LISA FELDMAN BARRETT: everything you know about the brain is wrong!
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author known for her groundbreaking research on how emotions are created by the brain rather than simply triggered by external events. She h...
26 Sep 20241h 18min
MURALI DORAISWAMY: understanding the complexity of mental illness
Murali Doraiswamy is a prominent Indian‑trained physician and neuroscientist who is a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, in his work he advises governments, bi...
19 Sep 20241h
SAM HARRIS: breaking through the illusion of consciousness and free will
Sam Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and host of Making Sense. Sam discusses his profound ethical realisations under the effects of MDMA, the illusion of self, and the ethica...
12 Sep 20241h 33min
PAUL BLOOM: the hidden truth about empathy and why your good intentions are flawed
Paul Bloom is a Canadian psychologist and author known for his research on human morality, empathy, and how pleasure and suffering shape our lives. Paul gets into the intricacies of morality, and deba...
5 Sep 20241h 13min
XIMENA ABOGABIR: living to 100, a miracle or a misery?
Ximena Abogabir is a Chilean journalist, environmentalist, and social activist. Ximena discusses how society needs to reshape its cultural perceptions, and overcome stereotypes around ageing.Learn mor...
29 Aug 202454min
JONATHAN HAIDT: why social media might be more dangerous than we think
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and author of New York Times bestsellers 'The Righteous Mind', and 'The Coddling of the American Mind'. His latest book 'The Anxious Generation', argues that t...
22 Aug 20241h 18min
A.J. JACOBS exposes why living biblically means stoning adulterers!
A.J. Jacobs is an author, humourist and journalist, who has written four New York Times bestsellers. Jacobs discusses his unique life as a 'human guinea pig,' exploring different ways of living throug...
15 Aug 20241h 12min
Debunking Happiness with MATTHIEU RICARD "the world's happiest man"
Matthieu Ricard is often referred to as the "world's happiest man. Since 1989, he has acted as the French interpreter for the 14th Dalai Lama. Ricard shares insights from his life as a Buddhist monk, ...
8 Aug 20241h 12min
