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Most people have a perception about bums and the homeless, but this week, Heit & Cheri challenge you to ask the question, "Who's the bum?" They begin with a discussion of political balderdash, including commentary on Rick Santorum's alleged racist...

One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is the story of that lesson, its lasting...

In the early 1970s, Craig Haney, Curt Banks, Carlo Prescott, and Philip Zimbardo conducted a landmark situational study at Stanford University. The experiment tested the fundamental attribution error: our tendency to attribute causes of behavior to personal factors, underestimating the...

The situation of the Strait of Hormuz should be looked at as is--an issue of protecting one's borders. At the same time that Americans argue to restrict mere people crossing their borders, Americans are trying to force Iran to allow...

There are 6 billion people on the planet. Every single one of them are unique individual. We each have thoughts and ideas and memories and feelings. What is happening in your brain when talking and listening?

We are bad at making decisions. According to science, our decisions are based on oversimplification, laziness and prejudice.

In the field of brain research there is no subject more intriguing than the savant – an individual with mental, behavioral, or even physical disability who possesses acute powers of observation, mathematical aptitude, or artistic talent. This three-part series provides...

The Secret Life of the Brain, a David Grubin Production, reveals the fascinating processes involved in brain development across a lifetime.

For the first show of 2012, Heit & Cheri decide to tackle things that make you go hmmm, starting with the axiom that there should be gender-specific restroom facilities. Next, the conversation turns to cultural norms of potty positions and...

A friend wrote what I translate to 'WTF does 'serious reservations' mean? So, liberals think it's ok now. A law is still a law if you sign it happily or with 'serious reservations,' concerning Presi