That Can't Be True with Chelsea Clinton

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries, and 80% of those deaths are preventable. So why are things getting worse? Chelsea Clinton sits down with model Christy Turlington Burns (CEO of Every Mother Counts, director of Perilous Passage: Birth in America) and comedian Angelina Spicer (founder of Spicey Moms) to talk about abortion bans, labor and delivery closures, Medicaid hurdles, and postpartum depression. Plus, both Christy and Angelina share the stories of individual women they’ve met throughout the country while doing advocacy work.

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What if you could get pregnant in your 40s using eggs from your 20s or 30s? You can, and more and more people are doing it. Chelsea Clinton talks with OB-GYN and fertility specialist Dr. Lucky Sekhon about how egg freezing works, what a cycle costs, and why the average patient is getting younger. They also discuss IVF, insurance coverage, grifters selling "egg rejuvenation,” and how celebrity stories, like Hilary Swank's pregnancy at 52, can leave out the full picture. Plus, a round of Fact or Fiction: Does IVF cause early menopause? Does sperm age? Can you stay on birth co...

Peabody Award-winning physician Dr. Joel Bervell joins Chelsea Clinton to fact-check viral claims and headlines, from plague panic to raw goat’s milk to unregulated peptides, and explains why misinformation is harder to fight than ever. He also discusses how medicine was built around the white, able-bodied male, and how that bias shows up in everything from BMI to prenatal screenings to after-visit summaries. Plus, how his favorite animated show changed his life and how he’s paying it forward.

You can follow Dr. Joel Bervell @joelbervell on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube. His new MS N...

More than 1 in 5 people diagnosed with HIV in 2024 already had AIDS, even though we have powerful tools to prevent and treat it. In honor of National PrEP Day (October 10), Chelsea talks with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis (former CDC and NYC Health Department) and Tristan Schukraft, founder and CEO of Mistr, about HIV prevention, PrEP access, and why stigma still keeps people from getting tested. They cover the PrEP gap for women, the shift from a daily pill to a twice-yearly injection, why an STI diagnosis should prompt a conversation about PrEP, how "undetectable equals untransmittable" could help end new infections...

Meditation gets recommended for everything, from anxiety and chronic pain to insomnia and addiction. But what if it's not always the harmless cure-all it's made out to be? Chelsea talks with journalist Olga Khazan, author of The Atlantic's "The Dark Side of Mindfulness" and the book Me, But Better, about the surprising risks of meditation, including a researcher's finding that it can worsen sleep and trigger psychosis in intense retreat settings. They also dig into Olga's year-long experiment reshaping her own personality — from improv classes to saying yes to everything — plus the science behind small talk and which personality test...

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak has claimed its fourth death — all unvaccinated — even as the CDC's public dashboard shows zero. Chelsea Clinton talks with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera about the politics behind that disconnect, including RFK Jr.'s reported push to alter the CDC's count, and how "died of" versus "died with" a disease is being twisted. They also unpack the EPA's removal of cancer risk estimates from air pollution data and newly released 9/11 air quality documents.

You can follow Jessica @jessicamalatyrivera on Instagram. And check out her Substack at makingsciencemakesense.substack.com.

This episode originally aired on October 30th, 2025.

Dr. Trisha Pasricha is a neurogastroenterologist at Harvard Medical School and author of the soon-to-be published book “You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy.” She’s here to talk about the three risk factors driving the rise in colorectal cancer in young adults, how we can set our kids up with healthy microbiomes and misconceptions around probiotics and bloating. As the Washington Post’s ‘Ask a Doctor’ columnist, no question is too gross for Dr. Pasricha. Plus, her advice could save your life...

New research from Columbia University is challenging long-held assumptions about alcohol, including what “moderate” really means and whether there’s a safe number of drinks for men and women. What does the evidence actually tell us about alcohol? Why are drinking patterns changing? And as more people reach for THC instead of alcohol, what do we know about the tradeoffs? To help us separate fact from fiction, Chelsea speaks with the study’s author, Dr. Katherine Keyes, a professor at Columbia University whose research focuses on psychiatric and substance-use epidemiology. 

