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Autism, the Cerebellum, Learning, Brain Development, Gerrymandering & Using Data Science to Repair Democracy | Sam Wang | 48
Season 1 Episode 48
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Nick Jikomes talks to Sam Wang, PhD professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. Dr. Wong’s lab investigates how brains learn fro…
4 years, 1 month ago
Metabolism, Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Microbiome, Diet, Aging, Digital Phenotyping & Personalized Medicine | Nathan Price | 47
Season 1 Episode 47
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Nick Jikomes talks to Dr. Nathan Price, who has a Ph.D. in bioengineering and has been faculty at the University of Washington and the …
4 years, 1 month ago
Psychedelics, Psychoplastogens, Microdosing, Brain Chemistry, Mental Health, Novel Drugs | David Olson | 46
Season 1 Episode 46
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Nick Jikomes talks to medicinal chemist Dr. David Olson whose lab at the University of California-Davis studies a class of compounds ca…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Mystery of SARS-CoV-2 & Origins of COVID-19 | Alina Chan | 45
Season 1 Episode 45
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Nick Jikomes talks to genetic engineer Dr. Alina Chan about the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. …
4 years, 1 month ago
Consciousness, Perception, Hallucinations, Selfhood, Neuroscience, Psychedelics & "Being You" | Anil Seth | 44
Season 1 Episode 44
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Nick talks with Dr. Anil Seth, a neuroscientist and professor of cognitive & computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex. Th…
4 years, 2 months ago
Sleep, Dreaming, Deep Neural Networks, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Overfitted Brain Hypothesis, Evolution of Fiction & Art | Erik Hoel | 43
Season 1 Episode 43
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Nick talks to neuroscientist and writer Dr. Erik Hoel. Erik is a professor of biology at Tufts University. He received his PhD in neuro…
4 years, 2 months ago
THC, CBD, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, L-Theanine, Opioids, Pregnancy, Brain Development, Addiction, Anxiety & Schizophrenia | Steve Laviolette | 42
Season 1 Episode 42
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Nick Jikomes talks to Dr. Steven Laviolette, a neuroscientist at the University of Western Ontario. They discuss how different types of…
4 years, 2 months ago
Cannabinoids, CBD, THCV, CBG, Inflammation, Brain Injury, Diabetes, Gut Health & Academia vs. Industry | Saoirse O'Sullivan | 41
Season 1 Episode 41
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Nick Jikomes talks to Saoirse O'Sullivan, PhD, a physiologist specializing in the physiological effects of cannabinoids. Dr. O'Sullivan…
4 years, 2 months ago
Drug Addiction, Cocaine, Nicotine, Caffeine, Amphetamines, Opioids, THC & Neuroscience | Christian Luscher | 40
Season 1 Episode 40
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Christian Luscher, MD, PhD is a neuroscientist and neurologist who runs a research lab at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Dr. …
4 years, 2 months ago
Origins of COVID-19 & SARS-CoV-2 Virus: Lab Leak or Wildlife Spillover? | Nicholas Wade | 39
Season 1 Episode 39
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Nick Jikomes talks to writer and science journalist Nicholas Wade about the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic. …
4 years, 3 months ago