Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews
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Dr. Robert Sapolsky and his Offspring answer your questions, with topics ranging from his books to his time doing field work in Kenya, current research to current events, and lots more.
Épisodes 136
Post-Mating Deaths; Dual Brains | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 136 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include a recent report that the brain has two lineages of cells and the implications, as well as why some species reproduce and then promptly …
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Episode 136 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include a recent report that the brain has two lineages of cells and the implications, as well as why some species reproduce and then promptly die.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Dual lineages of brain cells)
00:11:51 Question 2 (Post-mating deaths)
Why Men Sleep After S3x; Autonomic Arousal | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 135 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why men seem to fall asleep after sex so much faster than women, and how the autonomic nervous system differs between men and women when it …
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Episode 135 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why men seem to fall asleep after sex so much faster than women, and how the autonomic nervous system differs between men and women when it comes to arousal.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Why men fall asleep and the autonomic nervous system)
Looksmaxxing; Clavicular; Male Mating Rituals | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 134 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the online trend of “looksmaxxing,” with the influencer Clavicular as the face of the movement, as well as discussing some of human cultures’ …
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Episode 134 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the online trend of “looksmaxxing,” with the influencer Clavicular as the face of the movement, as well as discussing some of human cultures’ most interesting male mating rituals.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:17 Question 1 (Looksmaxxing)
00:07:47 Question 2 (The Wodaabe and Male Mating Rituals)
Karl Deisseroth’s Nobel; Selfish Wealth | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 133 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the work of Stanford’s Karl Deisseroth that earned him his recent Nobel Prize, as well as a deep dive into the research on whether wealthier …
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Episode 133 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the work of Stanford’s Karl Deisseroth that earned him his recent Nobel Prize, as well as a deep dive into the research on whether wealthier people really are more selfish.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Deisseroth’s Nobel Prize winning work)
00:22:57 Question 2 (Wealth and empathy/selfishness)
Sperm Racing; Hemispherectomies | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 132 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include what hemispherectomies teach us about neuroplasticity, and the strange new “sport” that is sperm racing.Social & WebsitesQuestion …
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Episode 132 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include what hemispherectomies teach us about neuroplasticity, and the strange new “sport” that is sperm racing.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Hemispherectomies and neuroplasticity)
00:18:22 Question 2 (Sperm racing)
Cornell; Laughing Diseases; Hookworms | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 131 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of laughing diseases and similar “epidemics,” and the role that hookworms play in our immune systems, as well as touching on the case …
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Episode 131 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of laughing diseases and similar “epidemics,” and the role that hookworms play in our immune systems, as well as touching on the case at Cornell that is dominating headlines.
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00:00 Intro/A Comment on Cornell
00:00:48 Question 1 (Laughing diseases)
00:26:09 Question 2 (Hookworms and our immune systems)
The Mystery of the Bladder; Falling Fertility Rates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 130 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the worldwide falling fertility rates, and whether this is a concern for humankind, as well as the theories as to why we have this …
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Episode 130 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the worldwide falling fertility rates, and whether this is a concern for humankind, as well as the theories as to why we have this mysterious thing called a bladder.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Dropping fertility rates)
00:20:17 Question 2 (Why we have bladders)
Why We Yawn; Effects of Birth Order | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 129 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how birth order actually influences personality, sexual orientation, and IQ (among other traits), and the leading theories on why we …
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Episode 129 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how birth order actually influences personality, sexual orientation, and IQ (among other traits), and the leading theories on why we and other species yawn, along with how yawns just might be extremely sexy.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (The effect of birth order)
00:20:17 Question 2 (Yawning)
How We Measure Time; Baboon Operas | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 128 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how our brains measure time, and when they fail to, and the Shakespearean opera all about baboons.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission …
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Episode 128 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how our brains measure time, and when they fail to, and the Shakespearean opera all about baboons.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (How the brain measures time)
00:22:18 Question 2 (The Baboon Opera)
The Lindsay Clancy Case | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 127 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the Lindsay Clancy trial, discussing both the scientific and legal aspects of it and their interaction, and how this could be a landmark case …
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Episode 127 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the Lindsay Clancy trial, discussing both the scientific and legal aspects of it and their interaction, and how this could be a landmark case for psychiatric diseases and the law.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:39 Part 1 (Context for the case)
00:05:58 Part 2 (The Neurobiology Perspective)
00:20:25 Part 3 (The Legal Aspect)
Gut Microbiome; Shame vs Guilt; Your Comments | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 126 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if the gut microbiome can affect the brain, especially when it comes to psychiatric disorders, and the difference between shame and …
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Episode 126 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if the gut microbiome can affect the brain, especially when it comes to psychiatric disorders, and the difference between shame and guilt-based cultures.
