The Checkup: A Chicago Health Podcast
Episodes
How Fact Checking Fights Misinformation
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chicago Health and Caregiving have always prioritized fact checking. Our writers appreciate the verification, and our sources share that they do too. ...
Caregiver Burnout
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Prolonged stress from caregiving can show up in a variety of ways: as headaches, body aches, insomnia, moodiness. It can lead to a lack of interest in...
The Composting Hospital
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you know this already, but in case you don’t — composting is a form of natural recycling. Take natural materials like food scraps or leaves,...
Nutrition and the Body
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The foods we eat have a significant impact on how we live — from heart disease and cancer to brain and hormonal health. And our audience loves to le...
Episode 2 - Extending the Human Lifespan
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The longest living human ever recorded made it to 122 years old. Is that age a fantasy for most, or an increasingly realistic possibility? In this epi...
The Checkup: A Chicago Health Podcast
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes people vulnerable to news overwhelm? How can we stay grounded amidst the media chaos — and avoid polarization? Chicago Health contributor...