As many of you know, Milt is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Having spent so many decades in the field, he’s often hesitant to discuss it. But this fascinating new book by the highly regarded Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman proved too much to ignore. Listen to these two amazing minds discuss the mind itself along with the history of psychology and psychiatry. You’ll hear a brand new take on the legacy of Sigmund Freud that could change the way that we view the field. Also discussed: Are psychiatrists in the 21st century too quick to prescribe psychotropic drugs?

These days in the Middle East the threat of death at the hands of ISIS is forcing ostensible conversions away from other faiths and into Islam. But of course real conversions from one faith to another do occur in other circumstances and often with deep conviction. Here is a memorable conversation back in 1985 with  three women who went, respectively, from Protestant  Christianity to Judaism, from Judaism to Roman Catholicism and from Catholicism to Islam.

You could of course answer Adam or Moses. But for Robert Pinsky, former poet laureate of the United States, it has to be David. So he attests – and reveals why – in this engrossing  conversation with Judaic historian Benjamin Sommer and the fascinated moderator of the program. The extra attraction: Some wonderful  poems about David read  here by Pinskey.

Here are brief clips for each of them as they appeared on our program back in the 80s. Their voices and styles were distinctive and if you are over 50 you should be able to identify all of them. For that matter, many of their films are still frequently on view.

There may be some whose ESP power enables them to actually do that. But James (the Amazing) Randi, having sought them for many years, has  never found one. However – and it is a big “however” – he does  do great “cold readings” which persuade the person being read that his mind and history have been magically probed. Here he is one night disguised as “The Incredible Zoran” as he practices and explains the mind-reading art.