Iain McGilchrist: podcast appearances and interviews

Iain McGilchrist, born in 1953, is a British psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, and literary scholar. He is renowned for his 2009 book The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, which explores the impact of brain lateralization on Western culture. McGilchrist has held numerous academic and clinical positions, including being a Quondam fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a former associate fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford. He has served as an emeritus consultant at the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal hospitals in south London and was a research fellow in Neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Additionally, he was a fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Stellenbosch. In 2021, he published The Matter with Things, a book that delves into neuroscience, epistemology, and metaphysics. His work spans multiple disciplines, integrating insights from psychiatry, neuroscience, philosophy, and literature to explore complex questions about the human mind and culture.