CrisisTalk
Journalist Stephanie Hepburn examines gaps in America’s current mental health system and the innovations trying to bridge them. The first series explores the intersection of AI and mental health.
CrisisTalk
Latest Episodes
Canary in the Coal Mine: What is the Impact of AI on Tech Workers? - Ep 14, Part 1
Job insecurity, overload and burnout have implications for our well-being. How employees are faring in the tech industry is a bellwether test for what impacts AI may have on the labor market as a whole and the people who comprise it. A conversa...
What’s Happening With All Your Therapy App Messages? — Ep 13
From subpoenaed therapy sessions to messages being used to train AI therapy chatbots, how private are therapy apps? A conversation with Annie Gilbertson, investigative reporter and managing editor for Proof News.
Can an AI Chatbot Connect Student Survivors of Sexual Violence to Resources? — Ep 12
While a student at Tulane University, Isabella Kulstad founded Cloud IX, an AI platform designed to support students who’ve experienced sexual violence on campus. A conversation with Isabella and Dana Fos, the company’s chief technology officer...
Is AI Triggering Anxiety and OCD? — Ep 11
Are broad-use AI chatbots reinforcing anxiety and OCD patterns or even creating new ones? A conversation with psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude, director of the Internet, Health and Society program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and clinical profes...