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Author and award-winning investigative journalist Gerald Posner talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about the origins of the opioid crisis and the role of the Sackler family and others in the pharmaceutical industry. He also talks about his role as an advisor to the Hulu series Dopesick and the upcoming Showtime documentary based on his book, Pharma.
Jan. 19, 2023: The Opioid Crisis in America: A Virtual Conversation with Gerald Posner
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SWINY co-chair David Levine moderates a top-tier panel of authors, editors and agents to discuss the ins and outs of the publishing world and how you can get published: Jason Bardi, Journalist and NEO.LIFE Editorial Director Julia Calderone, A Well Editor at The New York Times Alan Henry, Special Projects Editor, WIRED Magazine, and the Author of Seen, Heard, and Paid Luba Ostashevsky, Agent for Ayesha Pande Literary Pronoy Sarkar, Senior Editor at Little, Brown and Company Susan Shapiro, Award-winning writer, professor, and best-selling author/coauthor of 18 books her family hates, including The Book Bible and The Byline Bible
January 3, 2023: Secrets Of Publishing: A Zoom Talk With Editors, Agents & Authors
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Dr. Sudhir Gadh, a New York City-based psychiatrist and commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, believes that the medical establishment has overlooked lithium, an FDA-approved treatment for mania. He believes that low-level lithium is a better treatment for depression than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Dr. Gadh will talk to SWINY co-chair David Levine about his use of “low dose lithium” to treat depression and his recommendation that people without psychiatric illnesses take it to improve anxiety, reduce self-destructive behavior for people with a history of abuse, prevent and reduce suicidal thinking and behavior, improve sleep, and reduce the risk of occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease. He will also discuss its use as a treatment for COVID-19.
Dec. 6, 2022: Lithium: An Overlooked Treatment for Depression & COVID?
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Science journalist Ryan Prior talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about his new book, The Long Haul: Solving the Puzzle of the Pandemic’s Long Haulers and How They Are Changing Healthcare Forever. In The Long Haul, Ryan weaves in his own life, the stories of activist patients, and the latest science into a captivating tale of regular people crying out for care that works.
Nov. 30, 2022: A Virtual Conversation with Ryan Prior, Author of The Long Haul
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Apoorva Mandavilli, a reporter for The New York Times focusing on science and global health, talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about her experiences reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Nov. 22, 2022: Tripledemic: A Virtual Conversation with NYT Reporter Apoorva Mandavilli
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Michael Stein, MD, physician and public health advocate, talks with SWINY co-chair David Levine about his new book, Me vs. Us: A Health Divided (Oxford University Press, September 2022). In Me vs. Us, Dr. Stein offers eight reasons why our interest in the technologies and delivery of health care supersedes our interest in public health and its focus on the core social, economic, and environmental forces that shape health.
Nov. 17, 2022: A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Michael Stein, Author of Me vs. Us
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Microbiologist and science journalist Bryn Nelson talks with SWINY co-chair David Levineabout his new book Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure (Grand Central Publishing), a surprising, witty and sparkling exploration of the teeming microbiome of possibility in human feces.
Oct. 27, 2022: A Virtual Conversation withBryn Nelson, author of Flush
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