Antonio Damasio: Consciousness starts in a surprising place
15 September - 36 minsRather than being a feature of our complex brains, he argues that consciousness begins in the feelings and emotions generated by our bodies.
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Series Episodes
Lisa Margulis: Music shares our daydreams
Letting your mind wander while listening to music can open you up to rewarding daydreams. Surprisingly, there is a good chance that your musical daydream is shared by others.
37 mins
8 September Finished
Joanna Stern: A year living with bots
She spent twelve months trying out the best and the worst that AI has to offer, from the creepy (an AI boyfriend), to the helpful (an AI-powered mammogram) to the weird (a robot masseuse) and the downright annoying (a stuffed animal toy that wouldn’t shut up). You can find Joanna's book, I AM NOT A ROBOT, at her site: https://joannastern.com/
36 mins
1 September Finished
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 35 Trailer
Alan and executive producer Graham Chedd introduce season 35 of Clear and Vivid. Topics include how music inspires daydreams, the mind games of championship tennis, a year living with robots, the challenges of an expert witness and the sheer joy of joy.
33 mins
25 August Finished
Yael Schonbrun: It’s not what you say…
There is more to successful communication than picking the right words. We need to understand that our understanding of others is shaped by factors we are mostly unaware of, ranging from our upbringing to how well we slept.
37 mins
18 August Finished
Tom Levenson: Anti-vaxxers are living in the past
Opposition to vaccines goes back to their invention. And while doubts about vaccine safely may have been justified 300 years ago, those same doubts have lingered among those opposing vaccines today – vaccines that are overwhelmingly safe and have saved millions of lives.
37 mins
11 August Finished
