#70 - Synesthesia

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Examples

How someone with Grapheme-Color Synesthesia might see a series of letters / numbers -

How someone with Number Form Synesthesia might see a series of numbers -

Test

The Synesthesia test that we take on the episode -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhuRIeHj6Q

Video

I played a very short clip from this video, the whole thing is definitely worth a watch though, and can be viewed in it's entirety on YouTube here - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiN5kSRxcqM&t=154s

Art

We talked about Wassily Kandinsky using synesthesia to influence his artwork on the show, here are a few of his pieces -

Also, Greg mentioned artist Melissa McCracken, who also uses her synesthesia in her art, and what she creates is similar to what Greg experiences.
Here's the link that Greg sent for her artwork -

http://mymodernmet.com/melissa-mccracken-synethesia-paintings/

Music

Tiss wanted to know what Greg thought of the song 'Jambi', by Tool.
You can listen to the song on YouTube here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF0lVn3n12I

Also, Greg's band - The Agony Family have put out 2 albums, 'Yourself United', and 'Earth!'.

The song 'First Person Shooter', by The Agony Family was used as the outro music on the show this week -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BN6MHI4DCE

#69 - The Human Brain: Weird Brain

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Hinckley

The video we played on the show with John Hinckley's call to Jodie Foster can be viewed on YouTube here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SorGDbtLq5M

Prosopagnosia

Or 'Face Blindness'.

*FUN FACT* - Apparently Brad Pitt suffers from this!

The Prosopagnosia video we watched on the show can be viewed on YouTube here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwCrxomPbtY

Alice In Wonderland

The 'Alice In Wonderland' Syndrome vid we watched on the show can be viewed on YouTube here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o40LRnLRiJ0

Alien Hand

The 'Alien Hand' vid we watched on the show can be viewed on YouTube here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIBBDuQrd-I

...Also, 'The Claw'

Cotard Delusion / Walking Corpse

The Cotard vid we watched on the show can be viewed on YouTube here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k7ckxjrRqM

Narcolepsy / Cataplexy

The Narcolepsy vid we watched on the show can be viewed on YouTube here -#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d41BfD21b48

A Different Brain

We recommended the Louis Theroux documentary 'A Different Brain', on the show.
Definitely try and search this one out.

Solitary

Prison films mentioned when we talked about solitary confinement -

The Shawshank Redemption

The Green Mile

Escape From Alcatraz 

Outro music this week was 'I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)', by Meatloaf.

#67 - Royal Conspiracies

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Documentary

The main doc that Tissy referenced to in this episode, (and that we played a few clips from), was -

'The Royals: Royal Family Secrets Exposed'.

It can be viewed in it's entirety on YouTube here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUfJXdMIRGw


Jimmy Savile

We talk a bit about the two Louis Theroux documentaries on the show, which are both well worth a watch.
The first in which Louis spends a few weeks with Saville, trying to get to know him better -
When Louis Met... Jimmy
and the second, released in 2016, is a look back at the first doc with the added knowledge of his sex offences, with Louis visiting some of Jimmy's victims and people that knew him.
Savile.

Seek them out wherever you can...


Diana

We play 2 clips on the show of Princess Diana, taken from the interview with Martin Bashir, which can be found on YouTube in various clips (but not in it's entirety...)

Three people in the marriage 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ICwQXKQdM

Do you think you will ever be Queen? 
(The one we played with The Lord Of The Rings music...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otNODgvJbrc

Also, we played a very short clip from this video, of Mohammed Al Fayed accusing the Windsors of murdering Diana, and his son, Dodi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbZ83zF3jLU&t=70s






Outro music this week was God Killed The Queen, by Louis XIV