Audio We Love Fest: Goodbye To All This
Every week in the Death, Sex & Money newsletter, we share some of our recent favorite listens with you in our "Audio We Love" section. There are so many great podcasts to listen to...but so little...
View ArticleMayoral Choices; COVID-19 Treatments; Biden and Racial Justice; 'Coping With...
On today's show:Jeffery C. Mays, a reporter on the Metro Desk for The New York Times, and Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for Gothamist, talk about the state of New York City's mayoral race. Plus ranked...
View ArticleAdvice for Facing Cancer and Other Crises
Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz, psychotherapist on the faculty of the Westchester Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, cancer survivor, Zen practitioner and co-author (with Marsha Linehan) of Coping...
View ArticleWhen Claudia Rankine Brought Up Race In Couples Counseling
Before the pandemic, poet and professor Claudia Rankine traveled often for work. Her acclaimed 2014 book Citizen: An American Lyric brought her unflinching perspective on race relations to the...
View ArticleWhen I Almost Died
A few years ago, I asked you to share your near-death experiences. You told us about car accidents...plane crashes...illness...suicide. And, you told us what happened after, when you didn't die....
View ArticleAsk a Virologist; NYC's Democracy Chief; Mayoral Campaign Update; Missing...
Coming up on today's show: The FDA just approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for 12–15-year-olds and the CDC is expected to issue guidelines this week. Brianne Barker, virologist and immunologist,...
View ArticleThe Cost of a Year Without Cancer Screenings
Duaa Eldeib, investigative reporter for ProPublica, talks about her reporting that avoiding healthcare settings during the worst of the pandemic has led in some cases to cancers being found at later...
View ArticleMary H.K. Choi, 'Yolk'
New York Times bestselling YA novelist Mary H.K. Choi joins to discuss her new novel, Yolk, about two Korean-American sisters in NYC dealing with illness and grief. Kirkus writes, "This poignant story...
View ArticleMichelle Zauner's Joy Is Rooted In Vengeance
When Michelle Zauner of the indie band Japanese Breakfast returned home to Eugene, Oregon, to take care of her mother in 2014, she wasn’t prepared for what life would be like as a caregiver. Her...
View ArticleKate Bowler and Wajahat Ali — The Future of Hope
An irreverent conversation about hope between journalist Wajahat Ali and theologian Kate Bowler. They speak to this moment we’re in through the friendship they found on the edge of life and death that...
View ArticlePrison Looms for Steven Donziger
As environmental lawyer Steven Donziger heads to prison for criminal contempt charges pushed by oil giant Chevron, Nation contributor James North details that case and the landmark legal victory...
View ArticleThe Only Inevitability
700,000. That’s the latest COVID death count to dominate a headline in the United States. Over the last 19 months, we’ve seen a steady trickle of these morbid milestones in the news. They are one way...
View ArticlePicking Right COVID Test For Holidays, “Big Bang Theory” Of Cancer. Nov 19,...
Here’s How Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Addresses SciencePresident Joe Biden signed a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill into law this Monday. The measure focuses on a range of sectors. It would...
View ArticleOn the Right to Die
Almost 800,000 dead in the United States. That’s the latest COVID figure. Since 2020, we’ve seen a steady trickle of morbid milestones like these in the news. They are one way to measure, and try to...
View ArticleThe True Cost of a Common Cleaning Product
While not everyone thinks about what goes into their dishwasher detergent, the lengthy manufacturing processes producing chemicals found in brands like Cascade have wide-reaching impacts. An...
View ArticleHow Grief Rewires The Brain, New Cancer Therapy, Olympic Battery-Heated...
How Grief Rewires The BrainBeing a human can be a wonderful thing. We’re social creatures, craving strong bonds with family and friends. Those relationships can be the most rewarding parts of life.But...
View ArticleBONUS: A Defining Moment from Krista — Celebrating Our First 20 Years
As we approach nearly two decades of On Being, Krista shares a moment from the earliest years of the show that imprinted everything that followed. Hear Krista reflect on her 2005 conversation with Dr....
View Article[Unedited] Rachel Naomi Remen with Krista Tippett
The conversation of this hour always rises as an early experience that imprinted everything that came after at On Being. Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen is one of the wise people in our world. She trained as a...
View ArticleCancer Vaccines, Planting Wildflowers, Eating Copi Fish. August 5th, 2022,...
White House Declares Monkeypox Outbreak A Public Health EmergencyThe Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency on Thursday.Earlier in the week the White House...
View ArticleBiden's 'Cancer Moonshot' Initiative; City Agencies to Cut Budgets; Reading...
On today's show:In a speech this week, President Biden announced the next steps of his administration's so-called Cancer Moonshot initiative, which aims to prevent deaths from the disease. Sarah...
View ArticleUnderlying Biden’s “Moonshot”: Who Gets Cancer In America?
