Brains on a shelf

Measuring Intelligence; Comedian Trevor Noah; Deciphering an Ancient Code; Bradley Manning Trial

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 12, 2013

Cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman on why the ways we measure intelligence in children often fails to predict adult success. South African comedian Trevor Noah talks about his new one-man off-Broadway show “Born a Crime,” about growing up in Apartheid South Africa as a mixed-race child. We’ll find out why it took scholars 50 years to break a code that enabled them to read Europe’s earliest written records. Plus, we’ll get the latest on the Bradley Manning trial.

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