Diabetes. Anxiety. Insomnia. Heart disease. For every modern malady, there are drugs promising to fix it. So many drugs.

But they never really fix the problem, do they? Yes, drugs can help people manage their disease. They treat the symptoms. But they rarely remedy what caused the disease in the first place. And therein lies a story.

Each episode explores one disease and one drug. We explain the pros and cons of treating diseases with medications - and who makes money, along the way.

Drug Story explains why modern life makes us sick, and how drugs are prescribed as the not-quite-cure. The podcast asks the big question: What happens when we use drugs to fix up big problems?

Drug Story debuted Jan. 6, 2026 and is a Top New Show on Apple Podcasts.