Audio: NPR Morning Edition: 25 Years Ago, ‘Darkness Visible’ Broke Ground
Renee Montagne talks to Andrew Solomon about how William Styron’s work opened up discussions of mental illness.
Dec 2014
Renee Montagne talks to Andrew Solomon about how William Styron’s work opened up discussions of mental illness.
Nov 2014
Jeannie Yandel talks with Andrew Solomon about school shooters and whether “bad parenting” is to blame.
Aug 2014
Andrew Solomon dives into his childhood to describe moments of great adversity, and how they helped him build identity.
Mar 2014
Andrew Solomon talks to Terry Gross about his article, “The Reckoning,” and how Adam Lanza’s autism diagnosis may have masked other problems.
Mar 2014
Solomon was featured on the TED Radio Hour episode Identities and answered listener’s questions about his work.
Feb 2014
Andrew Solomon will be featured on the February 21, 2014 edition of TED Radio Hour, with replies to selected questions submitted in advance by listeners.
Oct 2013
Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents and how the experience shaped the identities of both parent and child.
Sep 2013
Guest host Susan Page talks to psychiatrist Dr. Edgardo Menvielle, authors Lori Duron and Andrew Solomon, and transgender advocate Allyson Robinson, about children who are biologically one gender but who identify as the other.
Dec 2012
Andrew Solomon joins Fresh Air host Terry Gross to discuss his book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
Nov 2012
Andrew Solomon joins NPR’s Robert Siegel to discuss how differences can sometimes serve to unite families, rather than isolate them.