Showing results for "Head" in Politics & Social Sciences

'Reason and imagination and all mental chatter died down... I forgot my name, my humanness, my thingness, all that could be called me or mine. Past and future dropped away... Lighter than air, clearer than glass, altogether released from myself, I was nowhere around.' Thus Douglas Harding describes his first experience of headlessness, or no self. First published in 1961, this is a classic work which conveys the experience that mystics of all times have tried to put words to.

Finalist for the 2025 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award USA Today Bestseller “All in Her Head accomplishes a remarkable feat of storytelling. By combining essential medical histories about women’s bodies with all the narrative propulsion of a medical thriller, Comen has written...

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: black...

Whenever decorated officer Vishwas Nangre Patil recalls the memories of Diwali from his childhood days, the sounds of firecrackers often transform into the deafening grenade blasts from the night of 26/11. It was his grit, cultivated over the years from the neck-breaking labour of...

Across the Ocean, Inside My Head is a spoken journal — raw, unfiltered stories from my life as a woman, wife, and mother navigating undiagnosed autism, emotional overwhelm, love, burnout, and belonging. I talk about raising children, autistic meltdowns, marriage, animals, grief, humor, and what it feels like to move across an ocean and still carry your inner world with you. This isn’t a polished podcast. It’s a place to tell the truth out loud — while I’m still living it.

A few years ago I thought I had a migraine, but it turned out what I actually had was a low pressure headache thanks to a spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak. Seemingly overnight, I went from “it’s fixable” to “medical mystery.” This podcast is all about life as that medical mystery. From outpatient appointments to diagnostic procedures, hospital admissions to tears and trauma, and invasive treatments to sarcasm and coping strategies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shinzo Abe entered politics burdened by high expectations: that he would change Japan. In 2007, seemingly overwhelmed, he resigned after only a year as prime minister. Yet, following five years of reinvention, he masterfully regained the premiership in 2012, and now dominates Japanese democracy as no leader has done before. Abe has inspired fierce loyalty among his followers, cowing Japan's left with his ambitious economic program and support for the security and armed forces.

Welcome to Love Heads, our weekly podcast where we dive into our over a decade-long love story to help others bloom in love, connection, and communication. We’re not licensed professionals - just two people with lived experience who went from Tinder strangers to building a life full of traditions, memories, and growth. Whether you’re navigating new relationships or strengthening long-term ones, we’re here to share our real stories, honest lessons, and heartfelt guidance. Join us on all platforms as we build a community of people seeking lasting, meaningful love. Subscribe, leave a ...

Everything’s on fire — and everyone’s yelling. Hot takes. Bad faith. Outrage as a business model. But here’s the thing: when everyone’s losing their mind… keeping yours is a radical act. This is Cooler Heads — where we cut through the noise, torch the BS, and talk like adults. No panic. No propaganda. Just cooler heads prevailing.

From kings and emperors to fearless leaders – this audio collection brings history's most iconic figures to life in just five minutes each. Whether you're commuting, relaxing, or curious to learn something new: These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. From emperors to presidents, queens to revolutionaries – meet the men and women who left their mark on the world stage.

Konrad Adenauer hat die Bundesrepublik Deutschland geprägt wie kaum ein Zweiter. Werner Biermann erzählt dieses Jahrhundertleben, das von Bismarck bis zu den Beatles reichte. Auf der Grundlage bisher nicht beachteter Quellen, jahrelanger Recherchen sowie ausführlicher Gespräche mit der Familie schildert er den ebenso faszinierenden wie dramatischen Lebensweg Adenauers, seine Ideen und Ziele, seine Schwächen und Ängste.

New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris. Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump...

A podcast about grief in the real world.

Step into a groundbreaking alternate world with The Heads of Cerberus, a novel first serialized in The Thrill Book in 1919 and later published in 1952. When three unsuspecting time travelers stumble upon a vial of grey dust, they find themselves in a dystopian Philadelphia of 2118. Though some landmarks remain, the society is drastically different‚Aîsuperlative adjectives and numbered buttons have replaced personal names, and a powerful oligarchy reigns supreme. To navigate this perilous new reality and find their way home, they must charm the Loveliest, outsmart the Cleverest, and survive ...

Filled with logical yet counterintuitive answers to ordinary and extraordinary problems - whether it be buying a new home or pivoting a failing business model - Mudd's HEAD (High Efficiency Analytic Decision-making) methodology provides listeners with a battle-tested set of guiding principles that promise to bring order to even the most chaotic problems, all in five practical steps.

More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at all? Best-selling author William Poundstone confronts that timely question in Head in the Cloud.

News breaks all the time that hackers have attacked another company. Media outlets regularly cover cyber events. The President issues executive orders, and Congress explores cyber legislation. With all these events happening, business leaders must ask: what does this mean for my business and me?

Alva Noë is one of a new breed - part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist - who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious flaws in the current science. In Out of Our Heads, he restates and reexamines the problem of consciousness, and then proposes a startling solution: Do away with the 200-year-old paradigm that places consciousness within the confines of the brain.

Every day we speak to ourselves and to each other, about ourselves and about others. Whether ruminating on a past event alone or gossiping with a group of friends, we move through life in a state of near-constant chatter - even during those moments we profess to wanting nothing more than some peace and quiet. So, why do we do it, and what purpose does talking serve? In this paean to conversation, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara encourages us to marvel at our brains distinct mechanisms for communicating.

“I never wanted to be hearing. I said this out loud in my TED talk, and the audience went bug-eyed, struggling to process this heresy. How could anyone not want to be hearing? I wasn’t anti-hearing. I just felt my life would be simpler if everyone else were deaf.” So begins the compelling story of acclaimed TED speaker Rebecca Knill as she guides us through a life shaped by hearing loss. Throughout, Knill offers eye-opening insights into disability and celebrates the power of technology to level the playing field.