We’ll talk about technological and educational advances that are allowing people with Autism to chart their own path with Wired reporter Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity.
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Only The Lonely
We’ll talk about feeling isolated from the rest of the world – and what we can do to increase our interactions with other people – with psychologist Dr. Guy Winch.
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Depression In The Workplace
This hour, we’ll talk about how depression is diagnosed and treated – and about the challenges of returning to a job after treatment – with Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, Director of the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He also holds the Betty Jo Hay Distinguished Chair in Mental Health at UT Southwestern.
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Sex and the Law
This hour, we’ll talk about the dubious history of legislating sex with human rights lawyer Eric Berkowitz, author of The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities.
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GMO (Oh No!)
This hour, we’ll talk with William Saletan about the fear of genetically modified organisms when hundreds of studies find nothing wrong with them.
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Healthcare Hang-ups
We’ll talk to Dr. Sandeep Jauhar about how the pharmaceutical industry, insurance companies and government policies are affecting patient care, which he writes about in Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician.
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Kent Brantly, After Ebola
We’ll talk to Dr. Kent Brantly and his wife, Amber, about defeating Ebola and the drive to serve others, which they write about in Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic
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Rebooting An Aging Mind
When Patricia Marx’s age was beginning to betray her memory, she decided to be proactive. This hour, we’ll talk to the New Yorker staff writer about her humorous search for ways to curb the mind’s decline.
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The Parenting Paradox
We’ll talk about how we can be better parents with Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success.
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Losing And Finding A Mind
We’ll talk with Clark Elliott about how a pair of Chicago researchers helped him to regain his mental capacity, which he writes about in The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get it Back.
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How North Texas Is Banking On Health Tech
A panel of health tech advocates explains different ways the genre is making us rich.
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The Emerging Technology of Telemedicine
This hour, we’ll talk about telemedicine’s history and future.
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