Little Brains Big Topics
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Welcome to Little Brains Big Topics, a distinguished podcast dedicated to exploring an array of captivating subjects ranging from current affairs and political discourse to profound philosophical and logical discussions, as well as cutting-edge scientific advancements and technological innovations. Our primary aim is to ensure an enjoyable experience while delving into these intriguing areas of interest. As part of our commitment to delivering in-depth insights, we regularly invite esteemed experts as our guests, facilitating comprehensive explorations of the subjects at hand.
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9/11 Terror Attacks, US Foreign Policy, Islamic World, Afghanistan | An Interview With Bill Arkin
September 18, 2021 18:40 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWilliam M. Arkin (born May 15, 1956) is an American political commentator, best-selling author, journalist, activist, blogger, and former United States Army soldier. He has previously served as a military affairs analyst for the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Checkout Bill Arkin's latest book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57007985-on-that-day Make sure to Like, Share and Subscribe if you enjoyed the episode! Support us on Patreon: https://ww...
Covid-19 Update, Lab Leak, Vaccines, Risks, Future Of The World | An Interview With Paul Offit
September 09, 2021 18:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBIf anyone wants the virology paper about Lab Leak email me at: [email protected] and I will send you the PDF. Paul Allan Offit is an American pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases, vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Former Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases ...
An In Depth Conversation With Donald Hoffman | Truth & Consciousness, Evolution & Spacetime - #14
October 01, 2020 18:08 - 1 hour - 93 MB*Correction: Donald Hoffman is currently a Professor at Emeritus University. Donald D. Hoffman is a Full Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Emeritus. He is the author of Visual Intelligence, as well as over one hundred scholarly articles on various aspects of human perception and cognition. He received a distinguished Distinguished Scientific Award of American Psychological Association for early career research into visual perception, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Fou...
Anthropology, Men vs Women, Patriarchy, Brain Size, Fire, Culture, Humans | Richard Wrangham - #13
September 17, 2020 18:59 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBRichard Walter Wrangham (born 1948) is an English anthropologist and primatologist. His research and writing have involved ape behavior, human evolution, violence, and cooking. In this episode we discuss: Biological Anthropology Humans Importance of fire Use of fire at increasing our brain size How our biology depends on culture Difference between roles of men and women in Hunter-Gatherer societies Relationships in Hunter-Gatherer societies Why all human societies have been patr...
Neuroscience Of Time, Consciousness, Free Will, Religion | An Interview With Dean Buonomano - #12
September 10, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBTopics Discussed : Your Brain Is A Time Machine Progress in neuroscience Presentism vs Eternalism Fear of Death and Religion Prospective Timing vs Retrospective Timing Drugs Meditation & Hypnosis Consciousness Free will Buy Dean's Book From: UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Brain-Time-Machine-Neuroscience/dp/0393247945 US: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Brain-Time-Machine-Neuroscience-ebook/dp/B01HDSU0GK Make sure to Like, Share and Subscribe if you enjoyed the vid...
Nature Of Time, Quantum & Relativity, Free Will | An Interview With Professor Craig Callender - #11
September 03, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBBuy Craig's book from: UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Makes-Special-Craig-Callender/dp/0198797303 US: https://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Special-Craig-Callender-ebook/dp/B073H6R4JB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2D92JCEEYDO36&dchild=1&keywords=what+makes+time+special&qid=1598998971&sprefix=what+makes+time+s%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1 Make sure to Like, Share and Subscribe if you enjoyed the video! You can find us on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXYM0v5AtEiS1FV-7nkakQ/ https://www.facebook...
An Interview With Professor Eric Smith | Formation Of Life On Earth, Philosophy Of Science, Language Structures
August 20, 2020 18:02 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBEric Smith received the Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Physics from The University of Texas at Austin in 1993, with a dissertation on problems in string theory and high-temperature superconductivity. From 1993 to 2000 he worked in physical, nonlinear, and statistical acoustics at the Applied Research Labs: U. T. Austin, and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. From 2000 he has worked at the Santa Fe Institu...
An Interview With Professor Fred Spoor - #9 | Human Evolution, Neanderthal, Sapiens, Common Ancestor
August 13, 2020 18:00 - 2 hours - 133 MBLearn more about Fred Spoor: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/fred-spoor.html Make sure to Like, Share and Subscribe if you enjoyed the video! You can find us on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXYM0v5AtEiS1FV-7nkakQ/ https://www.facebook.com/Little-Brains-Big-Topics-100713241600938/?modal=admin_todo_tour https://www.instagram.com/littlebrainsbigtopics/ https://twitter.com/big_topics https://open.spotify.com/show/7fgsElbVdoSJyzMKmr8...
