Books and Ideas #16: Interview with Dr. Steven Novella from The Skeptics Guide to the Universe

Episode 16 of Books and Ideas is a conversation with Dr. Steven Novella from the popular podcast The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. This interview is a response to numerous requests from fans of the Brain Science Podcast, but I put it in the Books and Ideas feed so that Dr. Novella could share [...]

Podango feed problems have been resolved.

Some of you may have experienced difficulties in receiving episodes of both Books and Ideas and the Brain Science Podcast during the last several weeks. With the help of Rob Walch of Podcast 411, the folks at Podango were able to help me return my feeds to there original state. This means that subscribers will [...]

Brain Science Podcast #7: Bonobos with Stuart Shanker, PhD

Kanzi and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
This is the first interview episode of the Brain Science Podcast. As a follow-up to #6, I had the opportunity to interview Stuart Shanker, PhD, one of the co-authors of The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved From Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans .
I really wanted to talk [...]