Mental Health
Margee Kerr’s ‘Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear’
Guests: Margee Kerr [From the Radio Times archive] The world can be a pretty frightening place t ...
Air Date: July 4, 2016
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Turkey terror attack; What do baby names say about our child and ourselves?
Guests: Adam Alter and Pamela Satran Yesterday’s deadly terror attack at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turke ...
Air Date: June 29, 2016
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Radio Times in Review: animal minds
Guests: Diana Reiss, Frans de Waal, Robert Seyfarth, Dorothy Cheney, James Serpell On today’s show, we’re goi ...
Air Date: June 24, 2016
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The connections between mass shootings and domestic violence
Guests: Jeannine Lisitski, Azadeh Aalai, Michael Hirsh As mass shootings have multiplied, researchers are searchi ...
Air Date: June 21, 2016
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Guests: Margaret Ottley, Abby Hartnett “It’s time! Today is the day I’m really going to do it! I’m go ...
Air Date: June 21, 2016
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A new book deals candidly with a very difficult topic. For decades, history professor Raymond Douglas kept a terrible secret. As ...
Air Date: June 20, 2016
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Watching TV you hate, then comedian Doug Stanhope
Guests: Erik Adams, Megan McLachlan, Doug Stanhope You hate a show and you watch every week. This is the phenom ...
Air Date: June 15, 2016
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Reaction to the Orlando Mass Shooting
Guests: Noah Michelson, Charlie Winter, Asawin Suebsaeng We continue our conversation on the mass shooting at a g ...
Air Date: June 13, 2016
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Wake up, Sheeple!: Conspiracy theories and their effect on politics
Guests: Mark Potok, Jesse Walker, Mike Wood Tomorrow, the annual meeting of influential bankers, politicians, and ...
Air Date: June 8, 2016
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Author Mary Roach on the science behind warfare
Guest: Mary Roach Thousands of books have been written about war — the battles, the weapons, the strategy, and the heroes, b ...
Air Date: June 7, 2016
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Push to loosen the statute of limitations on Pa. child sex abuse cases
Guests: Mark Rozzi and George Foster Recent clergy abuse scandals, along with high profile sexual abuse cases, i ...
Air Date: June 3, 2016
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Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul
Guest: Eddie Claude Jr. Princeton University professor ...
Air Date: June 1, 2016
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Sebastian Junger on “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging”
Guest: Sebastian Junger In his new book, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, journalist and documentary ...
Air Date: May 27, 2016
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The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups
Guest: Leonard Sax Many children are over-scheduled, unnecessarily medicated and being raised amid a culture of ...
Air Date: May 26, 2016
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Guests: Daniel Taylor, Roy Wade More than 16 million children live in poverty in the United States. That means th ...
Air Date: May 25, 2016
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