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# Interview: Good Anxiety, Exercise, and Connection on the Brain with Wendy Suzuki
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/specials/interview-good-anxiety-exercise-and-connection-on-the-brain-with-wendy-suzuki-kmckco/
- Published: 2026-07-15T21:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-16T12:30:14.000Z
- Description: Wendy Suzuki joins Hakeem to explore anxiety, exercise, and connection as tools for a better brain.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_4c62468d-22ab-410f-8394-aff900de6901, #special

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki hopes you have good anxiety. She joins Hakeem to explore how anxiety evolved to help us, exercise’s brain benefits, and what oxytocin, prairie voles, and a century of Harvard research reveal about why our friends may be the most powerful force shaping longevity.