consciousness

Without feelings there would be no consciousness

November 9, 2021 Health, Science and Technology

Antonio Damasio joins us to discuss the latest science on what consciousness is and how it ties into human behavior.

Mescaline’s Long, Strange Trip

July 25, 2019 Culture, Health, History

Mike Jay joins guest host John McCaa to tell the stories of seekers who have experimented with mescaline in search of new states of consciousness.

Do These Meerkats Have Deep Emotions? Yeah, Probably.

May 20, 2019 Environment, Science and Technology

Emory University psychologist Frans de Waal joins us to talk about the natural evolution of animal intelligence research, which looks into how animals feel. His new book is called “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves.”

Yes, Animals Are Conscious

February 25, 2019 Science and Technology

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.

The Lives Of Dolphins

August 17, 2015 Environment

This hour, we’ll talk about what we can learn from dolphins – and about how we can better care for them – with the author of Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins.