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Linda Reddish was nervous about breastfeeding her newborn baby while on a flight, but she was put to ease by a pediatric nurse who looked out for Reddish on both her outgoing and returning trips.

When I moved to Phoenix five years ago, I never imagined it would be home to a “draw Muhammad” competition followed by an armed anti-Islam [...]

Cynthia Page was alone in a train station trying to get home from New York City when men surrounded her. She was frightened until another man came and helped her get away from those circling her.

Cynthia Page was alone in a train station trying to get home from New York City when men surrounded her. She was frightened until another man came and helped her get away from those circling her.

Cynthia Page was alone in a train station trying to get home from New York City when men surrounded her. She was frightened until another man came and helped her get away from those circling her.

Cynthia Page was alone in a train station trying to get home from New York City when men surrounded her. She was frightened until another man came and helped her get away from those circling her.

Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.

Does living with animals really make us healthier? Why do we eat some animals and keep others as pets? This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with psychology professor Hal Herzog about the contradictions embedded in our relationships with animals.

Join Michigan Radio's All Things Considered host Rebecca Kruth in this conversation with Shankar Vedantam about his career and the inspiration behind Hidden Brain.

Thomas Lu (he/him) is a producer for NPR's science podcast, Short Wave. The podcast is a perfect equation of curiosity, nerdiness and everyday discoveries.