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Lisa Feldman Barrett on writing about what emotions are (and aren't)

Episode Summary

Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. She's published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and has contributed almost a dozen op-eds to The New York Times. In this premiere episode of Line Edit, she speaks with New York Times opinion editor James Ryerson about one of the first pieces she wrote for him, What Emotions Are (And Aren't), the process of writing her first book, How Emotions are Made, and the nuances of writing popular science for the public.

Episode Notes

Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. She's published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and has contributed almost a dozen op-eds to The New York Times. In this premiere episode of Line Edit, she speaks with New York Times opinion editor James Ryerson about one of the first pieces she wrote for him, What Emotions Are (And Aren't), the process of writing her first book, How Emotions are Made, and the nuances of writing popular science for the public.

 

Supported by the John Templeton Foundation

Hosting and production by James Ryerson

Editing and executive production by Joseph Fridman

Theme composition by Stephen LaRosa of Wonder Boy Audio

Logo design by Jacob Feldman and Joseph Fridman

Special thanks to Dave DeSteno, Yvonne Malcolm and the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, the New York Times audio team (specifically, Annie Brown, Brad Fisher, Daniel Powell, and Lisa Tobin), Mia Lobel at Pushkin Industries, and Jennifer Dale and her team at CUNY Newmark School of Journalism.