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The New Molecule.

How your brain makes your mind.

John Ellis
Aug 26, 2021
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This evening’s podcast features Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire and The Great Pretender. Brain on Fire sold over 1 million copies and chronicled what she described as her “month of madness” and subsequent recovery. The Great Pretender tells the back story of a dramatic experiment that changed the course of modern medicine. She talks about both…

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