Shankar Vedantam on the Self-Deceiving Brain

Published: March 19, 2021, 7:55 a.m.

Shankar Vedantam, host of the Hidden Brain podcast and public radio show, discusses how we can bring our country together in these divisive times, why it's good to think our children are exceptional, and why we need to feel like our lives have meaning. His new book is Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain.