
Special Ep: A Conversation w Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Lead Reporter for the NYT Covering RFK Jr. & MAHA In An Era of Mistrust
From Why Should I Trust You? by Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett, Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
May 15, 2026 · 1h 10m · Season 2 · Episode 27
About this episode
The episode features a conversation with Sheryl Gay Stolberg about her reporting on health policy and politics.
We are joined today by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, one of the country’s leading health reporters and a correspondent for The New York Times, covering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the MAHA movement. In her words, Stolberg covers “the intersection of health policy and politics,” a job to which she brings decades of experience covering federal health agencies, Congress, and two presidencies as a White House correspondent for the Times. Before joining the Times, she shared two Pulitzer Prizes for reporting...
People in this episode
Hosts: Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett, Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Topics covered
- health policy
- politics
- journalism
- mistrust
- reporting
Keywords
- Sheryl Gay Stolberg
- health reporting
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- MAHA movement
- New York Times
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The New York Times, MAHA
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