Neurons, Intelligence, and the Biological Computer: A Conversation with Hon Weng Chong, Founder & CEO of Cortical Labs

March 12th, 2026 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
What if computing's next leap came not from faster chips, but from living cells? In this interview I speak to Cortical Labs founder Hon Weng Chong, who reveals how neurons grown in a lab are opening a new era of biological intelligence — one shaped by millions of years of…

 

The Stimulated Mind: A Conversation with Dr. Tommy Wood on Brain Health, Cognitive Longevity, and the Neuroscience of Peak Performance

March 12th, 2026 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Cognitive decline isn't inevitable — it's a choice we make without realising it. Neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood reveals how the brain responds to what we demand of it, why dementia is largely preventable, and why AI may be the biggest threat to our minds yet. Read this before you outsource…

 

Unlocking Consciousness & The Structure of Reality: A Conversation with Dr. Andrew Gallimore.

September 16th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Andrew Gallimore, a neurobiologist, chemist, pharmacologist, and writer interested in the relationship between psychedelic drugs, the brain, consciousness and the structure of reality. His collaboration with Dr Rick Strassman on extended state DMT pharmacokinetic model and first book “Alien Information Theory: Psychedelic Drug Technologies…

 

A Conversation with Dr. Russell Kennedy, The Anxiety MD

September 14th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Dr. Russell Kennedy—known to many as The Anxiety MD—is a physician, neuroscientist, and leading voice on the emotional and physiological roots of anxiety. Drawing on his own lived experience with childhood trauma and years of clinical practice, Kennedy has developed a unique mind–body approach to healing, blending neuroscience, developmental psychology,…

 

Reimaging the Mind-Body Connection – A Conversation with Ellen J. Langer, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

February 28th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Ellen J. Langer, Harvard’s first tenured female psychology professor and a trailblazer in social psychology, who has spent over 45 years upending assumptions about the human mind. Known for her groundbreaking “counterclockwise” study—where elderly men reversed signs of aging by living as their younger…

 

A Conversation with Dr. Laurie Santos, One of the World’s Foremost Experts on Happiness & Human Cognition.

January 30th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Dr. Laurie Santos, one of the world’s foremost experts on happiness and human cognition. Laurie is the Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab, one of the most popular podcasts…

 

A Conversation with Dr. Martha Beck on Anxiety, Creativity & Finding Life’s Purpose.

December 18th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Dr. Martha Beck, PhD, bestselling author, coach, and speaker. She has spent a lifetime offering powerful, practical, and entertaining teachings that help people improve every aspect of their lives. Martha holds three Harvard degrees in social science, and Oprah Winfrey has called her “one…

 

Understanding our Emotions: A Conversation with Prof. Marc Brackett, Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

October 8th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Professor Marc Brackett, one of the world’s foremost experts in the science and psychology of emotion. Marc is the founding director of the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, and author of the international best-selling book, Permission to Feel. In this powerful discussion, Marc helps…

 

A Conversation with James Nestor on the Secrets of Breath.

May 10th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to James Nestor (author of ‘Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art’) we discuss his extraordinary journey understanding how modern civilisation has forgotten the importance of the most important thing we do, breathing. We discuss the impact that poor breathing has on our health…

 

A Conversation with Pioneering Brain Surgeon & Neuroscientist, Rahul Jandial on Why We Dream.

May 10th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to pioneering brain surgeon & neuroscientist Rahul Jandial (author of ‘This is Why You Dream’) about the extraordinary way neuroscience and medicine are helping us unlock the fundamental question of why we dream, the impact dreaming has on our lives, and how dream science is…

 

The Science of Happiness: A Conversation with Professor Bruce Hood.

May 10th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Professor Bruce Hood, a world-leading psychologist and happiness expert. Grounded in decades of neuroscience, Professor Hood’s recent book The Science of Happiness explores the simple, life-changing discoveries that can really impact our own happiness. In our conversation, we discuss the fundamental nature of happiness,…

 

A Conversation with Dr. Daniel Amen on Ending Mental Illness by Creating a Revolution in Brain Health.

April 3rd, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Dr. Daniel Amen, one of the world’s most influential experts on brain health and mental health. We discuss his mission to end mental illness by creating a revolution in brain health, and look at the practical ways we all need to think about brain…