This is our 15th annual review episode, which highlights the guests and key ideas we have shared in 2021. Interviews included return visits from Jeff Hawkins and David Eagleman. New guests including Anil Seth and Antonio Damasio, who both emphasized the importance of our bodies (not just our brains) in understanding Consciousness.

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Full Episode List:

BS 180 Bruce Goldstein, author of The Mind: Consciousness, Prediction, and the Brain

BS 181 Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, author of The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention

BS 182 Iris Berent, author of The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature

BS 183 Jeff Hawkins, author A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

BS 184 Mark Solms, author The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Origins of Consciousness

BS 185 Stephen Fleming, author of Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness

BS 186 Mark Humphries, author of The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds

BS 187 David Eagleman, author of Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

BS 188 Anil Seth, author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

BS 189 Antonio Damasio, author of Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious

BS 190 David Badre, author of On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done

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