Leigh Martinuzzi

The History of Hormones with Randi Epstein Metabolism, behaviour, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein takes us on a journey through the unusual history of these potent chemicals with a few surprising twists along the way. Wake up to the power of our human biology with Randi Epstein. Guest Bio Randi is a medical writer, a lecturer at Yale University, Writer in Residence at Yale Medical School, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, among other major publications. She is also the author of two books: Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank (released by W.W. Norton, Jan 2010) and more recently AROUSED: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything