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This week, we have two in-studio conversations. First, Jeremy A. Greene, a doctor and professor at Johns Hopkins University, talks with Hannah Zeavin about his book \\u201cThe Doctor Who Wasn\\u2019t There\\u201d. It traces the history and pitfalls of technology in health and medicine \\u2013 specifically electronic media.\\xa0 That includes electronic health care records, which can make medical care more efficient and less expensive \\u2013 but can also lead to mixups and dangerous errors.\\xa0This program was recorded on October 21, 2022 at the studios of WYPR in Baltimore.

In the second half of the program, travel writer, novelist, and essayist Pico Iyer - whose work is contemplative, quiet, and always uplifting.\\xa0Iyer often writes about \\u2013 and from \\u2013 different parts of the world, including Nara, Japan, where he lives most of the year.\\xa0 In his new book, \\u201cThe Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise\\u201d, he explores ideas of utopia, and considers how to find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering.\\xa0 On January 19, 2023, Pico Iyer talked to Isabel Duffy at the studios of KQED in San Francisco.