The Wandering Nerve

THE MODERN GUILLOTINE

How AI deepfakes are engineering emotion, and unraveling due process

May 29, 2025 • Kelly Owens

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February 2024

The Grammy Performance That Could Remedy What Ails Us.

Last night, Tracy Chapman showed all of us what it means to take a stand without saying a word — but instead, by singing her song.

Feb 5, 2024 • Kelly Owens

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January 2024

Zombie: A Song's Renaissance That Wasn't

The clarity that the 21st century is missing in the wake of October 7th can be found in the 1993 Cranberries' anti-terror hit.

Jan 27, 2024 • Kelly Owens

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June 2023

On The Road Again...

Greetings from the shoulder of on an unfamiliar highway, devoid of mile markers or speed limit signs, with exit signs barely legible due to a dense fog…

Jun 28, 2023 • Kelly Owens

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March 2023

Episode One: The Many Roads We Wander

Listen now | A philosophy of living, the role of disease and healing in the evolution of identity, and an examination of the impact our culture has on…

Mar 27, 2023 • Kelly Owens

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Official Trailer: Wandering Nerve Radio with Kelly Owens

Listen now | Right at the intersection of new frontiers of medical science, culture, and the human condition, this show will include interviews with the…

Mar 21, 2023 • Kelly Owens

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February 2023

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Mr. Beast, and the Ableism of Altruism.

"Nothing should surprise us any more, who see the miracle of stars," Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote in Aurora Leigh.

Feb 21, 2023 • Kelly Owens

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October 2022

How Did You Die?

The brain-body connection and its influence on disease, The Spoon Theory and its (unintended?) subsequent narrative of disease as identity, and the…

Oct 5, 2022 • Kelly Owens

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July 2022

The Two-Part Finale of 'I Dissent.'

This concludes an eight-part patient advocacy manifesto, I Dissent.

Jul 7, 2022 • Kelly Owens

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PART SIX: SHIRKY DOWN ECONOMICS

This is the sixth of an eight-part patient advocacy manifesto, I Dissent.

Jul 6, 2022 • Kelly Owens

PART FIVE: METAL CONCERTS FOR MIGRAINES

This is the fifth of an eight-part patient advocacy manifesto, I Dissent.

Jul 5, 2022 • Kelly Owens

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PART FOUR: CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

This is the fourth of an eight-part patient advocacy manifesto, I Dissent.

Jul 4, 2022 • Kelly Owens