Ep02: How to Find Common Ground Through Honest Conversations

Season 1 • Episode 2

Ep02: How to Find Common Ground Through Honest Conversations

Dec 8, 2025

39:35

Episode Description

What happens when you stop correcting "misinformation" and start building relationships with people who don't trust science? Emmy-winning journalist Brinda Adhikari, former executive producer for Jon Stewart, launched "Why Should I Trust You?" to bring skeptics and scientists together without fact-checking or debating. Her longest episodes (over two hours of dialogue between the Make America Healthy Again movement and public health experts) became her most downloaded, sparking real-world impact from East Palestine, Ohio to changed patient communication. With 40 episodes since January 2025, she's proving that building trust requires letting go of control.

This episode features a recording from the 2025 Health Podcast Summit. Get free access to all 37 sessions here: ⁠⁠healthpodcastsummit.com⁠⁠

Chapters

00:00 - Intro

03:53 - Trust Crisis in Science

07:33 - Launching an Agile Health Podcast

12:49 - Accountability in Journalism

16:37 - Creating a Fair Conversation Platform

18:54 - Build While Fighting

21:15 - Understanding Problems and Solutions

27:01 - Judging Motives: Pharma vs Influencers

33:37 - Podcast as Community Catalyst

36:34 - Support Health Podcast Movement