This time Johanna Finneman, autism whiz, interviews philosopher Nina Power about how philosophy permeates our lives and how we can protect a subject under attack.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Brain Train is Launching!
We should have called the podcast “Brain Spaceship” but it does not rhyme. Trains don’t launch, they pull slowly away from the station, full of pomp and ceremony. And that’s what’s happening! Welcome to Brain Train podcast, brought to you by the Alice Bell/Martin Zaltz Austwick team you know represents highest quality good listening.
Every episode on Brain Train we’ll have a very bright person asking all sorts of questions about something they know nothing about, but are super curious about. Who will they be asking? Well, we’ll be bringing in an expert to answer all their questions.
So, in the pilot episode, science and media expert Alice Bell wanted to know all about sewers, so we got in Water Systems Engineer Sarah Bell; and these were the results:
The next week, we get the expert to become the novice and ask about a subject they know nothing about but are really interested in. Sarah Bell (our expert in the first week) wanted to know about autism and whether it’s more likely to affect engineers, and autism researcher Johanna Finneman kindly volunteered to answer all her questions; so in week 2, Sarah was the novice and Johanna stepped up to the plate* as our new expert:
Next time Johanna will have a load of questions about something completely different – and the Brain Train will continue. What will be the next stop? Nobody knows on the crazy ride of The Brain Train!
*the footplate for the Brain Train driving place
Episode 2 – Sarah Bell quizzes Johanna Finneman
In Episode 2, Water Systems Engineer Sarah Bell asks Johanna Finneman about the link between autism and numeracy, and whether the children of two engineers more likely to be autistic.
Brain Train Pilot – Alice Bell and Sarah Bell
Science and Society brainiac Alice Bell quizzes water systems engineer Sarah Bell (no relation) on water, sewers and the kite marks for fake stools, with host Martin Zaltz Austwick.
Rest assured that most episodes of Brain Train do not require both participants to be called “Bell”.
(Image: Crossness Pumping Station, CC BY-SA 2.0 by Steve Cadman)
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