Episodes: 18
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Listener location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 213 subscribers
Instagram: 1.7k followers
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Publicly listed emails
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Yicheng Su - Co-president of the Oxford University Cortex Club.
Neddy - Host and interviewer on episodes about neuroscience.
Ed Boyden - Neuroscience Ground Truth, Brain Mapping, AI And Brain Dynamics, Consciousness, Therapeutic Applications, And The Future Of Intelligence.
Masud Husain - Neurological Disorders, Memory, Motivation, Identity, Consciousness, And Ai.
Johannes Kohl - Neural Circuits Underlying Instinctive Behaviours Such As Parenting, And Advice For Early-career Neuroscience Researchers.
Season 3 Episode 4 | Building Intelligence Beyond Biology: In Conversation with Prof. Ed Boyden
October 19, 2026
What would happen if we truly understood the brain from the bottom up? Prof. Ed Boyden (MIT) explores ground truth, AI, consciousness and the technologies that could reshape neuroscience and, potentially, intelligence itself. What would it take to connect the life of the mind to the machinery of the brain? For this, we may need to look beyond thought, memory, and behaviour at the surface, and instead trace them down to the molecules, circuits, and physical laws from which they emerge. With a ...
Season 3 Episode 3 | Between Order and Chaos: Exploring the Entropic Brain
January 26, 2026
Why do psychedelics, dreams, and mental illnesses feel so different from everyday awareness? We unpack the Entropic Brain Hypothesis and what it tells us about flexibility, rigidity, and the architecture of conscious experience. Consciousness may not be a stable state, but a delicate balance between structure and freedom. In this episode, we explore the Entropic Brain Hypothesis - a framework proposing that the richness of conscious experience depends on how flexible and unpredictable brain a...
Season 3 Episode 2 | Our Brains, Our Selves: In Conversation with Prof. Masud Husain
November 10, 2025
If memory fades or motivation disappears, what remains of the self? In this episode, Professor Masud Husain reflects on how neurological disorders illuminate the fragile yet resilient architecture of human identity Our sense of self feels indivisible - until the brain begins to fracture it. In this episode, we are joined by Professor Masud Husain, neurologist and clinical neuroscientist at the University of Oxford, to explore how the brain’s failures can reveal its deepest workings. Drawing o...
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OuterLimits of InnerScience · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg · Medium booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
Chasing Consciousness · High booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
Zero to One with Danny Goler · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast is hosted by Yicheng Su and Neddy. Its publicly listed email is podcasts@it.ox.ac.uk. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast: podcasts@it.ox.ac.uk.
Podseeker estimates CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Established neuroscience researchers, neurobiologists, and neurologists, often in senior academic roles and with significant research contributions or relevant books. Common among recent guests: Senior academic appointments; Pioneering contributions to neuroscience; Authorship of relevant books. Recent guests include Ed Boyden, Masud Husain, and Johannes Kohl.
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