A Neuroscientist Explains

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• Weekend: episode two of a new podcast

  April 1, 2022 · 50 min

  Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators. In this episode, Marina Hyde looks at the new additions to Downing Street (2m00s)…

• Weekend: episode one of a new podcast

  February 5, 2022 · 49 min

  Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators. In our first episode, Marina Hyde reflects on another less than stellar week for Boris…

• Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast

  July 1, 2021 · 40 min

  Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known guests to lift the lid on the food they turn to when they’re at home alone – and what…

• Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series

  February 8, 2021 · 26 min

  The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. In the first episode, we hear from Kashy…

• Innermost: another episode of our new series

  August 3, 2020 · 20 min

  We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences Subscribe…

• Innermost: episode 1 of a new series

  June 25, 2020 · 17 min

  The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind closed doors. In the first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an…

• A Neuroscientist Explains: how we read words

  April 9, 2018 · 35 min

  For our final episode of this series, Daniel Glaser (with a little misguided help from his producer Max) attempts to unpick what the brain does – and doesn’t do – when we read

• A Neuroscientist Explains: where perception ends and hallucination begins

  April 2, 2018 · 38 min

  When it comes to perceiving the world around us, how much of it is due to ‘bottom-up’ sensory data and how much comes from the ‘top-down’ predictions we make? Most importantly; how can the delicate dance between the two lead to…