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Remembering Oliver Sacks
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The pioneering writer and neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, who died in 2015, was beloved for his compassion and creativity. Sacks was deeply invested in the lives and well-being of his patients – people with neurological conditions that included Tourette’s, hallucinations, and autism. He was a phenomenal storyteller, whose many case studies – he called them ‘neurological novels’ – include “The Man Who
Mistook His Wife For A Hat” and “Awakenings”. On April 17, 2020, author Steve Silberman hosted a conversation with Sacks’ longtime collaborator Kate Edgar, and Temple Grandin, one of the world’s
best-known autistic adults. Their memories of Sacks are interspersed with clips from a new documentary about his life and work, “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life”.
Mistook His Wife For A Hat” and “Awakenings”. On April 17, 2020, author Steve Silberman hosted a conversation with Sacks’ longtime collaborator Kate Edgar, and Temple Grandin, one of the world’s
best-known autistic adults. Their memories of Sacks are interspersed with clips from a new documentary about his life and work, “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life”.
Released:
Apr 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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