Episode 77 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode focuses on the differences between hunter-gatherer and WEIRD childhoods, how stress and social ranking really interact, and the role metabolic health plays in Alzheimer’s.

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00:00 Intro

00:14 Question 1 (Hunter-Gatherer parenting)

00:15:49 Question 2 (Stress and ranking)

00:28:35 Question 3 (Metabolic health and Alzheimer’s)

Episode 76 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the biology of morning versus night people, whether an internalized locus of control is protective, and if the Hungry Judges study is still valid.

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00:00 Intro

00:14 Question 1 (Morning vs Night People)

00:14:08 Question 2 (Locus of Control)

00:25:25 Question 3 (Hungry Judges Study)

Episode 75 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses what boredom is about in the brain, why rates of homosexuality were high in ancient Greece, and Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy.

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00:00 Intro

00:51 Question 1 (Boredom)

00:14:14 Question 2 (Historical homosexuality)

00:22:13 Question 3 (Carl Linnaeus, father of taxonomy)

Episode 74 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the reason for menopause, why capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey babies, and the occurrence of jumping genes in humans.

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00:00 Intro

00:15 Question 1 (Menopause)

00:20:58 Question 2 (Capuchin thieves)

00:29:38 Question 3 (Jumping Genes)

Episode 73 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how male risk-taking behaviors impact sex ratios, thyroid-related autoimmune diseases, and the TikTok twin telepathy challenge.

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00:00 Intro

00:15 Question 1 (Male risk taking)

00:06:32 Question 2 (Thyroid function and diseases)

00:20:11 Question 3 (TikTok twin telepathy challenge)

Episode 72 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include whether the mother or father is more evolutionarily dominant, why bottom-up emergence matters, and how other primates respond to offspring bullying.

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00:00 Intro

00:23 Question 1 (Importance of mothers vs fathers)

00:12:04 Question 2 (Bottom-up Emergence)

00:23:08 Question 3 (Primate protective parenting)

Episode 71 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses how our IQ’s are increasing, why that one song is stuck in your head, and whether we think or feel our way to decisions.

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00:00 Intro

00:15 Question 1 (IQ’s)

00:09:39 Question 2 (Earworms)

00:16:30 Question 3 (Thinking vs Feeling)

Episode 70 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include placebos, updates on Sapolsky’s lectures, and whether Israel is simply doing tit-for-tat.

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00:00 Intro

00:15 Question 1 (Placebos)

15:03 Question 2 (Updated Lectures

16:01 Question 3 (Israel: tit-for-tat?)