Mimi and The Brain
A podcast about brains, for people that have them! Follow comedian and brain injury survivor Mimi Hayes as she interviews top neurologists, brain scientists, and psychologists about the intricacies of the human mind! Tickle your brain and teach it something too with this way-too-fun-to-be-science podcast about all things brainy.
Episodes
17 episodes
Bye Bye 2020!
Since this year has been nothing but a dumpster fire for all of us humans, I decided to wrap it up with one of my FAVORITE people: podcaster, mental health advocate, and brain injury survivor Joe Borges. Back in 2018 this random dude sl...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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56:41
Episode 10: Dreams with Dr. Moran Cerf
You wake up sweaty and screaming because a cloaked man with a bazooka is chasing you down an alleyway that has become a slip n' slide! Also, your mother appears and asks you if you've made your bed and a tiny monkey wearing a bonnet emerges fro...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:00:52
Episode 9: Coronavirus and The Brain with Dr. Allison Navis
It feels like a distant memory, but just a few short months ago we were blissfully ignorant about COVID-19 and the global pandemic it was to become. We've quarantined, WFH'd, and made a lot of banana bread to keep ourselves from going *crazy.* ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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55:09
Episode 8: Self Care with Victoria Albina
Yuh know when it's 3 PM and you've had enough coffee to fill a small landfill and somehow you're STILL tired? Yeah, we've been there. And maybe it's Mercury in Retrograde or your constant stream of unanswered emails or dwindling bank account bu...
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Episode 8
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59:31
Episode 7: Creativity with Dr. Heather Berlin
Ever wonder what's going down in your noggin' when you get lost in a 12-hour cake-decorating binge? What about that time you spent an entire Sunday building a table in the garage out of stuff you found in the alleyway? Have you been finger pain...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:15:36
Episode 6: Memory with Dr. Paula Croxson
Ah, the familiar moment of walking into a room and forgetting why you went in there in the first place! Don't we know it well! And what do we know, by the way? Can our memories be trusted? How long do we have before our brains slip into deliriu...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:07:56
Mimi and The Brain LIVE at Much Different Showcase
Mimi kicks off her antics again at another LIVE podcast recording with M&TB Alum Dr. Paula Croxson! Recorded at the Much Different Showcase in Brooklyn, New York with a special audience Q&A with today's top science storyteller and neuro...
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Season 1
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28:22
Mimi and The Brain LIVE at the Liberty Science Center
AND WE'RE LIVE!Mimi and her special guest (Episode 2's Dr. Allison Navis) hit the stage for the first ever live episode of Mimi and The Brain!Recorded live at the Liberty Science Center and sponsored by the Women in Sci...
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Season 1
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50:24
Episode 5: History of Traumatic Brain Injuries with Sam Kean
Ever been so hype you wanna get into a jousting match and knock around that noggin' but need some expert brain surgeons to perform your resulting autopsy? Are you a blind globe-trotter into climbing active volcanoes and using your badass walkin...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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59:25
HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Neurohacking with Emily Hardwick
Feeling slogged down by your holiday to-do list? Does the shopping mall send you into a tale-spin? Don't you wish your brain could enhance itself so you could deal with those pesky in-laws? WELL BOY DO WE HAVE AN EPISODE FOR YOU! Join Mimi for ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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48:46
Episode 4: Kid's Brains with Dr. Iliyan Ivanov
You know that feeling? The one where you're arching your back to try to get out of your car seat and you're screaming bloody murder because your nanny promised you a Gummy Bear if you cooperated but now you realized she totally lied to you? Yea...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:24:22
Episode 3: Perception with Dr. David Schneider
Remember that one time the internet broke because somebody posted a picture of a dress online and people argued about what color it was? Wondering how the brain plays "parlor tricks" on us to make us see or hear something that isn't really ther...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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57:29
Bonus Episode: Mimi's Brain Carnival Extravaganza Book Launch
Join Mimi for the first ever Bonus Episode! Mimi takes us back to her hometown of Denver, Colorado to launch her first memoir "I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head" at the most epic and interactive event of the year! Bruce Willis, mac and ch...
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Season 1
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22:00
Episode 2: AIDS in The Brain with Allison Navis
HIV and AIDS impact thousands of people every year. In recent years, Hollywood movies have brought to light the staggering effects of this disease for men, women, and children across the globe. But what exactly does this deadly diagnosis mean t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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47:09
Episode 1: Jazz with Dr. Michael Shadlen
Our parents told us that rap would rot our brain and rock n’ roll would too… but they never mentioned jazz. Does it heal our neurons? What happened in Charlie Parker’s brain when he improvised? Can Alicia Keys save us with her soothing tones? I...
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Episode 2
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57:33