American Diagnosis

In America, who gets to be healthy, and who doesn’t? And what can we do about it? Education, gender, age, race—they all have something to do with it. There's a divide between people who will live long and healthy lives and those who won’t. Join Dr. Céline Gounder for fresh angles, deep research, a wide range of voices, and compassionate reporting. This series was originally titled "In Sickness and In Health."...

Hosted by: Dr. Celine Gounder
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Season 4

Episode 12

S4E12: Indigenous and Invisible in the Big City / Esther Lucero, Dr. Patrick Rock, Douglass Miller, Richard Wright

 26min | Sep. 27th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 11

S4E11: Climate Displacement, Cultural Resilience / Lanor Curole, Thomas Dardar Jr., Shanondora Billiot, Daniel Lewerenz

 22min | Aug. 23rd, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 10

S4E10: Stewardship Over Biodata Rebuilds Trust / Dakotah Lane & Krystal Tsosie

 20min | Aug. 9th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 9

S4E9: Two Paths, Two Future Physicians / Ashton Glover Gatewood, Victor Lopez-Carmen, Mary Owen

 25min | Jul. 26th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 8

S4E8: Tribal Values, Tribal Justice / Abby Abinanti, Ursula Running Bear, Blythe George

 22min | Jul. 14th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 7

S4E7: Fighting for Reproductive Sovereignty / Rachael Lorenzo, Sarah Deer, Sunny Clifford, Elizabeth Rink

 26min | Jun. 28th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 6

S4E6: Right to Water / Ernestine Chaco, Brianna Johnson, George McGraw, Jeanette Wolfley, Zoel Zohnnie

 29min | Mar. 29th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 5

S4E5: Power to Police Perpetrators / Lisa Brunner, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Alfred Urbina

 29min | Mar. 16th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 4

S4E4: Abandoned Mines, Abandoned Health – Part II / Linda Evers, Phil Harrison, Larry King, Judy Pasternak, Ben Ray Luján

 33min | Mar. 1st, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 3

S4E3: Abandoned Mines, Abandoned Health – Part I / Amber Crotty, Linda Evers, Phil Harrison, Larry King, Judy Pasternak, Edith Hood, Cipriano Lucero

 34min | Feb. 15th, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 2

S4E2: Decolonizing the Diet / Reagan Wytsalucy, Roy Talker, Martin Reinhardt

 30min | Feb. 1st, 2022 Listen To This Episode
Episode 1

S4E1: It’s Up to You / Sophina Calderon, Ernestine Chaco, Jill Jim

 31min | Jan. 18th, 2022 Listen To This Episode

Season 3Gun Violence in America

Episode 37

Introducing EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder and Ron Klain

 3min | Feb. 28th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 36

S3E36 / Where Do We Go From Here? / David Hogg, David Yamane, Kevin Creighton, Tyah-Amoy Roberts

 32min | Feb. 13th, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 35

S3E35 / Here All Along / Anthony Smith, AU Hogan, Kayla Hicks, Reverend Jeffrey Brown

 33min | Feb. 6th, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 34

S3E34 / #ThisIsOurLane / Cedric Dark, Damon Clark, Joseph Sakran, Meghana Rao

 32min | Jan. 16th, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 33

S3E33 / #Vets4GunReform / Joseph Plenzler, Kyleanne Hunter, Peter Lucier, Steven Kiernan

 29min | Jan. 9th, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 32

S3E32 / Badass Moms & Youth / Allison Volkman, Anneliese Dickman, Eli Counce, Michelle Roehm McCann, Penelope Spurr

 27min | Dec. 19th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 31

S3E31 / The Gun Violence Prevention Movement / Kristin Goss & Scott Melzer

 30min | Dec. 5th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 30

S3E30 / What the Swiss Can Teach Us / Josef Lang, Nora Markwalder, Thomas Reisch

 24min | Nov. 14th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 29

S3E29 / Lock It Up / Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Cassandra Crifasi, Jennifer Stuber, Tony Gomez

 30min | Oct. 31st, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 28

S3E28 / Trusted Messengers / Cathy Barber, Emmy Betz, Marc Holley, Ralph Demicco

 25min | Oct. 17th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 27

S3E27 / The Devil’s in the Details: Red Flag Laws Part II / Kimberly Wyatt, Peter Contos, Shannon Frattaroli, Tami Tunnell

