Health claims, checked against the evidence.
Unbiased Science is a public-health show built around practical skepticism. Episodes move from public-health updates, drug pricing, vaping, cholesterol, lupus, food allergies, and vaccines into careful conversations about what the evidence actually supports.
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Unbiased Science sits at the busy intersection of health topics, medical evidence, and everyday public-health decisions. It is not a calm lecture series. The rhythm is more like science-literate friends pulling a complicated claim apart while a guest helps keep the details straight. Episodes often open with something current: a legal fight over vaccine advisory committees, a drug-pricing website, or a public-health controversy that needs context. Then the conversation turns practical. What does the evidence show? What is being overstated? Where are the real risks? The show is especially alert to misinformation that can cause harm, from cholesterol denialism to confusion around vaccines and vaping. It does not treat skepticism as a vibe. It asks what counts as evidence and why. Recent conversations cover statins and heart disease, e-cigarette hype and harm, lupus mechanisms and diagnosis, vaccine delivery, food allergies, and the role pharmacists play in public health. The hosts keep the talk moving with quick reactions, clarifying questions, and occasional jokes. Guests are allowed to explain, sometimes at length, but the show regularly pulls the science back toward what a general listener can use. That makes it useful for people who want more than wellness slogans without needing a graduate seminar. The register is casual, but the standards are serious. It can be grave when preventable harm is on the table. It can also be funny when the conversation needs air. The result is a show for listeners who want health claims tested, not just repeated. Its strongest through-line is public health as a daily-life problem: medicine, policy, communication, cost, trust, and risk all tangled together. The appeal is not certainty for certainty’s sake. It is the relief of hearing difficult health topics handled with evidence, context, and a little human impatience for nonsense.
Made for: For listeners who follow health topics, vaccine debates, medical misinformation, and wellness claims but want careful context before deciding what to believe. It suits people who like guest conversations with a casual, practical pace.
What sets it apart: Unbiased Science blends friendly banter with public-health rigor, moving quickly from public-health update or claim to evidence, mechanism, and real-world consequences. It is strongest when science, policy, misinformation, and patient decisions all meet in the same conversation.
Dr. Jessica Steier, a public-health expert, and Dr. Sarah Scheinman, a neurobiologist, are the hosts of Unbiased Science, a podcast devoted to objective, critical appraisal of available evidence on health-related topics relevant to listeners’ daily lives. Follow them on Instagram at www.instagram.com/unbiasedscipod
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Unbiased Science turns noisy health claims into clear, practical conversations grounded in research, clinical experience, and pointed questions.
Jessica Steier and Sarah Scheinman take health claims apart in conversation, moving from online confusion to the research and clinical experience that can clarify it.
Cholesterol denialism meets a cardiologist, and your health feed gets a cross-examination.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A clear-eyed cholesterol episode that follows the evidence from classic studies to statins.
It treats cholesterol as more than a clean number and leans on evidence rather than slogans. Jess and Sarah bring back Dr. Christopher Labos for a measured walk from the early epidemiological studies through the statin era and into the odd corners of modern cholesterol denialism.
A practical discussion of equity in research, with a steady insistence on context and careful reporting.
The episode keeps its footing in how science is actually done. It treats health equity as a serious research question, not a slogan, and keeps circling back to why race and ethnicity should be collected with a clear purpose instead of as box-checking noise.
ER stories, public-health context, and prevention advice make the warnings land.
This episode moves fast, and it does not stay cheerful for long. It starts with a public-health recap, then shifts into emergency-medicine stories, ferret detours, and body-horror anecdotes before circling back to the basic point: some dangers hide in ordinary things.
A calm, practical listen for parents trying to sort through advice and worry.
Unbiased Science gives parenting advice a steadier frame than usual. Dr. Jess Steyer and Dr. Sarah Scheinman, with pediatrician Dr. Diane Arnout, keep the conversation tied to evidence instead of drifting into alarm or shame. The tone is calm and practical, which helps.
A calm reset for parents navigating noisy health advice.
Unbiased Science follows parents trying to sort through too much information and too much anxiety. Dr. Diane Arnout joins Jess Steyer and Sarah Scheinman for a science-first look at parenting under information overload, and her way of explaining hard ideas in plain language…
Taiwan, explained through its people.
Outbreak updates, plainly reported.
Urgent questions, practical civic answers.
Jess and Sarah close season five by bringing back Dr.
This episode of Unbiased Science introduces the podcast and its hosts, Dr.
This episode discusses e-cigarettes and includes a public health update on a federal lawsuit involving the American Academy of Pediatrics versus RFK Jr.
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A political ad for Tom Steyer's gubernatorial campaign followed by a Geico ad about insurance savings.
The hosts discuss a public health update on Trump Rx, a government website listing cash prices for brand name drugs, and introduce a guest to talk about pharmacists' role in public health.
Hosts discuss the launch of Trump Rx, a government website listing cash prices for brand-name drugs, and interview a public health pharmacist about pharmacists' role in public health.
This episode discusses pediatric clinical trials and the FDA's refusal to review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine application.
This episode discusses pediatric clinical trials and the FDA's refusal to review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine application.
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Jess and Sarah open with a recent Lancet meta-analysis on acetaminophen and neurodevelopmental outcomes, then use it as a springboard into a broader conversation about evidence, causality, and how public health findings get read.
The hosts open with a short public-health update and then bring in an emergency-medicine guest to talk about everyday hazards that can turn into serious medical problems.
This episode discusses public health issues, including the ACIP's recent decision against recommending a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine, with insights from an emergency medicine expert.
This episode discusses the current bird flu outbreak and a concerning CDC update linking vaccines to autism, exploring public health implications.
This episode discusses the current bird flu outbreak and includes a concerning update about the CDC's stance on vaccines and autism.
This episode features a crossover with Nice Genes podcast where the host explores how wastewater surveillance helps track disease outbreaks and public health threats.
This episode explores how wastewater surveillance can track disease outbreaks, using a detective-themed narrative to discuss public health monitoring.
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Hosts interview former U.S.
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Unbiased Science opens by speaking straight to parents.
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Hosts discuss recent ACIP meeting on vaccine recommendations and interview a science communicator about diet and nutrition.
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This episode discusses mRNA technology and a potential link between Tylenol exposure in utero and autism, with a focus on scientific evidence.