This hour, we’ll talk about the possibility that alcoholics, drug abusers and compulsive gamblers may actually suffer from a learning disorder with Maia Szalavitz, author of “Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction.”
Read moreThe Politics Of Pain
This hour, we’ll talk about how our inability to agree on this most basic feeling has led to differences of opinion on legal issues with Keith Wailoo, vice dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Read moreThe Right To Forget
This hour, we’ll explore the question of whether memorials may keep us from healing in the wake of tragedy with David Rieff, author of “In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies.”
Read moreHealthy Cities, Healthy Kids
This hour, we’ll talk about creating healthy environments for children with panelists from SMU’s upcoming “Tipping the Scales for Children: From Ethics to Action to Wellbeing” conference.
Read moreHow To Bargain
This hour, we’ll learn how we can have more productive discussions with Daniel Shapiro, founder of the Harvard International Negotiation Program.
Read moreThe Brains Of Big Stars
This hour, we’ll take what we’ve learned about how the mind works and revisit some of history’s most intriguing figures with science writer Claudia Kalb, author of “Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities.”
Read moreMind Over Matter
This hour, we’ll hear about everyday people who are overcoming mental hurdles like PTSD, anxiety and other conditions with “Stories of the Mind” producer Harry Lynch.
Read moreAn End To Alzheimer’s
This hour, we’ll talk about major drug trials and new research that could hold the key to unlocking how Alzheimer’s works.
Read moreAttitude Is Everything
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”.
Read moreMaking 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.
Read moreThe 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.”
Read moreUncertainty 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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