E160 | How AI Hacks Your Mind (w/ Jacob Ward)
Jacob Ward is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering technology, power, and the unintended consequences of innovation. He’s currently a reporter-in-residence at Omidyar Ne...
30 Jan 1h 5min
E159 | The Fundamentals of Weight Loss
Today Alex discusses the fundamentals of weight loss and sustainable weight management including: - How to approach the problem of being overweight or obese - The role of nutrition, exercise, sleep a...
23 Jan 54min
E158 | Thinking Films: Blue Valentine (2010)
Today Alex discussed the 2010 film Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Ryan Gosling & Michelle Williams. Including themes of attachment, regret, addiction and unmet potential. Wi...
16 Jan 39min
E157 | How can AI Technology help Therapists? (w/ Sean Ruane)
Sean Ruane is the founder and CEO of Mind Data. A lifelong entrepreneur, Sean's goal is to combine his business accumen with his own experiences of mental health difficulties to form a company than ca...
9 Jan 1h 3min
E156 | How Should We Prepare for the Future? (feat. the Examined Life Podcast)
This week Alex presents his conversation on the Examined Life podcast with Kenneth Primrose. Alex discusses the more troubling aspects of modern life, and how we might prepare for an uncertain future...
2 Jan 1h 9min
E155 | A Holistic Approach to Mental Health Treatment (feat. the Lively Minds Podcast)
This week Alex returns to the Lively Minds Podcast to chat to hosts Will and Ellie. They discuss what it means to take a patient-centred approach, and the differences between seeing clients as a psych...
26 Des 202543min
E154 | Thinking Films: Mulholland Drive (w/ David Shariatmadari)
Today Alex discusses David Lynch's 2001 classic Mulholland Drive with David Shariatmadari. David is a writer and editor at the Guardian and is the author of Don't Believe A Word: The Surprising Truth ...
19 Des 202559min
E153 | Does AI Make us Dumber? (w/ Sophie McBain)
Sophie McBain is an award-winning freelance writer based in Boston. She writes longform narrative nonfiction, profiles, book reviews and essays for the Guardian, the Observer, the Times, New Statesman...
12 Des 202547min
