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TED Health — 309 episodes

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The nurse who can smell Parkinson’s | Joy Milne (Senses Miniseries #4)

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Living a Meaningful Life (1/5): Aging, menopause, and rethinking fashion for comfort in midlife with Stacy London

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Living a Meaningful Life (2/5): Why venting doesn’t help you deal with anger | Jennifer Parlamis

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Living a Meaningful Life (3/5): Your guide to finding a workout that works

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Living a Meaningful Life (4/5): How to achieve fulfillment -- not just success | Ira Bedzow

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Living a Meaningful Life (5/5): What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix

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How to actually take care of your eye health with Rupa Wong (Senses Miniseries #3)

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What happens in your brain when you taste food | Camilla Arndal Andersen (Senses Miniseries #2)

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Does touch strengthen your brain? with David Eagleman (Senses Miniseries #1)

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What we're getting wrong about teens and tech | Candice Odgers | Your Body on Tech

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Shoshana's Summer Playlist (1/5): How to stop feeling tired all the time with Dr. Alexandra Crosswell

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Shoshana's Summer Playlist (2/5): What happens to your brain without any social contact? with Dr. Vivek Murthy

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Shoshana's Summer Playlist (3/5): The secrets to aging well with Zeke Emanuel

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Shoshana's Summer Playlist (4/5): Your gut’s guide to a happier microbiome | Megan Rossi

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Shoshana's Summer Playlist (5/5): What happens in your brain when you pay attention? with Dr. Sasha Hamdani

16

The women’s health conversation we’re not having with Elizabeth Micks, Chen X. Chen, and Alison Edelman

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The science on improving your brain health with Dr. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai

18

The science of gratitude and happiness with Sonja Lyubomirsky

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How nearly dying helped me discover my own cure (and many more) | David Fajgenbaum

20

How to support parents of children with autism | Quentin Mezetin

21

The Data Center Next Door with Dr. Jacoby Wilson | from TED Tech

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A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell (re-release)

23

Athletes fear concussions—why don’t they report them? | Ben Jones

24

The future of cancer treatment and immunotherapy with researcher Dr. Alicia Zhou

25

How your brain affects your mind with Alex Rosenthal and Susan G. Wardle

26

How to stop feeling tired all the time with Dr. Alexandra Crosswell

27

Silence and stillness, the universal medicine | Pico Iyer, Elise Hu

28

What are allergies — and how to get rid of them with Dr. Zachary Rubin

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How to raise kids who can handle hard things | Kathryn Hecht

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The psychology of forgiveness with Michael McCullough | from WorkLife with Adam Grant

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The secrets to aging well with Zeke Emanuel

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What medical dramas get right about dying with Katherine LaNasa, Tembi Locke, and Nikki Boyer

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The doctor on a mission to build a healthier South Sudan with Yohanis Riek | from TED Talks Daily

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A future without food poisoning? with Emma Bryce and Nicola Twilley

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How our changing DNA keeps us alive | Linda Chelico

36

Interview: The future of gene sequencing with Dr. Eric Green

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How AI can bridge the Deaf and hearing worlds | Adam Munder | from TED Tech

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The science of raising kids (Part 3): Why adolescent brains are wired differently | Jennifer Pfeifer

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The science of raising kids (Part 2): How to raise healthy kids with Dr. Shari Barkin

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The science of raising kids (Part 1): Are you raising anxious kids? with Lenore Skenazy and Mathilde H. Ross

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Interview: Matthew Facciani on fighting healthcare misinformation

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Why building new proteins from scratch is our new superpower | David Baker

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How AI is saving billions of years of human research time | Max Jaderberg

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Interview: What happens to your brain without any social contact? with Dr. Vivek Murthy

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Why venting doesn’t help you deal with anger | Jennifer Parlamis

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How to use your muscles — or risk losing them w/ Bonnie Tsui | from How to Be a Better Human

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The surprising science of adolescent brains | from TED Talks Daily

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Interview: 4 ways to design a disability-friendly future with BJ Miller

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Feeling stuck on climate change? Here’s what to do | Kris De Meyer

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Interview: Grief is complicated — but drawing cartoons can help with Dr. Nathan Gray

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Could Mental Workouts Keep Your Brain Young? | NPR’s Short Wave

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Interview: What happens in your brain when you pay attention? with Dr. Sasha Hamdani

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Mark Cuban and Dr. Fumiko Chino Try to F-Up Healthcare | from Before We Go

