Episode 20 - A special panel episode with neuroscience friends!

It's a special in-person panel episode of Neurratives! In this celebration of our 20th episode, Nick and Stephen have assembled an awesome panel for an episode of neuro-shenanigans and friendly competition. We're joined for a second time by Jessi Mischel, who returns to 'redeem' herself from the Matrix episode (her words, not mine) and for the first time by Alicia Colvin and Spencer Kellis. Our panelists will learn a bit more about each other, sample some ketogenic epilepsy diet recipes, and have discuss neuroethics in brain-computer interfaces. What do you call someone who studies astrocytes? Who will discover an unexpected talent for pronouncing brain regions with a mouthful of marshmallows? What lengths will our panelists go to win our competition? Tune in to find out!

Segment timestamps:

Panelist intros - 1:45

The newlymet game - 7:51

Out-of-context clips - 26:40

Keto epilepsy diet sampling - 49:04

Fiction and neuroethics discussion - 1:05:00

Brainy bunny - 1:27:05

Episode written by Nick Halper and Stephen Hou

Intro music remixed by Nick Halper

Links:

Phosphoenix - https://phosphoenix.nl/

Caltech BCI participant drinks beer w/ BCI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-DD3iUrjSs

BRAIN initiative neuroethics working group - https://braininitiative.nih.gov/about/neuroethics-working-group

Dana Foundation neuroscience and society - https://dana.org/explore-neuroscience/society/