Biologist Neil Shubin joins us to talk about the evolution of, well … evolution.
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The Science of Friendship
Science writer Lydia Denworth joins us to talk about the role close-knit communities play in our mental and physical health.
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How We Live With Strangers
Biologist Mark W. Moffett joins us to talk about how humans have evolved to get along with one another while other primates won’t think twice about killing a fellow chimp they don’t recognize.
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Nature, Nurture And The Path To Personality
Indiana University School of Medicine professor Bill Sullivan joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how our genetic information combines with outside forces to determine who we become.
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Yes, Animals Are Conscious
Ross Andersen joins us to talk about how researchers are now operating from an assumption that all animals are conscious until proven otherwise, which he writes about for The Atlantic.
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Why Humans Are The Most Successful Animal
Seth Fletcher joins us to discuss how we’re the only species to both completely dominate the planet and simultaneously jeopardize our own ability to survive.
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What Your Dog’s Really Thinking And Feeling
Evolutionary biologist Marc Bekoff joins us to talk about the curious habits of our four-legged friends.
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The Evolutionary Quest For Equilibrium
Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio joins us to talk about how our natural desire for what’s known as “homeostasis”connects us to even the earliest living organisms.
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A Deep Dive Into The Minds Of Sea Mammals
Georgetown University cetacean biologist Janet Mann talks about what we’re still learning from dolphins, whales and porpoises.
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Beyond Darwin: What We Still Don’t Know
J. Scott Turner, a professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, discusses biology’s still unanswered questions.
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The Upside Of Climate Change
Chris Thomas, a professor of conservation biology at the University of York, joins us to explain how humans have changed the natural world in positive ways.
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How Science Gets Women Wrong
Science journalist Angela Saini joins us to talk about how gender bias has clouded our understanding of women.
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