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In the of first of many appearances on Studs' radio show, Oliver Sacks discusses his book "Awakenings" and recounts several patient profiles from his groundbreaking treatment application of L-DOPA to sufferers of Sleeping sickness and Parkinson's disease. They explore his work in the context of Studs' concept of Feeling Tone and Sacks tells of a remarkable scene with aphasic patients reacting to a speech of then President Ronald Reagan.
Yehiel De-Nur spent two years as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He wrote several books about his experiences there, using his identity number Ka-Tsetnik 135633. His wife Nina served in the British army as a young woman and later helped in the translation and publication of De-Nur's works.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Yehiel De-Nur spent two years as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He wrote several books about his experiences there, using his identity number Ka-Tsetnik 135633. His wife Nina served in the British army as a young woman and later helped in the translation and publication of De-Nur's works.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations