This pill will make you smaller, this pill will erase bad memories
Suppose that scientists could erase certain memories by tinkering with a single substance in your brain. They could make you forget a chronic fear, a traumatic loss, even a bad habit. Benedict Carey,...
View Article[Web Special] Transcendent in Life and Death
Comparisons come almost too easily. One can rank the hype and pure star power of Michael Jackson up there with the most famous people who have ever lived. His reach was planetary in scale. His loss...
View ArticleThe Ability to Erase Traumatic Memories Biologically
Whether through hours of rote memorization or mnemonic devices, there's no real "secret" behind making or keeping a memory. Conversely, the best way to forget something painful has been a source of...
View ArticleStudy: Memories Can Be Passed Between Generations
Researchers at the Emory University School of Medicine recently released a study which argues that memories can be passed on through DNA.The researchers trained mice to be afraid of a smell similar to...
View ArticleThe Magic of a Snow Day, Now and Then
In the past 24 hours, up to 16 inches of snow have fallen across the North East, blanketing parts as far south as North Carolina and as far north as Maine.Though heavy snowfalls can conjure feelings of...
View ArticleListeners Respond: The Music & Memories of Your Past
Close your eyes and think about a song. What memories does it invoke? Musical memories are so powerful, they are like time capsules in the brain—even people with severe memory loss can be prompted...
View ArticleScientists May Help Rewrite Bad Memories
What if you could take any one unpleasant memory and rewrite it to have sunnier associations? Researchers at MIT say they've figured out how to shift positive associations onto negative memories by...
View ArticleBill Ratner: Screaming with Professionals
A boy experiences tragic losses and learns to scream...
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Mirror Lake
A couple goes in search of childhood memories. Performed by Ed Herbstman, Lauren Ashely Smith, and Louis Kornfeld. Story by Jonathan Mitchell with dialogue improvised by the actors. Produced and...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: Prog Bots Into Darkness Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas talk "Star Trek" with Matt Yglesias, discuss the new Daft Punk album "Random Access Memories" and debate the mind-numbing qualities of Google glass.
View ArticleThe Clothes You Love So Much
This segment originally aired live on September 16, 2014. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on January 1, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here. David...
View ArticleShredding Bad Memories for the New Year
The New Year is a time for change, and dozens of people marked the occasion by symbolically shredding their worst memories from 2015. Some brought physical documents and pictures, while others wrote...
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Meet the Man Who Can Remember Everything
Click on the ‘Listen’ button above to hear the full interview.About 15 years ago, Nima Veiseh’s life changed. His brain suddenly began recording every experience he was having in vivid detail. In the...
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Inside a Massive Database of Dreams
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Imagine opening a box that contained the inner life of the people of a lost civilization: Their thoughts, their desires, their dreams.What...
View ArticleUnderstanding History Through Fireside Chats
Personal memories are such a special way to understand and reinvigorate history. What stories did you hear from your older relatives this past holiday weekend? Listeners call with the oldest memories...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Surreal Talk, 2016 Obits Quiz, Fireside Chats
This week's favorites include:Surreal Talk (First) | 2016 Obits Quiz (Starts at 15:15) | Fireside Chats (Starts at 50:38)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.
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