Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Episode 69 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on questions about sex, such as penis sizes, clothing as sexual modesty, BDSM and the relationship between arousal and fear, and why humans have face-to-face sex. Captions available for translation. NOTE: we are not accepting more questions for the time being, but the form will be reopened soon. Social & Websites Question Submissi...

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

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:20: Question 1 (Night Shift rotating) 00:15:30: Question 2 (Wincing) 00:21:16: Ques...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:43: Question 1 (Optimal living environment) 17:13: Qu...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:43: Question 1 (Genome differe...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:15: Question 1 (Chemo brain fog) 13:53: Question 2...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:15: Question 1 (COVID and smell) 10:22: Question 2 (Libet et al.) 28:28: Quest...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: In...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:15: Question 1 (De-extinction) 09:0...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:23: Question 1 (Tourette Syndrome) 21:07: Question 2 (Free...

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 & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:20: Question 1 (First and second...

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.  Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 01:37: Question 1 (Misophonia) 12:09: Question 2 (Cute Aggression) 22...

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. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:33: Question 1 (Introversion/Extroversion an...

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. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00: Intro 00:26: Question 1 (Ozempic and addic...

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. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 0:00: Intro 0:18: Question 1 (Pregnancy Brain changes) 12:40: Question 2 (Stanfo...

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.

Episode 53 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include neanderthal DNA and autism, why we dream, and the existence of social anxiety.

Episode 52 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include APOE-4 and odds of Alzheimer’s, why we follow fashion trends, and the purpose of adult play.

Episode 51 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the different types of memory, what determinists do about jury duty, and how dogs can detect seizures.

Episode 50 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why blindness and schizophrenia don’t overlap, ways in which “no free will” can be misused, and examples of trading and bartering in other species.

Episode 49 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include prion diseases and the history of their discovery, as well as criticisms from a philosophical approach of Sapolsky’s no free will assertion.

Episode 48 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the auditory hallucination of schizophrenia, Sapolsky’s brachydactyly fingers, and the benefits of fiction.

Episode 47 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses neurogenesis, reconciliation of science and religion, and the slow immaturity of humans.

Episode 46 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses Winston Churchill’s ass and its relation to wealth, the link between alcohol and cancer, and fox domestication.

Episode 45 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include the biology behind religiosity variance, including the relevance of anxiety vs. fear, and insulin resistance in type II diabetes.