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As kids head back to school, vaccines are top of mind for many parents and caregivers. That’s especially true as measles outbreaks continue in communities across the country and heartbreaking reports are coming out about measles-associated deaths. Chelsea speaks with infectious-disease physician, epidemiologist, and medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder about the changes to federal childhood-vaccine recommendations, a new Atlantic article about the family at the center of Pennsylvania’s measles controversy, and why she thinks of measles as a mini HIV. Plus, Dr. Gounder debunks the latest vaccine misinformation and offers practical advice on MMR, flu, and COVID...

In his Substack, Climate-Colored Goggles, former LA Times reporter Sammy Roth writes about how climate intersects with pop culture, sports, and media – from Disney to the Dodgers. He pays close attention to solutions-oriented stories, like a recent study that found swapping out gas stoves for induction improved people's asthma. Chelsea learns how gas stoves impact air quality, why they remain so popular, and what a switch to electric – or induction – might look like for our health. Plus, they chat about where climate issues are popping up in the shows we watch, the sports we follow, and what we’re seeing o...

Chatbot stuffies are talking to children, humanoid robots are getting deployed in schools, and AI-generated children’s videos are proliferating on Youtube. Is that okay? Chelsea speaks candidly (and humanly) with pediatric surgeon and professor Dr. Dana Suskind, a leading voice on early childhood development and the science of language. She’s helped fundamentally reshape how we understand the role of conversation, connection, and environment in shaping a child’s future and in her new book, Human Raised, she turned her attention to one of the most urgent and complicated questions facing families today: How is artificial intelligence changing childh...

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Did you know that menopause technically only lasts one day? Tell that to your sleep! If your sleep hygiene has gotten out of whack during your menopausal years, this episode is for you. Together, Dr. Michael J. Breus and double-board certified orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Vonda Wright explain why you’re experiencing irregular, unpredictable sleep and what to do about it. They dig into brain chemistry, hormone replacement therapy, hot flashes, restless leg syndrome, and their exact supplement regimen. Plus, a...

Hormones affect nearly every part of our health, but how much of what we hear about them is actually true? Chelsea sits down with endocrinologist Dr. Arti Thangudu to separate the science from the hype around everything from hormone imbalances and adrenal fatigue to testosterone therapy, menopause, endocrine disruptors, hormone testing, and cycle syncing. They unpack what our hormones really do, how they change throughout our lives, which conditions require treatment, and how to spot misinformation when it comes to our health. 

You can follow Arti Thangudu @drartithangudu on Instagram and YouTube.

Today, we’re tackling some of the buzziest health questions so many of us, Chelsea included, have wondered about. What’s up with the new blood test claiming to predict Alzheimer’s? Why are people ordering peptides from overseas, and is that safe? And should I be taking creatine? We’re getting those answers and more from Dr. Morgan McSweeney (aka Dr. Noc), whose Substack has become a go-to resource for people who are tired of bombastic health headlines, wellness hype, and miracle cures. Plus, he tells us why and how to VO2 max.

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Can AI really help you make sense of your health – or is it creating new risks? Physician and public health leader Dr. Ashwin Vasan joins Chelsea to explore how AI is reshaping healthcare – from patient-facing chatbots and diagnostic tools to insurance approvals and clinical decision-making. Together, they discuss why so many people are relying on AI for health information, where these tools can genuinely improve care, and why human judgment remains essential. They also unpack the hidden ways AI is already influencing healthcare behind the scenes, the risks of bias and inequity, and what it will take to ensure this...

Summer vacation can feel like a dream to kids, but the lack of structure and schooltime childcare can start to feel like a nightmare for parents. Not to mention thinking about sunscreen application, tick checks, and whether our kids are losing ground academically while school's out. Economist and bestselling author Emily Oster returns to help Chelsea separate fact from fiction when it comes to what parents should focus on in the summer. TLDR: Worry about swim safety, not the “summer slide.”

