A Fresh Start

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     Seth Doraiswami was given a fresh start when he got a new liver. (Karen Shakerdge/for WHYY)

    Seth Doraiswami was given a fresh start when he got a new liver. (Karen Shakerdge/for WHYY)

    It’s a new year, so that means a new you, right? 

    We dissect our desires to start over — to do things better and perhaps be healthier. Why is it so hard to stick to good intentions? How did the slowest marathoner ever finish the race? And we’ll follow a man on a long journey to getting a new liver. 

    Plus, a surprise visit from Hidden Brain’s Shankar Vedantam. 

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