Fear Conditioning With Joseph Dunsmoor

How To Reverse Aging 101 With Aubrey De Grey

Ever wanted to know if you could become amortal? Of course, you might still be able to die via gunshot or another physical form of violence, hence the term amortal, not immortal. However, dying by disease or old age might be a think of the past. Today, we speak with Aubrey De Grey who has spent his career understanding how to end or, more accurately, reverse aging with modern medicinal technologies.

How Your Mind Works with Stan Franklin

This episode explores the depths of the mind from an analytical perspective. How do humans think? What is a "mind" and how do we use it? Show-Notes: Clarification on Kahneman and Tversky's System 1 and System 2: System 1 is roughly where action selection is consciously mediated. In System 2, action selection is deliberative. The other two forms of action selection, automatized and alarm, are presented within the LIDA model, not the above two Systems. Here's a link to view the LIDA model to help you follow along in case you struggle to grasp the visual model we're discussing. I would highly recommend taking a peek at it for a few minutes at least! https://imgur.com/gallery/LMr9f3g -All music rights reserved for @Snocker

Fear Conditioning With Joseph Dunsmoor

An exploration of fear. What's the point of fear and what can we learn from studying it?

An Atmospheric Crisis With Kerry Cook

Looking to gain the newest insights in Climate Change and Atmospheric Physics? Today's episode attempts to elucidate one of humanity's growing problems - Global Warming. Note: C12 refers to the sum of the protons and neutrons (AKA: the atomic weight). So C12 has 6 neutrons and 6 protons, and C13 has 7 neutrons and 6 protons.

Interpreting Sound With George Pollak

We tackle another one of the senses in this episode - Sound. We discuss how mammalian brains interpret sound and how scientists know where a sound orignates from.