Media and Talks

Podcast

How to Stop Fighting Your Mind (w/ Prof. Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva)

May 21, 2026 · Thinking Mind Podcast

Lecture

Reasoning or day-dreaming? The many ways we think

March 28, 2026 · Vancouver Institute Lecture

Article

Inside voice: what can our thoughts reveal about the nature of consciousness?

February 19, 2026 · The Guardian

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Radio

Michael Pollan says AI may ‘think’ — but it will never be conscious

February 19, 2026 · NPR’s Fresh Air

Transcript

Podcast

Michael Pollan: Life is Short (How to Spend It Wisely)

February 16, 2026 · Jay Shetty Podcast

Article

Why time feels like it’s speeding up, and how to slow the pace

November 1, 2025 · The Globe and Mail

Article (in French)

Laissons-nous rêvasser

July 1, 2025 · Epsiloon

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Podcast

Mind-wandering – Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva on the Science of Spontaneous Thought

January 31, 2025 · Multiverses Podcast with James Robinson

Podcast

Curiosity Killed the Adage

December 20, 2024 · Radiolab

Transcript

Article

Instead of fighting back against our many distractions, these experts say we’re better off accepting them

November 20, 2024 · The Globe and Mail

Article

How to think about thought

2024 · New Scientist

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Lecture

How to think about thinking: Lessons from the neuroscience of spontaneous thought

2024 · Summer School in Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University, Sofia

Webinar

Tapping into daydreaming

September 19, 2023 · UBC Alumni Webinar, moderated by CBC’s Kathryn Gretsinger

Talk

Spontaneous thought as an act of self-exploration: A view from the dynamic framework of thought

May 23–25, 2023 · Curiosity, Creativity and Complexity Conference, Columbia University Zuckerman Institute

Article

The case for daydreaming: It’s time to put down your phone and let your mind wander

2023 · UBC Magazine

Talk

The Dynamic Framework of Thought: Large-scale brain network interactions underlying resilience and mental health

2023 · Brain Resilience Workshop, Simon Fraser University

Radio

Science explains why we often have “eureka” moments while doing routine things

2022 · A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Article

The science of why you have great ideas in the shower

2022 · National Geographic

Talk

Mind-wandering: A force for (fill in the blank)

September 27, 2021 · Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University Center for Science and Society

Article

Exploring the Wandering Mind

January 13, 2021 · The Tyee

Talk

Understanding human thought through dynamic brain systems

2020 · Monash Biomedical Imaging Seminar, Monash University

Talk

Mind in Motion

2018 · Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

Radio

Sting’s brain on music offers scientists clues to what fuels creativity

2017 · Quirks & Quarks, CBC Radio