#226 - Neuroscientist: Most UNUSUAL Way to Improve Brain Function in Days | Louisa Nicola

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

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0:00.0	Hi Louisa. Hi, Danny. Nice to meet you. Oh, it's nice to meet you too. So you're a Greek
0:10.3	Australian, is that right? I am. Wow, that's a unique combination. Greek, Cypriot, I should say,
0:17.2	living in Australia, born and raised in Australia, but I live in New York.
0:21.6	Wow.
0:22.6	I know.
0:23.6	It's insane.
0:24.6	So you said you were born and raised in Australia?
0:26.6	Yeah, I was born and raised in Australia.
0:27.6	My parents weren't and all my grandparents were born in Cyprus.
0:30.6	How long did you live there before you moved to New York?
0:33.6	Well, I moved to New York in 2017.
0:35.6	Oh, wow.
0:36.6	Yeah. Not that long ago.
0:38.1	Australia is a crazy place.
0:40.5	It's, I, people might hate me for saying this.
0:43.1	I think it's the best country in the world.
0:44.4	I love Australia.
0:45.2	I think like a huge percentage of our listeners are from Australia too.
0:47.8	Oh, perfect.
0:48.5	Yeah, it's great.
0:49.4	I say best country because of A, health care, B, education. But it's very hard to move forward in a
0:56.6	population of 22 million as opposed to America. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, they have also some of the
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