On this program we’ll talk with intellectual historian, journalist, and author Peter Watson. His most recent book explores one of the modern world’s most important yet controversial intellectual achievements: atheism. The book, The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God, explores the revolutionary ideas and big questions provoked by some of the greatest philosophical, scientific, & political minds of the last Continue reading
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June 20, 2014 – A Case of Identity
On this program, we talk with Jennifer Ouellette, science writer and author most recently of Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self. She draws on cutting-edge research in genetics, neuroscience, and psychology to explore the mysteries of human identity and behavior.
March 28, 2014 – Teenage Psychology
On this program I have a conversation with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and child psychiatrist. We’ll be talking primarily about his recent book, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he also serves as a co-investigator at the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. He is also the Executive Director Continue reading
February 14, 2014 – Relational Being & Social Construction
Kenneth Gergen is Senior Research Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College, and President of the Taos Institute, a non-profit organization & a community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the social processes essential for the construction of reason, knowledge, and human value. His book, Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community (winner of )several distinguished awards, challenges the idea of an individual self, isolated Continue reading