How We're Wired
Science

How We're Wired

by The Bertarelli Foundation

Love. Touch. Speech. Movement. Consciousness.
What do they all have in common?
From before birth to after death, our brains underpin our experiences and feelings. They make us who we are. But how?
In How We’re Wired, evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin goes behind the scenes of cutting-edge neuroscience research to uncover the fascinating stories of how our brains grow, change, and ultimately die.
Together, we’ll meet the scientists exploding our understanding of how the brain works and head into labs developing life-changing technologies. From hormones to heartbreak, we’re exploring true, personal stories of people’s lives – and brains - from birth to death, taking a deep look at the science that explains us all.
This is How We’re Wired from The Bertarelli Foundation. Subscribe or follow now for free, wherever you get your podcasts, so you never miss an episode.

32 episodes
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1
When We Ask You A Question
2:15 Nov 15, 2023
2
Finale - How Are We Wired?
35:41 Jul 26, 2023
3
Introducing... Ocean Matters
4:36 Jul 19, 2023
4
Focus - When We're Unconscious
23:50 Jul 5, 2023
5
When We Die
32:14 Jun 21, 2023
6
Focus - How We Age Well
19:23 Jun 7, 2023
7
When We Age
26:54 May 24, 2023
8
Focus - When We See Faces
24:09 May 10, 2023
9
How We See
36:01 Apr 26, 2023
10
Focus - When We're Stressed
39:52 Apr 12, 2023
11
When We Become Parents
35:44 Mar 29, 2023
12
13
How We Feel Pain
39:44 Mar 1, 2023
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15
How We Touch
32:49 Feb 1, 2023
16
Focus - When We Love Dogs
28:14 Jan 18, 2023
17
How We Love
36:37 Jan 4, 2023
18
Focus - When We Sleep
19:53 Dec 15, 2022
19
How We Understand Autism
35:02 Nov 30, 2022
20
Focus - How We Succeed
32:05 Nov 17, 2022
21
How We Move
35:39 Nov 2, 2022
22
Focus - How We Cope
28:33 Oct 19, 2022
23
When We Change
27:50 Oct 5, 2022
24
Focus – How We Taste
26:58 Sep 21, 2022
25
How We Smell
34:08 Sep 7, 2022
26
Focus - Why We Forget
33:21 Aug 24, 2022
27
How We Remember
30:50 Aug 10, 2022
28
Focus - Hearing Loss
19:16 Jul 27, 2022
29
How We Hear
33:38 Jul 13, 2022
30
Focus – Learning Language
19:55 Jun 29, 2022
31
Building a Brain
26:10 Jun 29, 2022
32
How We're Wired Trailer
2:00 Jun 20, 2022
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