22 Jan 2025

New podcast exploring concussions in rugby

From Summer Times, 11:45 am on 22 January 2025

'Echoes of Impact' from AUT features former All Blacks Frank Bunce and Conrad Smith, along with a range of academics weighing in on the science behind concussions and minor traumatic brain injuries.

The aim is to have a healthy debate about the risks and benefits of contact sports.

Associate professor of psychology and neuroscience Mangor Pederson is one of the brains behind the podcast and he joins Anna in the Auckland studio.

Mangor smiles at the camera. He wears a blue cable knit sweater.

Mangor Pedersen Photo: Supplied