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Your zip code shouldn’t determine your lifespan with Dion Dawson

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The surprising cause of stomach ulcers with Rusha Modi

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Introducing So Your Parents Are Old

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Interview: Could we detect breast cancer with a fingerprint? with Dr. Dhivya Srinivasa

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Can cannabis help you sleep? Here's the science | Jen Walsh

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How Texas became America’s biggest producer of wind energy | Speed & Scale

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Interview: The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green

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Collagen's dirty secret — and its clean future | Fei Luo

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Interview: What actually causes high cholesterol? | Hei Man Chan

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Do you really need to take 10,000 steps a day? | Shannon Odell

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Interview: A parent's guide to raising kids after loss | Andy Laats

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I'm an adult! Why do I have acne? | CBC's The Dose

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Interview: Why daylight is the secret to great sleep | Christine Blume

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Why your body fights weight loss | Katherine Saunders

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The science of taste and smell with Rachel Herz | from ReThinking with Adam Grant

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Why social health is key to happiness and longevity | Kasley Killam

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How I make vegan food sexy | from TED Talks Daily

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Interview: The razor-thin line between contagion and connection | Dan Taberski

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How to make anxiety your friend | David H. Rosmarin

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How to talk about your body without shame (w/ Anita Rao) | from How to Be a Better Human

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Interview: 1 simple question that could improve women's health | Meryam Sugulle

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Why do some bodies respond differently to disease? | Erika Moore

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Information Inoculation: Defending Against Medical Myths: The real reason polio is so dangerous | Dan Kwartler

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Information Inoculation: Defending Against Medical Myths: Why do you need to get a flu shot every year? | Melvin Sanicas

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Information Inoculation: Defending Against Medical Myths: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | Ethan Lindenberger

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What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix (re-release)

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Why smell matters more than you think | Paule Joseph

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Interview: Aging, menopause, and rethinking fashion for comfort in midlife | Stacy London

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Interview: Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary (re-release)

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Interview: 3 reasons why medications are so expensive in the US | Kiah Williams

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A hospital in the cloud bringing health care anywhere in the world | Mohamed Aburawi

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What are those colors you see when you rub your eyes? | Paul CJ Taylor

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Does your heartbeat shape your sense of time? | Irena Arslanova

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Interview: How do kidney transplants work? | Alexander H. Toledo

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Your relationship expectations could be holding you back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile

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What staying up all night does to your brain | Anna Rothschild

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A menu of foods we might lose forever | Sam Kass

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Why don’t vampires cast reflections? | Eric Nuzum

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The science (and art) of creating lasting sexual connections | Emily Nagoski on TED Talks Daily Summer Book Club

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A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell

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What long COVID taught me about life (and data) | Giorgia Lupi

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The hidden forces behind your food choices | Sarah Lake

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Could psychedelics help patients in therapy? | Benjamin Lewis

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Do you really need 8 hours of sleep? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? | Louise Thwaites

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Can dogs detect the next pandemic before it begins? | Glen J. Golden

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My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close

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The TED AI Show: AI therapy is here. What does it mean for you?

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Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer

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A special episode from Before We Go

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A Healthier You: How to achieve fulfillment -- not just success

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Do gut microbes control your personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe

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A Healthier You: Your guide to finding a workout that works

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How targeted ads might just save your life | Sandersan Onie

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A Healthier You: Your gut’s guide to a happier microbiome

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How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel

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A Healthier You: A cardiologist's guide to protecting your heart

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Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper

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A Healthier You: A 5-step guide to better doctor visits

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Why the price of insulin is a danger to diabetics | Brooke Bennett

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How to Be a Better Human: The meaning of embodiment

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How to turn the tables on food waste | Dana Gunders

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A special new podcast from Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider

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Blindness isn't a tragic binary — it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland

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How to live a meaningful life | Brian S. Lowery

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Why you should stop setting goals (yes, really) | Emmanuel Acho

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How do we determine the value of a life? | Rebecca L. Walker

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How testosterone and culture shape behavior | Carole K. Hooven

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The single most important parenting strategy | Becky Kennedy

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Lessons from my father’s final days | Laurel Braitman

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Is cultivated meat the future of food? | Uma Valeti

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How babies think about danger | Shari Liu

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Even healthy couples fight — the difference is how | Julie and John Gottman

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The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka

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Why broken hearts hurt — and what heals them | Yoram Yovell

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My quest to cure prion disease — before it's too late | Sonia Vallabh

