Why do we hoard?

With moves to fast-track research into psychedelics to treat serious mental health conditions in the US and a flurry of new scientific studies, we look at the issue here. How convincing is the evidence that drugs like psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can help ...  Show more

In this week’s programme, guest Catherine Loveday, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster, talks to Claudia Hammond about whether people feel emotions about politics differently in the body to everyday emotions. Visiting the Institute for the Science ...  Show more

How Kohberger Fooled His Professor: Inside the Katherine Ramsland InterviewIn this compelling episode, we break down the explosive July 1 interview on NewsNation, where investigative reporter Brian Entin sits down with renowned forensic psychologist and former DeSales University ...  Show more

Laurie Taylor explores the fascination for true crime stories. He's joined by Jennifer Fleetwood, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London, whose latest work considers the remarkable rise in the number of people who speak publicly about their experience of cri ...  Show more

Claudia is joined by Caroline Williams to learn about the cutting-edge science of interoception – that’s how the brain interprets signals that come from inside our body. We find out how honing this skill can sometimes be helpful and why at other times it can have a negative impac ...  Show more

As social workers, how often do we hold the expectation that people should tell us the truth?
How does that contradict with our mainstream entertainment, a tv show that is focused on lies and deception?
In this short episode I'm inviting you to think about why p ...