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You must remember this\u2026 wait, wait... I had it\u2026 on the tip of my tongue\u2026 (Memory is a tricky thing and most of us would like to improve it)\u2026 oh, yes: Discover the secrets of stupefying, knock-your-socks-off recall by a U.S. Memory Champion.\nAlso, almost everything we know about memory comes from the life of one man born in 1926 and known as H.M., the world\u2019s \u201cmost unforgettable amnesiac.\u201d\nPlus, the sum total of the global data storage capacity in hard drives, thumb drives, the Internet, you name it\u2026 guess how many exabytes it comes to?\nGuests:\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Larry Squire \u2013 Professor of psychiatry and neurosciences and psychology at the University of California, San Diego and a scientist at the VA Medical Center in San Diego\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Jacopo Annese \u2013 Neuroanatomist and Director of the Brain Observatory at the University of California, San Diego\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Joshua Foer \u2013 Author of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Martin Hilbert \u2013 Economist and social scientist, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices