How Risk Affects The Way People Think About Their Health

NPR | By Shankar Vedantam

Published September 15, 2016 at 11:01 PM HST

Shankar Vedantam

Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.

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