KOSU presents Hidden Brain: On Stage with Shankar Vedantam: The Perceptions Tour on Saturday, September 26, at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma City Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma City.

Hidden Brain is a weekly public radio program that explores the unconscious patterns that shape human behavior. Its podcast gets millions of downloads each week, and new episodes can be heard on hundreds of radio stations across the country. Locally, Hidden Brain can be heard every Saturday at 9 a.m. on KOSU.

“At KOSU, our mission has always been to connect this community to the conversations that help us understand ourselves and each other a little better. There's no one doing that work more beautifully than Shankar,” said KOSU executive director Rachel Hubbard. “We couldn't be more proud to welcome him and Hidden Brain to Oklahoma.”

This will be the first appearance in Oklahoma for Hidden Brain, and the live event will feature Vedantam sharing seven key insights from the first decade of the show, including discoveries about behavior, decision-making, perception and connection.

Since launching Hidden Brain, Vedantam has helped millions of listeners accomplish their goals, improve their relationships and develop a deeper understanding of their emotions.

Vedantam was NPR's social science correspondent between 2011 and 2020, and spent 10 years as a reporter and columnist at The Washington Post. In 2010, he published the book The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives. Vedantam has won several journalism awards and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

The Hidden Brain live event is built for everyone, whether you've listened to every episode or are simply curious about how psychology shapes everyday life. Audience members will hear stories drawn from the leading edge of behavioral science, encounter the kinds of surprising insights Hidden Brain is known for and be invited to share their own thoughts and questions with Vedantam.

“Hidden Brain: On Stage with Shankar Vedantam: The Perceptions Tour” takes place on Saturday, September 26, at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma City Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center, 7777 South May Ave., in Oklahoma City.

Tickets can be purchased at kosu.org/tickets, beginning on Tuesday, May 26, at 9 a.m.