Special Ep: A Conversation w Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Lead Reporter for the NYT Covering RFK Jr. & MAHA In An Era of Mistrust

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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