HBH 67: How to Build a Ghost: The Philip Experiment
In 1972, eight people in Toronto invented a seventeenth-century ghost named Philip Aylesford. They gave him a face, a tragic history, and a personality—then gathered weekly to contact him. For nearly ...
27 Heinä 22min
HBH 66: The Moon, In Fact
By special request from a brilliant young listener - an episode about the moon!Be careful what you wish for, because it's all here lol.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...
18 Touko 44min
HBH 65: Future Self Continuity and Bad Decisions
How well do you know your future self?How much do you like yout future self?The answer to these two questions has implications for how you plan and provide for that person.Today, we cover the work of ...
5 Tammi 11min
HBH 64: Homo Antecessor: The Disturbing Dead End Cannibals of Atapuerca
Recent finds in the Atapuerca site in Spain have confirmed and expanded our understanding of the tates and culinary practices of Homo antecessor. This species is enigmatic and its place in the evolut...
12 Elo 202539min
HBH 63: Overkill! The Ongoing End of the Megafauna with Dr. Rhys Lemoine
Rhys Taylor Lemoine is a postdoctoral researcher in extinction, megafauna, rewilding, and novel ecosystems. Today he speaks to us about the late quaternary extinction. We discuss what megafauna are, t...
2 Elo 202531min
HBH 62: Megafauna Extinction Mystery
In the late quaternary period, from about 50 to 10 thousand years ago, vast populations of large animals died out. Among them are some of the most iconic of prehistoric creatures -- mammoths, mastodo...
15 Heinä 202529min
HBH 61: The Moral Circle (Best Humans Ever Intro)
In this episode we begin a groundbreaking, never-before-attempted, altogether unprecedented series on the history of being human. We are going to cover some of the best people who ever lived. Aside f...
14 Huhti 202526min
