BRAINLAND
Ken BarrettBrainland the podcast navigates the boundary between neuroscience, the arts and humanities with the occasional wander off piste. It began as a neuro-historical exploration of the background to the Brainland the opera but quickly spread its wings. A Brainland Collective production.
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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 91 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Performing ArtsScienceArts | |||
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In this episode French philosophy specialist Judith Still talks about Jacque Derrida and in particular his late preoccupation with the animal-human boundary. After surveying philosophical writing on animals going back two millennia, including related... more
In this extraordinarily wide ranging podcast, we talk about doubles from the point of view of psychopathology, neuroscience, and what they tell us about the nature of self. Our neuroscience discussion includes the work of Head, Schilder, Damasio (aro... more
Leading ethicist/philosopher Jonathan D. Moreno makes a welcome return to Brainland to discuss his recently published and compelling book 'ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL: Bioethics and the Rules-based Order'. We talk about the history of clinical and bioethic ... more
In this episode Christine Daigle, a leading figure in posthumanist philosophy and material feminism, begins by defining those terms before unpacking some of the ideas in her recent book 'Posthumanist Vulnerability: An affirmative ethics'. The humanis... more
Mark Solms is a neuroscientist and psychoanalyst fluent in German, which is why in the 1990s, he agreed to take on the daunting task of collating and translating Freud's 23 years of writing on the brain and neurology pre-psychoanalysis. In this episo... more
In this episode Laura Spinney talks about the background to her book 'Proto', an extraordinarily wide ranging and engaging account of the origin and archeology of Indo-European languages. We discuss the source of ancient DNA that is uncovering the ex... more
In this podcast we discuss 19th century French novelist, dramatist and memoirist George Sand. In a wide-ranging conversation, based on Fiona's very readable and recent biography, we talk about Sand's great literary success in an era in which she was ... more
In this episode Stefan Sorgner, a leading academic in the growing field of transhumanist philosophy defines and talks about his route to the subject before drawing a distinction, elaborated in his upcoming book, on the difference between 'classical' ... more
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This show explores the intersection of neuroscience, arts, and humanities through conversations with scientists, writers, composers, film scholars, and poets. Episodes frequently thread together dream theory, consciousness, musicology, and creative process, often anchoring discussions in historical figures or movements (Surrealism, Dante, Montale) while probing how neuroscience informs creativity, memory, emotion, and ethical questions. A notable strength is the capacity to blend rigorous science with intimate, human storytelling—featuring artists and researchers who illuminate how the brain shapes culture, and how creative practice can illuminate psychological and neurological ideas. The format frequently centers on historical context, per... more
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2. Frank Burke
3. Bernard Salter
4. Kimberly Campanello
5. Raymond Tallis
6. Jonathan Galassi
7. David Redish
8. Jonathan Dove
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