Last week, Kate and Oliver interviewed Dr. Vivek Murthy, who served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States under President Obama. On this episode, Kate and Goldie (Oliver had the flu) sit down with Dr. Vivek Murthy and his sister Dr. Rashmi Murthy. They discuss their childhood, their paths to becoming doctors, what it was like to be appointed Surge ... Show More
Aug 2023
133: A Conversation with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy visits the Ask Lisa Podcast to talk about the public health crisis you might not know about: loneliness. He joins co-hosts Dr. Lisa and Reena for a wide-ranging conversation on parenting, being a Dad, access to mental health services, the har ... Show More
57m 50s
Sep 2021
Childbirth: Are Doctors Messing It Up?
Childbirth seems to be getting more and more medicalized, with C-sections and other interventions out the wazoo. But childbirth isn’t a disease! So is all this medical meddling really necessary, or are doctors too trigger-happy with the scalpel? To find out, we talked to obstetri ... Show More
37m 26s
May 2022
A Mystery in the Air
When a little girl, Ella Kissi-Debrah, suddenly got sick and landed in the hospital, doctors were stumped. In this episode, her mom, Rosamund, takes on the fight to find out what exactly happened to Ella. And the answer has BIG implications — for us all. We’ll hear from Rosamund ... Show More
37m 39s