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Obesity, Deja Vu, History of ASD | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #85
6 november 2025 · 37 min
Episode 85 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the history of ASD, whether there is healthy obesity, and what deja vu is about. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (History of ASD)
00:16:06 Question 2 (Healthy Obesity)
00:23:04 Question 3 (Deja vu)
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mRNA Vaccines, Reckless Youth, Teeth | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #84
30 oktober 2025 · 40 min
Episode 84 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This topic discusses why youth are so reckless, how stress impacts tooth decay, and whether mRNA vaccines have any long-term risks. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:41 Question 1 (Reckless youth)
00:11:12 Question 2 (Stress and teeth)
00:18:59 Question 3 (mRNA vaccines)
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Tylenol, Uncanny Chatbots, Animal Tummies | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #83
23 oktober 2025 · 32 min
Episode 83 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the uncanny valley feeling chatbots trigger, why animals have white tummies, and the truth about Tylenol and autism. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:00:41 Question 1 (Uncanny valley chatbots)
00:12:43 Question 2 (Animals’ white tummies)
00:17:50 Question 3 (Tylenol and autism)
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Trauma Release, Weather-Based Emotions | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #82
16 oktober 2025 · 19 min
Episode 82 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses updates on the Park Avenue shooter, trauma release exercises (TRE) and their effectiveness, and how extreme weather impacts our behavior. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro / CTE update
00:01:30 Question 1 (Trauma release exercises)
00:10:54 Question 2 (Extreme weather and emotions)
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Jane Goodall | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #81
9 oktober 2025 · 29 min
Episode 81 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the late great Jane Goodall and her contributions to primatology and conservation. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Part 1: Goodall’s Background
00:05:08 Part 2: Conservation Work
00:07:52 Part 3: Chimp Research
00:15:16 Part 4: Criticisms
00:20:25 Part 5: Controversies
00:26:16 Part 6: Sapolsky and Goodall (Hoarding)
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CTE, All-Time Experiments, Hoarding | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #80
2 oktober 2025 · 36 min
Episode 80 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the psychology of hoarding, and Sapolsky’s all-time favorite experiments. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Question 1 (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy)
00:17:59 Question 2 (All-time experimental designs)
00:30:16 Question 3 (Hoarding)
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Cheating, Fat Inflammation, Animals Lies | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #79
25 september 2025 · 46 min
Episode 79 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include which other species cheat on their partners, what visceral fat is, and whether other animals lie like humans. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Question 1 (Cheating species)
00:11:47 Question 2 (Visceral fat)
00:25:59 Question 3 (How animals lie)
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Consciousness, Pet Parents, Galápagos Tortoises | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #78
18 september 2025 · 33 min
Episode 78 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses whether pet parenting makes you attractive to mates, the role of consciousness with no free will, and how a Galápagos tortoise is coming back from extinction. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:01:34 Question 1 (Pet ownership and attraction)
00:10:22 Question 2 (Consciousness with no free will)
00:17:50 Question 3 (Galápagos Tortoises)
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Hunter-Gatherer Kids, Ranked Stress, Dementia Diet | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #77
11 september 2025 · 38 min
Episode 77 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the differences between hunter-gatherer and WEIRD childhoods, how stress and social ranking really interact, and the role metabolic health plays in Alzheimer’s. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Question 1 (Hunter-Gatherer parenting)
00:15:49 Question 2 (Stress and ranking)
00:28:35 Question 3 (Metabolic health and Alzheimer’s)
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Hungry Judges, Morning vs Night People, Control | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #76
4 september 2025 · 43 min
Episode 76 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the biology of morning versus night people, whether an internalized locus of control is protective, and if the Hungry Judges study is still valid. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Question 1 (Morning vs Night People)
00:14:08 Question 2 (Locus of Control)
00:25:25 Question 3 (Hungry Judges Study)
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Gay Greeks, Boredom, Taxonomy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #75
28 augustus 2025 · 31 min
Episode 75 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses what boredom is about in the brain, why rates of homosexuality were high in ancient Greece, and Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:51 Question 1 (Boredom)
00:14:14 Question 2 (Historical homosexuality)
00:22:13 Question 3 (Carl Linnaeus, father of taxonomy)
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Menopause, Jumping Genes, Monkey Thieves | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #74
7 augustus 2025 · 44 min
