All Episodes

Purpose, Value, Evolution, Consciousness, Sentience, Life & Emergence of Mind From Matter | Terrence Deacon | #95

Neuroscience of Pleasure, Reward, Liking vs. Wanting, Motivation, Food vs. Drug Addiction & Emotion | Kent Berridge | #94

Marijuana, Cognition, Psychosis, Addiction, Cannabinoids, THC, CBD, THCV | Amir Englund | #93

Diet, Protein, Amino Acids, Fasting, Metabolic Health & Aging | Dudley Lamming | #92

Consciousness, Perception, Hallucinations, Selfhood, Neuroscience, Psychedelics & "Being You" | Anil Seth | #44

Sleep, Dreaming, Deep Neural Networks, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Overfitted Brain Hypothesis, Evolution of Fiction & Art | Erik Hoel | #43

THC, CBD, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, L-Theanine, Opioids, Pregnancy, Brain Development, Addiction, Anxiety & Schizophrenia | Steve Laviolette | #42

Population Genetics, Personal Genomics, History & Human Evolution | Razib Khan | #91

How Does Ketamine Work & Is It Addictive? | Christian Lüscher | #90

Neuroscience of Aggression, Sex, Behavior, Hormones, Emotion & Consciousness | David Anderson | #89

Depression, Serotonin, SSRIs, Psychiatry & Social Media | Joanna Moncrieff | #88

Sociology, Social Psychology, Homelessness, Drug Addiction, Cultural Capital, Elite Overproduction & Decline of Civilization | Leighton Woodhouse | #87

Shamanism, Psychedelics, Social Behavior, Religion & Evolution of Human Culture | Michael Winkelman | #86

Biochemistry of Psilocybin Production, Psychedelic Tryptamines & Magic Mushrooms | Dirk Hoffmeister | #85

Climatology, Climate Change, Computer Modeling, Green Energy, Greenhouse Gasses & Politicization of Science | Judith Curry | #84

David Cohen: Prescription Drugs, Psychiatric Medicine, Big Pharma & the Medicalization of Everything | #83

Drug Addiction, Cocaine, Nicotine, Caffeine, Amphetamines, Opioids, THC & Neuroscience | Christian Lüscher | #40

Shruti Naik: Inflammation, Memory, Epigenetics, Skin Health, Stem Cells, Tissue Repair & Cancer | #82

Sex Differences in the Brain, Endocannabinoid Biology, Purpose of Juvenile Play Behavior, Cannabis & Pregnancy | Margaret McCarthy | #81

The Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus | Matt Ridley | #80

Psychedelic Startups, Biotech, Drug Discovery, Psilocybin, DMT, Psychedelics & Society | Sam Banister | #79

Nature vs. Nurture, Neurogenetics, Personality, Autism, Schizophrenia, Synesthesia, Perception, Agency & Free Will | Kevin Mitchell | #78

Michael Fox: Addiction, Nicotine, Deep Brain Stimulation, Neurotechnology & Parkinson’s Disease | #77

Metabolism, Fat, Carbs, Protein, Ketogenic Diet, Nutrition, Blood Sugar & Personal Health Monitoring | Dominic D'Agostino

Ritual Behavior, Habits, Human Culture, Religion, Civilization, Marriage, Death, Burning Man & Community | Dimitris Xygalatas | #75

Manoj Doss: Psychoactive Drugs & Memory (Sedatives, Stimulants, Cannabinoids, Psychedelics, MDMA) | #74

Emotion, Cognition, Consciousness, Behavior & Brain Evolution | Joseph LeDoux | #73

Ketogenic Diet, Cancer, Microbiome, Nutrition & the Immune System | Maayan Levy | #72

Chemistry of Magic Mushrooms, DMT Analogues, Entourage Effects in Cannabis & Fungi, Novel Psychedelic Medicines, Psychedelic Startups | Andrew Chadeayne | #71

Mitochondria, Aging, Cellular Energy, Metabolism, Gray Hair Reversal & Brain-Body Communication | Martin Picard | #70

Cellular Aging, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, Life Extension & Health Supplements | Leonard Guarente | #69

Sex Determination, Sex Hormones & Chromosomes, Development & the Evolution of Sexual Reproduction | Blanche Capel | #68

