From where we stand
Welcome back folks! Today's episode is a conversation about the nature of knowledge. I talked with Dr. Briana Toole, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. Briana specializ...
25 Marras 20201h 18min
Lost in translation?
Today we've got another installment in our "behind the paper" format. In case you missed the first iteration, these are 30-minute or so interviews that dig into recent notable papers. This episode tak...
11 Marras 202033min
Revising the Neanderthal story
You probably think you know the Neanderthals. We've all been hearing about them since we were kids, after all. They were all over the comics; they were in museum dioramas and on cartoons. They were al...
28 Loka 20201h 18min
The root-brain hypothesis
Welcome back folks! Today is a return to one of our favorite formats: the audio essay. If you like your audio essays short, concise, and full of tidbits, then this mini will not disappoint. We take a ...
14 Loka 202013min
When the mind's eye can't see
Imagine a friend's face. How much detail do you see? Do you see the color of their hair? What about the curve of their smile? For many people, this mental image will be relatively vivid. A somewhat wa...
30 Syys 20201h 6min
Do baboons understand death?
We've got a little something different for you today—a new format we'll be experimenting with over the next few months. You can think of it as a kind of "behind the paper" series. The idea is to take...
16 Syys 202032min
Clever crows and cheeky keas
Welcome back everyone! Hope you all had a great August. And hope you're all—like me—jazzed about the start of Season 2 of Many Minds. There's a viral video clip from 2014—maybe you've seen it. It feat...
2 Syys 20201h 21min
What kindled your interest in minds?
If you're listening to this podcast, it's a safe bet that you're interested in minds. You probably have been for awhile. But what sparked it in you? What's kept it going? For some folks it may have be...
29 Heinä 202025min