Episode 74 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the reason for menopause, why capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey babies, and the occurrence of jumping genes in humans. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Question 1 (Menopause)
00:20:58 Question 2 (Capuchin thieves)
00:29:38 Question 3 (Jumping Genes)
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Twin Telepathy, Risky Men, Thyroids | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #73
31 juli 2025 · 32 min
Episode 73 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how male risk-taking behaviors impact sex ratios, thyroid-related autoimmune diseases, and the TikTok twin telepathy challenge. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Question 1 (Male risk taking)
00:06:32 Question 2 (Thyroid function and diseases)
00:20:11 Question 3 (TikTok twin telepathy challenge)
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Mothers vs Fathers, Emergence, Primate Parenting | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #72
24 juli 2025 · 33 min
Episode 72 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether the mother or father is more evolutionarily dominant, why bottom-up emergence matters, and how other primates respond to offspring bullying. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:23 Question 1 (Importance of mothers vs fathers)
00:12:04 Question 2 (Bottom-up Emergence)
00:23:08 Question 3 (Primate protective parenting)
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IQ, Earworms, Thinking vs. Feeling | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #71
17 juli 2025 · 39 min
Episode 71 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how our IQ’s are increasing, why that one song is stuck in your head, and whether we think or feel our way to decisions. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Question 1 (IQ’s)
00:09:39 Question 2 (Earworms)
00:16:30 Question 3 (Thinking vs Feeling)
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Israel, Placebos, Tit-for-tat | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #70
11 juli 2025 · 34 min
Episode 70 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include placebos, updates on Sapolsky’s lectures, and whether Israel is simply doing tit-for-tat. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Question 1 (Placebos)
15:03 Question 2 (Updated Lectures
16:01 Question 3 (Israel: tit-for-tat?)
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#69: Sex – Penis Size, BDSM, Missionary Position | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
3 juli 2025 · 34 min
Episode 69 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on questions about sex, such as penis sizes, clothing as sexual modesty, BDSM and the relationship between arousal and fear, and why humans have face-to-face sex. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:23: Question 1 (Penis Sizes)
00:15:36: Question 2 (Clothing as sexual modesty)
00:18:14: Question 3 (BDSM)
00:27:20: Question 4 (Missionary Position)
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#68: Animal Politics, Bodily Secretions, Gesturing | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
26 juni 2025 · 31 min
Episode 68 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses gestural expression, whether animals have political systems, and why others’ bodily secretions disgust us. Lees meer
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00:00 Intro
00:19 Question 1 (Gestural expression)
09:48 Question 2 (Animal politics)
19:34 Question 3 (Bodily secretions)
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#67: PTSD, Night Shifts, Wincing | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
19 juni 2025 · 43 min
Episode 67 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether night shift rotating is ideal, why we wince, and the hippocampal damage of PTSD. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:20: Question 1 (Night Shift rotating)
00:15:30: Question 2 (Wincing)
00:21:16: Question 3 (PTSD Hippocampal Atrophy)
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#66: Forgiveness, Optimal Living, SA Prediction | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
12 juni 2025 · 43 min
Episode 66 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the optimal living environment for humans, how we forgive, and whether suicide attempts can really be predicted and prevented. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:43: Question 1 (Optimal living environment)
17:13: Question 2 (The science of forgiveness)
30:56: Question 3 (Suicide prediction)
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#65: Stress Addiction, Genome Differences, Metaphorical Diets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
5 juni 2025 · 35 min
Episode 65 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the 1% difference between human and chimp genomes, how stress hormones can be addictive, and if one can lose weight with a metaphorical diet. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:43: Question 1 (Genome differences)
00:17:13: Question 2 (Stress hormone addiction)
00:25:28: Question 3 (Metaphorical diets)
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#64: Botox, Chemo Brain, Chess | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
29 mei 2025 · 36 min
Episode 64 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the brain fog experienced during chemotherapy, the effects of Botox on emotion, and how many calories chess players burn. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:15: Question 1 (Chemo brain fog)
13:53: Question 2 (Botox and emotions)
24:55: Question 3 (Chess and calorie burning)
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#63: Wealth Disparity, Smell Loss, Libet | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
22 mei 2025 · 45 min
Episode 63 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the loss of smell in COVID-19, the 1983 Libet study, and the relative standing of current inequality. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:15: Question 1 (COVID and smell)
10:22: Question 2 (Libet et al.)
