Contemporary Articles
This area of Channel McGilchrist is dedicated to articles of interest on contemporary topics as chosen by Dr Iain McGilchrist.
The Matter with Things: Peterson and McGilchrist | #278
Running Time: 1:54:56 The two hemispheres of the human brain are explicitly different and both incredibly complex. Dr. Iain McGilchrist joins to discuss and explore the science of philosophy, covering everything from our ability to reason to how art can cross...
Iain McGilchrist and Rebel Wisdom, ‘We Need to Act’
The Matter With Things, Iain McGilchrist
Running Time: 1:30:17 In ‘The Matter with Things’, Iain McGilchrist tackles the big questions: Who are we? What is the world? How can we understand consciousness, matter, space and time? What happens if we neglect the sacred and divine? He argues that we have become...
Why Do We All Perceive Reality Differently? Here’s the ANSWER!
Running Time: 00:11:20 Russell Brand talks to author, psychiatrist and former Oxford literary scholar, Iain McGilchrist, on Under The Skin, where they discussed perceptions of reality and how your personal approach to the world is what truly matters.
Iain McGilchrist and John Vervaeke on God, Meaning, Consciousness, and Being
Running Time: 02:12:00 Iain talks to John Vervaeke and Curt Jaimungal in this interview on 'Theories of Everything' Links mentioned and timestamps below video LINKS MENTIONED:- Matthew's Adopt Responsibility podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzwP...-...
Know your left from your right: the brain’s divided hemispheres
The Brain & Culture: A Symbiotic Relationship – Dr Iain McGilchrist
Running Time: 01:52:04 All in Nature is interconnected: all processes are interactive. The brain and the world (which it exists to bring into being for us) are no exceptions to this. Our brains mould the world and the world moulds our brains. Given the capacity for...
Understanding Our Mind Retreat, Plum Village, June 2020 (Part 2)
Running Time: 00:43:33 Understanding our Mind Retreat, June 2020, Plum Village Hosted by Dr. Liam Kavanagh & Br. Pháp Linh
Understanding Our Mind Retreat, Plum Village, June 2020 (Part 1)
Running Time: 01:03:01 Understanding our Mind Retreat, June 2020, Plum Village Hosted by Dr. Liam Kavanagh & Br. Pháp Linh
Beyond Materialism: The Matter With Things with Johnathan Pageau and Dr. Iain McGilchrist
Running Time: 01:03:11 In this long-awaited discussion with Dr. Iain McGilchrist Johnatha ask him several questions about his work. They discuss the medieval worldview, the Renaissance, participation and transformation, and what Iain thinks is the way forward and the...
Iain McGilchrist: The Coincidence of Opposites
Running Time: 02:00:45 Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Iain McGilchrist followed by a discussion with Dr Stephen Blackwood and questions from the audience. In his lecture Dr McGilchrist deals with certain themes that are treated at greater length in his...
RSA Replay – What happened to the Soul?
15,464 views Streamed live on Mar 31, 2014 this event was live streamed on Monday 31 March at 6pm.
Understanding Our Mind Retreat with the Plum Village Buddhist Community
A Dialogue with Dr Iain McGilchrist, Br. Phap Linh, and Dr Liam Kavanagh. The book that Iain can’t quite remember the name of is Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana.
The Arrogance of Your Brain’s Left Hemisphere
Running TIme 2:14
How the Left Hemisphere Puts People Into Categories
Running Time: 6:33
How Your Brain’s Hemispheres REALLY differ
Running Time: 3:40
Why You Lose 70% of Your Brain Before You’re Born
Running TIme: 1:13
What the Frontal Lobes of Your Brain Do
Running Time: 0:59
How the Analytical View of the Left Hemisphere Can Cut You Off From Life
Running Time: 3:31
What Brain Damage Can Teach You About Your Own Brain
Running Time: 4:36
Why Everything You Think You Know About the Brain’s Hemispheres is Wrong
Running Time 2:14
The Dangers of Relying on Your Analytical Intellect Too Much
Running TIme: 4:21
Do You Really Have Two Brains in Your Head?
Running Time: 3:52
Where Anger, Frustration and Irritation Come From
Running Time: 4:02
Does OCD Come From the Brain’s Left Hemisphere?
Running TIme: 0:42
Where Sadness and Sorrow Come From
Running TIme: 1:40
Your Brain When Depressed
Running Time: 0:47
Why Unrealistic Optimism is a Feature of the Brain’s Left Hemisphere
Running TIme: 2:48
Where Denial, Self Deception and Rationalisation Come From
Running Time: 5:37
Why High Self Esteem is a Hallmark of the Psychopath
Running Time: 3:38
Is Our Internal Moral Compass Being Destroyed?
Running Time: 3:28
How Trust Has Been Eroded in Society
Running Time: 5:24
The Value of Guilt, Shame and Sadness
Running Time: 1:34
The Brain’s Left Hemisphere is Literal and Doesn’t Understand Metaphor or Context
Running Time: 2:03
Our Culture is Becoming ‘More Autistic’
Running Time: 2:09
Why We’re Losing Our Most Important Source of Wisdom
Running Time: 2:59
Why the Social Justice Movement No Longer has Anything to Do With Empathy
Running TIme: 3:00
The Left Hemisphere is Arrogant and Hubristic
Running Time: 1:59
The Belief That Led to the Two Iraq Wars
Running Time: 1:10
Why Identity Politics is the Left Hemisphere Gone Too Far
Running TIme: 3:45