Rachel Yehuda: Stress, PTSD, Intergenerational Trauma, Epigenetics & Psychedelic Medicine | #67

The Psychology of Power & Social Status | Robert Greene | #66

Consciousness, Perception, Evolution & the Nature of Reality | Donald Hoffman | #65

Aging, Metabolism, Caloric Restriction, NAD, Resveratrol, Rapamycin, Sirtuins, Longer Life | Joe Baur | #64

Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis in Health & Disease | John Cryan | #63

Social Cognition & Learning, Critical Periods, MDMA, Oxytocin, Metaplasticity, Autism & Octopus Neurobiology | Gül Dölen | #62

Public Health, Pandemics, Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 & COVID Public Policy | Martin Kulldorff | #61

Consciousness, Dissociation, Idealism, Materialism, Psychedelics, Death & Mind | Bernardo Kastrup | #60

Cannabidiol (CBD), Antiviral Drugs, SARS-CoV-2 & Cancer Biology | Marsha Rosner | #59

Genomics, PCR, COVID Testing, mRNA Vaccines, Blockchain Technology, Cannabis & Psilocybin Mushroom Genomes | Kevin McKernan | #58

Sci-Hub, Open Data, Freedom of Information & the Democratization of Science | #57

Gut Microbiome, Diet, Inflammation, Skin Care, Probiotics, IBS & Obesity | Suzanne Devkota | 56

Amy Reichelt: Obesity, Diet, Eating Habits, Food Addiction, Psychedelics, Nutrition & the Brain | #55

Paul Barrett: Dinosaurs, Mass Extinctions, Paleontology, Past & Future of Life on Earth | #54

Reggie Gaudino: The Phytochemistry, Biochemistry, Genomics & Breeding of Commercial Cannabis | #53

Pain Drugs, NSAIDs, Opioids, Oxycodone, Heroin, Fentanyl & the Neuroscience of Pain | David Roberson | #52

Alexandros Marinos: Systems Thinking, Organizational Structures, Building Startups, Remote Work & Control vs. Enablement | #51

Chris Weikart: Medical Glass, Materials Science & the COVID Vaccine Supply Chain | #50 | Supported by SiO2

Does Adolescent Cannabis (Marijuana) Use Cause Psychosis? | Jonathan Schaefer | #49

Autism, the Cerebellum, Learning, Brain Development, Gerrymandering & Using Data Science to Repair our Democracy | Sam Wang | #48

Metabolism, Blood Sugar, Microbiome, Diet, Aging, Digital Phenotyping & Personalized Medicine | Nathan Price | #47

Psychedelics, Psychoplastogens, Microdosing, Mental Health, Brain Chemistry, Creating Novel Drugs | David Olson | #46

The Mystery of SARS-CoV-2 & the Origins of COVID-19 | Alina Chan | #45

Origins of COVID-19 & SARS-CoV-2 - Wildlife Spillover or Lab Leak? | Nicholas Wade | #39

Human Evolution, Homo Naledi, Ancient Drug Use, Ritual Burials, Origins of the Human Mind | Lee Berger | #38

Michael Crair: Brain Development, Neuroplasticity, Learning, Sensory Maps & Simulations | #37

A Hunter Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century | Heather Heying & Bret Weinstein

One Brain Rhythm Can Detach Your Sense of Self From Your Body | Karl Deisseroth | Episode 35

Rob Henderson: Social Status, Luxury Beliefs, Moral Psychology & Human Social Behavior | #34

David Nichols: LSD, Mescaline, MDMA, DMT & Psychedelics as Medicine | #33

SARS-CoV-2 Variants, mRNA Vaccines, Evolution & the Future of COVID-19 | Sarah Otto | #32

Aaron Gruber: Cognition, Decision Making, Learning & the Brain | #31

Psilocybin, Ketamine, Neuroplasticity & Imaging the Brain | Alex Kwan | #30

Ketamine, SSRIs, Depression, Neuropsychiatric Disorders & the Brain | Lisa Monteggia | #29

Psychedelics, Ibogaine, DMT, Ketamine, Hamilton's Pharmacopeia | Hamilton Morris | 6