Our audio stories this year included interviews both personal and professional, and discussions probing neuroscience’s most interesting corners. Here’s a look at our favorite podcast episodes from 2024.
Vijay Namboodiri and Ali Mohebi on the evolving story of dopamine’s role in cognitive function
by Paul Middlebrooks
Researchers discuss the classic stories of dopamine’s role in learning, ongoing work linking it to a wide variety of cognitive functions, and recent research suggesting that dopamine may help us “look back” to discover the causes of events in the world.
Male and female brains, Proust, and Catherine Dulac
by Brady Huggett
The 2021 Breakthrough Prize winner explains how reading widely shaped her worldview, and discusses the vomeronasal organ.
Eve Marder, neural circuits and being heard
by Brady Huggett
The National Medal of Science winner explains why she built her career around the crustacean and what it was like attending high school in a Hudson River town.
Being uncomfortable and PKMzeta with André Fenton
by Brady Huggett
The director of the Center for Neural Science shares a ghost story and talks about his collaboration with Todd Sacktor.
