Eric Rosenthal, the founder and executive director of Mental Disability Rights International, discusses international approaches to mental health in our weekly Underreported segment. Next, Dr. R. Douglas Fields explains why some memories linger in our brains, while others fade away. Then, James Salter describes his new short story collection: Last Night. Finally, Slava Tsukerman tells us about his new documentary: Stalin’s Wife.
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Mental Health and Human Rights
In this week's Underreported feature, Eric Rosenthal, the founder and executive director of Mental Disability Rights International, talks about international approaches to mental health. In many places, the mentally ill endure horrible treatment and live in subhuman conditions, yet some feel that this is being overlooked by human rights organizations.
Memories Are Made of This
Dr. R. Douglas Fields of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland explores the science behind how our brains turn experiences into memories. It’s only in recent decades that we've learned how memories are created, and how our brains select which memories to keep, and which to discard. Dr. ...
Last Night
James Salter looks at some of the disturbing aspects of relationships in his new collection of short stories: Last Night.
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James Salter will be reading and signing books on:
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James Salter will be reading and signing books on:
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Stalin's Wife
Filmmaker Slava Tsukerman explores the shadowy details of Stalin’s marriage to Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Only 16 years old when she married him, there are vague rumors that she may have been his daughter, and that her apparent suicide may have actually been a case of murder. The new documentary is called ...
Poetry Break--Patrick Rosal
This week, we continue airing one brief poetry segment every day. Today, Patrick Rosal reads "Tito's Field" and "When You Haven’t Made Love in a Long Time."
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Patrick Rosal
Patrick Rosal reads "Tito's Field" and "When You Haven't Made Love in a Long Time." He's the author of Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive (Persea Books). His chapbook Uncommon Denominators won the Palanquin Poetry Series Award, and he currently at work on his second full-length collection My American Kundiman. He is Assistant Professor of English at Bloomfield College.
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