Trailer Season 4 (Mind)

About this episode

Season IV explores the mysteries of consciousness and the mind through various expert insights.

What is the mind? Where does it begin, and where does it end? Season IV of See See by Ceci takes you on a 16-episode journey through the mysteries of consciousness: from the first spark of awareness in prehistoric caves to the frontiers of AI and the future of human identity. Featuring Harvard neuroscientist Rudolph Tanzi on Alzheimer’s and the self, psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist on the divided brain, Pulitzer finalist Andrew Solomon on the shadows of the mind, global mental health pioneer Vikram Patel, and trauma specialist Richard Mollica on invisible wounds and healing. We explore intelligence beyond the human: Toby Kiers reveals the hidden networks of fungal intelligence, Carl Safina takes us into the beautiful wild minds of animals. Jazz visionary Vijay Iyer shows us the music within embodied cognition, while four-time Grammy winning drummer, producer and conceptualist Terri Lyne Carrington explores rhythm as the mind’s ancestral gatekeeper. Philosopher Katherine Hayles traces the posthuman mind from bacteria to AI, Stephen Cave examines intelligence and immortality, and neurosurgeon Eben Alexander shares what lies beyond, when the mind becomes unbound. From choreographer…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Cecilia Ponce Rivera

Guests: Rudolph Tanzi, Iain McGilchrist, Andrew Solomon, Vikram Patel, Richard Mollica, Toby Kiers, Carl Safina, Vijay Iyer, Terri Lyne Carrington, Katherine Hayles, Stephen Cave, Eben Alexander, Alexander Whitley, Domingo Milella, Paul Bahn, Elle Clifford

Topics covered

• consciousness
• mental health
• AI
• human identity
• neuroscience
• animal intelligence
• cultural exploration

Keywords

• consciousness
• mental health
• neuroscience
• AI
• human identity
• animal intelligence
• cultural exploration
• trauma
• healing
• intelligence

More episodes of See See by Ceci

• The Posthuman Mind Uncoupled: From Bacteria to AI with N. Katherine Hayles · June 10, 2026 · 1h 27m
• Intelligence Without Brains with Toby Kiers · May 27, 2026 · 1h 40m
• Beautiful Wild Minds with Carl Safina · May 13, 2026 · 1h 38m
• Mind’s Ancestral Gatekeepers with Terri Lyne Carrington · April 29, 2026 · 1h 28m
• Digital Body: Mind, Tension, and Perception with Alexander Whitley · April 14, 2026 · 1h 26m
• Mind is Matter: Function and Emotion with Paul Thagard · March 25, 2026 · 1h 45m