The Power of Storytelling to Educate and Empower with Lisa Genova

This episode is a conversation with the New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist, Lisa Genova . Her debut novel Still Alice about a Harvard University professor who suffers early onset Alzheimer's disease sold millions of copies and has been translated into 37 languages. The book was adapted into a film in 2014 and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore's highly acclaimed performance as Alice Howland. Her first work of nonfiction, REMEMBER: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting , was published in March 2021, and was an instant New York Times bestseller. Her first TED talk, "What You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer's" has been viewed over eight million times and her most recent TED talk, "How Memory Works--and Why Forgetting is Totally OK" was the sixth most watched TED talk of 2021. She has been recognized numerous times and has won many awards for here incredible work, including receiving The Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square, for "distinguished storytelling that has enriched the public dialogue." We discussed her journey of becoming a story teller, her empowering message and important work for the community. Follow Lisa: Instagram: @authorlisagenova Twitter: @lisagenova Website: LisaGenova.com

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The Power of Storytelling to Educate and Empower with Lisa Genova is an episode from The Brain Health Revolution Podcast by Dean and Ayesha Sherzai.

This episode is 56:55 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2023.

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