Unlatched Mind

Dr. David Allen, M.D sits with Unlatched Mind to discuss the denigration of the field of psychiatry in favor of a disease model driven by the Big Pharma lobby, corrupt experts, twisted science, and misguided, desperate parents who too readily accept brain disease diagnoses for their children to avoid an overwhelming sense of guilt. Dr. Allen’s personal blog can be found at http://davidmallenmd.blogspot.com Episode music was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

Joe Herbert, M.B., Ph.D., is an emeritus professor of neuroscience and former chair of the Graduate School of Biosciences at the University of Cambridge.  Dr Herbert sits with Unlatched Mind to explore the human brain, whether or not there are marked differences between males and females, and the impact of brain studies on gender inequality. Episode music was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

Entrepreneur, author, and professor Dr. Po Chi Wu sits with Unlatched Mind to discuss the various ways we learn, work, play and enjoy life.  We explore whether we, as a society, are approaching life in the most meaningful way given our very short time on this planet.  We explore how the focus on intrinsic vs extrinsic values dramatically affects our happiness and the pros and cons of a capitalistic, money-driven society. Episode music was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

In this episode, Dr. Paul Thagard, a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author of several interdisciplinary books returns to discuss the ethical questions around Universal Basic Income (UBI) and the growing Artificial Intelligence (AI) impact on the economy and jobs. Information on Dr. Thagard’s work, including his most recent book series titled “Treatise on Mind and Society”, can be found at https://paulthagard.com. Episode music was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

Dr. Gregg Henriques explores “The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0”, a brilliant white paper by Peter Limberg (@peternlimberg) and Conor Barnes (@Ideopunk) which lays out the foundational phenomenon enabling the most impactful memetic tribes of our time, including MeToo, Black Lives Matter, SJW, Antifa, and the Intellectual Dark Web. https://medium.com/s/world-wide-wtf/memetic-tribes-and-culture-war-2-0-14705c43f6bb Episode music was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

Adena Bank Lees is a licensed clinical social worker, a board-certified expert in traumatic stress as well as a certified Psychodramatist.   She is an internationally recognized authority on trauma related to childhood sexual abuse, in particular Covert Emotional Incest (CEI). Adena’s work and contact info can be found at https://adenabanklees.com. The music for this episode was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

Dr. Alexander Danvers researches social interactions and emotions while taking a dynamic systems perspective which emphasizes feedback and reactions. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University in 2017 and is considered a substantive psychologist with a strong interest in advanced quantitative methods. Alex’s weekly blog can be found at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-do-you-know The music for this episode was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

Dr. Kelly Bulkeley, a psychologist of religion, is the director of the Sleep and Dream Database (SDDb), a digital archive and search engine designed to promote scientific dream research.  Dr. Bulkeley holds a doctorate in Religion and Psychological Studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School, an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and a B.A. from Stanford University.  He is the author of several books, one of which is titled Big Dreams: The Science of Dreaming and the Origins of Religion. Dr. Bulkeley’s work and contact information can be found at his Psychology Today’s blog page at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dreaming-in-the-digital-age. The music for this episode was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com. 

Cody Kommers is a UCLA graduate, holding a BS in Cognitive Science and will beginning his doctoral pursuits at Oxford in the fall of 2019.  Cody has given talks at Brown University, Harvard, NYU and Boston University and has managed the Computational Cognitive Neuroscience lab at Harvard.  We discuss centrism and extremism in a non-political context,  why disagreements are more common than agreements and how we, as people, come to believe what we do. Cody’s work and contact information can be found at https://www.codykommers.com/ The music for this episode was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.

Po Chi Wu, Ph.D., is an incredibly accomplished entrepreneur, author, and professor who teaches entrepreneurship at the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  He has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University as well as degrees in Mathematics and Music from the University of California at Berkeley.  He is a co-author of the book Agile Innovation and is a former venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and in Asia.  His family includes several generations of illustrious scholars, one of which was his great grandfather, who was a Hanlin Scholar in the Ching Dynasty.  His father, Ta-You Wu, whose epitaph was “The Father of Modern Physics in China” retired from the Presidency of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan at 88 years of age. Dr. Wu and I discuss the impact of Social Media and technology on humanity, blockchain, confirmation bias, filter bubbles, capitalism and the role of dopamine in our technology obsession. Dr. Wu’s blogs can be found at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/po-chi-wu-phd. The music for this episode was recorded using a drum-less track from www.seanlang.com.