Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews
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.
Episodes
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.
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NOTE: we are not accepting more questions for the time being, but the form will be reopened soon.
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Episode 68 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses gestural expression, whether animals have political systems, and why others’ bodily secretions disgust us.
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00:00:00: Intro
00:00:19: Question 1 (Gestural expression)
00:09:48: Question 2 (Animal politics)
00:19:34: Question 3 (Bodily secr...
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.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
00:20: Question 1 (Night Shift rotating)
00:15:30: Question 2 (Wincing)
00:21:16: Question 3 (PTSD Hippocampal Atrop...
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.
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00:00: Intro
00:43: Question 1 (Optimal living environment)
17:13: Question 2 (The science of forg...
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.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
00:43: Question 1 (Genome differences)
00:17:13: Question 2 (S...
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.
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00:00: Intro
00:15: Question 1 (Chemo brain fog)
13:53: Question 2 (Botox and emotions)
24:55: Quest...
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.
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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?)
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.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
00:15: Question 1 (Monke...
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).
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
00:15: Question 1 (De-extinction)
09:06: Question 2 (Parasocial Rel...
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.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
00:23: Question 1 (Tourette Syndrome)
21:07: Question 2 (Free Will vs God)
25:44: Question ...
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.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
00:20: Question 1 (First and second language wiring)
13:40: Question ...
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.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
01:37: Question 1 (Misophonia)
12:09: Question 2 (Cute Aggression)
22:43: Question 3 (Female Orgasm...
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.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
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00:00: Intro
00:33: Question 1 (Introversion/Extroversion and dopamine)
11:07: Question 2...
Episode 56 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Ozempic and the potential for addiction treatment, and the historical and evolutionary presence of inbreeding.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00: Intro
00:26: Question 1 (Ozempic and addiction treatment)
19:11: Question 2 ...
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.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
0:00: Intro
0:18: Question 1 (Pregnancy Brain changes)
12:40: Question 2 (Stanford Prison Experiment)
26:30: Quest...
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.
Episode 53 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include neanderthal DNA and autism, why we dream, and the existence of social anxiety.
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.
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.
#50: Blindness, Misusing Determined, Bartering Animals | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
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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