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What Were You Thinking?

By: Dina Temple-Raston
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 Journalist Dina Temple-Raston shares the stories of adolescents who made astonishing choices - from joining ISIS to planning a school shooting - that led to disastrous results. To help understand what they were thinking, she talks with friends, family, and the teens themselves. Plus, she dives into the latest science on adolescent brains to explore innovative ways to help them choose more wisely.©2018 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2018 Audible Originals, LLC Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Ep. 3: After Riley

    Ep. 3: After Riley
    Dec 1 2017
    Seemingly happy high-schooler Riley Winters, killed herself at age 15. It was one of many suicides in Colorado Springs that year, a sharp increase that showed no signs of slowing. In this episode, we travel to Riley’s hometown to talk to friends and family, and find that suicide is more complicated than depression.
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    37 mins
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  • Ep. 6: It Isn't Spirituality, It's Neuroscience

    Ep. 6: It Isn't Spirituality, It's Neuroscience
    Dec 1 2017
    We visit programs that help adolescents make better choices, including a Moroccan morchidat center that helps counter Islamist radicalization and a NYC high-school teacher focused on “mindful fitness.” Finally, we go deeper into the science of the adolescent brain and the role white matter plays in its evolution.
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    31 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Being Worthy

    Ep. 2: Being Worthy
    Dec 1 2017
    Ryan Green explains how the thrill of hacking and being considered “elite” prompted him to hijack 77,000 computers at once. And a look into how the adolescent brain’s hunger for the “feel good” chemical, dopamine, drives young people to push boundaries and take risks.
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    39 mins
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asked questions and explores ideas that are interesting in a balanced way. while also presenting the people involved as real humans

exploring Ideas

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ear opening stories about adolescent brain and actions.worth listening to

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ear opening stories

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Really interesting content and probably worth a listen if you have kids or work/engage with adolescents.

Really interesting

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I found the series quite monotonous. It covered very interesting topics and I would recommend the series to the listener.

A great listen!

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Really insightful especially understanding a little bit more about our brains as adolescents. My daughter is turning 12 and I often find myself wondering how I was at that age. I think we all have to have this awareness that our kids are so much a part of our collective future, not just our small individual families. I really enjoyed these episodes thank you

Eye opening

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I can imagine this happening to a lot of young people who are just trying to make a difference in the world & belong, but become misled in the process.

Worth considering.

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an interesting and thoughtful series on how it can go so very wrong with developing brains and how society should be responding to this very preventable crisis and how some communities/societies are responding and reducing the damage.

thought prevoking

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Interesting series with a nice variety of topics that are very current at the moment. Nice to listen to an episode on tge way to work.

Interesting variety

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