On the 60th anniversary of JFK's 'moonshot' speech, Joe Biden outlined a similarly aspirational plan to invest in cancer cures and treatment.On Today's Show:Sarah Owermohle, Washington correspondent at...
View ArticleInside Biden's 'Cancer Moonshot' Initiative
In a speech on Monday, President Biden announced the next steps of his administration's so-called Cancer Moonshot initiative, which aims to prevent deaths from the disease. Sarah Owermohle, Washington...
View ArticleJanuary 6th Committee Update; NYC's Right to Shelter; Alcohol and Cancer...
On today's show:Zachary Cohen, national security reporter for CNN, joins with the latest updates on the January 6th Committee's investigation.Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Lin Manuel Miranda, Andy Borowitz , Biden's Cancer...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Lin-Manuel Miranda On Politics, Art and Mentorship (First) | Andy Borowitz on Ignorance (Starts at 7:12) | Inside Biden's 'Cancer...
View ArticleConversations with My Dead Mother
Elaine Mitchell came of age in the counterculture of second wave feminism. When she was diagnosed with likely curable rectal cancer at age 66, she decided to exclusively pursue alternative cures,...
View ArticleEstrangement’s Alternate Endings
In our last episode, we look at how estrangement changes shape over the course of a life: how it can bend or harden, and how it affects new relationships, old memories, and the idea of family. Siobhan...
View ArticleFusion Advance, Cancer Clinical Trial, Christmas Trees And Climate, Best...
Scientists Reach Breakthrough In Nuclear FusionThis week, researchers announced a big breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion. Scientists have been slamming atoms into each other for decades in the...
View ArticleThe Haunting
Two stories of being stuck by the experiences and people that haunt us. First, two parents facing the unfaceable stumble onto an unlikely way of processing their experience and grief: they decide to...
View ArticleSpy Balloons, Cost of Cancer Care, Seaweed, Chocolate Mouthfeel. Feb 17,...
Eyes In The Sky: The Science Behind Modern BalloonsThis month, the news cycle has been dominated by updates about suspicious objects being detected in the stratosphere. This bonanza started with a...
View ArticleActor Bill Nighy and Writer Kazuo Ishiguro on 'Living'
[REBROADCAST FROM December 7, 2022] A new film from an adapted screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, titled "Living," finds Bill Nighy as a 1950s civil servant who, after a fatal cancer diagnosis, endeavors to...
View ArticleBudget Time in Albany; 'Glass Ceiling Index'; Colorectal Cancer; Too Many...
On today's show:Facing an April 1st deadline, budget negotiations between the legislators and the governor gather steam. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the latest...
View ArticleKate Bowler on Shame, Productivity, and Living with Chronic Pain
Kate Bowler has always worked extremely hard. As the daughter of two academics growing up in Canada, she preferred books to sports, and liked talking and thinking about the nuances of her faith. “I...
View ArticleUtah's New Social Media Law for Children is Part of a Trend
There's an upwelling of political will to regulate the impact that social media are having on children and teens. Last week, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed twobills into law that aim to restrict how...
View ArticleRemembering Saxophonist James Casey, And Talking About Colorectal Cancer
On Monday, NY/LA-based saxophonist James Casey, a previous guest on our show, passed away at the age of 40 after battling cancer. He was a longtime member of the Trey Anastasio Band and has played with...
View ArticleKate Bowler — On Being in a Body
We love the theologian Kate Bowler's allergy to every platitude and her wisdom and wit about the strange and messy fullness of what it means to be in a human body. She's best known for her 2018 book...
View ArticleRead It First: Mary H.K. Choi's 'Yolk'
[REBROADCAST FROM June 1, 2021] New York Times bestselling YA novelist Mary H.K. Choi joins to discuss her new novel, Yolk, about two Korean-American sisters in NYC dealing with illness and grief....
View ArticleFull-Body MRIs Promise To Detect Disease Early. Do They Work?
The latest trend in celebrity health care is full-body MRI scans, with influencers like Kim Kardashian endorsing them. These scans aren’t covered by health insurance, and run over $2,000 out of pocket....
View ArticleWhat's Hidden Behind the Pink Ribbon
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but often, the act of becoming more aware is simplified to sporting a pink ribbon. Rebecca Weiss, senior listener services associate at New York Public Radio...
View ArticleThe Interstitium
In this episode we introduce you to a part of our bodies that was invisible to Western scientists until about five years ago; it’s called "the interstitium," a vast network of fluid channels inside the...
View ArticleDeath Interrupted
As a lifeguard, a paramedic, and then an ER doctor, Blair Bigham found his calling: saving lives. But when he started to work in the ICU, he slowly realized that sometimes keeping people (and their...
View ArticleApril 12, 2024: Midday News
Governor Hochul and state lawmakers continue to struggle to reach a deal on the state budget, which is now 12 days late. WNYC’s Jon Campbell has more. Meanwhile, acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su is...
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