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Human Evolution, Ancient Drug Use, Ritual Burials, Homo Naledi, Origins of Human Mind, Paleoanthropology | Lee Berger | 38
Season 1 Episode 38
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Nick Jikomes talks to paleoanthropologist Dr. Lee Berger about human evolution. Dr. Berger is a professor of anthropology in South Afri…
4 years, 3 months ago
Brain Development, Neuroplasticity, Learning, Sensory Maps & Simulations | Michael Crair | 37
Season 1 Episode 37
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Nick talks to physicist and neuroscientist Dr. Michael Crair. Michael runs a lab at Yale University studying mechanisms of brain develo…
4 years, 3 months ago
Culture, Consciousness, Diet, Medicine, Sleep, Mating & Dating Behavior, Civilization, Evolution | Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying | 36
Season 1 Episode 36
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Nick talks to evolutionary biologists Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying about using evolutionary thinking to understand humanity's predic…
4 years, 4 months ago
Psychiatry, Depression, Anxiety, Autism, Dissociation & "Projections: A Story of Human Emotions" | Karl Deisseroth | 35
Season 1 Episode 35
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Nick talks to Stanford psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Karl Deisseroth. They discuss a range of topics about the brain, including a…
4 years, 4 months ago
Social Status, Luxury Beliefs, Social Psychology & Human Social Behavior | Rob Henderson | 34
Season 1 Episode 34
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Nick to talks to psychology student Rob Henderson about social status, social signaling, luxury beliefs, and related topics in social p…
4 years, 4 months ago
LSD, Mescaline, DMT, MDMA, Medicinal Chemistry & Psychedelic Medicine | David Nichols | 33
Season 1 Episode 33
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Nick talks to medicinal chemist Dr. David Nichols, who has spent decades studying the chemistry and pharmacology of psychedelics. Dr. N…
4 years, 4 months ago
SARS-CoV-2 Variants, mRNA Vaccines, Virology, Evolution & Future of COVID-19 | Sarah Otto | 32
Season 1 Episode 32
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Nick talks with evolutionary biologist Dr. Sarah Otto about the evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, the emergence of new variants, whe…
4 years, 4 months ago
Cognition, Decision Making, Learning, Schemas & the Brain | Aaron Gruber | 31
Season 1 Episode 31
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Nick talks to neuroscientist Dr. Aaron Gruber about topics related to cognition and learning in the brain, including what we know about…
4 years, 5 months ago
No New Episode This Week / General Announcements
No new episode this week. We will begin our normal weekly episode cadence next week medicinal chemist and pharmacologist, Dr. David Nichols (8/6) to …
4 years, 5 months ago
Psilocybin, Ketamine, Neuroplasticity, Depression & Imaging the Brain | Alex Kwan | 30
Season 1 Episode 30
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Nick talks to applied physicist and neuroscientist, Dr. Alex Kwan. His lab studies how neuropsychiatric drugs, such as psilocybin and k…
4 years, 5 months ago