Change Your Mind with New Scientist
Hosted by Cat de Lange and Helen Thomson · New Scientist
4.8from 42 ratings
- 22
- Episodes
- 22
- Transcribed
- 42
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Change Your Mind with New Scientist
Change Your Mind from New Scientist brings you the brain health advice you really need to know. Every week, award‑winning science journalists Cat de Lange and Helen Thomson cut through wellness hype to find out what actually keeps your mind sharp, your mood steady and your memory strong. As friends, they’ve spent decades swapping stories, testing trends and exploring the latest neuroscience, and thought it was about time to share the tips and tricks that have genuinely changed their own lives. From cold plunges to coffee, supplements to sleep, Ozempic and AI they speak to leading experts and ask: does this really work? Expect smart conversations, clear answers, and practical takeaways - with plenty of laughs along the way. Because when you understand your brain, you really can change your mind - for the better. New Episodes every Thursday.
- Publisher
- New Scientist
- Category
- health & fitness · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 May 2026
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
22 of 22 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Exercise - What’s the right dose for your brain?
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Exercise - What’s the right dose for your brain?
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I think the key message for public health message for people is if you find a movement you enjoy, keep going on to do it. And the research is quite clear when it looks at protecting mental health or cognitive health. Whether you run, you play tennis, you lift weights, these all have similar effective effects for the treatment of mild to milder depression and also uplifting our mood and cognition too. The best exercise for you, for me, for your listeners is one that they're going to do rather than me saying everybody here should be going out to run. If you like running, fantastic, go and do it. […]
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- Brendon Stubbs
- Lucy Foulkes
- Kevin Tracey
- Mathew White
- Caroline Hickman
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 35 ratings
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Who hosts Change Your Mind with New Scientist?
Cat de Lange and Helen Thomson host the show. Published by New Scientist.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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