HeyJaredAYP Spike
AYP Spike is a podcast for children, parents and carers all about our amazing brain. We bring you bite-sized brain science to help you and your kids live in your brain with more joy, engagement and awe.
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She Did a PhD and an Iron Man – Here's How Her Brain Coped (opens the original)
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What does it actually take to do an Iron Man – while finishing a PhD at the same time? In this episode, Adam and Andy sit down with the show's very first official SCPWILUT guest (Super Cool People Who I Look Up To) – Dr. Hannah Ashby – who completed one of the toughest Iron Mans on the circuit as her first ever triathlon, marathon, road race AND open water swim… all while wrapping up four years of PhD research into molecular virology research into MPOX (monkeypox). Mad. We want to hear from you!
Why Your Brain Shuts Down When You're Sick (opens the original)
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What actually happens to your brain when you get ill? Turns out, far more than just feeling rubbish. In this episode, Adam and Andy are joined again by Hannah Warner Swann – to break down the neuroscience of illness, inflammation, and emergence. We get into why inflammation can cross the blood-brain barrier and shut your thinking down, what sickness behaviours are and why your body forces them on you, and why pain isn't technically a real thing – it's your brain making a very educated guess. We
Waterstones Bookseller on What Reading Does to Your Brain (It's More Than You Think) (opens the original)
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What actually happens in your brain when you read? Turns out, quite a lot! This week Adam and Andy are joined by Phil – senior bookseller at Waterstones Brighton – for a proper deep dive into why reading might be the most underrated thing you can do for your brain. We get into attention span, flow state, dopamine, empathy, why books almost always beat the film adaptation, and why it is absolutely never too late to become a reader. Phil also shares his own reading origin story – spoiler: it invol
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