Patient H.M. w/ Luke Dittrich

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2016

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Cara is joined by author Luke Dittrich to discuss his new book "Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets." They dive deeply into the story of famed neurological patient Henry Molaison, who, at the age of 27, received an invasive brain surgery that left him with profound memory loss. Luke's telling of the story is especially poignant since his very own grandfather was the lobotomist who performed the surgery back in 1953.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It is Monday, August 8th and I'm
0:18.0	your host Kara Santa Maria. Before we jump into the interview today I would love to thank those of you who made
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0:59.9	All right guys, I'm really excited about the show this week. I had the opportunity to sit down remotely,
1:07.6	but still sit across the country, with Luke Dietrich. Now, he's the author of a new book called Patient
1:17.0	H.M. a story of memory, madness, and family secrets, and he definitely had some secrets to share.
1:27.1	So without any further ado, here he is Luke Dietrich.
1:32.2	Well Luke,
1:33.0	thank you so much for joining me today.
1:35.0	I'm really looking forward to talking all about Patient H.
1:40.0	Well, thank you so much for having me.
1:42.0	I'm excited to be here.
1:44.0	So when does the book come out, first of all?
1:47.0	The book comes out on Tuesday, August 9th.
1:50.0	Great, so we're going to, we're recording this on Friday, August 5th, but it'll
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