Best of Think: Where Race Meets Medicine
December 29, 2015This hour, we’ll listen back to our September conversation with Dr. Damon Tweedy, author of “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicines.”
This hour, we’ll listen back to our September conversation with Dr. Damon Tweedy, author of “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicines.”
This hour, we’ll talk about what qualifies someone for the “Dallas Morning New” award – and about this year’s finalists – with editorial writer Tod Robberson.
This hour, we’ll get an update on the topic from NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving, and we’ll talk about the history of how presidents have handled refugees and immigrants with Jeffrey Engel, Director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU.
We’ll talk with Greg Asner, an ecologist with the Carnegie Airborn Observatory, about taking to the skies to take the Earth’s temperature. Asner is featured in “National Geographic” magazine’s November issue devoted to climate change.
This hour, we’ll talk about a treatment some experts have expressed skepticism about – one that Texas taxpayers have funded to the tune of $2.2 million.
We’ll talk about what his visit means for American Catholics – and about how their beliefs align with church teachings.
We’ll talk about new insights into these often debilitating episodes with Greg Dussor, a leading migraine researcher from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.
We’ll talk about whether or not the extra money we spend to go organic is worth it with Quartz food and consumer goods reporter Deena Shanker.
We’ll talk about how market volatility overseas influences our economy at home with Matthew P. Goodman, Senior Adviser for Asian Economics with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
This hour, we’ll talk about how what we know about businesses affects how we spend our money with a panel of business ethics professors.