The Ignorance Podcast
The Ignorance Podcast
Podcast Description
Each episode, Mayla will interview a researcher or scientist about what questions excite them, what questions they’re currently pondering or working on, and the broader impact of these questions. The guests’ specific job and field will not be revealed until the end of the episode, as the point is for listeners to get a picture of the guest based solely on the questions they are asking.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores themes around scientific inquiry, personal reflections, and the broader implications of research. Episodes focus on the guests' curiosity-driven questions, as seen in the debut episode featuring James Wilson discussing energy costs in computation and the importance of small victories in academia.
Each episode, Mayla will interview a researcher or scientist about what questions excite them, what questions they’re currently pondering or working on, and the broader impact of these questions. The guests’ specific job and field will not be revealed until the end of the episode, as the point is for listeners to get a picture of the guest based solely on the questions they are asking.
Join Mayla Boguslav as she interviews this episode’s guest, David Brandman, who is asking “How does the brain work to help people with paralysis?”
Follow Mayla Boguslav:
Bluesky: @drmaylab.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/drmaylab.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav
Follow this episode’s guest David Brandman:
Email: [email protected] if interested in contributing your time and energy to work with researchers to develop brain-computer interface technology
X/Twitter: @drdavidbrandman
https://neuroprosthetics.science/
Citations mentioned in this episode:
BrainGate clinical trial: braingate.org
Paradromics: paradromics.com
https://www.massdevice.com/paradromics-launch-bci-study-2025-investigators/
Neuralink: https://neuralink.com/
All News and Journal Articles about Casey: https://neuroprosthetics.science/?news
People mentioned in this episode:
Casey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPhBDVSxz0
Neuroprosthetics Lab: 3 postdocs, faculty scientist, 4 PhD students, 3 staff
Sergey Stavisky
The patients
Garnnete Sutherland
Leigh Hochberg
P. Daniel McNeely
Gwynedd Pickett
Bob Gross
ASSFN: American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (https://newsletters.aans.org/assfn/)
Nicholas Boulis
Kia Shahlaie
Eric Leuthardt
Sarah Miller (wife)
Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pUmRywdDdQBBOE451r0Ph7m3Wo5Eahx3/edit?usp=sharing&rtpof=true&sd=true
Producer & editor:
Joshua Mendel
Bluesky: @jbmendel.bsky.social
Questions, comments, want to get in touch?
Email [email protected]
Music:
Curious by Ron Gelinas, Chill Beats | https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
#NewWayToCommunicateScience
#IgnoranceIsBliss
#RebuildingTrustInResearch
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