All in the Mind (Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio)

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All in the Mind is a weekly Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National program, exploring the mind, brain and behaviour. As of 2021 it is hosted by journalist and podcaster Sana Qadar.

The radio program has won a number of awards, including the Grand Medal at the 2008 New York Radio Festival for a series of shows entitled The Brain Under Siege. [1]

It was previously (since at least January 2003 [2] ) hosted by Australian science journalist Natasha Mitchell, [3] who was an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow in 2005–6. [4]

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  2. "Past Programs by Date - All In The Mind". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. "All in the Mind". Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  4. "KSJ@MIT: The Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program at MIT". Knight Science Journalism. Retrieved 26 July 2018.