Many Minds

Hi friends, we will be on hiatus for the fall. To tide you over, we're putting up some favorite episodes from our archives. Sadly, the guest featured in this week's archive pick—Karen Bakker—passed wa...

20 Sep 202358min

Hi friends, we will be on hiatus for the fall. To tide you over, we're putting up some favorite episodes from our archives. You may not be surprised to hear that the paper featured in this archive pi...

6 Sep 202346min

Hi friends, we will be on hiatus for the fall. To tide you over, we're putting up some favorite episodes from our archives. Enjoy! ——— There's an old view of the mind that goes something like this:...

23 Aug 20231h 1min

Welcome back all! So, this episode is a first for us. Two firsts, actually. For one, it features our first-ever repeat guest: Andrew Barron, a neuroscientist at Macquarie University. If you're a long...

10 Aug 20231h 4min

Scientists who study the mind and brain have always been drawn to periods of intense change—to those life stages marked by rapid transformation. Infancy is one of those periods, of course. Adolescence...

26 Jul 20231h 18min

We're still on summer break, but we wanted to share a favorite interview from our archives. Enjoy! ---- We've got something special for you today folks: bats. That's right: bats. Ever since Thomas Na...

12 Jul 20231h 19min

We're taking a little summer break right now, but we wanted to share a favorite essay from our archives. Enjoy! --- Welcome back folks! Today, we've got an audio essay for you. I won't say too too muc...

28 Jun 202313min

Have you heard of Octopolis? It's a site off the coast of Australia where octopuses come together. It's been described as a kind of underwater "settlement" or "city." Now, smart as octopuses are, they...

14 Jun 20231h 25min