William H. McRaven joins us to talk about what we can all learn from those who acted with valor when the moment required it.
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The Weird Racial Phenomenon Of ‘Reverse-Passing’
Helen Lewis of The Atlantic joins us to talk about the people who take on the roles of different ethnicities and asks if a form of Munchausen syndrome could actually be at play.
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The Side Effects Of Meditation
David Kortava joins us to talk about why we’ve overlooked the potential problems with achieving a high level of mindfulness, including depression and schizophrenic deterioration.
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Caregivers Can’t Catch A Break
Kate Washington joins us to talk about caring for her husband after he was diagnosed with cancer, her feelings of isolation, and her realization that caregiving keeps a broken health care system afloat.
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The Pressure To Act Happy When Your Child Has Special Needs
Heather Lanier joins us to discuss the personal struggles she faces parenting her daughter, a child with a very rare genetic disorder, while navigating a world that expects parents to raise high-achieving children.
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Was Closing Schools The Right Move For American Teens?
Alec MacGillis covers politics and government for ProPublica, and he joins us to tell the stories of teenagers in two small towns, one in New Mexico and one in Texas, where governors took very different approaches to public safety.
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Your Brain On Autopilot
This hour, we’ll talk with a sleep expert about how the mind uses dreaming to process day-to-day events and prepare us for the future; we’ll learn how seeing “ghosts” might actually be a by-product of processing grief; and we’ll explore ways to cultivate the mind in order to achieve peak performance.
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What Would We Do If There Were No More Nurses?
Theresa Brown is a nurse and author, and she joins us to talk about the nurses charged with healing despite a lack of support and how, even as the demand for care skyrockets, the nation faces a severe nursing shortage.
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You’re Lying To Yourself – And That’s A Good Thing
Shankar Vedantam, host of NPR’s “Hidden Brain,” joins us to talk about the myriad ways we lie to ourselves on a daily basis and how that might actually help lead to a much happier life.
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