Ginger Campbell

My Schedule for Dragon*Con 2008

I have posted my schedule of appearances for Dragon*Con 2008, which is being held in Atlanta, GA, August 28- September 1. Send me an email at docartemis at gmail.com if you would like to get together during the Con.  Please mark your schedule for the LIVE Brain Science Podcast Sunday at 2:30 PM and my [...]

Books and Ideas Podcast: Check out the New Theme Song

Since I am busy preparing for my upcoming presentations at Dragon*Con I have decided to postpone the next episode of the Books and Ideas Podcast until September, 2008. I have just posted a brief audio annoucement in my regular feed.
I also included a song by the Beatnik Turtle called “The Open Door,” which I [...]

Transcript of György Buzsáki’s Interview is now On-line

Episode 31 of the Brain Science Podcast was a challenging interview with György Buzsáki about his book Rhythms of the Brain. Thanks to listener Diane Jacobs we now have a transcript available for Episode 31.
Click here for the transcript.
Be sure to visit Diane’s Blog at http://humanantigravitysuit.blogspot.com/. When it comes to reading books about neuroscience, Diane [...]

Dan Rather Presents Neuroplasticity

Today HDNet™ is reshowing an episode of Dan Rather Reports called “Mind Science.” It is an excellent review of neuroplasticity. It includes interviews with several leading scientists in the field. I especially enjoyed seeing Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel talk about his work with memory. (I talked about Kandel’s work on the Brain Science Podcast in [...]

The Myth of Free Will: Revised and expanded

Back in Episode 12 I reviewed the first edition of The Myth of Free Will: Revised & Expanded Edition (2008) by Cris Evatt. I am proud to announce that I have a short chapter in the revised edition “My Brain Made Me Do It.” This essay is a reflection on the implications of the [...]

Brain Science Podcast #32: Illustrations and Enhanced Versions are now available.

Episode 32 of the Brain Science Podcast was a whirlwind tour of brain anatomy based on Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain (2008) by David Bainbridge. The author has graciously share the illustrations from his book and I have posted a special page that is keyed to the podcast. I [...]

My Buffy Between the Lines “acting” debut

I have a small role in the special Valentine’s episode of my favorite podcast audio drama Buffy Between the Lines. This is a stand alone episode that you can enjoy even if you have never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This episode was written by Tabitha Grace Smith, who I interviewed for an upcoming episode of [...]

Brain Science (Podcast) mentioned on Fox Business website

One of my podcasts is featured in an article entitled, “Wizzard Media Closes Second Podcast Ad Deal with U.S. Navy” (FoxBusiness.com 2/12/08), but they got the name wrong!
Hopefully, Brain Science is close enough to help people find the Brain Science Podcast.

Transcript of Steven Novella’s interview on Books and Ideas is now available

Episode 16 of Books and Ideas has been chosen as an Editor’s Pick by Pods in Print©. This means the transcript of Dr. Steven Novella’s interview is available when you sign up for a free 14-day trial of their podcast transcript service. Click here to learn more.
Note: I will NOT receive any royalties for downloads [...]

How to tag for Delicious

There is lots of interesting stuff on the internet about the brain and neuroscience, and obviously no one can keep up with it all. I have decided to follow Leo Laporte’s example by creating a del.icio.us tag that we can all use to facilitate sharing what we find with each other. The tag will be [...]