• Naked Mole Rats, Aspartame, Restless Leg Syndrome | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #91
    Dec 18 2025

    Episode 91 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the link between aspartame and cognitive decline, casual mechanisms of Restless Leg Syndrome, and why naked mole rats don’t get cancer.


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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:13 Question 1 (Aspartame)

    00:14:01 Question 2 (Restless Leg Syndrome)

    00:23:23 Question 3 (Naked Mole Rats)

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    36 mins
  • Hormones All The Way Down | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #90
    Dec 11 2025

    Episode 90 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the relationship between hormones and the brain and how creativity exists without free will.


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    00:00 Intro and Updates

    00:01:26 Question 1 (Hormones and the Brain Part 1)

    00:16:16 Question 2 (Creativity without free will)

    00:27:26 Question 3 (Hormones and the Brain Part 2)

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    36 mins
  • Male Rejection, Pandemic Effects, Night Primates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #89
    Dec 11 2025

    Episode 89 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses male-on-female violence in other primates, what primates do at night, and what impact pandemics have on societies long-term. NOTE: this episode discusses issues of r*pe and sexual violence.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Rejected male violence)00:14:00 Question 2 (Primates at night00:20:07 Question 3 (Effects of pandemics)

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    35 mins
  • Vegans, Near-Death Experiences, Fertility Figures | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #88
    Nov 27 2025

    Episode 88 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include what humans’ natural diet should be, the history of fertility figures, and what the heck is up with near-death experiences.


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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:15 Question 1 (Ideal human diet)

    00:14:28 Question 2 (Fertility figures)

    00:19:52 Question 3 (Near-death experiences)

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    35 mins
  • Heroism, Fainting, Autoimmune Schizophrenia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #87
    Nov 20 2025

    Episode 87 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the potential relationship between autoimmunity and psychoses, why the heck humans faint, especially at the sight of blood, and what makes some of us perform acts of heroism.


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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 Question 1 (Autoimmunity and psychoses)

    00:09:48 Question 2 (Fainting and vasovagal reflex)

    00:18:34 Question 3 (What makes us heroes)

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    32 mins
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Anti-Breeders, Before Turtles | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #86
    Nov 13 2025

    Episode 86 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why some have no desire to reproduce from an evolutionary perspective, what comes before the turtles, and the factors behind Multiple Sclerosis.


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    00:00 Intro

    00:02:11 Question 1 (Why some don’t reproduce)

    00:13:22 Question 2 (Before the turtles)

    00:18:33 Question 3 (Multiple Sclerosis)

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    35 mins
  • Obesity, Deja Vu, History of ASD | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #85
    Nov 6 2025

    Episode 85 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the history of ASD, whether there is healthy obesity, and what deja vu is about.


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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:14 Question 1 (History of ASD)

    00:16:06 Question 2 (Healthy Obesity)

    00:23:04 Question 3 (Deja vu)

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    37 mins
  • mRNA Vaccines, Reckless Youth, Teeth | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #84
    Oct 30 2025

    Episode 84 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This topic discusses why youth are so reckless, how stress impacts tooth decay, and whether mRNA vaccines have any long-term risks.

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    00:00 Intro

    00:00:41 Question 1 (Reckless youth)

    00:11:12 Question 2 (Stress and teeth)

    00:18:59 Question 3 (mRNA vaccines)

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    40 mins