Best Brian Southwell Podcasts (2025)

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Reducing Social Exclusion among Children 29:32

6d ago29:32

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Helping children make friends with a wide range of people can benefit us all. On this episode, we talk with Melanie Killen of the University of Maryland, a psychology professor who has studied ways to reduce social exclusion and improve connections between people.

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Measuring the Health and Diet of Americans 29:21

23d ago29:21

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What do Americans eat? What do we know about their overall health? Answering questions like those requires measurement on a national scale. For decades, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has continuously fielded its National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. On this episode, we talk with Tony Nguyen, Chief Medical Officer f…

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Civic Leadership and Aging 29:14

1M ago29:14

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Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution sets an age limit for people running for various offices but we do not have an upper age limit. What do Americans think about aging and civic life? On this episode, we talk with Yewande Addie of RTI International about her work on storytelling and public understanding.…

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Crime 29:33

1M ago29:33

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Crime rates in the United States are generally lower now than they were a few decades ago and yet researchers and criminal justice professionals continue to search for innovations to reduce rates of criminal offense. One approach which some advocates have proposed addresses mental health concerns. On this episode, we talk with Robert VerBruggen, Fe…

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Suicide Prevention and Native American Communities 29:26

2M ago29:26

29:26

On this episode, we lift up the work of three researchers who are making a difference through their efforts to promote suicide prevention among Native American people: Ivette Rodriguez Borja, Rebecca Perry, and Monica Desjardins of RTI International.

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Climate Change and Food Marketing 29:46

3M ago29:46

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When we read about the devastating effects of weather-related disasters, we often focus on housing and infrastructure. Such situations also might affect our eating patterns. On this episode, we talk with Lindsey Taillie of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health about her work on food marke…

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Collaborative Care to Help Trauma Survivors 29:50

3M ago29:50

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When we hear stories about injuries from violence at the hands of other people or in the face of disasters, we often hear about acute physical injuries but there is more to the story in terms of mental health. How can we best support patients who have suffered trauma? On this episode, we talk with Douglas Zatzick of the Department of Psychiatry and…

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Social Media, Posting Behavior, and Mental Health 29:43

3M ago29:43

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Although it is easy to scroll through social media applications to see posts from all over the world, it can be challenging to know what is real and what is artificial and to know about the mindset and wellbeing of people posting content. New tools can help us assess what gets posted online and to turn that into useful signals for interventions to …

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Learning How Developing Minds Shape Language 29:45

4M ago29:45

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How exactly does language evolve and how do people shape it? On this episode, we talk with Molly Flaherty of Davidson College. She has studied the birth and evolution of a new language: Nicaraguan Sign Language.

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All We Need is Love? 29:57

4M ago29:57

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Why do our news headlines often focus on war and crime and mortgage rates? Do we spend too much time focused on transactional markets and not enough on our unconditional existence as part of humanity? On this episode, we talk with Rob Faure Walker of University College London, author of Love and the Market: How to Recover from the Enlightenment and…

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Genetic Screening to Save Lives 29:34

4M ago29:34

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We have seen recent innovations in our efforts to detect medical conditions in infants through genetic screening, including a program called Early Check based in North Carolina. The service now provides parents in North Carolina a free scan and review of a baby’s entire genetic blueprint to look for hundreds of conditions. On this episode, we talk …

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How People Judge the Identities of Others 30:00

5M ago30:00

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Each of us has a sense of our own identity. Sometimes, though, people make judgements about what another person’s racial or ethnic identity is. How do people make those appraisals? On this episode, we talk with Raj Ghoshal of Elon University about his nationwide survey research.

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Life after Adoption from Foster Care 29:30

5M ago29:30

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What happens to children who have been adopted from foster care as they become adults? On this episode, we talk with Rose Domanico and Heather Ringeisen of RTI International and Nancy Rolock of Case Western Reserve University about the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being Adoption Follow-Up Study and additional analysis funded by RTI …

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Talking about Protection from Violence 29:36

5M ago29:36

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Although the threat of gun violence is common for some Americans, how exactly court officials, law enforcement professionals, and survivors each tend to talk about weapons is not something we often read about in news headlines. On this episode, we talk with two researchers who study how domestic violence survivors and law professionals talk about w…

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Data After Death 29:38

5M ago29:38

29:38

What happens to a person’s online data after they die is something we may not spend much time thinking about, and yet there is much potential for that data to echo into the future. On this episode, we talk with Dr. Carl Ohman of Uppsala University in Sweden, author of The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You …

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Power Plants and Child Wellbeing 29:33

6M ago29:33

29:33

Generating electrical power is vital for our current way of life and yet the process can have direct effects on human health. On this episode, we talk with Sarah Komisarow of Duke University and Emily Pakhtigian of Penn State University about their innovative research to assess the effects of power plants on human health.…

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Healing Mental Suffering Across History 29:46

6M ago29:46

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How can we improve our mental wellbeing by supporting our caregivers and healers? Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has many ideas which have come to her in part from her own remarkable life. Time magazine has called her a "Hero of Medicine." She's also an award-winning author. On this episode, we talk with her…

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Brian Southwell Podcasts

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The Measure of Everyday Life

WNCU public radio

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Reducing Social Exclusion among Children 29:32

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Measuring the Health and Diet of Americans 29:21

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Civic Leadership and Aging 29:14

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Crime 29:33

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Suicide Prevention and Native American Communities 29:26

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Climate Change and Food Marketing 29:46

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Collaborative Care to Help Trauma Survivors 29:50

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Social Media, Posting Behavior, and Mental Health 29:43

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Learning How Developing Minds Shape Language 29:45

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All We Need is Love? 29:57

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Genetic Screening to Save Lives 29:34

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How People Judge the Identities of Others 30:00

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Life after Adoption from Foster Care 29:30

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Talking about Protection from Violence 29:36

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Data After Death 29:38

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Power Plants and Child Wellbeing 29:33

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Healing Mental Suffering Across History 29:46

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