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  • How Health Became the New Morality

    How do our attitudes and judgments about what is healthy affect our actual health? We’ll talk this hour with Jonathan M. Metzl, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Women’s Studies and Director of the Program in Culture, Health, and Medicine at the University of Michigan. He’s also the co-editor of the new collection “Against Health: How […]

  • The Archaeological Hunt for the Origins of Viniculture

    What makes the perfect glass of wine? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Patrick McGovern, Scientific Director of the Penn Museum’s Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health. His Dallas Museum of Art Boshell Family Lecture, “Uncorking the Past: The Archaeological and Chemical Hunt for the Origins of Viniculture,” takes place this evening.