Obsession

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Ira Glass co-hosts with Harper's Magazine Senior Editor Paul Tough. We hear about Gillian, who became obsessed with the number two, from psychologist and author Lauren Slater who became paralyzed by the thought &quotI can't concentrate,&quot from San Diego artist Liza Lou, who spent five years glueing down tiny glass beads to construct a life-sized kitchen (click the picture for a bigger view), and Greg Whitehead, Director of the Institute for Scream Studies, who has collected people's screams from around the world - and their thoughts about screams.
Ira Glass co-hosts with Harper's Magazine Senior Editor Paul Tough. We hear about Gillian, who became obsessed with the number two, from psychologist and author Lauren Slater who became paralyzed by the thought &quotI; can't concentrate," from San Diego artist Liza Lou, who spent five years glueing down tiny glass beads to construct a life-sized kitchen (click the picture for a bigger view), and Greg Whitehead, Director of the Institute for Scream Studies, who has collected people's screams from around the world - and their thoughts about screams.

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Ira Glass