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Why Men Sleep After S3x; Autonomic Arousal | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
5 november 2026 · 17 min
Episode 135 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why men seem to fall asleep after sex so much faster than women, and how the autonomic nervous system differs between men and women when it comes to arousal. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Why men fall asleep and the autonomic nervous system)
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Looksmaxxing; Clavicular; Male Mating Rituals | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
29 oktober 2026 · 33 min
Episode 134 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the online trend of “looksmaxxing,” with the influencer Clavicular as the face of the movement, as well as discussing some of human cultures’ most interesting male mating rituals. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:17 Question 1 (Looksmaxxing)
00:07:47 Question 2 (The Wodaabe and Male Mating Rituals)
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Karl Deisseroth’s Nobel; Selfish Wealth | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
22 oktober 2026 · 40 min
Episode 133 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the work of Stanford’s Karl Deisseroth that earned him his recent Nobel Prize, as well as a deep dive into the research on whether wealthier people really are more selfish. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Deisseroth’s Nobel Prize winning work)
00:22:57 Question 2 (Wealth and empathy/selfishness)
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Sperm Racing; Hemispherectomies | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
15 oktober 2026 · 34 min
Episode 132 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include what hemispherectomies teach us about neuroplasticity, and the strange new “sport” that is sperm racing. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Hemispherectomies and neuroplasticity)
00:18:22 Question 2 (Sperm racing)
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Cornell; Laughing Diseases; Hookworms | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
8 oktober 2026 · 38 min
Episode 131 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of laughing diseases and similar “epidemics,” and the role that hookworms play in our immune systems, as well as touching on the case at Cornell that is dominating headlines. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro/A Comment on Cornell
00:00:48 Question 1 (Laughing diseases)
00:26:09 Question 2 (Hookworms and our immune systems)
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The Mystery of the Bladder; Falling Fertility Rates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
1 oktober 2026 · 32 min
Episode 130 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the worldwide falling fertility rates, and whether this is a concern for humankind, as well as the theories as to why we have this mysterious thing called a bladder. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Dropping fertility rates)
00:20:17 Question 2 (Why we have bladders)
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Why We Yawn; Effects of Birth Order | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
24 september 2026 · 29 min
Episode 129 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how birth order actually influences personality, sexual orientation, and IQ (among other traits), and the leading theories on why we and other species yawn, along with how yawns just might be extremely sexy. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (The effect of birth order)
00:20:17 Question 2 (Yawning)
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How We Measure Time; Baboon Operas | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
17 september 2026 · 37 min
Episode 128 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how our brains measure time, and when they fail to, and the Shakespearean opera all about baboons. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (How the brain measures time)
00:22:18 Question 2 (The Baboon Opera)
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The Lindsay Clancy Case | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
10 september 2026 · 32 min
Episode 127 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the Lindsay Clancy trial, discussing both the scientific and legal aspects of it and their interaction, and how this could be a landmark case for psychiatric diseases and the law. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:39 Part 1 (Context for the case)
00:05:58 Part 2 (The Neurobiology Perspective)
00:20:25 Part 3 (The Legal Aspect)
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Gut Microbiome; Shame vs Guilt; Your Comments | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
3 september 2026 · 44 min
Episode 126 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if the gut microbiome can affect the brain, especially when it comes to psychiatric disorders, and the difference between shame and guilt-based cultures. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro and Comments Response
00:04:28 Question 1 (Gut Microbiome and the brain)
00:20:54 Question 2 (Shame vs. guilt-based cultures)
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Giraffe Math; Introversion/Extroversion Neuroscience | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
27 augustus 2026 · 30 min
Episode 125 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of some of the supposed neurobiological differences between introversion and extroversion and why they may be inaccurate, and the recent demonstration of mathematical abilities by some Spanish giraffe. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:17 Question 1 (Neurobiology of introversion and extroversion)
00:20:54 Question 2 (Giraffe that do math)
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Pseudoscience and Conspiracy Theories; No Mosquitos | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
13 augustus 2026 · 34 min
Episode 124 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the world of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories and how to talk to someone who believes them, and what would happen if we got rid of mosquitos once and for all. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Pseudoscience and conspiracy theories)
00:20:56 Question 2 (Could we eradicate mosquitos?)
