Throw Yourself A Curve

It’s OKAY that you spent the last two months of your life hooked on The Bachelorette. What’s done is done. Now, though, for some reality TV really worth watching, I want to recommend something completely different:

PBS’s Charlie Rose: The Brain Series. Wherein Charlie Rose, Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel, and a revolving cast of (typically) three or four other panelists explore different aspects of the brain. Amongst the panelists are some of the finest scientists going. Luckily for viewers, these men and women are also ENTHUSIASTIC -- pretty much across the board -- and CAREFUL AS CAN BE to make what's esoteric c-o-m-p-r-e-h-e-n-s-i-b-l-e to regular people. 

I’ve found the episodes to this point to be riveting. And never quite long enough. Cerebral palsy has hardly been mentioned, but learning about the brain-boggling advances we’re making in our efforts to understand "what’s going on inside our heads" has still left me feeling inspired. Every time.

All twenty-three (23) of the approximately one-hour-long previous episodes are available online at: http://www.charlierose.com/view/collection/10702. Episodes are also available as DVDs.