Dr Sabina Brennan has a fascinating conversation with Prof John Cryan stress neurobiologist and co-author of the Psychobiotic Revolution about the gut and the brain and how bacteria and the food we eat contribute to and are influenced by stress, anxiety, depression and more. The Psychobiotic Revolution You can follow Prof Cryan on Twitter @JFCryan You can read more about his research and access his publications https://www.ucc.ie/en/apc/people/johncryan/ Support this show http://supporter.acast....
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to journalist Marianne Power about the year she spent following the advice of one self-help book per month. -The book is like reading a Bridget Jones script only better, you'll laugh and cry and thanks to Marianne's no hold's barred honesty you will recognise yourself on every page. I loved chatting to Marianne and I know you will love listening to our chat. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Sep 04, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to 20 year old Dr Mya-Rose Craig about her memoir Birdgirl. Already a woman if substance this young woman who has achieved so much in such a short period of time describes herself as a British-Bangladeshi birder, environmentalist, diversity activist, writer, speaker and broadcaster. Mya-Rose's memoir Birdgirl is available in print, e-book and audiobook online and in stores. You can read about Mya-Rose's work and achievements on www.birdgirluk.com You can follow her on ins...
Jul 25, 2022•50 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Dr Sabina Brennan takes a look into secret research. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 26, 2022•28 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Dr Sabina Brennan explores the psychology and neuroscience of control, impulsivity, self-control, taking control and relinquishing control. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 30, 20220•Season 5Ep. 3
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to NHS doctor, Sunday Times best-selling author and host of the The Doctor's Kitchen podcast about how he overcame a life-changing diagnosis and avoided heart surgery by adjusting his lifestyle and changing his diet. In this frank interview Rupi admits that it can be tough to maintain a healthy lifestyle in times of stress and shares the daily habits that help him to get back on track The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast Download the Doctors Kitchen App to get access to personali...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 2
The Super Brain podcast returns with this audio documentary produced and presented by Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan Dr Edward O'Sullivan, Director of the Migraine Clinic at Cork University Hospital takes us inside the migraine brain offering a medical and scientific perspective and Dr Sabina Brennan shares her own experience of living with chronic migraine. Migraine is the 7th most debilitating condition in the world (WHO) affecting 10-12% of the population. Vox pops threaded through the do...
Mar 21, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Super Brain is back. Season 5 kicks off March 21st 2022 with the audio documentary produced and presented by Dr Sabina Brennan. Super Brain Episodes will drop every third Monday in the Month Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 20220
In this, the final episode of Season 4 Dr Sabina Brennan talks about the benefits of talking to strangers Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 25, 2021•13 min
Dr Sabina Brennan and multi-award-winning script writer and actor Mark O'Halloran discuss strength and weakness through the lens of his amazing films, Viva and Adam and Paul. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Dr Sabina Brennan takes a look at synaesthesia a fascinating neurological phenomenon where certain sensory inputs such as words, letters, numbers or music automatically trigger the additional senses like colour, sound, taste and smell. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 18, 2021•8 min
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to performing artist, activist and sex worker Kate McGrew about her passion for performing, sex work, and the need to make sex work safe. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Eureka moments are a specific form of creativity. They don't just materialise from the ether – it’s simply the work of the human brain. In this booster Dr Sabina Brennan shares some scientific insights into this kind of creativity and offers some tips on how to super charge your own creativity. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 11, 2021•13 min
BP Walter's Sunday Times best seller, The Dinner Guest is one of the best books I've read in quite some time. As soon as I finished it I felt compelled to contact the author to see if he would be a guest on Super Brain because I wanted to get inside the head of such a fabulous author. I must admit I was utterly blown away to discover that BP aka Barnaby is only 29 years old! This episode is all about thriving in life, having dreams and working hard to make them come true. His new book, another e...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Dr Sabina Brennan hands the mic for this booster to sex therapist and self-confessed sez geek Emily Power Smith who shares her top 4 tips for great sex Emily is a professional member of the World Association of sexual health. Emily is absolutely passionate about providing current and factual information about sexuality, so that people are equipped to make good choices about their own sexual health, their well being and their safety Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted...
