5 Best Lauren Weber Podcasts in 2026

1. The CDC Under Fire

Follow Play Aug 22, 2025 24:36
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About Episode Two weeks ago, a gunman fired over 500 bullets at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta. Between the anti-public health rhetoric coming from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the top, personnel cuts and firings, and now a literal shooting, many employees are reaching their breaking point.     Guest: Lauren Weber, health science accountability reporter for the Washington Post. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesMORE Podcast Title What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Podcast Description Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in.MORE Host Lizzie Ou2019Leary
Guest Lauren Weber
Producer/Network Slate Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 1.4MTwitter 1.6MInstagram 110.3K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. RFK Jr. Stacks Key Federal Immunization Committee With Vaccine Skeptics

Follow Play Jun 16, 2025 57:43
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About Episode Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named multiple vaccine skeptics to the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices last week, after purging the original members of the panel. The move comes after HHS released a report on children’s health questioning the safety of vaccines, while also taking aim at processed food and environmental toxins. We’ll take stock of Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda and its public health implications. Guests: Katherine Wu, staff writer, The Atlantic Lauren Weber, Health and Science Accountability Reporter, The Washington Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesMORE Podcast Title KQED's Forum
Podcast Description Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians' experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpoints. Want to call/submit your comments during our live Forum program Mon-Fri, 9am-11am? We'd love to hear from you! Please dial 866.SF.FORUM or (866) 733-6786 or email forum@kqed.org, tweet, or post on Facebook.MORE Hosts Alexis Madrigal, Mina Kim
Guest Lauren Weber
Producer/Network KQED
Email ****@kqed.org
Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 256.2KTwitter 90KInstagram 223.3K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Lands in the Senate. Our 400th Episode!

Follow Play Jun 05, 2025 37:00
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About Episode The House’s gigantic tax-and-spending budget reconciliation bill has landed with a thud in the Senate, where lawmakers are divided in their criticism over whether it increases the deficit too much or cuts Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act too deeply. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that the bill, if enacted, could increase the ranks of the uninsured by nearly 11 million people over a decade won’t make it an easy sell. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Arielle Zionts, who reported and wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature, about a Medicaid patient who had an out-of-state emergency. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read (or wrote) this week that they think you should read, too:   Julie Rovner: KFF Health News’ “Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.’s Promises of Protection,” by Katheryn Houghton, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, and Arielle Zionts. Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico’s “‘They’re the Backbone’: Trump’s Targeting of Legal Immigrants Threatens Health Sector,” by Alice Miranda Ollstein. Lauren Weber: The New York Times’ “Take the Quiz: Could You Manage as a Poor American?” by Emily Badger and Margot Sanger-Katz. Jessie Hellmann: The New York Times’ “A DNA Technique Is Finding Women Who Left Their Babies for Dead,” by Isabelle Taft. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. MORE Podcast Title What the Health? From KFF Health News
Podcast Description Join Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, along with top health policy reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and other media outlets to discuss the latest news and explain what the health is going on here in Washington, D.C.MORE Host Julie Rovner
Guest Lauren Weber
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 42KTwitter 194.6KInstagram 30.1K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. AJPH 4B/2025:"EMPATHY IN ACTION: TRANSFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGING IN A..

Follow Play Apr 11, 2025 13:18
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About Episode Alfredo Morabia and Vickie Mays (UCLA), editors at the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) conducted an in-person interview of Lauren Weber, who, at The Washington Post, is an accountability reporter focusing on scientific and medical disinformation. She presented her work at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the APHA in Minneapolis.MORE Podcast Title American Journal of Public Health Podcast
Podcast Description Podcasts in English and Chinese English-language hosts: Alfredo Morabia
Hosts Alfredo Morabia, Vickie Mays
Guest Lauren Weber
Producer/Network AJPH
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Apple Rating 4.2/5 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. The Battle Over Disability Pay and Mental Health Leave with Lauren Weber of..

Follow Play Aug 14, 2024 43:59
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About Episode Text The Podgress Report Listener note: This episode was originally recorded as The Podgress Report, now The New Ambition. We haven't edited the fantastic original content, so please enjoy and share. Stay tuned for more from The New Ambition.  In this #WorkplaceReport edition of The New Ambition host Jen Phillips has an enlightening conversation with Lauren Weber, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, about the tough reality of mental health leave and disability pay denials.  Lauren shares insights from her compelling article, 'The Battle Over Disability Pay and Mental Health Leave,' shedding light on mental health-related disability claims being denied at a higher rate than physical ones.  We're talking through the importance of knowing your resources, the role of proper documentation, and how being a strong self-advocate, or supportive leader can make a big difference.  Whether you're struggling with mental health or leading a team, this episode delivers valuable thoughts and tactics for fostering a healthier workplace.  Tune in to learn how to start building support systems before reaching a breaking point and understand the power of open communication and proactive wellness measures. Episode Resources Listen and share the companion episode “Five Science-backed Steps for Burnout Recovery" Apple: https://tpr.live/e2_apple  Spotify: https://tpr.live/e2_spotify  YouTube: https://tpr.live/e2_YT  Elsewhere: https://tpr.live/e2_elsewhere  Read and share the article & connect with Lauren Weber on LinkedIn or at The Wall Street Journal Connect with Jen Phillips on LinkedIn Please note: resources may include affiliate links.  Like this episode? Subscribe to The New Ambition newsletter The Very Important Bottom Line The New Ambition does not provide medical or mental health advice. The information including but not limited to: recorded and live episodes, text, graphics, images, and any other material contained on the podcast are for your informational purposes only. Nothing on The New Ambition is intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified provider. Never disregard professional medical or mental wellness advice or delay in seeking it because of something you've heard or content you've read or reviewed on this podcast. And please, if you're under duress or considering suicide, reach out right this very minute to the Suicide and Crisis lifeline by dialing 988 in the United States. Outside of the U.S., please reach out to helplines available to you in your country note: this link isn't owned by The New Ambition and should not be considered exhaustive or wholly accurate. MORE Podcast Title The Podgress Report
Podcast Description Half the global workforce wants to leave their job. We're talking about how that  impacts the worker and the workplace.On the Podgress Report, Jen Phillips - distribution & marketing executive and a passionate people leader -  brings together data, trends, and inspiring individuals for action-oriented, inspiring, educational conversations to help the nearly half of global workers currently considering leaving their job make their healthiest “what’s next” career move.  Join Jen Phillips and her powerful success-story guests weekly to eradicate the Sunday Scaries & become the CEO of YOU.comMORE Guest Lauren Weber
Producer/Network Jen Phillips
Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact