Creator	Role
Dessa Dessa (real name Margret Wander) is a rapper, singer, and essayist.Dessa has performed around the world as a member of the Doomtree hip-hop crew and as a solo artist.Dessa's work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota Monthly, and several literary journals. She has published two short collections of poetry and essays.	Host
Stephen Thompson Stephen Thompson is a NPR music editor and reviewer.	Guest
Frances Jensen Dr. Frances Jensen, MD, is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on brain development from the neonatal period through adulthood. Currently, she is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.Dr. Jensen has been Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Director of Translational Neuroscience and Director of Epilepsy Research at Boston Children's Hospital, and Senior Neurologist at Boston Children's and Brigham and Women's Hospitals.Dr. Jensen speaks about the teen brain and other brain-related trends and ideas in a wide range of settings, including museums; high schools; TEDMED talks and other conferences; and in print and on TV and radio stations.	Guest
Kang Lee Dr. Kang Lee is a developmental psychologist who studies moral development and lying in children. Currently, he is a Professor at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study at OISE, at the University of Toronto.Lee's research focuses on children’s moral understanding of lying and truth-telling in different social-cultural contexts, their actual lie- or truth-telling behaviors in such contexts, and the relationship between these two.Lee is also the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of NuraLogix, a start-up which offers digital human face processing to reveal blood flow changes when people are lying.	Guest
Dr. John Troyer Dr. John Troyer is a sociologist who studies death and society. Currently, he is both a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences and the Director of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.Dr Troyer co-founded the Death Reference Desk website and the Future Cemetery Project. He is a frequent commentator for the BBC.Dr Troyer received his Ph.D. in Comparative Studies from the University of Minnesota	Guest
Barry Schwartz Barry Schwartz is a psychologist. He is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College.	Guest
Rosalind Jackson Dr. Jackson, MD is a practicing Obstetrician & Gynecologist. She currently practices at her own practice, Total Health & Wellness OBGYN.Dr. Jackson graduated from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.	Guest
Sam Parnia MD PhD Sam Parnia M.D., Ph.D, is a British associate professor of Medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center where he is also director of research into cardiopulmonary resuscitation.	Guest
Dan Ariely Dan Ariely is a Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, Founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight, and co-founder of Kayma BEworks, Timeful, Genie, and Shapa.	Guest
Jason Farman Dr. Jason Farman is a psychologist. He is an Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland College Park, where he is also the Director of the Design Cultures and Creativity Program. He is also a faculty member with the Human-Computer Interaction Lab.Farman is author of "Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World," which was published in 2018, and "Mobile Interface Theory: Embodied Space and Locative Media," which was published in 2012. He has published articles on mobile technologies, digital maps and cultural geography, locative and site-specific art, video games, digital storytelling, performance art, social media, and surveillance.Farman received his Ph.D. in Performance Studies and Digital Media from the University of California, Los Angeles.	Guest