Laurel Braitman: Writing Wrongs
A life full of adventure while struggling with grief led her to what she does so effectively today – helping doctors to level with colleagues and patients through storytelling when things go wrong. Ho...
10 Okt 202340min
Carl Safina: Wisdom from a Baby Owl
Carl tells how rescuing a baby owl helped him and his wife get through the Covid lockdown – and how it renewed their bond with nature. There’s wisdom in it for the rest of us, too, whose relationship ...
3 Okt 202340min
Joe Henrich: How Culture Has Shaped Our Bodies and Brains
He’s fascinated by how culture has shaped our evolution – not only changing our bodies and expanding our brains but even expanding our ability to cooperate. And the more diverse a culture, the better ...
26 Sep 202339min
Kashmir Hill: Your Face Belongs to Us
That’s the title of a new book by New York Times technology reporter Kashmir Hill. Her book is both deeply researched and downright scary, as spelled out in the book’s subtitle: A Secretive Start-Up’s...
19 Sep 202340min
Matthew Walker: Sleep REALLY Matters
Author of a best-selling book called Why We Sleep, and host of the Matt Walker Podcast, he’s become the go-to expert on everything to do with sleep, from how it keeps both mind and body healthy to why...
12 Sep 202340min
Maya Shankar: Beginning from an Ending
A brilliant violinist in her teens, her world came crashing down when an injury ended her career even as it was beginning. Remarkably, she turned that loss into a PhD in neuroscience, a stint in the W...
5 Sep 202341min
Adam Mastroianni: Why You So Often Get It Wrong
Do you believe people are worse now than they use to be? That smarter people are happier people? That you know when to quit a conversation? Wrong on all counts, according to Adam Mastroianni, a social...
29 Aug 202342min
Nancy Kanwisher: Your Brain is a Swiss Army Knife
Nancy Kanwisher has discovered many areas of the brain that are specialized for one particular purpose— like recognizing faces – which is interesting to Alan because of his inability to remember the f...
22 Aug 202341min
