Novelist Hari Kunzru talks about listening through the scratch and hiss of old 78’s for the voice of the past.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Amy Wilensky has both Tourette’s Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. She tells Jim Fleming how she finally found some relief through a combination of medication and cognitive therapy.
Neurologist Alice Flaherty talks about the science behind writer’s block, and recounts her own experiences with hypergraphia.
It's shot entirely on an iPhone 4 and distributed not through theaters, but via an app. It's Goldlocks.
Getting a good night's sleep is hard for a lot of people, but imagine trying to drift off when you have terrifying hallucinations. Filmmaker Rodney Ascher documents the unsettling world of sleep paralysis - a strange condition where you can't move or speak and often have visions of demonic "shadow men."
For nearly a decade, political scientist Kathy Cramer has been travelling throughout rural Wisconsin, talking with groups of people at small cafes, gas stations, and other popular local gathering spots. Through her conversations with ordinary Wisconsinites, she's discovered a growing resentment between the state's rural and academic communities. She tells Steve Paulson that the dream of the Wisconsin Idea isn't connecting with many of the state's rural residents.
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