Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHope Edelman, "The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss" (Ballantine Books, 2020)
Episode 137
Grief is a long-misunderstood experience that many people believe proceeds according to predictable steps ending in ‘closure.’ According to Hope Edel…
4 years, 8 months ago
Susan Evans and Marcus Evans, "Gender Dysphoria: A Therapeutic Model for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults" (Phoenix, 2021)
Episode 68
Gender Dysphoria: A Therapeutic Model for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults (Phoenix Publishing House, 2021) by Susan and Marcus Ev…
4 years, 8 months ago
Yves Agid, "Subconsciousness: Automatic Behavior and the Brain" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Episode 75
We are conscious of only a small fraction of our lives. Because the brain constantly receives an enormous quantity of information, we need to be able…
4 years, 8 months ago
Carol Dweck, “Mindsets: Growing Your Brain” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 19
Mindsets: Growing Your Brain is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and renowned psychologist Carol Dweck, Stanford Univer…
4 years, 8 months ago
BJ Fogg, "Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything" (Mariner Books, 2020)
Episode 65
Today I talked to BJ Fogg about his new book Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything (Mariner Books, 2020).
Yo-yo diets that come and g…
4 years, 8 months ago
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra, "When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep" (W. W. Norton, 2021)
Episode 10
In When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep (W. W. Norton, 2021), psychologist Dr. Antonio Zadra and neuroscientist Dr. Robert S…
4 years, 8 months ago
John Duncan, “Investigating Intelligence” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 17
Investigating Intelligence is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and neuroscientist John Duncan, University of Cambridge,…
4 years, 8 months ago
Diana Deutsch, “Believing Your Ears: Examining Auditory Illusions” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 16
Believing Your Ears: Examining Auditory Illusions is based on an extensive filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Diana Deutsch, Professor of …
4 years, 8 months ago
Judith Brisman et al., "Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends" (Harper Perennial, 2021)
Episode 136
When someone you love appears to be struggling with an eating disorder, it is hard to know what to say or do. Families and friends need information a…
4 years, 8 months ago
Jim Detert, "Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work" (HBR, 2021)
Episode 63
Retaining Freedom After Speech
Today I talked to Jim Detert about his book Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work (Harvard Busine…
4 years, 8 months ago