Mental Health

Paul Lasley has repaired and donated 18 used violins in the last year for students in need. Also in this episode, ISU psychology professor Doug Gentile shares how acts of kindness towards others can help us take better care of ourselves, too.

More Iowans are surviving cancer due to advancements in treatments and screenings, but up to a third of survivors experience mental health challenges.

A new development theory out of Iowa State University reshapes how experts understand the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences on our memories and how those memories can change over time.

Reggie's Sleepout helps participants understand what it means to be without shelter on a cold fall night. Later in the show, remembering the man behind University of Northern Iowa's legendary "marathon class."

Margalea Warner, who has lived with schizophrenia for more than four decades, discusses her about her new memoir. Then, we’ll talk with Iowa native and soprano opera singer Jessica Faselt.

Author Florence Williams discusses the mental health benefits of nature and climate scientist Chris Gloninger talks about starting constructive conversations on climate change.

We asked Iowans masculinity means to them 2025.

On this encore episode, the gender gap in health care diagnosis, outcomes and research.

The author of a new memoir, Learning in the Free Fall: A Testimony of Mental Health, Poverty and Race in America, shares her experience in America's education system.

Proposed cuts could leave a program meant to investigate instances of abuse against individuals with mental illness from harm at risk.