# Alisha Wainwright

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Season 4 trailer: meet the people whose ideas are shaping the future of health

**** We want to hear from you! Our podcast is shaped by the people who listen to it. Please tell us a bit about your experience by filling out our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SX6X8X3 **** Science is always adding to our knowledge of human health, but how do ideas become…

AI and mental health: can we trust AI therapy?

AI chatbots and apps are increasingly being used for mental health support. But could these new tools carry hidden risks? In the second part of this special episode, Alisha Wainwright unpicks her own experiments with AI therapy, takes tips from Dr John Torous on staying safe when seeking help…

What happens when fungi find their way into our brains?

It might sound like something out of TV shows like The Last of Us, but brain-invading fungi are a real-world problem. Alisha Wainwright speaks to Drs. Rachael Dangarembizi and Rebecca Drummond, an immunologist and a neuroscientist collaborating across continents to tackle Cryptococcal Meningitis –…

Why was a life saving drug overlooked for half a century?

Tranexamic acid (TXA) has enormous potential to prevent deaths from postpartum haemorrhage, but until very recently it's been overlooked. Professor Haleema Shakur Still tells Alisha Wainwright how she stumbled on TXA's untapped potential, and the drug's journey from being an undervalued discovery i…

Does the food we eat improve our mental health?

We know that the food we eat affects us physically, but how might our diets help or hinder mental health? Dr Wolfgang Marx tells Alisha Wainwright about his work to find a link between mental health and diet. We also hear from Dr Iain Campbell, who found that a famous diet helped his own bipolar sy…

We're living longer, but are we living healthier?

In much of the world people are living longer, but how can we make sure those extra years are healthy? Professor Dame Linda Partridge tells Alisha Wainwright how our ever-growing knowledge of health and ageing could lead to more personalised medicine, and Professor Mika Kivimäki explains how new me…

How can we respond to extreme heat and its effect on mental health?​

We know how extreme heat impacts us physically, but science is still uncovering its effects on mental health. Professor Andrea Mechelli tells Alisha Wainwright what analysing millions of datapoints is teaching us, we hear from participants in his London-based research about their struggles with h…

Is hope on the horizon for treating drug-resistant TB?

Tuberculosis has been with us so long that traces appear in mummies. But today, the challenge is different: how do we respond to TB that's resistant to modern drugs? Professor Salome Charalambous tells Alisha Wainwright about the challenges of treating the half-million people with drug-resistant…

Is tackling super pollutants an emergency brake for climate change?

We may think of carbon dioxide as the main culprit in climate change, but could tackling "super pollutants" provide an emergency brake for global warming? Dr Tom Grylls tells Alisha Wainwright how we already have the tools to reduce these gases and particles, and Bidya Banmali Pradhan describes a…

There’s Something Wrong with the Children (2023) | Creepy Kids, Bug People & a Glowing Pit

Something is definitely wrong with the children. For our Who’s Kids Are These?! theme, Talon and Christopher take on There’s Something Wrong with the Children, the 2023 Blumhouse supernatural horror film directed by Roxanne Benjamin and starring Alisha Wainwright, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, and Ca…