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92Y Presents: Girls Who Run the World
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New YorkJournalist and author of Girls Who Run the World: 31 CEOs Who Mean Business Diana Kapp talks with Rebecca Blumenstein, Managing Editor of the New York Times. Studies show that 23 percent of fifth grade girls think they are not smart enough to pursue their dream career, and by high school this number has doubled. 30 percent of […]
Person Place Thing with Andy Cohen: Mo Rocca
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave, New YorkEmmy winner Mo Rocca is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and a frequent panelist on NPR’s hit weekly quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! His love for obituaries inspired his hit podcast and new book of the same name, Mobituaries, an irreverent but deeply researched appreciation of people from the past. Person Place Thing […]
Joseph LeDoux: Danger is Ancient—Fear Is A Recent Invention
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New YorkAs soon as there was life, there was danger. Fear, on the other hand, is a recent invention. So says the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry at NYU, Joseph LeDoux. Dr. LeDoux studies the question that has long puzzled neuroscientists—what is consciousness? He believes that by understanding the mechanisms of […]