10am Author Maureen Seaberg 11am Abiola on LSD

10am Maureen Seaberg In her new book, Tasting the Universe, Maureen Seaberg takes readers on an “Eat, Pray, Love” style exploration of a fascinating, newly discovered phenomenon where people “see” and sometimes “taste” colors and forms in music and words. 

Occurring in about 5% of the American population, synesthesia is scientifically described as a cross-wiring, or lack of chemical inhibition, between brain neurons.

Seaberg recounts her own life-long abilities as a “synesthete” and the hair-raising experiences of musicians, artists, actors, writers and other creatives who possess this condition, such as Itzhak Perlman, Billy Joel, Pharrell Williams, and Marilyn Monroe.

Have you ever heard that the reason we all type “www” countless times a day is because one of the inventors of the internet, Sir Robert Cailliau, is a synesthete who sees “w” in his favorite color, dark green, and settled on the name for it that way?

11am World New I brief look at world events

11:05am Abiola on LSD  Join Abiola Abrams and Ron Ash as they discuss love, sex, dating and relationships and answer questions from listeners.