New ep drops at now o'clock. We're in the middle of Mental Health Awareness month; tune in today for an intimate episode about clinical depression. Please tune in wherever you get your podcasts (& let anyone know who needs to know about this one) eagleman.com/podcast/154

Why are races started with a gunshot rather a flash of light? There's a good reason… www.realclearscience.com/blog/2016/08...

What is cognitive behavioral therapy? Join me with anxiety expert Jud Brewer (@drjud.bsky.social), a physician & neuroscientist who studies approaches beyond CBT. eagleman.com/podcast/153

What exactly is anxiety? Join me with anxiety expert Jud Brewer (@drjud.bsky.social), a physician & neuroscientist who studies a fresh approach to anxiety. eagleman.com/podcast/153

"No thrill can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success." - Nikola Tesla

Are we more anxious now than we were? Join me with physician & neuroscientist Jud Brewer (@drjud.bsky.social), who studies a fresh approach to anxiety. eagleman.com/podcast/153

Can curiosity beat anxiety? Join me with anxiety expert Jud Brewer, a physician & neuroscientist who studies a fresh approach to anxiety. eagleman.com/podcast/153

Why is biological insight so useful for the legal system? I wrote this article in the Atlantic over a decade ago; this is the first reading in my neurolaw course at Stanford. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How is anxiety related to habit? Join this week with anxiety expert Jud Brewer (@drjud.bsky.social), a physician & neuroscientist who studies a fresh approach to treating anxiety. eagleman.com/podcast/153

Does anxiety help you perform better or does it worsen everything? Join me with anxiety expert Jud Brewer (@drjud.bsky.social), a physician & neuroscientist who studies a fresh approach to anxiety. eagleman.com/podcast/153

New ep drops at now-o'clock. Today we talk about anxiety. What does anxiety have to do with mental loops, habits, performance, and unlearning? Join me this week with anxiety expert Dr. Jud Brewer (@drjud.bsky.social). eagleman.com/podcast/153

An ode to my matriarchs, every last one -- My short story in Slate #HappyMothersDay www.slate.com/articles/new...

Can you change your own thoughts? Join me with Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Jewel as we talk about her battles, her learnings, and the lives she’s helping shape. eagleman.com/podcast/152 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

How does singer-songwriter Jewel deal with emotional pain? Join Inner Cosmos this week as we talk about her battles, her learnings, and the lives she’s helping shape. eagleman.com/podcast/152 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Thought for the day: A good idea not turned into action stays confined to the tiny, poor neurons that spend all their energy on it.

Turns out Jewel has synesthesia. Hear about this and so much more in this week's episode of Inner Cosmos, where we dive deep into her struggles with and contributions to mental health. eagleman.com/podcast/152 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

How is handling social media like handling a gun, & what does this have to do with mental health? Join me with singer-songwriter Jewel (@jeweljk) as we talk about her battles, her learnings, and the young people she’s helping. eagleman.com/podcast/152 #MentalHealthMonth

"Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies." - Friedrich Nietzsche #possibilianism

How can you release trauma, and how can society help? Join me with Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Jewel as we talk about her battles, her learnings, and the lives she’s helping shape. eagleman.com/podcast/152 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Problems with mental health aren't as obvious as physical problems (like a broken arm); nonetheless, anyone can be buffeted by their internal weather. Join me on Inner Cosmos this week with singer-songwriter Jewel. eagleman.com/podcast/152 #MentalHealthMonth

New Inner Cosmos episode kicks off Mental Health Awareness month with singer-songwriter Jewel. Join us to dive deep into the battles she’s lived, the wisdom she’s earned, and the lives she’s helping. eagleman.com/podcast/152 #MentalHealthMonth

Is now a uniquely dangerous time? Probably not. We've continuously devised technical solutions to previous problems; find out this week if we'll continue do so.... with scientist, author, and rational optimist Matt Ridley. eagleman.com/podcast/151

Why is it so hard to maintain an optimistic outlook? Find out on this week's Inner Cosmos with scientist & author Matt Ridley. eagleman.com/podcast/151

