Torie Bosch
@thekibosch.bsky.social
Opinion editor at STAT. Send your conversation-starting medicine/life sciences opinion pieces my way! https://www.statnews.com/first-opinion-submission
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The Simpsons - In the Garden of Eden - S07E04
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November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This would be even better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulDC...
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Former acting CDC director on public health changes: ‘absolutely heartbreaking’
“I used to think that I couldn’t be surprised,” says RWJF’s Richard Besser. But this HHS constantly alarms him.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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He also talked about "Why Should I Trust You?" -- an
RWJF-supported podcast that is trying to rebuild trust in public health and science. I'm a new subscriber and am really enjoying it. whyshoulditrustyou.net
RWJF-supported podcast that is trying to rebuild trust in public health and science. I'm a new subscriber and am really enjoying it. whyshoulditrustyou.net
Why Should I Trust You? — Rebuilding Trust Podcast
Why Should I Trust You? is a weekly podcast aimed at improving trust between people and public health. Learn more about our podcast and shop our merch!
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October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
He also talked about "Why Should I Trust You?" -- an
RWJF-supported podcast that is trying to rebuild trust in public health and science. I'm a new subscriber and am really enjoying it. whyshoulditrustyou.net
RWJF-supported podcast that is trying to rebuild trust in public health and science. I'm a new subscriber and am really enjoying it. whyshoulditrustyou.net
"I love being on call-in shows because there you get people who may not agree with you and you have to try and listen and understand and sometimes you can persuade and sometimes they'll persuade me," he said.
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Former acting CDC director on public health changes: ‘absolutely heartbreaking’
“I used to think that I couldn’t be surprised,” says RWJF’s Richard Besser. But this HHS constantly alarms him.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"I love being on call-in shows because there you get people who may not agree with you and you have to try and listen and understand and sometimes you can persuade and sometimes they'll persuade me," he said.
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This season of the #STATOpinionPodcast is just getting started. Please subscribe and share your thoughts!
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This season of the #STATOpinionPodcast is just getting started. Please subscribe and share your thoughts!
Patients who don't pursue treatment often are "driven not by ignorance but by fear, confusion, and a deep sense that no one in the system is really looking out for them," Sam wrote. www.statnews.com/2025/07/07/a...
How the U.S. health care system fails cancer patients like former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis
Ananda Lewis should still be alive. She had access. She had options. What she didn’t have was trust in the system that could have saved her, writes an oncologist.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Patients who don't pursue treatment often are "driven not by ignorance but by fear, confusion, and a deep sense that no one in the system is really looking out for them," Sam wrote. www.statnews.com/2025/07/07/a...
After former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis--who I so admired as a teenager--died from breast cancer this summer, oncologist Samyukta Mullangi wrote about how patients refuse treatment because of a broken system www.statnews.com/2025/07/07/a...
How the U.S. health care system fails cancer patients like former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis
Ananda Lewis should still be alive. She had access. She had options. What she didn’t have was trust in the system that could have saved her, writes an oncologist.
www.statnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
After former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis--who I so admired as a teenager--died from breast cancer this summer, oncologist Samyukta Mullangi wrote about how patients refuse treatment because of a broken system www.statnews.com/2025/07/07/a...
"It was her choice not to be treated. She had the right and the autonomy to make that choice. But it was cancer’s fault that she died," Joy wrote. www.statnews.com/2025/07/21/b...
My mother refused treatment for her breast cancer. Her doctors should have respected her choice
“You know you’re going to die, right?” When Joy Lisi Rankin’s mother decided not to treat her breast cancer, doctors were scornful — and hurtful.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"It was her choice not to be treated. She had the right and the autonomy to make that choice. But it was cancer’s fault that she died," Joy wrote. www.statnews.com/2025/07/21/b...
In a deeply moving piece, Joy Lisi Rankin wrote about her mother's decision not to treat her breast cancer, and how that choice affected her when she faced the disease herself years later. www.statnews.com/2025/07/21/b...
My mother refused treatment for her breast cancer. Her doctors should have respected her choice
“You know you’re going to die, right?” When Joy Lisi Rankin’s mother decided not to treat her breast cancer, doctors were scornful — and hurtful.
www.statnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In a deeply moving piece, Joy Lisi Rankin wrote about her mother's decision not to treat her breast cancer, and how that choice affected her when she faced the disease herself years later. www.statnews.com/2025/07/21/b...
Our conversation was inspired by Joy's and Sam's essays, published weeks apart but somehow in conversation with each other.
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our conversation was inspired by Joy's and Sam's essays, published weeks apart but somehow in conversation with each other.
This season I'll talk to two folks who pushed back against anti-vaccine legislation in a red state, someone who got dysentery for science, and more. Got ideas for who I else I should interview? Let me know!
October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This season I'll talk to two folks who pushed back against anti-vaccine legislation in a red state, someone who got dysentery for science, and more. Got ideas for who I else I should interview? Let me know!
You can find the First Opinion Podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. (I'm an Overcast partisan myself.)
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October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You can find the First Opinion Podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. (I'm an Overcast partisan myself.)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
open.spotify.com/show/3y7p5nB...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
open.spotify.com/show/3y7p5nB...
You can also read his @statnews.com essay on becoming a trusted science communicator online: www.statnews.com/2025/07/01/dr-noc-social-media-science-influencers-tiktok-data-relatability/
I’m a social media scientist with 3.5 million followers. Here’s what I’ve learned about public health communication
“A scientific message will not resonate unless viewers have clear reason to care about the issue and, more importantly, to trust the messenger,” writes popular social media scientist dr.noc.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You can also read his @statnews.com essay on becoming a trusted science communicator online: www.statnews.com/2025/07/01/dr-noc-social-media-science-influencers-tiktok-data-relatability/
Dr. Noc avoids making content for people who already agree with him or are only looking for a fight. "The problem … is you’re not changing people’s minds at that point, you’re just making them emotionally engaged.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/01/d...
Science social media star Dr. Noc on the value of edutainment
“I'm never going to speak to everyone. We need a much greater diversity of science communicators and researchers and experts making content,” Dr. Noc says on the “First Opinion Podcast.”
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October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Dr. Noc avoids making content for people who already agree with him or are only looking for a fight. "The problem … is you’re not changing people’s minds at that point, you’re just making them emotionally engaged.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/01/d...