This hour, we’ll talk about current germ theory with Harriet A. Washington, author of “Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We ‘Catch’ Mental Illness.”
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Parenting Through Puberty
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better understand the challenges of puberty – and about how we can keep the peace at home – with Dr. Kevin Leman, author of “Planet Middle School: Helping Your Child through the Peer Pressure, Awkward Moments & Emotional Drama.”
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Faking Cancer
This hour, we’ll talk with Blogger Taryn Harper Wright about how she investigates internet hoaxes and about what compels some to pretend to be ill in order to gain the sympathy of others.
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Your Brain On Technology
We’ll talk about how computers and smartphone actually diminish our ability to think clearly with UCLA professor Shlomo Benartzi, author of “The Smarter Screen.”
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Living With Chronic Illness
We’ll talk about how people with chronic conditions can create fuller lives with Susan Bauer-Wu, author of “Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious and Life-Limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion, and Connectedness.”
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Our Friend, The Fridge
We’ll talk about how refrigeration has changed the way we eat and improved our overall health – and about what our fridges say about ourselves – with Jonathan Rees.
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Can You Care Too Much?
We’ll talk about extreme cases of philanthropy with New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar, author of “Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help.”
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Inside The Mind
This hour, we’ll explore the innerworkings of the human control center with Dr. David Eagleman.
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Paying For PTSD
This hour, we’ll talk about a treatment some experts have expressed skepticism about – one that Texas taxpayers have funded to the tune of $2.2 million.
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A Guide To Better Healthcare
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better advocate for ourselves and receive better medical care with Leslie D. Michelson, author of “The Patient’s Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love” (Knopf).
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Decoding Parkinson’s
This hour, we’ll talk about how close we are to a cure with the author of “Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson’s Disease.”
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Mitigating The Migraine
We’ll talk about new insights into these often debilitating episodes with Greg Dussor, a leading migraine researcher from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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