Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Neuroscience storytelling on how the brain perceives reality AI summary

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Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.

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  1. 2026-11-09 · 1 hr 4 min · Episode 176

    When a machine can remember your intellectual life and propose the next connection, is it still a tool or has it become part of the mind doing the thinking? In other words, who gets credit when AI supplies the crucial…

  2. 2026-11-02 · 38 min

    This week we reach into the archive for one of the most popular episodes of Inner Cosmos. Are there new colors you could see? And why are they impossible to imagine before you've seen them? Can you lose your color…

  3. 2026-10-26 · 38 min

    This week we reach into the archive for one of the most popular episodes of Inner Cosmos. Why do birds and bees choose different flowers? Why do mammals' eyes seem to be optimized for moving around at night, and what…

  4. 2026-10-19 · 43 min · Episode 175

    Is your personality written into the circuitry of your brain? With brain disease, can someone lose who they are without realizing it? What happens when the person changing is the only one who can't see it? What does it…

  5. 2026-10-12 · 53 min · Episode 174

    How do you get trillions of cells to collaborate as the single organism that we call you? Does that kind of cooperation create opportunities for hijacking -- for example, is cancer a form of "cellular cheating"? Can we…

  6. 2026-10-05 · 52 min

    This week we reach into the archive for one of the most popular episodes of Inner Cosmos. Why do brains dream, and why are dreams so bizarre? Why doesn't your clock work in your dreams? And even though you spend much of…

  7. 2026-09-28 · 54 min · Episode 173

    What's a feeling for? What is jealousy measuring and motivating? Why do both awe and grief slow us down? What happens when ancient emotions meet dating apps and like buttons? Does the intensity of a feeling decide which…

  8. 2026-09-21 · 1 hr 3 min · Episode 172

    Can your smartwatch detect subtle changes before you feel them? Might a continuous glucose monitor pick up on things you didn’t know about yourself? Could a drop of blood map your future health? Why does your personal…

  9. 2026-09-14 · 46 min · Episode 171

    Why do two people facing the same choice feel different urges? How much effort hides behind resisting a cookie? Why can the brain keep wanting something long after pleasure fades? Can a molecule crank down the volume of…

  10. 2026-09-07 · 49 min · Episode 170

    What happens when we start birthing babies on Mars? Might a Martian human become unable to survive on Earth because of differences in microbes and gravity? How much of your body is shaped by the details of this planet?…

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Oldest episode in feed
03/2023 · over 3 years
Typical length
49 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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