After a Stroke, a Scientist Studies Herself

Neurological researcher Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke 12 years ago. While a stroke is often devastating and sometimes fatal, Taylor was able to make a complete recovery after becoming her own experimental subject.

Her new book, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, recounts her experience.

Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist. She was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2008.

She is currently affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

After a Stroke, a Scientist Studies Herself

The '80s: Were They Really That Bad?

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Were the 1980s the worst years for music? NPR listeners seem to think so, according to the results of our poll. When asked to pick the best year for music, nearly everyone skipped the '80s entirely. On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen looks back at the decade of synth pop, hair metal, and hardcore with Stephen Thompson, editor of Song of the Day, Robin Hilton, All Songs Considered producer and host of Second Stage, and Carrie Brownstein, writer for the Monitor Mix blog.

The '80s: Were They Really That Bad?

Bush's Budget Blunders or Save NPR!

Why does Bush like to pick on public broadcasting so much? Does he have something against Burt and Ernie? Maybe it's because they don't qualify conjecture and gutter-speak as hard news. Or is it because they refuse to fellate the administration around the clock like other news outlets I could name? I think the answer to these questions is a resounding yes.

While his new budget proposal gives assloads of money to the Pentagon it also helps one of our most persecuted minorities - the rich. Those tax cuts Bush wants to make permanent gives the richest one percent thirty-one percent of the cuts and the bottom forty percent (you and I) a measly four percent. But never fear I'm sure those old, white men at the top will surely demonstrate their magnanimity before the beginning of the next war.

And so NPR is facing another attack along with significant cuts to child-care assistance and the Headstart program. PBS has stated that without these funds they might have to jettison "Seasame Street and "Arthur". Bush's thinking is backwards and upside down. Hell, this interview alone should be reason enough to keep NPR strong. Sign this petition and send a message to Congress saying you support upstanding Journalism and stand against fattening the bank accounts of multi- millionaires