Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews
Episodes
Hobbits and Hallucinations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 107 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of how one mushroom causes a very specific hallucination, and the real-li...
Punch the Monkey, White Replacement, Glymphatic System | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 106 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses if there’s any validity to the White/Great Replacement Theory, the details of the...
The Price of Atheism, Mania, Shock Bracelets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #105
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 105 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Rachel’s shock bracelets, the price of atheism, how to discuss banned top...
Cranial Deformation, Spontaneous Monogamy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #104
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 104 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how the Default Mode Network fails in depression, why cultures do cranial deformati...
The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s, Flagellation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #103
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ma...
Food Comas, Weasel War Dances, Tortoise Updates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #102
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 102 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the status of the reintroduced Galápagos tortoise species, why we get food comas, ...
How We Lost Our Tails, Getting Taller, Senescence | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #101
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 101 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if and why humans are getting taller overall, what caused us to evolve with...
Why This Podcast, Gorillas & Gibbons, The Occult | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #100
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 100 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes how this podcast came to be, SSRI’s versus SNRI’s, gorillas and gibbons in Sapol...
Age of Consent, Cavemen Myths | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #99
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 99 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses whether cavemen actually existed and in what form, why we can feel weather in our li...
Neural Implants, Smell Loss, Exercise | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #98
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 98 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of why blood pressure increase in exercise is a good thing, how loss of sm...
Musical Emotions, Primate Healthcare | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #97
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 97 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether emotional associations with musical patterns are universal, if singl...
Buddhism, Out-of-Africa, Talking Dogs | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #96
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 96 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of the impacts of Buddhist practices on the brain, why out-of-Africa human...
Midlife Crisis, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Twins | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #95
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 95 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the impacts of having an opposite sex twin, Foreign Accent Syndrome, and whe...
Microplastics, Astrology, Trypophobia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #94
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 94 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why microplastics are harmful, whether there’s legitimacy behind astrology, and th...
Testosterone, Why We Cry, Shame | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #93
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 te...
Alice in Wonderland, Psychiatrists’ Mental Health | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #92
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 92 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes Alice in Wonderland syndrome, the “Red Queen” arms races between humans and COVID...
Naked Mole Rats, Aspartame, Restless Leg Syndrome | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #91
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 91 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the link between aspartame and cognitive decline, casual mechanisms of Restless Leg ...
Hormones All The Way Down | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #90
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 90 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the relationship between hormones and the brain and how creativity exists wi...
Male Rejection, Pandemic Effects, Night Primates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #89
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 89 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses male-on-female violence in other primates, what primates do at night, and what impac...
Vegans, Near-Death Experiences, Fertility Figures | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #88
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 88 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include what humans’ natural diet should be, the history of fertility figures, and...
Heroism, Fainting, Autoimmune Schizophrenia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #87
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 87 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the potential relationship between autoimmunity and psychoses, why the heck humans f...
Multiple Sclerosis, Anti-Breeders, Before Turtles | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #86
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 86 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why some have no desire to reproduce from an evolutionary perspective, what comes be...
Obesity, Deja Vu, History of ASD | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #85
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
mRNA Vaccines, Reckless Youth, Teeth | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #84
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 84 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This topic discusses why youth are so reckless, how stress impacts tooth decay, and whether mRNA vaccines h...
Tylenol, Uncanny Chatbots, Animal Tummies | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #83
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 83 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the uncanny valley feeling chatbots trigger, why animals have white tummies,...
Trauma Release, Weather-Based Emotions | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #82
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 82 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses updates on the Park Avenue shooter, trauma release exercises (TRE) and their effecti...
Jane Goodall | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #81
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 81 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the late great Jane Goodall and her contributions to primatology and conservation. ...
CTE, All-Time Experiments, Hoarding | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #80
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 80 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the psychology of hoarding, and Sapolsky’...
Cheating, Fat Inflammation, Animals Lies | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #79
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 79 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include which other species cheat on their partners, what visceral fat is, and wheth...
Consciousness, Pet Parents, Galápagos Tortoises | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #78
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 78 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses whether pet parenting makes you attractive to mates, the role of consciousness with ...
Hunter-Gatherer Kids, Ranked Stress, Dementia Diet | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #77
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 77 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the differences between hunter-gatherer and WEIRD childhoods, how stress and social...
Hungry Judges, Morning vs Night People, Control | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #76
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 76 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the biology of morning versus night people, whether an internalized locus of...
Gay Greeks, Boredom, Taxonomy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #75
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 75 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses what boredom is about in the brain, why rates of homosexuality were high in ancient ...
Menopause, Jumping Genes, Monkey Thieves | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #74
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 74 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the reason for menopause, why capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey ba...
