That Can't Be True with Chelsea Clinton

Every episode of our show ends with a segment called “Fact or Fiction,” where Chelsea throws out health claims to her guests and they tell us if they’re fact, fiction, or need a little nuance. It's one of our favorite parts of the show. And since health misinformation continues to run rampant, we thought it’d be a good idea to resurface some of our most popular and important fact or fiction segmen...

Our friends at Lemonada Media have a parenting podcast we think you’ll enjoy: Talkaboutable. Hosted by child and adolescent psychiatrist (and mom of 4) Dr. Susan Swick, she believes if you can talk about issues with your kids, you can tackle them. Each episode, Dr. Swick hears from a parent about what’s keeping them up at night and together, they unlock how to manage it. Then, she dives deep into...

Today we are covering a lot in the world of public health — from the Ebola outbreak, to a flesh-eating parasite making an unwelcome comeback in livestock, to ticks causing Alpha-Gal syndrome. Chelsea gets the lowdown from infectious disease epidemiologist Laurel Bristow, who’s based at Emory University in Atlanta and one of the most trusted and entertaining public health communicators online. They...

Puberty – everyone goes through it, but few want to talk about it. Except Dr. Cara Natterson. She’s a pediatrician, speaker, educator, and leading voice in tween and teen health. And she’s built a career creating informative, empowering, and engaging ways to discuss hygiene, periods, body image, and yes, eventually, at the appropriate age – sex. Is puberty starting earlier? Is it lasting longer? H...

We’ve all heard time and time again how important sleep is to our health. But no one really tells us how to become better sleepers, what to do if and when our sleep changes, and which supplements and hacks are worth trying. Chelsea gets all the answers to our sleeping questions from Dr. Michael Breus, who has been bringing science-backed sleep expertise to the public for nearly three decades. He’s...

Breast cancer rates are rising among young women, raising urgent questions about prevention, screening, fertility, and treatment. Chelsea is joined by survivor Miranda McKeon, who was diagnosed with stage three hormone positive breast cancer at 19, and Dr. Monique Gary, a surgeon and researcher who specializes in early detection and breast cancer care. Together, they debunk myths about mammograms,...

Longer, warmer days often means more time outside, more time in the sun, and, for a lot of us, more questions about how to best protect our skin. But the conversation around sunscreen has gotten a lot more complicated than just remembering to reapply. There’s a growing anti-sunscreen movement online, tanning is having an alarming comeback, and skincare trends are promising everything from flawless...

While flavored vapes can help adults quit smoking, they can also draw in young users. Pulmonologist, critical care doctor, and internal medicine physician Dr. Cedric “Jamie” Rutland joins Chelsea to weigh in on the FDA’s controversial decision to authorize certain fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults. They clear up confusion about the risks of vaping versus smoking, discuss what we know (and don...

Headlines about a hantavirus cluster aboard the MV Hondius have sparked confusion and fear — but how worried should we actually be? Here to set the record straight is infectious disease epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera, who clearly lays out the facts (how does it spread?), the risks (should I cancel my cruise?), and answers why her concerns lie elsewhere. Plus, the norovirus, measles, ivermect...

Labor and delivery nurse Jen Hamilton is here to chat about what she sees on the front lines of childbirth, things to look out for during pregnancy, and what it means to make informed and empowered decisions. She and Chelsea discuss the facts and myths surrounding wild births, preeclampsia, Vitamin K, inductions, epidurals, c-sections, and gestational diabetes. Plus, she shares hilarious stories a...

Exercise misinformation runs rampant online. Every fitness influencer has a different opinion on what workouts to do, when to eat, and how hard to push – often while trying to sell you something. It’s a lot to navigate, and can exacerbate unrealistic, unhealthy beauty standards. Hot off the Boston Marathon, Chelsea gets the facts on exercise from physiologist and sports nutritionist Dr. Stacy Sims...

From gas stoves polluting our air to microplastics sneaking into our food, we are surrounded by reminders that the way we treat our planet impacts our health. And in order to keep our families safe, we need to prioritize keeping our earth safe. Few people know that better than Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. She started her career as a marine biologist – but has expanded her reach well beyond the oce...