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How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki

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The science of lifespan — and the impact of your five senses | Christi Gendron

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How aerosols brighten clouds — and cool the planet | Sarah J. Doherty

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Food expiration dates don't mean what you think | Carolyn Beans

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The miracle of organ donation — and a breakthrough for the future | Abbas Ardehali

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The vital data you flush down the toilet | Newsha Ghaeli

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Why is it so hard to cure the common cold? | George Zaidan

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What happens to sex in midlife? A look at the "bedroom gap" | Maria E. Sophocles

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How to make smart decisions more easily | Alexandra Panzer

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The science of laughter | Sasha Winkler

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What if a simple blood test could detect cancer? | Hani Goodarzi

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The diseases that changed humanity forever | Dan Kwartler

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A campaign for period positivity | Ananya Grover

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Do gut microbes control your personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe

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How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter

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What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix

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Is alternative meat the recipe for a healthier planet? | Tao Zhang

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What happens when we deny people abortions? | Diana Greene Foster

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My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close

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Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary

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Racism has a cost for everyone | Heather C. McGhee

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The science behind how sickness shapes your mood | Keely Muscatell

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Are you really as good at something as you think? | Robin Kramer

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Which is better for you: "Real" meat or "fake" meat? | Carolyn Beans

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The truth about human population decline | Jennifer D. Sciubba

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Why I gave my teenage daughter a vibrator | Robin Buckley

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So much sitting, looking at screens. Can we combat our sedentary lives? | Body Electric

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Artificial skin? We made it — here's why | Anna Maria Coclite

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Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman

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The secret to a happy life — lessons from 8 decades of research | Robert Waldinger

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Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer

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CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think | Jennifer Doudna

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What did people do before anesthesia? | Sally Frampton

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A flavorful field guide to foraging | Alexis Nikole Nelson

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The single most important parenting strategy | Becky Kennedy

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The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka

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Can you change your sleep schedule? | Alexandra Panzer

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How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter

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How targeted ads might just save your life | Sandersan Onie

169

Blindness isn't a tragic binary — it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland

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How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki

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The epidemics that almost happened | George Zaidan

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Introducing Body Electric

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Sex education should start with consent | Kaz

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Why is it so hard to get effective birth control in the US? | Mark Edwards

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Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech | Nita Farahany

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The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air | Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

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Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't? | G. Richard Scott

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Why thinking about death helps you live a better life | Alua Arthur

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Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price

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Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do | Gus Worland

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The Internet's First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

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Lessons from losing my mind | Andy Dunn

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What is a poop transplant, and how does it work? | Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind

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How to keep house while drowning (w/ KC Davis)

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How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel

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The science of preserving sight | Joshua Chu-Tan

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The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain | Sheetal DeCaria

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A sex therapist's secret to rediscovering your spark | Ian Kerner

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Mental health care that disrupts cycles of violence | Celina de Sola

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What girls and women in sports need to unlock their potential | Kate Ackerman

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Why nurses are key to medical innovation | Ben Gran

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Why autism is often missed in women and girls | Kate Kahle

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3 steps to help kids process traumatic events | Kristen Nguyen

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May the 4th Be With You: Introducing The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

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Fixable: Kelli - “How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"

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The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research | Robert Waldinger

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Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy

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How puberty changes your brain | Shannon Odell

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Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman

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How to do laundry when you're depressed | KC Davis

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A disability-inclusive future of work | Ryan Gersava

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How to preserve your private life in the age of social media | Bryce Dallas Howard

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3 ways community creates a healthy life | Olivia Affuso

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Why is it so hard to cure the common cold? | George Zaidan

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The truth about faking orgasms | Karen Gurney

206

Introducing Good Sport

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An Olympic champion's mindset for overcoming fear | Allyson Felix

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How does heart transplant surgery work? | Roni Shanoada

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The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain | Sheetal DeCaria

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How to squeeze all the juice out of retirement | Riley Moynes

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Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price

212

What's your happiness score? | Dominic Price

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The affordable, 3D-printed bionics of the future | Enzo Romero

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A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley

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Why the price of insulin is a danger to diabetics | Brooke Bennett

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Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper

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It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet | Shweta Narayan

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How to have great sex (with Siphumeze Khundayi and Tiffany Mugo) | How To Be A Better Human

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Surgeon Atul Gawande wants everyone to have a coach | ReThinking w/Adam Grant

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Why public health messaging matters | Peter Hotez

