Your favorite celebrities get their brains scanned. Chaos (probably) ensues.
Launched in 2008, Brainwave pairs celebrities from many walks of life; actors, musicians, comedians, choreographers, filmmakers, artists, and authors, with leading neuroscientists and other experts to explore how the human mind works.
Production
Bizarrely perfect celebrity-neuroscientist pairings that shouldn't work but do.
Writing
Conversations that wander from quantum physics to childhood trauma seamlessly.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brainwave emerged from the Rubin Museum's ongoing series, bridging the gap between contemplative practice and hard science during the early 2010s mindfulness boom.
Mario Batali reportedly showed up in his signature Crocs and orange shorts, treating a conversation about taste and the brain like a cooking demonstration gone philosophical.
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