Shocking Research: Electroshock Therapy and Stem Cells

Science Talk

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2006

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, journalist Larry Tye talks about his new book, SHOCK, written with electroshock patient Kitty Dukakis, wife of former governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. Following Tye, Charles Welch, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital electroconvulsive therapy program, discusses the treatments knowns and unknowns. Then Scientific American editor Christine Soares shares some insights about an unusual stem cell research conference held last week in New York City. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.egrandslam.com; www.sciam.com/news; blog.sciam.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there.
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benny?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love.
0:28.0	T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:30.9	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting November 1st.
0:36.9	I'm Steve Merski. This week on the podcast,
0:39.6	a couple of controversial subjects, electroshock therapy and stem cell research. Plus, we'll
0:44.9	test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Scientific American editor, Christine
0:49.5	Suarez attended a stem cell symposium last week, and we'll hear from her later.
0:55.9	First up, though, ElectroShok.
0:59.6	A few weeks back, I went to a session at the Massachusetts General Hospital,
1:02.2	featuring Kitty Dukakis and Larry Ty,
1:05.2	the co-authors of a new book called Simply Shock,
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