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What are GMOs?
Original air date: 17 September 2020
Guest: Dr. Anastasia Bodnar
What are GMOs? Are they safe? Where and why are they in our food? Dr. Bodnar also sheds light on the origins of the anti-GMO movement and some of the broader issues surrounding the GMO debate, such as food security and supporting farmers.
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COVID-19: Know your risk
Original air date: 31 August 2020
Guest: Dr. Caroline Buckee
Dr. Buckee shares the latest science on COVID-19 transmission, severity, and immunity. She explains some of the ways we can all make use of public health data, while recognizing its limitations. Lastly, Buckee discusses the key factors that will shape the next six months of this pandemic including vaccines, herd immunity, and… politics.
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Exercise For Better Health
Original air date: 23 July 2020
Guest: Dr. Rachele Pojednic
Rachele Pojednic, PhD dishes practical advice on how to reap the many benefits of exercise at any age, and busts common exercise myths along the way. She believes that exercise should be a gift, not a chore, and that both mindset and discovery are critical for making this happen.
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Boost your happiness
Original air date: 9 July 2020
Guest: Prof. Elizabeth Dunn
Happiness expert Prof Elizabeth Dunn, PhD chats with Chana Davis, PhD about how to be happier. She shares the top two happiness tips that she practices daily, and many more science-based strategies. She strongly encourages others to experiment on themselves to figure out which happiness strategies work best for them
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Vaccines: Informed choices save lives
Original air date: 25 June 2020
Guest: Dr. Yvonne “Bonnie” Maldonado
Bonnie Maldonado, MD chats with Chana Davis, PhD about the risks and benefits of vaccines. Dr. Maldonado's message is clear: vaccines save lives, and their safety risks are minuscule compared to their benefits. Indeed, she challenges the notion that vaccines must have perfect efficacy in order to be valuable. Prevention is always the best medicine.
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Evidence-based health entertainment
Original air date: 11 June 2020
Guest: Dr. Maya Adam
Dr. Maya Adam chats with Chana Davis, PhD about "evidence-based health entertainment" and healthful, family-friendly home cooking. She and Davis swap tips on fitting healthy home-cooking into our busy lives, and getting your kids to not just eat, but enjoy, their veggies. Learning to create a "party in your mouth" is easier than you think!
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The science of COVID-19
Original air date: 29 May 2020
Guest: Dr. Bronwyn MacInnis
Bronwyn MacInnis, PhD and her colleagues at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, have been tracking the spread of the COVID outbreak at the molecular level. In her chat with Dr. Chana Davis, she shares some of the many insights that have come from genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 virus samples isolated from infected individuals around the globe.
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Which diet is best? It depends!
Original air date: 14 May 2020
Guest: Dr. Christopher Gardner
Christopher Gardner, PhD nutrition scientist and professor at Stanford University, gets real with Chana Davis, PhD about the science of weight loss. Highlights from the conversation include: low carb vs low fat; calorie deficits; Sustainable weight loss; mental hacks; the truth about nutrition science.
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Toxicology basics and healthy food choices
Original air date: 30 April 2020
Guest: Dr. Alison Bernstein
Dr. Chana Davis chats with Dr. Alison Bernstein, a neuroscientist (who specializes in toxicity), mom, and science communicator. Drs Davis and Bernstein discuss toxicology fundamentals and the daily choices we face at the grocery store and in our kitchens.
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Building a healthy gut microbiome
Original air date: 16 April 2020
Guest: Dr. Brett Finlay
Dr. Brett Finlay gets real with Dr. Chana Davis about the human microbiome, including the little zoo that lives inside your gut. What's in there? How does it impact your health? How do researchers study it? What can you do to get yours into tip top shape?
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Infectious disease outbreaks
Original air date: 19 March 2020
Guest: Dr. Jennifer Gardy
Dr. Jennifer Gardy gets real with Dr. Chana Davis about COVID-19 and shares insights into the science of epidemiology. Why does COVID-19 pose such a serious global threat? What will it take to stop it? How can you do your part? Where can you get reliable information?
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