
Neuroscientists and zombies have one thing in common—they need more brains! Brain researchers need brains to understand neurological disorders and brain trauma, and to get them, they turn to Brain Banks. But how does postmortem matter make its way to these centers? We welcomed brain bank researcher Dr. Bill Scott of the University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank, and brain wrangler Tish Hevel from The Brain Donor Project, for an interview with Ira Flatow—plus, Tish showed us an actual brain donated to science for viewers to see up-close. --- Because of the pandemic, our show is currently pre-recorded, so the #SciFri team have not able to take our audience's calls. We miss having listeners' voices on our radio program. We still want to hear from folks on our VoxPop app, but we're also experimenting with something new—we’re inviting our listeners to join us live for select recordings for #ScienceFriday on the radio! The event was recorded on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The segment airs on the radio and our podcast on Friday, February 4, 2022. If you'd like to join future live Zoom call-ins to get your questions on the air with us, sign up for updates: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/join-live-recording-online/