Concussions with Leonard Marshall

If scientists discovered that we are not alone, what would they do with that information? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about the search for life, habitability around M stars and more with astrophysics professor and author Aomawa Shields. Originally Aired July 11, 2023 ...  Show more

Does time always move at the same rate? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down things you thought you knew about time dilation, gravity assists, the north star, and your zodiac sign. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Thanks to our P ...  Show more

Today, we're going in depth on traumatic brain injuries. James Tytko speaks with Dawn Astle, daughter of former England striker Jeff Astle, about the finding that his death was linked to head trauma sustained during his playing career. Also, Prof Peter Hutchinson gives an overvie ...  Show more

In this episode, I discuss brain injury and how it affects the brain, physical abilities, cognition and behaviour. There is a particular focus on traumatic brain injury and how concussion in sport is an area receiving interest from researchers. I interview Brodie Ingham who has i ...  Show more

Today we give you our 19^th clinical case and first sport concussion specific case. Nyaz is a neuropsychologist and Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. This will be our third conversation with her. We previously discussed chronic traumatic encephal ...

Today we give you another conversation with Dr. Noah Silverberg.  This brief episode is on terminology related to the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury and concussion, based on guidance from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.