Increasingly, getting good healthcare requires having to know how to navigate the system. That is where the relatively new service of patient advocacy comes in. How do these advocates help ...

In our country, the wealthiest in the world, tens of millions of people worry about not having enough food to feed their families. How generous are we to those less ...

Many Americans suffer from mental health issues but when do these issues rise to the level of chronic mental illness? Who are the chronically mentally ill and what care and ...

Dick’s guest, MaryAdele Revoy, devoted five years working with women incarcerated in a maximum security prison, navigating some of the most difficult moments of their lives. She shares her thoughts ...

Dick’s guest, Prasanta Verma, the author of Beyond Ethnic Loneliness: The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging, discusses loneliness in America. In 2023, the Surgeon General declared loneliness ...

There is a 50/50 chance you met your current partner online dating. It’s the new world of dating but some level of deception is common. Why do some people deceive? ...

There are celebrities and online influencers who have thousands, sometimes millions of followers and fans. These people often feel they know the celebrity and may believe they are connected to ...

We all face serious setbacks, scary challenges or losses. What if we could not only handle these situations with skill and resilience but also adapt and grow to improve ourselves ...

Some therapists are finding that exploring a client’s creativity and artistic expression can lead to better mental health and self awareness. This expression can be via poetry, music, painting or ...

Dick’s guest, Denise Hanson, is the Founder and Executive Director of Root 2 Rise, a non-profit organization that actually pays a stipend and gives class credit to teens on the ...

The CDC reports 40% of high school students have persistent sadness or hopelessness. About 20% have seriously considered suicide and 9% have attempted it. These bleak numbers are significantly worse ...

Nearly one out of five adults aged 25 to 34 in America currently live with their parents. And 46% of adults aged 18 to 35 have left home and at ...

Is American men’s mental health worse than American women’s? Men commit suicide 3 1/2 times more frequently. Men are less likely to seek treatment for addiction or mental health disorders ...

What really leads to happiness? Who is happiest and why? Dick’s guest, Rebecca Warner is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire. She is also the author ...

What are the tough questions you and your partner need to explore before you commit long term? Dick’s guest is Michael Reddin, a Licensed Professional Counselor at Madison Psychiatric Associates ...

Adult children sometimes cut off their parents by refusing contact. As many as 25% of adults have been estranged from at least one of their parents. A mild form of ...

Is the old fashioned newspaper at risk of dying? Recently, after losses of $100 million, The Washington Post fired 1/3 of its staff. Is this future of all newspapers? What ...

Dr. Lee Hansen, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Author of Forgetting and Forgotten: Dementia and the Right to Die, shares with Dick his experiences and all ...

In Germany in 1938, Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass, was sanctioned by the Nazi government. Synagogues and Jewish businesses were burned, 91 Jews were murdered and 30,000 Jewish men ...

Nearly two million dogs in the U.S. are tasked with being more than just cute and cuddly. These dogs are Emotional Support Dogs. Some of these animals have a even ...

Do New Year resolutions work? Are they worth the bother? Is there a better way to get your life on track? Dick’s guest, Patricia Clason, has been leading workshops for ...

About one in eleven Americans will suffer sometime in their life from disordered eating. Treating eating disorders can be extensive, arduous and very expensive, ranging from thousands to hundreds of ...

A chaplain in a retirement community is part spiritual advisor, part counselor, part crisis responder and part sage on life’s tough subjects. Dick’s guests are Nicole Espe, who has served ...

Half of students in public schools in the United States are low income. Also half are minorities. What are the challenges and what are the solutions to better educate these ...

Dick’s guest, Douglas Smith, was a social worker, a policy insider at the Texas capitol and a father when untreated mental illness and addiction led him to rob a bank ...

There are currently about 2,000,000 people incarcerated in the United States. Some say this system of justice is thoroughly unjust, costly and needlessly punishes instead of rehabilitates. What can be ...

A recent Gallup poll found that only 32% of American workers feel engaged in their jobs. How can employers best motivate their workers, particularly in the non-profit sector, to feel ...

Since 2006, there have been over 600 mass shootings in the United States, resulting in more than 3,000 murders. Why these large numbers? Who are these mass shooters? How can ...

Dick’s guests, divorce attorney Allan Koritzinsky and psychologist Dr. Kenneth Waldron share 5 myths about marriage and the 7 essential ingredients of a successful marriage from their book “The Road ...

There are currently somewhere between 11 and 18 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. These are people with no legal rights to be living in this country. Should they ...