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Call of the Void, Animals Adopting, Robert Trivers | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Apr 30, 2026
47m 27s
Hurricane Births, Black Plague, Too Much PFC | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Apr 23, 2026
Unknown duration
Hobbits and Hallucinations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Apr 16, 2026
Unknown duration
Punch the Monkey, White Replacement, Glymphatic System | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
Apr 9, 2026
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The Price of Atheism, Mania, Shock Bracelets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #105
Apr 2, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/30/26 | Call of the Void, Animals Adopting, Robert Trivers | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews✨ | Robert TriversCall of the Void+3 | — | — | — | Robert TriversCall of the Void+3 | — | 47m 27s | |
| 4/23/26 | Hurricane Births, Black Plague, Too Much PFC | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews | 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) | — | ||||||
| 4/16/26 | Hobbits and Hallucinations | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews | 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) | — | ||||||
| 4/9/26 | Punch the Monkey, White Replacement, Glymphatic System | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews | 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) | — | ||||||
| 4/2/26 | The Price of Atheism, Mania, Shock Bracelets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #105 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 3/26/26 | Cranial Deformation, Spontaneous Monogamy | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #104 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 | The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s, Flagellation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #103 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 3/12/26 | Food Comas, Weasel War Dances, Tortoise Updates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #102 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 3/5/26 | How We Lost Our Tails, Getting Taller, Senescence | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #101 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 | Why This Podcast, Gorillas & Gibbons, The Occult | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #100 | 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) | — | ||||||
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| 2/19/26 | Age of Consent, Cavemen Myths | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #99 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | Neural Implants, Smell Loss, Exercise | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #98 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | Musical Emotions, Primate Healthcare | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #97 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | Buddhism, Out-of-Africa, Talking Dogs | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #96 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | Midlife Crisis, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Twins | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #95 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | Microplastics, Astrology, Trypophobia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #94 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | Testosterone, Why We Cry, Shame | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #93 | Episode 93 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include why we cry for various reasons, the reason for shame, and the truth about testosterone in the context of the MAGA era. Access the referenced NYT article here:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/opinion/testosterone-maga-men-masculinity.htmlSocial & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:18 Question 1 (Why we cry)00:13:26 Question 2 (Shame)00:19:03 Question 3 (Testosterone) | — | ||||||
| 12/25/25 | Alice in Wonderland, Psychiatrists’ Mental Health | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #92 | Episode 92 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode includes Alice in Wonderland syndrome, the “Red Queen” arms races between humans and COVID, and, in light of a recent tragedy, the mental health of those who work in mental health.SENSITIVE MATERIAL: this episode contains discussion of su*cide. Please reach out to a professional for support if you need support with this yourself.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:21 Question 1 (Alice in Wonderland Syndrome)00:08:35 Question 2 (Red Queen arms races)00:22:49 Question 3 (Psychiatrists’ mental health) | — | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | Naked Mole Rats, Aspartame, Restless Leg Syndrome | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #91 | Episode 91 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the link between aspartame and cognitive decline, causal mechanisms of Restless Leg Syndrome, and why naked mole rats don’t get cancer.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:13 Question 1 (Aspartame)00:14:01 Question 2 (Restless Leg Syndrome)00:23:23 Question 3 (Naked Mole Rats) | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Hormones All The Way Down | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #90 | 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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro and Updates00:01:26 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) | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Male Rejection, Pandemic Effects, Night Primates | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #89 | 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) | — | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | Vegans, Near-Death Experiences, Fertility Figures | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #88 | 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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:15 Question 1 (Ideal human diet)00:14:28 Question 2 (Fertility figures)00:19:52 Question 3 (Near-death experiences) | — | ||||||
| 11/20/25 | Heroism, Fainting, Autoimmune Schizophrenia | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #87 | 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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (Autoimmunity and psychoses)00:09:48 Question 2 (Fainting and vasovagal reflex)00:18:34 Question 3 (What makes us heroes) | — | ||||||
| 11/13/25 | Multiple Sclerosis, Anti-Breeders, Before Turtles | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #86 | 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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:02:11 Question 1 (Why some don’t reproduce)00:13:22 Question 2 (Before the turtles)00:18:33 Question 3 (Multiple Sclerosis) | — | ||||||
| 11/6/25 | Obesity, Deja Vu, History of ASD | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #85 | 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.Social & WebsitesQuestion Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolskyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky00:00 Intro00:00:14 Question 1 (History of ASD)00:16:06 Question 2 (Healthy Obesity)00:23:04 Question 3 (Deja vu) | — | ||||||
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