Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Episode 68 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses gestural expression, whether animals have political systems, and why others’ bodily secretions disgust us.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:19 Question 1 (Gestural expression)09:48 Question 2 (Animal politics)19:34 Question 3 (Bodily secretions)

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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:20: Question 1 (Night Shift rotating)00:15:30: Question 2 (Wincing)00:21:16: Question 3 (PTSD Hippocampal Atrophy)

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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:43: Question 1 (Optimal living environment)17:13: Question 2 (The science of forgiveness)30:56: Question 3 (Suicide prediction)

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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:43: Question 1 (Genome differences)00:17:13: Question 2 (Stress hormone addiction)00:25:28: Question 3 (Metaphorical diets)

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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: Question 1 (Chemo brain fog)13:53: Question 2 (Botox and emotions)24:55: Question 3 (Chess and calorie burning)

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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: 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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: Question 1 (Monkey and ape language brains)13:28: Question 2 (Dutch Hunger Winter)25:44: Question 3 (Applicability to Palestine)

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).Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:15: Question 1 (De-extinction)09:06: Question 2 (Parasocial Relationships)26:11: Question 3 (ASD: Genes or environment)

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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:23: Question 1 (Tourette Syndrome)21:07: Question 2 (Free Will vs God)25:44: Question 3 (Human Sexual Maturation)

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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00: Intro00:20: Question 1 (First and second language wiring)13:40: Question 2 (The Marshmallow Test)22:04: Question 3 (Non-suicidal self-injury)SUPPORT RESOURCESS.A.F.E. Alternatives (Self-Abuse Finally Ends) – Organization dedicated to helping people who self-harm, with a helpline at 1-800-366-8288FREE Support for Self-Injury | Text SH to 741741 : Simply text HOME or HOLA to 741741 to reach a live volunteer Crisis CounselorText SHOUT to 85258 to start an anonymous, free conversation with a trained volunteerhttps://giveusashout.org/get-help/issues/help-self-harm/#:~:text=Text%20SHOUT%20to%2085258%20to,anything%20that's%20on%20your%20mind