April 08, 2026

80. Explore Prosopagnosia Through Fiction: A Conversation with Katherine Center

43 minutes

This episode was made possible by the generous support of Ken Stevens.

We talked with:

Katherine Center is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels. She writes deep, nuanced, laugh-and-cry rom-coms that brim with hope and healing. Her books have made countless best-of lists, including Amazon’s Top 100 Books of the Year, Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, Goodreads’ Best Books of the Year, Library Reads Hall of Fame, People Best New Books, and more. Her spring 2026 book is The Shippers - and today we’ll be talking about Hello Stranger. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.

Dr. Keith Josephs is a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience as well as the Ani Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He is an internationally recognized leading experts in neurodegenerative diseases with research focusing on clinicopathological and neuroimaging aspects of the frontotemporal dementias and atypical Alzheimer’s disease with over 750 scientific peer-reviewed manuscripts, including the 2024 Prosopagnosia: face blindness and its association with neurological disorders published in the journal Brain Communications.

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