Stanford's Sapolsky and National Geo produce a documentary on stress

Avi sez, "Prof. Robert Sapolsky (along with National Geographic) has produced a superb introduction to how stress works and how best to cope with it. A summation of his lifelong study of stress, this video effectively delivers Sapolsky's personal perspective on Stress that may help you live a better, longer life."

Sapolsky's lectures on stress (see link below) are some of the most interesting scientific explanations for everyday phenomena I've ever read. Stress: Portrait of a Killer (Thanks, Avi!)

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Stu Mark

Robert Sapolsky’s “A Primate’s Memoir” is my favorite of his books – he really opened up my head to help me understand primates, including humans. His writing style is candid, open-minded, and inclusive. I think he’s a great example for future academics.
pinch

It stresses me to watch Saplosky talk about stress.
Time to get lit.
TEKNA2007

Anybody have updated version of the links in the previous article?

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/18/mindopening-lectures.html

All the non-iTunes links in that article are dead to me.

I watched them the first time around and it was good stuff, would love to see it again. IIRC, the takeaway message was extended stress + glucose insufficiency = neuron death in the hippocampus.
aislefive

See LinkedIn’s interview with Sapolsky from last week, promoting the piece before it aired:

http://blog.linkedin.com/blog/2008/09/linkedin-gets-s.html
anguilla

Dang this aired Sept 24. I’m sorry I missed it!
Avi Solomon

The torrent flows like a river:)
TEKNA2007

avi :)