Under The Skin Creators & Guests

Russell Brand is a comedian, actor, radio host, author, and activist.

Jenny May Finn is a videographer, video editor, and creative producer of Under The Skin Podcast.

Sebastian Junger is a journalist, author, and filmmaker.

Sophie Scott is a neuroscientist and Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at University College London (UCL). Her research investigates the cognitive neuroscience of voices, speech and laughter particularly speech perception, speech production, vocal emotions and human communication.

Satish Kumar is an activist, speaker, Jain monk, nuclear disarmament advocate, editor emeritus of The Resurgence Trust, and author of the book Elegant Simplicity.

Dr. James McLeary is an experienced wisdom holder, expert facilitator, and member of the Elder Council of Inside Circle Foundation.

Nick Corbishley is a journalist and author.

Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959) is an American-Canadian writer, jazz musician, filmmaker, and professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.Born in Lansing, Michigan, and raised for most of his childhood in East Lansing, Michigan, where his parents, Paul and Rita Bakan, were both long-time professors in psychology at Michigan State University. In 1971, he moved with his parents to Vancouver, British Columbia. He was educated at Simon Fraser University (BA, 1981), University of Oxford (BA in law, 1983), Dalhousie University (LLB, 1984) and Harvard University (LLM, 1986).He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Brian Dickson in 1985. During his tenure as clerk, Chief Justice Dickson authored the judgment R. v. Oakes, among others. Bakan then pursued a master's degree at Harvard Law School. After graduation, he returned to Canada, where he has taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. He joined the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in 1990 as an associate professor. Bakan teaches Constitutional Law, Contracts, socio-legal courses and the graduate seminar. He has won the Faculty of Law's Teaching Excellence Award twice and a UBC Killam Research Prize.Bakan has a son from his first wife, Marlee Gayle Kline, also a scholar and Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia. Professor Kline died of leukemia in 2001. Bakan helped establish The Marlee Kline Memorial Lectures in Social Justice to commemorate her contributions to Canadian law and feminist legal theory. He is now married to Canadian actress and singer Rebecca Jenkins. His sister, Laura Naomi Bakan is a provincial court judge in British Columbia, and his brother, Michael Bakan, is an ethnomusicologist.

Julia Cameron is a teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, pigeon fancier, composer, and journalist.

Conan O'Brien is a television host, comedian, writer, and producer. O'Brien moved to Los Angeles to join the writing team for HBO's popular news-show parody Not Necessarily the News. He wrote for the program for two years and acted in several improvisational groups, including the Groundlings. O'Brien is best known for his work as a host for late-night talk shows for 28 years. O'Brien is the host of the Conan Needs A Friend podcast.

Dr. Jordan Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, professor, and author known for his work in psychology and his commentary on cultural and political issues. A professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, Peterson's research focuses on the psychology of religious and ideological belief, as well as the assessment and improvement of personality and performance. His self-help book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, became an international bestseller. Peterson has become a prominent and controversial public intellectual, known for his critiques of political correctness, identity politics, and the role of men in modern society.

John Higgs is an English writer, novelist, journalist, and cultural historian. The work of Higgs has been published in the form of novels (under the pseudonym JMR Higgs), biographies, and works of cultural history.

Kate Nelson is an adventurer and recycler, known for plastic Free Mermaid.

Dr. Philip Goff is a philosopher of consciousness at Durham Univercity and author of Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness.

Dr. Heather Heying is an author, educator, evolutionary biologist, and Professor in Exile.

Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University.

Jon Ronson is a Welsh journalist and documentary filmmaker whose works include The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004) and The Psychopath Test (2011). He has been described as a gonzo journalist, becoming a faux-naïf character in his stories.

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist and writer. He works mainly in the field of quantum gravity and founder of loop quantum gravity theory.

Michael Alan Singer is a bestselling author, a meditation center founder, and a former software programmer. His two books, The Untethered Soul and The Surrender Experiment, were New York Times bestsellers.