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Only Human is a show about health that we all can relate to. Because every body has a story.
The team that brought you Only Human and The Realness are teaming up with Kai Wright and WNYC Studios to bring you more stories about health...
Only Human presents: Undiscovered, a podcast from WNYC Studios about the left turns, missteps, and lucky breaks that make science happen. In...
Prodigy is supposed to fly back home right after a show in Vegas, but he never gets on the plane. As the world of hip hop mourns, there are...
It's The Alchemist's birthday, but thanks to the NYPD's "Rap Intelligence Unit," he and Prodigy are forced to celebrate in a jail cell, and...
When Prodigy goes on trial for violating probation, his lawyer files over 90 pages of P's medical records in his defense. We find those reco...
Roxanne Shanté is the queen of Queensbridge rappers. As a teenager in the 1980s, she lyrically demolished all comers. In this B-side outtake...
Someone is shot inside Def Jam. A rap star chases Mobb Deep through Lower Manhattan. And Prodigy convinces a hip hop mogul to sneak weapons...
As a kid with sickle cell anemia, Prodigy was told he'd barely make it to adulthood. The work of doctors, athletes, Hollywood stars and The...
Prodigy and Havoc begin laying down rhymes together in high school. When their first album flops, they come up with a new sound that's direc...
One day in February, a group of staff packed up Arnaldo's belongings, moved him out of Carlton Palms and into a three-bedroom house in a sub...
The Realness is about how a sick kid became a legendary rapper, but still couldn't escape sickle cell anemia.
For decades, Carlton Palms' elusive founder, Ken Mazik, has wielded his power and influence to sway members of Congress and state legislatur...
A cup of hot water thrown on a developmentally-disabled resident. Another kicked in the ribs. A tooth knocked out by a staff member. Carlton...
A year and a half after the shooting, there are signs of trouble at Arnaldo's new home, Carlton Palms. The staff isn't keeping an eye on him...
The day of the shooting wasn't Arnaldo's first encounter with the police. In fact, they'd loomed large in his life for years before that. Ev...
Since the beginning, Arnaldo’s mother struggled to find adequate care for her autistic son. Her memories are often painful: the doctors who...
The shooting left Arnaldo severely traumatized, unable to remain in the home where Charles Kinsey had taken care of him. The next day, he wa...
Only Human listeners, we're here with a new podcast series that we think will be right up your alley. Aftereffect touches on the same themes...
In summer 2016, a police shooting upended the life of Arnaldo Rios Soto, a 26-year old, non-speaking, autistic man. Aftereffect tells Arnald...
We'll give a sneak peek at what's next for Only Human, and then share an episode of one of WNYC's latest podcasts, Caught. Mary Harris repor...
Starting with the 1925 Scopes Trial to climate change, we look at how even well-established science can remain controversial.
Another Round co-host Tracy Clayton enlisted Only Human to help her with an experiment, to find her roots.
When North Carolina passed HB2 last year — a controversial law also known as the "bathroom bill" — it seemed to many that the rights of tran...
If you’ve ever worried about catching a cold from a co-worker who came into work when he (or she) should’ve taken a sick day, then this epis...
A granddaughter sets out to find the roots of her grandmother’s obsession with Vicks Vaporub. The little blue jar ends up changing their rel...
When Mathilda Crisp was three years-old, she got sick. She stopped sleeping through the night, but during the day, she would fall asleep wit...
Jennifer Jako spent a lifetime trying to explain a single mistake she made. In this episode, we tell the story of that mistake and how it ul...
Who knew counting a crowd would be so… political? If the election felt contentious, the inauguration seemed to make the country even more di...
Only Human is working on an episode about the psychology of crowds. We're looking at what happens to us as individuals when we join a rally,...
The 2016 election has certainly felt stressful. But what is the Trump-Clinton saga actually doing to us, physically? It turns out there’s a...
We have this idea of what therapy is supposed to look like. There’s a couch. An objective therapist sitting across the room scribbling notes...
Earlier this year, North Carolina passed HB2, the so-called "bathroom bill." But the state is also home to one of the few clinics for transg...
Robert Hoge doesn’t look like most people. He was born with severe defects; growing up, he had to get used to people calling him “ugly.” Thi...
Is laughter really the best medicine? This week, Mary Harris and Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen try to find out. We go to laughter yoga in New Y...
Poet Max Ritvo is back on our show this week, for what he’s calling his “farewell tour".The 25-year-old has spent years living with terminal...
When Rose was growing up, she knew something wasn't quite right about how she heard the world. But every time she got a hearing test at the...
Marc Edwards uncovered the dangerous lead in Flint’s water last year. Like a lot of other people crusading for change, he discovered the str...
For some people, there is no “getting over” being sick. There’s just an occasional break from the pain. Three people tell Only Human what it...
As the Supreme Court nears its decision on a landmark abortion case, we revisit a favorite episode. Dr. Willie Parker, a devout Christian, r...
In part three of our mental health series we meet Rachel Star Withers, a fearless woman with schizophrenia who offers a rare snapshot of men...
Medical school culture isn’t known to be open about mental health issues. But many students like Giselle suffer from intense anxiety and dep...
What happens when you’re becoming a psychologist but you’ve never come clean to your own family about your struggles with mental health? Thi...
Scientist Paul Quinton has lived twice as long as expected for someone with cystic fibrosis. He also made a discovery that led to a breakthr...
Native Americans have struggled with poor access to health care for many years. Two doctors who grew up on reservations are trying to change...
Jay Alan Zimmerman is a musician who has been losing his hearing over the past several decades. As his hearing worsened, Jay considered othe...
Prenatal screening keeps getting more precise, more accessible, and less stressful -- at least in terms of the basic procedure. But what hap...
A young woman with diabetes hacks her insulin pump and takes DIY medicine to a new level. But could she find herself in trouble with the fed...
Doctors listen to stories from patients all the time. This week, we give them the mic to hear about the patients who left a lasting impressi...
What actually makes you feel better when you go to the doctor? This week we explore that question and the power of a placebo – the most misu...
When it comes to dissecting a cadaver, medical students don’t always know who is under their scalpel. This week, Only Human’s Fred Mogul lea...