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Michael Lemonick, “The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love”

Guest: Michael Lemonick Lonnie Sue Johnson, a successful artist, a talented musician, and an amateur pilot, contr ...

Air Date: February 10, 2017

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The Hinrichs family, photographed almost a year after Kurt's stroke. (Courtesy of Kurt Hinrichs)
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New procedure leads to miraculous recoveries in stroke patients

On July 17, 2014 Kurt Hinrichs, of Gladstone, Missouri, went to bed early. When his wife joined him, she woke him with her snoring. That ...

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 Dr. Priya Musunuri, a geriatric psychiatrist at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, prepares to administer electroconvulsive therapy. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
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How electroconvulsive therapy’s troubled past has colored its modern use

Elyse Hunt hit rock bottom last summer. She had pummeled deeply into an already serious depression, leaving her bedridden and contemplati ...

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Listening to the brain to reveal damage and disease

Researchers are studying the way the brain processes sound to better understand – possibly even diagnose – concussions. ...

9 years ago

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Radio Times

The Johnson Amendment; a view from the GOP; news fatigue

Guests: Emma Green, Charlie Gerow, Nir Eyal At last week’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump said that ...

Air Date: February 6, 2017

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Radio Times

Psychosomatic illness

Guest: Suzanne O’Sullivan Your co-worker says she feels sick. “It might be the flu,” she wonders aloud. ...

Air Date: January 24, 2017

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A Jehovah’s Witness balances surgery with beliefs

When Audrey Butler dedicated herself to becoming a Jehovah’s Witness seven years ago, she knew she would never accept a blood trans ...

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a cemetery
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Green burials and DIY funerals

Guests: Mark Harris, Suzanne Kelly, Katrina Spade Green burials are increasingly popular in the United States.  ...

Air Date: January 23, 2017

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
Radio Times

The Future of the ACA

Guests: Dan Diamond, James Carpetta, Mollyann Brodie As promised since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 201 ...

Air Date: January 17, 2017

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Radio Times

The hazards of sitting (or standing) too much

Guests: Carolyn Barlow, Alan Hedge, James Levine Many of us sit at a desk all day at work and then head home to l ...

Air Date: January 5, 2017

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displaced Syrian children
Radio Times

The Aleppo evacuations and the future of the Syria’s civil war

Guests: Liz Sly, Samer Abboud, Andrew Tabler Evacuations from Aleppo resumed yesterday.  Buses carried rebels an ...

Air Date: December 22, 2016

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National security and the controversial U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay

Guests: Sheri Fink and Karen Greenberg Despite President Obama’s efforts, the Guantánamo Bay prison remains in ...

Air Date: December 21, 2016

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Journalist Maia Szalavitz on drug addiction and recovery myths

Guest: Maia Szalavitz Journalist  ...

Air Date: December 6, 2016

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Digital distractions and our ancient brains

Guests: Adam Gazzaley, Larry Rosen The average person checks their phone almost 50 times a day. We do it while we ...

Air Date: November 30, 2016

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Puerto Rico is exporting addicts to Philly

Guests: Alfred Lubrano, Maria Quiñones-Sanchez, Andrea Duffy Opioid addiction is the public health crisis of our ...

Air Date: November 21, 2016

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