Shankar Vedantam

Shankar Vedantam

Biography:

Shankar Vedantam is a national science writer at The Washington Post. Between 2006 and 2009, Vedantam authored the weekly Department of Human Behavior column in The Washington Post. He is the winner of several journalism awards. Vedantam is a 2009-2010 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • The Hidden Brain

    Ian Punnett welcomed science journalist Shankar Vedantam for a discussion into the 'hidden brain' -- a phrase he coined to describe the myriad brain functions that happen outside of our conscious awareness, but which nonetheless effect how we behave in everyday life.More »

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Billy Meier UFO Case / Akashic Records & Angels
Billy Meier UFO Case / Akashic Records & Angels

Hosted by:George Noory

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Brit Elders, Amy Robeson
Author and filmmaker Brit Elders discussed the case of the Swiss farmer Billy Meier, who claims to have met with Pleiadian aliens hundreds of times. Followed by Akashic Records master teacher Amy Robeson.
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