Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Episode 98 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of why blood pressure increase in exercise is a good thing, how loss of smell foreshadows Parkinson’s, and whether neural implants could be used to increase cognitive strength.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Benefits of exercise)
00:09:56 Question 2 (Parkinson’s smell loss)
00:18:31 Question 3 (Neural implants)

Episode 97 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether emotional associations with musical patterns are universal, if single genes can ever cause a psychiatric disorder, and how other primates provide medical care to themselves and others.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Music and emotions)
00:09:05 Question 2 (Singular gene causes)
00:18:35 Question 3 (Primate medical care)

Episode 96 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of the impacts of Buddhist practices on the brain, why out-of-Africa humans are less genetically diverse, and the truth about the viral “talking dogs” like Bunny. 

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Buddhism and the brain)
00:08:44 Question 2 (Out-of-Africa genetic diversity)
00:16:33 Question 3 (Talking Dogs)

Episode 95 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the impacts of having an opposite sex twin, Foreign Accent Syndrome, and whether the mid-life crisis is legitimate.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Opposite sex twins)
00:12:42 Question 2 (Foreign Accent Syndrome)
00:25:20 Question 3 (Mid-Life Crises)

Episode 94 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why microplastics are harmful, whether there’s legitimacy behind astrology, and the disorder trypophobia.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:28 Question 1 (Microplastics)
00:11:28 Question 2 (“Astrology”)
00:22:14 Question 3 (Trypophobia)