Listen to an Interview with Me About Data Baby on NPR's The Pulse

I was interviewed about my memoir, Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment, for a recent episode of WHYY’s The Pulse, which is part of the NPR Network. The episode is “Discovering Your True Identity,” and the interview I did with host Maiken Scott starts at the 34 minute mark. (Read more about Data Baby here.)

From the episode’s description:

“Identity's a complicated thing — a mixture of nurture and nature, ethnicity, gender, culture, conscious decisions, coincidences, and more. In many ways, though, who we think we are boils down to the stories we tell ourselves; stories based on our origins, our families, and how we came to be. But what happens when those stories change? When we discover that the narrative of our lives is completely different from what we've always believed?”

Listen to the episode here.

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On the Radio

One of the great things about being back in LA is listening to KCRW in the car all the time. Weird, eclectic, emotive. What I'm digging: Lord Huron's "Wait by the River."

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On the Pod

In January, I'll be on "TV Guidance Counselor," a very cool and beloved podcast from the mind of Ken Reid, in which Ken and "his guests explore the tough television watching decisions of our past." You can read more about the podcast here. I'll update on this blog when there's an air date so you can listen to it online.

Hugh Hefner: Misogynist or Revolutionary?

BBC Radio 5 Live had me on yesterday to talk about the social media controversy in the wake of the death of Hugh Hefner. On social media sites, feminists celebrated the demise of a man they asserted turned women into objects while others (like me) celebrated the life of a man who'd helped pioneer the sexual revolution and was a longtime champion of freedom of speech. The debate starts at the 1 hour 22 minute mark here.