You have given us something wonderful to celebrate: more than 12 million podcast downloads of The People’s Pharmacy. When we announced 10 million downloads in September 2025, we were delighted. Just over a year later, you have added more than 2 million downloads. That is a lot of curiosity about health and medicine!
Behind all of these downloads are people who want answers. Is there good evidence for a particular treatment? What are the side effects? Could something besides a prescription help? And why does familiar medical advice sometimes change?
Those are the kinds of questions that keep us coming back to the microphone. Apparently, they keep you coming back, too.
What Keeps Our Listeners Coming Back?
Barbara Values a Trusted Source:
“Trusted Source – Those two words are the main reason why I listen to the People’s Pharmacy on the radio and on podcasts on my phone.”
kandravos Appreciates Information You Can Use:
“As a practicing surgical and trauma PA, I learn a lot from The People’s Pharmacy and the expert panel. Not only do I implement changes to my personal health, but I also thoroughly consider and review the literature when applying [it] to my professional work.”
That is an essential part of our mission. We want our interviews to give you information you can use, including questions worth taking to your physician or pharmacist.
How to Get the Podcast
We want to make it easy for you to find the next conversation.
Click here to find The People’s Pharmacy on Apple Podcasts
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Once you’re there, choose Follow on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or Subscribe on YouTube, so you can easily find new episodes when they are released.
New to the Podcast? Start With These Conversations:
Our interviews range from day-to-day medical issues with hair and nails to deep questions about consciousness.
Hair Loss and Nail Problems: What Actually Works?
Thinning hair, thickened nails or nails that begin lifting away from the nail bed can be frustrating. With so many products promising results, how can you tell which approaches deserve your time and attention?
Dermatologist Dr. Chris Adigun helps us understand common hair and nail problems and the treatments that may make a difference. Before spending money on another miracle product, you may want to hear this discussion.
Listen to Show 1487: Hair Loss and Nail Problems: A Dermatologist’s Guide to What Actually Works.
Sprains, Strains and Tears: Should We Rethink the Usual Advice?
For decades, people with sprains and strains have been told to rest, apply ice, use compression and elevate the injured limb. Many know that advice by the acronym RICE.
But does reducing pain necessarily mean an injury is healing faster? Could carefully chosen movement help recovery?
Listen to Show 1486: Sprains, Strains and Tears: The New Science of Healing Faster.
What Can Near-Death Experiences Teach Us About Consciousness?
How can someone with severe dementia suddenly become lucid? What should we make of accounts from people who have survived near-death experiences? What can these reports teach us, and what questions remain unanswered?
In our recent conversation, neuroscientist Dr. Marjorie Woollacott tells us about experiences that challenge familiar assumptions about the mind and consciousness.
Listen to Show 1488: What Can Near-Death Experiences Teach Us About Consciousness?
Can You Help Us Reach 1,500 Ratings?
If you already listen to The People’s Pharmacy, there is another way you can help. We currently have 1,245 ratings on Apple Podcasts. Could you help us reach 1,500?
If you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to leave a rating. If the link below opens in your web browser, select Open in Podcasts to launch the Apple Podcasts app.
Once you are in the Apple Podcasts app, open The People’s Pharmacy and scroll down to Ratings & Reviews. Tap or click the stars to leave a rating. If you have a little more time, you can also choose Write a Review to tell other listeners what you appreciate about the show.
Open The People’s Pharmacy on Apple Podcasts
Help Someone Else Find a Conversation Worth Hearing:
Have you ever finished an interview and thought, “My sister needs to hear this,” or “That sounds like the problem my friend has been describing”?
Please share it.
In your podcast app or beneath a YouTube video, select Share. Send the link by text or email, and add a sentence explaining why you chose that particular program.
“I thought of you when I heard this” is a wonderful invitation.
Thank You for Keeping the Conversation Going:
When Joe began recording short radio commentaries in 1977, we could not have imagined celebrating millions of podcast downloads or even inviting you to watch select interviews on a phone. Yet here we are, thanks to you.
We would love to hear which programs have stayed with you. Did an interview change the way you thought about your health? Did something you heard lead to a useful discussion with your doctor or pharmacist?
If so, please tell us in the comment section below. And let us know which health questions you would like us to explore next. Your suggestions help shape future programs.
You listen, ask questions, share your experiences and encourage other people to join the conversation. We are grateful for your trust and your support of independent health journalism.
More than 12 million downloads later, we have no intention of running out of questions anytime soon.