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Male Eradications; Autoimmune Contradictions | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
6 augustus 2026 · 37 min
Episode 123 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the relationship between the immune system, stress, and glucocorticoids, and why men keep coming close to being wiped out. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Autoimmunity, stress, and glucocorticoids)
00:15:17 Question 2 (Male Eradications)
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Ape Laughter; Mirror Cells | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
30 juli 2026 · 29 min
Episode 122 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the potential danger that is mirror cells, and whether other apes laugh like we do. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Mirror Cells)
00:16:58 Question 2 Part 1 (Ape Laughter)
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The Truth About Peptides; Spelling Bees & Demographics | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
23 juli 2026 · 35 min
Episode 121 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the recent craze that is peptides and whether they really help strength and muscle growth, and how one trains their brain for a Spelling Bee, along with how a trend in Bees reflects a larger pattern of demographics in the U.S. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro and Corrections
00:01:20 Question 1 (Peptides and muscle growth)
00:16:02 Question 2 Part 1 (Training for Spelling Bees)
00:25:52 Question 2 Part 2 (Bees and Demographic trends)
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Biracial Identities; Intersectionality; Eye Floaters | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
16 juli 2026 · 37 min
Episode 120 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how the amygdala processes “us” and “them” in biracial individuals, as well as in other cases of intersectional identities, and what the mysterious eye floaters we all see really are. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Biracial individuals and amygdala categorization)
00:28:32 Question 2 (Eye floaters)
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Bad Boy Appeal; Human Speciation; “Shared” Genes | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
9 juli 2026 · 36 min
Episode 119 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether humans will evolve into different subspecies, inter- versus intra- genetic similarities of species, and why so many people are so attracted to bad boys. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Will humans speciate?)
00:13:20 Question 2 (“Shared” genes)
00:20:27 Question 3 (The appeal of bad boys)
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Armenian Genocide; Snake and Fish Cooperations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
2 juli 2026 · 37 min
Episode 118 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include moral scrupulosity OCD and whether it may be rooted in intergenerational trauma, with the the Armenian Genocide as an example lens, and the (slightly terrifying) case of a snake and fish cooperative hunting technique. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 Part 1 (Moral scrupulosity OCD)
00:08:21 Q1 Part 2 (Armenian Genocide)
00:17:43 Q1 Part 3 (Intergenerational Trauma)
00:27:39 Question 2 (Snake and Fish Cooperative Hunting)
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Plant Intelligence | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
25 juni 2026 · 38 min
Episode 117 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on work around plant intelligence and the amazing – though often oversold – things plants do. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Plants Part 1
00:14:26 Part 2
00:22:48 Part 3
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Handshakes; Marchetti’s Constant of Commuting | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
18 juni 2026 · 32 min
Episode 116 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of Marchetti’s constant of human commuting, as well as why we humans shake hands and how other species do the same. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Marchetti’s Constant and Commuting)
00:15:06 Question 2 (Handshakes)
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Bird Language; Stress Eaters | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
11 juni 2026 · 38 min
Episode 115 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why some people eat more and others eat less under stress, and groundbreaking work that has shown the complex language skills of birds. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Stress and Eating)
00:20:10 Question 2 (Birds and Language)
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Chimp Civil War; Bipolar II | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
4 juni 2026 · 33 min
Episode 114 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the difference between Bipolar I and II, and the chimp civil war that has recently made Scientific headlines. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:37 Question 1 (Bipolar II)
00:08:47 Question 2 (Chimp Civil War)
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Sexual Reproduction; Acquired Savants; Human Dominance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 mei 2026 · 39 min
Episode 113 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Acquired Savant Syndrome, how humans evolved to be dominant as generalists, and why organisms began to do sexual reproduction. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:01:07 Question 1 (Acquired Savant Syndrome)
00:12:51 Question 2 (Human dominance)
00:27:36 Question 3 (Sexual reproduction)
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Chimps & Crystals; Gendered Colors; COVID fetuses | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
21 mei 2026 · 32 min
Episode 112 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why women perceive more colors than men, the impact of long-term COVID on fetuses, and our closest relatives’ interest in crystals. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Gendered color perception)
00:09:56 Question 2 (COVID fetuses)
00:20:43 Question 3 (Chimps and crystals)
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Fart Jokes, Handedness, SuperAgers | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
14 mei 2026 · 43 min
Episode 111 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why we developed handedness and if we’re the only species, what work on “SuperAgers” can teach us about cognitive longevity, and why we find flatulence so darn funny. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:34 Question 1 (Handedness)
00:16:20 Question 2 (SuperAgers)
00:31:40 Question 3 (Why farts are funny)
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Sex Changing Fish, Sleepwalking, Gays’ Parents | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
