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Scholarly Communication October 20, 2021

Hilary Glasman-Deal and Andrew Northern on STEMM Communications

Centre for Academic English, Imperial College London

Hilary Glasman-Deal and Andrew Northern

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Hilary Glasman-Deal and Andrew Northern, teachers of STEMM communication at the Centre for Academic English, Imperial College London. We talk about what's so special about …

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Drugs, Addiction and Recovery October 20, 2021

The Opioid Epidemics in the United States

Missed Opportunities and Policy Failures

Kant Patel and Mark E. Rushefsky

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
The current opioid epidemic in the United States began in the mid-1990s with the introduction of a new drug, OxyContin, viewed as a safer and more effective opiate for chronic …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel October 18, 2021

Troubled Water

What's Wrong with What We Drink

Seth M. Siegel

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
There’s nothing more vital to survival than water. “Water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink!”, said the Ancient Mariner, in the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Besides widespread …
Gender Studies October 15, 2021

The Political Economy of Stigma

HIV, Memoir, Medicine, and Crip Positionalities

Allyson Day

Hosted by Sohini Chatterjee
In The Political Economy of Stigma: HIV, Memoir, Medicine, and Crip Positionalities (Ohio State UP, 2021), Ally Day offers a compelling critique of neoliberal medical practices in the US by coupling …
Psychoanalysis October 14, 2021

The Distance Cure

A History of Teletherapy

Hannah Zeavin

Hosted by J. J. Mull
On this episode, J.J. Mull interviews author Hannah Zeavin about her new book, The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy (MIT Press, 2021). Among Zeavin’s central interventions in the book …
Academic Life October 14, 2021

A Conversation About Reproductive Health and Abortion Studies

An Interview with Diane Greene Foster

Diane Greene Foster

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The field of reproductive health studiesThe data on contraceptive access and effectiveness [even when used correctly]Why we need to …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery October 13, 2021

Smokescreen

What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

Kevin A. Sabet

Hosted by Emily Dufton
Called the “quarterback of the new anti-drug movement,” Kevin Sabet received his Ph.D. in social policy from the University of Oxford and has worked in drug policy for over two …
Medicine October 11, 2021

Sickening

Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States

Anne Pollock

Hosted by Claire Clark
An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americans in the twenty-first century A crucial component of anti-Black racism is the unconscionable disparity in health outcomes …
African Studies October 11, 2021

Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa

Kalle Kananoja

Hosted by Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia
In Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa (Cambridge UP, 2021), Kalle Kananoja tells the story of how pre-colonial communities throughout the west coast of Africa employed a wide range of medical …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 8, 2021

The Limits of Consciousness

Martin Monti

Hosted by Howard Burton
The Limits of Consciousness is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Martin Monti, Associate Professor in Psychology and Neurosurgery, Brain Injury Research Centre, UCLA. This extensive …
Environmental Studies October 5, 2021

Watershed

Attending to Body and Earth in Distress

Ranae Lenor Hanson

Hosted by Matthew Brown
Ranea Lenor Hanson's Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress (U Minnesota Press, 2021) weaves a narrative that captures life on the water, diverse classrooms, and the unique experiences from learning …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast October 1, 2021

Plagues upon the Earth

Disease and the Course of Human History

Kyle Harper

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Kyle Harper's book Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History (Princeton UP, 2021) is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand …
East Asian Studies October 1, 2021

Healing with Poisons

Potent Medicines in Medieval China

Yan Liu

Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
At first glance, medicine and poison might seem to be opposites. But in China’s formative era of pharmacy (200–800 CE), poisons were strategically deployed as healing agents to cure everything …
Medicine September 30, 2021

The Contagion Next Time

Sandro Galea

Hosted by Claire Clark
How can we create a healthier world and prevent the crisis next time? In a few short months, COVID-19 devastated the world and, in particular, the United States. It infected …
Science September 28, 2021

Getting Under Our Skin

The Cultural and Social History of Vermin

Lisa T. Sarasohn

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
For most of our time on this planet, vermin were considered humanity's common inheritance. Fleas, lice, bedbugs, and rats were universal scourges, as pervasive as hunger or cold, at home …
Science September 24, 2021

DSM

A History of Psychiatry's Bible

Allan V. Horwitz

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Over the past seventy years, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, has evolved from a virtually unknown and little-used pamphlet to an imposing and comprehensive compendium …
Science September 22, 2021

A Tattoo on my Brain

A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease

Daniel Gibbs

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Dr Daniel Gibbs is one of 50 million people worldwide with an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Unlike most patients with Alzheimer's, however, Dr Gibbs worked as a neurologist for twenty-five years …
History of Science September 22, 2021

The Cheating Cell

How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer

Athena Aktipis

Hosted by Hussein Mohsen
When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historical processes that created life also created …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery September 20, 2021

Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway

The Pharmaceutical Other

Aleksandra Bartoszko

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Focusing on the world of Norwegian Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms, Aleksandra Bartoszko's book Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway: The Pharmaceutical Other (Routledge, 2021) casts a critical light …
Science September 16, 2021

The Plant-Based Athlete

A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance (HarperOne, 2021) by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke reveals the incontrovertible proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or …