Special Episode: Dr. Sara Manning Peskin & A Molecule Away from Madness

This Podcast Will Kill You

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We live on the edge. Whether we fail to acknowledge it or try not to think of it, that fact remains true for most of us. A chemical shift, a rogue protein, a marauding molecule - our brains are vulnerable to an array of attacks that could dramatically alter our connection with the world and ourselves. In this episode of the TPWKY book club, Dr. Sara Manning Peskin, MD, MS, assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania and author, joins us to discuss her book A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain. Deeply fascinating, occasionally terrifying, and always empathetic, A Molecule Away from Madness features individual cases of the brain gone awry. Dr. Manning Peskin artfully combines these emotional and personal stories with approachable explanations of how our brains work and historical descriptions of how we gained this understanding. Tune in to this captivating conversation wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is exactly right. Oh, Oh, Hi, I'm Aaron Welsh, and this is this podcast will kill you. You are listening to the latest book club episode of the season, a series where we get to interview authors about their books covering fascinating and important topics in science and medicine.
1:06.0	If this is your first time tuning in this season, welcome, thanks for joining us,
1:11.0	and also be prepared to make room on your bookshelf and to read list.
1:16.5	Last time we did this series we just sort of released the episodes without giving you an opportunity
1:21.2	to read beforehand.
1:23.1	And this season, we decided, in the spirit of real life book clubs,
1:27.4	to give those of you who want it,
1:29.2	a sneak peek of the books that will be chatting
1:31.3	about this season.
1:32.9	So if you are one of those wanting to read along with us,
1:36.5	head over to our website. This podcast will kill you.com,
1:39.8	where you can find a link under extras
1:41.8	to our bookshop.org affiliate page, which has our reading lists, including
1:46.2	our book club list, featuring all of the books we covered last season, as well as the ones we'll be covering this season.
1:54.0	It's a pretty incredible list, if I do say so myself,
1:57.8	and I really can't wait to share all of these interviews with you all.
2:01.9	I'm especially thrilled for today's
2:03.6	conversation with Dr. Sarah Manning Pescin, who is an assistant professor of
2:08.1	clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of A Molecule Away from Madness,
2:14.0	Tales of the Hijacked Brain.
2:16.8	In this captivating and heart-rending book,
2:20.1	Dr Pescin takes readers through stories of the brain gone awry,
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