About this episode
Isabella Cueto discusses the overlooked harms of alcohol and the lack of a cohesive public health strategy to address its consequences.
The damage caused by alcohol costs Americans billions of dollars, and it largely goes unnoticed. Isabella Cueto, chronic disease reporter for Stat, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the harms of alcohol from elevated cancer risk to liver damage to its impact on violent crime and why public health officials don’t seem to have a cohesive strategy to combat its very real consequences. Her series, written with Lev Facher, is “ The Deadliest Drug .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: Krys Boyd
Guest: Isabella Cueto
Topics covered
- alcohol
- public health
- cancer risk
- liver damage
- violent crime
- health strategy
Keywords
- alcohol
- health risks
- cancer
- liver damage
- public health
- violent crime
- economic cost
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Stat
Books & works: The Deadliest Drug
More episodes of Think from KERA
- The secular saints of Civil Rights · June 12, 2026 · 47 min
- Soccer is expensive, but it doesn’t make money · June 11, 2026 · 46 min
- Pope Leo finds his voice · June 10, 2026 · 46 min
- The pathogens thriving because of climate change · June 9, 2026 · 47 min
- The heart and heartbreak of the American South · June 5, 2026 · 46 min
- How limitations open up your world · June 4, 2026 · 46 min
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Think from KERA podcast page.