I'm Going to Take Off My Lab Coat. Good.

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In the United States, we have laws about foreseeability, that is, foreseeable harm. So poverty is a foreseeable harm for an infant brain. There are certainly some kids who are more resilient than other kids. But all brains are harmed. And it also means that things like separating children from their caregivers under any circumstances or if the caregiver can't care for the child or is abusive to the child is just not justified.

If you managed to stay awake during Bio 101, then you probably think you have a basic understanding of how your brain works. Not so, says neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett. In this cerebral yet highly entertaining conversation with Next Big Idea Club curator Daniel Pink, Lisa says our brains are made for budgeting, not thinking. She debunks the myth of the lizard brain. And she makes the far-out claim that everything you see and hear, including this podcast, is a hallucination.