Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

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• Sexual Reproduction; Acquired Savants; Human Dominance | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews 28.05.2026 38分

  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 & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:01:07 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 21.05.2026 31分

  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 & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 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 14.05.2026 43分

  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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:34 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 07.05.2026 26分

  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. Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 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 30.04.2026 47分

  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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 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 23.04.2026 33分

  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 & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:13 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 16.04.2026 31分

  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 Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Tiny People hallucinations)00:09:42 Question 2 (Hobbits)
• Punch the Monkey, White Replacement, Glymphatic System | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews 09.04.2026 27分

  Episode 106 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses if there’s any validity to the White/Great Replacement Theory, the details of the glymphatic system, and the global phenomenon of Punch the Monkey.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (White Great Replacement Theory)00:11:30 Question 2 (Glymphatic system)00:21:19 Question 3 (Punch the monkey)
• The Price of Atheism, Mania, Shock Bracelets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #105 02.04.2026 36分

  Episode 105 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Rachel’s shock bracelets, the price of atheism, how to discuss banned topics, and the pathological “happiness” of mania. Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Rachel’s shock bracelets)00:04:08 Question 2 (Atheism and Taboo Topics)00:21:20 Question 3 (Pathological happiness in mania)
• Cranial Deformation, Spontaneous Monogamy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #104 26.03.2026 37分

  Episode 104 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how the Default Mode Network fails in depression, why cultures do cranial deformation, and the evolutionary journey of monogamy.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:13 Question 1 (Default Mode Network in depression)00:16:20 Question 2 (Cranial Deformation)00:24:26 Question 3 (Pair-bonding in mammals)
• The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s, Flagellation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #103 19.03.2026 32分

  Episode 103 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the woman who is able to smell Parkinson’s, the ratio of brain to body mass, and the role of ritualistic physical harm in religion.NOTE this episode contains semi-graphic discussion of acts of physical harm.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s)00:14:25 Question 2 (Brain body ratios)00:19:38 Question 3 (Ritualistic harm in religion)
• Food Comas, Weasel War Dances, Tortoise Updates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #102 12.03.2026 37分

  Episode 102 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the status of the reintroduced Galápagos tortoise species, why we get food comas, and the mysterious world of weasel war dances.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Tortoise updates)00:05:10 Question 2 (Food comas)00:15:16 Question 3 (Weasel war dances)
• How We Lost Our Tails, Getting Taller, Senescence | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #101 05.03.2026 35分

  Episode 101 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if and why humans are getting taller overall, what caused us to evolve without tails, and the pros and cons of senescence.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Human Heights)00:15:22 Question 2 (How we lost our tails)00:24:40 Question 3 (Senescence)
• Why This Podcast, Gorillas & Gibbons, The Occult | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #100 26.02.2026 32分

  Episode 100 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes how this podcast came to be, SSRI’s versus SNRI’s, gorillas and gibbons in Sapolsky's life, and the allure (and neuroscience) of the occult.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:51 Question 1 (Why This Podcast)00:03:18 Question 2 (SSRI’s vs SNRI’s)00:12:11 Question 3 (Gorillas)00:16:16 Question 4 (Gibbons)00:20:06 Question 5 (Belief in the occult)
• Age of Consent, Cavemen Myths | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #99 19.02.2026 25分

  Episode 99 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses whether cavemen actually existed and in what form, why we can feel weather in our limbs, and whether the age of consent should be raised to match brain maturation.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Cavemen)00:09:37 Question 2 (Feeling the weather)00:12:55 Question 3 (Age of consent)
• Neural Implants, Smell Loss, Exercise | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #98 12.02.2026 31分

  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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Benefits of exercise)00:09:56 Question 2 (Parkinson’s smell loss)00:18:31 Question 3 (Neural implants)
• Musical Emotions, Primate Healthcare | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #97 05.02.2026 28分

  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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Music and emotions)00:09:05 Question 2 (Singular gene causes)00:18:35 Question 3 (Primate medical care)
• Buddhism, Out-of-Africa, Talking Dogs | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #96 29.01.2026 31分

  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. Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Buddhism and the brain)00:08:44 Question 2 (Out-of-Africa genetic diversity)00:16:33 Question 3 (Talking Dogs)
• Midlife Crisis, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Twins | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #95 22.01.2026 35分

  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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Opposite sex twins)00:12:42 Question 2 (Foreign Accent Syndrome)00:25:20 Question 3 (Mid-Life Crises)
• Microplastics, Astrology, Trypophobia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #94 15.01.2026 28分

  Episode 94 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why microplastics are harmful, whether there’s legitimacy behind astrology, and the disorder trypophobia.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:28 Question 1 (Microplastics)00:11:28 Question 2 (“Astrology”)00:22:14 Question 3 (Trypophobia)