Dan Ariely interview is available on Books and Ideas #19

Dan Ariely is a professor of behavioral economics at MIT and author of the bestseller, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. He was my guest for episode 19 of Books and Ideas. During the interview he explains how his came to study human behavior. He uses examples from his book to explore [...]

Hear Steven Novella on the latest episode of Books and Ideas

In response to listener requests I recently interviewed Dr. Steven Novella from the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. This has been posted as episode 16 of Books and Ideas, my other podcast. The details are available in the show notes on the Books and Ideas website. I hope you will consider subscribing to the podcast, [...]

Test of a new Facebook Application

I am just testing this application that is supposed to allow me to post from Facebook.
If you are on Facebook be sure to join the Brain Science Podcast Group and PodSci the group for science podcaster.

New Blog combines Show Notes for Both of my Podcasts

I have had requests from a few listeners to put all the show notes in one place, so I have started a new Blog that beginning tomorrow, August 9, 2007, will contain a combination of all posts for Books and Ideas and the Brain Science Blog and Podcast.
You can find this at http://docartemis.com/blog. If you [...]

Books and Ideas Podcast #12 Looks at the question of Free Will

I have posted episode 12 of Books and Ideas. It is my response to The Myth of Free Will (2007), which was edited by Cris Evatt.
This is a very controversial subject. I hope that you will listen and then submit your comments to the new Brain Science Podcast Discussion Forum, which is at http://brainscienceforum.com.
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I need some feedback about Books and Ideas

This post is a request for listener feedback. When I started podcasting in December, 2006, I started two podcasts simultaneously, the Brain Science Podcast and Books and Ideas. My original intention was to use Books and Ideas as a more personal podcast, and as a place to put material that didn’t fit into the Brain [...]

Latest episode of Books and Ideas posted in Brain Science Podcast Feed

This week’s episode of Books and Ideas is a discussion of the book Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life, with author Lee M. Silver of Princeton University. I have inserted it into the Brain Science Podcast feed so that listeners can sample my second podcast. If you [...]

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