Extraordinary brains Podcast
1) Episode 32 with Blandine French
Our last episode for a while... Max talks to Dr Blandine French, who not only found a problem (lack of knowledge in UK doctors about ADHD), she got up and did something about it! She's remarkable, an...Show More
2) Episode 31 Late Diagnosis of women with Eve Holden and Helena Kobayashi-Wood
Max is joined by a brilliant double-act, Eve and Helena, who have explored the experience of late-diagnosed women, both from the inside and outside! The paper is here. [https://www.nature.com/article...Show More
Episode 31 Late Diagnosis of women with Eve Holden and Helena Kobayashi-Wood
1:16:39 | Jul 19th, 2025
3) Episode 30 with Catherine Fava
Max and Tess are joined by Catherine Fava, Clinical Psychologist at Buckinghamshire CAMHS, to talk about her upcoming book about trauma and ADHD. How does trauma manifest? How can it look like ADHD...Show More
4) Episode 29 with Robin Ince
Delighted to welcome Robin Ince, legendary comedian  and lovely man, to the pod. Robin's new book, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, [https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/robin-ince/normally-weird-...Show More
5) Episode 28: Cognitive disengagement with Stephen Becker
Max is joined by Stephen Becker, Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati, about the fascinating Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome, a condition that is both in some ways the opposite of ADHD, but also com...Show More
6) Episode 27 with Isabelle Barclay
Max is joined by Isabella Barclay to talk about what factors lead to children getting an earlier vs later diagnosis- or even a diagnosis at all. Isabella is a passionate advocate for ADHD, and needs ...Show More
7) Episode 26: The trouble with positive emotions, with Julia McQuade
Max is joined by Julia McQuade from Amhurst College, USA. Julia has published this paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10802-024-01237-2 She studied the regulation of positive emotion...Show More
8) Episode 25: The positives of ADHD with Dr Tom Nicholson
Is ADHD a superpower? Is that a helpful way of talking about it. Our guest, once again Dr Tom Nicholson, has done actual research on the positives of ADHD, as experienced by ADHD people  ourselves! C...Show More
9) Episode 24: The quest for diagnosis with Tom Nicholson
What is it like to battle the adversities of the diagnostic system? How does getting, or not getting, a diagnosis change the way parents see their children and themselves? Tom Nicholson is an amazing...Show More
10) Episode 23: Q&A part 3: Medications
Max and Tess answer questions from our lovely facebook group about medication! We hope this is a helpful episode- please let us know! and join the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/4...Show More