 23min | Oct. 3rd, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 26

S3E26 / See Something, Say Something: Red Flag Laws Part I / Amy Barnhorst, Jeffrey Swanson, Julia Spoor, Tom Sullivan

 29min | Sep. 19th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 25

S3E25 / The Psychology of Mass Shooters / Adam Lankford, J. Reid Meloy, Jillian Peterson, Sue Klebold

 39min | Sep. 5th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 24

S3E24 / Why Do People Die by Suicide? / Michael Anestis & Thomas Joiner

 22min | Aug. 22nd, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 23

S3E23 / Lives in Blue / David Swedler, Franklin Zimring, Mark Jones

 33min | Aug. 8th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 22

S3E22 / Law Enforcement in the Digital Age / Charles West, Chief Paul Neudigate, Mark Jones

 35min | Jul. 25th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 21

S3E21 / Law & Order? / Andrew Papachristos, Cassandra Crifasi, Daniel Webster, Ekow Yankah, Justin Fenton

 30min | Jul. 11th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 20

S3E20 / The Science of Soft Policing / Harold Pollack, Patrica Rogers, Patrick Sharkey, Sirena Cotton

 30min | Jun. 27th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 19

S3E19 / A Tale of Two Cities / Barbara Lafitte-Oluwole, Charles West, Michael McLively, Vaughn Crandall

 38min | Jun. 15th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 18

S3E18 / Gangs / David M. Kennedy & Stan Ross

 23min | May. 30th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 17

S3E17 / How Do Criminals Get Their Guns? / Cassandra Crifasi, Daniel Webster, Harold Pollack, Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek

 23min | May. 16th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 16

S3E16 / Violence Is Contagious / Andrew Papachristos, Desmond Patton, Gary Slutkin, Tómas Ortiz

 25min | May. 2nd, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 15

S3E15 / The Big Australian Buyback / Andrew Leigh, Philip Alpers, Rebecca Peters, Roland Browne, Simon Chapman

 35min | Apr. 13th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 14

S3E14 / The Instrumentality of Guns / Franklin Zimring, Michael Anestis, Ronald Clarke

 25min | Apr. 4th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 13

S3E13 / In the Eye of the Beholder / David Hemenway, Gary Kleck, Philip Cook, Sara Solnick

 24min | Mar. 21st, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 12

S3E12 / More Guns = More or Less Crime? / John Donohue & John Lott

 31min | Mar. 7th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 11

S3E11 / Carrying A Gun While Black / Justin McFarlin, Maj Toure, Philip Smith

 21min | Feb. 12th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 10

S3E10 / This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed / Akinyele Umoja, Fletcher Anderson

 24min | Feb. 7th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 9

S3E9 / Why Blacks Need(ed) Guns / Caroline Light, Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, Nicholas Johnson

 24min | Jan. 24th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 8

S3E8 / Good Guys with Guns & Bad Guys with Guns / Alexandra Filindra, Dave Grossman, Mary Anne Franks

 28min | Jan. 10th, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 7

S3E7 / She’s Got a Gun / Callie Adams, Caroline Light, Mary Anne Franks

 23min | Dec. 20th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 6

S3E6 / He’s Got a Gun / April Zeoli, Dana Loesch, Jacquelyn Campbell, Michael Siegel

 22min | Dec. 6th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 5

S3E5: “Boys will be boys.” / Benjamin Sledge, Jim Taylor, Niobe Way

 20min | Nov. 22nd, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 4

S3E4 / Gun Culture 2.0 / Chris Marvin, David Yamane, Kevin Creighton

 28min | Nov. 8th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 3

S3E3 / Guns & Honor / Dov Cohen, Eric Ruben, Ryan Brown, Rory Miller

 23min | Oct. 25th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 2

S3E2 / A Uniquely American Compromise / Alex Trimble Young, Carl Bogus, Lois Schwoerer

 22min | Oct. 11th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 1

S3E1 / An Unlikely Friendship / Mark Rosenberg

 25min | Sep. 27th, 2018 Listen To This Episode

Season 2The Opioid Overdosis Crisis

Episode 13

S2E13 / Religion, Responsibility, Blame & Shame / Bill Kinkle, Farha Abassi, Father Luis Barrios, Hanna Pickard, Kayla Kalel, Pastor Steve Gallimore

