Conversations on Health Care, a new program airing on Duke radio station WXDU, features interviews with nationally recognized healthcare leaders. Hosted by Gavin Yamey, M.D., a physician and the Hymowitz Professor of Global Health in the Duke Global Health Institute, each program includes a prerecorded syndicated interview produced by the nonprofit Community Health Center, Inc., followed by a live in-studio conversation with experts from Duke and other Triangle universities, nonprofits and health organizations.
How to listen
Live segments air on WXDU (88.7 FM or streaming online) during the Sunday evening news segment. Dates vary depending on guest availability. Gavin Yamey (@GYamey) will post dates for upcoming programs on Twitter.
Episodes
Episode 8 (aired January 5, 2025)
This episode begins with an interview with Dr Jamy Ard, co-director of the Wake Forest Baptist Health Weight Management Center, who discusses the health consequences of obesity and the role of new obesity medicines—GLP-1 agonists—in obesity management. Then the host speaks with Dr Eric Finkelstein, Professor of Health Services and Systems Research at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore and the Executive Director of the Lien Centre for Palliative Care, about the economics of obesity and the use of economic incentives to improve diet and physical activity.
Episode 7 (aired December 15, 2024)
This episode begins with an interview with Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, editor of the journal JAMA, who discusses the role that scientists, scientific and medical journals, research funders, and academic institutions can play in fostering public trust in science. Then the host speaks with Dr Eric Trexler, a Duke postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology and the Religion and Social Change Lab, about communicating science to the public.
Episode 6 (aired November 24, 2024)
This episode begins with an interview with Matthew Myers, CEO of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, which is dedicated to reducing tobacco use and harm around the country and the world, where he discusses vaping and the rise of nicotine addiction in teenagers. Then the host speaks with Jonathan Quick, Adjunct Professor of Global Health in the Duke Global Health Institute, and Eszter Rimani, recent epidemiology graduate from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, about their new paper on market-driven epidemics.
Episode 5 (aired May 5, 2024)
This episode begins with a series of short interviews with Long Covid experts, including Dr Akiko Iwasaki at Yale University, and with patient advocate Fiona Lowenstein. Then, the hosts speak with Dr Adrian Hernandez, Executive Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Vice Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, and a Professor of Cardiology.
Episode 4 (aired April 21, 2024)
Lola Adedokun, executive director of the Aspen Global Innovators Group, discusses women leaders in public health and their role in engaging communities in health transformation. Then, the hosts interview Dr Aunchalee Palmquist, Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health and Cultural Anthropology and Director of Graduate Studies at DGHI, about her work at the intersections of breastfeeding, science, and society.
Episode 3 (aired November 19, 2023)
Nicholas Kristof, journalist and New York Times columnist, discusses his recent New York Times magazine piece called “A Smarter Way to Reduce Gun Deaths.” Then, the hosts interview Dr Jeffrey Swanson, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine, about his research and policy work on reducing gun-related suicide and homicide.
Episode 2 (aired February 26, 2023)
Dr Louis Sullivan, founding dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine and former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, discusses the themes of his new book, We’ll Fight It Out Here: A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity. Then, the hosts explore issues of equity and inclusion in health care with Dr Brigit Carter, the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and a former professor and associate dean for diversity and inclusion in the Duke University School of Nursing.
Episode 1 (aired November 20, 2022)
Dr Anthony Fauci, arguably the leading authority on infectious diseases in the United States, discusses his career leading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for more than four decades and advising seven U.S. presidents on public health. Then the hosts speak with Dr Cameron Wolfe, one of Duke’s top infectious diseases specialists and an associate professor of medicine in the Duke School of Medicine.