Super Brain by Sabina Brennan

11.07.2022

S5:E7 Mood, Food and the Gut Brain Connection with Prof John Cryan

Dr Sabina Brennan has a fascinating conversation with Prof John Cryan stress neurobiologist and co-author of the Psychobiotic Revolution about the gut and the brain and how bacteria and the food we eat contribute to and are influenced by stress,...

09.04.2022

S5:E6 Help Me with Marianne Power

Dr Sabina Brennan chats to journalist Marianne Power about the year she spent following the advice of one self-help book per month. -The book is like reading a Bridget Jones script only better, you'll laugh and cry and thanks...

07.25.2022

S5:E5 Bird girl with Mya-Rose Craig

Dr Sabina Brennan chats to 20 year old Dr Mya-Rose Craig about her memoir Birdgirl. Already a woman if substance this young woman who has achieved so much in such a short period of time describes herself as a British-Bangladeshi...

06.26.2022

S5:E4 Secrets

Dr Sabina Brennan takes a look into secret research. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05.30.2022

S5:E3 Control

Dr Sabina Brennan explores the psychology and neuroscience of control, impulsivity, self-control, taking control and relinquishing control. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

04.18.2022

S5:E2 Headspace for healthy eating with Dr Rupi Aujla

Dr Sabina Brennan chats to NHS doctor, Sunday Times best-selling author and host of the The Doctor's Kitchen podcast about how he overcame a life-changing diagnosis and avoided heart surgery by adjusting his lifestyle and changing his diet. In this...

03.21.2022

S5:E1 Imaginers

The Super Brain podcast returns with this audio documentary produced and presented by Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan Dr Edward O'Sullivan, Director of the Migraine Clinic at Cork University Hospital takes us inside the migraine brain offering a medical and...

03.20.2022

Super Brain is back

Super Brain is back. Season 5 kicks off March 21st 2022 with the audio documentary produced and presented by Dr Sabina Brennan. Super Brain Episodes will drop every third Monday in the Month Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast....

11.25.2021

Booster 48 - Stranger Danger

In this, the final episode of Season 4 Dr Sabina Brennan talks about the benefits of talking to strangers Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11.22.2021

S4:E12 Strength with Mark O'Halloran

Dr Sabina Brennan and multi-award-winning script writer and actor Mark O'Halloran discuss strength and weakness through the lens of his amazing films, Viva and Adam and Paul. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11.18.2021

Booster 47 - Tasty train stations - Synaesthesia

Dr Sabina Brennan takes a look at synaesthesia a fascinating neurological phenomenon where certain sensory inputs such as words, letters, numbers or music automatically trigger the additional senses like colour, sound, taste and smell. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on...

11.15.2021

S4:E11 It's only a penis with artist and sex worker Kate McGrew

Dr Sabina Brennan chats to performing artist, activist and sex worker Kate McGrew about her passion for performing, sex work, and the need to make sex work safe. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11.11.2021

Booster 46 - Supercharge your creativity

Eureka moments are a specific form of creativity. They don't just materialise from the ether – it’s simply the work of the human brain. In this booster Dr Sabina Brennan shares some scientific insights into this kind of creativity...

11.08.2021

S4:E10 That Knocking Sound with Barnaby Walter

BP Walter's Sunday Times best seller, The Dinner Guest is one of the best books I've read in quite some time. As soon as I finished it I felt compelled to contact the author to see if he would be...

11.04.2021

Booster 45 Golden Guide to Great Sex

Dr Sabina Brennan hands the mic for this booster to sex therapist and self-confessed sez geek Emily Power Smith who shares her top 4 tips for great sex Emily is a professional member of the World Association of sexual health. Emily...

11.01.2021

S4:E9 Sexual pleasure with sexologist Emily Power Smith

I've had a clitoris all of my life and never knew that what we refer to as the clitoris is actually only the sensitive tip of an extensive internal organ that is capable of erection. The clitoris was removed from...

