Brain Buzz

Dive into the grey areas of global development and youth peacebuilding with our long awaited guest, Alina Dixon. Alina is a PhD student at Queens University, in Kingston, Ontario. She is interested in troubling the western, liberal traditions of the dominant peacebuilding lexicon by examining how peacebuilding knowledge is constructed and maintained, and what the implications of this are for youth-led, everyday peace efforts. We talk about her new work on how the show “Derry Girls” depicts youth peacebuilding in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. We explore what youth peacebuilding looks like now and what global development research aims to uncover.

Want to connect with our guest?

She is on Twitter @AlinaDixon and can be contacted via her Queen’s profile: https://www.queensu.ca/devs/graduate-program/student-profiles

Do single people really have it worse than couples??? Dr. Yuthika Girme joins Brain Buzz Podcast to talk about her work on Singlehood! Do people in relationship have better mental and physical health than single people? How many single people want to be single vs. want to be in relationships? We also talk about the unique gender differences that single people experience (Men are treated like sexy, eligible bachelors while women are often treated like they are running out of time).

If you are currently single and interested in hearing what research says about singles or want to reminisce about your single days… this episode is for you!

You can follow Yuthika on twitter: @YuthikaGirme or check her website out at: https://www.sfu.ca/psychology/about/people/profiles/ygirme.html

Episode 76 has Dr. Eric Helms, host of Iron Culture, and research fellow for AUT at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand talks all things POWERlifting and bodybuilding!

Eric fills us in on how what the differences are between powerlifting and bodybuilding. Today’s episodes includes conversation on how traditional strength sports came to be and how competitive bodybuilding grew out of circus acts and expos. Why is it important to consume fats and carbs? Why are we so obsessed with protein? How can bodybuilding and powerlifting research improve how you workout and train, even if you’re just interested in reducing a little bit of belly fat or trying to be healthier in general. What do physical fitness reseachers do to measure fitness? Eric explains the work he does measuring professional and aspiring athletes. Lastly, we discuss the murky online fitness industry and what an obtainable body type really should look like!

If you are a fan of Eric’s scientific approach to powerlifting and bodybuilding you need to check out his podcast: Iron Culture for more: https://ironculture.libsyn.com/

Where were you from 4pm-10pm last Tuesday? Who did you speak with or see? Can anyone corroborate your whereabouts?

True crime enthusiasts, science lovers, and crime psychology fans rejoice! Dr. Kureva Matuku is going to explain how to make the perfect alibi. On episode 75 we figure out what issues are related to providing ACCURATE alibis, the fallibility of our memory and recollections, and what you can do to improve your alibis if you are ever required to provide one. Dr. Matuku also explains how eye witness lineups and photo spreads work, how reliable eye witness testimonies are, and the impact that alibis and eye witness testimonies have on judicial outcomes.

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Shownotes:

Check out Petra’s open access paper on how to reduce stigma:

Gronholm, P. C., Nosé, M., Van Brakel, W. H., Eaton, J., Ebenso, B., Fiekert, K., ... & Thornicroft, G. (2021). Reducing stigma and discrimination associated with COVID-19: early stage pandemic rapid review and practical recommendations. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 1-23.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7884669/ 

Want to learn more about what Petra’s group does on mental health stigma?

Check out www.Indigo-group.org for more information on how to access stigma, information on low-income country data, etc.

Follow Petra on Twitter @GronholmPetra

If you enjoyed the content of today’s show, make sure to pick up John’s new book, “The Life Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit” wherever you buy books!

Follow Dr. David Shiffman on Twitter @whysharksmatter and check out his “Save our seas” project here: https://saveourseas.com/project-leader/david-shiffman/.

For David’s open access research on marine conservation and other topics visit: davidshiffmancv.com

For more information Sir Graham Thornicoft’s research: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/graham-thornicroft

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