Leafing Through Science
Episodes
7. The Science of Imagination: Measuring the Invisible (Part 2)
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can you measure imagination? Following Episode 7 - Part 1, Hedi continues his conversation with neurologist Adam Zeman about his book “The Shape of ...
7. The Science of Imagination: Away from the Here and Now (Part 1)
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Close your eyes for a moment. Can you picture an apple? Maybe it’s red and shiny, maybe green and crisp. Now imagine if you couldn’t picture it at...
6. Hurricanes in the Brain: A New Plan for Neuroscience (Part 2)
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6 - Part 2 of Leafing Through Science, Hedi continues his conversation with neuroscientist Nicole Rust, author of “Elusive Cures: Why Neu...
6. Hurricanes in the Brain: Why Cures Elude (Part 1)
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6 (Part 1) of Leafing Through Science, we dive deep into one of the biggest challenges in medicine: understanding – and treating – the ...
5. The Brain Below: Clocks, Cravings & Changing Tunes (Part 2)
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following Episode 5 - Part 1, where we explored the hidden world of the hypothalamus and the “love hormone” oxytocin, this second part of Hedi’s...
5. The Brain Below: Mating Marathons & the “Love Hormone” (Part 1)
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Appetite. Aggression. Puberty. Parenthood. Even 48-hour prairie vole mating marathons. Is there anything the hypothalamus isn’t involved in? In Epis...
4. Consciousness: From Zombies to Beast Machines
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why is there something it’s like to be you – and could AI ever be truly conscious? In Episode 4 of Leafing Through Science, neuroscientist and bes...
3. Inside OCD: White Bears and Blizzards
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 of Leafing Through Science, Hedi sits down with David Adam – science writer and author of the bestseller The Man Who Couldn't Stop: The...
2. Beyond the Beat: The Heart You Didn’t Know You Had
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sian Harding, a world leader in cardiac research, joins Hedi to reveal the heart as you’ve never seen it before, as they discuss her book The Exquis...
1. How the Brain Creates the Body: Who Moved My Hand? (Part 2)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following Episode 1 - Part 1, this second part of Hedi’s conversation with science writer Moheb Costandi unpacks how our sense of agency – the fee...
1. How the Brain Creates the Body: Whose Leg is This? (Part 1)
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode, Hedi sits down with veteran science writer Moheb Costandi about his fascinating book Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Con...