Épisodes

  • Punch the Monkey, White Replacement, Glymphatic System | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    Apr 9 2026

    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.



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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 Question 1 (White Great Replacement Theory)

    00:11:30 Question 2 (Glymphatic system)

    00:21:19 Question 3 (Punch the monkey)

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    27 min
  • The Price of Atheism, Mania, Shock Bracelets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #105
    Apr 2 2026

    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 & Websites

    Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky

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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 Question 1 (Rachel’s shock bracelets)

    00:04:08 Question 2 (Atheism and Taboo Topics)

    00:21:20 Question 3 (Pathological happiness in mania)

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    37 min
  • Cranial Deformation, Spontaneous Monogamy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #104
    Mar 26 2026

    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 & Websites

    Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky



    00:00 Intro

    00:00:13 Question 1 (Default Mode Network in depression)

    00:16:20 Question 2 (Cranial Deformation)

    00:24:26 Question 3 (Pair-bonding in mammals)

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    38 min
  • The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s, Flagellation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #103
    Mar 19 2026

    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 & Websites

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    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky



    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 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)

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    32 min
  • Food Comas, Weasel War Dances, Tortoise Updates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #102
    Mar 12 2026

    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 & Websites

    Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky

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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 Question 1 (Tortoise updates)

    00:05:10 Question 2 (Food comas)

    00:15:16 Question 3 (Weasel war dances)

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    37 min
  • How We Lost Our Tails, Getting Taller, Senescence | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #101
    Mar 5 2026

    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 & Websites

    Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky



    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 Question 1 (Human Heights)

    00:15:22 Question 2 (How we lost our tails)

    00:24:40 Question 3 (Senescence)

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    36 min
  • Why This Podcast, Gorillas & Gibbons, The Occult | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #100
    Feb 26 2026

    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 life, and the allure (and neuroscience) of the occult.



    Social & Websites

    Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky



    00:00 Intro

    00:00:51 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 3 (Gibbons)

    00:20:06 Question 3 (Belief in the occult)

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    32 min
  • Age of Consent, Cavemen Myths | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #99
    Feb 19 2026

    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 & Websites

    Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky




    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 Question 1 (Cavemen)

    00:09:37 Question 2 (Feeling the weather)

    00:12:55 Question 3 (Age of consent)

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    25 min