Nov 04, 2021•12 min
I've had a clitoris all of my life and never knew that what we refer to as the clitoris is actually only the sensitive tip of an extensive internal organ that is capable of erection. The clitoris was removed from anatomy manuals in the beginning of the 20th century because its only purpose is pleasure. This video by Betty Dodson sketches out the full extent of the clitoris that is absent from text and medical books. I've learned so much from my guest this week, sexologist and sex therapist Emily...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Dr Sabina Brennan explores savant syndrome and the circumstances in which humans can demonstrate extraordinary capabilities, usually in art, music and mathematics. As promised within the episode this the Scientific article on Sudden Savant syndrome Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 27, 2021•17 min
Lauren White-Murphy, aka @lolopopworld was a successful ghost writer signed with Warner Bros whose music had featured on hit shows like American Horror Story when her own horror story struck just weeks before her 30th birthday, Multiple sclerosis not only had her falling down at work but failing to find the words that had helped her become a successful lyricist in Hollywood. Alone with a diagnosis she initially saw as a life sentence she felt an incredible urge to buy art materials and paint.......
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In this booster shot Sabina Brennan explains how specialised brain cells that only fire in certain places help us to navigate the world around us Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 20, 2021•9 min
Dr Sabina Brennan speaks to Irish Trinidadian author Amanda Smyth about her new book Fortune, about being rootless and untethered, about chance meetings and living life in technicolour rather than in black and white. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 17, 2021•55 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Dr Sabina Brennan makes a surprising discovery about Monday's guest Norma Sheahan Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 13, 2021•19 min
Sabina Brennan shoots the breeze with multi-talented actor, writer, voiceover artist, Norma Sheahan Her weekly podcast is Heal Your Hole with Norma Sheahan - which is also the name of this episode. Norma is currently in Gaiety performing “Shirley Valentine” - Unlike COVID you'll want to catch it if you can.. She’s RADA trained and has performed in most theatres. She won best actress for Enda Walsh’s ‘Bedbound’. TV roles include The Clinic, Mooneboy, Bridget & Eamon, Damo & Ivor, Dead Sti...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr
Dr Sabina Brennan speaks with Michael Kaplen, a personal injury lawyer, who specialises in representing individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. We speak at length about the often debilitating, long-lasting and often misunderstood consequences of one of the most common forms of brain injury, concussion. We explain why children are particularly vulnerable and why we are passionate that parents and others involved in sport be aware of the risks and consequences of concussion on the...
Oct 03, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Dr Sabina Brennan shares some recent research that shines a light on how the brain detects untruths and why we shouldn't always trust our gut. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 29, 2021•8 min
A brief update from my hotel room in London plus some tips on how to protect your most precious organ - your brain Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 29, 2021•11 min
Dr Sabina Brennan and Dr Mary McGill continue their conversation about social media with a particular focus on distortion, dehumananisation, selfie-taking, self-esteem, censorship and cancel culture. Mary also makes a case for stoicism. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2021•43 min
Sleep loss can lead to weight gain. Did you gain weight during the pandemic? Have you been struggling to lose it? Have you tried and failed at dieting? Perhaps poor sleep or insomnia are at the root of your weight gain and the reason you are struggling to shift the excess. In this episode Dr Sabina Brennan explains the neuroscience behind poor sleep, appetite, willpower, weight gain and obesity. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Sep 22, 2021•14 min
Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan chats to Dr Mary McGill author of The Visibility Trap about gender-based online abuse, the need to ethical checks, surveillance, self-monitoring, visibility and exposure. Check out the Super Brain blog for full transcripts, links and videos. Get Super Brain ad-free on Patreon No time for ads? Go ad free. For the price of a coffee once a month you get Monday' and Thursday episodes without annoying interruptions or supporter messages. For a little more you can ge...
Sep 19, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Continuing on from the themes of identity and motherhood discussed in Monday's interview with Melissa Hogenboom, Dr Sabina Brennan looks for silver linings and explains how the identity challenges faced by women and mothers more particularly can actually bestow an advantage because they make us more resilient in times of change and transition such as those we have faced throughout the pandemic and our return to life after lockdown. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain . Hosted...
Sep 15, 2021•7 min
Dr Sabina Brennan chats to award-winning BBC science journalist Melissa Hogenboom about her new book The Motherhood Complex and the science behind mothering. Melissa and Sabina chat openly and honestly about how challenged they felt as mothers of two young children. There's a good dose of science and myth busting too - as Melissa says - becoming a mother may be an everyday occurrence but it is an extra-ordinary experience. If you are a mum, have a mum, or plan to be a mum then this episode is fo...
Sep 13, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 2
