Wizardwatch

In Episode #4 we welcome Emma Shaw from Ithaca NY!  Emma is a dedicated volleyball player and Harry Potter fan well into her junior year of high school.  She dives right into her experience with organized sports and gives us all some helpful insight into the value of working together as a team and how important communication is to achieving individual and group success.  During "Voldemort's Corner" I take a look at a chapter from "The Archaeology of Mind" by Jaak Panksepp.  Jaak has begun what is now known as "affective neuroscience" which is the study of basic neurological circuits of the brain that motivate our behavior.  In this chapter he discusses the role of the RAGE circuit and provides a nuanced look at the many levels of processing in the brain that contribute to aggression.  I highlight his insight into dominance behaviors that Emma identifies in Voldemort as she imagines what he would be like on the volley ball court!  We end up with a rousing wizard rock song, "Song for the Death Eaters" by Harry