Dec 30, 2021
Thomas J Bevan is an author and
essayist. He pens The Commonplace newsletter which includes
workshops on writing, movie reviews, and essays on life. We talk
about:
- Starting a
commonplace
- Striking a balance between the
physical and digital
- Not defining growth with
metrics
- The Soaring 20s Social
Club
- And MUCH more!
Dec 27, 2021
Nicholas Gruen is a widely
published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator. He has
advised Cabinet Ministers, sat on Australia’s Productivity
Commission and founded Lateral Economics and Peach Financial. We
discuss:
- Fast foodification of
Democracy
- Isegoria, or equality of
speech
- Pros and Cons of a...
Dec 23, 2021
Lisa is a Neuroscientist,
psychologist, and author of the books "Seven and a Half Lessons
About the Brain" and "How Emotions are Made". We talk
about:
- How expressing your emotions can
help you control them
- Why democracy might not be great
for brain's body budgeting
- Brain myths that deserve to
die
- The replication crisis...
Dec 16, 2021
Diane Macedo is a news anchor at
ABC News and author of the newly-released book "The Sleep Fix".
Diane helps us understand many sleep disorders and their solutions,
and other topics like:
- Are 'Insomnia' and 'Sleep
deprivation' the same?
- Sleep efficiency
- Journaling to help you
sleep
- How effective are sleep
aids?
- And...
Dec 13, 2021
Erik Hoel is a neuroscientist and
an author. Erik often writes about the intersection of humanities
and science, and his debut novel "The Revelations" is a tale of
science, murder, and consciousness. Our discussion with Erik
includes topics like:
- Are humans really
"conscious"?
- Different theories of
consciousness
- Neural...