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"I Started Crying When I Realized How Beautiful the Universe Is” | People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2: Mayim Bialik

Sep 5, 2020

45:27

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Is There a Pandemic of Technology in Education?

02:04

Mindfulness and Mental Health - What's the Difference?

02:16

Are You a Neuroscientist?

01:52

Introduction

2min

Mim Beoli, Renowned Actress, Neuro Scientis PhD, a Mother of Two Teen Age Boys, an Author and a Producer

3min

I Was a Strange Kid, and I'm a Strange Adult

2min

You Can Hide on a Stage

2min

Mindfulness and Mental Health - What's the Difference?

2min

Being an Actor Is a Crazy Choice, Isn't It?

3min

Is It a Job?

3min

Is There a Difference Between Male and Female Brains?

5min

Is It So Hard to Communicate the Value of a Stem Career?

2min

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Is There a Pandemic of Technology in Education?

2min

11.

Why We Home School Our Children

2min

12.

The Regurgitation Versus Thinking

2min

13.

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3min

14.

I Was Born Different, but Still Did a Lot of Fun, Creative Things.

2min

15.

Proter Willie Arendrum - Is It a Species of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

2min

16.

Are You a Neuroscientist?

2min

17.

Is It Difficult to Have a Child?

2min

18.

Sitcom Acting - Is It Really That Hard?

2min

19.

Do You Have Much Input at All?

2min

20.

How Do You Write a Screenplay?

3min

21.

Are You a Feminist or Not?

2min

She’s best known for playing neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, but the award-winning actress has a rich life outside of her acting career, as a teacher, mother — and a real-life neuroscientist. Steve Levitt tries to learn more about this one-time academic and Hollywood non-conformist, who is both very similar to him and also quite his opposite.