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Strange Health, a video podcast produced by The Conversation UK, has won the Best Health and Wellbeing Award. Publisher Podcast Awards 2026.
The judges said it was “an entertaining podcast with a winning combination of host debate and academic experts”.
Hosted by The Conversation’s health and medicine editor Katie Edwards and Dan Baumgard, practicing GP and lecturer in health and life sciences on the University of Bristol, each episode of Strange Health explores a health trend going viral on social media, and features an interview with an authority actively researching the difficulty.
Episodes included discussions in regards to the vagus nerve and whether it could actually really be reprogrammed, period scoping and whether flashing lights can change your brain.
All episodes can be found to look at on YouTube and Spotify, or you possibly can listen wherever you get your podcasts.
We are working on season two to air in the autumn. If you could have a matter a few viral health trend or a video you’ve got seen and would love us to cover the science behind it in a future episode, please email us at [email protected].