Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

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.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Music and emotions)
00:09:05 Question 2 (Singular gene causes)
00:18:35 Question 3 (Primate medical care)

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. 

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Buddhism and the brain)
00:08:44 Question 2 (Out-of-Africa genetic diversity)
00:16:33 Question 3 (Talking Dogs)

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.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:14 Question 1 (Opposite sex twins)
00:12:42 Question 2 (Foreign Accent Syndrome)
00:25:20 Question 3 (Mid-Life Crises)

Episode 94 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses why microplastics are harmful, whether there’s legitimacy behind astrology, and the disorder trypophobia.

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00:00 Intro
00:00:28 Question 1 (Microplastics)
00:11:28 Question 2 (“Astrology”)
00:22:14 Question 3 (Trypophobia)

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.html

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00:00 Intro
00:00:18 Question 1 (Why we cry)
00:13:26 Question 2 (Shame)
00:19:03 Question 3 (Testosterone)