The Lisa Show

This special episode of "The Lisa Show" is dedicated to the "Light the World" campaign sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Listeners share tender stories of neighbors, friends, and family who have acted as angels in a variety of ways.

In the special episode of The Lisa Show, Lisa is joined by family practice physician (and her older brother) Dr. Chris Valentine to talk about what he wishes parents knew about taking care of their kids, and how everyone can be a little bit safer in the new year.

Lisa talks with Julie Rose about her show, Top of Mind with Julie Rose. Then, we hear an episode of the show. Hundreds of parents volunteered their children as participants in the COVID-19 vaccine trials. To some of us, that seems like a crazy risk. But to those parents, it didn’t feel risky at all. The way that we think about risk is complex. It changes based on the situation, and it’s more arbitrary than we might want to admit. In this episode, we examine how people gauge risk, whether it’s in an everyday parenting situation or a death-defying rock climb, and we look at ways to bring more rationality into our risk-taking. Jamie Davis Smith - Parent, attorney, and disability advocate Seema Lakdawala - Parent and virologist at the University of Michigan Lenore Skenazy - Author and founder of the non-profit Let Grow Jane Joseph - Neuroscientist at the Medical University of South Carolina Alex Honnold - Professional rock climber Paul Slovic - Professor of psychology at the University of Oregon

We live in a time of unprecedented loneliness. Even in the luckiest of circumstances, when we're surrounded by supportive friends and family, we might be feeling crushing loneliness in one facet of our lives or another. Maybe you have a chronic illness that no one seems to understand. Or maybe it feels like you're the only one that's struggling to raise a troublesome toddler. Whatever the circumstances, there's a community out there that can help. In this final installment of The Lisa Show's series on Your Life Online, Lisa talks to friends and experts to learn how we can use the internet tools at our disposal to feel a little less isolated and alone.

What's your perfect Friday night? A fulfilling social life can look dramatically different from one person to the next, even in the same family. Whether you dream of crowded dinner parties or blissful solitude with a book, knowing your defaults can help you manage social stamina, and deepen relationships that matter. Lisa assembles a wide collection of friends and family, introverts and extroverts, to explore the ins and outs of social self-care.