Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Leslie Jamison's Empathy Exams

Where does empathy come from? What does it mean to try to fully understand another person’s pain? These and many more questions are posed in Leslie Jamison's new collection of essays. We talk to her about her new book, The Empathy Exams : Essays.

By Madeleine Brand • May 10, 2014 • 1 min read

Where does empathy come from? What does it mean to try to fully understand another person’s pain? These and many more questions are posed in Leslie Jamison's new collection of essays. We talk to her about her new book, The Empathy Exams: Essays.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Andrew Walsh
Too Beautiful to Live
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Leslie Jamison
author of “Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story”

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Leslie Jamison's Empathy Exams

Where does empathy come from? What does it mean to try to fully understand another person’s pain? These and many more questions are posed in Leslie Jamison's new collection of essays. We talk to her about her new book, The Empathy Exams : Essays.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Leslie Jamison's Empathy Exams

Where does empathy come from? What does it mean to try to fully understand another person’s pain? These and many more questions are posed in Leslie Jamison's new collection of essays. We talk to her about her new book, The Empathy Exams : Essays.

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