
30 Nov 202129min
Health and climate change: what happened at COP26?
Climate research pioneer Prof. Michael E. Mann joins the podcast to lay out the most important things that happened at COP26. Further reading: https://www.thelancet.com/countdown-health-climate Send ...
18 Nov 202143min
COP26: inequality in climate research
Why are the countries which currently suffer the most direct health impacts from climate change some of the least likely to publish climate research? In the lead-up to COP26, Prof. Penny Murage of LSH...
28 Okt 202144min
Prison health and COVID-19
We hear from Prof. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein and Alexandria Macmadu on how COVID-19 has affected the prison system in the USA, and Prof. Marie Claire Van Hout talks about the health problems faced by...
22 Okt 202134min