Twin Telepathy, Risky Men, Thyroids | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #73
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 73 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how male risk-taking behaviors impact sex ratios, thyroid-related autoimmune disease...
Mothers vs Fathers, Emergence, Primate Parenting | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #72
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 72 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether the mother or father is more evolutionarily dominant, why bottom-up ...
IQ, Earworms, Thinking vs. Feeling | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #71
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Israel, Placebos, Tit-for-tat | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #70
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 70 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include placebos, updates on Sapolsky’s lectures, and whether Israel is simply doi...
#69: Sex – Penis Size, BDSM, Missionary Position | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 69 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on questions about sex, such as penis sizes, clothing as sexual modesty, BDSM and the ...
#68: Animal Politics, Bodily Secretions, Gesturing | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 68 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses gestural expression, whether animals have political systems, and why others’ bodil...
#67: PTSD, Night Shifts, Wincing | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 67 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether night shift rotating is ideal, why we wince, and the hippocampal dam...
#66: Forgiveness, Optimal Living, SA Prediction | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 66 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the optimal living environment for humans, how we forgive, and whether suicide attem...
#65: Stress Addiction, Genome Differences, Metaphorical Diets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 65 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the 1% difference between human and chimp genomes, how stress hormones can b...
#64: Botox, Chemo Brain, Chess | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 64 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the brain fog experienced during chemotherapy, the effects of Botox on emoti...
#63: Wealth Disparity, Smell Loss, Libet | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 cu...
#62: Palestine, Monkey Language, Dutch Hunger Winter | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 62 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the function of language brain regions in other apes and monkeys, the “dev...
#61: De-extinction, Jennifer Aniston Neurons, ASD Vaccines | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 61 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses de-extinction, parasocial relationships and Jennifer Aniston Neurons, and whether au...
#60: Tourette’s, Free Will vs God, Sexual Maturation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 60 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Tourette Syndrome, whether free will and God are mutually exclusive, and the...
#59: Marshmallow Test, Language Wiring, NSSI’s | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 59 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses wiring of different languages, whether the Professor and Offspring pass the Marshmal...
#58: Female Orgasms, Cute Aggression, Misophonia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 58 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the condition misophonia, what the “cute aggression” urge stems from, and whethe...
#57: AA, Real-Life Zombies, Introversion/Extroversion | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 57 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include dopamine’s role in introversion/extroversion, drugs that create real-life ...
#56: Ozempic, Inbreeding | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 56 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Ozempic and the potential for addiction treatment, and the historical and evolutiona...
#55: Circumcision, Pregnancy Brain, SPE | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 55 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include brain changes during pregnancy, Zimbardo and the Stanford Prison Experiment,...
#54: Animal Grief, Graves’ Disease, Anticonvulsants | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 54 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the autoimmune disorder Graves’ disease, why anticonvulsants treat bipolar and sei...
#53: Neanderthal Autism, Dreams, Social Anxiety | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 53 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include neanderthal DNA and autism, why we dream, and the existence of social anxiet...
#52: Adult Play, APOE, Fashion Trends | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 purp...
#51: Seizure Dogs, Types of Memory, Jury Duty | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 51 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the different types of memory, what determinists do about jury duty, and how dogs ca...
#50: Blindness, Misusing Determined, Bartering Animals | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 50 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why blindness and schizophrenia don’t overlap, ways in which “no free will” ca...
#49: Prion Diseases, Science vs. Philosophy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interview
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 49 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include prion diseases and the history of their discovery, as well as criticisms fro...
#48: Schizophrenia, Fiction, Brachydactyly | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 48 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the auditory hallucination of schizophrenia, Sapolsky’s brachydactyly fing...
#47: Neurogenesis, Science/Religion, Human Immaturity | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 47 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses neurogenesis, reconciliation of science and religion, and the slow immaturity of hum...
#46: Winston Churchill’s Ass, Alcohol/Cancer, Foxes | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 46 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Winston Churchill’s ass and its relation to wealth, the link between alcohol and c...
#45: Bio of Religion, Anxiety/Fear, Insulin Resistance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 45 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include the biology behind religiosity variance, including the relevance of anxiety vs...
#44: Youthful Appeal, Beauty & Goodness, Cerebellum | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 44 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include the desire for youthful appearances, the conflation of beauty and goodness, an...
#43: Syria | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 43 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Syria in light of the recent overthrow of the Assad rule.
#42: Parasites, Animal Racism, Trauma Inheritance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 42 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include toxoplasmosis and other parasites, the mechanisms behind inheritance of trauma, and racism i...
#41: Bipolar Disorder, Sleep, Chronic Pain | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 41 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the role of sleep in depression, whether Bipolar Disorder is a sleeping disorder, an...
