About The Infinite Mind

The Infinite Mind is a national, weekly public radio series which covers the art and science of the human mind and the biology of human behavior. The show is public radio’s most honored and listened to health and science program, with more than 30 major broadcast awards, and more than one million loyal listeners weekly.

The program is hosted by Dr. Fred Goodwin. It is produced by the Peabody Award-winning Lichtenstein Creative Media, based in Cambridge, MA.

Each week, The Infinite Mind presents accurate, timely and easily digestible information about how the brain works, and why it sometimes does not, covering mental health, neuroscience and the mind/body connection from scientific, cultural and policy perspectives. The program features world-leading clinicians and researchers, policymakers, special reports, essays, listener calls, first-person accounts by those affected with psychiatric disorders, as well as relevant author readings and musical performances.

All too often the mainstream media portrays illness and health problems related to the mind in a manner that is superficial and sensational and, as a result, many people go undiagnosed and untreated because of stigma. In contrast, The Infinite Mind, as the only broadcast exploring the human brain, behavior and mental health on an ongoing basis, week in and week out, has helped create an innovative and meaningful national dialogue on mental health and the mind. By doing so, the series has countered misinformation and distorted reporting on mental illness and has helped create a climate where people can be more openly diagnosed and treated.

Recent programs have focused on such topics as: Addiction; AIDS and the Mind; Alcoholism; Alzheimer's; Bullying; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Depression in the Brain; Domestic Violence; Epilepsy; Gambling; Mental Health and the Elderly; Mental Health and Immigrants; Mental Health and Primary Care; Mental Illness and the Family; Migraines; Multiple Sclerosis; Pain; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Postpartum Depression; Post-Polio Syndrome; Pregnancy And The Mind; Schizoaffective Disorder; Sports Psychology; and Teen Suicide.

In addition to world-leading scientific researchers and medical professionals, The Infinite Mind features subjects of interest to a broad listening audience with celebrity guests including author John Updike; U.S. Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz; actors including Carey Fisher; Stanley Tucci; Anthony Edwards; Mercedes Ruehl; Margot Kidder and David Straithairn; comedians Richard Lewis and Lewis Black; the Firesign Theater; author William Styron and his wife Rose Styron; baseball batting champ Wade Boggs; former First Lady Rosalynn Carter; documentary filmmaker Ric Burns; television pioneer Norman Lear; business journalist James Cramer; Tipper Gore; Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman; and live performances and discussions with musicians including Aimee Mann, Jessye Norman, Judy Collins, Suzanne Vega, Janis Ian, Laurie Anderson, Cowboy Junkies, Loudon Wainwright III, Philip Glass, and Emanuel Ax, and the casts of the Broadway hits “Avenue Q” and “Wicked.”
The Infinite Mind has been honored with more than (www.TheInfiniteMind.com) now getting over 1,000,000 hits monthly from around the world, and the show is heard widely by the general public on Sirius Satellite Radio. The series’ reach extends well beyond broadcast; many programs are currently in circulation as educational materials in mental health programs, schools, universities and on military bases.