In this episode of The Session, neuroscientist Professor Anil Seth returns to talk with Tom Swarbrick about his research into consciousness - including how technology is improving our understanding of it.
In this episode of The Session, psychiatrist Dr Alastair Santhouse joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about the strong link between our emotional and physical well-being, and what medicine and doctors get wrong in treating poor mental health.
In this episode of The Session, neuroscientist Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about her research on our brains and how they create the emotions we experience.
In this episode of The Session, cognitive neurologist Dr Steve Fleming joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about metacognition - the science behind self-awareness.
In this episode of The Session, addiction therapist Mandy Saligari joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about both psychological and practical ways of fighting addictions.
In this episode of The Session, neurologist Professor Guy Leschziner returns to speak with Tom Swarbrick about the importance of each of the human senses and how they are connected to each other.
In this episode of The Session, psychiatrist Dr Anna Lembke joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss how the chemical dopamine affects our mental health and our emotional state.
In this episode of The Session, neuroscientist Prof Morgan Barense returns to speak with Tom Swarbrick about how we create our memories - and how they change over time.
In this episode of The Session, philosopher Dr Philip Goff, joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss his theory of panpsychism - the belief that everything in the universe has a degree of consciousness.
In this episode of The Session, the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Dr Rick Doblin, joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss his pioneering research into the use of psychedelics to treat illnesses.
In this episode of The Session, the principal investigator for NASA's InSight Mars Lander Dr Bruce Banerdt joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss the robot's exciting discoveries below the surface of the Red Planet.
In this episode of The Session, the journalist and author Graham Hancock joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss his research into the origins of human civilisations - and his belief that an entire period of history before the last ice age has been forgotten by his colleagues.
In this episode of The Session, neurologist Professor Guy Leschziner joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss where sleep disorders come from and some of the innovative ways of treating them.
In this episode of The Session, journalist Sharon Weinberger joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss her research into the secretive US Government Agency known as DARPA - responsible for radical and sometimes chilling new military technologies.
In this episode of The Session, ichthyologist Dr Prosanta Chakrabarty joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss why he believes humans are not the end of an unfinished story of evolution.
In this episode of The Session, sociologist Dr Janja Lalich joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss how widespread cults are in 21st Century Western society, how they operate, and her own experiences of being a member of one.
In this episode of The Session, social psychologist Dr Sheldon Solomon joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss our sense of mortality and his terror management theory.
In this episode of The Session, Kasey Cantwell from the US Government's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss the mysteries of what exists and what goes on beneath the waves.
In this episode of The Session, neuroscientist Professor Anil Seth joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about consciousness, including how our brains compute and help us understand our own experiences.
In this episode of The Session, clinical psychologist Dr Laurence McKenna joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about the effects of tinnitus - and how it can be treated.
In this episode of The Session, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr Stephen Porges joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about his polyvagal theory - which focuses on the connection between our brain and our heart, lungs, and digestive tract.
In this episode of The Session, philosopher Dr Heather Dyke joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about how we understand the passage of time - and if time travel could actually be possible.
In this episode of The Session, AI expert Professor Oren Etzioni joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about how existing technologies are shaping our lives - and what AI technology might be able to achieve in future.
In this episode of The Session, neuroscientist Prof Morgan Barense joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about how our brains create memories and how those memories can change over time.
In this episode of The Session, astronomer Dr Jennifer J. Wiseman joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about her work at the Hubble Space Telescope - and the secrets of the universal it reveals.
In this episode of The Session, psychedelics researcher Dr Matthew W. Johnson joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about how and why attitudes towards drugs' medicinal benefits are changing.
In this episode of The Session, evolutionary biologist Dr Carole Hooven joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about how testosterone helps define who we are.
In this episode of The Session, astrobiologist Dr Sara Walker joins Tom Swarbrick to talk about how life actually began.
