What It Takes to Survive a Disaster
The
Pulse
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196 Episodes
158hr 12min
What It Takes to Survive a Disaster
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The Complexity of Motherhood
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Healing with Psychedelics: Veterans, PTSD, and the Science of Mind-Altering Drugs
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40 Years After Chernobyl: What Caused the Disaster — and How It Changed Nuclear Energy
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So Many Cravings, So Few Rewards: Understanding How Dopamine Works
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What Greenland Can Teach Us About The Earth’s Past and Future
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Inside the Boom of Urgent Care: How It’s Changing American Medicine
47:56
Why We Need to Talk About Poop
44:17
The Problem with Being Perfect: How Unrealistic Standards Hurt Our Minds and Bodies
49:54
Unearthing the Hidden Stories of Women Scientists
49:34
When Love Becomes Caregiving: How Illness Changes Relationships
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Already Forgotten About Your New Year’s Resolution? Here’s Why
31:52
Hello? From Bell’s First Call to Gen Z’s Telephobia: 150 Years of the Telephone
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Beyond Anthropomorphism: The Science of Animal Emotions
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Revenge Feels Great — But the Cost is High
49:18
Will My Doctor Be a Bot? AI and the Future of Medicine
37:33
Finding Your Match: The Science of Love and Attraction
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Closing the Gap: Improving Health Outcomes for Black Americans
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From Buzz to Burnout: How Alcohol Affects the Brain and Body
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Challenger at 40: How the Disaster Shaped the Future of NASA
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Triumph, Tragedy and Ennui: Three NASA Missions That Shaped the Future of Space Exploration
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The Weird Menopause Symptoms No One Ever Told You About — And How to Treat Them
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From Soy to Carbs: How Food can Ease Menopause Symptoms
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Engineering Happiness into our Daily Lives
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How Noise Affects Our Health
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Inside the Dramatic Race to Decode the Human Genome
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When Should Patients Decide for Themselves?
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Searching for the Truth — and Finding Unexpected Answers
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Inside the Hidden Wonders of the Shrinking Arctic
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Why Nurturing Connection is Good for Your Health
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What Science Says About How Much Our Food Choices Matter
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How to 'Engineer' Your Dreams and End Nightmares
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How Chatbots Make Us Feel
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How Veterans Find Healing After War
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Cybercrime and How Hackers Prey on Human Nature
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Coca-Cola and a Secret Research Operation Meant to Exonerate Sugar
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Searching for Ghosts: The Quest to Prove the Paranormal
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Inside the Boom of Urgent Care: How It’s Changing American Medicine
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How David Fajgenbaum Found His Own Treatment & Launched Every Cure
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Finding Focus in the Age of Distraction
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The Search for the Golden Toad and Other Adventures in the Wild
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Lessons on Weight Loss from ‘The Biggest Loser’
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Different Patients, Different Outcomes
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The Science and Beauty of Muscles
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The Science of Attraction and Dating
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Mars Mania: How America Became Obsessed with Mars
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Why It’s Time to Rethink Productivity
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Back to School in a Rapidly Changing World
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How Scientists Discovered Legionnaires' Disease
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Protecting the People Who Grow Our Food
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How Noise Affects Our Health
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I Survived — Now What?
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When Organ Donation Goes Wrong
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Untangling Shame and Its Effects On Our Health
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The Inner Workings of the Oceans
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Finding Your Body’s Sleep Rhythm
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The Big Chill and the Future of Refrigeration
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Inside the Dramatic Race to Decode the Human Genome
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Why Friends Are Good for Your Brain
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Why We’re Hardwired for Revenge
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Exploring the Secrets of Human Creativity
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Sharks — From Fear to Fascination
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What It Takes to Prove the Truth
49:14
Cybercrime and How Hackers Prey on Human Nature
54:26
Lightening the Load of Motherhood
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The Life-Changing Power of Lifting Weights
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50 Years Later: The Lasting Impact of the Vietnam War
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Finding Strength and Beauty in Muscles
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Loneliness and How to Rekindle Social Connection
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The Rise of YouTube and How It's Changed Our Lives
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In Search of Work-Life Balance
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Biomimicry: What Nature Can Teach us about Engineering and Design
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The Mystery of Consciousness
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Why the Internet Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
48:06
How the Way We Look Affects the Way We Feel
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(Mis)Diagnosis: Bipolar Disorder
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Ripple Effects
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Pushing for Change
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Meeting Your Match: Navigating the World of Modern Dating
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Exposure
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Finding your 'Sleep Groove'
38:57
The DIY Medicine Movement
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Beyond Human Conversation
52:09
What It Takes To Build The Future
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Origin Stories and How We Become Who We Are
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The Science Behind the Healing Power of Music
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First Responders and the Toll on Their Health
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Why We're All So Outraged
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Parrot or Prophet: How AI is Shaping Language
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When Being 'Gifted' No Longer Feels Like a Gift
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Thanksgiving Disasters — And How to Avoid Them
