Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Alie and Micah Caldwell produce the YouTube channel, @neurotransmissions . Their videos present the basics of neuroscience and psychology in an accessible, engaging way. Alie is a neuroscientist and senior science writer at the University of Chicago Medicine. Micah is a licensed professional clinical counselor. In our conversation, we talk about the origins of Neuro Transmissions, their philosophy of science communication, and their new book.

(This episode is a rebroadcast of Opinion Science #40: “Explaining Brains”.)

Originally aired August 15, 2022

For more, head to this episode's webpage: opinionsciencepodcast.com/hot-scicomm-summer

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Opinion Science is a psychology podcast exploring the science of our opinions, where they come from and how they change. Each week I talk to social scientists and professional communicators about how the work they do reveals key insights about public opinion and persuasion.

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