Wendy Zukerman

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This is the show that pits facts against science.

Facts Against Memory.

That's right.

Today, we are pitting facts against memory.

Because a lot of us think that our memory has gone down the toilet.

Senior producer Meryl Horne got to chatting with some of our colleagues at Spotify about this.

And people were really noticing this in their day to day at home.

And it is so scary, this idea of losing our memory.

Some of our colleagues had seen it happen to people they love, like their grandparents, and it was really hard to watch.

Another person we talked to, Connor, he's the guy that keeps losing his keys, he was worried that he wouldn't be able to hold on to important memories in his life.

And so with the stakes being so high here, it's not surprising that online you'll hear people claiming to have the solution, telling you that you've got to train your brain with puzzles or giving you some secret pill or hack to save your memory.

And the folks that we were talking to just wanted to know, is this stuff for real or not?

I mean, bottom line, they had one big question for us.