Adam Grant

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2,364 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 11 Aug

Adam Grant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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ReThinking · Dad brain with neuroscientist Darby Saxbe · 16 Jun 2026 podcast

So interesting. matched

So it's not becoming a father, it's becoming a caregiver that drives these effects. matched

Okay. matched

So we live in a world where dads are much more involved as as caregivers than they were a generation or two ago. matched

The time use statistics that I've read suggest that matched

Dads are spending three to four times as much time per week with their kids as their dads did with them. matched

And that's a lot. matched

So what does that do to our brains? matched

Adaptive. matched

It sounds like terrible news. matched

Your brain is shrinking. matched

Don't have kids. matched

Yep, that makes sense. matched

And so the dads who are invested in care, it sounds like then the neurological changes that you saw were similar to what you would see in moms. matched

Is that right? matched

So when you say more efficient, I start to think about, okay, so like the the brain is consuming fewer resources to do the same task. matched

And that's good for the body in some ways. matched

I also start to wonder about specialization. matched

Is there a narrowing of a circle of concern? matched

Are both moms and dads getting better at reading their newborns, but maybe a little bit worse at interacting with people that are maybe outside of that inner circle or that are harder for them to understand? matched

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