Williams Syndrome and Trust

Alix Spiegel offers a fascinating two part story about a disorder that affects trust and friendliness with others and what this might show about trust in general.

Part 1 (MP3 Download)
Part 1 on NPR's site

Part 2 (MP3 Download)
Part 2 on NPR's site

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Radiolab Limits

Radiolab cranked out another excellent episode, about physical and mental limits and the limits of human knowledge. The most gripping story is an account of a cross country bike race that left racers physically broken down and hallucinating.

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Bail in the US - NPR

A very good 3-part series by Laura Sullivan at NPR. (There are tons of comments on the NPR pages for the shows).
Part 1 (MP3 Download)
Part 2 (MP3 Download)
Part 3 (MP3 Download) 


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