Hidden Brain podcast with Shankar Vedantam comes to Minneapolis on Friday, July 11, 2025
TICKETS GO ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON FRIDAY, MAY 2 AT 10 A.M.
MINNEAPOLIS (April 28, 2025) — Hennepin Arts has announced that the popular podcast and radio Hidden Brain: “Perceptions” Tour with Shankar Vedantam is coming to Minneapolis on Friday, July 11, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic State Theatre (805 Hennepin Ave.).
Are there parts of our minds that are hidden from us? This question launched the Hidden Brain podcast ten years ago. Since then, Hidden Brain has helped millions of listeners accomplish their goals, improve their relationships, and develop a deeper understanding of their emotions. Now, host and creator Shankar Vedantam brings seven key insights from the first decade of Hidden Brain to the stage. Whether you’re new to the show or a longtime listener, this evening of science and storytelling will change how you think about yourself. Come share your own thoughts and ideas with Shankar and other fans of the show!
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 2 at 10 a.m. to the general public at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis) and online at HennepinArts.org.
| DAY | DATE | TIME | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday | July 11 | 7:30 p.m. | State Theatre |
Shankar Vedantam is the host and executive editor of the Hidden Brain podcast and radio show. Hidden Brain receives millions of downloads per month, and is heard on more than 400 public radio stations across the United States. Vedantam has explored the science of human behavior for more than three decades. He was NPR’s social science correspondent between 2011 and 2020, and he spent 10 years as a reporter at The Washington Post. From 2007 to 2009, he was the Post's Department of Human Behavior columnist. Vedantam and Hidden Brain have been recognized with the Edward R Murrow Award, and honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the International Society of Political Psychology, the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Webby Awards, the American Public Health Association, and the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship. In 2009-2010, Vedantam served as a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Vedantam is the author of The Hidden Brain: How our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars and Save Our Lives, published in 2010, and co-author of Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain published in 2021.
Hennepin Arts drives cultural and economic vitality in Minnesota through leadership of the dynamic Hennepin Theatre District in downtown Minneapolis and educational programming that reaches every area of the state. Its historic theatres — Orpheum, State and Pantages — and the Dudley Riggs Theatre light up Hennepin Avenue with top-tier entertainment, including the best of Broadway and a wide variety of arts programming. Hennepin Arts is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at HennepinArts.org.
This activity is made possible by voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.