Health & Wellness

Why isn’t there a Viagra type drug for women? What happens when your porn habits impact your dating life? When it comes to sex the answers aren’t always so simple.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is peaking nationwide. And with holiday gatherings, COVID and flu numbers are rising too. What can you do to protect yourself?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with Purdue Pharma in a bankruptcy settlement that shields members of the Sackler family from current and future opioid-related lawsuits.

Supreme Court to decide OxyContin maker settlement, Sackler liability

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with Purdue Pharma in a bankruptcy settlement that shields members of the Sackler family from current and future opioid-related lawsuits.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

These tools rely on software to monitor, treat, or prevent disease. They are still in their early stages but we need more data on their effectiveness.

Prescription Digital Tools

These tools rely on software to monitor, treat, or prevent disease. They are still in their early stages but we need more data on their effectiveness.

from Second Opinion

Novelist Yiyun Li shares her journey as a writer and how the subtleties and joys she’s found in writing, storytelling, books, and gardening have helped navigate the profoundest of…

Novelist Yiyun Li on how storytelling, books, and gardening help overcome grief and loss

Novelist Yiyun Li shares her journey as a writer and how the subtleties and joys she’s found in writing, storytelling, books, and gardening have helped navigate the profoundest of…

from Life Examined

This week, cognitive scientist and professor of psychology at Yale University Lori Santos explains that negative emotions are very much part of the human experience and essential to…

Midweek Reset: Toxic positivity

This week, cognitive scientist and professor of psychology at Yale University Lori Santos explains that negative emotions are very much part of the human experience and essential to…

from Life Examined

How do you explore a nature kink? Why does playing hard to get work? How do you talk to your partner about unprotected sex?

How’s Your Sex Life Podcast Ep 9: How can I prioritize my sexual wellness?

How do you explore a nature kink? Why does playing hard to get work? How do you talk to your partner about unprotected sex?

from How’s Your Sex Life?

Not all problems should be attributed to normal aging.

What is a normal part of aging?

Not all problems should be attributed to normal aging.

from Second Opinion

Addiction specialist Anna Lembke describes how our relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to greater addiction and pain.

Dopamine Nation: Living in an addicted world

Addiction specialist Anna Lembke describes how our relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to greater addiction and pain.

from Life Examined

This holiday weekend is a perfect time to hike around LA due to cooler temperatures and red-orange autumn foliage. Cris Hazzard, aka The Hiking Guy, shows you where to go.

Big Horn Mine Trail, Mt. Jacinto: Where to hike off Thanksgiving calories

This holiday weekend is a perfect time to hike around LA due to cooler temperatures and red-orange autumn foliage. Cris Hazzard, aka The Hiking Guy, shows you where to go.

from Greater LA

While we’re off this week, you can catch up on past episodes about kink, self-love, and orgasms right here in the podcast feed.

Send us your sex and dating questions

While we’re off this week, you can catch up on past episodes about kink, self-love, and orgasms right here in the podcast feed.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is one of the biggest landlords on Skid Row. A report from the LA Times has revealed squalid and dangerous living conditions.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s housing efforts failed Skid Row residents

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is one of the biggest landlords on Skid Row. A report from the LA Times has revealed squalid and dangerous living conditions.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

It turns out that gratitude can benefit physical and mental health.

The meaning of gratitude

It turns out that gratitude can benefit physical and mental health.

from Second Opinion

Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, anti-abortion measures have lost in every state where they’ve been on the ballot.

The legal and political future of abortion regulations

Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, anti-abortion measures have lost in every state where they’ve been on the ballot.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

This week, professor and director of the Convergent Behavioural Science Initiative at the University of Virginia Leidy Klotz explains why when it comes to solving problems or finding…

Midweek Reset: The Power of Subtraction

This week, professor and director of the Convergent Behavioural Science Initiative at the University of Virginia Leidy Klotz explains why when it comes to solving problems or finding…

from Life Examined

How do you open up a monogamous relationship? What to do when your spouse comes out of the closet? How do you date in your 40s?

How’s Your Sex Life Podcast Ep 8: Is Polyamory for You?

How do you open up a monogamous relationship? What to do when your spouse comes out of the closet? How do you date in your 40s?

from How’s Your Sex Life?

The consequences of reporting, and not reporting abuse, can be enormous

When to report child or elderly abuse

The consequences of reporting, and not reporting abuse, can be enormous

from Second Opinion

After Ohio’s recent vote to enshrine the right to have an abortion into the state’s constitution, host Robert Scheer dives deeper into one of the underappreciated and underreported…

Abortion Pills Go Global

After Ohio’s recent vote to enshrine the right to have an abortion into the state’s constitution, host Robert Scheer dives deeper into one of the underappreciated and underreported…

from Scheer Intelligence

Doubts about your small penis? Exploring a new kink? Love smelling your partner, but they’re not into it? This week we’re kicking shame to the curb and embracing our bodies.

The Good and The Smelly

Doubts about your small penis? Exploring a new kink? Love smelling your partner, but they’re not into it? This week we’re kicking shame to the curb and embracing our bodies.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

Intimacy can be one of the hardest things to manage in a long distance relationship. KCRW’s “How’s Your Sex Life?” podcast offers some advice.

Ask Myisha: How do I keep my long distance relationship spicy?

Intimacy can be one of the hardest things to manage in a long distance relationship. KCRW’s “How’s Your Sex Life?” podcast offers some advice.

from How’s Your Sex Life?