Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas - Fringe 2023 Adultery, Impotence/Brain Injury

Take two top academics, some dangerous ideas, add one comedian and it’s the force of nature that is the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CODI).

Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison, and now in its eleventh year, CODI is sixty minutes of rapid-fire research from some of the finest minds in the country.

Adultery, impotence, and abundant copulation

…and that’s just your stressed-out cells.  If you sometimes feel stressed and lack direction, well, so do your cells!  Ankita Gupta (The University of Edinburgh) says scientists are out to disrupt cell peace, all in the name of research.

Hidden Impact of Brain Injury

Memory, emotion, behaviour, thinking, planning and responding to change, can all be affected by a brain injury. How does this affect peoples’ lives? Dr Colin Chandler (The University of Edinburgh) discusses these experiences from individual stories of brain injury.