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  • 1. All In The Mind

    All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.

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    On happiness—notes from prison

    29:07 | Jan 12th, 2020

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    Picture this—an Australian journalist sitting near a squat toilet under the only light in the prison cell he shares with 140 others, writing pages of notes about happiness. After 15 months in a notori...Show More

  • 2. Stuff To Blow Your Mind

    Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman...Show More

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    The Dog with the Burning Brand

    53:21 | Aug 31st, 2021

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    From dogs in old paintings that look like dope smokers to Aztec psychopomps, what’s with all these fire dogs? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore… Learn more about your...Show More

  • 3. Unexplainable

    Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know ... and then keeps right on going. This Vox podcast explores scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and all the things we learn by diving into the unknown. New episodes every Wed...Show More

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    Is a ton of psychology just ... wrong?

    30:42 | Apr 7th, 2021

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    A decade ago, psychologists realized much of their science was fatally flawed, calling untold numbers of studies into question. Now, some young psychologists are trying to rebuild the foundations of t...Show More

  • 4. Big Biology

    Big Biology is a podcast that tells the stories of scientists tackling some of the biggest unanswered questions in biology.

    Art Woods and Marty Martin

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    The amphibian omnivore’s dilemma: Plasticity-led evolution in spadefoot tadpoles (Ep 78)

    1:03:04 | Feb 17th, 2022

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    What roles does plasticity play in evolution?  Where does novelty come from, and how does it become widespread in populations? On this episode, we talk all things plasticity with David Pfennig, a...Show More

  • 5. Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

    Brain Science is hosted by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD (Podcast Hall of Fame 2022). She is an experienced physician with a passion for exploring how recent discoveries in neuroscience are revealing how our brains make us who we are. This podcast ...Show More

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    BS 200 Embodied Cognition in Education with Sheila Macrine and Jennifer Fugate

    1:18:55 | Sep 23rd, 2022

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    This month's episode is a discussion with the editors of a fascinating new book Movement Matters: How Embodied Cognition Informs Teaching and Learning. We explore how embodied cognition challenges lon...Show More

  • 6. Raw Talk Podcast

    Raw Talk is a graduate student-run podcast at the University of Toronto about medical science, and the people who make it happen. We focus on the journeys, perspectives, and expertise of health researchers, professionals, students, patients, and comm...Show More

    Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto

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    #59: Let's Get Personal

    0:00 | Apr 24th, 2019

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    Have you ever had a bad reaction to a medication? Or realized that it just wasn’t helping at all? The way someone responds to a particular drug – how effective it is and whether they experience any si...Show More

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  • 7. The Joy of Why

    "The Joy of Why" is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time.

    Steven Strogatz and Quanta Magazine

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    Why Do We Die Without Sleep?

    43:47 | Mar 23rd, 2022

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    Why do we need sleep? In the search for answers, scientists have uncovered more thought-provoking mysteries central to what sleep is, how it evolved and the benefits that it provides. In this episode,...Show More

  • 8. How We're Wired

    Love. Touch. Speech. Movement. Consciousness. What do they all have in common? From before birth to after death, our brains underpin our experiences and feelings. They make us who we are. But how? In How We’re Wired, evolutionary anthropolog...Show More

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    When We Ask You A Question

    02:15 | Nov 15th, 2023

    What do you want to know about the brain? What mysteries of human behaviour do you want to understand? And what incredible awards has How We're Wired won in the 13th Annual Lovies? In this special ep...Show More

  • 9. Intelligent Design the Future

    The ID The Future (IDTF) podcast carries on Discovery Institute's mission of exploring the issues central to evolution and intelligent design. IDTF is a short podcast providing you with the most current news and views on evolution and ID. IDTF delive...Show More

    Discovery Institute

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    Irreducible Complexity: Michael Behe Breaks Down a Key ID Concept

    58:32 | Sep 24th

    Could you explain irreducible complexity to a friend? How about firing off three reasons you believe it to be true? You never know when you'll be asked to explain your scientific worldview to a family...Show More

  • 10. Carry the One Radio: The Science Podcast

    Carry the One is a small team of young scientists at UCSF who are passionate about bringing science stories straight to the public's ear in an entertaining, digestible way. Tune in for stories ranging from current research to science history, from me...Show More

    Carry the One Radio

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    Episode 179: Let's Talk Cephalopods: A Conversation with Dr. David Scheel

    35:43 | Oct 18th, 2024

    Consciousness, ecstasy, tentacles…. Dr. David Scheel tells all in our new episode about octopuses! We take a dive into the scientific research on these fascinating creatures, and what they can tell us...Show More

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