Best Rachel Louise Snyder Podcasts (2024)

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Introducing HBO Docs Club 50:39

2+ y ago50:39

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HBO presents HBO Docs club, a podcast that pulls back the curtain on a wide variety of titles from the HBO Documentary Films unit. We wanted to give you access to the fourth episode, where hosts Brittany Luse (For Colored Nerds) and Ronald Young, Jr. (Solvable) discuss 'Mommy Dead and Dearest', the 2017 documentary about the toxic dynamic between D…

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Part Four (with Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D; Heather Drevna, RAINN) 53:36

3+ y ago53:36

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Award-winning filmmakers Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick and Amy Herdy go deeper inside Part Four of the HBO Original Allen v. Farrow, discussing more of what they uncovered about the new allegations of abuse that rocked the Farrow family in the 2010’s, sharing never-before-heard audio clips from family members Quincy Farrow, Sascha Previn and Ronan Farrow…

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Part Three (with Dr. Anna Salter) 43:58

3+ y ago43:58

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Award-winning filmmakers Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick and Amy Herdy go deeper inside Part Three of the HBO Original Allen v. Farrow, and examine the media coverage following the custody battle with original commentary from Vanity Fair’s Maureen Orth and Good Day New York’s Rosanna Scotto. In addition, they share recorded calls between Mia Farrow and Woo…

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Part Two (with Alison Stickland, Rachel Louise Snyder) 46:33

3+ y ago46:33

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Award-winning filmmakers Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick and Amy Herdy go deeper inside Part Two of the HBO Original Allen v. Farrow, and examine Mia Farrow as a mother and the controlling nature of Woody Allen’s relationship with her. In addition, they share never-before-heard audio clips from Tisa Farrow, Casey Pascal and Carly Simon that illuminate Mia'…

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Part One (with Dr. Sheri Vanino and Priscilla Gilman) 44:48

3+ y ago44:48

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Award-winning filmmakers Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick and Amy Herdy go deeper inside Part One of the HBO Original Allen v. Farrow, and set the scene for the making of the documentary series. They discuss how they carefully built the trust it took for Dylan to tell her story and share never-before-heard audio clips from Fletcher Previn, Daisy Previn and …

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The Allen v. Farrow companion podcast is coming soon 2:32

3+ y ago2:32

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Filmmaker Amy Ziering hosts the Allen v. Farrow Podcast where she'll speak with a variety of guests about the sexual abuse allegations at the heart of the series as well as the investigation she undertook to tell this story. Watch new episodes of Allen v. Farrow, Sundays on HBO Max. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more ab…

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Athena Aktipis on The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand And Treat Cancer.

4+ y ago

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Cancer has been part of life since the origins of evolution.By Steve Scher

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At Length with Alva Noë

5y ago

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Baseball inspires poets and scribes to wax on about some essential baseball-ness that reflects larger values. Maybe baseball is not simply a game, but something grander, a philosophy that might help people order the broader human experience? Alva Noë is a writer and a philosopher who thinks about baseball. His latest book is Infinite Baseball: Note…

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At Length with Charles Fishman, "One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us To The Moon."

5y ago

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We think of the astronauts, those brave people who took a ride on a giant rocket ship into the unknown on their way to the moon. Charles Fishman got to thinking about the more than four hundred thousand working people who actually invented the space program, switch by switch, stitch by stitch, making the dream a reality.…

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At Length with Neal Stephenson, "Fall; or, Dodge in Hell"

5y ago

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What will the digital world of the future be like? Will humans, or our eternally humming digital simulacra, live in heaven or hell?By Steven Scher

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At Length with Rachel Louise Snyder, author of "No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us."

5y ago

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Journalist Rachel Louise Snyder has looked at domestic violence around the world in her new book “ No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us.”By Steve Scher

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At Length with Dr. Sandro Galea, "Well: What We Need To Talk About When We Talk About Health."

