What’s really in anti-wrinkle creams? On today’s Underreported feature, we’ll ask who’s regulating cosmeseuticals, or cosmetics that claim to have therapeutic benefits. Also on the show, philosopher and journalist Bernard Henri-Levy on what it means to be an American. And a clinical psychologist explains why and how people decide to commit suicide.
Underreported: The Cosmeceutical Industry
Last year, Americans spent $6.4 billion on skin care products (like anti-aging creams) that claim to have therapeutic uses. On today’s Underreported feature, we’ll find out how these products are regulated, and whether or not cosmetics should be able to advertise medical benefits. We'll talk to Erika Kawalek, associate director ...
American, Through and Through
Philosopher and journalist Bernard Henri-Levy, in the tradition of Alexis de Tocqueville, traveled throughout the US to find out what it means to be an American today. He shares his observations and interviews in American Vertigo.
Events: Bernard Henri-Levy will be reading and signing books
Monday, January ...
Events: Bernard Henri-Levy will be reading and signing books
Monday, January ...
Understanding Suicide
In Why People Die By Suicide, clinical psychologist Thomas Joiner explains why and how some people override their hard-wired instinct for self-preservation, and kill themselves. Also, author Alec Wilkinson, who wrote an article in the New Yorker in 1999 called Notes Left Behind: The Language of Suicide.
Music: Iris ...
Music: Iris ...
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