Episode 15: Loss and Renewal

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Maya Shankar was well on her way to an extraordinary career as a violinist when an injury closed that door. This week, we look at how she wound up at the top of another field: the social sciences.

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0:00.0	We were going back and forth at Hidden Brain on what to bring you for this final episode
0:10.6	of the year, and then it hit us.
0:12.9	The turn of the year is a time when we set the old aside and welcome the new into our
0:17.3	lives.
0:19.0	And so today we bring you a tale of loss and renewal.
0:22.8	It appeals to me for two reasons.
0:24.6	The first is it's a very particular and universal story.
0:27.9	I was really devastated to lose something that I was completely in love with and so passionate
0:32.4	about and that had really constituted such a large part of my life and my identity.
0:37.6	You know, I was first and foremost a violinist.
0:43.3	The second reason is that this is also about social science research and its applications
0:47.5	in the real world.
0:48.7	What we found was a 9% increase in college enrollment rates.
0:53.6	As a result of eight text messages.
0:55.4	I mean, that is really profound.
0:57.4	Eight text messages is what I send my best friend on any given day.
1:04.8	This is Hidden Brain.
1:05.8	I'm Shankar Vedanthan.
1:07.4	Today we're telling you a story that begins in the attic of a home in Connecticut and
1:11.7	ends at the White House.
1:13.7	And on our theme of loss and reinvention, we'll bring you a poem I came across from Elizabeth
1:18.1	Bishop, read by musician Amy Mann.
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