5+ y ago

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health, according to Dr. Sandro Galea, isn’t going to actually occur, for individuals or societies, if we stay focused at that level of attention and care. Health should be considered how everyone lives in their neighborhoods, the opportunities that exist in education and employment. Sandro Galea is an innovator in epidemiology. He is Dean and Prof…

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At Length with Mary Norris, author of "Greek To Me: Adventures of The Comma Queen

5+ y ago

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After a career of carefully editing so many accomplished writers, language and punctuation remain a joy to Marry Norris, renowned New Yorker Copy Editor. Her first book, “Between You and Me: Confessions of AComma Queen,”was nominated for a Thurber Prize for American Humor. In her follow up,“Greek To Me: Adventures of The Comma Queen,” Norris shares…

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Copy of At Length with Hedrick Smith, Winning Back Our Democracy

5+ y ago

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A broken democracy, perhaps like a broken clock, can be right sometimes. Journalist Hedrick Smith’s new film, “Winning Back Our Democracy,” profiles citizen activists around the United States who are making a difference. As one Florida activist put it, if it can happen in their state, maybe community by community, an end to gerrymandering and a com…

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At Length with Hedrick Smith, Winning Back Our Democracy

5+ y ago

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A broken democracy, perhaps like a broken clock, can be right sometimes. Journalist Hedrick Smith’s new film, “Winning Back Our Democracy,” profiles citizen activists around the United States who are making a difference. As one Florida activist put it, if it can happen in their state, maybe community by community, an end to gerrymandering and a com…

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At Length with Siri Hustvedt

5+ y ago

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Siri Hustvedt talks about scholarship, teaching story to psychiatry residents and her new book about memory and time in her new novel, “Memories of the Future.”By Steve Scher

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At Length with Frans De Waal

5+ y ago

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“Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell us About Ourselves” by Frans De Waal raises a troubling question that challenges humans place in the world. If animals, from mice and fish to apes and birds, have emotional intelligence, can recognize happiness or distress in themselves and in others, then aren’t we humans obligated to at least a…

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At Length with Arne Duncan

5+ y ago

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Arne Duncan served as President Obama’s Secretary of Education. His assessment of the nation’s efforts to educate children and of his own tenure in federal office is “How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation’s Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education.”By Steve Scher

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At Length with Octavio Solis, "Retablos."

5+ y ago

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Octavio Solis is an award-winning working playwright immersed in the culture and politics of our time. His plays tell the stories of rural America, of Latino America, of border America. He comes to Town Hall Seattle December 4th,the Rainier Arts Center, to read from his new book, a collection of short dream-like stories of his life growing up along…

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At Length with Marie Wong Part 2

5+ y ago

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An extended walk through Seattle’s Chinatown/International District with scholar Marie Wong. “Building Tradition: Pan-Asian Seattle and Life in the Residential Hotels”is the Seattle University professor’s historical examination of this vibrant Seattle neighborhood. The interview came out of an assignment for Seattle Magazine, published in the Decem…

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At Length with Marie Wong on Seattle's International District

5+ y ago

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An extended walk through Seattle’s Chinatown/International District with scholar Marie Wong. “Building Tradition: Pan-Asian Seattle and Life in the Residential Hotels” is the Seattle University professor’s historical examination of this vibrant Seattle neighborhood. The interview came out of an assignment for Seattle Magazine published in the Decem…

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At Length with Rob Reich on the Failures of Philanthropy

5+ y ago

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Through their wealth, philanthropists influence society. Is that fair? As it is currently set-up, Rob Reich says it isn’t. Reich (pronounced “reesh”) is a professor of political science and faculty co-director for the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford. He has written “Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy An…

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At Length with Alex Rosenblat in Uberland

5+ y ago

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Uber has disrupted the taxi industry around the world. But its way of doing business may be reshaping other industries. Alex Rosenblat is a technology ethnographer, a social scientist who learns from strangers and analyzes the technologies they use that shape their place in society. She took hundreds of rides with hundreds of drivers around the US.…

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Peter Sagal At Length

6y ago

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Peter Sagal, the very funny host of NPR’s News quiz “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” has written a serious and funny book about his attraction to the physical and psychological benefits he gets from running. Sagal talks about his history with running, his hair-raising experience at the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, and the way running helped him as h…

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Chris Hedges At Length

6y ago

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Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Truthdig columnist and RT TV talk show host Chris Hedges reports on what he sees as a declining empire, where oligarchs rules, people are disenfranchised, poorly served by their media and racing towards global climate disaster. He is talking about America.By Steve Scher

