Catch ‘The Medical Issue’ Features on the Airwaves

If you haven’t checked out our line-up of features in the latest print issue, you should.

If you haven’t checked out our line-up of features in the latest print issue, you should.

But if you have read them already and are dying to hear more (or were too lazy to read them in the first place—we’re not judging!) then you can listen to our writers talk about these stories on the radio.

Botox Nation” — KCRW – Press Play (July 9): Taffy Brodesser-Akner discusses how “Botox” can cure depression with Lisa Barrett, psychology professor at Northeastern University. (Original story)

The Organ Detective” — WNYC – Leonard Lopate (July 10): Ethan Watters discusses the hidden world of illegal trading in human organs. (Original story)

Bloody Nice” — NHPR – Word of Mouth (July 15): Wen Shen discusses the quest to build a kinder, gentler surgeon—and how it might be misguided. (Original story)

Bonus video: Taffy Brodesser-Akner was on the Today Show to talk about her ambivalent reaction to Botox as a depression treatment. —Bettina Chang

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