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00:00 Intro and Comments Response
00:04:28 Question 1 (Gut Microbiome and the brain)
00:20:54 Question 2 (Shame vs. guilt-based cultures)
Giraffe Math; Introversion/Extroversion Neuroscience | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 125 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of some of the supposed neurobiological differences between introversion and extroversion and why they may be inaccurate, and the …
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Episode 125 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of some of the supposed neurobiological differences between introversion and extroversion and why they may be inaccurate, and the recent demonstration of mathematical abilities by some Spanish giraffe.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:17 Question 1 (Neurobiology of introversion and extroversion)
00:20:54 Question 2 (Giraffe that do math)
Pseudoscience and Conspiracy Theories; No Mosquitos | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 124 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the world of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories and how to talk to someone who believes them, and what would happen if we got rid of …
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Episode 124 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the world of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories and how to talk to someone who believes them, and what would happen if we got rid of mosquitos once and for all.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Pseudoscience and conspiracy theories)
00:20:56 Question 2 (Could we eradicate mosquitos?)
Male Eradications; Autoimmune Contradictions | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 123 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the relationship between the immune system, stress, and glucocorticoids, and why men keep coming close to being wiped out.Social & …
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Episode 123 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the relationship between the immune system, stress, and glucocorticoids, and why men keep coming close to being wiped out.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Autoimmunity, stress, and glucocorticoids)
00:15:17 Question 2 (Male Eradications)
Ape Laughter; Mirror Cells | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 122 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the potential danger that is mirror cells, and whether other apes laugh like we do.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission …
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Episode 122 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the potential danger that is mirror cells, and whether other apes laugh like we do.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Mirror Cells)
00:16:58 Question 2 Part 1 (Ape Laughter)
The Truth About Peptides; Spelling Bees & Demographics | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 121 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the recent craze that is peptides and whether they really help strength and muscle growth, and how one trains their brain for a Spelling Bee …
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Episode 121 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the recent craze that is peptides and whether they really help strength and muscle growth, and how one trains their brain for a Spelling Bee, along with how a trend in Bees reflects a larger pattern of demographics in the U.S.
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00:00 Intro and Corrections
00:01:20 Question 1 (Peptides and muscle growth)
00:16:02 Question 2 Part 1 (Training for Spelling Bees)
00:25:52 Question 2 Part 2 (Bees and Demographic trends)
Biracial Identities; Intersectionality; Eye Floaters | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 120 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how the amygdala processes “us” and “them” in biracial individuals, as well as in other cases of intersectional identities, and what …
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Episode 120 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include how the amygdala processes “us” and “them” in biracial individuals, as well as in other cases of intersectional identities, and what the mysterious eye floaters we all see really are.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Biracial individuals and amygdala categorization)
00:28:32 Question 2 (Eye floaters)
Bad Boy Appeal; Human Speciation; “Shared” Genes | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 119 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether humans will evolve into different subspecies, inter- versus intra- genetic similarities of species, and why so many people …
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Episode 119 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether humans will evolve into different subspecies, inter- versus intra- genetic similarities of species, and why so many people are so attracted to bad boys.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Will humans speciate?)
