Season 5

If you like the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, you’ll love “Call Her Gonad-y” hosted by Hannah Fisher (Haverford ’26)! In this episode, “The Sexy Serotonin Showdown,” Hannah interviews two experts on serotonin to ask the question: Can altering serotonin neurotransmission in mice make them gay? You won’t want to miss this one, Gonady Gang!

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, or SSRIs, are class of medications commonly used to treat depression and anxiety. However, some people who take these medications experience sexual side effects. In this episode, Nora Williamson (Bryn Mawr ’25) tackles the question of how and why SSRIs can affect sexual function, and what can be done about it.

When you think about it, kissing is kinda gross. Why would people mash their lips together, risking exchanging germs? Is it instinct? A weird social habit? Or is there a neurobiological underpinning to kissing? Join (Rosa Cochran Bryn Mawr ’25) as she answers this fascinating question with a tour de force review of what we …

Are certain dog breeds more aggressive? If so, are there differences in their brains? In this episode, Alina Schechtman-Taylor (Haverford ’26) explores a study of androgen receptor density in the brains of dogs and how it correlates to their aggression. Tune in to find out how this study challenges dog breed stereotypes about agression and …

Titi monkeys are small primates that engage in pair-bonding and share parenting roles. Famously, pair-bonded Titi monkeys twine their tails together to show affiliation and reinforce their social bonds, a behavior that has been compared to hand-holding in humans. But how are their brains wired for these behaviors? In this episode, Raiden Ippen (Haverford ’25) …

The “Free Love” movement of the 1960s advocated for sexual liberation and challenged existing norms about monogamy. In this episode, Valerie Heredia Piñeiro (Haverford ’25) reminds us that humans weren’t the first species to come up with this groovy concept! Join her as she explores the behavior and neurobiology of Bonobos, non-human primates who live …

What is sexual desire, and what does it look like in the brain? In this episode, Amuthini Arivazhagan (Bryn Mawr ’25) tackles these big questions. Listen in as she fields questions from her listeners about the neurobiology of desire and unpacks how the stigma associated with sexual desire, particularly in women, has influenced the progression …

In this episode, Ilani Lark (Haverford ’26), explores the role of auditory processing in sexual selection. Ilani starts off by telling us about the neurobiology of songbirds. When a male bird sings a song to a potential mate, how does their brain produce the complex courtship songs? And how does the female brain respond to …

In this episode, Charlotte Murrell (Haverford ’25) discusses a 2011 study in which the authors genetically manipulated female mice to alter their brain serotonin neurons and found that these manipulations caused the mice to display social and sexual behaviors that were more male-typical. Does this mean that the scientists made the mice gay? Charlotte scored …