The Observatory

The Observatory

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The Observatory episodes

  • 7. Thinking in Pictures
    The book that made autism legible from the inside. Thinking in Pictures, Temple Grandin, 1995. Chapters, sources and a full transcript are on the episode page.
    21 min
  • 6. NeuroTribes
    Who named autism, and what did they get wrong? NeuroTribes, Steve Silberman, 2015. Chapters, sources and a full transcript are on the episode page.
    19 min
  • 4. Scattered Minds
    The book that says ADHD is made, not born. What do the twin studies say? Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté, 1999. Chapters, sources and a full transcript are on the episode page.
    17 min
  • 3. Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
    The evidence-first counterweight. Where does Barkley disagree with Hallowell, and who has the record on their side? Taking Charge of Adult ADHD, Russell A. Barkley, 2021. Chapters, sources and a full transcript are on the episode page.
    17 min
  • 2. ADHD 2.0
    Same authors, twenty-seven years later. What did the science do to them in between? ADHD 2.0, Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey, 2021. Chapters, sources and a full transcript are on the episode page.
    17 min
  • 1. Driven to Distraction
    Adult ADHD is real, it persists, and it is missed. Thirty years on, what held up? Driven to Distraction, Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey, 1994. Chapters, sources and a full transcript are on the episode page.
    19 min

About The Observatory

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Fifty books about neurodivergent life, one episode each. Two synthetic voices summarize the book, tell you the best story in it, check what it claimed against what has held up, and ask the question…