On Demand
Psychology
On Display
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 13, 2009
New York Times reporter
Tell us your window-watching story! What's the strangest thing you've ever seen through a window? Do you have an ongoing window-watching relationship with a stranger? Have you ever met your window-neighbor? Comment below!
Report: Correctional Facilities Lack Adequate Mental Health Services
October 20, 2009
A report on New York's juvenile justice system finds state run correctional facilities are seriously lacking mental health services, even though about 50 percent of the kids in custody have diagnosed....
Teens Struggle With Death of Parents on 9/11
September 11, 2009
Many children who were young when they lost parents at the World Trade Center are now adolescents – and September 11th is often a reminder that they have even more to deal with, as teen-agers, than....
Madoff on How to Fool the SEC
September 10, 2009
Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff tells a colleague how to throw securities investigators off the track, in a newly-released recording of a 2005 phone call. Warren Levinson reports. ....
Groups Call for Making Attacks on Home a Hate Crime
August 12, 2009
Lawmakers and homeless advocates are pushing for legislation that would make attacks against the homeless, a hate crime. The recommendation for the bill comes on the heels of a recent study from the ....
Study: Air Pollution May Lower IQ
July 20, 2009
A study measuring the effects of air pollution on pregnant mothers suggests their children might have slightly lower IQ’s. Researchers placed air monitors on the mothers during pregnancy, tracked t....
High Functioning Alcoholics
The Brian Lehrer Show
May 15, 2009
Family of Injured Man Press Charges Against NYPD
April 14, 2009
The family of a mentally ill man who was hospitalized after a confrontation with police this weekend say they will press charges against the NYPD. Gamalier Reyes is schizophrenic. His sister Zully D....
NYC Appeals Launches Appeal to Gay and Lesbian Tourists
April 07, 2009
New York City is launching a nearly $2 million marketing campaign called the "Rainbow Pilgrimage" to attract more gay and lesbian tourists. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots....
Clinics Benefit from Federal Fast-Track Funding
April 03, 2009
Local health clinics are looking forward to expanding staff and services, thanks to ‘fast-track’ funding from the federal stimulus package. Elizabeth Howell of the Community Healthcare Network sa....
Deep Brain Stimulation
The Leonard Lopate Show
March 31, 2009
There are some brain disorders that do not respond to traditional treatments and therapies. Science writer
Event: Jamie Talan will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, March 31 at 7 pm
The Book Revue
313 New York Avenue
Huntington, New York
It Takes a Brain Surgeon
The Leonard Lopate Show
March 30, 2009
As chair of the department of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Lowboy
The Leonard Lopate Show
March 27, 2009
John Wray's critically acclaimed new novel
Events:
John Wray will be interviewed as part of Opium Magazine's monthly literary interview series
Tuesday, April 7, at 8:00 pm
Happy Ending
302 Broome Street, at Forsyth Street
For more information, call 212-334-9676.
John Wray will be reading
Wednesday, May 6, at 7:00 pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
I Am, Therefore I Think
The Leonard Lopate Show
March 25, 2009
U.C. Berkeley philosopher
When Am I Dead?
Radiolab
September 18, 2009
1. Soul Has Weight, Physician Thinks: Biologist Lee Silver tells us the story of a physician’s ambitious 1907 experiment to discover the weight of the soul. 2. Metamorphosis: One possibility of the afterlife from David Eagleman, read by actor Jeffrey Tambor. 3. When Am I Dead?: Is life over when your heart stops beating? When you take your last breath? When your brain fizzles out? Author and researcher Gary Greenberg and John Troyer explore these questions. 4. Anyone for Tennis?: We ask neuroscientist Adrian Owen, can the dead play tennis?
After Life
Radiolab
September 18, 2009
What happens at the moment when we slip from life...to the other side? Is it a moment? If it is a moment, when is that moment? And what happens afterward? It's a show of questions that don't have easy answers. So, in a slight departure from our regular format, Radiolab brings you eleven meditations on how, when, and even if we die.
Will the Madoff Scandal Fuel Anti-Semitism?
January 17, 2009
"Madoff: a Jewish Reckoning." That was the title of a panel discussion that drew an overflow crowd at the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Thursday night. Speakers with divergent views reflected on....
Naturally Good
The Brian Lehrer Show
January 16, 2009
A Year in the Mental Institution
The Leonard Lopate Show
January 06, 2009
Event:
Norah Vincent will be speaking and signing books
Tues. Jan. 6 at 7 PM
Barnes and Noble Upper West Side
Broadway at 82nd Street
Predictably Irrational Decisionmaking
The Leonard Lopate Show
December 25, 2008
Humans often act in irrational ways...for example, making poor decisions about dating, and spending money unwisely. Recent experiments reveal our irrational behavior can be quite predictable! MIT professor
Financial Scams
December 22, 2008
Examining some of the new scams that are tailor made for the new millennium and the current financial downturn. ....
Ask a Harvard Psychologist
Studio 360
January 02, 2009
Howard Gardner, who developed the theory of multiple intelligences, joins Kurt and Sarah on stage for a session of free advice. He analyzes audience members’ big life-changing moments, and gets Sarah to fess up about how her impersonation skills came in handy when playing hooky from high school.
Weigh in: Have you changed your mind -- and life?
