'Hidden Brain' podcaster Shankar Vedantam on a decade probing the mysteries of the human psyche

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Tom's first guest today is Shankar Vedantam, the creator and host of Hidden Brain, a weekly podcast and radio show heard every Sunday afternoon at 2:00 here on WYPR. Shankar is coming to the Lyric Theater in Baltimore Saturday night with his Hidden Brain Perceptions Tour, a live event that's traveling cross country to celebrate ten years of this award-winning program. The animating question since the inception of Hidden Brain has been: Are there parts of our minds that are hidden from us? Shankar joins Tom on Zoom from Washington, DC, to share some of the insights he's gained from a decade of Hidden Brain explorations. If you have questions or comments for Shankar, you're welcome to join us! Email us at [email protected] or call us at 401.662.8780. The Hidden Brain Perceptions Tour comes to the Lyric Theater in Baltimore Saturday night. The show starts at 7pm. For ticketing information, click here.

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