There’s so much information online about fertility — and a lot of it is confusing, contradictory, or simply wrong. As anxiety around reproductive health grows, how can we help patients feel informed, empowered, and better equipped to make the choices that are right for them? This week, Chelsea is joined by OB-GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr. Natalie Crawford. They discuss delayed childbear...

We have something really special dropping in your feed today — a never-before-published episode from one of Chelsea’s favorite health podcasts, The Checkup with Doctor Mike. In this episode, Dr. Mike Varshavski sits down with emergency medicine physician Dr. Jeremy Faust, who is also a public health researcher and the author of the Substack column, Inside Medicine. Together, they talk about the cu...

Immunologist and microbiologist Dr. Andrea Love is on today’s show to debunk all the pseudoscience surrounding bacteria, viruses, chemicals, pathogens, and more. She and Chelsea giggle through SNL’s MAHAspital sketch, discuss the fallacies behind the word “organic,” and run down the long list of reasons why Casey Means should not become our next Surgeon General. Plus, fact or fiction questions on...

This week, we decided to revisit one of our most popular episodes with Dr. Jessica Knurick. This conversation first aired back in October of last year, and yet somehow we’re still talking about seed oils and raw milk! As a registered dietician with a PhD in nutrition science, Dr. Knurick first noticed heightened amounts of fear-mongering around health and nutrition on her social media feeds when s...

Chelsea sits down with Dr. Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science, bestselling author, and one of the most influential voices in autism advocacy. Diagnosed with autism in the 1950s, Dr. Grandin turned what many saw as a limitation into a remarkable strength and transformed how the world understands both animal behavior and human neurodiversity. In this conversation, she and Chelsea explore...

Most people can't go 90 minutes without checking our phones. What does that mean for our kids? Chelsea talks with social psychologist, NYU professor and bestselling author Jonathan Haidt, whose groundbreaking books, The Coddling of the American Mind, The Anxious Generation, and the new graphic novel, The Amazing Generation, have sparked a national conversation about childhood, screens, social medi...

Note: This episode mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out to a trusted person or contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988 for confidential support 💛📞. Tech journalist Kara Swisher has spent decades helping us understand the people and companies shaping our ever increasing digital world. And right now, as ar...

The MAHA ad that ran during the Superbowl starring boxer Mike Tyson labeling people with obesity as “fat” and “fudgy” angered a lot of people, including obesity medicine physician Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford. She joins Chelsea to set the record straight about what the disease of obesity really is (and yes, it is a disease), why it’s rising, and why diet and exercise alone don’t always work for everyo...

The Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, All the Empty Rooms, follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp as they visit families who have preserved the bedrooms of their children killed in school shootings. From unmade beds to uncapped toothpaste, these rooms have been left exactly as they were. This is a very hard conversation to have but such an important one because w...

Maintaining a healthy blood pressure is the best way to boost your likelihood of living a long and healthy life. That’s according to Dr. Tom Frieden, a physician with deep public health and epidemiology training who led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ran New York City's Health Department, and now heads up Resolve to Save Lives, an organization that focuses on epidemic preparedness...

Family medicine physician and YouTube health communicator Dr. Mike Varshavski is one of the most recognizable doctors on the internet. He joins Chelsea to break down some of the most misleading wellness trends circulating online right now, from peptides and NAD drips to melatonin and electrolytes. Plus, he shares his opinion on the rise in measles cases, ICE activity disrupting healthcare, the rea...

Should personal choice come before public health when it comes to vaccinating our children? Does the new food pyramid mean we’re failing as parents if our kids aren’t eating beef tallow and salmon? It's a confusing time for parents and an alarming time for pediatricians. That’s why Chelsea is getting answers from Dr. Mona Amin, who’s been practicing pediatrics for more than 10 years and is the fac...

To kick off Season 2 of the podcast, and as President Trump begins the second year of his second (and final) term, we're stepping back to take stock of the current moment. Chelsea and historian Heather Cox Richardson, who helps millions of people contextualize the news every day through her widely read newsletter, dig into the erosion of democratic norms in the United States, the politicization of...