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Dr. Robert Sapolsky and his Offspring answer your questions, with topics ranging from his books to his time doing field work in Kenya, current research to current events, and lots more.
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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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:13 Question 1 (Aspartame)00:14:01 Question 2 (Restless Leg Syndrome)00:23:23 Question 3 (Naked Mole Rats)
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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro and Updates00:01:26 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)
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)
1Episode 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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:15 Question 1 (Ideal human diet)00:14:28 Question 2 (Fertility figures)00:19:52 Question 3 (Near-death experiences)
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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Autoimmunity and psychoses)00:09:48 Question 2 (Fainting and vasovagal reflex)00:18:34 Question 3 (What makes us heroes)
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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:02:11 Question 1 (Why some don’t reproduce)00:13:22 Question 2 (Before the turtles)00:18:33 Question 3 (Multiple Sclerosis)
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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (History of ASD)00:16:06 Question 2 (Healthy Obesity)00:23:04 Question 3 (Deja vu)
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.Captions available soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:41 Question 1 (Reckless youth)00:11:12 Question 2 (Stress and teeth)00:18:59 Question 3 (mRNA vaccines)
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.Captions available for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:41 Question 1 (Uncanny valley chatbots)00:12:43 Question 2 (Animals’ white tummies)00:17:50 Question 3 (Tylenol and autism)
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.Captions available soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro / CTE update00:01:30 Question 1 (Trauma release exercises)00:10:54 Question 2 (Extreme weather and emotions)
Episode 81 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the late great Jane Goodall and her contributions to primatology and conservation. Captions available soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:24 Part 1: Goodall’s Background00:05:08 Part 2: Conservation Work00:07:52 Part 3: Chimp Research00:15:16 Part 4: Criticisms00:20:25 Part 5: Controversies00:26:16 Part 6: Sapolsky and Goodall (Hoarding)
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.Captions soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:14 Question 1 (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy)00:17:59 Question 2 (All-time experimental designs)00:30:16 Question 3 (Hoarding)
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.Captions available soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:15 Question 1 (Cheating species)00:11:47 Question 2 (Visceral fat)00:25:59 Question 3 (How animals lie)
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.Captions available soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:01:34 Question 1 (Pet ownership and attraction)00:10:22 Question 2 (Consciousness with no free will)00:17:50 Question 3 (Galápagos Tortoises)
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.Captions available soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:14 Question 1 (Hunter-Gatherer parenting)00:15:49 Question 2 (Stress and ranking)00:28:35 Question 3 (Metabolic health and Alzheimer’s)
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.Captions available soon for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:14 Question 1 (Morning vs Night People)00:14:08 Question 2 (Locus of Control)00:25:25 Question 3 (Hungry Judges Study)
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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:51 Question 1 (Boredom)00:14:14 Question 2 (Historical homosexuality)00:22:13 Question 3 (Carl Linnaeus, father of taxonomy)
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.Captions available for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:15 Question 1 (Menopause)00:20:58 Question 2 (Capuchin thieves)00:29:38 Question 3 (Jumping Genes)
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.Captions available for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:15 Question 1 (Male risk taking)00:06:32 Question 2 (Thyroid function and diseases)00:20:11 Question 3 (TikTok twin telepathy challenge)
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.Captions available for translation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:23 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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