Big Brains
Big Brains explores the groundbreaking research and discoveries that are changing our world. In each episode, we talk to leading experts and unpack their work in straightforward terms. Interesting conversations that cover a gamut of topics from how music affects our brains to what happens after we die.

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Is Mindfulness The Secret To Health?

Is Mindfulness The Secret To Health?

Can you heal faster just by tricking your brain? Could you lose weight with only a change of mindset? Could you think yourself into being younger? If you think the answer to all these questions is no,...

11 Juli 202433min

Feeling Stuck? Here’s How To Achieve a Breakthrough, with Adam Alter

Feeling Stuck? Here’s How To Achieve a Breakthrough, with Adam Alter

We've all been stuck at some point in our lives — whether we've been stuck at a job and wanting to make a career change, stuck in a location and wanting to move somewhere new, or stuck in relationship...

27 Juni 202433min

What Makes Something Memorable (or Forgettable?) with Wilma Bainbridge

What Makes Something Memorable (or Forgettable?) with Wilma Bainbridge

There is a science to what we remember and what we don't. For instance, why do we remember certain pieces of artwork, some brands’ logos, or even people's faces? University of Chicago psychologist Wil...

13 Juni 202426min

Learning To Speak To Whales Using AI, with David Gruber

Learning To Speak To Whales Using AI, with David Gruber

If aliens landed on Earth tomorrow, how would we talk with them? Well, we already have a kind of creature on this planet we could attempt to talk to first, and in the last few years a team of renowned...

30 Maj 202426min

Storm Warning: Why Hurricanes Are Growing Beyond Measure, with Michael Wehner

Storm Warning: Why Hurricanes Are Growing Beyond Measure, with Michael Wehner

We all know that extreme weather events like hurricanes are getting worse due to climate change, but what scientists would really like to know is: By how much worse exactly? This year a team of resear...

16 Maj 202427min

How To Manifest Your Future Using Neuroscience, with James Doty

How To Manifest Your Future Using Neuroscience, with James Doty

We've all heard the phrase "Manifest Your Destiny" when it comes to wanting that new promotion, figuring out a new career path or just trying to achieve that long-term goal. It turns out that the act ...

2 Maj 202431min

Why We Die—And How We Can Live Longer, with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

Why We Die—And How We Can Live Longer, with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

They’re perhaps the oldest questions in the science: Why do we die? And could we find a way to live forever? But for decades, anti-aging research was a “backwater” of the scientific community, conside...

18 Apr 202432min

What Dogs Are Teaching Us About Aging, with Daniel Promislow

What Dogs Are Teaching Us About Aging, with Daniel Promislow

Every dog owner has faced the hard realization that their dog won’t live as long as they do, but we’ve all probably wondered: Why do some dogs live longer than others? It turns out that several factor...

4 Apr 202432min

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