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The Last Word on Nothing
Project: Emptying the World’s Aquarium
Story Collider: The Biology of Pig Shit
In early 2016 I tell a story onstage about the chemistry of pig manure.
The Mysterious Decline of the Mayan Empire
for The Leonard Lopate Show
Guest: Erik Vance
Excerpt: Remembering Childhood Trauma That Never Happened
for New York Magazine
Published: November 2016
New York Magazine ran an excerpt from my book, Suggestible You, introducing the concept of false memories.
Podcast: Erik Vance – Suggestible You
for Learning To Go
Published: Nov 3, 2016
I appeared on the podcast Learning to Go to apply the ideas of suggestibility to the world of development and learning.
Just a Little Suggestion – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) – Episode 594
for This Week In Science
Published: Nov 23, 2016
I appeared on the sassy, irreverent podcast TWIS to talk about placebos hypnosis and other crazy, mind-bending business.
The Future of the Global Fishery
for The Leonard Lopate Show
Guest: Erik Vance
Suggestible to Healing-Placebo Science, guest Erik Vance
for Spark My Muse
Published: November 2016
I appeared on Spark My Muse, with Lisa DeLay
A slow emptying of the ‘world’s aquarium’
for Take Two
Here’s What Placebos Can Heal—And What They Can’t
for National Geographic Book Talk
Published: Nov 27, 2016
The latest research in biochemistry reveals that your brain can actually self-medicate.
Writing short
for Central Time
Hear how over-fishing in the Sea of Cortez serves as an example of what's to come globally.