WPR: The Veronica Rueckert Show show

WPR: The Veronica Rueckert Show

Summary: The Veronica Rueckert Show brings you conversations with writers, artists, scientists and philosophers. The minds and ideas that help us understand ourselves and our world. Hear it live on WPR's Ideas Network stations on Fridays starting at 9am CT.

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  • Copyright: Copyright 2013 by Wisconsin Public Radio

Podcasts:

 Lynda Barry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:03

Cartoonist and writer Lynda Barry talks about ways to nurture your creative side.

 The Guardian of All Things | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:00

Memory makes us human, but increasingly our memories are stored on electronic gadgets. What happens to our minds and to human society when we increasingly unhinge our memories from our own experience and relocate them to external devices?

 An Intimate History of the Home | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:35

Historian and curator Lucy Worsley discusses the history of the home and how modern homes evolved since Medieval times.

 The Emotional Life of the Brain | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:24

How does the brain affect emotion? Can we really "change our minds?" In his new book, "The Emotional Life of Your Brain," Dr. Richard Davidson offers a new model for understanding our emotions.

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