28:28: Question 3 (Inequality — better or worse?)
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#62: Palestine, Monkey Language, Dutch Hunger Winter | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
15 mei 2025 · 32 min
Episode 62 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the function of language brain regions in other apes and monkeys, the “developmental origin of health and disease” and the Dutch Hunger Winter, and how this applies to Palestine. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:15: Question 1 (Monkey and ape language brains)
13:28: Question 2 (Dutch Hunger Winter)
25:44: Question 3 (Applicability to Palestine)
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#61: De-extinction, Jennifer Aniston Neurons, ASD Vaccines | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
8 mei 2025 · 43 min
Episode 61 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses de-extinction, parasocial relationships and Jennifer Aniston Neurons, and whether autism is genetically or environmentally caused (by vaccines). Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:15: Question 1 (De-extinction)
09:06: Question 2 (Parasocial Relationships)
26:11: Question 3 (ASD: Genes or environment)
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#60: Tourette’s, Free Will vs God, Sexual Maturation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
1 mei 2025 · 35 min
Episode 60 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Tourette Syndrome, whether free will and God are mutually exclusive, and the timeline of human sexual maturation. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:23: Question 1 (Tourette Syndrome)
21:07: Question 2 (Free Will vs God)
25:44: Question 3 (Human Sexual Maturation)
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#59: Marshmallow Test, Language Wiring, NSSI’s | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
17 april 2025 · 35 min
Episode 59 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses wiring of different languages, whether the Professor and Offspring pass the Marshmallow Test, and addictive qualities of non-suicidal self-injury. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:20: Question 1 (First and second language wiring)
13:40: Question 2 (The Marshmallow Test)
22:04: Question 3 (Non-suicidal self-injury)
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#58: Female Orgasms, Cute Aggression, Misophonia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
10 april 2025 · 38 min
Episode 58 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the condition misophonia, what the “cute aggression” urge stems from, and whether female orgasms have a purpose. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
01:37: Question 1 (Misophonia)
12:09: Question 2 (Cute Aggression)
22:43: Question 3 (Female Orgasms)
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#57: AA, Real-Life Zombies, Introversion/Extroversion | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
3 april 2025 · 33 min
Episode 57 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include dopamine’s role in introversion/extroversion, drugs that create real-life zombies, and the religiosity of Alcoholics Anonymous. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:33: Question 1 (Introversion/Extroversion and dopamine)
11:07: Question 2 (Real-life zombie drugs)
26:04: Question 3 (Religiosity of AA)
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#56: Ozempic, Inbreeding | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
27 maart 2025 · 29 min
Episode 56 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Ozempic and the potential for addiction treatment, and the historical and evolutionary presence of inbreeding. Lees meer
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00:00: Intro
00:26: Question 1 (Ozempic and addiction treatment)
19:11: Question 2 (Inbreeding)
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#55: Circumcision, Pregnancy Brain, SPE | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
20 maart 2025 · 37 min
Episode 55 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include brain changes during pregnancy, Zimbardo and the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the roots of circumcision. Lees meer
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0:00: Intro
0:18: Question 1 (Pregnancy Brain changes)
12:40: Question 2 (Stanford Prison Experiment)
26:30: Question 3 (Circumcision)
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#54: Animal Grief, Graves’ Disease, Anticonvulsants | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
14 maart 2025 · 40 min
Episode 54 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the autoimmune disorder Graves’ disease, why anticonvulsants treat bipolar and seizures, and whether other species grieve.