10.27.2021

Booster 44 - Savant Syndrome

Dr Sabina Brennan explores savant syndrome and the circumstances in which humans can demonstrate extraordinary capabilities, usually in art, music and mathematics. As promised within the episode this the Scientific article on Sudden Savant syndrome Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted...

10.24.2021

S4:E8 Making new dreams with Lauren White Murphy

Lauren White-Murphy, aka @lolopopworld was a successful ghost writer signed with Warner Bros whose music had featured on hit shows like American Horror Story when her own horror story struck just weeks before her 30th birthday, Multiple sclerosis not only...

10.20.2021

Booster 43 - Where am I?

In this booster shot Sabina Brennan explains how specialised brain cells that only fire in certain places help us to navigate the world around us Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10.17.2021

S4:E7 Life is not a sentence with Amanda Smyth

Dr Sabina Brennan speaks to Irish Trinidadian author Amanda Smyth about her new book Fortune, about being rootless and untethered, about chance meetings and living life in technicolour rather than in black and white. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on...

10.13.2021

Booster 42 - I have two sons I love them both equally but....

Dr Sabina Brennan makes a surprising discovery about Monday's guest Norma Sheahan Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10.10.2021

S4: E6 Heal your Hole with Norma Sheahan

Sabina Brennan shoots the breeze with multi-talented actor, writer, voiceover artist, Norma Sheahan Her weekly podcast is Heal Your Hole with Norma Sheahan - which is also the name of this episode. Norma is currently in Gaiety performing “Shirley Valentine” -...

10.03.2021

S4:E5 Football: A Concussion Delivery System With Michael Kaplen

Dr Sabina Brennan speaks with Michael Kaplen, a personal injury lawyer, who specialises in representing individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. We speak at length about the often debilitating, long-lasting and often misunderstood consequences of one of the...

09.29.2021

Booster 40 - Liar, Liar

Dr Sabina Brennan shares some recent research that shines a light on how the brain detects untruths and why we shouldn't always trust our gut. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

09.29.2021

Booster 41 - London Calling

A brief update from my hotel room in London plus some tips on how to protect your most precious organ - your brain Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

09.26.2021

S4:E4 Selfie-taking and Self-Esteem

Dr Sabina Brennan and Dr Mary McGill continue their conversation about social media with a particular focus on distortion, dehumananisation, selfie-taking, self-esteem, censorship and cancel culture. Mary also makes a case for stoicism. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast....

09.22.2021

Booster 39 - Poor Sleep and Pandemic Weight Gain

Sleep loss can lead to weight gain. Did you gain weight during the pandemic? Have you been struggling to lose it? Have you tried and failed at dieting? Perhaps poor sleep or insomnia are at the root of your weight...

09.19.2021

S4: E3 The Visibility Trap with Dr Mary McGill

Super Brain host Dr Sabina Brennan chats to Dr Mary McGill author of The Visibility Trap about gender-based online abuse, the need to ethical checks, surveillance, self-monitoring, visibility and exposure. Check out the Super Brain blog for full transcripts, links and videos. Get Super...

09.15.2021

Booster 38 - Juggling multiple identities builds resilience

Continuing on from the themes of identity and motherhood discussed in Monday's interview with Melissa Hogenboom, Dr Sabina Brennan looks for silver linings and explains how the identity challenges faced by women and mothers more particularly can actually bestow an...

09.13.2021

S4:E2 Happy Mum, Happy Baby with Melissa Hogenboom

Dr Sabina Brennan chats to award-winning BBC science journalist Melissa Hogenboom about her new book The Motherhood Complex and the science behind mothering. Melissa and Sabina chat openly and honestly about how challenged they felt as mothers of two young children....

