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On the final episode of Risky Behavior Season 2, Sweta and Taylor speak to the “digital doctor” Dr. Sohaib Imtiaz. The trio discusses the nexus of health, behavior, and technology, the relationship between physical and mental health, and the many tech innovations in health that will overhaul our relationship to our bodies. They even get an answer to the perennial question: “Why do doctors smoke?!”

Lifestyle medicine is a holistic approach to mind and body health but is still a relatively new board certification in the field of medicine. Sweta and Taylor get deep insights from Sohaib into where the field is going and how “wearables” and the digitization of health more broadly are going to transform individual and public health. This is a podcast for anyone who cares about their health and the future of medicine.


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We are postponing the release of our final episode for Season 2 to next Thursday because today is Earth Day! I wanted to take today to share few words about what the 51st Anniversary of Earth Day means for us today and where we still need to go.  


While we are living at a temperature point we’ve never existed at before as a human species, we also have unprecedented foresight to anticipate our challenges and confront them head on. Please tune into this episode, and also join wedonthavetime.org and earthday.org for incredible programming all day today and on demand going forward. Download the We Don’t Have Time app and take climate action today!


Please also check me out tonight on Discovery+, OWN and the Discovery Channel at 10 PM EST alongside Kamala Harris!


https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/vice-president-kamala-harris-joins-discovery-and-nowthis-earth-day-climate-special-action-planet-meeting-the-climate-challenge/



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Sweta and Taylor talk to Alessandra Sollberger, an impact investor, entrepreneur and general force of nature! She is the founder and CEO of Top Tier Impact, a global, private network of high impact and sustainability leaders and investors. Alessa describes how global impact and sustainability can grow faster and better, and recognizes the urgency for action while looking forward to ushering in a thriving future. She is a globally recognized generational voice leading at the nexus of impact and technology, and an advocate for an incentivized and accountable private sector on climate change.

Alessa explains how it is finally more profitable for the private sector to part of the solution than to be part of the problem, which is a recent change compared to the early 2000s when green funds first gained popularity. This current decade is a critical time, and individuals and the public sector must also recognize their roles in influencing and moving corporates. The trio discuss the future of the private sector in responding to and signaling societal advances from climate change, to better food choices, to racial injustice intolerance.

Listeners will learn how individual behaviors and demands can influence governance and ultimately overhaul seemingly slow to reform heavy industries like cement and steel.

Consumers can dictate what companies do, and we must. This is an episode filled with facts, hope and action!


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Sweta and Taylor interview the Head of Anatomy at Kings College London and BrainFacts.org Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Richard Wingate. As a developmental neurobiologist, Richard’s research looks at locating and identifying neurons in the brain and their relationship to development and evolution. This sounds technical, and it is! but Richard is passionate about cross-collaborating with artists and those in media to make science more accessible, and visually appealing.

The trio gets into a range of topics ranging from how biological processes begin in the womb, their implications for how we develop and evolve (including how DNA can change and be passed on from mother to child), and ultimately how to communicate relevant, useful information to the public! We even explore the findings of Einstein's brain (spoiler alert: it's not so different from any of us regular folk).

Richard has served on Wellcome Trusts Awards panels and acted as the scientific advisor for the Wellcome Collection’s “Brains: Mind as Material” exhibition in London and Manchester, and co-authored the accompanying book. We get into all of this and more! We hope you feel like a bonafide neurobiologist by the end of this episode!


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TRIGGER WARNING: The contents and discussion in this episode are for informational purposes only and are not intended as a substitute for professional, medical or psychological advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have specific inquiries about your mental health you should call your physician or appropriate healthcare provider promptly. If you think you have a medical emergency or are experiencing suicidal ideations then call ---your doctor or 911 immediately.

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Sweta and Taylor talk to Dr. Swati Divakarla, a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist about mental health broadly and especially during COVID19. They cover a range of topics from the mental health of frontline healthcare workers (suicides increasing) to why mental health coverage in the US falls short despite its obvious benefit to overall human health. They get into the role of social media for mental health (both good and bad), the stigma around seeking out services, and even the benefits of shock therapy (hint: NOT for “fixing” homosexuality).

It’s been a rough year globally since the pandemic broke out, and Dr. Swati explains steps everyone can take to look after their mental health in this time of COVID and beyond. This is an incredibly informative episode that is relevant to anyone who has experienced either the direct and/or indirect impacts of COVID.

National US suicide hotline: 800-273-8255

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IG: @doctor.divakarla

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swati-divakarla-md

Tw: DoctorDivakarla


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Sweta and Taylor interview Columbia University Neuroscientist Dr. Bianca Marlin Jones who breaks down the “love drug” oxytocin and its role in relationships, care, and behavior. Bianca explains the science behind how love transcends biological bonds, evident in the ease in which adoptive and foster parents love their non-biological children. Even dogs have developed evolutionary adaptive traits to make sure we continue to release oxytocin and feed and house them, and we are fine with it! The trio gets into trans-generational epigenetic inheritance of stress and trauma, and how experiences can be passed down to second and even third generations. Sperm and eggs REMEMBER, and Bianca’s cutting-edge research in this field will frankly blow your mind. Bianca calms Sweta down about potentially having children in the future. It turns out our brain’s “love drug” has played a consistent role in procreation and child-rearing since the dawn of our species, and the benefits do indeed outweigh the risks. Bianca's contributions in STEM are living black history and we're so excited to delve into the deets of her research. 

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-- Special shoutout to Bianca for making this possible! To keep up with Dr. Marlin and her work, check out the relevant links below: 

TWITTER: @bjmarlin

INSTA: @biancajonesmarlin

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Credits: 

Executive Producers/Hosts: Sweta Chakraborty and Taylor Wallace 

Production/Editing: Brandon Jack Lee Music

Special thanks to Anchor.fm for smart sounds


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