Today

Why you'll probably be misdiagnosed in your lifetime

Nearly every person will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime. That means either a delayed diagnosis, a wrong diagnosis – or no diagnosis at all. That’s according to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine from 2015 on diagno ... Show More

13m 25s

Yesterday

Should race affect BMI guidelines? Doctors are split

BMI is a quick, cheap way for doctors to estimate body fat and screen for conditions like heart disease and diabetes. But medicine has long known that BMI is problematic and unnuanced. By using it, groups of people have fallen through the cracks and conditions have been caught la ... Show More

13m 47s

Sep 11

How scientists discovered that animals are doctors, too

When people are sick, we seek out medications and treatments to help heal. For a long time, scientists thought that was a uniquely human ability. But it turns out, many other animals do a version of it too! And since the late 1980s, western researchers have been trying to get a p ... Show More

13m 24s

Dec 2021

NPR's Short Wave: 'An Outsider's Guide to Humans'

Camilla Pang talks with NPR's Short Wave host Emily Kwong about her award-winning memoir, An Outsider's Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do And Who We Are. Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 8, the scientist and writer pairs her favorite scientifi ... Show More

15m 3s

Nov 2014

1: The Science of Growing Smarter

Science writer Annie Murphy Paul's fresh perspectives on intelligence and personality prompt a heart-to-heart about learning, intelligence assessments, growth mindsets and rethinking intelligence Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/supportSee omnystudio ... Show More

40m 19s

Aug 2024

Call It My Ears Are Ringing

For the first time, Camilla opens up about the secret she’s been keeping. She gets candid with vestibular audiologist and neuroplasticity therapist, Joey Remenyi, and is spilling all the details. This may even be something you have as millions of people suffer from this. With the ... Show More

48m 32s

Dec 2023

Navigating planets, plays and prejudice — a conversation with Aomawa Shields

In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, astronomer Aomawa Shields discusses her memoir Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe.The book tracks her career path as a scientist and a classically-trained actor, explores her experiences as an Africa ... Show More

35m 4s

Jan 2024

The Strange and Beautiful Science Of Our Lives

Nell Greenfieldboyce discusses her new book Transient and Strange, the intimacy of the essays and the science that inspired them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16m 9s

Mar 2019

How to Change Your Energy to Change Your Stress Levels

In this interview, author and scientist Joyce Whiteley Hawkes opens up about her near death experience, and how it changed her career and connection to science. She also reveals how energy work and prayer can tap into our soul to encourage emotional healing. Learn more about your ... Show More

29m 50s

Jan 2025

Finding Balance In The Age of Indulgence w/ Dr. Anna Lembke

This week Scott is joined by Stanford Psychiatrist and addiction expert, Dr. Anna Lembke. Scott and Dr. Lembke discuss how to reset your dopamine system to take back control of your life and turn the things that you really want into their own reward.See omnystudio.com/listener fo ... Show More

55m 19s

Jan 2021

Life Changing Lessons with Brené Brown

Are you struggling with shame, guilt, fear or self-doubt? World-renowned expert Brené Brown joins the table to help! Willow admits what it felt like to be shamed by her parents, and Jada has a revelation about her codependency Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihear ... Show More

34m 37s

Sep 2020

Cammie Scott

Kaitlyn’s guest for the week is openly gay influencer, YouTuber and host of her own podcast Uneducated, Cammie Scott! Kaitlyn tells Cammie about her experience living in LA and shares a story about how someone came up to her and asked her dog to be in his movie. The two also talk ... Show More

49m 12s

Camilla Pang On Turning Fear Into Light