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This week we bring you a special edition podcast about sleep — but we promise it’s a wide-awake listen! TIME senior editor Jeffrey Kluger explains why your brain may be at its most creative while you sleep, and TIME senior writer John Cloud shares surprising research on war veterans’ nightmares. Click the play button below [...]
This week on the podcast: how your brown fat can burn white fat, whether Morgellons disease is real, what your messy desk says about you (it’s not what you think), and how chemicals in household items may weaken children’s response to vaccines. Click the play button below to listen, or go to iTunes to listen [...]
This week on the podcast: the brouhaha over southern cook Paula Deen’s diabetes diagnosis, why gossiping isn’t all bad (it can lower stress!), and the effect of a female shortage on how much money men spend. Click the play button below to listen, or go to iTunes to listen and subscribe for free.
This week, we discuss how grief can break your heart, surprising findings on nicotine and memory, and why Sesame Street no longer shows breastfeeding. Click the button above to listen immediately, or play the podcast on iTunes, where you can subscribe for free and have the podcast delivered every Friday morning.
John Cloud is away on a reporting trip, so our beloved Healthland contributor Meredith Melnick joins us this week and Belinda Luscombe steps in as host. We discuss (and demonstrate) a language trend among women called the “vocal fry,” cast a skeptical eye at research methods on texting and driving, and react to a study [...]
This week turned out to be “outrage week” here at the Healthland Podcast. We react to the federal overturn of the FDA’s decision to allow Plan B to be sold over-the-counter. We also debate the latest advice on prostate cancer treatment, and we marvel at the surprisingly predictable rhythm of kids’ temper tantrums. Click the [...]
Welcome back. This week we have a special guest, Rana Foroohar, TIME’s assistant managing editor for business and economics. She discusses why the global economy could be diagnosed with schizophrenia. But first, Belinda updates us on the state of the global HIV/AIDS fight. And John plays a mind game, asking whether you would kill one person [...]
Welcome to our Thanksgiving edition. This week we discuss whether pepper spray is a useful tool or a form of torture. Also, we talk about the dramatic rise in diagnoses of sleep apnea. And we try to puzzle out the optimal period for a mother to space out her offspring. Listen immediately by clicking the [...]
This week we discuss new research showing that you can change your nightmares into good dreams — and sleep a lot better. Also, we talk about why breakups can literally break the heart, especially for women. And we dive into the controversial Dutch approach to teens and sex. Listen immediately by clicking the play button [...]
This week on the podcast, we use the Penn State and Herman Cain cases as a starting point for a discussion of the complicated relationships among sexual abuse, sexual harassment, trauma and memory. We also discuss the dramatic rise in opioid painkiller overdose deaths. Click on the play button below to listen immediately, or subscribe [...]
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