Episodes of BSP

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Below is a list of most of the previous episodes. Click here for a list of the guests who have been interviewed. The links below will take you to the show notes, which include audio links, references, and transcripts. († means the episode is named with the book title. Interviews are marked with **.) This list starts with BSP 1. Click here to see most recent episodes first.

Episode List

1. †Mind Wide Open: general introduction to why neuroscience matters based on Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life by Steven Johnson
2. †On Intelligence: Discussion of On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
3. †In Search of Memory: Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel’s excellent introduction to neuroscience
4. Nature Versus Nurture: Discussion of The Great Brain Debate: Nature Or Nuture? by John E. Dowling
5. Consciousness: A very brief introduction to philosophy of mind
6. †The First Idea: the role of emotional signaling in the development of language based on The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans by Stanley I. Greenspan and Stuart G. Shanker
7. **Stuart Shanker, PhD on Bonobos: Explores what bonobos can teach us about communication
8. How Neurons Communicate: a fairly detailed introduction to brain chemistry
9. †The Future of the Brain: a discussion of the book by Steven Rose
10. Neuroplasticity: Plasticity: exciting discovery that the brain continues to grow and change based on Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley
11. †Emotion: Discussion of Emotion: The Science of Sentiment by Dylan Evans
12. Memory: Discussion of Memory: From Mind to Molecules by Larry R. Squire and Eric R. Kandel
13. Unconscious Decisions: A look at decision-making
14. Our First Six Months: -a brief review of the first six months
15. **Read Montague, PhD: author of Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions
16. The Pre-Frontal Lobes: Discussion of The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind by Elkhonon Goldberg
17. The Wisdom of the Aging Brain: Discussion of The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older by Elkhonon Goldberg
18. **Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD, on aging and the brain: How our brain changes as we age and what we can do about it
19. †Gut Feelings: Discussion of Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious by Gerd Gigerenzer
20. **Loanne Brizendine, MD:author of The Female Brain
21. Body Maps: Discussion of The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
22. **Christof Koch, PhD, on Consciousness: author of The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
23. **Sandra Blakeslee (follow-up on episode 21): discusses plasticity and body maps
24. Reading and the Brain: Discussion of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
25. **Rolf Pfeifer, PhD, on Embodied Intelligence: author of How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence
26. **Norman Doidge, MD, on Neuroplasticity: author of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
27. Year-end review of Season 1
28. **Dr. Edward Taub talked about his revolutionary approach to stroke rehab
29. **Dr. Maryanne Wolf talked about her book Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
30. Language Evolution: a discussion of The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally
31. **György Buzsáki discussed his book Rhythms of the Brain.
    
32. A brief Tour of Brain Anatomy based on Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain by David Bainbridge
33. **John J Ratey, MD explained why exercise is essential to brain health.
34. **Rachel Herz, PhD discussed her book The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell
35. Mirror Neurons: a discussion of Mirrors in the brain: How our minds share actions, emotions, and experience by Giacomo Rizzolatti and Corrado Sinigaglia
36. **Arthur Glenberg, PhD explored the role of embodied cognition in language and reading.
37. **John Medina, PhD discussed his book Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
38. ** Jeff Hawkins, author of On Intelligence, discussed his theory of how the cortex works.
39. **Michael Arbib, PhD discussed the role of mirror neurons in imitation and language.
40. Semi-annual Review Episode
41. **Interview with Linguist Alice Gaby: on the relationship between neuroscience and linguistics
42. Discussion of On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not by Robert Burton
43. **Part 2 of “On Being Certain”: Interview with Robert Burton, MD
44. **Interview with Daniel Siegel, MD: about meditation and the brain
45. **John Ratey, MD: talks about ADHD
46. **Live from Dragon*Con 2008: Shella Keilholz, PhD, and Jason Schneiderman, PhD discuss brain imaging
47. Discussion of Principles of Brain Evolution by Georg F. Striedter
48. **Gary Lynch, PhD: discusses his book Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence
49. **Interview with pioneering neuroscientist, Brenda Milner, PhD
50. Neuroscience 2008: Highlights from the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
51. **Interview with Seth Grant, PhD: a discussion about how proteomics reveals synapse evolution
52. Year 2 Review: a look back at Year 2 of the Brain Science Podcast
53. Free will? A Discussion of Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will by Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown
54. **Michael Merzenich, PhD: Pioneering neuroscientist talks about neuroplasticity
55. **Patricia Churchland, PhD: Interview about neurophilosophy
56. **Eve Marder, PhD: from the Society of Neuroscience
57. **Chris Frith, PhD: author of Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World
58. ** Alva Noë, PhD: author of Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
59. Guy Caldwell, PhD, from the University of Alabama discusses the use of the tiny worm C Elegans for studying movement disorders.
60. Stuart Brown, MD (National Institute for Play): author of Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.
61. Allan Jones, PhD (The Allen Institute for Brain Research): on mapping the mouse brain and the human cortex.
62. Warren Brown, PhD (Fuller Theological Seminary): co-author of Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? (also discussed in Episode 53)
63. David Bainbridge, PhD: talked about his latest book Teenagers: A Natural History
64. Third Annual Review Episode
65. Jaak Panksepp, PhD: author of Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
66. Randy Gallistel, PhD: co-author of Memory and the Computational Brain: Why Cognitive Science will Transform Neuroscience
67. Thomas Metzinger, PhD: author of The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
68. Peter Whitehouse, MD: co-author of The Myth of Alzheimer’s: What You Aren’t Being Told About Today’s Most Dreaded Diagnosis
69. R Douglas Fields, PhD: author of The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science

Note: This this is current through May 2010. For more recent episodes go to Podcast Show Notes.

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