Eat Your Way To A Healthier Life

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We'll help you cut through all the nutrition noise and figure out how to eat healthy — without having to think about it too much.

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Eat Your Way To A Healthier Life episodes:

12.26.2019
Choose The Best Diet For You
There are so many food tribes out there — everything from vegan to keto. We help you understand how to choose a diet approach that's right for you.
11.25.2019
Special Announcement From Life Kit
Life Kit is excited to bring you more episodes but we're making some changes to how we organize things. Starting in the new year, this three-part guide will disappear, but all of the episodes will still be available — they...
11.12.2019
The Truth About Carbs And Calories
Carbs get a bad rap. Here's the science behind why eating too much starch isn't good for you — and tips to eat carbs wisely. (You don't have to give them up!) Recipes inside!
05.29.2019
Free-Range Food Labels: Can My Groceries Really Help The Planet?
So many food labels proclaim their eco-virtues these days — organic. Pasture-raised. Cage-free. Non-GMO. What do they actually mean? Here are six ways to make sense of it all.
04.29.2019
A Dramatic Cure
Placebos belong in clinical trials, not in the doctor's office. That's the conventional wisdom, anyway. This week, we ask what placebos might teach us about healing.
04.29.2019
Actor Patricia Arquette
Arquette has won awards for her performances in 'Escape at Dannemora,' 'Boyhood' and 'Medium.' She currently stars in 'The Act' on Hulu, based on the real-life story of Dee Dee Blanchard, a woman who falsely convinced her daughter, Gypsy Rose,...
04.29.2019
Special Announcement From Life Kit
Based on your feedback, we've created new ways to listen to Life Kit. If you never want to miss an episode, subscribe to Life Kit: All Guides. We also divided our guides by subject — health, money and parenting -...
04.27.2019
NPR Politics Live From Philadelphia: The Road To 2020
This is a special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Friday, April 26th. The cast heads to the heart of the blue wall that secured his win in 2016. With...
04.27.2019
Best Of: 'Lear' Actor Glenda Jackson / Baseball History In 10 Pitches
The 82-year-old British actor is currently playing Shakespeare's famed tragic figure on Broadway — a role traditionally played by a man. "As we get older, those absolute barriers that define gender begin to crack," she says. Jackson took a 23-year...
04.26.2019
The Zombies & Roxy Music Head To The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
The 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees include the Zombies and Roxy Music. We listen back to archival interviews with Colin Blunstone of the Zombies, and Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno of Roxy Music. Also, John Powers reviews...
04.26.2019
Keeping Secrets
Who should get to keep secrets, and who should demand to know them? In this hour, TED speakers talk about the damage secrets can do, and the shifting roles we play when we keep, or share them. In a special...
04.25.2019
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, April 25
After months of oscillating speculation former Vice President Joe Biden has announced that he will run for president in 2020. Plus, Democrats subpoena former White house counsel Don McGahn to testify about findings in the Mueller Report. This episode: White...
04.25.2019
The Revelations And Redactions Of The Mueller Report
'Washington Post' investigative reporter Rosalind Helderman broke some of the big stories on the Trump's team's ties to Russia. She co-wrote commentary and analysis for the Post's publication of the Mueller report. Helderman notes what's new in the report,...
04.24.2019
How Psychiatry Turned To Drugs To Treat Mental Illness
The new book 'Mind Fixers' examines psychiatry's search for a biological understanding of mental illnesses, like depression and bipolar disorder. Science historian Anne Harrington talks about the revolution in medications — from Prozac to Xanax — and why pharmaceutical companies...
04.23.2019
Supreme Court Appears To Lean Toward Allowing Census Citizenship Question
The Supreme Court is weighing whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political editor Domenico Montanaro and national correspondent Hansi Lo Wang. Email the show at [email protected]....
04.23.2019
Actor Glenda Jackson Is King Lear
The 82-year-old British actor is currently playing Shakespeare's famed tragic figure on Broadway — a role traditionally played by a man. "As we get older, those absolute barriers that define gender begin to crack," she says. Jackson took a 23-year...
04.22.2019
Why No One Feels Rich
If you've ever flown in economy class on a plane, you probably had to walk through the first class cabin to get to your seat. Maybe you noticed the extra leg room. The freshly-poured champagne. Maybe you were annoyed, or...
04.22.2019
How The Navy Failed Its Sailors
ProPublica journalist T. Christian Miller says outdated equipment and a shortage of sailors contributed to two separate collisions involving Navy destroyers in 2017, in which 17 sailors were killed. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Herlin Riley's album 'Perpetual Optimism.'
04.20.2019
Best Of: Robert Caro / Christopher Meloni
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Robert Caro was never interested in only telling the stories of great men. Instead, he says, "I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked." He talks about his two most famous works...
04.19.2019
Democrats And Republicans Pivot After The Mueller Report
A day after the release of the redacted Mueller report Democrats and Republicans are treating the findings as a "choose your own adventure" as they use different parts for political messaging. This episode: Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, political reporter...
04.19.2019
The Remarkable Life Of Frederick Douglass
David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography describes Frederick Douglass' escape from slavery, his passionate leadership in the abolitionist movement and his gift as a writer and orator. Blight spoke with 'Fresh Air' in December of 2018. Aretha Franklin has been awarded a...
04.19.2019
Failure Is An Option
Original broadcast date: July 29, 2016. Failure can be devastating, but it can also make us stronger and smarter. This week, TED speakers explore how failure clears the way for success, in our everyday work, and our innermost lives. Guests...
04.19.2019
Key Findings And Analysis From The Mueller Report
The 448-page document, released after a nearly two-year-long inquiry, says Mueller's investigation did not establish that the Trump campaign "conspired or coordinated" with the Russian interference effort, which was described as "sweeping and systematic." This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow,...
04.18.2019
From Fastballs To Greaseballs, A History Of Baseball In 10 Pitches
'New York Times' baseball writer Tyler Kepner spoke to 22 hall-of-fame pitchers about what they throw, and how they get a mental edge over hitters. His new book is 'K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches.' Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews...
04.17.2019
Actor Christopher Meloni / Tiger Woods' Historic Comeback
After 12 seasons on Law & Order: SVU, Christopher Meloni plays a disgraced policeman-turned-hit man in the second season of the Syfi Channel series Happy!. Meloni talks about being a bouncer before he broke into acting, playing tough guys, and...
04.16.2019
2020 Opening Arguments: Andrew Yang, John Delaney, & Jay Inslee