09.08.2021

Booster 37 - It's all in your head

Building on Monday's fascinating episode on psychosomatic illness with Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan, Dr Sabina Brennan shares her own experiences and more of Suzanne's insights about the physical manifestations of psychological factors. #psychosomaticillness #hypochondria #malingering #mentalhealth #neurology #neuroscience #psychology #psychologicalillness #psychological...

09.06.2021

S4: E1 The Brain Detective with Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan

Dr Sabina Brennan chats to neurologist Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan in this fascinating episode about psychosomatic illness, psychogenic disorders and mass hysteria. My favourite books, films and TV shows are mysteries, detective stories and psychological thrillers. As a psychologist I’ve learned not...

09.01.2021

Sneak Peak - Super Brain - Season 4

Season 4 of Super Brain kicks off Monday September 6th, I chat to an impressive group of inspiring and fascinating guests this season This trailer gives you a little taster of whats in store with short clips from: S4E1 - The Brain Detective...

05.19.2021

Booster 36 - Rescue Dogs

National Rescue Dog Day which aims to encourage people to adopt dogs from shelters and rescues, as well as educating children about animals and their benefits. As mother to 4 rescue dogs Dr Sabina Brennan shares her personal positive experience...

05.16.2021

S3:E12 The stabilisers are off with PJ Gallagher

Dr Sabina Brennan talks to comedian, actor and broadcaster PJ Gallagher about loving motorbiking racing and his weekly courtship with death, hating standup and embracing honesty. For bonus materials, transcripts and more check out the Super Brain podcast blog. Support this...

05.12.2021

Booster 35 Nature and Mental Health

This week is Mental Health Week and the theme for 2021 is nature, Dr Sabina Brennan explores the neuroscience underlying the mental health benefits of nature T Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05.09.2021

S3:E11 Your body is an instrument not an ornament with Anna Geary

Dr Sabina Brennan chats to Anna Geary about her career choices, her goals, her hopes for the future and body image, particularly the importance of looking after your body for functionality rather than for aesthetics, Watch out for Anna's upcoming...

05.05.2021

Booster 34 Gambling and the Brain

Ireland has the highest online gambling losses per capita globally and the third highest overall gambling losses per capita (€2.1 billion p.a.). It’s estimated that 45,000 people in Ireland are living with “severe pathological gambling addiction” with a further 110,000...

05.02.2021

S3:E10 The act of a fucking idiot - Mark Cagney Part Two

my chat with veteran broadcaster Mark Cagney, who shares his recent experience of stroke. His thoughts about the future and his reflections on his past. Mark in this episode speaks openly and candidly about his cocaine use. And the straight...

04.28.2021

Booster 33 - Return to work Anxiety Post-Lockdown

In this booster episode Dr Sabina Brennan explains that it is very natural to feel anxious about returning to work post-lockdown and offers some really practical tips on how to cope with those feelings and make the transition back into...

04.25.2021

S3E9 Difficult Decisions with Mark Cagney

Dr Sabina Brennan takes a deep dive into the life and brain of one of Ireland's most respected broadcasters, Mark Cagney. In this the first of a two-parter, we talk about his life growing up in Cork, running away from...

04.22.2021

Booster 32 Concussion

In this episode Dr Sabina Brennan talks about some the long-lasting impact that concussion can have on memory, ability to concentrate and personality as well depression,,anxiety, mood swings and apathy. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

04.18.2021

S3:E8 How Blue Spaces Can Make You Feel Better with Dr Catherine Kelly

How Blue Spaces Make you Feel Better with Dr Catherine Kelly Dr Sabina Brennan talks to Dr Catherine Kelly author of Blue Spaces How and Why Water Makes You Feel Better about the science behind the health benefits of spending...

04.14.2021

Booster 31 Practical Tips to Support Teens

Dr Sabina Brennan offers practical advice to help support teens through a critical period of brain development that leaves them vulnerable to risky behaviour depression, anxiety, addiction and other serious psychiatric issues. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/superbrain. Hosted on Acast. See...

04.11.2021

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