Hidden Brain

You Are Not Ordinary

Most of us can point to experiences that made us who we are — a teacher who believed in us, a parent who didn't, a move to a new city that forced us to reinvent ourselves. But psychologists have found that we dramatically underestimate how much we will change in the future, even as we readily acknowledge how much we've changed in the past.

Fresh Air

John Lithgow

Anyone who is that successful, that much of an asset for a publisher to be fired because he was impossible to work with. I just thought, well, there's something there.

EconTalk

The Power of Introverts (with Susan Cain)

She explains why introversion isn't the same thing as shyness and she speaks of the many benefits of solitude and silent contemplation.