All in the Mind Podcast
The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.
Episodes to download
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Are you flourishing? And why a playful approach can help us cope
Tue 3 Jun 2025
What a global study tells us about how to thrive, and why being playful can help us cope.
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Aha moments and contagious laughter
Tue 27 May 2025
What's going on in your brain when you experience an 'aha!' moment?
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The state of mental health services and more All in the Mind Awards finalists
Tue 20 May 2025
How long are waiting lists for our mental health services?
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What is interoception, and how mood can affect how well your vaccine works
Tue 13 May 2025
When being able to tune into bodily signals like your own heartbeat can be good 鈥� and bad.
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Is 鈥榓re you ok?鈥� a good question and how your eyes give away memory precision
Tue 6 May 2025
An intriguing listener question, and the eyes as a window into the precision of a memory.
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Adult ADHD: Why are waiting lists for diagnoses so long?
Tue 29 Apr 2025
A special on adult ADHD: Why are waiting lists for diagnoses so long, and what can we do?
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How to help someone who doesn鈥檛 want help, and well-being benefits of holidays
Tue 22 Apr 2025
How to help someone who doesn鈥檛 want help, and the psychological benefits of a holiday
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The Psychology of Nostalgia
Christmas Eve 2024
How nostalgia shapes our feelings and behaviour, and how we can harness it for wellbeing.
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Should we take teens more seriously? And the link between eating disorders and autism
Tue 8 Oct 2024
Should we take teens more seriously? And the link between eating disorders and autism.
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Mental health of military drone operators, conspiracy theories, the All in the Mind Awards
Tue 1 Oct 2024
The mental health of military drone pilots.
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FND - the most common disorder you鈥檝e probably never heard of; political polarisation; All in the Mind Awards judge ZeZe
Tue 24 Sep 2024
FND could be as common as MS or Parkinson's, so why do so many cases go undiagnosed?
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Surfing and mental health, grief for dead celebrities, and being unique
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Claudia finds out if surfing can boost mental health, by getting on a board herself!
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Joe Wicks launches the All in the Mind Awards, and why music makes us cry
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Joe Wicks launches the All in the Mind Awards, and why music makes us cry
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Smartphones and children, mental health labels and climate anxiety
Tue 3 Sep 2024
The scant evidence for smartphone bans; are labels helpful?; coping with climate anxiety.
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Toxic positivity
Tue 18 Jun 2024
A discussion about toxic positivity from the Cheltenham Science Festival.
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Tetris as therapy; internet addiction and teens; the psychology of secrets
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Tetris therapy; teenage brains and internet addiction; the psychology of keeping secrets.
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Languishing and the search for meaning in the modern world
Tue 4 Jun 2024
Languishing; household chaos; an abuse survivor's story; reaching out to old friends
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Grief, summer seasonal affective disorder, and anxiety in older people
Tue 28 May 2024
The links between objects and grief, summer SAD, and how ageing affects anxiety.
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Why is exercise good for your mental health?
Tue 21 May 2024
Exercise is good for your mental health, but do we know why? And does it always work?
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Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud; hypocrisy; suicide prevention; awe
Tue 14 May 2024
Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud, psychology of hypocrisy, suicide prevention, awe.
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The psychology of hope
Tue 26 Mar 2024
We鈥檙e at the Northern Ireland Science Festival, exploring the psychology of hope.
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Seasonality, learning to hope, and the gender citation gap
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Seasonal psychology, learning to hope, male psychologists forget their female colleagues.
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How nightmares link to real-life fears, and new research tackling post-cardiac arrest PTSD
Tue 12 Mar 2024
The link between phobias and nightmares, and treating PTSD in cardiac arrest survivors.
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The science behind screentime, the effect of live music, and can you imagine sounds in your head?
Tue 5 Mar 2024
Are we really addicted to our phones? We take a look at the evidence.
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What's going on with girls' mental health?
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Claudia Hammond looks at the latest research into mental health issues among teenage girls
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Eating to improve memory, and a new play about mental health services
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Can what we eat improve our cognition? And a new play about NHS mental health services.
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What Mastermind can tell us about blinking, how music shapes memory and why anger can be a useful emotion
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Emotive music can shape the way we store and recall memories, according to new research.
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The impact of bad news, compassion fatigue, and the psychology of whistleblowing
Tue 12 Dec 2023
What affect does media exposure to traumatic news events have on our mental health?
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Rowing the Atlantic in the name of science, psychologists tackling poverty, and the scent of fear makes us more observant.
Tue 5 Dec 2023
Rowing an ocean for science, psychologists tackling poverty, and how fear helps us see.
How to Manage Your Worries
A quick and easy guide on how to cope with the things you worry about.
