Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

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#63: Wealth Disparity, Smell Loss, Libet | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews May 22, 2025

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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?)

#62: Palestine, Monkey Language, Dutch Hunger Winter | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews May 15, 2025

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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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00:00: Intro

00:15: Question 1 (Monkey and ape language brains)

13:28: Question 2 (Dutch Hunger Winter)

25:44: Question 3 (Applicability to Palestine)

#61: De-extinction, Jennifer Aniston Neurons, ASD Vaccines | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews May 08, 2025

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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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00:00: Intro

00:15: Question 1 (De-extinction)

09:06: Question 2 (Parasocial Relationships)

26:11: Question 3 (ASD: Genes or environment)

#60: Tourette’s, Free Will vs God, Sexual Maturation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews May 01, 2025

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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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00:00: Intro

00:23: Question 1 (Tourette Syndrome)

21:07: Question 2 (Free Will vs God)

25:44: Question 3 (Human Sexual Maturation)

#59: Marshmallow Test, Language Wiring, NSSI’s | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Apr 17, 2025

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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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00:00: Intro

00:20: Question 1 (First and second language wiring)

13:40: Question 2 (The Marshmallow Test)

22:04: Question 3 (Non-suicidal self-injury)

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#58: Female Orgasms, Cute Aggression, Misophonia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Apr 10, 2025

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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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00:00: Intro

01:37: Question 1 (Misophonia)

12:09: Question 2 (Cute Aggression)

22:43: Question 3 (Female Orgasms)

#57: AA, Real-Life Zombies, Introversion/Extroversion | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Apr 03, 2025

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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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00:00: Intro

00:33: Question 1 (Introversion/Extroversion and dopamine)

11:07: Question 2 (Real-life zombie drugs)

26:04: Question 3 (Religiosity of AA)

#56: Ozempic, Inbreeding | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Mar 27, 2025

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Episode 56 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Ozempic and the potential for addiction treatment, and the historical and evolutionary presence of inbreeding.

Captions available for translation.

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00:00: Intro

00:26: Question 1 (Ozempic and addiction treatment)

19:11: Question 2 (Inbreeding)

#55: Circumcision, Pregnancy Brain, SPE | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Mar 20, 2025

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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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0:00: Intro

0:18: Question 1 (Pregnancy Brain changes)

12:40: Question 2 (Stanford Prison Experiment)

26:30: Question 3 (Circumcision)

#54: Animal Grief, Graves’ Disease, Anticonvulsants | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Mar 14, 2025

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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.

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