00:13:20 Question 2 (“Shared” genes)
00:20:27 Question 3 (The appeal of bad boys)
Armenian Genocide; Snake and Fish Cooperations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 118 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include moral scrupulosity OCD and whether it may be rooted in intergenerational trauma, with the the Armenian Genocide as an example lens, and …
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Episode 118 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include moral scrupulosity OCD and whether it may be rooted in intergenerational trauma, with the the Armenian Genocide as an example lens, and the (slightly terrifying) case of a snake and fish cooperative hunting technique.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 Part 1 (Moral scrupulosity OCD)
00:08:21 Q1 Part 2 (Armenian Genocide)
00:17:43 Q1 Part 3 (Intergenerational Trauma)
00:27:39 Question 2 (Snake and Fish Cooperative Hunting)
Plant Intelligence | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 117 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on work around plant intelligence and the amazing – though often oversold – things plants do.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission …
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Episode 117 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on work around plant intelligence and the amazing – though often oversold – things plants do.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Plants Part 1
00:14:26 Part 2
00:22:48 Part 3
Handshakes; Marchetti’s Constant of Commuting | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 116 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of Marchetti’s constant of human commuting, as well as why we humans shake hands and how other species do the same.Social & …
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Episode 116 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of Marchetti’s constant of human commuting, as well as why we humans shake hands and how other species do the same.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Marchetti’s Constant and Commuting)
00:15:06 Question 2 (Handshakes)
Bird Language; Stress Eaters | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 115 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why some people eat more and others eat less under stress, and groundbreaking work that has shown the complex language skills of …
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Episode 115 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why some people eat more and others eat less under stress, and groundbreaking work that has shown the complex language skills of birds.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Stress and Eating)
00:20:10 Question 2 (Birds and Language)
Chimp Civil War; Bipolar II | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 114 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the difference between Bipolar I and II, and the chimp civil war that has recently made Scientific headlines. Social & WebsitesQuestion …
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Episode 114 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the difference between Bipolar I and II, and the chimp civil war that has recently made Scientific headlines.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:37 Question 1 (Bipolar II)
00:08:47 Question 2 (Chimp Civil War)
Sexual Reproduction; Acquired Savants; Human Dominance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 113 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Acquired Savant Syndrome, how humans evolved to be dominant as generalists, and why organisms began to do sexual reproduction.Social & …
Notes de l’épisode
Episode 113 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Acquired Savant Syndrome, how humans evolved to be dominant as generalists, and why organisms began to do sexual reproduction.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:01:07 Question 1 (Acquired Savant Syndrome)
00:12:51 Question 2 (Human dominance)
00:27:36 Question 3 (Sexual reproduction)
Chimps & Crystals; Gendered Colors; COVID fetuses | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 112 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why women perceive more colors than men, the impact of long-term COVID on fetuses, and our closest relatives’ interest in crystals.Social & …
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Episode 112 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why women perceive more colors than men, the impact of long-term COVID on fetuses, and our closest relatives’ interest in crystals.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Gendered color perception)
00:09:56 Question 2 (COVID fetuses)
00:20:43 Question 3 (Chimps and crystals)
Fart Jokes, Handedness, SuperAgers | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 111 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why we developed handedness and if we’re the only species, what work on “SuperAgers” can teach us about cognitive longevity, and why we …
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Episode 111 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why we developed handedness and if we’re the only species, what work on “SuperAgers” can teach us about cognitive longevity, and why we find flatulence so darn funny.
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00:00 Intro
00:00:34 Question 1 (Handedness)
00:16:20 Question 2 (SuperAgers)
00:31:40 Question 3 (Why farts are funny)
Sex Changing Fish, Sleepwalking, Gays’ Parents | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 110 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether parenting styles can influence sexual orientation, what sleepwalking is and how other animals “sleepwalk,” and the many …
Notes de l’épisode
Episode 110 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of whether parenting styles can influence sexual orientation, what sleepwalking is and how other animals “sleepwalk,” and the many other species that undergo sex changes.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Parenting and Sexual orientation)
00:05:23 Question 2 (Sleepwalking and other animals)
00:19:20 Question 3 (Sex Changing Species)
Call of the Void, Animals Adopting, Robert Trivers | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 109 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the work of the late Robert Trivers, the intrusive thoughts that are the Call of the Void, and when animals adopt their own and other …
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Episode 109 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the work of the late Robert Trivers, the intrusive thoughts that are the Call of the Void, and when animals adopt their own and other species.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Robert Trivers)
00:23:57 Question 2 (Call of the Void)
00:35:58 Question 3 (When Animals Adopt)
Hurricane Births, Black Plague, Too Much PFC | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 108 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why the Bubonic (Black) Plague went away, how hurricanes induce labor, and when the prefrontal cortex is too effective.Social & …
Notes de l’épisode
Episode 108 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why the Bubonic (Black) Plague went away, how hurricanes induce labor, and when the prefrontal cortex is too effective.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:13 Question 1 (How the Black Plague disappeared)
00:16:00 Question 2 (Hurricanes and births)
00:24:04 Question 3 (Overactive PFC’s)
Hobbits and Hallucinations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Episode 107 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of how one mushroom causes a very specific hallucination, and the real-life hobbits who once existed.Social & WebsitesQuestion …
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Episode 107 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes discussion of how one mushroom causes a very specific hallucination, and the real-life hobbits who once existed.
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Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky
00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Tiny People hallucinations)
00:09:42 Question 2 (Hobbits)
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