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 Maj 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 Jan 11min
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 Aug 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 Juli 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 Apr 202526min
HBH 60: The Ship of Theseus and Personal Identity Through Time
On this episode we cover the famous, ancient "Ship of Theseus" thought experiment, and then stretch it into relevance for the very modern possibility of tranfering our psyche, and possibly our very id...
2 Mars 202522min
HBH 59: The Perils and Promise of Bipedalism
Being Bipedal was a key step in becoming human. Many of our other abilities, and liabilities, began with bipedalism. On this episode:When bipedalism?Why bipedalism?We dispell some myths and establish...
24 Nov 202431min
