Extraordinary brains

A very unique episode because we have two guests! Tamsin Crook is a career coach and researcher, who turned a coaching project into a piece of qualitative research. Tamsin can be found here: About Tamsin Crook | Making Careers Work

Another Q&A in which we cover food, laziness, reflexes, the gutbrain, food again, and medication breaks. It gets deep, it gets philosophical, and Max briefly sings. Check it out!

A Fascinating exploration of the idea that event segmentation may be fundamental to the ADHD brain. Prepare to have your mind blown!Link to the Red Ballloon film- put it on in the background while you listen: The Red Balloon / Le Ballon Rouge (1956) (youtube.com)Christian's website: Startseite - Christian Beste (christian-beste.de)

The long-awaited second instalment of our Q&A epic!Relationships, decision making, memory, perfectionism, self-harm, hormones and sleep. Max and Tess cover it all in 45 action-packed minutes. Also, we have all the weather.

We welcome Pete Etchells, one of the UK's foremost experts on the effects of screen time and screen-based activities, to talk about his new book, 'Unlocked'. We talk about attention, screens, and take a few detours along the way. Pete's book can be found here:

Today we are joined by Giorgia Michelini, a researcher who has done so much great work on ADHD, but today talks to us about her study of EEG in the diagnosis of ADHD.The paper we discuss is here.email us as hello@adhduk.co.uk to let us know what we can do differently, or better.

We have something a little different for you!We have asked the lovely followers of ADHDUK on social media to ask us questions and they have responded enough to fill 3 episodes!This is part 1 in which we break down the biology and neurology of ADHD, talk a lot about the hungry brain and why epigenetics may or may not be a breakthrough.

We are joined by Emma Van Andel, researcher at PsyQ in the Netherlands, to discuss the fascinating connections between light, melatonin, ADHD and sleep.  A much-requested and very important topic.  The paper is here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emma-Van-Andel-2/publication/342535517_Combined_impact_of_ADHD_and_insomnia_symptoms_on_quality_of_life_productivity_and_health_care_use_in_the_general_population/links/6052293f92851cd8ce4b3b3e/Combined-impact-of-ADHD-and-insomnia-symptoms-on-quality-of-life-productivity-and-health-care-use-in-the-general-population.pdf

We join the very lovely Dennis Golm to discuss the weighty subject of childhood maltreatment, and the connection to ADHD. We also get distracted by ducks.    Dennis is @golmdennis on X/Twitter   The paper that we discuss is here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37138529/

Today we welcome Brenda Leung of the University of Lethbridge to talk about micro-nutrients in ADHD- fascinating stuff!  Her paper is here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00787-023-02236-2 Let us know at all the ADHD UK social media what you want us to talk about next!

We discuss the impact of race on teacher assessments of pupil behaviour with Abbey McClemont of Buffalo University.    Her paper is here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2372966X.2023.2236539

We talked to Giacomo Grassi, Psychiatrist and ADHD researcher in Firenze, about the surprising relationship between hoarding and ADHD.   His paper is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002239562300417X    

We are joined by the amazing Callie Ginapp, who is a resident in psychiatry at the Beth Israel Center, to talk about the things that are important to ADHD people, but don't make it into the criteria.   Callie is @callieginapp at Twitter and bsky   Paper is here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0292721

We welcome Kate Anning from the university of Cardiff to the pod! Kate's work can be found here: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/anningk She is on twitter @anning_kate   Thanks, and see you in the autumn!

A corker, this one. We talk to Dr Alex Hendry from Oxford University (see her lab site here: https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/people/alexandra-hendry.  We discover the link between toddlers trying to get hold of sweets and ADHD, and Tess has a wild opinion about pianos!    

We talk to Abby Russell, Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Exeter University, about Tools for Schools, a project finding practical strategies for schools to support pupils with ADHD. She's great!! She's on Twitter @DrAbbyRussell! Go and say hi!

We are joined by the brilliant Aja Murray of the University of Edinburgh to talk about anxiety and ADHD! This is such an important topic and Aja brings real passion and analysis to it.  She is @AjaLMurray on twitter, and her departmental profile is here. 

