The Right Mind Media Podcast

What happens when a simple DNA test blows up everything you thought you knew about your family and yourself?  B.K. Jackson and Lisa Coppola join us to talk about the new anthology  Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship .

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to bring you the hot topics of the month.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to discuss the hot topics of the month.

Drawing on lessons from her two-decade career in college mental health, Senior University Psychiatrist Matilde Ross, MD joins us to talk about her new book "How to Thrive at College: A Guide to the Ups and Downs of Mental Health on Campus".

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Sam D. joins us to share his recovery journey in the next installment of our series "Recovery Stories."

Social media breaks, GLP-1s for addiction, and the link between cannabis and memory? Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.

Dr. Lia Nower, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University School of Social Work joins us to break down ways to prevent, identify, and treat gambling addiction.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.

After losing her mother as a child, journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley wanted to stop time. If growing up meant living without her mom, then she wanted to stay little forever.  But what started as small acts of food restriction soon turned into a full-blown eating disorder.  Mallary joins us to talk about her new book  Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery , and her research into new...

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.

Rehab has been the answer for so many of us suffering from our nation's drug crisis.  So why do only a certain few have a real chance of recovery?  Shoshana Walter, an investigative journalist and author of the new book Rehab: An American Scandal , joins us to talk about the "pitfalls into this uniquely American system."

Gender Specialist Rebecca Minor, LICSW, joins us to talk about what parents and caregivers of trans and gender nonconforming youth need to know to help support their kids through their journey of becoming.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to bring you the hot topics of the month.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to bring you to the hot topics of the month.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to bring you the hot topics of the month.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to bring you the hot topics of the month.

Gentry Jones, musician and author of "Stoicism, the 12 steps, and Free-Range Spirituality" joins us to share his personal story of addiction and recovery, and how he discovered stoicism the common thread that flows through these frameworks.

Dr. Michael Rich, author of "The Mediatrician's Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy Smart Kind Kids in a Screen Saturated World", and Director and Founder of the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children's Hospital, joins us to talk about digital wellness for kids living in an overly digital world.

Jon and Abby dig into new studies about marijuana, sleep, and self-care.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Eric D. joins us to share his recovery journey in the 22nd installment of our series "Recovery Stories."

Mary Beth O'Connor joins us to share her journey from addiction to methamphetamine to being appointed a federal Administrative Law Judge.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to bring you the hot topics of the month.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Keriann C. joins us to share her recovery journey in the 21st installment of our series "Recovery Stories."

"Objects of Addiction", a new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums, explores the entwined histories of the opium trade and the Chinese art market between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. Curator Sarah Laursen joins us to talk about how opium and Chinese art, acquired through both legal and illicit means, had profound effects on the global economy, cultural landscape, and education—and in t...