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The Giants Shoulder

Evan McGloughlin
Neuroscience
Mental Health
Artificial Intelligence
Behavioral Genetics
Memory
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Political Stress
Alzheimer's Disease
Gender Differences In Brain Development
Social Media
Political Ideology
Hippocampus
Consciousness
Emotional Resilience
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Covid-19
Intelligence
Personality Traits
Genetics
Tribalism

A Neuroscience podcast. Each week I talk with experts on a range of topics from consciousness and neuroplasticity to evolution and everything in between. I have a particular interest in consciousness and understanding our inner subjective conscious experience. Evan has a Neuroscience degree from Trinity College Dublin and is the co-founder of 2 (failed) edtech startups. He is a professional tennis... more

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Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a philosopher of mind and leading voice on psychedelics, panpsychism, and the metaphysics of consciousness. He’s a research fellow at the University of Exeter and author of Noumenautics and Modes of Sentience — books explorin... more

Dr. Adele Diamond is one of the world’s most influential developmental cognitive neuroscientists and a pioneer in our understanding of executive functions — the brain’s core control processes that shape attention, self-regulation, problem-solving, an... more

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Andrew Pask is Chief Biology Officer at Colossal Biosciences and a professor of genetics at the University of Melbourne. He’s spent over 30 years on the front lines of marsupial conservation and now leads one of the most ambitious projects in biology... more

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Dr. Adele Diamond
One of the world's leading developmental cognitive neuroscientists
University of British Columbia
Episode: #90 Meet The World’s Leading Executive Function Neuroscientist
Andrew Pask
Chief Biology Officer at Colossal Biosciences, leading de-extinction projects like the Tasmanian Tiger.
Colossal Biosciences
Episode: #89 The Real Reason We Should Revive Extinct Animals
Dr. Michael Graziano
Neuroscientist and creator of Attention Schema Theory
Princeton University
Episode: #87 Challenging a Famous Neuroscientist On When Consciousness First Emerged
Charles Murray
A prominent and controversial social scientist known for his work on intelligence and social policy.
Episode: #86 Meet The Most Influential Social Scientist Of The Last 50 Years
Dr. Rosalind Watts
Clinical psychologist and expert in psychedelic therapy, particularly with psilocybin and depression.
Episode: #85 Meet the Psychologist Who’s Guided 100+ Mushroom Trips
Dr. Tali Sharot
Cognitive neuroscientist and director of the Affective Brain Lab at UCL, with a faculty role at MIT.
UCL and MIT
Episode: #83 Meet The Leading Behavioural Change Neuroscientist for 2026
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A person diagnosed with face blindness
Episode: 52 Minutes Celebrating Inner Experience, Aphantasia & Neurodiversity 2025
Second guest discussing sleep experiences
Analyzes personal experiences related to consciousness during sleep
Episode: 52 Minutes Celebrating Inner Experience, Aphantasia & Neurodiversity 2025
Russell Hurlburt
Inner experience expert and researcher
Episode: #82 I Spent 90 Days With The No.1 Inner Experience Expert To Discover If I Really Inner Speak

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Evan
Host of The Giants Shoulder, with a background in neuroscience and as a professional tennis coach.

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 27 ratings
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    Brilliant and insightful. This is my go-to podcast to keep my brain from atrophying.

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#89 The Real Reason We Should Revive Extinct Animals
Q: What are the ethical implications of de-extinction?
The ethics revolve around the necessity to correct the mistakes humans have made in ecosystems.
#89 The Real Reason We Should Revive Extinct Animals
Q: How do you explain the current scientific mission that you're on?
We're trying to bring back extinct species by using advanced genetic technologies.
#90 Meet The World’s Leading Executive Function Neuroscientist
Q: What do you think is the best understanding of ADHD today, what it actually is?
There are actually two different types of ADHD being conflated; one is behavioral and the other is cognitive, primarily affecting attention and focus.
#90 Meet The World’s Leading Executive Function Neuroscientist
Q: What do we really know about how stress and cortisol in those early childhood events is impacting the wiring in the prefrontal cortex and the rest of the brain?
If stress occurs repeatedly in young children, it can disrupt communication between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, leading to long-term issues.
#90 Meet The World’s Leading Executive Function Neuroscientist
Q: Dr. Diamond, for people unfamiliar with you or your life's work, what's the most important context for the listener to understand your scientific mission?
All of my work has focused on something called executive functions, which are important for every facet of life.

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2. Andrew Pask
3. Dr. Michael Graziano
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5. Dr. Rosalind Watts
6. Dr. Tali Sharot
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