{"podcast":{"title":"Change Your Mind with New Scientist","slug":"change-your-mind-with-new-scientist-7861716","podcast_index_feed_id":7861716,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML7523345494","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8b33ae98-4a58-11f1-948a-fb3d0bf5c0ea/image/aec6ee05301bbfee693dd8a3cebc92f9.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Scientist","episode_count":18,"summary":"Change Your Mind from New Scientist brings you the brain health advice you really need to know. Every week, award‑winning science journalists Cat de Lange and Helen Thomson cut through wellness hype to find out what actually keeps your mind sharp, your mood steady and your memory strong. As friends, they’ve spent decades swapping stories, testing trends and exploring the latest neuroscience, and thought it was about time to share the tips and tricks that have genuinely changed their own lives. From cold plunges to coffee, supplements to sleep, Ozempic and AI they speak to leading experts and ask: does this really work? Expect smart conversations, clear answers, and practical takeaways - with plenty of laughs along the way. Because when you understand your brain, you really can change your mind - for the better. New Episodes every Thursday.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T14:20:08.714868+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/change-your-mind-with-new-scientist-7861716"},"episode":{"title":"Smell - The Surprising Link Between Olfaction and Dementia","slug":"smell-the-surprising-link-between-olfaction-and-dementia","published_at":"2026-07-09T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/change-your-mind-with-new-scientist-7861716/smell-the-surprising-link-between-olfaction-and-dementia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/change-your-mind-with-new-scientist-7861716","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8578640095.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8578640095.mp3","summary":"Our sense of smell is often dismissed as our less important than sight and hearing, but what if it’s quietly shaping our memories, mood and long‑term brain health? In this episode, Health Journalists Helen Thomson and Cat de Lange explore the surprising brain superhighway between scent, emotion and memory, to explore why certain smells can yank you back to childhood and why smell could hold the key to healthy brain aging.  They are joined by neuroscientist Michael Leon, who explains what happens when we lose our sense of smell, and staggeringly that simply enriching your life with  pleasant scents could help protect you from diseases like Alzheimer’s. Produced by Emily Bird We want to hear your thoughts, leave a comment or send in your ideas for future episodes to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠changeyourmind@newscientist.com⁠⁠⁠ Find out more about your senses at New Scientist: ⁠https://www.newscientist.com/article-topic/senses/⁠  Learn more about our sponsor Alzheimer’s Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.newscientist.com/alzheimers-society/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sources https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.15048  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-69772-y  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1200448/full  https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/trc2.70120  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ggi.14344  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2517205-if-a-drug-had-the-same-benefits-as-the-arts-wed-take-it-every-day/","meta_description":"Our sense of smell is often dismissed as our less important than sight and hearing, but what if it’s quietly shaping our memories, mood and long‑term brai…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2461,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/change-your-mind-with-new-scientist-7861716/episodes/smell-the-surprising-link-between-olfaction-and-dementia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/change-your-mind-with-new-scientist-7861716/smell-the-surprising-link-between-olfaction-and-dementia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}