 34min | Jul. 11th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 12

S2E12 / Can We Sue Our Way Out of the Opioid Crisis? / David Courtwright, James Tierney, Joe Rice, John Banzhaf, Robert Rabin, Rosalie Pacula

 31min | Jun. 12th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 11

S2E11 / This Is America: Race and the War on Drugs / David Courtwright, Ekow Yankah, Philippe Bourgois

 30min | May. 22nd, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 10

S2E10 / What Comes After You Survive an Overdose? / Jonathan Goyer

 21min | May. 4th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 9

S2E9 / Sharing Opana & Syringes in Small Town Indiana / Carolyn Wester, Will Cooke, Wayne Crabtree

 30min | Apr. 20th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 8

S2E8 / Drugs to *Treat* Addiction? / Paul Neudigate, Barbara Broers, Mark Tyndall, Paul Cherashore

 29min | Mar. 15th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 7

S2E7 / A Safe Space to Use Drugs / Linda B. Rosenthal, Liz Evans, Mark Miloscia, Patricia Sully

 28min | Feb. 21st, 2019 Listen To This Episode
Episode 6

S2E6 / Cops as Social Workers? / Amy Kroll, João Castel Branco Goulão, Kris Nyrop

 27min | Feb. 21st, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 5

S2E5 / Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) / Daniel Sumrok, Gabor Maté, Nora Volkow, Phillip Fiuty

 35min | Jan. 17th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 4

S2E4 / Is There Fentanyl in My Drugs? / Daan van der Gouwe, Carl Hart, Tino Fuentes

 26min | Jan. 17th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 3

S2E3 / The Rise of Fentanyl / Carole Rendon, Christopher Tersigni, Denise Paone, Thomas P. Gilson, Mark Kinzly

 30min | Jan. 17th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 2

S2E2 / Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) / Chris Miller, Debbie Richmond, Lisa Carter

 34min | Jan. 17th, 2018 Listen To This Episode
Episode 1

S2E1 / Is Addiction A Brain Disease? / Candice Shelby, Carl Hart, Nora Volkow, Owen Flanagan

 30min | Jan. 17th, 2018 Listen To This Episode

Season 1Youth & Mental Health

Episode 5

S1E5 / The Role of TV & Film / Victor Schwartz, Erahm Christopher, Jenny Jaffe, Michael Lehman

 34min | Sep. 11th, 2017 Listen To This Episode
Episode 4

S1E4 / Social Media, Big Data & Other Solutions / Bob Filbin, Glen Coppersmith, John MacPhee, Nancy Lublin

 32min | Sep. 11th, 2017 Listen To This Episode
Episode 3

S1E3 / Academic & Social Pressure / Denise Pope

 37min | Sep. 11th, 2017 Listen To This Episode
Episode 2

S1E2 / Switch or Die: Why Trans Teens Are At Such High Risk for Suicide / Ximena Lopez

 34min | Sep. 11th, 2017 Listen To This Episode
Episode 1

S1E1 / Communication & Contagion / Dan Reidenberg, Jacqueline Basulto, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Sean Ryan

 32min | Sep. 11th, 2017 Listen To This Episode

Bonus

Episode 6

A Black Man in Science Part I: The Pursuit of Truth / Kafui Dzirasa

 36min | Jun. 23rd, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 5

The Battle for the Affordable Care Act / Jonathan Gruber, Nicholas Bagley

 28min | Nov. 10th, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 4

Giving Birth While Black / Asha Ivey-Stephenson, Wanda Irving, Abiodun Okon

 23min | Nov. 24th, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 3

Sinking Shores, Rising Rents / Cheryl Holder, Jesse Keenan, Nicole Crooks

 19min | Dec. 8th, 2020 Listen To This Episode
Episode 2

My Toxic Reality: The Fight for Environmental Justice / Ralph Nader and Hilton Kelley

 26min | Jan. 12th, 2021 Listen To This Episode
Episode 1

A Black Man in Science Part II: The Pursuit of Truth / David Satcher / Kafui Dzirasa / Harold Varmus

 20min | Feb. 9th, 2021 Listen To This Episode