{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/64f8a139aa4e5a0011d7a30a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A neuroscientist and an economist walk into a bar","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/1694015561318-c3219ad42493638eeda1224e7de6836d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Our latest podcast is up, a conversation between Chris and Shane O’Mara, Professor of Brain Science at Trinity.</p><p>Shane, a prolific best-selling author, has a brilliant new book out - <strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442354/talking-heads-by-omara-shane/9781847926487\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds&nbsp;</em></strong></a></p><p><strong>And a terrific Substack:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://brainpizza.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>BrainPizza</em></strong></a>, well worth a sign-up.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>In today's pod:</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Who is coming for Ted Cruz's beer and why is he so angry about it?</p><p><br></p><p>Why do we get so bent of shape by so little?</p><p><br></p><p>Why did Jimmy Page &amp; Robert Plant's post Led Zeppelin careers diverge so much?</p><p><br></p><p>Reaching the top of the mountain and finding nothing there.</p><p><br></p><p>Hyperbolic discounting: if we don't do some long-term thinking there won't be a long term.</p><p><br></p><p>Techocrats Vs visionaries</p><p><br></p><p>We all want to be heard but why should anyone listen</p><p><br></p><p>Being poor really sucks - and is really bad for your brain</p><p><br></p><p>Wind farms are beautiful.</p><p><br></p><p>A note of optimism</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Jim Power & Chris Johns"}