Ep. 13: Pandemic Analysis Paralysis
Dr. Jonathan Danson is a clinical psychologist who believes the pandemic’s grand reboot of routines can trigger a paradox of choice for high achievers. Shaun talks with Dr. Danson about what to do next.
Ep. 12: Superspreaders Explained
Why do some large gatherings of people become superspreader events, while some do not? Jonathan Kay is a Canadian journalist who recently wrote a fascinating article on the science of superspreaders. His insights may be able to help all of us return to work more safely.
Ep. 11: The View From the Mayo Clinic
What’s to come? Dr. Kai Singbartl, the chair of infection control and prevention at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Medcan’s chief medical officer, Dr. Peter Nord, talk about when to except a COVID-19 vaccine.
Ep. 10: Parenting Through The Pandemic
How does one cope when work demands happen alongside family demands? And what’s more important, quantity or quality of time spent with children? Stew Friedman, author of Parents who Lead, has the answers.
Ep. 9: How Not To Gain The COVID 19
Our relationship with food has changed since social distancing began. We’re eating in more. We're worrying whether food will be available. And we’re indulging more. Here are Medcan’s two in-house food experts: Leslie Beck, nutrition columnist for The Globe and Mail, and Jason Smidt, the executive chef of Nourish by Medcan, our food delivery service.
Ep. 8 : COVID-19: How Does This Thing End?
Epidemiologists are researchers who study disease outbreaks—how they happen and how long they’ll last. One of the world’s foremost, Dr. David Fisman, explains how long we’ll have to live with social distancing, when life will return to normal—and what happens next.
Ep. 7: How To Get By Without Panicking
We’re all dealing with anxiety lately. What do we do if things start to spiral? How do we manage our thoughts when the future is so unpredictable? What if it all starts to seem a little too much? An authentic and grounded discussion with Medcan’s director of mental health, Dr. Gina Di Giulio, a clinical psychologist.
Ep. 6: Report From One Possible Future
What’s to come as this pandemic develops? How far might governments go to prevent the spread of the coronavirus? The problem is, we just don’t know. So to confront some concrete scenarios, we interviewed an on-the-ground observer in Spain, another Western democracy, but one with 22 times the number of COVID-19 cases.
Ep. 5: The Social Distancing Workout Guide
Even if social distancing has you trapped inside, exercise is important for immune function and mood. It’s also the secret to a good night’s sleep. Here, Medcan Director of Fitness Stephen Salzmann provides listeners with the basic principles that go into any workout session.
Ep. 4: Who Gets Sick From COVID-19—And Who Doesn’t?
Medcan Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peter Nord speaks to Dr. David Kelvin of Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine to learn what people can do to minimize their risk of experiencing a severe form of the novel coronavirus.
Ep. 3: COVID-19 Special Audio Explainer
The Novel coronavirus, COVID-19, will not being going away anytime soon. An interview with Medcan Chief Medical Officer, Peter Nord, explaining the evolving situation at its most important inflection point yet.