Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Episode 40 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the field of sociobiology, whether men are naturally monogamous, and the value of genetic testing.

Episode 36 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the dangers of COVID, nerve decussation, and the consequences of “Thymicolymphaticus.”

Episode 22 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include aging preferences for “kitschy” trinkets, body-focused repetitive behaviors, and personal disorder struggles.

Episode 24 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include the trolley problem, dancing, and real-life applicability of game theory.

Episode 23 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include Free Will as an emergent property, religious vs. atheist generosity, and John Newton.

Episode 25 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include exercising brain parts, type of pain, and the reason for rhythm.

Episode 21 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include a continued discussion of nature and awe, bird-brains, and mosquitos.

Episode 27 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on telomeres and aging, neural plasticity with autism, and perceiving a world without meritocracy.

Episode 28 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses explanations for cognitive bias and the destructive disorders known as Munchausen’s and Munchausen by proxy.

Episode 29 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the neurobiology of dyslexia, the brain size relativity metric, and factors that influence autoimmune diseases.

Episode 26 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on Alzheimer’s and Dementia and brain aging in humans and other primates.

Episode 20 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video is all about dogs – Williams Syndrome in humans and dogs, genetic changes in dogs, dogs vs cats, and more.

Episode 19 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include “prepared learning” of phobias, non-human primate parenting, voting bias in kids, and more.

Episode 18 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include a study on tickling, why negatives overpower, and the presence the baboons have in our household.

Episode 17 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include theories on origins of human violence, Settlers of Catan strategies, interactions with neurodegenerative diseases, and more.

Episode 16 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include sex differences in the brain, Marshmallow Testing the Offsprings, Sapolsky’s work with juries, and more.

Episode 15 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include anxiety/depression in non-human primates, orexin-2 antagonist, “gut feelings,” and more.

Episode 14 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include neurobiology of “the right thing,” differences between treatments, anti-Semitism, and more.

Episode 13 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include effects of food on the brain, Sapolsky’s humor, potential of remission after depression, and more.

Episode 12 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video touches on the “us” vs “them” mindset, Taylor Swift in a Zombie Apocalypse, beauty in nature, and more.

Episode 11 of Father-Offspring Interviews, with special Mother’s Day guest appearance. Topics include microtubules, choosing ice cream flavors, Autism (ASDs), and more.

Episode 10 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include parenting with no free will, “oh god,” Ukraine, and more.

Episode 9 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this video, we discuss patient S.M., the neurobiology of racism, favorite books, and more.

Episode 8 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include brain regions and tails and wildebeest migrations and more.

Episode 7 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include darting strangers in movie theaters, mirror neurons, the Share-Sapolsky’s ACHOOing, and more.

Episode 6 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this video, we chat about jealousy, drugs, zoos, and more.

Episode 5 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this video, we cover Freud, aggression, the best neurotransmitter, and more

Episode 4 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include Sapolsky's lecturing style, his piano background, the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, and more.

Episode 3 of Father-Offspring Interviews. In this episode, we discuss archaic hominins, genius and madness, the truth about the beard, and much more.

Episode 2 of our new series "Father-Offspring Interviews".

Episode 1: In this very formal video, the first of a potential series, Professor Robert Sapolsky is joined by one of his Offspring to answer some of your questions.