The upcoming podcast will explore various topics related to the brain and its connections to both existential and societal issues. Host Louise Epstein and co-hosts Anders Hansen, a psychiatrist and author, and Ola Hermanson, a brain researcher and professor of neuroscience, will examine subjects such as artificial intelligence, falling in love, and the use of snus. The first segment explores the ethics of selecting a partner or donor based on the desire to have a talented child. The podcast features other experts to provide additional insights and the latest research findings. Episodes have been pre-recorded and will be released on Sundays at 6 a.m. with a premiere on Easter Sunday. The podcast will also air on P1 on Sundays at 12 p.m.
The podcast will address various topics that can be related to the brain and connect it to both existential issues and societal issues.
– We will try to get to know the brain a little better in order to better understand us humans and the times we live in, says Louise Epstein.
The first section is about whether it is right or wrong to choose a partner or donor based on the desire to have a gifted child.
– I am talking about how I reasoned with my own children. We try to be a bit funny, of course I was very much in love with my husband, but it was positive that he was better at maths than I was, says Louise Epstein.
Other topics that the podcast will cover and connect to the brain are AI, falling in love and snus.
– I’m testing snus to find out what happens in the brain, so we’ll see if I survive it, says Louise Epstein.
With him in the podcast she has Anders Hansen, psychiatrist and author, and Ola Hermanson, brain researcher and professor of neuroscience. The two will alternate as co-hosts on the podcast.
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In addition to Anders Hansen and Ola Hermanson, other experts will also participate in the podcast, to provide more perspectives and the latest research findings.
The podcast is recorded in advance and several episodes are already ready, it has been different from live radio, says Louise Epstein.
– What’s fun about this is that you get the opportunity to go in depth and I get to learn a lot, she says.
The podcast is released on Sundays at 6 a.m. with a premiere on Easter Sunday, April 9, and broadcast in P1 on Sundays at 12 p.m.