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Books by Iain McGilchrist mentioned on podcasts

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2 books across 15 episodes on 8 podcasts.

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  1. The master and his emissary

    20 mentions · The Joe Rogan Experience, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, EconTalk

    The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist is a work of neuropsychology and philosophy that explores how the brain's two hemispheres perceive the world differently and how those differences have shaped human history and culture.

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    “You know this Ian McGill Chris guy, you probably had him on. He wrote the master in his emissary. So, he wrote this book about how the right brain and the left brain don't do different things. They do the same thing differently.”
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  2. The Matter With Things

    10 mentions · The Joe Rogan Experience, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

    The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist is a sweeping philosophical and neurological inquiry into how the two hemispheres of the brain shape human perception, culture, and our modern obsession with material reductionism.

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    “And he wrote this book called The Master and Its Chemistry. This fellow, he's old. He's maybe 80. Uh, Master and Hing Emistry. And he wrote another book called The Matter with Things. Uh, they're both phenomenal.”
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