Stephen Fry's Inside Your Mind

by Stephen Fry

Genres: Science, Audiobook, Nonfiction

Audible Audio

About the author

Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, poet, columnist, filmmaker, television personality and technophile. As one half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his comedy partner, Hugh Laurie, he has appeared in A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. He is also famous for his roles in Blackadder and Wilde, and as the host of QI. In addition to writing for stage, screen, television and radio he has contributed columns and articles for numerous newspapers and magazines, and has also written four successful novels and a series of memoirs.

See also Mrs. Stephen Fry as a pseudonym of the author.

Reviews

[Alyson Walton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, I really enjoyed this! A very interesting delve into the history and current thinking concerning all matters to do with the mind. I found all aspects, including the historical and the scientific well written and to be honest, who couldn't listen to Stephen Fry all day? The instructions on the back of a pack of laundry detergent are interesting when Stephen reads them!

[Chartokai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent for light entrainment.
Well detailed in some areas like the Phineas Gage case study that gave more backstory than I have heard before. I studied psychology, and this is possibly the most common story told, so this is pleasantly surprising.

It often presents/pushes one side which isn't always a problem when that's made clear or it's to simplify it for the audience. Episode 8 on male/female brains takes this to a comical level. It pushes blank slate theory contrasted not by scientists studding sexual dimorphism, but by the random employee who wrote the Google memo. Treating some non-scientist complaining about company culture as the modern phrenology (raciest/sexist skull shape judging) and using that he got fired as a point agent him (Wiki says he was in a fire at-will state) is desperate. I didn't care about the drama when it happened, let alone now, but the way it was so heavy-handed makes me think a scriptwriter had a grudge.

[Spencer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun and fascinating dive into the mind

[Elizabeth Bell · Rating 4 out of 5]

The hard science didn't really interest me, but I enjoyed the case studies and historical parts. Our minds really are amazing!

[Janny Lokerse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant. Stephen Fry is a great storyteller and has a wonderfully soothing voice.

[Elise O'Neill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating plus Stephen is such a wonderful narrator. Will definitely return to this again

[Sio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating look into the various things that make us human and how the brain affects them.