All In The Mind

Natasha Mitchell has interviewed many of the world’s most celebrated thinkers on the mind over the past decade, and one the most creative is acclaimed neuroscientist and polymath of the brain Professor V.S Ramachandran. Next week, All in the Mind swaps shows and slots for a season of an exciting new show The Body Sphere hosted by Amanda Smith. In April, All in the Mind returns for a season, presented by Lynne Malcolm. Body and mind hook up on ABC Radio National! 5pm Sundays, 1pm Mondays. Natasha Mitchell will now be hosting our national daily program Life Matters each weekday morning.

Psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela was on South Africa's historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission, chairing many of its tortuous public hearings about atrocities committed in the apartheid era. In an unprecedented dialogue she met with one of apartheid's most abhorrent killers, in jail, to explore forgiveness, psychological redemption and the symbolic language of trauma.

All in the Mind is turning 10, and over the decade we've taken you across the globe to discover how the mind and its discontents are profoundly shaped by culture. A chance to meet again the incredible women of The Banyan in India - with stories of triumph amongst the deepest despair.

Celebrate All in the Mind's tenth birthday! Over the decade the show has tracked some of the provocative technological developments and ethical debates about our state of mind. From stem cell therapy to the spectre of animal-human chimeras or cyborgian selves...we love to get heady and technical!

As All in the Mind turns 10, we're digging into the archives to get personal. It's a celebration of the neuro-narrative. Meet Electroboy, poet Sandy Jeffs...encounter a brain surgery and be moved by stories of life, loss and love.

All in the Mind started with Zombies back in 2002...not of the Day of the Living Dead kind, but the philosophical variety! Celebrate All in the Mind's 10th birthday with us. This week, Natasha revisits the great conundrum of human consciousness with leading thinkers - it's a problem that continues to stump the brightest minds.

It's 10 years since Natasha Mitchell started All in the Mind and we're digging into the archives for you! This week, getting sexy in true adolescent spirit - the perplexing case of the female orgasm, getting your kicks in a brain scanner, and is the sex between your ears more important than the sex between your legs!?

Bah! All that talk about brain cells and grey matter!  Let’s focus on where the real interesting action is inside your head: the connections between your brain cells—synapses. From the ancient past to the frenzied future—it's all about making connections.

In the 50 years before he emigrated to escape the Nazis, Sigmund Freud, his wife Martha and six children lived and worked in the house at Berggasse 19 in Vienna. His most famous works were penned there, his most famous patients bared their 'souls' there. Join Natasha Mitchell for a personal tour through the archives of the Fin de Siecle mind.

Oxford-based, Australian bioethicist Julian Savulescu is a provocateur. He's argued the case for a 'new eugenics' and that we have a moral obligation to pursue human perfection. Now he thinks we should be using science and technology for moral enhancement itself. Could the future of humanity depend on it?