What does it mean for ideas to have sex? Find out on this week's Inner Cosmos with scientist & author Matt Ridley as we explore rational optimism. eagleman.com/podcast/151

Why do we generally feel like the world is getting worse, when by almost all measures it’s getting better? Join Inner Cosmos this week with scientist & author Matt Ridley to explore rational optimism. eagleman.com/podcast/151

How can tech improve our dream recall? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in your brain at night. eagleman.com/podcast/150

Does dreaming about something make you better at it? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in our brains during the night. eagleman.com/podcast/150

How does input during wakefulness influence your dreams? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in your brain during the night. eagleman.com/podcast/150

Does dream content sometimes foreshadow changes in your health? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in your brain at night. eagleman.com/podcast/150

What exactly are dreams about? Join this week's Inner Cosmos, where we'll talk with dream expert / dream engineer Dr. Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in your brain at night. eagleman.com/podcast/150

What's up with nightmares? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in our brains during the night. eagleman.com/podcast/150

Could we recall our dreams better? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in our brains during the night. eagleman.com/podcast/150

What happens when a young person is released from the child welfare system? Join me with David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), a neuroscientist who has just written about his emergence from a difficult childhood to a successful life. eagleman.com/podcast/149

Cognitive flexibility is paramount in navigating our fast-changing world, and companies are clamoring for innovators. Nurturing human ingenuity in every neighborhood will make our society not only fairer, but also more visionary and resilient. www.edweek.org/ew/articles/...

Why do kids need a future to aim for? Join me this week with neuroscientist David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social) as we discuss the interaction of childhood trauma and resilience. eagleman.com/podcast/149

The human brain runs on conflict - Wired magazine www.wired.co.uk/article/davi...

What explains resilience? It's complicated, but the first hints of answers are found in gene-environment interactions. Join Inner Cosmos this week with David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), author of a new autobiography on his surprising trajectory. eagleman.com/podcast/149

Can video games provide structure & education through challenge? Join me with David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), neuroscientist and author of a new autobiography, as we discuss the interaction of childhood trauma and resilience. eagleman.com/podcast/149

The mystery of expertise: The chasm between what the brain knows and what our minds can fathom. #Incognito theweek.com/articles/479...

Technology takes a lot of heat, but are there some pros with the cons? Join Inner Cosmos this week with guest David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), author of a new biography about emerging from an awful childhood into a successful career. eagleman.com/podcast/149

Why do other people matter so much for our trajectories? Join Inner Cosmos with guest David Sussillo, who was abandoned by his parents at 8 but grew up to become a neuroscientist & technologist. We explore the interface between childhood trauma and resilience. eagleman.com/podcast/149

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots, the other, wings." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe See my article with Anthony Brandt on 3 ways to help any kid be more creative: ideas.ted.com/three-ways-t...

Is absolute confidence a trap? Would it help to think of public health issues in probabilities -- as we're used to doing in sports? Join Inner Cosmos this week with astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter. eagleman.com/podcast/148

How can we keep our view of the world from being narrow? Join this week with Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter as we discuss the scale between infinitely big and small: human society. eagleman.com/podcast/148

Where the study of time perception finds practical value: "The Science of Waiting and Waiting for Your Page to Load" #oldiebutgoodie www.wired.com/2016/08/scie...

Are you more open to having your opinion altered by a bot than a person? What's the advantage of keeping bots less human? Join Inner Cosmos this week with Saul Perlmutter, astrophysicist and Nobel laureate. eagleman.com/podcast/148

What is the biggest problem today according to Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter? And how could we tackle it? Join this week's Inner Cosmos as we talk about polarization and its possible solutions. eagleman.com/podcast/148

How can the culture of science teach us about overcoming confirmation bias? Hear from Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter about how we might decrease polarization. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. eagleman.com/podcast/148

Could political dialogue learn from science? Join Inner Cosmos w/Nobel laureate astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter for a deep dive into polarization & how we might address it with a different kind of thinking. eagleman.com/podcast/148

How can we improve political dialogue? Join this week with Nobel-prize winning astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter; instead of the cosmos we discuss the inner cosmos: why polarization happens & how we might address it with a different kind of thinking eagleman.com/podcast/148