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Author Dean Burnett joins Shaun

Shaun Keaveny is joined by author Dean Burnett, who chats about his book The Idiot Brain.

Thursday sees author Dean Burnett joining Shaun to chat about his book The Idiot Brain. Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist working as a tutor and lecturer based at Cardiff University's Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences. His Guardian Science blog, 'Brain Flapping', has been viewed over 13 million times in the last three years and he joins Shaun to chat about his book which explores the many ways in which the brain does things inefficiently, illogically or just plain stupidly, and how these regularly end up influencing our everyday lives and the world around us.

Plus, Shaun is after your Earworms before 8am & Matt Everitt here with the latest Music News.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 18 Feb 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Mercury.
  • DIIV

    Under The Sun

    • Captured Tracks.
  • John Lee Hooker

    Boom Boom

    • PointBlank.
  • The Strokes

    Last Nite

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Riton

    Rinse & Repeat (feat. Kah-Lo)

    • Ministry Of Sound.
  • Nick Lowe

    So It Goes

    • Demon Records.
  • Blackalicious

    The Blow Up

    • QUANNUM PROJECTS.
  • PJ Harvey

    The Wheel

  • Avi Buffalo

    What's In It For?

  • Four Tops

    Bernadette

    • Motown.
  • Damien Jurado

    Exit 353

    • Secretly Canadian.
  • The Stranglers

    Strange Little Girl

    • Liberty.
  • Beck

    Where It's At

  • Jamie xx

    SeeSaw (feat. Romy)

  • Grace Jones

    Pull Up To The Bumper

    • Island.
  • Animal Collective

    Floridada

    • Domino Recording Co. Ltd..
  • Mavis Staples

    If It's A Light

    • Livin' On A High Note.
    • Anti.
  • Everything Everything

    Kemosabe - Live at the 6 Music Festival

  • Doves

    There Goes The Fear

    • Heavenly.
  • Julia Holter

    Everytime Boots

    • Domino Recording Company.
  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On

    • Tamla Motown.
  • School of Seven Bells

    Ablaze

    • Full Time Hobby.
  • Depeche Mode

    Get the Balance Right!

    • MUTE RECORDS.
  • Massive Attack & Young Fathers

    Voodoo In My Blood

    • Virgin EMI.
  • Simple Minds

    Chelsea Girl

    • Virgin.
  • Kiran Leonard

    Secret Police (radio edit)

  • Inspiral Carpets

    She Comes In The Fall

    • Island.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Feb 2016 07:00