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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Jul 202025min
The shaman, the witch, and the folktale
Welcome back all! Today's episode is a conversation with Dr. Manvir Singh. Manvir recently finished his PhD in Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, and will soon begin a postdoctoral fell...
15 Jul 20201h 21min
WEIRD: Adventures of an acronym
Welcome to our 10th episode! Today's show is another in our 'mini minds' series. We've been experimenting with different formats for our minis, as you may have noticed, but today we've got another in ...
1 Jul 202012min