#39: Alcohol, Penis Envy, Plate-Licking | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 refr...
#33: Homosexuality, Nobel Prizes, Synapses | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 33 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode talks about the mechanism behind synaptic gaps, the evolutionary explanations for homosexualit...
#40: Monogamy, Genetic Testing, Sociobiology | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 40 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the field of sociobiology, whether men are naturally monogamous, and the val...
#38: Trans Brains, Parkinson’s, Inequality | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 38 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the neurobiology and environmental factors behind Parkinson’s, the link be...
#36: COVID, Decussation, Thymicolymphaticus | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 36 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the dangers of COVID, nerve decussation, and the consequences of “Thymicolymphatic...
#30: Stress, Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 30 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and the ins and outs of stress.
#34: Against Empathy, Sex Ratio Regulations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 34 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the legitimacy of altruism, downsides of empathy, and biological regulations...
#31: More Stress, SSRI’s, a Universe with Free Will | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 31 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this episode, we talk more about stress and SSRI’s, including their efficacy and suicide risk increase...
#35: Anorexia Nervosa, Tribalism, Meditation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 35 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the values of meditation, the good in religion, and the impacts of anorexia ...
#37: Pareidolia, U.S. Election, Psychological stress | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 37 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the phenomenon of pareidolia, the results of the U.S. election, and how to manage ps...
#32: Cost of Ambition, Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 32 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode talks about allostasis, the Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis, Sapolsky’s advice to his young se...
#27: Telomeres, Meritocracy, Autism Plasticity | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 27 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on telomeres and aging, neural plasticity with autism, and perceiving a world without ...
#25: Brain Exercise, Pain Types, Music | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 25 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include exercising brain parts, type of pain, and the reason for rhythm.
#23: Free Will Emergence, Religion vs Atheism | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 23 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include Free Will as an emergent property, religious vs. atheist generosity, and John Newton.
#24: Trolley Problem, Dancing, Game Theory | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 24 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include the trolley problem, dancing, and real-life applicability of game theory.
#29: Dyslexia, Brain Size, Autoimmune Diseases | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 29 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the neurobiology of dyslexia, the brain size relativity metric, and factors that in...
#26: Alzheimer’s and Dementia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 26 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Alzheimer’s and Dementia and brain aging in humans and other primates.
#28: Munchausen’s, Munchausen by proxy, Cognitive Bias | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 28 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses explanations for cognitive bias and the destructive disorders known as Munchausen’...
#21: Bird-Brains, Nature | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 21 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include a continued discussion of nature and awe, bird-brains, and mosquitos.
#22: “Kitschy” Nostalgia, body-picking disorders | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 22 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include aging preferences for “kitschy” trinkets, body-focused repetitive behaviors, and persona...
#20: Dogs! | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 20 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video is all about dogs – Williams Syndrome in humans and dogs, genetic changes in dogs, dogs vs cat...
#19: Phobias, Apotemnophilia, Youthful Biases | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 19 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include “prepared learning” of phobias, non-human primate parenting, voting bias i...
#18: Tickling, Negativity Dominance, Household Baboons | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 18 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include a study on tickling, why negatives overpower, and the presence the baboons hav...
#17: Violence, Catan, Neurodegenerative Disorders | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 17 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include theories on origins of human violence, Settlers of Catan strategies, interacti...
#16: Sex Brains, Jerusalem Syndrome, legal work | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 16 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include sex differences in the brain, Marshmallow Testing the Offsprings, Sapolsky’s...
#15: Non-human disorders, “gut,” People Magazine | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 15 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include anxiety/depression in non-human primates, orexin-2 antagonist, “gut feelings...
#14: Ketamine, anti-Semitism, astrology | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 14 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include neurobiology of “the right thing,” differences between treatments, anti-Se...
#13: Food and the brain, humor, depression remission | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 13 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include effects of food on the brain, Sapolsky’s humor, potential of remission after...
#12: “Us” vs “Them”, zombies, beauty and awe | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 12 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video touches on the “us” vs “them” mindset, Taylor Swift in a Zombie Apocalypse, beauty in na...
#11: Sabine Hossenfelder, Big Bang, ASD | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 11 of Father-Offspring Interviews, with special Mother’s Day guest appearance. Topics include microtubules, choosing ice cream flavors, Auti...
#10: Parenting, Ukraine, state of humans | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include parenting with no free will, “oh god,” Ukraine, and more.
#9: Patient SM, mortality awareness, favorite books | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this video, we discuss patient S.M., the neurobiology of racism, favorite books, and more.
#8: PFC, genetic enhancement, agriculture benefits | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include brain regions and tails and wildebeest migrations and more.