Shows / Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MD

Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MD
A staggering amount of health and wellness news and information is bombarding us everywhere we look – and who’s got time to parse it out, to verify it, and then to actually do the work of improving our health?
We do! We are Emily Oster, best-selling author and data expert, and Perry Wilson, a medical doctor. And unlike the influencers, we actually know how to read a medical paper. This podcast separates fact from fiction, causality from correlation, so that you can stay informed…
Episodes
Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MDBonus: The Power of Data & Its Limits
I'm releasing a talk that I gave at this year’s SXSW EDU conference. It is my hope that everything I write gives you more confidence talking about data and…
Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MDHow to Talk to Kids About Sex with Miranda Featherstone
An interview with social worker and writer Miranda Featherstone on eggs, sperm, and sex ed. How can you discuss sex and where babies come from with your kids…
Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MD(Re)Creating School for Every Child with Michael Horn
We’re heading into back-to-school week in my neck of the woods, and in honor of that, we have an interview with education expert Michael Horn about his new…
Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MDUnderstanding Gun Violence with Megan Ranney
After the horrifying events in Uvalde, many people wrote to ask about guns, about their child’s safety, about what they could do. I didn’t think I had the…
Wellness, Actually with Emily Oster & Perry Wilson, MDPelvic Health with Emily Oster and the Vagina Whisperer
I interviewed Dr. Sara Reardon, The Vagina Whisperer, who talks on Instagram and online about all the pelvic floor issues that we just do not talk about…