The savvy cephalopod
Today we've got another "behind the paper" episode for you. In it, we're talking about some of the most alien-seeming yet charismatic creatures around. I chatted with Dr. Alex Schnell, a Comparative P...
20 Jan 202142min
Telling tracks
Welcome to our first episode of 2021! Super excited to get this year going—we've got, I promise, lots of great conversations in store for you. But this week, to kick things off, we have a brief audio ...
6 Jan 202115min
Humans, dogs, and other domesticated animals
When you think of domestication, I bet you think of farm animals—you know cows and pigs and alpacas—or maybe house pets. You might think of corn or wheat or rice. You probably don't think of us—humans...
9 Des 20201h 9min
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 Nov 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 Nov 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 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