The NPR Politics Podcast analyzes exclusive interviews with the 2020 Democratic candidates. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Congressman John Delaney, and Washington state governor Jay Inslee lay out their vision for the United States. This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, political...
04.16.2019
How Climate Change Threatens Humanity
Bill McKibben, who first warned of climate change 30 years ago, says its effects are now upon us. He talks about heat waves, fires, flooding, drought, and, soon, millions of climate refugees. "The idea that anybody's going to be immune...
04.15.2019
Robert Caro
The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was never interested in only telling the stories of great men. Instead, he says, "I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked." He talks about his two most famous works —...
04.15.2019
The Sorting Hat
The desire to find our tribe is universal. We like to know who we are and where we belong. This fascination has led to a thriving industry built on the marketing and sale of personality tests. These tests offer individuals...
04.13.2019
Best Of: Henry Winkler / Rob Delaney
After wrapping up his role as 'Happy Days' iconic cool guy, The Fonz, in 1985, Winkler struggled with typecasting. Eventually he was able to move on. He plays a self-involved acting teacher on HBO's 'Barry.' He talks with Terry Gross...
04.13.2019
Ray Romano / Remembering Seymour Cassel
Ray Romano spoke to Terry Gross in 2016 about life after 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' and how fame has affected him. "Here's what I say: Before I thought my cab driver hated me; now I think my limo driver hates me."...
04.12.2019
Changing The World
What does it take to change the world for the better? This hour, TED speakers explore ideas on activism—what motivates it, why it matters, and how each of us can make a difference. Guests include civil rights activist Ruby Sales,...
04.11.2019
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, April 11
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it is charging Julian Assange, setting the stage for a historic legal showdown with the controversial founder of WikiLeaks. Plus, Attorney General William Barr has launched his own informal inquiry about the origins...
04.11.2019
Henry Winkler
After wrapping up his role as 'Happy Days' iconic cool guy, The Fonz, in 1985, Winkler struggled with typecasting. Eventually he was able to move on. He plays a self-involved acting teacher on HBO's 'Barry.' He talks with Terry Gross...
04.10.2019
American Prosecution & Mass Incarceration
The U.S. prison population is booming; an estimated 2.1 million people were incarcerated in America in 2016, and as many people in the U.S. have criminal records as have graduated from four-year colleges. Journalist and Yale Law lecturer Emily Bazelon...
04.09.2019
Congress In The Trump Era
Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer, who cover Congress for 'Politico,' discuss the power dynamics of Capitol Hill during the Trump Presidency. Their new book is 'The Hill To Die On.' Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the novel 'Normal People' by...
04.09.2019
Trump Says He Wants To Go "Tougher" On Immigration; Shakes Up DHS Leadership
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her post, President Trump announced as he continues to focus on restricting border crossings amid a recent surge. This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, national political correspondent Mara Liasson and...
04.08.2019
Radically Normal
For generations, living openly as a gay person in the United States was difficult, and often dangerous. But there's been a dramatic change in public attitudes toward gay people. This week, we explore one of the most striking transformations of...
04.08.2019
How Climate Change Became A Partisan Issue
Journalist Nathaniel Rich talks about the missed opportunities in our recent history that could've halted or slowed climate change. Rich says that from 1979 until 1989, climate change was viewed as a bipartisan problem — then the the oil industry...
04.06.2019
Best Of: Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin / A Therapist Goes To Therapy
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who conducts New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, spoke with Terry Gross in front of a live audience for a WHYY event about his style of leadership and using his whole body when he conducts. John...
04.05.2019
Dancer Gwen Verdon Of 'Fosse/Verdon'
The new FX series 'Fosse/Verdon' celebrates the professional and romantic relationship between legendary choreographer Bob Fosse and dancer Gwen Verdon. He created the musicals 'Chicago,' 'Damn Yankees,' and 'Sweet Charity' for her. After David Bianculli reviews the new TV series,...
04.05.2019
How Things Spread
Original broadcast date: March 4, 2016. What makes an idea, a brand, or a behavior catch fire? This hour, TED speakers explore the mysteries behind the many things we spread: laughter and sadness, imagination, viruses and viral ideas. Guests include...
04.04.2019
Weekly Roundup: Thursday, April 4
This episode: President Trump is backing down from his threat to shut down the U.S. Southern border .Trump had issued the warning in a bid to curtail surging border crossings by asylum-seekers from Central America. And congressional Democrats attempt to...
04.04.2019
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Nézet-Séguin, who directs the New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, spoke with Terry Gross in front of a live audience for a WHYY event about his style of leadership, using his whole body when he conducts, and being...
04.03.2019
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. / Rob Delaney Of 'Catastrophe'
Henry Louis Gates Jr. points to post-Civil War Reconstruction as the genesis of white supremacy, as white Southerners looked for ways to roll back the newly acquired rights of African-Americans. His new book is 'Stony the Road.' Rob Delaney, the co-creator,...
04.03.2019
2020 Update: First Quarter Fundraising, What The Numbers Tell Us And What They Don't
The first quarter for campaign fundraising ended March 31 and although campaigns aren't required to report their totals to the Federal Election Commission until April 15, several campaigns have already released their figures. What do these early numbers signify for...
04.02.2019
The Ongoing Crisis In Venezuela
'New York Times' reporter Nicholas Casey was in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in March 2019 during a six-day power outage that left 30 million people in the dark. "By the fourth day," he says, "you started to hear shots getting fired in...
04.01.2019
Don't Panic!
Chaos is a part of all of our lives. Sometimes we try to control it. And other times, we just have to live with it. On this week's Hidden Brain, we bring you two of our favorite stories about coping...
04.01.2019
Woman Accuses Biden Of Unwanted Touching; He Didn't Intend To Be Inappropriate
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday responded to allegations that he acted inappropriately when he kissed the back of a former Nevada Democratic assemblywoman's head at a campaign event in 2014, saying his behavior has been affectionate but never...
04.01.2019
The Motivations & Impact Of SCOTUS Justice John Roberts
CNN legal affairs correspondent Joan Biskupic discusses the roots of Roberts' conservatism and his work for the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. She says he's had a conservative impact on the law, but is also deeply concerned about the...

