ItallstartedwhentherockstarDavidByrnedidaFreaky-Friday-likebody-swapwithaBarbieDoll.That’swhatinspiredhim—alongwithhiscollaboratorMalaGaonkar—totransforma15,000square-footwarehouseinDenver,ColoradointoabrainyfunhouseknownastheTheateroftheMind.

Thisepisode,co-HostLatifNassermoderatesaliveconversationbetweenByrneandNeuroscientistThaliaWheatleyattheDenverCenterforthePerformingArts.Thetriotalkabouthowwedon’tseewhatwethinkwesee,don’thearwhatwethinkwehear,anddon’tknowwhatwethinkweknow,butalsohowallthat…mightactuallybeagoodthing.

SpecialthankstoCharlieMillerandeveryoneelseattheDenverCenterforthePerformingArts,EmilySimonessandeveryoneelseattheArbutusFoundation,BoenWang,andHeatherRadke.

 

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ProducedbySuzieLechtenberg

 

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Theaterofthemindwebsite:https://theateroftheminddenver.com/

 

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