You can follow Emily Oster on Instagram and subscribe to her blog, ParentData.

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Today we’re getting practical advice about the Cyclospora outbreak from epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina. She tells Chelsea what to avoid at the grocery store, how to clean and cook your food, and how she suspects this whole thing started. Plus, how long this nasty illness lasts, when to seek medical help, and why the CDC wasn’t tracking this parasite.

You can follow Dr. Katelyn Jetelina @your_local_epidemiologist on Instagram and subscribe to her Substack, Your Local Epidemiologist, here: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/.

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Every episode of our show ends with a segment called “Fact or Fiction,” where Chelsea throws out health claims to her guests and they tell us if they’re fact, fiction, or need a little nuance. It's one of our favorite parts of the show. And since health misinformation continues to run rampant, we thought it’d be a good idea to resurface some of our most popular and important fact or fiction segments from the last year of the show. Guests include gastroenterologist Dr. Trisha Pasricha, family physician Dr. Mike Varshavski, parenting economist Emily Oster, obesity-medicine specialist Dr. Fatima C...

Our friends at Lemonada Media have a parenting podcast we think you’ll enjoy: Talkaboutable. Hosted by child and adolescent psychiatrist (and mom of 4) Dr. Susan Swick, she believes if you can talk about issues with your kids, you can tackle them. Each episode, Dr. Swick hears from a parent about what’s keeping them up at night and together, they unlock how to manage it. Then, she dives deep into that issue with an expert, from picky eating to grief.

In this episode, Dr. Swick explores thoughtful, practical strategies for kids with ADHD with Dr. Carrie Jack...

Today we are covering a lot in the world of public health — from the Ebola outbreak, to a flesh-eating parasite making an unwelcome comeback in livestock, to ticks causing Alpha-Gal syndrome. Chelsea gets the lowdown from infectious disease epidemiologist Laurel Bristow, who’s based at Emory University in Atlanta and one of the most trusted and entertaining public health communicators online. They take a look at  the U.S.’s Ebola strategy, dissect the screwworm headlines, and give actionable advice about limiting tick bites while still enjoying the outdoors this summer.

You can follow Laurel Bristow @laurel__bristow...

Puberty – everyone goes through it, but few want to talk about it. Except Dr. Cara Natterson. She’s a pediatrician, speaker, educator, and leading voice in tween and teen health. And she’s built a career creating informative, empowering, and engaging ways to discuss hygiene, periods, body image, and yes, eventually, at the appropriate age – sex. Is puberty starting earlier? Is it lasting longer? How do you discuss gambling, and changing bodies with your kid, and how do you prevent that information from trickling down to younger siblings? Chelsea gets all the answers.

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We’ve all heard time and time again how important sleep is to our health. But no one really tells us how to become better sleepers, what to do if and when our sleep changes, and which supplements and hacks are worth trying. Chelsea gets all the answers to our sleeping questions from Dr. Michael Breus, who has been bringing science-backed sleep expertise to the public for nearly three decades. He’s a double board-certified Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Sleep Specialist with a podcast called “Better in Bed” releasing this fall. They discuss mouth taping, lettuce water, melatonin, sleep chronoty...

Breast cancer rates are rising among young women, raising urgent questions about prevention, screening, fertility, and treatment. Chelsea is joined by survivor Miranda McKeon, who was diagnosed with stage three hormone positive breast cancer at 19, and Dr. Monique Gary, a surgeon and researcher who specializes in early detection and breast cancer care. Together, they debunk myths about mammograms, discuss egg freezing and other important sexual wellness conversations that patients should have with their doctors, and explore innovative techniques like sensation-preserving mastectomies.

You can follow Miranda @miranda.mckeon and Dr. Monique Gary @drmoniquegary on Instagram.<...