A genuinely cutting-edge chat with Ana-Maria, one of the first people in the world to properly study masking in ADHD. She's too busy to be on social media so here is her KCL profile: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ana-maria-butura

The brilliant Natalia joins us for a chat about her research, looking at the links between brains, thoughts and behaviours in ADHD and other conditions.  Natalia can be contacted through the Cambridge Neuroscience website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?nz01

A gentle and intriguing chat with Josh Muggleton, author, psychologist and autistic person, in which we finally get round to discussing his book, Developing Differently, which you can find here: https://uk.jkp.com/products/developing-differently?_pos=2&_sid=6afba3c13&_ss=r  

We are joined by therapist, ADHD queen and the naughtiest girl in her school EVER, Lucy Sanctuary.  Lucy has a website at https://lucysanctuary.com/, and is on Twitter @lucysanctuary   

We are joined by a legend of neurodiversity advocacy and practice, Prof Amanda Kirby. We talk about her passion for neurodiversity, her response to feeling left out, and much more. Follow her on Twitter: @profamandakirby She also runs https://doitprofiler.com/ which you should check out.

Natasha Hickling returns for our final partner's special, with a bonus parent contribution! I think the episode speaks for itself, but do tell Natasha at indigohubADHD if you liked it!  

Nick, husband of Liz Francis from episode 11, talks to Max about being the only neurotypical in the village, and what neurodiversity has taught him. He's a lovely man, so why don't you tell him so @NickF_1 on the twitter. 

In the first of our partner specials, Max is joined by Elina Halonen, who is so, so much more than Tane Piper's wife, and can be found at @squarepegmind on twitter. Enjoy!

A great, mind-expanding chat with Cole, who educated us on performance art, farming and the experience of migration, then listened as we waffled on about nonsense.  Sometimes this podcasting thing is such a joy. Catch Cole at https://twitter.com/sholacole or https://www.facebook.com/PJcolecreative/  

Bit of a different one today but still, one of my favourites. Our guest isn't comfortable being 100% open with his neurodiversity so we have kept him somewhat anonymous.    Intrigued? You will be!

For our post-christmas return we welcome Dr Ranjita Dhital, pharmacist and lecturer in Interdisciplinary health studies. We had a fascinating chat about prejudice, parents and the link between creativity and science. She also runs an amazing community of neurodiverse people interested in this link, at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=NEURODIVERSITY

We are joined by my one and only brother, Ben Davie, to talk about being unteachable, attaining flow, and climbing mount stupid.  Listen to find out what I'm on about!  Max

We're delighted to be joined by Rory McCarthy (@roryreckons on twitter) about New Zealand's backward schools, beautiful cats and ADHD advocacy. 

We talk to the brilliant Natasha Hickling about her journey in ADHD coaching to found https://www.indigo-hub.com/. We talk about neurodiversity in Asia, what EMDR stands for, and getting a band of ADHD superheroes together to save the day...

We are joined by the one and only Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, researcher in ADHD, Rams fan and psychologist. His inaugural lecture as Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience at KCL can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsXmt_Ye4Fw And his recent commentary on neurodiversity is here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00167-X/fulltext?rss=yes On a different note, one punk band that Edmund formed with his friends in Derby when he was 16 is still active today – for more info see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Pasti.

We are joined by the inimitable Ross of ADHD hive, and ADHD party. This is probably the most we have laughed on an episode so we hope you enjoy! Ross's linktree: https://linktr.ee/ADHDnMe https://www.adhdhive.com/ for more The book on celebrity Max was burbling about is here: https://g.co/kgs/5QvECU And if you want to donate to Sally's marathon for ADHDUK: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sally-hobson1  

We're back! We are joined by the brilliant Liz Francis: mum, wife, TA, and campaigner, who talks about her journey towards understanding autism.

The amazing Andy Rotherham, speaker, autistic person and guitar wizard, joins us. His amazing story takes in workplace bullying, NHS rejection and the healing power of Marillion.   

We welcome AZ Boin, @thetrainer20 on Twitter, to talk about ADHD, hyperfocus, and what helps her through the day.   

We're joined by Tane Piper (@tanepiper on Twitter) to talk about ADHD burnout, creativity and inventive gardening!  Check it out!

We are joined by Dan Wide. Is fundraising marketing for nice people? Is bad handwriting a battlefield hazard? And is the mandolin cool? Find out in our new episode!

We are joined by the one and only Jerry Baker, star of Board Game Snobs (@boardgamesnobs). Jerry talked about his unique approach to literacy, his thoughts about labels and managing friendships with neurodiversity- dive in!