To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO        5 August 2007    "The Malleable Mind"
*Daniel Pinchbeck may be the next Timothy Leary, the new guru of
psychedelic drugs.  Pinchbeck has spent time with the shamans in West
Africa and the Amazon rain forest, experimenting with the world's most
powerful hallucinogens.  He says these psychedelic experiences launched
him into new realms of consciousness.  In this hour of To the Best of
Our Knowledge we'll talk with Daniel Pinchbeck and hear the latest
science on brain plasticity.  Who says you can't teach an old brain new
tricks?

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "The Malleable Mind"

0:00 - 14:38        SEGMENT 1: (14:39)
            Norman Doidge is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst,
            researcher at the University of Toronto, and author of
            "The Brain that Changes Itself."  He tells Anne
            Strainchamps about so-called "wobblers" - people whose
            balance mechanism in the brain has been destroyed and how
            the brain can rewire itself to repair all kinds of
            damage.   
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

14:39 - 15:08  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

15:09 - 38:10       SEGMENT 2: (23:03)
            Daniel Pinchbeck is the heir to Timothy Leary: he
            explores and advocates the use of psychedelic drugs.  His
            new book is "2012: Return of the Quetzalcoatl" and
            recounts Pinchbeck's experience in Africa with the
            natural psychedelic Iboga.  Also, Katherine Ellison,
            author of "The Mommy Brain" tells Jim Fleming about new
            research that shows that pregnancy and motherhood change
            women's brains for the better, making them smarter,
            calmer and more competent. 
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

38:11 - 38:40       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

38:41 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (14:19)
            Marvin Minsky is one of the world's leading experts in
            artificial intelligence. He teaches at MIT. His latest
            book is "The Emotion Machine."  Minsky tells Steve
            Paulson he believes machine intelligence is very like
            human intelligence and that one day people may choose to
            back themselves up into computers.  
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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