It’s no secret that public health issues can be mystifying. From the bright red chips you bought for lunch to your kid’s fluoride treatment at the dentist, every personal decision we make somehow ties back to the health of our communities. Are the food dyes we occasionally enjoy hurting us as a whole? Will that annual flu shot cause some unintended consequence? Amid heated and near-constant debates about the “right” ways to prevent disease, prolong lives, and promote health, who doesn’t occasionally throw up their hands in frustration?
To decode some of these issues, Katie took to Substack to have a candid conversation with Jessica Knurick, PhD, RDN, an expert in nutrition, public health, and food policy.
In their illuminating interview, Katie and Dr. Knurick discuss everything from the troubling resurgence of measles to what the MAHA movement is getting wrong about the American food system. (Hint: Toxins aren’t as much of an issue as you might think.) Plus, the pair digs into the effects that President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is poised to have on the lives of SNAP and Medicaid recipients, cancer research, local food programs, and food safety oversight.
Watch this eye-opening conversation in full below, and for even more unfiltered interviews as only Katie can do them, click here to subscribe to her Substack.
Live with Katie Couric: My Conversation with Dr. Jessica Knurick by Katie Couric Media
A recording from Katie Couric’s live video
