<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara: BrainPizza Vlogs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new BrainPizza flavour]]></description><link>https://www.brainpizza.com/s/brainpizza-vlogs</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJW-!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3982ae28-bcb5-4612-adc7-1b3c51729f33_1024x1024.png</url><title>Shane O&apos;Mara: BrainPizza Vlogs</title><link>https://www.brainpizza.com/s/brainpizza-vlogs</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:58:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.brainpizza.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[brainpizza@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[brainpizza@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[brainpizza@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[brainpizza@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Live with Shane O'Mara - Discussing Dan Davies fantastic new book 'The Unaccountability Machine']]></title><description><![CDATA[A recording from Shane O'Mara's live video]]></description><link>https://www.brainpizza.com/p/live-with-shane-omara-discussing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.brainpizza.com/p/live-with-shane-omara-discussing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:00:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/155876470/bef2abeabd3873d46ff743ebf01d5e4c.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join me for my next live video in the app. </p><p>Due to technical mishaps (we think), <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Jim Power &amp; Chris Johns&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:28611423,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9e33c140-df09-417a-af95-5e84371137d6_1400x1400.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;388e0f2a-1175-48ea-a4fb-879a11c28b43&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> should have joined the discussion. We&#8217;ll try again to get the two way connection working next time.</p><div class="install-substack-app-embed install-substack-app-embed-web" data-component-name="InstallSubstackAppToDOM"><img class="install-substack-app-embed-img" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJW-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3982ae28-bcb5-4612-adc7-1b3c51729f33_1024x1024.png"><div class="install-substack-app-embed-text"><div class="install-substack-app-header">Get more from Shane O'Mara in the Substack app</div><div class="install-substack-app-text">Available for iOS and Android</div></div><a href="https://substack.com/app/app-store-redirect?utm_campaign=app-marketing&amp;utm_content=author-post-insert&amp;utm_source=brainpizza" target="_blank" class="install-substack-app-embed-link"><button class="install-substack-app-embed-btn button primary">Get the app</button></a></div><h4><em><strong>Do your scribe a favour - consider buying my two most recent books:</strong></em></h4><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1847926487?tag=prhmarketing2552-21&amp;fbclid=IwAR33pY3yca5GmfaNWIEXCExy-_xuas2hhPxI4XvJQqjKAT8_4f00N3Bk1iU">Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Walking-New-Scientific-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07ZTSYXZH?ref_=ast_author_mpb">In Praise of Walking: The new science of how we walk and why it&#8217;s good for us</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><strong>You can find me on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/shanewriter.bsky.social">BlueSky</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://shaneomarawriter.com/">And my books page is here</a></strong></p></li></ul><h4><strong>I&#8217;ve lots of pieces coming up in 2025 - why not subscribe?</strong></h4><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>&#128075; Here in the <a href="https://www.brainpizza.com/">BrainPizza Newsletter</a>, I take a fresh look at life through an informed, empirical, neuroscience and psychology lens. I do regular in-depth treatments of topics such as our very human <a href="https://substack.com/search/metabolism?focusedPublicationId=110582&amp;searching=focused_posts">metabolism</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/george%20orwell?searching=focused_posts&amp;focusedPublicationId=110582">George Orwell</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/chatgpt?searching=focused_posts&amp;focusedPublicationId=110582">AI hype</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/elon?focusedPublicationId=110582&amp;searching=focused_posts">brain implants</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/memory?searching=focused_posts&amp;focusedPublicationId=110582">memory</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/hunger?searching=focused_posts&amp;focusedPublicationId=110582">hunger</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/nimby?searching=focused_posts&amp;focusedPublicationId=110582">NIMBYism</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/thinking?searching=focused_posts&amp;focusedPublicationId=110582">thinking</a>, <a href="https://substack.com/search/book%20writing?searching=focused_posts&amp;focusedPublicationId=110582">how to write books</a>, and <a href="https://www.brainpizza.com/archive">much, much more</a>, as well as occasional <a href="https://www.brainpizza.com/p/some-interesting-readings-to-get">listicles, readings, book reviews, and commentaries</a>. You can <a href="https://www.brainpizza.com/archive">browse the archives here</a>; if you&#8217;d like to get these regular in-depth emails in your inbox, <a href="https://www.brainpizza.com/99873b3a">you can subscribe here</a>.</strong></em></p></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food sharing vlog]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's what we do, and chimps don't. It's a bit weird, actually]]></description><link>https://www.brainpizza.com/p/food-sharing-vlog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.brainpizza.com/p/food-sharing-vlog</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:07:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/140114069/8d8a54edd6f75b77ee0ed08f3a38a446.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More with the vlogging experiment - these new tools are interesting, but I can&#8217;t decide if they are annoying or not. 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We eat intermittently (three times a day!), we eat ritualistically, we eat cooked, prepared food, we pass on recipes to each other, and we even watch food preparation competitions (MasterCh&#8230;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Food sharing&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:934835,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Shane O'Mara&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Neuroscientist, psychologist, writer;\nProfessor of Experimental Brain Research, Trinity College Dublin;\nExploring the wonder of life through a neuroscience and psychology lens&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/16017160-6390-4204-bafc-351c5bcbf59d_827x827.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-12-27T13:41:48.938Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1528605248644-14dd04022da1?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw0fHxmb29kJTIwc2hhcmluZ3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDM2MjcxMjN8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://brainpizza.substack.com/p/food-sharing&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:140092962,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:10,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Brain Pizza by Shane O'Mara&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F65243e0e-bfc5-4ebd-8b48-bb904a4f396a_720x720.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Year-end wrap-up]]></title><description><![CDATA[plus a Christmas present!]]></description><link>https://www.brainpizza.com/p/altered-states-transformative-potential-d5e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.brainpizza.com/p/altered-states-transformative-potential-d5e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane O'Mara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pNJU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1dfb1149-cab6-4a8a-903f-4dff61c4fbeb_4032x1908.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;6d27724d-e1eb-4275-8c96-c7bd3d87b5fe&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Here, I elaborate on the claim that this new class of drugs will be at least as important for the individual, society, and the economy as the wild talk asserts about LLMs/AI. 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