7 mei 2026 · 27 min
Episode 110 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether parenting styles can influence sexual orientation, what sleepwalking is and how other animals “sleepwalk,” and the many other species that undergo sex changes. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Parenting and Sexual orientation)
00:05:23 Question 2 (Sleepwalking and other animals)
00:19:20 Question 3 (Sex Changing Species)
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Call of the Void, Animals Adopting, Robert Trivers | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
30 april 2026 · 47 min
Episode 109 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the work of the late Robert Trivers, the intrusive thoughts that are the Call of the Void, and when animals adopt their own and other species. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Robert Trivers)
00:23:57 Question 2 (Call of the Void)
00:35:58 Question 3 (When Animals Adopt)
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Hurricane Births, Black Plague, Too Much PFC | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
23 april 2026 · 33 min
Episode 108 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why the Bubonic (Black) Plague went away, how hurricanes induce labor, and when the prefrontal cortex is too effective. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:13 Question 1 (How the Black Plague disappeared)
00:16:00 Question 2 (Hurricanes and births)
00:24:04 Question 3 (Overactive PFC’s)
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Hobbits and Hallucinations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
16 april 2026 · 31 min
Episode 107 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of how one mushroom causes a very specific hallucination, and the real-life hobbits who once existed. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Tiny People hallucinations)
00:09:42 Question 2 (Hobbits)
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Punch the Monkey, White Replacement, Glymphatic System | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
9 april 2026 · 27 min
Episode 106 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses if there’s any validity to the White/Great Replacement Theory, the details of the glymphatic system, and the global phenomenon of Punch the Monkey. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (White Great Replacement Theory)
00:11:30 Question 2 (Glymphatic system)
00:21:19 Question 3 (Punch the monkey)
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The Price of Atheism, Mania, Shock Bracelets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #105
2 april 2026 · 37 min
Episode 105 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Rachel’s shock bracelets, the price of atheism, how to discuss banned topics, and the pathological “happiness” of mania. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Rachel’s shock bracelets)
00:04:08 Question 2 (Atheism and Taboo Topics)
00:21:20 Question 3 (Pathological happiness in mania)
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Cranial Deformation, Spontaneous Monogamy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #104
26 maart 2026 · 38 min
Episode 104 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how the Default Mode Network fails in depression, why cultures do cranial deformation, and the evolutionary journey of monogamy. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:13 Question 1 (Default Mode Network in depression)
00:16:20 Question 2 (Cranial Deformation)
00:24:26 Question 3 (Pair-bonding in mammals)
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The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s, Flagellation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #103
19 maart 2026 · 32 min
Episode 103 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the woman who is able to smell Parkinson’s, the ratio of brain to body mass, and the role of ritualistic physical harm in religion. Lees meer
NOTE this episode contains semi-graphic discussion of acts of physical harm.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s)
00:14:25 Question 2 (Brain body ratios)
00:19:38 Question 3 (Ritualistic harm in religion)
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Food Comas, Weasel War Dances, Tortoise Updates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #102
12 maart 2026 · 37 min
Episode 102 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the status of the reintroduced Galápagos tortoise species, why we get food comas, and the mysterious world of weasel war dances. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Tortoise updates)
00:05:10 Question 2 (Food comas)
00:15:16 Question 3 (Weasel war dances)
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How We Lost Our Tails, Getting Taller, Senescence | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #101
5 maart 2026 · 36 min
Episode 101 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if and why humans are getting taller overall, what caused us to evolve without tails, and the pros and cons of senescence. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Human Heights)
00:15:22 Question 2 (How we lost our tails)
00:24:40 Question 3 (Senescence)
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Why This Podcast, Gorillas & Gibbons, The Occult | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #100
26 februari 2026 · 32 min
Episode 100 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes how this podcast came to be, SSRI’s versus SNRI’s, gorillas and gibbons in Sapolsky's life, and the allure (and neuroscience) of the occult. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:51 Question 1 (Why This Podcast)
00:03:18 Question 2 (SSRI’s vs SNRI’s)
00:12:11 Question 3 (Gorillas)
00:16:16 Question 4 (Gibbons)
00:20:06 Question 5 (Belief in the occult)
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Age of Consent, Cavemen Myths | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #99
19 februari 2026 · 25 min
Episode 99 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses whether cavemen actually existed and in what form, why we can feel weather in our limbs, and whether the age of consent should be raised to match brain maturation. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Cavemen)
00:09:37 Question 2 (Feeling the weather)
00:12:55 Question 3 (Age of consent)
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Neural Implants, Smell Loss, Exercise | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #98
12 februari 2026 · 32 min
Episode 98 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of why blood pressure increase in exercise is a good thing, how loss of smell foreshadows Parkinson’s, and whether neural implants could be used to increase cognitive strength. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Benefits of exercise)
00:09:56 Question 2 (Parkinson’s smell loss)
00:18:31 Question 3 (Neural implants)