Longer, warmer days often means more time outside, more time in the sun, and, for a lot of us, more questions about how to best protect our skin. But the conversation around sunscreen has gotten a lot more complicated than just remembering to reapply. There’s a growing anti-sunscreen movement online, tanning is having an alarming comeback, and skincare trends are promising everything from flawless skin to anti-aging miracles. Plus, some people are trying to treat their own skin cancer! Chelsea is joined by dermatologist and skin cancer surgeon Dr. Neera Nathan to help separate what’s backed by scie...

While flavored vapes can help adults quit smoking, they can also draw in young users. Pulmonologist, critical care doctor, and internal medicine physician Dr. Cedric “Jamie” Rutland joins Chelsea to weigh in on the FDA’s controversial decision to authorize certain fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults. They clear up confusion about the risks of vaping versus smoking, discuss what we know (and don’t know) about the chemicals inside flavorings, and forecast how approvals like these could impact teens and young adults. Plus, why Jamie drew a crowd at Coachella.

You can follow Jamie @drjrutland on Instagram and check ou...

Headlines about a hantavirus cluster aboard the MV Hondius have sparked confusion and fear — but how worried should we actually be? Here to set the record straight is infectious disease epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera, who clearly lays out the facts (how does it spread?), the risks (should I cancel my cruise?), and answers why her concerns lie elsewhere. Plus, the norovirus, measles, ivermectin, and why we should maybe stop saying “trust the science.”

You can follow Jessica @jessicamalatyrivera on Instagram and TikTok.

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Labor and delivery nurse Jen Hamilton is here to chat about what she sees on the front lines of childbirth, things to look out for during pregnancy, and what it means to make informed and empowered decisions. She and Chelsea discuss the facts and myths surrounding wild births, preeclampsia, Vitamin K, inductions, epidurals, c-sections, and gestational diabetes. Plus, she shares hilarious stories about nipple stimulation, placenta smoothies, and sniffing amniotic fluid.

You can follow Jen Hamilton @_jen_hamilton_ and check out her new book, Birth Vibes. And if you’re in the New Jersey area and want to...

Exercise misinformation runs rampant online. Every fitness influencer has a different opinion on what workouts to do, when to eat, and how hard to push – often while trying to sell you something. It’s a lot to navigate, and can exacerbate unrealistic, unhealthy beauty standards. Hot off the Boston Marathon, Chelsea gets the facts on exercise from physiologist and sports nutritionist Dr. Stacy Sims, who has directed research programs around the world focused on female athlete health and performance. They talk about weight lifting, cardio, and the differences between men and women when it comes to training, nutrition, and heal...

From gas stoves polluting our air to microplastics sneaking into our food, we are surrounded by reminders that the way we treat our planet impacts our health. And in order to keep our families safe, we need to prioritize keeping our earth safe. Few people know that better than Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. She started her career as a marine biologist – but has expanded her reach well beyond the oceans to become known as the go-to expert when discussing not just climate science, but climate solutions. And she’s doing it all with a large dose of joy and opti...

There’s so much information online about fertility — and a lot of it is confusing, contradictory, or simply wrong. As anxiety around reproductive health grows, how can we help patients feel informed, empowered, and better equipped to make the choices that are right for them? This week, Chelsea is joined by OB-GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist Dr. Natalie Crawford. They discuss delayed childbearing, sperm counts, ovarian reserves, microplastics, IVF, and what to do right now to increase your chances of conceiving when you’re ready.

You can follow Dr. Crawford  @nataliecrawfordmd and check out her new book, The Fertili...

We have something really special dropping in your feed today — a never-before-published episode from one of Chelsea’s favorite health podcasts, The Checkup with Doctor Mike. In this episode, Dr. Mike Varshavski sits down with emergency medicine physician Dr. Jeremy Faust, who is also a public health researcher and the author of the Substack column, Inside Medicine. Together, they talk about the current state of healthcare and scientific research under President Trump, their thoughts on FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, and their biggest fears surrounding future outbreaks.

