Welcome to the 13th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications.  In this episode we speak with Josef Parvizi, senior author of the article entitled: Multisite thalamic recordings to characterize seizure propagation in the human brain This article explores the role of the thalamus in seizure propagation and how multi-site intracranial electrode recordings identify new and unexpected findings regarding which thalamic nuclei may have the earliest involvement  in seizure propagation. Check out the full article on the Brain website: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad121 This episode was co-hosted by Debra Ehrlich and Andreas Thermistocleous, edited and produced by Xin You Tai and David Michael, co-produced by Antonia Johnston, original music by Ammar Al-Chalabi.