For The Organist (KCRW & McSweeney’s), I produced this story on the surprising backstory of the Rorschach test, that all-purpose metaphor we use for “means whatever you want it to mean.” As Damion Searls, the author of a new biography of Hermann Rorschach explains, that’s not what the test is really about at all. Check out the story in iTunes or at KCRW.
Tag: Science
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Way to Go, Einstein
On the 100th anniversary of the publication of the theory of relativity, I produced an episode of Studio 360 (PRI + WNYC) looking at how Einstein upended the way we see space and time, his effect on pop culture, and how one of his most preposterous ideas was ultimately proven right.
For this hour, I came up with the idea, wrote the treatment, booked and prepped the interviews, and wrote the script. For the 18-minute narrative feature that opens the show, I produced the interviews, wrote the script, edited the audio, provided scoring and sound design.
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Is Laughter Good for Your Health?
For this episode of Studio 360, Kurt Andersen and Only Human host Mary Harris go to a session of laughter yoga to find out about the health effects of laughter. We trace the origin of laughter with researcher Robert Provine, and look at laughter’s effect on the brain with neuroscientist Sophie Scott. Chris Gethard talks about the positive effect that comedy has had on his struggles with depression, and doctors talk about when it’s OK to laugh with patients (and when it’s not).
I came up with the concept, wrote the treatment, booked and prepped the interviews, and provided sound design and scoring for this hour.