An Interview With Professor Andrew Knoll - #8 | Origin Of Life, Extraterrestrial Life, Evolution
August 06, 2020 20:13 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBAndrew Knoll is the Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University. He received his B.A. in Geology from Lehigh University in 1973 and his Ph.D., also in Geology, from Harvard in 1977. Following five years on the faculty of Oberlin College, Knoll returned to Harvard as Associate Professor of Biology in 1982. He has been a member of the Harvard faculty ever since, serving as both Professor of Biology and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Professor Knoll’s research focuses...
An Interview With Professor Matthew Cobb - #7 | Past, Present & Future Of Studying The Brain
July 30, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBMatthew Cobb is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester, where he studies olfaction, insect behavior, and the history of science. He earned his PhD in psychology and genetics from the University of Sheffield. He is the author of five books: Life's Greatest Secret, Generation, The Resistance, Eleven Days in August, and Smell: A Very Short Introduction. He lives in England. Purchase The Idea of the Brain: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Matter-Ques...
An Interview With Randall Abate | Climate Change, Animal Rights, Future Generations, Factory Farming
July 05, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBRandall S. Abate is the inaugural Rechnitz Family and Urban Coast Institute Endowed Chair in Marine and Environmental Law and Policy, and a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology, at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. He also serves as the Director of the Institute for Global Understanding at Monmouth. He teaches courses in domestic and international environmental law, climate justice, constitutional law, and animal law. Professor Abate joined the Mo...
An Interview With Professor Ben Burgis | Socialism, Sanders, Corbyn, Stefan Molyneux, Libertarians
May 28, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBBen Burgis is a Professor of Philosophy and the author of ‘Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left’. He is also one of the authors of the recently published book ‘Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson’. You can also find him on patreon.com/benburgis where he writes 2 essays a week exclusively for his patreons. Buy Ben's Books From: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/authors/ben-burgis Support Ben On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis Make sure to Like...
An Interview With Energy Expert Neil Hirst - #4 | Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Policy and Ethics
May 17, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBNeil Hirst is the Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Mitigation at the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London. He is currently working with China’s Energy research Institute of the NDRC on a joint project on China and International Energy Governance. He is the lead author of the recent Grantham Institute/Chatham House Discussion Paper “The Reform of Global Energy Governance”. Get his latest book, The Energy Conundrum: Climate Change, Global Prosperity, and the Tough Decisions We Have...
An Interview With Solitary Expert Dr. Terry Kupers - #3 | Prisons, Racism, Social Inequity, Isolation
May 01, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBDr. Kupers is a psychiatrist with a background in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, forensics and social and community psychiatry. He did his residency training at the University of California, Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute and, because of an interest in object relations theory, spent the third year of his residency at the Tavistock Institute in London. He also did a fellowship in social and community psychiatry. Since 1974, he has practiced psychiatry in both the public and private sec...
An Interview With Vaccine Expert Paul Offit - #2 | Coronavirus, China, Trump, Anti-Vaccine Movement
April 18, 2020 17:20 - 1 hour - 75 MBPaul Allan Offit is an American pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases, vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Former Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases (1992-2014), and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He has been a member ...
An Interview with Coronavirus Expert Professor David Hammer - Episode #1
April 07, 2020 21:39 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBDavidson Hamer is a Professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Dr. Hamer, a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases with a particular interest in tropical infectious diseases, has extensive field experience in neonatal and child survival research including studies of micronutrient interventions, maternal an...
An Interview with Coronavirus Expert Professor David Hamer - Episode #1
April 07, 2020 21:39 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBDavidson Hamer is a Professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Dr. Hamer, a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases with a particular interest in tropical infectious diseases, has extensive field experience in neonatal and child survival research including studies of micronutrient interventions, maternal an...
Little Brains Big Topics - Who the hell are we?
April 04, 2020 23:54 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBThis is the introductory video to Little Brains Big Topics podcast. Hosting Ashhad Noor and Mohammad Nemati. Please stay tuned for future episodes where we'll be discussing topics such as: • Isolation • Death • AI • Economy • Modern Day Slavery • Human Rights Violations • Quantum Mechanics • String Theory • Sleep • Consciousness • Evolution • History • Life • Science of attraction • Relationship dynamics • Global Warming • Security, civil liberties and survei...