Health, Wellness & Medicine
687: Amy Webb | Changing Lives with Synthetic Biology
Amy Webb (@amywebb) is an author and the founder and CEO of The Future Today Institute — a leading foresight and strategy firm that helps leaders and their organizations prepare for complex futures. Her latest book is The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology. What We Discuss with […]
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686: An Abuser’s Dead: Get Him Out of Your Head | Feedback Friday
Your uncle abused you when you were very young, and now he’s on death’s doorstep. You’ve resolved not to attend his funeral, though this may raise eyebrows among family who don’t know the full story. So what’s the least awkward way to tell your family not to expect you at the funeral? We’ll try to […]
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672: Toothpaste | Skeptical Sunday
Two or three times a day, every day, for most of your life, you use toothpaste. But what’s in it? Is it actually good for you? And why is there a scary label on the back warning you not to swallow it? If you want to know the answers to these questions and more about […]
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664: Reiki Healing | Skeptical Sunday
Is Reiki — the not-so-ancient Japanese energy healing technique by which your psychic empath aunt swears — a legitimate way to treat ailments like cancer, diabetic neuropathy, anxiety, lactose intolerance, and cooties? Or is it nothing more than a placebo that, at best, might offer you a relaxing way to spend an hour of your […]
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661: Rachel Zoffness | Managing Pain In Your Body and Brain
Dr. Rachel Zoffness (@DrZoffness) is a pain psychologist, international speaker, medical consultant, educator, and author of The Pain Management Workbook: Powerful CBT and Mindfulness Skills to Take Control of Pain and Reclaim Your Life. What We Discuss with Dr. Rachel Zoffness: Pain lives in the brain, not the body (which is why amputees often report […]
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660: Chemtrails | Skeptical Sunday
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a chemtrail of dihydrogen monoxide, known to cause suffocation as well as accelerated corrosion in certain circumstances, and now it’s in the very air you’re breathing! But to what end? What nefarious plot has the government hatched to control the lives of you […]
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