First hundred hours of life
From Growing up WEIRD Podcast by Guen Bradbury and Greg Dickens
February 10, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of the first hundred hours of life and various related topics including risk taking in chimpanzees and the effects of dishwasher detergents.
In this episode, Greg Dickens and I discuss recent news on how young chimpanzees take risks, on how certain types of dishwasher detergents may affect the gut, and on how gaming affects university students. We then talk about the first hundred hours of life - why it’s more important than the second, what baby bodies expect, and how we can set ourselves and others up for a better postnatal period. Finally, we talk about giving fruit as gifts. For more information on the early postnatal period, see this article: https://guenbradbury.substack.com/p/getting-the-first-hundred-hours-right Topics covered * How does risk taking in young chimpanzees vary with age? * How worried should we be about dishwasher detergents? * What’s the effect of video gaming on university students? * Should teens sleep in on the weekends? * How does your gut microbiome affect your risk of cancer and your response to anticancer drugs? * How does your weight in childhood affect your likelihood of disease in adulthood, and how does this alter if your weight changes in adulthood? * What’s important in the early postnatal period, and what can we do to set things up for success? * If everyone gave fruit as gifts…
People in this episode
Hosts: Greg Dickens, Guen Bradbury
Topics covered
- chimpanzee risk taking
- dishwasher detergents and gut health
- video gaming effects on students
- early postnatal period
- fruit as gifts
Keywords
- postnatal period
- gut microbiome
- childhood weight
- video gaming
- dishwasher detergents
- chimpanzees
- fruit gifts
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Substack
Books & works: Getting the First Hundred Hours Right
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