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In this special series, recorded live at Soho House 180 the Strand, we feature some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts. Can we rethink our everyday environments through a lens which integrates science, spirit, community and care? In this latest episode of Kinda Conversations, Kinda Studios’ Kate Dalby brings together Camille Sapara Barton, embodiment social designer and writer, and Helen Knowles, artist and filmmaker, to discuss how the growing research field around psychedelic settings might be woven into various societal systems, from healthcare and education to architecture and the arts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded live at Soho House 180 the Strand, we feature some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts. Creativity is born in the liminal space between order and chaos - but to enter this zone, we must surrender our regimented structure and enter ambiguity, sitting with the unknown. In this episode, we explore the architecture of the creative mind: an emergent property of consciousness and how to maximise its potential by changing our relationship with uncertainty. Featuring Dr María Herrojo Ruiz Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at Goldsmiths, University of London, and BODUR, multidisciplinary artist and composer, we ask: how can we, across the worlds of neuroscience and art, learn to not just tolerate but engage with uncertainty? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded live at Soho House 180 the Strand, we feature some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts. This episode’s theme is sonic bodies - our connection to sound as an embodied experience, and what that means through the lens of neuroscience, and the implications for our wellbeing. Join us in the conversation, featuring cognitive neuroscientist at Goldsmiths University Dr Diana Omigie, and London-based Japanese composer Hinako Omori. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded live at Soho House 180 the Strand, we feature some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts. In this episode, we explore sensory diversity - the idea that each of our own perceptions of the world are uniquely shaped by the way our individual senses process them. Joined by experts Julia Simner, professor of neuropsychology at the University of Sussex, and Jennifer Crook, artistic director of Collective Act, producers of Dreamachine, we explore the different ways each individual can experience our sensory worlds around us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, recorded live at SXSW 2025 in Austin our experts Skip Rizzo, Sarah Ticho and Sean Carroll discuss the untapped potential of VR to address and prevent mental health issues, highlighting ethics, accessibility, and the challenge of bridging creatives with healthcare practitioners. Exploring the paradox of using technology to reconnect us with our bodies, minds, nature, and each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, recorded live at SXSW 2025 in Austin we explore artificial emotional intelligence and its evolving role in human experience. Human emotion is embodied - rooted in sensation and deep knowing. Can machines experience emotions without a physical body? Bringing together experts Suhair Khan, Danielle Krettek Cobb & Barney Steel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded live at Soho House 180 The Strand, we feature some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts. In this episode we explore the role of transformative travel, with guests Sara Doyle, Vice President, Global Brand Leader at Design Hotels, and Dr. Lauren Macdonald, Psychedelic Trial Doctor at Imperial College London, and Co-founder and Facilitator at Essence Medicine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded at Soho House 180 The Strand, we're bringing listeners inside our 6-part series on connection and immersion. Featuring some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts, we explore the role of connection and immersion in our daily worlds. This episode features May Abdalla, Founder and Director of Anagram, an award-winning studio creating interactive and immersive experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded at Soho House 180 The Strand, we're bringing listeners inside our 6-part series on connection and immersion. Featuring some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts, we explore the role of connection and immersion in our daily worlds. This episode features Dame Judy Ling Wong and Dr Rosalind Watts, leaders at the intersection of science, ecology and planetary connection Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded at Soho House 180 The Strand, we're bringing listeners inside our 6-part series on connection and immersion. Featuring some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts, we explore the role of connection and immersion in our daily worlds. This episode kicks explores the power of joining in groups and as community in rituals and live experiences and the powerful way this bonds and unites us as one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special series, recorded at Soho House 180 The Strand, we're bringing listeners inside our 6-part series on connection and immersion. Featuring some of the leading women at the intersection of neuroscience and the arts, we explore the role of connection and immersion in our daily worlds. This episode kicks off the series in conversation about Connection to Self with Dr. Jenny Murphy, a leading scientist at Royal Holloway, University of London on Interoception. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode dives deep into the growing research and world of psychedelics as a healing source, an alternative practise and way to expand our consciousness. As more compelling research emerges about the powerful role psychedelics have on creating huge shifts about the way we see ourselves, our beliefs and our connections, we break down how this works in the brain, the power of altered states of consciousness and how it fundamentally shifts our experience of the world around us. As this field surges, we help you understand why this research is so crucial at this time, and how to think about and take psychedelics safely. We're joined by Psychedelic Researcher, Chris Timmerman, Phd and Creative Director, Psychedelic Artist and founder of Tayos, Eileen Hall. http://eileen-hall.com/ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it all in the mind? In this episode with experimental psychologist Professor Charles Spence and food scientist @drjohnnydrain, we deep dive into our perception of flavour. Created from a heady mix of taste, expectation, context and our other senses, flavour can be manipulated and played with to enhance wellbeing, sustainability and even connection. We find out how flavour parts of the brain evolved to keep us safe. Why certain sounds and colours make chocolate taste sweeter. And how can you use fermentation to recreate this chocolate in a more sustainable way, without even using cacao? From fermentation to fungus, in this episode, we enter the world of flavour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, we dive into one of our favourite topics - Interoception, the hidden sense that lives inside our body that shapes our wellbeing, emotions, cognition and more. As one of the largest rising neuroscience research fields of the past decade, Interoception is incredibly fundamental to our sense of self and everyday experience. The feeling of the rumbling of your stomach! The sensation of your heartbeat! The need to wee! Your sexual arousal! This is your Interoception at work, We speak with leading researcher, Dr. Jenny Murphy from Royal Holloway, University of London, and Salome Bazin, and artist, designer and founder of Cellule Studio creating experiential art envisioning the future of healthcare and bodies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 7 finds us exploring another intangible but powerful part of human experience, Synchrony. We speak about the mind and body interface, interpersonal connection, and what actually happens when our movements, heartbeats, brainwaves and even our speech starts to synch. As well as a discussion of the need to study such aspects of the human condition from both a scientific and artistic lens. All with two incredible cross-discipline collaborators from NeuroLive. The contemporary dance choreographer Matthias Sperling and Professor of experimental psychology Daniel Richardson.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.