Alan Dienstag's guest appearances

Alan Dienstag

On Being with Krista Tippett

Alain De Botton

Daniel Kahneman

Sharon Salzberg

Sheryl Sandberg

Arlie Hochschild

Rebecca Traister

Tiffany Shlain

Sally Kohn

Eve Ensler

Majora Carter

Adam Grant

Glenn Beck

Karen Armstrong

Michael Pollan

Tracy K. Smith

OwlTail

Krista Tippett

Alan Dienstag is a clinical psychologist in private practice in New York City and Westchester County. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Alan Dienstag — Alzheimer’s and the Spiritual Terrain of Memory.” Find more at onbeing.org.

<p>Alan Dienstag is a clinical psychologist in private practice in New York City and Westchester County. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Alan Dienstag — Alzheimer’s and the Spiritual Terrain of Memory.” Find more at <a href="http://onbeing.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">onbeing.org</a>.</p>

[Unedited] Alan Dienstag with Krista Tippett

Alzheimer’s disease has been described as “the great unlearning.” But what does it reveal about the nature of human identity? What remains when memory unravels? Alan Dienstag is a psychologist who has led support groups with early Alzheimer’s patients, as well as a writing group he co-designed with the novelist Don DeLillo. He’s experienced the early stages of Alzheimer’s as a time for giving memories away rather than losing them.

<p>Alzheimer’s disease has been described as “the great unlearning.” But what does it reveal about the nature of human identity? What remains when memory unravels? Alan Dienstag is a psychologist who has led support groups with early Alzheimer’s patients, as well as a writing group he co-designed with the novelist Don DeLillo. He’s experienced the early stages of Alzheimer’s as a time for giving memories away rather than losing them.</p>

Alan Dienstag — Alzheimer's and the Spiritual Terrain of Memory