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Oliver Sacks and Hallucinations

In 2012, Doug was joined by one of the most interesting people on the planet. Oliver Sacks was a neuroscientist who specialized in brain disorder, and in a very full career had dozens of fascinating encounters with patients. Dr. Sacks died on Sunday, so we’re rebroadcasting our conversation with him. We talked about hallucinations – people with migraines seeing shimmering arcs of light or having phantom limbs. Really, it was about the way we perceive things that aren’t there. (Rebroadcast)

Dr. Oliver Sacks was an author and neurologist. He was the author of many highly acclaimed books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat [Indiebound|Amazon], Musicophilia​ [Indiebound|Amazon], and the subject of this conversation Hallucinations [Indiebound|Amazon]. Earlier this year, he published his autobiography On the Move: A Life [Indiebound|Amazon]

Read Oliver Sacks' New York Times obituary.

Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.