Gloria Mark, UCI professor of Informatics, at the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, presents her research which validates what many of us have suspected – that multi-tasking can be hazardous to your health. Put another way, she addresses the virtues of mono tasking.  Her leading edge work continues to explore human computer interactions; stay tuned for more updates.

Then we feast on the wordsmith prowess and richly layered perspectives on Islam in the 21st Century, from writer Ali Eteraz as we talk about his newly released debut novel, “Native Believer,” published by Akashic Books, http://www.akashicbooks.com/. Mr. Eteraz is one to watch and to keep watching: alieteraz.com.