This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox,The Fourth of July holiday week has officially arrived. For me, the summer season means taking time to relax outdoors, go hiking and jogging, and — all the while — listen to a few good podcasts.
If you’d like to join me, here are some health-related podcasts I’ve been enjoying so far this year — a mix of new releasesThis pulpy, nonfiction podcast probes the secret double life of USC’s former medical school dean, and the institutions that protected him and others. It’s told by Los Angeles Times journalists who broke the story. Tonya Mosley explores DNA testing as a tool to solve cold cases and its impact on her own family.