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We have something really special dropping in your feed today — a never-before-published episode from one of Chelsea’s favorite health podcasts, The Checkup with Doctor Mike. In this episode, Dr. Mike Varshavski sits down with emergency medicine physician Dr. Jeremy Faust, who is also a public health researcher and the author of the Substack column, Inside Medicine. Together, they talk about the current state of healthcare and scientific research under President Trump, their thoughts on FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, and their biggest fears surrounding future outbreaks.

You can subscribe to The Checkup with Doctor Mike on Youtube, Appl...

Immunologist and microbiologist Dr. Andrea Love is on today’s show to debunk all the pseudoscience surrounding bacteria, viruses, chemicals, pathogens, and more. She and Chelsea giggle through SNL’s MAHAspital sketch, discuss the fallacies behind the word “organic,” and run down the long list of reasons why Casey Means should not become our next Surgeon General. Plus, fact or fiction questions on lyme disease, parabens, microwaves, and aluminum.

Check out Andrea’s substack, Immunologic, and find her on Instagram @dr.andrealove.

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This week, we decided to revisit one of our most popular episodes with Dr. Jessica Knurick. This conversation first aired back in October of last year, and yet somehow we’re still talking about seed oils and raw milk! As a registered dietician with a PhD in nutrition science, Dr. Knurick first noticed heightened amounts of fear-mongering around health and nutrition on her social media feeds when she was postpartum with her second kid in 2022 – and it’s only continued to get worse. Since then, she’s used her expertise to continuously fact-check what the “Make America Healthy Again” movement get...

Chelsea sits down with Dr. Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science, bestselling author, and one of the most influential voices in autism advocacy. Diagnosed with autism in the 1950s, Dr. Grandin turned what many saw as a limitation into a remarkable strength and transformed how the world understands both animal behavior and human neurodiversity. In this conversation, she and Chelsea explore whether or not we should be treating autism with Leucovorin, how visual thinking shaped her groundbreaking work with livestock, how we can eat meat ethically and what she believes people still get wrong about autism today.

Most people can't go 90 minutes without checking our phones. What does that mean for our kids? Chelsea talks with social psychologist, NYU professor and bestselling author Jonathan Haidt, whose groundbreaking books, The Coddling of the American Mind, The Anxious Generation, and the new graphic novel, The Amazing Generation, have sparked a national conversation about childhood, screens, social media, and mental health. They dig into what our digital habits are really doing to younger generations, the dangers of social media, and why short-form video is uniquely damaging to developing brains. It's a conversation we all need to hear and one...

Note: This episode mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out to a trusted person or contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988 for confidential support 💛📞.

Tech journalist Kara Swisher has spent decades helping us understand the people and companies shaping our ever increasing digital world. And right now, as artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes how we live, how we learn, how we care for ourselves and our families, her voice is especially essential. Chelsea and Kara talk about AI misinformation, the sycophantic nature of chatbots, and why sh...

The MAHA ad that ran during the Superbowl starring boxer Mike Tyson labeling people with obesity as “fat” and “fudgy” angered a lot of people, including obesity medicine physician Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford. She joins Chelsea to set the record straight about what the disease of obesity really is (and yes, it is a disease), why it’s rising, and why diet and exercise alone don’t always work for everyone. Plus, they get into microdosing GLP-1s, “Ozempic babies,” and whether apple cider vinegar helps you lose weight.

You can follow Dr. Stanford @askfatima on Instagram and check out her...

Obesity medicine physician Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford talks about why GLP-1s can cause muscle loss and how to get it back.

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The Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, All the Empty Rooms, follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp as they visit families who have preserved the bedrooms of their children killed in school shootings. From unmade beds to uncapped toothpaste, these rooms have been left exactly as they were. This is a very hard conversation to have but such an important one because we must bear witness to the permanent and painful reality far too many communities and families face across the country.

You can follow Steve Hartman @stevehartmancbs on Instagram, watch “All the Empty Rooms” on Netf...