
Mental Health
Eureka: the science of insight and how to spark those “Aha” moments
Guest: John Kounios Maybe you’re standing in the shower or stuck in a traffic jam and all of a sudden a light b ...
Air Date: June 11, 2015
Listen 0:48:43Radio Times in Review: On the senses
Guests: Chandler Burr, David Sax, Paul Bogard We devote today’s Radio Times in Review to stories about the sens ...
Air Date: June 5, 2015
Listen 00:48:48Uncivil media and the effect on democracy
Guests: Diana Mutz Political discourse on cable news shows can get pretty heated. There’s often a lot of shouti ...
Air Date: June 4, 2015
Listen 00:48:43Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity, innovation, and learning in general. It is something we’re all born with- but not ...
Air Date: May 11, 2015
ListenRadio Times in Review: Dog Edition
Guests: Alexandra Horowitz, Jon Katz, Susan Orlean On today’s Radio Times in Review, we’ll feature three stor ...
Air Date: May 8, 2015
Listen 00:48:46David Brooks on making a meaningful and virtuous life
Guest: David Brooks How do you want to be remembered after you die? For your achievements, your status, your weal ...
Air Date: May 5, 2015
Listen 00:48:44Radio Times in Review: Philadelphia Science Festival edition
Guests: Mary Cappello, David Eagleman, Seth Horowitz It’s the first day of the Philadelphia Science Festival, a ...
Air Date: April 24, 2015
Listen 00:48:45Is it always unhealthy to be fat?
Guests: Harriet Brown, Michael Lowe, Rexford Ahima It’s been two years since the American Medical Association c ...
Air Date: April 21, 2015
Listen 00:48:45We know autism is affecting more families and as these children with autism grow up, they face new challenges. April is Autism Awareness ...
Air Date: April 20, 2015
Listen 00:52:16Guests: Sigrid Veasy, Karl Dogrhamji The onslaught of advertising devoted to improving, correcting, and ensuring ...
Air Date: April 15, 2015
Listen 00:48:46Stereotypes, Stigma and Mental Illness
We understand physical ailments…. a broken leg or the flu need time to heal. But with diseases of the brain and mind, we lack the abil ...
Air Date: April 13, 2015
Listen 00:52:16Radio Times in Review: The history of birding, insect sex, primatologist Frans de Waal
Guests: Scott Weidensaul, Marlene Zuk, Frans de Waal It’s finally springtime and people all over the region are ...
Air Date: April 10, 2015
ListenLove the second (or third) time around
Guests: Helen Fisher and Pepper Schwartz Americans are living longer and increasingly, after the loss of a loved ...
Air Date: March 31, 2015
ListenGuests: Amy Fusselman, Susan Solomon Are American playgrounds too safe with their wood chip-padded grounds, the p ...
Air Date: March 25, 2015
ListenRadio Times in Review: Neurologist Oliver Sacks, Swimmer Lynne Cox, Musician Kevin Eubanks
Guests: Oliver Sacks, Lynne Cox, Kevin Eubanks Coming up on today’s show, we revisit Marty’s conversation w ...
Air Date: February 27, 2015
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