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  • FULL EPISODE: Microbes Are Pulling Your Strings - October 15, 2026

    FULL EPISODE: Microbes Are Pulling Your Strings - October 15, 2026
    Oct 16 2026
    Communication studies researcher Clementine Oberst explains how Heated Rivalry, Off Campus and Shoresy are challenging hockey's longstanding stereotypes. Psychology professor Ira Hyman discusses how AI facial recognition tech has led to the arrest of innocent people. Medical microbiology and immunology professor Vanessa Sperandio chats about the amazing effects the microorganisms living in our gut can have on our minds, in particular going over one study showing that changes in the gut bacteria of mice can change the way they respond to cocaine. Evolutionary ecologist Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde outlines why raccoons have been so successful in taking over cities, especially Toronto. Economics professor Eric Kam weighs in on money dilemmas involving a refrigerator changing hands between family members and a woman's expensive McDonald's delivery habit formed using her boyfriend's credit card. Neuroscience professor Argel Aguilar-Valles reveals how psilocybin (magic mushrooms) may help the brain recover from a concussion. Protect your privacy. Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:07) Clementine Oberst (10:00) Ira Hyman (20:00) Vanessa Sperandio pt. 1 (30:00) Vanessa Sperandio pt. 2 (39:50) Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde (49:50) Eric Kam pt. 1 (59:50) Eric Kam pt. 2 (1:09:50) Argel Aguilar-Valles (1:19:10) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 28 min
  • Nerve Stimulation Helps You Learn New Skills; Mysterious Galactic Signal

    Nerve Stimulation Helps You Learn New Skills; Mysterious Galactic Signal
    Oct 15 2026
    For science news, professor ⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠ discusses the following: How vagus nerve stimulation could help new skills stick⁠; A study shows meat eaters are more likely to survive to 100, but there's a catch⁠; and A mysterious signal reached us from when the universe was just 3 billion years old, and its home galaxy surprised astronomers⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 min
  • When an Ex Turns Kids Against You

    When an Ex Turns Kids Against You
    Oct 15 2026
    For Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, social worker and therapist ⁠Gary Direnfeld⁠ explains why some parents turn their kids against an ex during bitter custody battles, and what the targeted parent can do about it. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 min
  • The Manchester City Soccer Conspiracy

    The Manchester City Soccer Conspiracy
    Oct 15 2026
    On Conspiracy Corner, political science professor ⁠Lee Kuhnle⁠ walks us through ⁠the explosive Manchester City soccer scandal⁠. Find Lee's book Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies here⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 min
  • Seychelles Tortoise Comeback; Sand Hoppers Really Dig; Secret Weapon to Save Kelp

    Seychelles Tortoise Comeback; Sand Hoppers Really Dig; Secret Weapon to Save Kelp
    Oct 15 2026
    eterinarian ⁠Dr. Cliff Redford⁠ joins us for Vet Talk or Pet Talk, covering the following: Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island⁠; Sand hoppers dig up 10 times their body weight every night, and they're reshaping California beaches⁠; Wildfire smoke affects animals in unique ways, and scientists are trying to understand it⁠; and Scientists deploy a 24-armed secret weapon to save California's kelp forests⁠. Check out Cliff's book Far and Wild: Adventures of The Worldwide Vet here⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 min
  • FULL EPISODE: Eat Meat, Live to a Hundred? - October 14, 2026

    FULL EPISODE: Eat Meat, Live to a Hundred? - October 14, 2026
    Oct 15 2026
    For science news, professor Jesse Rogerson discusses the following: How vagus nerve stimulation could help new skills stick; A study shows meat eaters are more likely to survive to 100, but there's a catch; and A mysterious signal reached us from when the universe was just 3 billion years old, and its home galaxy surprised astronomers. On Conspiracy Corner, political science professor Lee Kuhnle walks us through the explosive Manchester City soccer scandal. (Find Lee's book Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies here.) Veterinarian Dr. Cliff Redford joins us for Vet Talk or Pet Talk, covering the following: Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island; Sand hoppers dig up 10 times their body weight every night, and they're reshaping California beaches; Wildfire smoke affects animals in unique ways, and scientists are trying to understand it; and Scientists deploy a 24-armed secret weapon to save California's kelp forests. (Check out Cliff's book Far and Wild: Adventures of The Worldwide Vet here.) For Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, social worker and therapist Gary Direnfeld explains why some parents turn their kids against an ex during bitter custody battles, and what the targeted parent can do about it. Protect your privacy. Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:06) Jesse Rogerson pt. 1 (10:00) Jesse Rogerson pt. 2 (20:00) Lee Kuhnle pt. 1 (30:00) Lee Kuhnle pt. 2 (39:50) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 1 (49:50) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 2 (59:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 1 (1:09:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 2 (1:19:09) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 28 min
  • Fish and Their Surprisingly Complicated Sexual Preferences

    Fish and Their Surprisingly Complicated Sexual Preferences
    Oct 14 2026
    Fish sexuality expert and Royal Society PhD student ⁠Kathryn Bullough⁠ outlines ⁠what male and female green swordtail fish find attractive in the opposite sex⁠. (Spoiler: the little swimmers aren't too different from us.) Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 min
  • The Toxic Dance of People-Pleasers and Pleaders

    The Toxic Dance of People-Pleasers and Pleaders
    Oct 14 2026
    Humanistic psychologist and cognitive scientist ⁠Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman⁠ outlines ⁠people-pleasers and their less mentioned counterpart: the pleader⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 min