Sussex Neuroscience Society
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A student-run podcast, produced by Sussex Neuroscience Society, aiming to showcase the breadth of innovation and creativity across psychology and neuroscience within the University of Sussex, and further afield. Here at BrainCast, we try to make cutting-edge research accessible to the public, in a non-complicated, easy-to-follow way.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
BrainCast connects neuroscience research with the lived realities of diagnosis, disability, laboratory work, and early academic careers.
BrainCast lets neuroscience take shape through conversation, moving between lived accounts of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and idiopathic intracranial hypertension, interviews about nonlinear academic careers, and practical discussion of research internships.
A normal ultrasound can be awful news when you're still in pain.
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The episode argues for care that better fits lived experience and practical access.
This episode keeps its focus on the fault line between chronic illness and the habits of medical training. It follows focus groups in hospitals or universities, where med and nursing students, consultants, and patients bring different experience to the same question, and it…
A calm, practical take on turning interview rejection into better fit and better judgment.
BrainCast treats rejection as a normal part of academic and early-career growth, and Steph from Scientifica gives that idea practical form. Ray and Steph speak plainly about being turned down, asking for feedback when possible, reading when a role is not the right fit yet, and…
A focused look at mitochondrial disease research, ageing, and the lab work behind it.
This BrainCast episode stays centered on mitochondrial function, ageing, and the unsettled debates around Parkinson's and Alzheimer's research.
A grounded look at a neuroscience degree turning into cancer research work.
The piece follows Tanvi Patel from Sussex neuroscience into cancer research, tracing how a first class graduate moved through a master's in cancer at UCL and is now set to begin work as a clinical trials assistant in the NHS.
A clear account of how school support can fail in practice, even when paperwork exists.
The episode keeps its focus on the practical strain of school and access. The guest describes having no support in primary school, no help catching up after hospital stays, and an education health care plan in secondary school that was not followed.
A clear, student-friendly conversation about consciousness, perception, and why the subject resists neat answers.
Braincast's conversation with Anil Seth keeps its focus on consciousness, inner experience, time perception, and the question of whether AI could ever count as conscious.
A clear look at how academic research careers actually move.
BrainCast spends most of this conversation on the practical side of an academic career: Sussex, fellowships, lab moves, and the many ways people end up explaining what they do.
A careful look at diagnosis, daily life, and the work of being understood.
This episode lives in the uneasy stretch after a CRPS diagnosis, when a name is in hand but answers still are not. The most affecting passage is the account of a normal ultrasound and the thin comfort it offers when pain is unchanged.
Mushroom culture from soil to society.
Clear neuroscience for curious minds.
Plant papers, jokes, and useful uncertainty.
Weed science, from genomes to paddocks.
Biomedical careers, described from the inside.
Human stakes behind biomedical progress.
BrainCast opens its hidden disability series with Emily, co-host Riti, and guest Zoe.
Five neuroscience students gather for a Q&A.
Host Francesca interviews Dr.
This episode features an interview with Aya Tarabin, a postgraduate researcher at UCL, discussing her work on mitochondrial diseases, including their prevalence, lack of treatments, and debates in the field.
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BrainCast’s “From Rejection to Resilience: Interview Tips with Scientifica's Stephanie Baldwin” centers on Steph, the People Services Manager at Scientifica, and Ray asking how to deal with rejection in jobs, academia, and early careers.
BrainCast sits down with Dr.
The conversation centers on idiopathic intracranial hypertension and the access problems that often trail chronic illness.
Neuroscience graduate Tanvi Patel discusses her transition to cancer research, sharing her academic journey from Sussex to UCL, her lab internship experiences, and the personal motivations behind her career shift.
A guest with idiopathic intracranial hypertension shares her struggles with the education system, detailing neglect, discrimination, and lack of support from primary school through sixth form, while also highlighting positive experiences with hospital teachers and the importance of accommodations.
BrainCast stays close to complex regional pain syndrome and the lived reality of hidden disability.
Zoe talks through the gap between getting a CRPS diagnosis and really making sense of what was going on.
Kira Benn opens Braincast as a first episode from the University of Sussex, and Leah joins from Aarhus University in Denmark as a postdoctoral fellow.
Emily opens the Hidden Disabilities series with Amelia and Ray.
Anil Seth discusses consciousness science, covering its definition, perceptual diversity, time perception, the free energy principle, and AI consciousness.