Interview #28: Obesity, Weight Loss and Why We Eat Too Much (With Andrew Jenkinson)
Today on the podcast Alex chats with Andrew Jenkinson, author of the book: Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite. Andrew is a consultant bariatric and general surgeon at University Coll...
10 Dec 202152min
Interview #27: Why Do We Laugh? (With Professor Sophie Scott)
Professor Scott is the Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Head of the Speech Communications Group. Her research studies the neural basis of vocal communication - how our brains ...
27 Nov 202148min
Interview #26: Dr. Richard Miller Part 1 - MDMA, Psychedelics & the Therapeutic Milleu
Dr. Richard Miller is an American clinical psychologist, author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of the book Psychedelic Medicine and the founder of the Wilbur Hot Springs health maintenance or...
12 Nov 20211h 37min
Audio Essay #9: Reality vs Fantasy
What if you are being held back by fantasies you are scarcely aware of? How can you become more conscious of your fantasies? How can you become more reality oriented? In this episode mental sufferi...
29 Okt 202126min
Interview #25: Cannabis, CBD and THC - What You Should Know (with Dr. Amir Englund)
Dr Amir Englund is a cannabis scientist at King’s College London. He has been involved in and run a number of experimental cannabis, THC, CBD studies. In this episode we discuss the question of can we...
15 Okt 202158min
Interview #24: The Cruelty in All of Us (with Dr. Gwen Adshead)
Dr. Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, previously a consultant at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. She is a visiting professor of psychiatry at Gresham College, Jochelson and...
1 Okt 20211h 22min
Interview #23: Our Brain is Divided (with Dr. Iain McGilchrist)
Iain McGilchrist is an author, speaker, psychiatrist and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary in 2010 which conc...
16 Sep 20211h 36min
Interview #22: Cannabis & Psychosis (with Dr. Marta Di Forti and Professor Robin Murray)
In this episode Dr. Marta Di Forti and Professor Sir Robin Murray discuss the link between cannabis use and psychotic illness in depth, including: - How cannabis has changed over recent decades - Th...
1 Sep 20211h 15min
