Ginny Smith - Neuroscience, Nerding Out and Noughties Pop-Punk

We've got a new look, a new county (Becky), some new meds (Sarah) and a new series especially for you! Once again the topic of the day is enthusiasm, but happily for us that covers all manner of brilliant, intriguing, and often slightly odd sins.

As our first episode back falls in Mental Health Awareness week, we're delighted that our first guest is neuroscientist and science writer (and host of the British Psychological Society’s Psych Crunch podcast) Ginny Smith, answering all of our many childish questions and telling us exactly how she became such an enthusiast.

We're also filling you in on the books we've been loving (forthcoming guest Isobel Wohl's phenomenal debut Cold New Climate, John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies and Grace Campbell's Shame), our new favourite show, Rose Matafeo's Starstruck, and of course THAT Billie Eilish Vogue cover. How could we not?

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Shownotes:

Billie Eilish - Vogue - https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/billie-eilish-vogue-interview 

Amazing Disgrace - https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781529354003 

Starstruck - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09djx9y/starstruck-series-1-episode-1 

The Heart’s Invisible Furies - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33253215-the-heart-s-invisible-furies 

Cold New Climate - https://londonreviewbookbox.co.uk/products/cold-new-climate-by-isobel-wohl 

Ginny Smith - Overloaded - https://www.ginnysmithscience.com/overloaded 

May Britt Moser’s dress - https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/neurons-inspire-nobel-laureate-may-britt-mosers-dress-n265866 

Green Day - Longview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM 

Aphantasia: A life without mental images - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34039054 

Brain Rays - Zesty Enterprises - https://brainrays.uk/ 

Windows on the world: pandemic poems by Simon Armitage, Hollie McNish, Kae Tempest and more - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/08/windows-on-the-world-pandemic-poems-by-simon-armitage-hollie-mcnish-kae-tempest-and-more 

Barry Jenkins: ‘Maybe America has never been great’ - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/09/barry-jenkins-the-underground-railroad-interview-moonlight 

Little Simz and Cleo Sol - Woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHGf6tmnLYE 

The Handmaid’s Tale - Season 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_160Be71g 

Crosta and Mollica - https://www.crostamollica.com/pizza/ 

Cheers loves! Sarah and Becky x

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