Elizabeth Swados

Friday 12/20/1991

Elizabeth Swados recollects her family's struggles with mental illness and how she used that as inspiration for her novel, "The Four of Us."

Schizophrenia and Genius
Health
Air Date 06/30/1998
A look at the connection between genius and schizophrenia with author Sylvia Nasar, journalist Howard Chua-Eoan, and psychiatrist Dr. Kenneth Davis. 28:50
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David Payne
Books
Air Date 03/25/2016
Author David Payne introduces his memoir about his family, "Barefoot to Avalon: A Brother's Story." 32:41
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'Spider'
Entertainment
Air Date 02/17/2003
Director David Cronenberg and actor Ralph Fiennes discuss their film "Spider," which follows a schizophrenic man as he leaves an asylum. 20:37
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Mario Cuomo Announcement; Elizabeth...
Entertainment, Politics, Books, Art and design
Air Date 12/20/1991
Mario Cuomo's decision not to run for president; Author Elizabeth Swados; Pop culture '91; Diane von Furstenberg. 56:16
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Kay Redfield Jamison
Society, Science
Air Date 10/26/1999
Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison discusses her new book, "Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide." 17:30
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