Episode 103 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include the woman who is able to smell Parkinson’s, the ratio of brain to body mass, and the role of ritualistic physical harm in religion.

NOTE this episode contains semi-graphic discussion of acts of physical harm.

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00:00 Intro

00:00:14 Question 1 (The Woman Who Smells Parkinson’s)

00:14:25 Question 2 (Brain body ratios)

00:19:38 Question 3 (Ritualistic harm in religion)

Episode 102 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses the status of the reintroduced Galápagos tortoise species, why we get food comas, and the mysterious world of weasel war dances.

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00:00 Intro

00:00:14 Question 1 (Tortoise updates)

00:05:10 Question 2 (Food comas)

00:15:16 Question 3 (Weasel war dances)

Episode 101 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this episode include if and why humans are getting taller overall, what caused us to evolve without tails, and the pros and cons of senescence.

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00:00 Intro

00:00:14 Question 1 (Human Heights)

00:15:22 Question 2 (How we lost our tails)

00:24:40 Question 3 (Senescence)