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The Threats Facing Trees — and How to Save Them
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Biomimicry: What Nature Can Teach us about Engineering and Design
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What Makes Our Circadian Clocks Tick
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How Politics Are Changing Health and Science
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Thrills & Chills: The Psychology of Fear
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All the Rage
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When Law Enforcement and Health Care Meet
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When Every Second Counts: Advances in Cardiac Care
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Navigating Autism in School
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What It Takes to Treat Serious Mental Illness
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The Healing Power of Music
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What Teeth Tell us About Survival on Earth
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The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Behavior
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Virtual Worlds, Virtual Lives
48:41
The Promise and Future of Psychedelics Research
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The Big Chill and the Future of Refrigeration
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Asking for Help
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Sharks — From Fear to Fascination
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How Money Shapes Medicine
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Unearthing the Secrets of Volcanoes and Rocks
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Degrees of Freedom
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How Amazon Revolutionized Shopping and Changed the World
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Making Faces
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The DIY Medicine Movement
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The Search for Modern Masculinity
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10th Anniversary Show: The Science Changing Our Lives
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How Art and Science Intersect
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When Being 'Gifted' No Longer Feels Like a Gift
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Lightening the Load of Motherhood
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Rediscovering America's War on Bad Posture
48:36
Breaking the Silence on Medical Mistakes
51:08
Living Greener — One Decision at a Time
56:22
Bridging the Gaps for Latino Health
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Boredom in the Age of Information Overload
51:33
Chasing the Eclipse
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Discovering your True Identity
53:09
The Lasting Impacts of COVID-19
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The New Mental Health Landscape
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Atomic Angst and the Teenage Spy
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Bodies for Science
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All the Rage
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The Mysteries of Attraction
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Setting the Medical Record Straight
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Inside Facebook: A Conversation with Jeff Horwitz
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Facebook at 20
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When Healing Happens But We Don't Know Why
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How to Live with Uncertainty
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Virtual Worlds, Virtual Lives
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Why We Love and Hate Exercising — And How to Do It Either Way
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The Transformative Power of Awe
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The Blurred Line Between Life and Death
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Lowering Barriers to Care
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Uncovering the Inner Workings of the Oceans
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How Gene Therapy is Offering Hope — Once Again
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Changing Tastes
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Salty, Crunchy, and Addictive: A Physician's Fight Against Ultra-Processed Foods
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Getting Better at Resolving Conflicts
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Why Rejection Hurts So Much — And How to Cope
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How We Talk About Death
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How UFOs Went from Fringe to Mainstream
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Shame and Blame: How Stigma Impacts Health
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How Science is Transforming Weight Loss
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Space Pioneers
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Boredom in the Age of Information Overload
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Face Recognition and What it Means for our Privacy
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How Art and Science Intersect
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Finding Happiness
59:37
Helping Teens Navigate Mental Health Challenges
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Remote Working vs. the Office — Which is Better?
49:20
Bringing Physics from Theory to Practice
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Will A.I. Take Your Job — or Make It Better?
49:35
Skin Care and the Quest for Eternal Youth
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What's Behind Health Care Shortages?
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Searching for Utopia
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Behind the Scenes — Challenges in Medicine
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Inside the Minds of Thrill Seekers
49:20
Degrees of Freedom
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Buried Secrets, Buried Waste
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Black Health: Finding Solutions to End Disparities
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The Social Self
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The Benefits of Knowing When to Quit
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How K-Beauty Revolutionized Skincare — And Became Obsessed with Perfection
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Communicating with Animals
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The Mind-Body Feedback Loop
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When Healing Happens But We Don't Know Why
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Managing the Challenges of Motherhood
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Neurotech and the Growing Battle for Our Brains
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Why Rejection Hurts So Much — And How to Cope
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Why We Love and Hate Exercising —And How to Do it Either Way
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Taking the Temperature of Climate Science
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Call Me — Maybe? 50 Years Since the First Cell Phone Call
49:26
Bringing Physics from Theory to Practice
47:52
Black Health: Finding Solutions to Disparities
48:12
The Therapist in your Pocket
47:51
Transformative Power of Awe
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Changing the Way We Think About Chronic Pain
48:09
Thrills & Chills: The Psychology of Fear
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From Polio to COVID — the Evolution of Intensive Care
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Inside the Minds of Thrill Seekers
49:23
Finding a Way to Live With Grief
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Chasing Sleep
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Talking Therapy
51:04
How We Process Information
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What Will it Take to Diversify Medicine?
49:35
Science of Love
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