Let's talk Synaesthesia

Let's talk Synaesthesia

By Maike PreißingHealth & FitnessMental Health
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Let's talk Synaesthesia episodes

  • 04 PAINTING MUSIC with Artist Sarah Kraning

    On this weeks episode Maike meets Sarah Kraning, a full-time synaesthesia artist from the United States. They will speak about their experiences of being a child synaesthete in primary school and how important it is to be listened to by a parent or teacher. They will also discuss the power of social media, their art and the theatre play "soundscapes" by the NYU Sarah was invited to be part of.

    @sarahkraning
    www.sarahkraning.com


    Contact Maike⁠

    www.maikepreissing.com⁠

    ⁠www.synesthesia.at⁠

    ⁠@maikepreissing⁠

    45 min
  • 03 Brady & Sage on FEELING DIFFERENT

    This week Maike meets Brady & Sage (two synaesthetes from Nebraska) to speak about their newly published book on synaesthesia. They'll speak about mental health struggles, Asperger's, good friendship and what it's like to feel your own emotions moving in your body.

    Instagram:

    @sagereiger
    @bradysynesthesiaart


    Their book "Feeling different - understanding synesthesia through art" as hard cover and as an e-book


    Contact Maike



    42 min
  • 02 TASTING SOUNDS with James Wannerton

    In this episode Maike meets James Wannerton, a well-known synaesthete from England. James has a very rare and fascinating form of synaesthesia, called sound-to-taste synaesthesia. This means he can not only hear sounds, but also taste them. Maike's voice for example tastes like victorian spongecake to him! We hear about how they each experience the world through their neurodivergence, about the very start of synaesthesia research, autism and synaesthesia organisations. James is President of the UK synaesthesia association and Vice-President of the International association for Synaesthetes, Artists and Scientists.

    Here are the websites in case you want to check them out:
    UKSA
    IASAS


    Connecting with Maike
    ⁠www.maikepreissing.com⁠⁠

    www.synesthesia.at⁠⁠

    @maikepreissing⁠

    52 min
  • 01 QUESTIONS OF A NON-SYNAESTHETE

    In this first episode Maike, the host, introduces herself and tells us how the idea of the podcast came about. It's a conversation with neuroscientist Julianne Beirute PhD about different forms of synaesthesia, neuroscience, sex and psychology. We also hear from Prof Jamie Ward and Dr Duncan Carmichael, both synaesthesia researcher in the UK, on what synaesthesia is and how it's inherited.


    www.maikepreissing.com

    www.synesthesia.at

    1 hr 7 min

About Let's talk Synaesthesia

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What is it like to live with different forms of synaesthesia? What do we know about synaesthesia from a scientific point of view? For this podcast Maike Preissing, psychologist & synaesthesia artist, invited synaesthetes from all around the world to tell their story. In season one we will hear from world-leading scientists, artists, musicians, book authors and neurodivergent people to learn about the beauty and burden of having a uniquely wired brain.