Monica Bertagnolli went from a childhood on a cattle ranch to a career as a surgeon to a top post in the Biden administration. As director of the National Institutes of Health, she’s working to improve the way we find new treatments — despite regulatory constraints and tight budgets.
Nov 22
171. Measuring Pollution on Parallel Earths
<p>Michael Greenstone knows it’s corny, but he wants to make the world a better place — by tracking the impact of air quality, developing pollution markets in India, and … starting a podcast, which Steve says proves he’s over the hill.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong> ... Show More
56m 1s
Oct 2023
562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death
<p>In medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives. Tales from the front line, the lab, and the I.T. department.</p><p> </p><p>RESOURCES:</p><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/45mpkoA"><i>Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Fail ... Show More
54m 3s
May 2024
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long?
<p>Most epidemics flare up, do their damage, and fade away. This one has been raging for almost 30 years. To find out why, it’s time to ask some uncomfortable questions. (Part one of a <a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/why-is-the-opioid-epidemic-still-raging/">two-par ... Show More
48m 33s
May 2023
#77 — The Moral Complexity of Genetics
Sam Harris speaks with Siddhartha Mukherjee about the human desire to understand and manipulate heredity, the genius of Gregor Mendel, the ethics of altering our genes, the future of genetic medicine, patent issues in genetic research, and other topics. Siddhartha Mukherjee is a ... Show More
33m 16s