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128 – After Shock with Dr. Rana Awdish
Hannah and Avi sat down with Dr. Rana Awdish, a pulmonary/critical care physician and author of a powerful new memoir about her recovery from critical illness called After Shock: Learning to Reinhabit My Body After Illness. In our conversation with Rana, we discussed what it truly means to heal, how she found her authorial voice…
Episode 127 – ACHOO! (The Sunlit Sneeze)
Why can sunlight exposure induce sneezing? Achoo! Ever thought about why you sneezed when you stepped into sunlight? Well, this same question plagued even Aristotle himself, so much so that in The Book of Problems, he asked, “Why is it that one sneezes more after one has looked at the Sun?” His answer was that…
Episode 126 – A Third Circulatory System
Avi recently had an interactive feature published in The New York Times Magazine! He examined the discovery of the interstitium and its apparent role as a third circulatory system in the human body. The feature, which had stunning visuals designed by Jérôme Berthier, also explored apparent resonance with the anatomy of acupuncture, as well as…
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