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David Reich At Length: Who We Are and How We Got Here

6y ago

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The origins of humanity have become less uncertain as scientists like David Reich and his colleagues extract ancient DNA from the bones of our distant ancestors. The fast moving science is revealing our common ancestry and our surprising relationships with ancient humans. Reich notes there is much more knowledge to come as more tests are done on an…

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Save the Bees, Save the Planet

6y ago

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People need bees. Since the first wasp got a taste for pollen 125 million years ago, bees and flowers have co-evolved in a way that brings almonds and apricots to our tables. But honeybees, as well as the less well known but equally critical miner, leafcutter, sweat and mason bees are in trouble, getting slammed by climate change, habitat loss and …

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"The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life" by David Quammen

6y ago

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“The Tangled tree: A Radical New History of Life,” looks new scientific understanding that tangles up human understanding of the tree of life. Award winning science writer David Quammen says maybe life is more like an elaborate topiary.By thehouseofpodcasts

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Plant A Seed, Build A Community- Seattle Pollinators Week.

6y ago

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Ray WIliams and Allison Rinard are urban farmers. Their goal is to bring communities together around flowers and food.By Steve Scher

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Our Towns: A 10,000-Mile Journey Into The Heart of America

6+ y ago

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The next time you fear for the state of the union, turn your attention to small cities across America. James Fallows and Deborah Fallows say it is in Erie, Pennsylvania and Fresno, California that a brighter American future is being forged. The Fallows new book, Our Towns: A 100,00 mile journey into the heart of America, reads like a call for hope …

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Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America

6+ y ago

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It is very hard to stamp out a weed.By Steve Scher

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Beeronomics: How Beer Explains The World

6+ y ago

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Next time you're contemplating the fate of the world over a pint of ale, take a few moments to consider that amber nectar's own role in shaping society.By Steve Scher

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The Wizard and The Prophet, by Charles C. Mann

6+ y ago

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Will we innovate our way out of looming crises in climate, water, food and energy? Will cutting back and living within our means save us? Or are we like most species, devouring our resources until it is too late? Charles Mann explores the arguments and the values behind two ways of viewing the future- that innovations will save us or that reducing …

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"I Like it Live": Feliks Banel and the Allure of Live Broadcasting

6+ y ago

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From the 1920’s until television permanently settled into our living rooms in the late 1950’s, radio blasted out comedies, variety shows, adventures and dramas to waiting listeners. Radio launched performers like Jack Benny and Fred Allen into stardom. It offered established stars like Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Jimmy Stewart and Frank Sinatra…

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Dan Ariely Has A Few Rules To Help You Think About Money 47:09

7y ago47:09

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At Length features interviews by Steve Scher with artists, authors and scholars visting Town Hall Seattle Our irrational behavior interferes with our best efforts to curb spending and increase saving. Dan Ariely has come up with some rules of thumb that can help us make better decisions. Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Sma…

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What Russia's Return To Totalitarianism Might Teach America

7y ago

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At Length is a podcast featuring interview with visiting scholar and authors to Town Hall Seattle. How far removed is Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia, from the Czars of old and the Soviet Premiers of the past century? What is the source of his grip power in Russia? What happened along the path to democracy envisioned after the end of the Sovie…

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Nancy Pearl Wrote A Novel

7y ago

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Nancy Pearl, the only public librarian featured as an action figure, has written her first novel. “George and Lizzie” is a funny, acerbic look at an always troubled, always promising marriage. We talked at Bryant Corner Cafe in the Northeast Seattle neighborhood of Ravenna-Bryant. Nancy and I had another podcast for a year or so called That Stack o…

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Major Margaret Witt on Overturning Don't Ask Don't Tell

7y ago

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Air Force Major Margaret Witt (Ret.) sued the Military over Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which prohibited discrimination against closeted homosexuals but barred openly gay, lesbian, trans or bisexual individuals from service. Her decision to confront the 17 year policy helped overturn the military’s treatment of gays and lesbians and ushered in a new era …

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Analyzing the Economics of Gender Identities

