Guest: Kathryn Paige Harden, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of ‘Original Sin: The Genetics of Wrongdoing, the Problem of Blame and the Future of Forgiveness’

Guests:

• Steven A. Benner, Chemist, Astrobiologist and author of ‘Meet the Neighbors: Life on Mars and How to Find It’

• Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway

• Fergus McAuliffe, Head of Research Engagement and Impact Trinity College Dublin

Guest: Rose Anne Kenny, Regis Professor of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin and Founding Principal Investigator of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

Guests:

• Alex Smith, Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

• Dr Ruth Freeman from Science Foundation Ireland

• Matthew Campbell from TCD

Guest: Professor Róisín Dolan, Chief Investigator with the Sentinel Study Ireland at St. Vincent's University Hospital

Guests:

• Emilie De Loose, Project Officer of the Atlantic Whale Deal in the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group

• John Regan from Maynooth University

• Laura Hayes, DIAS

Science Communicator extraordinaire Neil deGrasse Tyson joined Jonathan in 2021 to discuss his book ‘A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour’, and how we communicate science to the public.

Guests:

• Peter Gallagher, Director of Dunsink Observatory at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and an Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin

• John Regan from Maynooth University

• Laura Hayes, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)

If you would like to listen to Jonathan’s experience of flying into the path of totality of the solar eclipse in 2015, here’s the link:

https://soundcloud.com/whipsmart-media/path-of-totality-1

For centuries, philosophers have theorised about the mind-body question. Is the mind something separate from the body? If so what does that mean?

So, how does the brain conjure consciousness?

In this interview from 2021, Jonathan speaks with Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, Editor-in-Chief of Neuroscience of Consciousness and author of ‘Being You: A New Science of Consciousness’.

Guests:

• Charlotte Blease, Philosopher at Uppsala University and author of ‘Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us – and How AI Could Save Lives’

• Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin and author of ‘Free Agents – How Evolution Gave Us Free Will’

• Alan Smeaton, Professor of Computing at DCU

• Matthew Campbell from TCD

• Laura Hayes, DIAS