January 2010

January 4, 2010 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
NPR Radio, WAMC NHPR
Live interview and discussion of The Other Brain Book with Virginia Prescott, host of the radio program "Word of Mouth"
Listen to recorded interview on NHPR

January 12, 2010 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
KERA Public Radio, Dallas, TX
Live interview and listener call-in on the program "Think!", hosted by Krys Boyd
Listen to podcast

January 14, 2010 10:00 - 10:15 am ET
WHUR-FM, Washington, D.C.
"Horizons" with host Tyrone Barksdale

January 26, 2010 1:00-1:30 PM ET
KUHL-AM Wellness Talk Radio, California
with host Kris Costello

January 22, 2010, 12:00-12:40 ET
WNYC Public Radio, The Leonard Lopate Show
Live interview and discussion of The Other Brain with host Leonard Lopate
Listen to the interview with Leonard Lopate

January 26, 2010
Psychjourney with host Deborah Harper
Listen to the interview


January 28, 2010 6:45 p.m.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
“A Revolution in Neuroscience: Revealing Glial Cell’s Critical Role,” by R. Douglas Fields.
The Other Brain is available for signing after the program.
Resident Members $15; Senior members $13; General Admission $25

January 28, 2010 6:45 p.m.
The National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C.
A Revolution in Neuroscience: Glial Cells' Critical Role
A Lecture by R. Douglas Fields
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February, 2010

February 23, 2010, 6:30 p.m.
Reiter's Books, Washington, D.C.
Lecture and book signing by the author


April, 2010

April 7, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
National Library Week Speaker,
Sidwell Friends High School, Washington, DC


April 19, 2010, 6:00 pm
Western State College, Gunnison, CO
Lecture by author and book signing

May, 2010
May 12, 2010, Brain Science Podcast
Hour-long interview with the author discussing glia and The Other Brain,
by host Ginger Campbell, M.D.
Listen to the program


June, 2010
June 2, 2010, NPR Morning Edition, Einstein's Brain
Adaptation of chapter one in The Other Brain and interview with the author by Jonathan Hamilton, Science Correspondent, National Public Radio
Listen to broadcast and see video of glia communicating

June 14, 2010, Newstalk 106-108 FM, Ireland National Radio, Dublin
Live interview and discussion of The Other Brain by host Sean Moncrieff


August, 2010
August, 9, 2010, WAMU, Kojo Nnamdi Show,
The author discusses The Other Brain and glial research as an in-studio guest on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, NPR affiliate, Washington, D.C.
Listen to the interview and see a video of glial research in the author's laboratory at the National Institutes of Health

Forthcoming Events


KISW/KKWF/KMTT/KNDD, Washington State Radio
"Conversations", with Host Lizz Sommars