The Latest Life Hacks
December 16, 2015We’ll talk to David Pogue about simple tricks to simplify your life – everything from how to book the cheapest plane ticket to how to read signs in foreign languages.
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A New View Into Psychosis
December 15, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how scientists are using biomarkers to diagnosis schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other conditions.
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Putting New York On The Map
December 15, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about how smart urban planning transformed an unruly town into a metropolis with the author of “City on a Grid: How New York Became New York.”
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Extending Human Experience
December 14, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about hacking our senses with science writer Kara Platoni, author of “We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time.”
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Found Footage
December 14, 2015We’ll talk with about how the discovery of a family home movie sent a man on a transcontinental mission to reconstruct the memory of his ancestral home.
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Patrolling The Border
December 10, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the conflict Mexican-American border agents have while doing their jobs with Alfredo Corchado, whose three-part series on the topic appears in “The New Yorker.”
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Finding Cultural Identity
December 10, 2015This hour, we’ll talk to author Matthew Salesses about his debut novel, “The Hundred Year Flood.”
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Metals For The Modern World
December 9, 2015We’ll talk about how access to rare metals may swing the balance of global power in the digital age with the author of “The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age.”
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The Politics Of Breastfeeding
December 9, 2015This hour, we’ll talk about the pros and cons of breastfeeding – and about why the issue is so divisive – with University of Toronto political science professor Courtney Jung.
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Paying For The Holidays
November 30, 2015This hour, as part of the KERA series “One Crisis Away at the Holidays,” we’ll talk about living paycheck-to-paycheck this time of year.
