The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

06/02/2025

We’re looking forward to a wonderful event this Wednesday - share with a caregiver in your life and join us for a powerful documentary, post-film conversation hosted by Marty Moss-Coane, refreshments and a resource fair!Register at whyy.org/events.

05/30/2025

TODAY: Terry Real helps us address toxic fallout from generational trauma, resolve repetitive conflicts that make us feel alone, and explore why our winner-takes-all culture harms our relationships.

He's been a therapist for more than 40 years and is the founder of the Relational Life Institute. Today and Sunday. 12pm. WHYY-FM 90.9 and WHYY.org

05/29/2025

From the studio: In the middle of taping with Terry Real - Relational Life Institute. He's talking about how we bring unresolved family dramas from our childhood into our long term adult partnerships. How can we challenge our defaults to make a loving, lasting relationship?

Terry's an internationally recognized therapist and author. Tune in tomorrow and Sunday at noon.

05/23/2025

Today at noon: 🧠 What guidance can existential thinkers offer us to deal with the stresses and uncertainties of today’s world?

Our guest, social and cultural psychologist Steven Heine, says that everything we do is “wrapped up in layers of meaning” and that connection is at the root of a life well-lived. Join us.

Psychologist Steven Heine explains that our deep-seated need for meaning lies in our brains and how to use it to build a life of purpose.

05/22/2025

Jamming with engineer Al Banks!

It's . Today we learned that Barry White and Chris Rock performed 'Basketball Jones' for the acclaimed masterpiece 'Space Jam'.

05/16/2025

You meet the most interesting people at WHYY… Marty bumped into Dan Gottlieb this afternoon! Have a nice weekend!

05/15/2025

Coming up tomorrow and Sunday at noon! Understanding the feeling of disgust -- from spoiled food to bugs in your drink. Join us.

This episode, the yuck factor with psychologist Paul Rozin, who has been studying disgust for five decades. What grosses you out the most?

05/14/2025

Disgust dispatch from Marty. 🤢

This week! Psychologist Paul Rozin is one of the world’s leading authorities on disgust. He describes it as “the fear of incorporating an offending substance into one’s body.”
He's devised some ingenious experiments and developed a 32 item 'disgust scale'.

Rozin takes us into the inner workings of disgust - which has cultural, political and social implications - this Friday and Sunday at noon, and later on the podcast.

05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day from Senior Producer/mom Debbie and Producer/mom Paige 💐 working hard or hardly workin?

05/09/2025

Marty and today’s guest, Sarah Bergenfield taking a casual post-show photo! Catch up on the podcast and have a great weekend!

05/08/2025

Are you ? Do you know someone who is?

Before getting a diagnosis of autism in her 50s, Sarah Bergenfield was confused, constantly overstimulated and exhausted. We'll talk with her this week about her forthcoming book, 'Embodying Autism: Navigate Your Autistic Brain, Body and Mind.'

Cognitive scientist Maureen Dunne will also join us. She says we need more neurodivergent thinkers in the workplace to challenge a “business as usual” mindset. 12pm on WHYY.

Sarah Bergenfield says that before getting a diagnosis of autism, she was confused. She was overwhelmed by a constant barrage of stimulation, relationships with other people were off-putting and life’s unpredictability left her feeling exhausted. She was diagnosed in her 50s and says that while li...

05/02/2025

I just returned from a trip to Paris and Normandy enjoying museums, mousse and history and remembering that travel is about connection and disconnection.