Why was language created? Why are so many millennials obsessed with a giant history book? And what the heck even IS money? J & V contemplate these questions and more during their discussion of international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari with special guest Varun Bhoopalam.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Liturgists podcast

You Made It Weird podcast

Homo Deus by Harari

Sapiens: A Graphic History by Harari

Science Mike episode on Book Club

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah E. Hill, PhD

Neurotribes by Steve Silberman

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