Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax in conversation with a Buddhist monk and a neuroscientist on life and sanity…with laughter.

While Ruby needs no introduction to Fireside Festival (this is her third year,) her companions this evening are:

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk from Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery. He teaches mindfulness internationally, training staff at Google and many other major companies, as well as providing classes in prisons, hospitals and drug rehabilitation centres.

Dr. Ash Ranpura is a neuroscientist and clinical neurologist who has been active in brain research for over 20 years. He graduated from Yale University, completed an M.D. at the Medical College of Ohio, and carried out his Ph.D. research at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in London.