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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Hitting The Road For Healthcare
This hour, we’ll talk about the financial and health considerations that have patients traveling for care with Sasha Issenberg, author of “Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism.”
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Teach The Children Well
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate series, we’ll talk about how at least trying to see the world through children’s eyes can inform the way we teach them with Erika Christakis. Her new book is called “The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups.”
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How To Get Close
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can strengthen the neural pathways in our brains that foster closeness with psychiatrist Amy Banks.
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Creating A Healthy City
This hour, we’ll explore the question of how cities contribute and detract from the health of the people who live in them with Dr. Eric Bing, professor of global health at SMU; and John Siburt, president and CEO of CitySquare.
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