8y ago

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Professor Marieka Klawitter Over the last few years, the debate in America over the rights of people of different gender identities has become a key civil rights issue. Professor Marieka Klawitter is the final speaker in the UW’s Equity and Difference series. Her widely published research, focuses on poverty, family savings and the economic impact …

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Toure on Trump, Demolition Derbies and Being Who You Are

8+ y ago

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What are the norms for public and private behavior in these modern times? Well, different norms for different occasions, sure. Different norms for different people too, of course. And too often different norms depending on the color of our skin. That last notion, pointing to the prejudice we carry around inside ourselves, is the most insidious and …

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Doing Race Better: Race and the Reform of Urban Schools

8+ y ago

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School reform could succeed in the U.S. if the cultural paradigm is flipped and urban schools led by strong leadership among principals, community activists and students are acknowledged as leaders in promoting quality education. University of Chicago scholar Dr. Charles M. Payne talks with Steve Scher about real reform. Dr. Payne spoke in Seattle …

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Why Isn't the U.S. Listening To Indian Country with K. Tsianina Lomawaima

8+ y ago

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Why aren't Indians often heard in mainstream America? Scholar K. Tsianina Lomawaima says it’s because of the simple but challenging reality that this country is built on Native lands. The recipient of the UW Distinguished Teaching Award talks to Steve Scher about American Indians, citizenship, identity and strength. Professor K. Tsianina Lomawaima …

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A Muslim Scholar Explores the Holocaust

8+ y ago

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Dr. Mehnaz Afridi is a Muslim scholar of the Holocaust. She is director of the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College, a Catholic college in New York City. The Center’s mission is to promote interfaith dialogue among Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, raised in Europe, the Middle East and Sca…

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Ralina Joseph "What's the Difference with 'Difference'"

8+ y ago

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Welcome to At Length, our second season of conversations where we take a little more time and delve a little deeper into the profound issues of our era. As part of the UW Graduate School’s Equity and Difference Series, Associate Professor Ralina Joseph has a public lecture, “What’s the Difference with ‘Difference’?” Her talk is about the power of l…

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Kathy Najimy on Women and Body Image

9y ago

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Steve Scher talks to producer, actor and activist Kathy Najimy about women and body image. Powerful forces are at work shaping our body image. Self-esteem, family norms, peer group pressures and the media all influence our feelings about our own bodies. Actor, activist and producer Kathy Najimy wrapped up the UW’s Weight and Wellness lecture series…

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Are Human-made Chemicals in the Environment A Cause of Obesity? Part 2

9y ago

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We swim in a sea of chemicals. Some of them are harming our environment, some are harming us. In part two of Steve Scher's conversation with scientist Bruce Blumberg, we hear more about the science of hormone disrupting chemicals, what action the regulatory agencies are taking and whether an approach called green chemistry could keep suspect chemic…

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Are Human-made Chemicals in the Environment A Cause of Obesity? Part 1

9y ago

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Steve Scher talks with Professor Bruce Blumberg about obesogens, hormone disrupting chemicals that seem to change human metabolism. We eat too much. We eat too much processed foods high in calories. We don’t exercise enough. It is being called an obesity epidemic, and it is putting more and more people at risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer an…

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Why is it so hard to lose weight?

9y ago

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Dr. Ellen Schur talks to Steve Scher about our bodies internal regulatory systems and how they change as we gain weight. She says the body's changes mean that simply exercising more and eating less is not the only factor to consider when we try to lose weight. Obesity is medically defined through the body mass index – BMI- an indirect measure of ho…

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"Enrique's Journey," Sonia Nazario

9+ y ago

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Sonia Nazario on a train in Mexico Sonia Nazario, author of “Enrique’s Journey: the story of a boy’s dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mother” talks to Steve Scher about the plight of one of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors who illegally cross Mexico by freight train and then the U.S. border in order to reunite with their families …

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"Advice From America's Doctor"

9+ y ago

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Dr. Regina Benjamin, 18th Surgeon General of the United States, talks with Steve Scher about bringing joy to efforts at losing weight and staying healthy. She spoke in Seattle as part of the UW's Weight and Wellness Series of Lectures. Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General from 2009-2013 says we have to rediscover the joy in being healthy. "Being he…

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