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Musical Emotions, Primate Healthcare | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #97
5 februari 2026 · 28 min
Episode 97 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether emotional associations with musical patterns are universal, if single genes can ever cause a psychiatric disorder, and how other primates provide medical care to themselves and others. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Music and emotions)
00:09:05 Question 2 (Singular gene causes)
00:18:35 Question 3 (Primate medical care)
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Buddhism, Out-of-Africa, Talking Dogs | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #96
29 januari 2026 · 32 min
Episode 96 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of the impacts of Buddhist practices on the brain, why out-of-Africa humans are less genetically diverse, and the truth about the viral “talking dogs” like Bunny. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Buddhism and the brain)
00:08:44 Question 2 (Out-of-Africa genetic diversity)
00:16:33 Question 3 (Talking Dogs)
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Midlife Crisis, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Twins | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #95
22 januari 2026 · 35 min
Episode 95 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the impacts of having an opposite sex twin, Foreign Accent Syndrome, and whether the mid-life crisis is legitimate. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Opposite sex twins)
00:12:42 Question 2 (Foreign Accent Syndrome)
00:25:20 Question 3 (Mid-Life Crises)
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Microplastics, Astrology, Trypophobia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #94
15 januari 2026 · 29 min
Episode 94 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why microplastics are harmful, whether there’s legitimacy behind astrology, and the disorder trypophobia. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:28 Question 1 (Microplastics)
00:11:28 Question 2 (“Astrology”)
00:22:14 Question 3 (Trypophobia)
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Testosterone, Why We Cry, Shame | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #93
8 januari 2026 · 32 min
Episode 93 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why we cry for various reasons, the reason for shame, and the truth about testosterone in the context of the MAGA era. Lees meer
Access the referenced NYT article here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/opinion/testosterone-maga-men-masculinity.html
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00:00 Intro
00:00:18 Question 1 (Why we cry)
00:13:26 Question 2 (Shame)
00:19:03 Question 3 (Testosterone)
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Alice in Wonderland, Psychiatrists’ Mental Health | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #92
25 december 2025 · 31 min
Episode 92 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes Alice in Wonderland syndrome, the “Red Queen” arms races between humans and COVID, and, in light of a recent tragedy, the mental health of those who work in mental health. Lees meer
SENSITIVE MATERIAL: this episode contains discussion of su*cide. Please reach out to a professional for support if you need support with this yourself.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:21 Question 1 (Alice in Wonderland Syndrome)
00:08:35 Question 2 (Red Queen arms races)
00:22:49 Question 3 (Psychiatrists’ mental health)
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Naked Mole Rats, Aspartame, Restless Leg Syndrome | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #91
18 december 2025 · 36 min
Episode 91 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the link between aspartame and cognitive decline, causal mechanisms of Restless Leg Syndrome, and why naked mole rats don’t get cancer. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:13 Question 1 (Aspartame)
00:14:01 Question 2 (Restless Leg Syndrome)
00:23:23 Question 3 (Naked Mole Rats)
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Hormones All The Way Down | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #90
11 december 2025 · 36 min
Episode 90 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the relationship between hormones and the brain and how creativity exists without free will. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro and Updates
00:01:26 Question 1 (Hormones and the Brain Part 1)
00:16:16 Question 2 (Creativity without free will)
00:27:26 Question 3 (Hormones and the Brain Part 2)
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Male Rejection, Pandemic Effects, Night Primates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #89
11 december 2025 · 35 min
Episode 89 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses male-on-female violence in other primates, what primates do at night, and what impact pandemics have on societies long-term. NOTE: this episode discusses issues of r*pe and sexual violence.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Rejected male violence)00:14:00 Question 2 (Primates at night00:20:07 Question 3 (Effects of pandemics) Lees meer
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Vegans, Near-Death Experiences, Fertility Figures | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #88
27 november 2025 · 35 min
Episode 88 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include what humans’ natural diet should be, the history of fertility figures, and what the heck is up with near-death experiences. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:15 Question 1 (Ideal human diet)
00:14:28 Question 2 (Fertility figures)
00:19:52 Question 3 (Near-death experiences)
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Heroism, Fainting, Autoimmune Schizophrenia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #87
20 november 2025 · 32 min
Episode 87 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the potential relationship between autoimmunity and psychoses, why the heck humans faint, especially at the sight of blood, and what makes some of us perform acts of heroism. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Autoimmunity and psychoses)
00:09:48 Question 2 (Fainting and vasovagal reflex)
00:18:34 Question 3 (What makes us heroes)
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Multiple Sclerosis, Anti-Breeders, Before Turtles | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #86
13 november 2025 · 35 min
Episode 86 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why some have no desire to reproduce from an evolutionary perspective, what comes before the turtles, and the factors behind Multiple Sclerosis. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:02:11 Question 1 (Why some don’t reproduce)
00:13:22 Question 2 (Before the turtles)
00:18:33 Question 3 (Multiple Sclerosis)