PBS
What's up with all this Vaping?
E-Cigarettes are everywhere. Vaping has become so ubiquitous that "vape" was Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2014. Today, Danielle looks at how and why vaping took off. She examines the early 20th century prototypes for electric...
PBS
Should You Buy Drugs Abroad? (feat. @pbsvitals )
Prescription drugs cost way more in America than most other countries... but is it wise (or safe) to buy them abroad?
Curated Video
How Movies Get AI Wrong, Explained
Turns out AI doesn't usually start making its own decisions. Nor does it fall in love with you. Sorry.
Hip Hughes History
Killing ObamaCare: Explaining King vs Burwell
An overview of the current lawsuit being examined by the Supreme Court which could theoretically kill Obamacare.
Vlogbrothers
What OCD Is Like (for Me)
In the video, I talk about my life with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a bit about how I came to write my forthcoming book, Turtles All the Way Down.
Vlogbrothers
SYSTEMS!!!!
In which John discusses the interwoven systems that shape our destiny even though we rarely pause to think about them.
Vlogbrothers
EBOLA! (...meningitis)
In which John is diagnosed with ebola by the Internet but turns out to be suffering from viral meningitis. How should we imagine novel diseases and how should we combat them? And why do we only focus on diseases that we fear will affect...
Vlogbrothers
Ebola: What IS Terrifying
In which John discusses the ebola outbreaks in the United States, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, and how best to deal with them.
Vlogbrothers
Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Global Health
A special bonus video in which John Green and Microsoft founder Bill Gates talk about how Ethiopia has reduced its infant mortality dramatically in the past twenty years.
Vlogbrothers
The Causes of Cholera
In which John discusses cholera, its many causes, and why we aren't hearing much about the cholera epidemic in Yemen, the worst outbreak of the disease since at least 1949.
Vlogbrothers
Health Care Overhaul Summarized Via MASSIVE PIG
In which John sweats through his shirt while discussing the American health care system and various proposals for reform, including the public option, nonprofit health insurance cooperatives, and continuing to feed the pig.
Vlogbrothers
Why Are Poor Countries Poor?
In which John looks at the vicious cycles of poverty and poor health in Sierra Leone, including how the ebola crisis happened and why a center of diamond mining has become one of the poorest regions in the world. For the last year and a...
Vlogbrothers
Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?
In which John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of...
Vlogbrothers
The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone
In which John visits the Kissy Psychiatric Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the only dedicated mental health facility in the nation, and learns about the extraordinary changes that have taken place there in the last two years with...
Healthcare Triage
Innovation in a Changing US Health System
The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...
Curated Video
Supply and Demand Analysis in Sport, Leisure, and Healthcare Markets
The video is a lecture on the economics of the sport and leisure markets, as well as the healthcare market. The lecturer explains the concept of supply and demand and how it applies to these markets. The lecture covers topics such as...
The Wall Street Journal
Cybersecurity Strategy Development Bootcamp
Darrell Keeling from the Carnegie Mellon, Heinz College, CMO program explores fundamental pillars of cybersecurity and underpinning practices.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Joon Yun: Healthcare In The 21st Century
The 21st Century will be the Healthcare Century. Human endeavor creates prosperity, and health is an engine that powers human endeavor. Prosperous societies, in turn, consume more healthcare in a procyclical fashion. The effect of...
Healthcare Triage
Suicide Rates and Insights from Medical Sociology - Healthcare Triage
Aaron's guest this month is Dr. Bernice Pescosolido, who is a medical sociologist at Indiana University. Dr. Pescosolido studies the environments, neighborhoods, and connections that contribute to patients' identities, and looks how this...
Healthcare Triage
The Pitfalls of Cost Sharing for Healthcare
Cost-sharing is the practice of making individuals responsible for part of their health insurance costs beyond the monthly premiums they pay for health insurance - think things like deductibles and copayments. The practice is meant to...
Healthcare Triage
Does More Social Spending Reduce Healthcare Costs?
We spend a lot of money on social programs. Studies indicate that a lot of those programs work to improve health outcomes for people who receive the benefits. So, does that social spending reduce healthcare costs? Not really. But cutting...
Healthcare Triage
When Drug Costs Are High, Patients Skip Doses
The idea behind cost-sharing in healthcare costs goes something like this: If the patient is responsible for some part of the cost of their care, they'll be more judicious in their choices of treatment, and healthcare spending will...
Healthcare Triage
The Recent Executive Order Can't Fix Healthcare
The president recently signed an executive order on a handful of health care issues. Among other things, it points to protections for those with preexisting conditions. But does it do anything more than point at them? What exactly does...
Healthcare Triage
When Parents Go to Prison, Children Suffer Consequences
When parents go to prison, their children’s lives are changed. It’s happening more and more to kids in the United States, and it comes at a price that can immediately impact their lives and can have long-term consequences. This episode...