Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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

Guest: Oliver Bower, Founding Scientist at ‘Preventive’

Guests:

• Ed Ricemeyer, Senior Bioinformatician and Chair of Animal Systems Genomics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

• Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of Galway

• Shane Bergin, Physicist & Assistant Professor in Science Education at UCD

Guest: Professor Michael Garrett, Astrophysicist at the University of Manchester and Chair of the International Academy of Astronautics’ SETI Committee

Guests:

• Jussi Kantola, Data Analyst at the University of Oulu

• Matthew Campbell, Professor of Neurovascular Genetics, Trinity College Dublin

• Dr Ruth Freeman, Director of Research for Society at Research Ireland

Guest: Rana Gujra, CEO of Behavioural Signals, tech entrepreneur and AI expert

Guests:

• Dr. Frederick Ho, Senior Lecturer in Public health at the University of Glasgow

• Laura Hayes, Assistant Professor and Royal Society-Research Ireland University Research Fellow at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

• Phil Smyth, Physicist, Engineer and Science Communicator