How has our relationship with death changed over the last few decades? What is a "good death"? Dr. Richard Smith, Dr. Libby Sallnow, and Dr. M.R. Rajagopal discuss a new Lancet Commission which looks to address questions about how society treats death and dying. You can continue the conversation with Jessamy and Gavin on Twitter by following them at @Jessam ... Show More
Oct 30
Seth Berkley on vaccines, COVID, and equity
<p>Gavin is joined by Dr. Seth Berkley, former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to discuss his new book, Fair Doses.<br/><br/>Dr. Berkley reflects on the global impact of vaccines, the ongoing challenges to vaccine equity, and the lessons learned from leading initiatives such a ... Show More
31m 31s
Oct 16
Alzheimer's, liver cancer, and research in China
<p>Gavin is joined once again by Richard and Jessamy as they examine key developments in global health and science.<br/><br/>This week's discussion features reflections on the launch of a new Lancet series on Alzheimer’s disease, highlighting advances in prevention, diagnosi ... Show More
39m 38s
Oct 2
The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
<p>Gavin welcomes Walter Willett, Shakuntala Thilsted and Johan Rockström to discuss the second EAT-<em>Lancet</em> Commission report. The co-chairs explain the significant updates since the inaugural 2019 commission, including new global evidence on nutrition, advances in food s ... Show More
40m 19s
Oct 2023
How We Talk About Death
For most of the big moments in life, we have rituals — proposals, weddings, births, graduations, and anniversaries. We know how to talk about them, how to celebrate them, how to honor them. But there's one moment we all face that lots of people don't know how to deal with: dying. ... Show More
53m 41s
Apr 2022
Spiritual Death of the Heart: What Happens in Between Our Death and the Hereafter
Death isn’t the greatest loss in life, it’s the spiritual death of our hearts while we are still living.I once heard that we treat death like a mystery, when in fact, it’s the one experience all of us are guaranteed to share.As human beings living in this dunya, we tend to not se ... Show More
1h 20m
Mar 2021
Death Doesn’t Have To Be Scary w/ Dr. Amy Robbins
On this Episode of You Down? the girls talk about death and the afterlife with clinical psychologist, medium, and host of the podcast Life, Death, and the Space Between, Dr. Amy Robbins. They discuss the importance of not avoiding the topic of death, how being a medium shapes tho ... Show More
1h 6m