Why diet drinks probably won’t give you cancer: Dispelling the angst over Aspartame
Guest: Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, epidemiologist, author of Health Nerd science blog
Cutting through the political rhetoric surrounding the most effective ways to tackle the opioid crisis
Guest: Paxton Bach, clinical assistant professor, department of medicine, University of British Columbia and addiction physician at St. Paul’s Hospital Vancouver
‘Off the charts’: Earth’s vital signs are going haywire
Guest: Michael Wehner, senior scientist, applied math and computational research division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
What impact could Vancouver’s port strike have on the Canadian economy?
Guest: Werner Antweiler, Associate Professor, Sauder School of Business; Strategy and Business Economics Division, UBC
Can Hollywood’s abusive culture really change? One author’s proposal to ‘Burn It Down’
Guest: Maureen Ryan, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and author of Burn it Down: Power, Complicity, and a call for change in Hollywood
