This hour, we’ll talk with comedian Zach Anner about not letting a disease stand in the way of pursuing a full life, which he writes about in his memoir “If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny”.
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Making The Most Of Middle Age
This hour, we’ll talk about why we should actually embrace midlife – and about how our middle years provide the perspective needed to refocus our lives – with Barbara Bradley Hagerty.
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The Sociology Of Surrogacy
This hour, we’ll talk about the interpersonal dynamics of surrogacy with UT-Arlington associate professor of sociology Heather Jacobson. She’s the author of “Labor of Love: Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies.”
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Uncertainty In Medicine
This hour, we’ll talk about how understanding the gray area of healthcare can help us receive better treatment with Dr. Steven Hatch of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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New Insight Into Bullying
This hour, we’ll talk about a pair of new studies that analyze bullying with UT-Dallas criminology professor Nadine Connell, who conducted the studies.
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A Girl’s Double Life: In Person And Online
This hour, we’ll talk about how social media has forced teenage girls to grow up at an accelerated pace with Nancy Jo Sales, author of “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.”
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Girls And Autism
This hour, we’ll talk about how about how girls are being better diagnosed and treated for the condition, the subject of a recent report in Scientific American magazine.
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Best Of Think: Football And Brain Injury
This week, the NFL for the first time admitted a link between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This hour, we’ll listen back to our December conversation with Jeanne Marie Laskas about her book “Concussion.”
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Life After The Storm
This hour, as part of the KERA series “One Crisis Away: Rebuilding a Life,” we’ll talk about how to recover from trauma with Jeff Quan, a counselor at Eastfield College, and Dr. Ann Marie Warren, staff psychologist at Baylor University Medical Center.
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Medical Marijuana And Epilepsy
This hour, we’ll talk about the the drug’s potential to help people who suffer from frequent seizures with a Fort Worth doctor studying the possibility.
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Gene Editing And Muscular Distrophy
This hour, we’ll talk about the possibility of applying gene editing techniques to humans in order to stop Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Linking Autism To Child Prodigies
This hour, we’ll talk about the possibility of a genetic connection between children with autism and child prodigies with Joanne Ruthsatz, co-author of “The Prodigy’s Cousin: The Family Link Between Autism and Extraordinary Talent.”
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