A Theory of Mind

Ben Mckelvey

Society & Culture

Health & Fitness

Mental Health

Health

A conversational podcast about brains, the psyche and why we are the way we are.

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Episodes

ANZAC Day Special

An ANZAC Day Special with Australian Special Forces operator 'Sweebs' telling a truly unique story about the territorial obliteration ISIS in Iraq Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 24, 2021•57 min

Cam Knight

A chat with a my long-time friend Cam Knight about adult ADHD, addiction and his nearly twenty years as a stand up comic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 21, 2021•54 min

Mark Billy Billingham '

A conversation with the former SAS operator, TV star, author and celebrity bodyguard Mark 'Billy' Billingham about gumption, identity, perseverance and warfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 13, 2021•59 min

James Te Huna

Australasian MMA legend James Te Huna comes in to the studio to talk about his career, confidence, stone lifting, brain damage family and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 06, 2021•54 min

BONUS POD: On the mind, soul and free will

A conversation with famed neuro-cartographer Scientia Professor George Paxinos AO about the brain, the mind and where, in those two places, our souls and free will may exist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 04, 2021•39 min

Matt 'Willy' Williams AM

Just a few months after retuning home from a deployment to Afghanistan where he served as a rifleman, Matt 'Willy' Williams AM started suffering persistent headaches. After a few trips to the doctors and few scans, Willy discovered that something malignant was living in his brain; something he would be living with for the rest of his life. Instead of falling into a depressive state the then 22-year-old went to work, dedicating himself to managing his condition, but also fundraising for brain can...

Mar 30, 2021•42 min

Stephanie Bendixsen

In this episode concentrating on memory, we meet the only person in Australia diagnosed with the incredible condition Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory or HSAM, ask a question of the man who discovered HSAM, muse about the nature of memory and then settle down for a conversation with TV presenter and writer Stephaie Bendixsen about her mum Wendy, who suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 23, 2021•53 min

Mark Hunt

A conversation with famed UFC, K1 and Prides fighter Mark Hunt about his horrific childhood, resilience, survival, therapy and the book he wrote with Ben Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 16, 2021•42 min

Mark Bouris

A conversation with Australian business icon Mark Bouris about bliss, money, obsession and psychiatry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 09, 2021•53 min

Hugh Riminton

I sit down with esteemed newsman and foreign correspondent Hugh Riminton and talk about everything you'd expect us to talk about, but also the tumour that Hugh discovered in his head a little more then a year ago and how his life has changed because of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min

Teaser

A new podcast about why we are the way we are Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 22, 2021•50 sec

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