Noam Hassenfeld

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301 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 30 Aug

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Today, Explained · Why can’t I remember being a baby? · 16 Aug 2026 podcast

It's like we have to learn all these basic skills of how to perceive and get around the world. matched

We have to understand, like, I don't know, looking at my kid and seeing him learn that his hands are his hands, you know? matched

You have to learn those basic, basic things before maybe you can carve a path through the forest, to use your metaphor. matched

You know, one thing that this brings up for me, especially as the parent of a young child, is, you know, the fact that he probably is not going to have specific memories that last the rest of his life for a couple of years. matched

You know, he'll have some... matched

vaguer feelings, I guess, that are not specific memories like you're calling them. matched

But what does that mean for this period? matched

What does it mean for how much what I do for him matters? matched

Okay, but really, what should I do? matched

I can love my kid. matched

That's good. matched

But what else should I be focusing on if he's just going to forget everything? matched

I called up someone who studies childhood development to find out, and we'll get to that in a minute. matched

that we tell. matched

We're back with Explain It to Me. matched

You started out, I believe, as a cochlear implant surgeon, and now you're working on childhood development. matched

How did that happen? matched

What's the connection there? matched

Tell me if this is maybe an oversimplification, but, you know, I'm a parent of a young son. matched

He's a little over seven months old. matched

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