IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH with Dr. Celine Gounder

Is addiction a brain disease? a moral failing or lack of willpower? or neither? And why does it matter? Guests: Prof. Owen Flanagan, expert on the philosophy of mind and psychiatry, ethics and moral psychology at Duke University, and in recovery from substance abuse; Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health, and TEDMED 2014 speaker; Dr. Carl Hart, Chair of Psychology at Columbia University, author of High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society, and TEDMED 2014 speaker; Prof. Candice Shelby, professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, and author of Addiction: A Philosophical Perspective. | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth

Over the course of my career as a doctor, I’ve been committed to working with populations in greatest need. But when nearly every community in the country is afflicted with the same illness, and when old strategies aren’t working, it’s time for a new -- a radical, creative approach -- to the crisis. I’m Dr. Celine Gounder. On Season 2 of "In Sickness and in Health," I’m looking at the opioid overdose epidemic from a number of different and novel perspectives. Join me as we seek out the many roots of drug use and addiction, refining our definitions and looking beyond medicine and beyond law enforcement to try to develop a sense of what this opioid epidemic really is. Only then can we hope to solve it. That’s this season, on “In Sickness and in Health.” | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth

How do we communicate responsibly about depression and suicide without fueling contagion? During the 2016-2017 academic year, Columbia University was rocked by at least five student suicides. Guests: Jacqueline Basulto and Sean Ryan, Columbia University graduates; Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE); Jennifer Michael Hecht, historian, poet and author of "Stay: A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It." | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth

Why are LGBTQ youth at such high risk of depression, anxiety and suicide? Guests: Ed Tully, father of a transgender teen in Minnesota; Dr. Ximena Lopez, pediatric endocrinologist specializing in adolescent trans care at UT Southwestern Medical Center and TEDMED 2017 speaker. | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth

How do new stressors contribute to the risk of suicide among young people? Guests: Kristine Bernardoni, mother in California whose son was one of a cluster of students to die by suicide at his high school; Sarah Molina and Brandaly Mora, high school students in Florida who have themselves experienced suicidal ideation and are now doing what they can to help others through their work with the HOPE Sunshine Club; Dr. Denise Pope, adolescent stress researcher at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, co-founder of Challenge Success, and author of "Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids." | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth

How can social media, texting and big data be used to improve mental health and prevent suicide? And what can colleges and universities do to help their students? Guests: Nancy Lublin, founder and CEO of the Crisis Text Line, founder of DoSomething.org and Dress for Success, TEDWomen 2015 speaker; Bob Filbin, Chief Data Scientist at the Crisis Text Line; Dr. Glen Coppersmith, founder and CEO of QNTFY; John MacPhee, Executive Director and CEO of the JED Foundation; Brandaly Mora and Sarah Molina, students at Cooper City High School and members of the HOPE Sunshine Club. | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth

Can movies and shows like Netflix's 13 Reasons Why raise awareness about mental health and help those at risk for suicide? Guests: Dr. Victor Schwartz, suicide prevention expert and Chief Medical Officer at the JED Foundation; Erahm Christopher, director of "Listen"; Michael Lehman, director of the cult classic "Heathers"; Jenny Jaffe, writer, actress and comedienne, founder of Project UROK, and star of IFC's "Neurotica." | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth

This is a podcast about health and social justice. Health is wealth. Some of us have it, some don’t. Some of us will live long and healthy lives… and some won’t. But why me and not them? Why them and not me? | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth