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The Giants Shoulder

Evan McGloughlin
Neuroscience
Mental Health
Artificial Intelligence
Behavioral Genetics
Memory
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Political Stress
Alzheimer's Disease
Gender Differences In Brain Development
Social Media
Political Ideology
Hippocampus
Consciousness
Emotional Resilience
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Covid-19
Personality Traits
Intelligence
Tribalism
Neurology

A Neuroscience podcast. Each week I talk with experts on a range of topics from consciousness and neuroplasticity to evolution and everything in between. I have a particular interest in consciousness and understanding our inner subjective conscious experience. Evan has a Neuroscience degree from Trinity College Dublin and is the co-founder of 2 (failed) edtech startups. He is a professional tennis... more

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Recent Guests

David Nichols
Renowned psychedelic chemist and founder of the Heffter Research Institute
Purdue University (former), Heffter Research Institute (founder)
Episode: #106 - Meet The Greatest Living Psychedelic Scientist You've Never Heard Of
Robin Carhart-Harris
Psychedelic researcher and neuroscientist
Episode: #105 Robin Carhart-Harris: Your Consciousness Exists Between Order and Chaos | Entropic Brain
Peter Brannen
Science journalist who writes about the deep history of life
The Atlantic, The New York Times, Scientific American
Episode: #106 The Story Of How CO₂ Created ALL Life, Intelligence and Consciousness
Erik Bekkers
Dr. Erik Bekkers, mathematician exploring metaphysical issues and AI
Independent researcher / Author of paper on idealism and autopoiesis
Episode: #105 Meet the AI Researcher Proving Machines Will NEVER Be Conscious!
Dr. Ryan Smith
Computational neuroscientist
Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Episode: #104 GIANT'S DEBATE - Whats The SECRET to Engineering Artificial Consciousness? Cognition Vs Feeling
Chris Frith
Renowned cognitive and social neuroscientist; pioneer in social neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience
Royal Society fellow; author of Making Up the Mind
Episode: #103 Meet The Social Neuroscientist Proving We’re All Living In A Collective Consciousness
William B. Miller Jr.
Medical doctor and evolutionary biologist, leading thinker in agential biology and cognition-based biology
Independent researcher / author
Episode: #102 Meet The Scientist Proving Cells Are Conscious and Intelligent
Dr. Julian Barbour
Physicist known for time-orientation work and shape dynamics
University of Oxford (theoretically affiliated)
Episode: #101 Meet The Physicist Who Believes Time Doesn’t Exist
Michael Timothy Bennett
Computer scientist and researcher focusing on consciousness and information processing
Australian National University
Episode: #100 Meet The Scientist Who Wrote the Blueprint for Conscious Machines

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Evan
Host of the show; neuroscience background; co-founder in startup space.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 30 ratings
  • Fascinating!

    Brilliant and insightful. This is my go-to podcast to keep my brain from atrophying.

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Engaging, thought-provoking conversations that push beyond standard science coverage.
Strong emphasis on neuroscience and consciousness appeals to researchers and educated listeners.
The show's curiosity about controversial topics is refreshing and adds credibility.
High-quality guests and rigorous exploration of big questions.
Accessible yet deeply technical at times, which keeps it intellectually rewarding.

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#105 Robin Carhart-Harris: Your Consciousness Exists Between Order and Chaos | Entropic Brain
Q: What role does ego dissolution play in the psychedelic experience?
Ego dissolution represents a breakdown of ego-related neural constraints, revealing a more expansive state of consciousness, but typically followed by a recovery of structure upon coming down, and it is not a simple 'loss of consciousness'.
#105 Robin Carhart-Harris: Your Consciousness Exists Between Order and Chaos | Entropic Brain
Q: How do psychedelics alter priors or beliefs according to predictive coding?
Psychedelics relax predictive priors, reducing precision weighting on priors and enabling new information to be integrated, which can lead to insights and shifting self-models.
#104 GIANT'S DEBATE - Whats The SECRET to Engineering Artificial Consciousness? Cognition Vs Feeling
Q: What would count as a clear result that an AI is conscious, and how could we test for it in the next five to ten years?
They argue there is no single test; rather, a cumulative weight of evidence across multiple modalities and behaviors is necessary, including demonstrable, falsifiable predictions about conscious-like processing and the ability to report or act on internal states.
#101 Meet The Physicist Who Believes Time Doesn’t Exist
Q: What did Barbour mean by the DeWitt–Wheeler equation implying there is no time?
He described it as unchanging probabilities for unchanging configurations, such as a three-particle universe where the triangle's shape and size define probabilities, underscoring that time may be an emergent or internal notion rather than fundamental.
#99 Matt Segall: Panexperientialism, God, Metaphysics and What Neuroscience Is Getting Wrong!
Q: What are the key pieces of evidence that convince you consciousness is a fundamental property of the universe?
The host asks about evidence, and the guest argues that first-person experience, the transcendental status of consciousness, and the limits of explaining consciousness purely as brain activity point toward it being a fundamental aspect of reality rather than a product of neural matter.

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A thought-provoking neuroscience-focused interview show that regularly blends science with philosophy and technology. Episodes feature leading researchers and thinkers exploring consciousness, perception, biology, and the nature of reality, often connecting deep theoretical ideas to practical implications in AI, medicine, and cognition. The conversations tend to be wide-ranging and accessible, with a penchant for challenging conventional wisdom and examining how multiple disciplines intersect to illuminate the mysteries of the mind and life. A notable strength is the willingness to entertain provocative hypotheses—from panpsychism to living robots—while maintaining rigorous scrutiny of evidence, making it appealing to listeners who enjoy bi... more

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2. Robin Carhart-Harris
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4. Erik Bekkers
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