Sara Manning Peskin on the Deepest Mysteries of our Brains | Closer To Truth Chats

Register now for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Neurologist Sara Manning Peskin discusses her book, A Molecule Away From Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain, about how the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Dr. Peskin recounts gripping tales of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake. A college student cannot remember if she has eaten breakfast; by dinner, she is strapped to a hospital bed, convinced she is battling zombies. A man planning to propose marriage instead becomes violently enraged, gripped by body spasms so severe that he nearly bites off his own tongue. One after another, poor farmers in South Carolina drop dead from a mysterious epidemic of dementia. From to Alzheimer's Disease to hallucinations, A Molecule Away from Madness is an unputdownable journey into the deepest mysteries of our brains. Free access to Closer To Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Watch more interviews on when brains go bad: https://rb.gy/2xm4j Sara Manning Peskin, MD, MS, is an assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. She attended medical school and received a master’s degree in cellular and molecular biology at UPenn, where she also completed her neurology residency and a fellowship in cognitive and behavioral neurology. Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.