On Tuesday, May 27, at 11:30 PM, Brian Greene will join Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report (Comedy Central). To whet your appetite, here is Brian’s previous appearance on that show:
On Thursday at 12 PM, you can catch Brian on WNYC’s The Leonard Lopate Show.
The World Science Festival has partnered with WNYC Radio to present You and Your Irrational Brain: An Evening of Experimentation Under the Stars. In this special live Radio Lab event, co-hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich will be joined by science writer Jonah Lehrer and behavioral economist Dan Ariely to investigate how the brain sometimes makes us do crazy things. If you’ve ever wondered why many people think it’s okay to steal a pencil from work, but not money from the petty cash box, or why they splurge on a lavish meal, only to clip a 25 cent coupon for a can of soup later on, this is the program for you!
