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Camilla Nord - The New Neuroscience of Mental Health
We commonly misperceive mental health as being all in the mind, and physical pain in the body; but neuroscientist Camilla Nord’s groundbreaking resea…
2 years, 10 months ago
Michel Faber - Why Music Matters
Michel Faber is one of the most acclaimed contemporary novelists in the English language; a master of the form able to move effortlessly between hist…
2 years, 11 months ago
Dr Anders Hansen - How to Be Happier and Less Distracted
"Don't worry, be happy", "focus on the important things", "smile more". We've all heard these platitudes, and we've all been annoyed by them. But how…
2 years, 11 months ago
John Higgs - The KLF, the Band That Burned a Million Pounds
John Higgs has joined this podcast to talk about William Blake, James Bond, and the Beatles - and now he's back with another iconic British cultural …
2 years, 11 months ago
Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross - Your Brain on Art
For most of us, the arts are a great source of pleasure. But could making art actually be good for your brain and body?
Susan Magsamen is the founder …
2 years, 11 months ago
Joyce Carol Oates - Zero Sum
The author of 58 novels, as well as plays, poetry, non-fiction and short stories, Joyce Carol Oates is famed across the literary world for writing at…
2 years, 11 months ago
Jesse Coomer - The Power of Breathwork
Jesse Coomer was an English professor suffering from what he called "The Modern Human Condition" - in other words, he was a mess of stress and anxiet…
2 years, 11 months ago
Kristen Ghodsee and Angela Saini - Radical Experiments in the Good Life
What can we learn from historical attempts to live together and raise children differently? Kristen Ghodsee is a professor at the University of Penns…
2 years, 11 months ago
Dr James Kinross - The New Science of the Microbiome
James Kinross is a consultant surgeon at Imperial College and one of the world's leading experts on the science of the microbiome — the complex ecosy…
2 years, 11 months ago
Emma Southon - Women of the Roman Empire
Emma Southon is a podcaster and ancient historian. Her new book A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women does exactly what it says on the tin: sides…
2 years, 11 months ago