Staff writer for the SF Weekly
Julia Carrie Wong on KCRW
More from KCRW
Protecting Dairy Farms
Health & WellnessDairy farmers play a vital role in ensuring the safety of our milk. But, they all need to make public health their top priority.
The one disease that has near-universal coverage
Health & WellnessFor those Americans with end-stage kidney disease, insurance coverage is never an issue. Why can’t we provide this universal coverage for others with expensive chronic conditions?
Here’s what ‘Wild Rituals’ author Caitlin O’Connell learned from the elephants
PsychologyCailtin O’Connell, author of “Wild Rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and Ourselves,” shares insights into the ways in which elephants relate.
Failing to protect volunteers in research studies
Health & WellnessResearch is required to be evaluated to protect research subjects. But, in many cases, this is not happening.
Autism “it's not a disease, it's a different way of being”
PsychologyPodcaster and writer Lauren Ober shares the story of her own later-in-life autism diagnosis.
Send us your dating horror stories!
Health & WellnessHave you ever been catfished on a date, ghosted, or worse? We want to hear all about your bad dates.
Leading a good life doesn’t always mean leading an easy one
Health & WellnessLorraine Besser, philosophy professor and author of “The Art of the Interesting,” explores what it means to cultivate and live a good life.
Endless gun violence
Health & WellnessWe are not helpless, and the situation is not hopeless. We can’t wipe out mental illness, but we can enact reasonable gun control to protect the public.
Midweek Reset: Sexual Recession
Health & WellnessThis week Esther Perel, psychotherapist, bestselling author and the host of the podcast “ Where Should We Begin? ” talks about a sexual recession.