Exploring how to develop a focused mind, Amalavajra interviews Amishi Jha -- a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. Drawing on cognitive neuroscience, Jha's research on attention, working memory, and mindfulness has explored the neural bases of executive functioning and mental training.

In the second interview with Iain McGilchrist, we continue to explore the idea that the mind can only be understood in the broadest possible context -- from our physical and spiritual existence, the wider human culture, and how these shape each other. Listen to Iain in conversation with Maitreyabandhu.

Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, and literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.

In the first interview with Iain McGilchrist, we explore the idea that the mind can only be understood in the broadest possible context -- from our embodied existence, the wider human culture, and how these shape and mould each other. Listen to Iain in conversation with Jnanavaca.

Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, and literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.