Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain

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Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence

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The Art of Being Brilliant: Transform Your Life by Doing What Works For You

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Counselling for Toads: A Psychological Adventure

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Ferocious Warmth: School Leaders Who Inspire and Transform

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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Radiolab: Mixtape: How The Cassette Changed The World

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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Radiolab: Journey Through The Human Body

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Radiolab: The Feels

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The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control

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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery

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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate

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Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most

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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

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Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind

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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

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The Gene: An Intimate History

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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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Thinking in Systems: A Primer

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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

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Free Will

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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

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Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

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Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

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The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More!

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Evolutionary Psychology: Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.

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80 Norman Doidge - How Plastic Is Your Brain?: Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. He is on faculty at the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry, and Research Faculty at Columbia University’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and R

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Ken Robinson: The Element: The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions th

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Philippa Perry with Nihal Arthanayake: 'The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read’ by Philippa Perry recently topped the Sunday Times Bestseller List and has been called ‘a parenting book for people who don’t normally buy them’. Philippa, a psychotherapist and broadcaster, talks about no...

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Ep 231: The Power of Strangers: Joe Keohane, author of The Power of Strangers, joins us to discuss the many benefits of starting a conversation with a stranger. We talk about why we’re often so afraid to talk to people on the bus or at a coffee shop, and what to say to spark a connectio

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88: David Robson and the Expectation Effect

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Girls on the Brink with Donna Jackson Nakazawa

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Mark Solms - The Hidden Spring.: In today’s episode, Mark Solms generously summarizes his latest book “The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness” and  highlights -in ten clear principals- his thoughts. He shows us how the source of consciousness is deeply bound up wit...

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BS 167 Stanislas Dehaene explores "How We Learn": Neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene explains why human brains still learn better than machines

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222. Suzanne O’Sullivan on psychosomatic disorders and other mystery illnesses: Michael Shermer speaks with award-winning Irish neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan about her work exploring the complexity of psychogenic illness affecting people all around the world. Her book The Sleeping Beauties, documents her investigation of...

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What's Up with This Student?: This was a very interesting program. A special education teacher called in to try to get a better handle on the behavioral challenges being presented by one of

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The Power of Choice with Dr. Edith Eger

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Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson on Raising Self-Driven Children

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Meet Ash Barty's mindset coach — Ben Crowe: Ben works with athletes including the Richmond Football Club and surfer Steph Gilmore in a counter-intuitive way. He helps them own their flaws, and find an intrinsic purpose so they can take both wins and losses in their stride. Ash Barty credits Ben with helping her become World Number 1 (R)

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Maggie Dent — helping teenage boys grow into good men: Maggie grew up around boys, then raised four sons of her own. Now she helps parents understand the changes teenage boys are going through as they cross the bridge from boyhood to manhood (R)

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Dan Siegel: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain: Daniel Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. He is

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CM 191: Lisa Feldman Barrett On How Our Brains Work: I'll admit it. I'm a sucker for brain science. I love learning new things about how our brains work and how to get the most out of this amazing organ. That means I'm always scanning for my next book on the topic. And, when I find it,

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647: The Power of Showing Up {Interview with Dr. Dan Siegel}: “Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioural consequences.”  ― Daniel J. Siegel   In this episode, Dr. Siegel and I talk about: How to show up...

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How to escape education's death valley | Sir Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley | Sir Ken Robinson

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#199: Philippa Perry: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: Philippa Perry is an author, psychotherapist, factual presenter for radio and television and someone I've been a fan of ever since I read her book called How to Stay Sane back in 2012. After volunteering with the Samaritans, Philippa trained as a ...

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Ep 111: Want Accountable Teens? Ask the Right Questions: John G. Miller, author of five books including Raising Accountable Kids and QBQ!, shares his expertise on how to get your teenager to be responsible for their own actions. Plus, the ultimate question to ask when it feels like nothing is working.

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Prologue: Step into iconic relationship therapist Esther Perel’s office and listen as 10 anonymous couples in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their story. From infidelity to sexlessness to loss, it’s a space for people to...

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#72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits: Author and happiness expert Neil Pasricha shares the recipe for resilience, an antidote for anxiety, and how his two minute morning routine primes each day for success. --- For comprehensive show notes on this episode, including a full edited...

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Debate: Michael Sandel vs Adrian Wooldridge on Meritocracy: Meritocracy has long been an article of faith in the modern Western world. Get an education, work hard and the rewards of success will be yours, regardless of class, privilege or wealth. But recently meritocracy has come under attack, with the charge l...

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Mindsight and the Plane of Possibility - Dr. Dan Siegel #86: "Awareness is the gateway for feeling the texture of lived life." —Dr. Dan Siegel In this episode, the fascinating Dr. Dan Siegel joins us for a conversation on the human mind and mindsight. Dr. Siegel — Harvard graduate, professor at UCLA &...

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Ep 197: Happy Brain Chemicals and Teen Behavior: Loretta Breuning, author of Habits of a Happy Brain, joins us to talk about how oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin and endorphins create happiness and habits in our teens’ minds.

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Dr. Dan Siegel on Breaking the Illusion of the Self

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Exploring the human-animal bond, with Maggie O’Haire, PhD: The role that animals can play in improving people’s mental health has garnered increased attention in recent years -- from service dogs for PTSD to emotional support animals on planes to therapy dogs in offices. Dr. Maggie O’Haire, a psychologist...

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#271 Why Walking Is The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had with Professor Shane O’Mara (Re-Release): When was the last time you gave any real thought to walking? It’s so easy to put one foot in front of the other. Yet this unique, underrated activity sets us apart from other species, and brings incredible advantages.

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The Ever-Changing Brain with David Eagleman and Brian Eno: What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time, but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mi...