Mental Health
Guest: DANIEL PINK According to the 2012 Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine people work in sales. And the ot ...
Air Date: March 4, 2013
ListenBullying. 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
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