The Giants Shoulder
Evan McGloughlin
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 coach and Triathlete enthusiast.
Evan has a Neuroscience degree from Trinity College Dublin and is the co-founder of 2 (failed) edtech startups. He is a professional tennis coach and Triathlete enthusiast.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Giants Shoulder podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
How Life Works
Philip Ball
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Being You
A New Science of Consciousness
Anil Seth
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Other Minds
The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Peter Godfrey-Smith
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The influential mind
Tali Sharot
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Your Creative Brain and AI
how we learn and consciously experience art, music, and meaning
Stephen Grossberg
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Tale of Two Receptors
Robin Carhart-Harris
David Nutt
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The vital question
Nick Lane
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Doors of Perception
Aldous Huxley
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Thinking about Consciousness
David Papineau
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Pivotal Mental States
Harry Brewer
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Unnatural
Philip Ball
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Luck Again
Tali Sharot
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How Emotions Are Made
The Secret Life of the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Elusive Cures
Nicole Rust
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything
Peter Brannen
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Numenautics
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
One Hand Clapping
Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Mind
Nikolay Kukushkin
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Janus Point
A New Theory of Time
Julian Barbour
