scholar and resident at middleberry college whose writing has appeared in the new yorker, new york review of books, rolling stone and more. this evening discussing doctor smalls first book forgetting talks about walter isaacson's sue rice forgetting is the work of an accomplished neuroscientist who follows in the tradition of oliver sack illuminating the mysteries of the brain with personal stories and lively acceptable writing. we are so pleased to be hosting so now the digital podium assures. >> great. hi scott. alzheimer's and in many ways i never thought that this book is now completely a third category which is normal forgetting that occurs in all of us normal unto itself not part of the aging process. >> i think that's really confusing because what do you mean by normal forgetting? how is that normal? what does that mean? >> of course that is a complicated question. to answer that conclusively but in the spirit of the book more most would say is what we all born with it occurs naturally in that includes forgetting may be pathological forgetting it's important that nobody things i ha