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Ep #34 Show Notes | Rob Henderson: Social Status, Luxury Beliefs, Moral Psychology & Human Social Be
About the Guest: Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate in psychology at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. Rob grew up in foster...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read


Ep #33 Show Notes | David Nichols: LSD, Mescaline, MDMA, DMT, Medicinal Chemistry & Psychedelics
About the Guest: Dr. David Nichols is chemist and pharmacologist who has spent decades scientifically studying psychedelics. He was a...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read


Ep #32 Show Notes | Sarah Otto: SARS-CoV-2 Variants, mRNA Vaccines, Virus Evolution & the Future of
About the Guest: Dr. Sarah Otto is a population geneticist, evolutionary biologist, and professor at the University of British Columbia...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read


Ep #31 Show Notes | Aaron Gruber: Cognition, Decision Making, Learning & the Brain
About the Guest: Dr. Aaron Gruber is a neuroscientist and professor at the University of Lethbridge in Canada. Episode Summary: Nick...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read


Ep #30 Show Notes | Alex Kwan: Psilocybin, Ketamine, Neuroplasticity & Imaging the Brain
About the Guest: Dr. Alex Kwan is a neuroscientist and professor at Yale University. His lab studies how neuropsychiatric drugs, such as...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read


Ep #29 Show Notes | Lisa Monteggia: Ketamine, SSRIs, Depression & the Brain
About the Guest: Dr. Lisa Monteggia is a neuroscientist and professor at Vanderbilt University. Among other things, her lab studies the...
njikomes
Nov 17, 20211 min read


Ep #28 Show Notes | Lee Cronin: Life's Origins, Alien Biochemistry, Discovering Life Beyond Earth
About the Guest: Dr. Lee Cronin is a chemist and a professor at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. He research focuses...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #27 Show Notes | George Church: Genomics, CRISPR, Synthetic Biology, Biotech Startups, & Dyslexia
About the Guest: Dr. George Church is a geneticist and professor at Harvard & MIT. He has done groundbreaking work in the general areas...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #26 Show Notes | Berra Yazar-Klosinski: MDMA ("Ecstasy"), PTSD, Psychotherapy & MAPS
About the Guest: Dr. Berra Yazar-Klosinski, the Chief Science Officer for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies ...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #25 Show Notes: Chris Timmermann: DMT, Brain Waves & the Psychedelic Experience
About the Guest: Dr. Chris Timmermann is a neuroscientist & psychologist. He is currently a scientist at the Centre for Psychedelic...
njikomes
Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #24 Show Notes | Emeran Mayer: Gut Health, Microbiome, Probiotics, Dieting & Fasting
About the Guest: Dr. Emeran Mayer is a gastroenterologist and neuroscientist. Emeran is a distinguished professor at UCLA and an expert...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #23 Show Notes | Jon Kostakopoulos: Psilocybin, Alcohol Addiction & Being in a Clinical Study
About the Guest: Jon Kostakopoulos was an early participant in an New York University study looking at psilocybin for the treatment of...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #22 Show Notes | Alex Wiltschko: Machine Learning, Animal Behavior, AI & Sense of Smell
About the Guest: Alex Wiltschko, PhD is a senior scientist at Google Brain, where he leads the digital olfaction group, where are working...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #21 Show Notes | Carl Zimmer: "Life's Edge," Extreme Lifeforms & the Origins of Life
About the Guest: Carl Zimmer is a science writer, New York Times columnist, and the author of many popular science books. Episode...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #20 Show Notes | Terrence Deacon: Language, Symbolic Cognition, Evolutionary Anthropology, Origin
About the Guest: Dr. Terrence Deacon is a biological anthropologist and cognitive scientist. He is a professor at the University of...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


Ep #19 Show Notes | Yasmin Hurd: CBD (Cannabidiol), Opioids & the Neurobiology of Addiction
About the Guest: Dr. Yasmin Hurd is Chair of Translational Neuroscience and the Director of the Addiction Institute at the Icahn School...
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Oct 27, 20211 min read


Ep #18 Show Notes | Alina Chan: Virus Biology and the Origins of SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19
About the Guest: Dr. Alina Chan is a genetic engineer working on engineering new forms of gene therapy using viral vectors to target...
njikomes
Oct 9, 20211 min read


Ep #17 Show Notes | Michael Eisen: Scientific Publishing and the Business of Science
Guest Bio: Dr. Michael Eisen is a biologist at UC-Berkeley and editor-in-chief for eLife, a non-profit open access science journal....
njikomes
Oct 9, 20211 min read


Ep #16 Show Notes | Robert Stickgold: Sleep, Dreams, Memory & the Brain
About the Guest: Dr. Robert Stickgold is a cognitive neuroscientist and sleep exert. He is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical...
njikomes
Oct 9, 20211 min read


Ep #15 Show Notes | Ziva Cooper: Medical Marijuana, Clinical Research & Cannabinoid Therapeutics
About the Guest: Dr. Ziva Cooper is Director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative and an associate professor in the Department of...
njikomes
Oct 8, 20211 min read
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