The Sinful Brain with Stephen Fry

Published: Oct. 11, 2020, 2 a.m.

Stephen Fry is a glutton for sin. His podcast "7 Deadly Sins" promises to poke, prod, pry and provoke sin and its myriad manifestations in the modern world. On today's Braincare Podcast, Stephen invites us to indulge in a little bit of sinful self-reflection. We've evolved since the hunter-gatherer era, but are our brains' reward centres any more developed?We talk about:\xa0\n\nStephen Fry's favourite sin of all!\xa0\n\nThe dichotomy of finding pleasure on the path to temptation\xa0\n\nReward and punishment cycles\xa0\n\nHow pride and gluttony manifest in the modern world\xa0\n\nHow tech innovation could be the antidote to societal greed