{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Thinking","slug":"harvard-thinking-6767250","podcast_index_feed_id":6767250,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/tyge_lYM","website_url":"https://harvard-thinking.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4e7f56d4-eb27-4ac4-9d9f-899ce9b93b68/f986d52c-c815-4bfd-92ae-a3fd718956ac/3000x3000/2023-11-28-gazette-ht-podcast-thumbnail-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Harvard University","episode_count":29,"summary":"A podcast where the life of the mind meets everyday life. Hosted by Samantha Laine Perfas, produced by Harvard University. Visit harvard.edu/thinking.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-thinking-6767250"},"episode":{"title":"How memory works (and doesn’t)","slug":"how-memory-works-and-doesn-t","published_at":"2025-12-03T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-thinking-6767250/how-memory-works-and-doesn-t","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-thinking-6767250","url":"https://harvard-thinking.simplecast.com/episodes/memory-qT_UScm8","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/ac2b9968-4d64-42e6-b97f-e96f88f429fb/episodes/7d1bd438-dfa5-4dd3-bbfe-bdca5e24a184/audio/d03d088e-3e4f-411f-b95d-e3fb63650e6f/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=tyge_lYM","summary":"We rely on our memories for so much. Memory is the foundation of our sense of self, ability to learn new information, and stay safe. But our memories are also highly suggestible, and we often misremember events or fabricate memories entirely. In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas talks with science researcher Dan Schacter, Alzheimer’s expert Margaret O’Connor, and neuroscientist Venki Murthy about the science of memory – and how we can remember better.","meta_description":"We rely on our memories for so much. Memory is the foundation of our sense of self, ability to learn new information, and stay safe. But our memories are…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1729,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-thinking-6767250/episodes/how-memory-works-and-doesn-t/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-thinking-6767250/how-memory-works-and-doesn-t.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}