Podcast

BRAINLAND

Author: Ken Barrett
Feed episode count: 93
Official site: https://shows.acast.com/brainland
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Summary

Brainland the podcast navigates the boundary between neuroscience, the arts and humanities with the occasional wander off piste. It began as a neuro-historical exploration of the background to the Brainland the opera but quickly spread its wings. A Brainland Collective production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

CHALLENGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HUMAN: Post-humanism in literature and film

Duration seconds: 3240
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/challenging-the-boundaries-of-the-human-post-humanism-in-lit

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

FOUND IN TRANSLATION: Linguistic shape-shifting.

Duration seconds: 2691
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/found-in-translation

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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

DERRIDA'S CAT: Exploring the boundaries of the human.

Duration seconds: 2648
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/derridas-cat

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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

DOPPELGANGER: Doubles in psychiatry, neurology and fiction.

Duration seconds: 3720
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/doppelganger

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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

BIOETHICS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER

Duration seconds: 3482
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/bioethics

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

POSTHUMANIST VULNERABILITY

Duration seconds: 2935
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/posthuman-vulnerability

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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

FREUD AND THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALING

Duration seconds: 4122
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/freud-and-the-neuroscience-of-mental-healing

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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

PROTO: Uncovering the shared origin of the world's most spoken languages.

Duration seconds: 2533
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/proto

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Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested

GEORGE SAND: The life, times and shifting reputation of an early feminist writer and thinker.

Duration seconds: 3559
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/george-sand-19th-century-french-feminist-and-political-progr

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Mar 24, 2026 · not_requested

TRANSHUMANISM: Humanity's great hope or the devil's work?

Duration seconds: 3009
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/transhumanism-the-great-hope-or-the-devils-work

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Mar 19, 2026 · not_requested

THE MATCHBOX GIRL: Recreating Hans Asperger's world in fiction

Duration seconds: 2841
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/recreating-hans-aspergers-world-the-matchbox-irl

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Mar 6, 2026 · not_requested

HANS ASPERGER AND THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM: Reflections on the past, present and future

Duration seconds: 2558
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/hans-asperger-and-the-autistic-spectrum-reflecting-on-past-p

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Feb 7, 2026 · not_requested

SEASON 2 FINALE: Surfing Brainland

Duration seconds: 1833
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/surfing-brainland-season-finale

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Feb 2, 2026 · not_requested

FRANKENSTEIN DISASSEMBLED: The remarkable life of Mary Shelley.

Duration seconds: 4095
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/deassembling-frankenstein-the-remarkable-life-of-mary-shelle

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Jan 29, 2026 · not_requested

DISCOVERING EISENSTEIN: Part 2 - Neuroscientific collaborations.

Duration seconds: 2895
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/discovering-eisenstein-part-two-neuroscience-collaborations

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Jan 21, 2026 · not_requested

DISCOVERING EISENSTEIN: Part 1 - Life and films.

Duration seconds: 3649
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/sergei-eisenstein-part-1-his-life-and-films

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Jan 17, 2026 · not_requested

AN ARTIFICIAL HISTORY OF NATURAL INTELLIGENCE: Time travelling the mind.

Duration seconds: 2933
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/an-artificial-history-of-natural-intelligence-time-travellin

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Jan 14, 2026 · not_requested

WILLIAM SARGANT AND HIS 'SLEEP ROOM': Shrinks, spooks and medical hubris.

Duration seconds: 3551
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/shrinks-spooks-and-hubris-the-autionary-tale-of-william-sarg

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Dec 28, 2025 · not_requested

MANHANDLING THE BRAIN: How did damaging the brains of the mentally ill ever seem a good idea?

Duration seconds: 2309
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/manhandling-the-brain-how-damaging-the-brains-of-psychiatric

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Dec 18, 2025 · not_requested

THE HORROR! The anatomy of fear in film.

Duration seconds: 3181
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/the-horror-the-anatomy-of-fear-in-film

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Dec 11, 2025 · not_requested

HORROR ON THE BRAIN: The neuroscience behind sci fi and horror.

Duration seconds: 2667
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/horror-on-the-brain

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Dec 5, 2025 · not_requested

DREAM WARRIORS: Exploring the world of the surrealists...

Duration seconds: 2871
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/dream-warriors-how-surrealists-fought-then-joined-establishm

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Dec 1, 2025 · not_requested

DREAMWORKS: Fellini's dream obsession, from graphic diaries to movies.

Duration seconds: 3278
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/dreamworks-fellinis-dream-obsession-from-diaries-to-movies

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Nov 27, 2025 · not_requested

'...PERCHANCE TO DREAM: On the neuroscience of sleep and dreaming...

Duration seconds: 3551
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/perchance-to-dream-the-neuroscience-of-sleep-and-dreaming

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Nov 12, 2025 · not_requested

MUSIC OF THE SPHERES: Exploring the strange power of plainchant.

Duration seconds: 2862
Source: https://shows.acast.com/brainland/episodes/music-of-the-spheres-the-strange-power

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