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“In the culture people talk about trauma as an event that happened a long time ago. But what trauma is, is the imprints that event has left on your mind and in your sensations... the discomfort you feel and the agitation you feel and the rage and the helplessness you feel right now.”
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk is helping people with post traumatic stress disorder focus less on talking about their stories, and more on how their stories feel, how they sound, look, or smell.
You can also hear van der Kolk's extended interview, including more on yoga and the neuroscience of trauma.
Ever wonder why certain foods fall out of favor? In his book “The Gluten Lie” Alan Levinovitz argues that food has become akin to a modern religion for a lot of us, complete with its own set of rules, prohibitions and guiding beliefs.
Cultural critic David Shields wants to change the way we think about art.
Emily Parker bookmarks Mario Vargas Llosa's "Conversation in the Cathedral."
Physicist Clifford Pickover talks with Steve Paulson about Magic Squares and why people get hooked on them.
Benjamin Kilham rehabilitates and studies wild black bears. Steve Paulson spent a day with him as he visited a mother bear and two cubs that he’s keeping an eye on.
Josh Ruxin's Dangerous Idea? Instead of foreign aid, use entrepreneurial investment to reduce poverty around the world.
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