Mar 29
Nikita Kaur Simpson, "Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas" (Duke UP, 2026)
In Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas (Duke UP, 2026), Dr. Nikita Kaur Simpson examines the effects of rapid development in the Himalayas on the minds and bodies of the Gaddi people who inhabit them through attention to the multifaceted stat ... Show More
49m 41s
Mar 26
167* Addiction with Gina Turrigiano (EF, JP)
In Recall This Book's second episode (January 2019) John and Elizabeth spoke with their brilliant Brandeis colleague, the MacArthur-winning neuroscientist Gina Turrigiano, about a number of different facets of addiction. The conversation seems as timely as ever. What makes an add ... Show More
46m 53s
Mar 23
Steven Pinker, "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life" (Scribner, 2025)
Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It’s also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a ti ... Show More
34m 30s
Jul 2025
E152: Grieving Out Loud: Loss, Love & Living Through It
<p>Trigger Warning - this episode discusses stories of traumatic pregnancy, stillbirth, and grief. In this vulnerable episode, Jamie sits down with nervous system specialist, co-coach and dear friend Brigitte Arnett to talk about the grief that changed her forever: losing her dau ... Show More
16m 18s
Jun 2025
How to Cope with Grief and Loss
Grief is universal—but it rarely feels that way when you’re in it.On this episode, Haesue sits down with writer and podcaster Misty Stinnett to unpack what grief really looks like: messy, unpredictable, and often very lonely. Misty shares the story of losing her father suddenly i ... Show More
44m 34s
May 2025
The Grieving Body: What Really Happens When You Lose Someone | Mary-Frances O'Connor
<p>Grief inflicts a profound mind-body toll, yet our culture rarely understands this connection. In this revealing episode, Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD, author of <a href="https://amzn.to/432Z4lb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Grieving Body: How the Stress of L ... Show More
59m 52s
Aug 2025
276. The Healing Power of Grief
As a culture, we don’t know how to grieve. We’re expected to keep it together, stay strong, and move on, even though grief is one of the most universal human experiences. The truth is, when no one models how to grieve, it’s easy to feel lost, broken, or like you’re “doing it wron ... Show More
24m 58s
Why is that when a loved one dies, grief seems inescapable--and then diminishes? The brilliant Edinburgh philosopher Berislav Marusic's "Do Reasons Expire? An Essay on Grief" begins with his grief for the unexpected and early loss of his mother: "I stopped grieving or at least the grief diminished, yet the reason didn't really change. It's not like that my m ... Show More
<p dir="ltr"><strong>What grief does to our brains, and how we can grow from one of life's most challenging experiences.</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The impact grief has on your mind can be so severe, some experts refer to it as an 'emotional traumatic brain injury'. And, like many ... Show More
<p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/TJLdreamschool"><strong>DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!</strong></a></p><p>The death of a loved one is a loss that is part of the human condition and is universal. The Stranger -- mortality -- confronts us with a new ... Show More