What's Eat Your Way To A Healthier Life about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Eat Your Way To A Healthier Life episodes:

Choose The Best Diet For You

Special Announcement From Life Kit

The Truth About Carbs And Calories

Free-Range Food Labels: Can My Groceries Really Help The Planet?

A Dramatic Cure

Actor Patricia Arquette

Special Announcement From Life Kit

NPR Politics Live From Philadelphia: The Road To 2020

Best Of: 'Lear' Actor Glenda Jackson / Baseball History In 10 Pitches

The Zombies & Roxy Music Head To The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Keeping Secrets

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, April 25

The Revelations And Redactions Of The Mueller Report

How Psychiatry Turned To Drugs To Treat Mental Illness

Supreme Court Appears To Lean Toward Allowing Census Citizenship Question

Actor Glenda Jackson Is King Lear

Why No One Feels Rich

How The Navy Failed Its Sailors

Best Of: Robert Caro / Christopher Meloni

Democrats And Republicans Pivot After The Mueller Report

The Remarkable Life Of Frederick Douglass

Failure Is An Option

Key Findings And Analysis From The Mueller Report

From Fastballs To Greaseballs, A History Of Baseball In 10 Pitches

Actor Christopher Meloni / Tiger Woods' Historic Comeback

2020 Opening Arguments: Andrew Yang, John Delaney, & Jay Inslee

How Climate Change Threatens Humanity

Robert Caro

The Sorting Hat

Best Of: Henry Winkler / Rob Delaney

Ray Romano / Remembering Seymour Cassel

Changing The World

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, April 11

Henry Winkler

American Prosecution & Mass Incarceration

Congress In The Trump Era

Trump Says He Wants To Go "Tougher" On Immigration; Shakes Up DHS Leadership

Radically Normal

How Climate Change Became A Partisan Issue

Best Of: Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin / A Therapist Goes To Therapy

Dancer Gwen Verdon Of 'Fosse/Verdon'

How Things Spread

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, April 4

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. / Rob Delaney Of 'Catastrophe'

2020 Update: First Quarter Fundraising, What The Numbers Tell Us And What They Don't

The Ongoing Crisis In Venezuela

Don't Panic!

Woman Accuses Biden Of Unwanted Touching; He Didn't Intend To Be Inappropriate

The Motivations & Impact Of SCOTUS Justice John Roberts