145 Episodes

  1. Brains of a feather

    Published: 9/24/2025
  2. How nature restores the mind

    Published: 9/10/2025
  3. From the archive: Revisiting the dawn of human cognition

    Published: 9/4/2025
  4. From the archive: Of molecules and memories

    Published: 8/21/2025
  5. From the archive: Consider the spider

    Published: 8/7/2025
  6. The shaman with a thousand faces

    Published: 7/24/2025
  7. Varieties of childhood

    Published: 7/10/2025
  8. Science, AI, and illusions of understanding

    Published: 6/26/2025
  9. The primeval soil of play

    Published: 6/12/2025
  10. The big five and beyond

    Published: 5/29/2025
  11. Philosophers on psychedelics

    Published: 5/14/2025
  12. The cuttlefish and its coat of many colors

    Published: 4/30/2025
  13. Life, free energy, and the pursuit of goals

    Published: 4/17/2025
  14. Universal emotions in fact and fiction

    Published: 4/2/2025
  15. From the archive: Fermentation, fire, and our big brains

    Published: 3/19/2025
  16. Howl, grunt, sing

    Published: 3/6/2025
  17. The development of evolution

    Published: 2/20/2025
  18. String theories

    Published: 2/6/2025
  19. The other half of the brain

    Published: 1/23/2025
  20. A paradox of learning

    Published: 1/9/2025

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