• #66: Forgiveness, Optimal Living, SA Prediction | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    Jun 12 2025

    Episode 66 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the optimal living environment for humans, how we forgive, and whether suicide attempts can really be predicted and prevented.


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

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



    00:00: Intro

    00:43: Question 1 (Optimal living environment)

    17:13: Question 2 (The science of forgiveness)

    30:56: Question 3 (Suicide prediction)

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    43 mins
  • #65: Stress Addiction, Genome Differences, Metaphorical Diets | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    Jun 5 2025

    Episode 65 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the 1% difference between human and chimp genomes, how stress hormones can be addictive, and if one can lose weight with a metaphorical diet.


    Social & Websites

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

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



    00:00: Intro

    00:43: Question 1 (Genome differences)

    00:17:13: Question 2 (Stress hormone addiction)

    00:25:28: Question 3 (Metaphorical diets)

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    35 mins
  • #64: Botox, Chemo Brain, Chess | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    May 29 2025

    Episode 64 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the brain fog experienced during chemotherapy, the effects of Botox on emotion, and how many calories chess players burn.


    Social & Websites

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

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


    00:00: Intro

    00:15: Question 1 (Chemo brain fog)

    13:53: Question 2 (Botox and emotions)

    24:55: Question 3 (Chess and calorie burning)

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    36 mins
  • #63: Wealth Disparity, Smell Loss, Libet | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    May 22 2025

    Episode 63 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the loss of smell in COVID-19, the 1983 Libet study, and the relative standing of current inequality.


    Social & Websites

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

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



    00:00: Intro

    00:15: Question 1 (COVID and smell)

    10:22: Question 2 (Libet et al.)

    28:28: Question 3 (Inequality — better or worse?)

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    45 mins
  • #62: Palestine, Monkey Language, Dutch Hunger Winter | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    May 15 2025

    Episode 62 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the function of language brain regions in other apes and monkeys, the “developmental origin of health and disease” and the Dutch Hunger Winter, and how this applies to Palestine.


    Social & Websites

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

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



    00:00: Intro

    00:15: Question 1 (Monkey and ape language brains)

    13:28: Question 2 (Dutch Hunger Winter)

    25:44: Question 3 (Applicability to Palestine)

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    32 mins
  • #61: De-extinction, Jennifer Aniston Neurons, ASD Vaccines | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    May 8 2025

    Episode 61 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses de-extinction, parasocial relationships and Jennifer Aniston Neurons, and whether autism is genetically or environmentally caused (by vaccines).


    Social & Websites

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

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



    00:00: Intro

    00:15: Question 1 (De-extinction)

    09:06: Question 2 (Parasocial Relationships)

    26:11: Question 3 (ASD: Genes or environment)

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    43 mins
  • #60: Tourette’s, Free Will vs God, Sexual Maturation | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    May 1 2025

    Episode 60 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include Tourette Syndrome, whether free will and God are mutually exclusive, and the timeline of human sexual maturation.


    Social & Websites

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

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



    00:00: Intro

    00:23: Question 1 (Tourette Syndrome)

    21:07: Question 2 (Free Will vs God)

    25:44: Question 3 (Human Sexual Maturation)

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    35 mins
  • #59: Marshmallow Test, Language Wiring, NSSI’s | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews
    Apr 17 2025

    Episode 59 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses wiring of different languages, whether the Professor and Offspring pass the Marshmallow Test, and addictive qualities of non-suicidal self-injury.


    Social & Websites

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

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


    00:00: Intro

    00:20: Question 1 (First and second language wiring)

    13:40: Question 2 (The Marshmallow Test)

    22:04: Question 3 (Non-suicidal self-injury)




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    35 mins