David Eagleman

Is it possible to stretch time, to turn a single week into two?

Neuroscientist David Eagleman is building a vest to help deaf people hear, and it may be a whole new way of experiencing our world.

More and more defendants are using brain science to argue that they aren't entirely at fault. Jad and Robert can't help wondering whether that's really a world they want to live in. 

When it comes to brain activity, the conscious mind is the tiniest tip of the iceberg, according to neuroscientist David Eagleman. The author of “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain” joins us to explain how our brain responds – whether we like the result or not – when we listen to music.

Renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain and looks at how it affects our conscious brain and behavior. In Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, he explores damage, plane spotting, dating, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence, and visual illusions to reveal the mind and all its complexity.

Zelda Gamson tried for decades to stop smoking.

Two stories of falling in everyday life, and one fantastical leap:

6. Falling Asleep: Professor Frederick Coolidge argues that our tree-dwelling ancestors are to blame for a hiccup in our sleeping patterns.

7. Walking as Falling: David Eagleman explains walking as the act of calibrating our steps to turn falls into forward motion.

8. Falling Apart: Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us on a one-way trip into a black hole.

Two stories about heart-stopping falls:

1. Falling Time: David Eagleman gets to the bottom of what goes on in our brains during those life or death moments when time seems to slow way down.

2. Falling in Love: Lulu Miller brings us the story of Sarita and Simon, who fell in...and then out...of love.