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.
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Episodes
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Episode 24 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include the trolley problem, dancing, and real-life applicability of game theory.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Episode 23 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include Free Will as an emergent property, religious vs. atheist generosity, and John Newton.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Episode 22 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include aging preferences for “kitschy” trinkets, body-focused repetitive behaviors, and personal disorder struggles.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Episode 21 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include a continued discussion of nature and awe, bird-brains, and mosquitos.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Episode 20 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video is all about dogs – Williams Syndrome in humans and dogs, genetic changes in dogs, dogs vs cats, and more.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Episode 19 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include “prepared learning” of phobias, non-human primate parenting, voting bias in kids, and more.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Episode 18 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include a study on tickling, why negatives overpower, and the presence the baboons have in our household.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Episode 17 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include theories on origins of human violence, Settlers of Catan strategies, interactions with neurodegenerative diseases, and more.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Episode 16 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include sex differences in the brain, Marshmallow Testing the Offsprings, Sapolsky’s work with juries, and more.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Episode 15 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include anxiety/depression in non-human primates, orexin-2 antagonist, “gut feelings,” and more.