
Mental Health
Bullying. From the playground to cyberspace, for victims it can be a minefield of teasing, taunting, threatening, shunning, and sometime ...
Air Date: February 22, 2013
ListenAddiction: tightening the gap between research and practice
Are addiction treatment centers prepared to provide the care necessary for sustainable sobriety? And how can we successfully track those ...
Air Date: February 19, 2013
ListenLaughing, sneezing, burping and more: the science of curious behavior
[REBROADCAST] Scientists have sent rovers to Mars and decoded our DNA but they rarely look at the strange assortment of ...
Air Date: February 18, 2013
ListenLearning about love from arranged marriages; then the science behind online dating
Guests: ROBERT EPSTEIN, REVA SETH and BENJAMIN KARNEY The notion of an arranged marriage (by choice) seems odd ...
Air Date: February 14, 2013
ListenSeparating fact from fiction on weight loss and obesity
GUESTS: DAVID SARWER and STELLA VOLPE An article in last week’s issue of ...
Air Date: February 12, 2013
ListenWhen we’re afraid and overwhelmed, it’s easy to turn away from ourselves for comfort. In her new book True Refuge: Finding Peace ...
Air Date: February 11, 2013
ListenWe all love a good story, and some of the most fascinating ones are conspiracy theories – often full of intrigue and difficult to debun ...
Air Date: February 4, 2013
ListenWe silly humans tend to think we know what tomorrow brings; this gives us a sense of comfort and security. But life has a way of throwin ...
Air Date: January 14, 2013
ListenAs school districts cut budgets, worry about litigation and squeeze more academics into limited time, recess has taken a hit in terms of ...
Air Date: January 7, 2013
ListenHour 2 Guest: Alan Bernstein It’s that time of year when we take inventory of our lives – what’s working, what’s n ...
Air Date: January 2, 2013
Transitions, controlling your narrative
December 31, 2012 [Rebroadcast: Originally aired January 9, 2012] — What do you want for your life? Many of us choose one path ...
Air Date: December 31, 2012
How make believe is important to our survival
[REBROADCAST] Once upon a time, we told stories through oral tradition, moved on to words and pictures and fast-forwarde ...
Air Date: December 25, 2012
ListenDebunking doomsday 2012 junk science
[REBROADCAST] Today is December 21st, 2012. And the hype about the “end of the world” has reached a super ...
Air Date: December 21, 2012
ListenHow to protect yourself from scams
Tens of billions of dollars are lost each year to consumer fraud and when the economy is down, fraud goes up. These last years have bee ...
Air Date: December 20, 2012
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