Well, Now

Slate’s podcast about health and wellness.

About the Show

We all want to achieve wellness, but how many of us have a clear understanding of what it is or how to measure it? Some believe it’s meeting a certain set of metrics around health. Others see it as becoming a more effective self-advocate when navigating our health challenges, or creating a balance in work, fitness, and family that promotes a sense of well-being. However we define wellness, we can all use advice from thoughtful people about how to find it for ourselves.

That’s the mission of Slate’s new podcast Well, Now. Each week, our expert hosts will tackle a new issue around wellness, from the latest exercise craze, to the controversy over BMI, to the best ways to promote sleep hygiene. Every episode aims to give listeners a new understanding of wellness, and how to reach it.

Hosts

  • Maya Feller is a registered dietitian and contributor to ABC’s Good Morning America, and an advisory board member for SHAPE and Parents. Her expertise can be found in the New York Times, Well+Good, and more. She is also the author of Eating From Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites From Cultures Around the World and based in New York City.

  • Dr. Kavita Patel is a D.C.-based primary care physician who has a rich background in health and health policy, having served the Obama administration and as a policy analyst to Sen. Edward Kennedy. She’s also a medical contributor for NBC News/MSNBC and a columnist for MSNBC.

How a Former Surgeon General Took on a $5,000 ER Bill

Even surgeon generals get sticker shock. Here are Jerome Adams’s suggestions for how to fight back.

Living and Loving With OCD (feat. Allison Raskin)

And finding humor with it, too.

We Don’t Need to Cure Autism

“If your kid didn’t have autism anymore, they would be a different person. A person that doesn’t exist.”

Most Skincare Products Are BS. Here Are the Facts.

It comes down to three things: a cleanser, a moisturizer, and sunscreen. The rest is extra.

Spring Cleaning Your Medicine Cabinet

When does ibuprofen actually expire? Can I keep extra antibiotics just in case? Do I really need to take turmeric supplements?

Eating Disorders Are Rising Among Boys. Why?

Eating disorders are one of the most deadly psychiatric disorders. For decades doctors didn’t have the right tools to care for most boys and men who had them.

“People Feel Like They’re Drowning”: The Long COVID Survivors Left Behind

 With symptoms ranging from fatigue to cognitive impairment, Long COVID still confounds physicians. It doesn’t help that most of the nation has already moved on.

Life After Lockdown.

After four years and more than a million deaths, is America’s COVID crisis really over?

How Your Food Can Fight Climate Change

Food production has a major impact on a warming planet. What are ways to eat a balanced diet while keeping the health of the planet in mind?

Ending Racism in Healthcare

In her new book Legacy, Dr. Uché Blackstock honors her late mother while also tracing the history of racism in U.S. healthcare.

Is it Burnout? Or, Do You Have a Busy Brain?

Chronic stress creates inflammation in the brain–leading to anxiety, inability to focus, and difficulty sleeping. One neurologist says the way to fix it is by curing our ‘busy brains.’

What We Get Wrong About Love

Kiss the grand romantic gestures goodbye and dig into the research-backed components that make life-long partnerships.

Football’s Concussion Crisis Starts Young

The NFL has faced controversy about traumatic brain injuries for years. But how do we protect the thousands of football players who never make it to the pros?

How ER Taught Thousands Of Viewers About Cervical Cancer

Behind the beautiful actors and high-stakes surgeries, medical dramas have found ways to communicate important health information to thousands.

Breaking Up With Diet Culture

Diet culture is all around us. We’ve got some practical ways to dismantle it.

What “Wellness” Is and Isn’t

We all want to be “well”—but what does that mean exactly?

A Toast to Dry January

Are you ‘sober curious?’ Try a zero-proof cocktail with Slate’s new health and wellness podcast Well, Now.