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Here’s something a little unusual. I’ve been meeting occasionally with two literary scholars - Professor Chris Morash, the Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing at Trinity College Dublin, and Professor Ronan McDonald, the Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne ( who has been on sabbatical at Trinity ) to discuss reading, attention, types of reading (close, superfici...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.brainpizza.com I used NotebookLM to make a podcast of the noted psychologist. Donald Campbell 's 1971 important paper, “ Methods for the Experimenting Society ,” which advocated for a societal approach that prioritises rigorous experimentation and evaluation of social programmes before their implementation. Answers to the big proble...

Burn, baby, burn: Metabolism Matters - Eating, Exercise, and Evolution Impact Our Energy Burn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.brainpizza.com/subscribe

This is the podcast version of the vlog based on the first chapter of my new book : Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds - it’s an invitation to try and see our world in new ways - I think you’ll enjoy it . And if you have read it, please leave a review on Amazon - good, bad, indifferent - I’m happy with all reviews . * '...a reminder of the enduring power of face-t...

This podcast is with my colleague, Professor Veronica O’Keane, a psychiatrist and academic in the School of Medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Where to start with this utterly delightful, wise, humane, and wonderful book? Probably by saying that this book is a superior Oliver Sacks-like book de nos jours : it is replete with remarkable case-studies of patients suffering differing types of psycho...

For my first ever podcast, I’m delighted to have been able to chat with Rob Martineau, author of the forthcoming book, ‘ Waypoints: A Journey on Foot ’ (go and pre-order it!). I’ve called this podcast ‘Rough Cuts’, because it is an unedited conversation, and it is deliberately without a music intro and outro - we just go straight into the conversation. I hope the roughness around the edges of this...