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Are women more likely to get Alzheimer's? | Maria Shriver

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How your body could become its own diagnostic lab | Aaron Morris

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How to protect your mental well-being online -- from a Gen-Z | Peachy Liv

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Is the pandemic actually over? It’s complicated | Anthony Fauci

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How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel

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Why are eating disorders so hard to treat? | Anees Bahji

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The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air | Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

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A flavorful field guide to foraging | Alexis Nikole Nelson

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Transforming the US social safety net | Amanda Renteria | TED Tech

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What happens to people's donated eggs and sperm after they die? | Ellen Trachman

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Why ASMR is good for your brain | Craig Richard

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How to find your voice | Greta Morgan

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How sugar affects the brain | Nicole Avena

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Racism has a cost for everyone | Heather McGhee

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How technology has changed what it's like to be deaf | Rebecca Knill

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The breakthrough science of mRNA medicine | Melissa J. Moore

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From Revisionist History: Way to Go, Ohio

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Sex education should start with consent | Kaz

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The inaccurate link between body ideals and health | Nancy N. Chen

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We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic | Bill Gates

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Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists | Andrew Marantz

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How comic strips create better health care | Sam Hester

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Can I speed up my metabolism?

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How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation | Sinan Aral

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4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself | Daniel H. Pink

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Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills | Kiah Williams

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The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

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What's your happiness score? | Dominic Price

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We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny

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How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long

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Listen now: WorkLife season 5

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My mother's final wish — and the right to die with dignity | Elaine Fong

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The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life | Mandë Holford

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A smart bra for better heart health | Alicia Chong Rodriguez

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3 ways to prepare society for the next pandemic | Jennifer B. Nuzzo

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Will humans one day hibernate? | TED Radio Hour

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A new way to help young people with their mental health | Tom Osborn

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It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet | Shweta Narayan

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The mood-boosting power of crying | Kathy Mendias

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The life-changing power of assistive technologies | Jane Velkovski

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The anxiety that comes from being treated like an outsider | Valerie Purdie-Greenaway

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How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar

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3 ways community creates a healthy life | Olivia Affuso

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A simple solution to maintaining life-saving vaccines | Nithya Ramanathan

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The brain science of obesity | Mads Tang-Christensen

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The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

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Maternal and child health is a human right | Aparna Hedge

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An NFL quarterback on overcoming setbacks and self-doubt | Alex Smith

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How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | Steven Johnson

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Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen

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Is drinking milk essential for building strong bones? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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The Spermageddon is coming | Am I Normal?

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The future of psychedelic medicines and healthcare | Shoshana Clubhouse Conversation

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The inaccurate link between body ideals and health | Nancy N. Chen

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The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life | Mandë Holford

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Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

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A smart bra for better heart health | Alicia Chong Rodriguez

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The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine | Kathryn A. Whitehead

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The anxiety that comes from being treated like an outsider | Valerie Purdie-Greenaway

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Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution | Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci

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3 ways to create a menopause-friendly work culture | Andrea Berchowitz

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How to find meaning after loss | David Kessler

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Could we treat spinal cord injuries with asparagus? | Andrew Pelling

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An innovative way to support children with special needs | Billy Samuel Mwape

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How your body could become its own diagnostic lab | Aaron Morris

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The science behind how parents affect child development | Yuko Munakata

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How COVID-19 transformed the future of medicine | Daniel Kraft

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How motivation can fix public systems | Abhishek Gopalka

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The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

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What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat? | Mike Davis

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Maternal and child health is a human right | Aparna Hedge

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The mood-boosting power of crying | Kathy Mendias

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How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long

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How your memory works -- and why forgetting is totally OK | Lisa Genova

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What is pneumonia and why is it so dangerous? | Eve Gaus and Vanessa Ruiz

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How to deal with stress from COVID-19 and manage your well-being | Esther Perel

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The past, present and future of nicotine addiction | Mitch Zeller

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The next software revolution: programming biological cells | Sara-Jane Dunn

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What it means to be intersex | Susannah Temko

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The way we think about biological sex is wrong | Emily Quinn

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You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills | Kiah Williams

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The brain-changing benefits of exercise | Wendy Suzuki

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The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy | Rick Doblin

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What foods did your ancestors love? | Aparna Pallavi

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A comprehensive, neighborhood-based response to COVID-19 | Kwame Owusu-Kesse

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How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long

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Sleep is your superpower | Matt Walker

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