I recently had the pleasure of being a guest expert on “Forum”, hosted by Mina Kim on San Francisco’s NPR station KQED. You can listen to the recording of the broadcast right here.
The episode was inspired by this article in The Atlantic written by former Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust, who was also a guest on the show. We were also joined by distinguished Emeritus Professor Virginia Berlinger of U Washington and Sandra Gutierrez, associate DIY Editor of Popular Science (who write this piece here).
In it, I discuss some of the science of handwriting and the brain–why experience with handwriting may be beneficial not just for your penmanship, but for your ability to spell, read, and, as suggested by some of the other guests and public who called in, even for your ability to connect meaningfully with the past.