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#53: Neanderthal Autism, Dreams, Social Anxiety | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
7 maart 2025 · 43 min
Episode 53 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include neanderthal DNA and autism, why we dream, and the existence of social anxiety.
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#52: Adult Play, APOE, Fashion Trends | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 februari 2025 · 36 min
Episode 52 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include APOE-4 and odds of Alzheimer’s, why we follow fashion trends, and the purpose of adult play.
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#51: Seizure Dogs, Types of Memory, Jury Duty | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
21 februari 2025 · 31 min
Episode 51 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the different types of memory, what determinists do about jury duty, and how dogs can detect seizures.
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#50: Blindness, Misusing Determined, Bartering Animals | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
14 februari 2025 · 28 min
Episode 50 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why blindness and schizophrenia don’t overlap, ways in which “no free will” can be misused, and examples of trading and bartering in other species.
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#49: Prion Diseases, Science vs. Philosophy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interview
7 februari 2025 · 36 min
Episode 49 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include prion diseases and the history of their discovery, as well as criticisms from a philosophical approach of Sapolsky’s no free will assertion.
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#48: Schizophrenia, Fiction, Brachydactyly | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
31 januari 2025 · 28 min
Episode 48 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the auditory hallucination of schizophrenia, Sapolsky’s brachydactyly fingers, and the benefits of fiction.
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#47: Neurogenesis, Science/Religion, Human Immaturity | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
24 januari 2025 · 37 min
Episode 47 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses neurogenesis, reconciliation of science and religion, and the slow immaturity of humans.
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#46: Winston Churchill’s Ass, Alcohol/Cancer, Foxes | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
17 januari 2025 · 34 min
Episode 46 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Winston Churchill’s ass and its relation to wealth, the link between alcohol and cancer, and fox domestication.
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#45: Bio of Religion, Anxiety/Fear, Insulin Resistance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
10 januari 2025 · 29 min
Episode 45 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include the biology behind religiosity variance, including the relevance of anxiety vs. fear, and insulin resistance in type II diabetes.
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#44: Youthful Appeal, Beauty & Goodness, Cerebellum | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
3 januari 2025 · 30 min
Episode 44 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include the desire for youthful appearances, the conflation of beauty and goodness, and the cerebellum.
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#43: Syria | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
27 december 2024 · 30 min
Episode 43 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Syria in light of the recent overthrow of the Assad rule.
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#42: Parasites, Animal Racism, Trauma Inheritance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
20 december 2024 · 36 min
Episode 42 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include toxoplasmosis and other parasites, the mechanisms behind inheritance of trauma, and racism in other animals.
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#41: Bipolar Disorder, Sleep, Chronic Pain | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
13 december 2024 · 25 min
Episode 41 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the role of sleep in depression, whether Bipolar Disorder is a sleeping disorder, and the psychosomatic nature of chronic pain.
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#40: Monogamy, Genetic Testing, Sociobiology | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
6 december 2024 · 36 min
Episode 40 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the field of sociobiology, whether men are naturally monogamous, and the value of genetic testing.
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#38: Trans Brains, Parkinson’s, Inequality | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
6 december 2024 · 33 min
Episode 38 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the neurobiology and environmental factors behind Parkinson’s, the link between inequality and free will, and the difference between cis- and trans- brains.
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#36: COVID, Decussation, Thymicolymphaticus | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
6 december 2024 · 35 min
Episode 36 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the dangers of COVID, nerve decussation, and the consequences of “Thymicolymphaticus.”
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#30: Stress, Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
6 december 2024 · 28 min
Episode 30 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and the ins and outs of stress.
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#39: Alcohol, Penis Envy, Plate-Licking | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
6 december 2024 · 24 min
Episode 39 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the effects of alcohol on the brain, what Freud got right and wrong, and how to reframe the disempowerment of no free will.