Brain Yapping
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Sometimes things are just crap. And that's OK
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
And so we reach the final episode in this series of Brain Yapping, and after 12+ weeks of discussing how the brickbats and misfortunes of life have af...
A Wake to Possibilities
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since the last episode, Rachel has gone on two trips, and Dean has attended his father’s wake, more than 18 months after his passing. As a result, o...
Exercising Restraint
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the pandemic and lockdown, a lot of attention and emphasis was placed on exercise, and keeping fit. Countless people insist that it’s a k...
Remembering lockdowns… or not
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dean and Rachel return to their podcast after an unplanned hiatus, during which they genuinely forgot they were in the middle of doing a podcast. But ...
How's the Weather?
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The return to normal life continues apace, and having run out of everything else to talk about, Dean and Rachel fall back on the classic British stand...
Returning to Normalish
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With vaccine rollouts proceeding apace, weather improving, and lockdown restrictions easing, it seems like life is returning to some sort of normality...
Haters Gonna Hate: Criticism’s Impact on Wellbeing, in the Era of Covid and Beyond
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If there’s one thing that Covid and lockdown hasn’t been stingy with, it’s criticism. All the new rules, regulations and expectations introduced...
Climate Change, COVID, and the Anxiety of Global Problems for Individuals
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID 19 pandemic is a global problem. Climate change is an even bigger one. But people are individuals, and can rarely make meaningful interventi...
The Darker Side of 'Protecting the NHS'
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The current mantra of protecting the NHS at all costs is logical and helpful, but nothing comes without cost. A listener reports that he’s been far ...
Won't SOMEONE think of the children!
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dean has young children. Rachel doesn't, but knows many people who do, and it seems they’re all somewhat concerned about exactly what long periods o...
Why is Fight-or-Flight Still a Thing?
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why is Fight-or-Flight still a thing? Our brain’s unhelpful primitive reactions to modern stresses. As a listener points out, a lot of the stress w...
Trauma Within Trauma
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re often told we should reach out and seek help when going through periods of poor mental health. But does this still apply when literally everyo...
Procrastination and... other stuff
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’d write a tag for this episode, but we can’t be bothered… In this final episode for the series (or was that season?) Dean and Rachel talk abo...
Culture Shocking
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Travelling can be rewarding, exciting, mind expanding, and also, a little odd to wrap our brains around. Rachel and Dean talk about the weirdness of c...
Whiny Hangry People
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a society where you can summon food at the press of a button, how can anyone be hangry? Dean and Rachel talk about how low blood sugar can make us...
Misophonia and the Irrational Hatred of Clicks
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel and Dean discuss misophonia and how to not tackle people to the ground when they do perfectly normal things that make sounds you find infuriati...
Voice Distortion and Selfie Loving
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s already episode 8 of the Brain Yapping podcast and in this week’s episode, Dean and Rachel cringe at the sound of their own voices and tell u...
Autopilot, Vaping and the Destruction of Tea
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this week’s episode all about being in autopilot, which Dean and Rachel assure us they were not when producing it (though they couldn’t for ...
Online Hate Mobs vs Rachel
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Recently on Twitter, Rachel was set upon on Twitter by some particularly nasty followers of a certain British TV presenter. So this week on Brain Yapp...
Forbidden Thoughts and Punting Children
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of Brain Yapping, Rachel and Dean stand on the precipice of compulsion as they discuss what happens in the brain when we have...
Sleeping, Rhythm and Big Wees
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's episode 4 of Brain Yapping and Dean and Rachel talk about how light helps us comprehend time passing, our bodies' circadian rhythms and why being...
Jump Scares and Spidercide
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dean and Rachel continue their chat about Clippy, the Microsoft word assistant, and his contemporaries like Alexa,and how we may reac...
Shower Gel and Meryl Streep
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Brain Yapping, a brand new podcast hosted by neuroscientist and author Dr Dean Burnett and journalist Rachel England. Each week Rachel will...
Cute Aggression and the Return of Clippy
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Rachel wants to know why she wants to crush Dean's children. Not literally, but in that way when you see a cute kitten you might want ...