The Mind Behind It

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By: Huda Cadekiwala and Sahil Saluja

Join Huda Cadekiwala and Sahil Saluja as they invite the best minds in psychology, neurology, ecology, history, culture, religion, popular culture, media and so on, to dissect the most controversial subjects, and venture towards the gruesome, crazy and remarkable stuff; all with guaranteed banter. Follow us on Instagram: @humane.productions Connect with us on: www.humaneproductions.com Voice msg us on https://www.speakpipe.com/Themindbehindit

Thank you & Good bye
#14
12/22/2021

This week Sahil and Huda say their goodbyes and thank yous in their final episode. But before they do, they punch out a few more episodes that weren’t released. Their guests for these are:

Tasha Jackson, MFT who has been practicing psychotherapy for over 16 years and has her own clinic in San Francisco, California. She has a diverse clientele ranging from drag queens to CEOs. Tasha Jackson MA has been widely published in magazines and academic journals. She has done a TED talk ‘Can We Not Let Our Breakups Break Us’ and released a book ‘Master Dater’ an...


E13S2 Dr George Church: Is gene editing the way forward for preventing infectious diseases?
#13
12/01/2021

Sahil and Huda speak with Dr. George Church, a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His pioneering work has contributed to the development of DNA sequencing and genome engineering technologies. He has also had an important role in the launch of CRISPR technology, including a landmark paper in 2013 that marked one of the first demonstrations of CRISPR genome editing in human cells.

George speaks about his early interest in genetics through his physician uncle, his battle with narcolepsy as...


E12S2 Dr Beth Westie: Are your hormones affecting your weight loss journey?
#12
11/24/2021

Sahil and Huda speak with Dr. Beth who is the author of the Best Selling book, The Female Fat Solution, the creator of the 12 Week Female Fat Solution Challenge, the Eat for Your Cycleℱ Method, and the host of The Female Health Solution Podcast.

We chat about how a woman's body goes through four different stages during her period, how different hormones affect your food cravings and energy levels and what nutrients the body needs during each of those periods. She also talks about how the female body can efficiently consume calories throughout the month that would re...


E11S2 Rachel Gur-Arie: Is the vaccine mandate ethical?
#11
11/17/2021

Sahil and Huda interview Rachel Gur-Arie, a Hecht-Levi Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethics & Infectious Disease at the Berman Institute at John Hopkins University and at the Wellcome Center for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford. She also completed her PhD in Health Systems Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer Sheva, Israel. 

In this episode, Rachel Gur-Arie educates us on the ethical issues related to a vaccine mandate, why Israel was one of the first fully vaccinated countries and what makes Israel's vaccine rollout so streamlined as compared to other first world countries. R...


E10S2 Grant Giles: How to unlock your highest potential?
#10
11/03/2021

Sahil and Huda interview Grant Giles, a clinical hypnotherapist and strategic psychotherapist having trained through the institute of Applied Psychology, and is registered with the Australian Hypnotherapy Association. Grant is also an elite high performance coach within sport, giving him a wealth of experience working with people of varying ages and backgrounds.

This episode Grant teaches us how to visualise effectively to reach your most desired goals, how to make friends with negative thoughts and what makes babies and young children such masters of intuition and instinct. He also discusses his approach to help elite athletes succed...


E9S2 RĂ©becca Kleinberger: What does your voice say about you?
#9
10/27/2021

Sahil and Huda sit down virtually with RĂ©becca Kleinberger, who received her PhD from the MIT Media Lab where she is currently doing postdoctoral research and is a Keynote speaker (search up her TED talk ' Why don't you like the sound of your own voice?'). RĂ©becca creatively mixes science, engineering, design and art to explore ways to craft experiences for vocal connection. As part of this work, she designs unique experiences to help people connect with themselves and with others.

In this episode, Rebecca differentiates between inner voice and inward voice, breaks down th...


E8S2 Asst. Prof Kevin Jarbo: Is our personal bias detrimental to decision making?
#8
10/20/2021

Sahil and Huda speak with Associate Professor in the Social and Decision Sciences Department at Carnegie Mellon University about how personal bias affects decision making. We discuss how other people's perceptions could influence the way someone may make decisions about their future, especially when it comes to the stereo-types that are made based on people's skin color and race, and how dangerous these ingrained stereo-types can actually be for someone.

To see more of Kevin's work head over to his website: https://kevinjarbo.com or follow him on Twitter: @kevinjarbo


E7S2 Dr Elizabeth Minton: Are you a smart consumer?
#7
10/13/2021

Sahil and Huda speak with Associate Professor in marketing at the University of Wyoming, Dr Elizabeth Minton and discuss how marketing plays an important role in consumer decision making.

They talk to Elizabeth about how simple cues can prime consumers to engage in societally/environmentally-beneficial behaviors or alter product evaluations, spreading activation, compound cue theory, belief congruence theory, inoculation theory, self-determination theory, values-attitudes-behavior hierarchy, and the persuasion knowledge model. We also discuss how marketing has been used in the recent COVID-19 vaccines roll-out to encourage consumers to take the vaccine.

Join us on a jam-packed...


E6S2 Dr Thomas Hansen: Are you ready to have kids?
#6
10/06/2021

Sahil and Huda sit down virtually with Dr Thomas Hansen, a Research Professor of psychology, Ageing research, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences.

In this episode, we discuss happiness levels of couples with or without children, societal pressure on women to have a child, distinction between loneliness and being alone, isolation among older populations and the importance of differentiating between happiness and purposefulness when making the decision to have a child.

Script for the hearing impaired is allocated to this for all listeners/readers to enjoy.


E5S2 Novalee Wilder: What does numerology say about who you are?
#5
09/22/2021

Sahil and Huda sit down virtually with Novalee Wilder, Los Angeles based Numerologist and writer of the book 'A little bit of numerology'.

In this episode, we discuss the basics of numerology, your date of birth and it's significance, how a name change has the potential to change your life and the differences between Pythagorean and Chaldean Numerology. Novalee also gives some helpful advice on how to navigate your mental health using numerology and does a quick reading for our two hosts.

To learn more about Novalee and her work head over to her website...