Unconventional Methods: Stories about finding a different way
b'Wasn\\u2019t it Einstein who said: \\u201cThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results\\u201d? In this week\\u2019s episode both our storytellers aren\\u2019t in danger of falling prey to Einstein\\u2019s version of insanity; they definitely try something new.\\nPart 1: A neurological condition makes Adam Selbst a prime target for muggers but things get weird when he tries to stop one.\\nPart 2: Cassandra Quave learns there\\u2019s more than one way into medicine.\\nAdam Selbst is a writer and graphic designer from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He hosts the monthly Big Irv\\u2019s Storytelling Roadshow and has been performing around NYC for the last 10 years. Adam lives in a bodega art collective with 64 other people and in his spare time he enjoys being slowly poisoned by an ancient, weird mold in his shower and throwing elaborate dinner parties. \\nCassandra Quave, PhD, is the herbarium curator and an associate professor of dermatology and human health at Emory University. Dr. Quave is a fellow of The Explorers Club, a former president of the Society for Economic Botany, and a recipient of the Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award and Charles B. Heiser, Jr. Mentor Award. She is the cocreator and host of Foodie Pharmacology, a podcast dedicated to exploring the links between food and medicine. A leader in the field of medical botany, she has authored more than 100 scientific publications and has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and BBC Science Focus, as well as on PBS, NPR, and National Geographic TV. Dr. Quave is author of a science memoir The Plant Hunter: A Scientist\\u2019s Quest for Nature\\u2019s Next Medicines. She lives in Atlanta in a full and energetic house with her husband, four children, dog, mini-pig and many houseplants. \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'