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Playing With Marbles

Everybody’s got a brain, but how do they work? To find out, we’re investigating healthy brains, dead brains, brains in jars… even the brains of TV-watching monkeys. For science!

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Brains, the final frontier

Brains, the final frontier

Every day we are learning more about the brain, but the challenges are complex and answers can’t come quickly enough. We... Read more

20 Jul 2021

1min

Ranked #2

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1: Nature's hard drive

1: Nature's hard drive

Memories are fickle. They’re so important, but so ineffable.. So how do we make memories? And what types of memory are t... Read more

28 Sep 2021

33mins

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Ranked #3

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2: When brains go wrong

2: When brains go wrong

When something goes wrong with a brain we can’t just get under the hood and poke around. So how do we figure out what’s ... Read more

28 Sep 2021

34mins

Ranked #4

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3: Brains in the wild

3: Brains in the wild

Sometimes to really find out how brains work you have to get too close for comfort, so we’re looking for brains that hav... Read more

28 Sep 2021

29mins

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S2 Teaser: How much do you know about the difference between male and female brains?

S2 Teaser: How much do you know about the difference between male and female brains?

Season 2 of Playing with Marbles is coming Monday June 20th, and this time we’re focusing on the female brain, and what ... Read more

17 Jun 2022

1min

Ranked #6

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S2 E1 : One woman's brain

S2 E1 : One woman's brain

For decades researchers used male bodies as the “default”, and this has led to huge research gaps in our understanding o... Read more

20 Jun 2022

27mins

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S2 E2: Hormones: a love story

S2 E2: Hormones: a love story

Puberty, pregnancy, ovulation, even love… these are all things our body regulates with hormones, and brains love hormone... Read more

27 Jun 2022

31mins

Ranked #8

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S2 E3: Menopause and Beyond

S2 E3: Menopause and Beyond

Let’s experience menopause, migraines, and Alzheimer's! Not exactly fun, we know, but they are very common complications... Read more

5 Jul 2022

28mins

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