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Shane is joined by special guest Steve Gillespie to talk about bird brains with Associate Professor of Psychology at The University of Tampa, Scott Husband. Charity Of The Week - The World Wildlife Fund https://www.worldwildlife.org/ Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with cognitive neuroscientist Evelina Fedorenko about how minds and brains create language. Charity Of The Week - Environmental Defense Club https://www.edf.org/ Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane talks about bias with Professor of Marketing and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Boston University, Carey Morewedge. What is the "Bias Blind Spot" and can we be de-biased? Charity Of The Week - Doctors Without Borders https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Picower Professor of Neuroscience at M.I.T. about the pattern recognition computer and black box known as the human brain. Earl Miller has a PH.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience; he has 1 of the top 5 most cited papers in Neuroscience and is also a Professor in the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at M.I.T. What are meta-patterns? Is multi-tasking a myth, and what is the difference between low-order and high-order information? Charity Of The Week - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)www.aclu.org Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music "Landscape" by Tooth Lures A Fang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 3 of Shane's trip to the Fort Worth Zoo! Shane and special guest Sophia Rokhlin talk with Veterinarians Tara Reilly and Kim Rainwater about the challenges of providing medical care to hundreds of different animals. How can acupuncture be applied to promoting the health of animals and how is data used to examine and diagnose various types of anatomies. Make sure to check out www.fortworthzoo.org Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane is once again joined by Anthropologist Sophia Rokhlin to talk about animals, insects, flying and breathing with Paleophysiologist at Midwestern University, John VandenBrooks. What can we learn about extinct organisms by studying the physiology of modern animals, and how is climatology and geology relevant? What is a Cyborg Beetle? Charity Of The Week - St Jude's www.stjude.org The Chaikuni Institute - www.chaikuni.org Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music by Sam Goodwill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane is joined by Steven Gillespie and Rhianna Andrews. The three of them talk about their experiences at the 3rd Here We Are Myco Meditations Psilocybin retreat in Jamaica. What role do the facilitators play and what might one experience during a garden variety trip? For more information about these retreats, go to https://www.mycomeditations.com/ Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, in Part 2 of Shane's trip to the Fort Worth Zoo, Shane and special guest Sophia Rokhlin talk with Amy Coslik and Rebecca Gonzales about native milkweed and the lessor known pollinator: the Monarch Butterfly. Listen to hear about The Monarch Project and Zoo Summercamp. Make sure to check out www.fortworthzoo.org Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro music "MK Ultra" by MoonStation Burning provided by the Mindrocket Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane is once again joined by Antrolopogist Sophia Rokhlin, this time to talk about ecology and animal nutrition with Fort Worth Zoo Staff members Adam Reppert and Ann Ward. Make sure to check out www.forthworthzoo.org Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro music "Landscape" by Tooth Lures A Fang provided by Mindrocket Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Social Psychologist Shira Gabriel about watching television, social needs, and social connections. What can researching TV watching tell us about parasocial relationships with Reality TV stars and why sharing your favorite TV Series strengthens relationships. Charity Of The Week: Stitch Buffalo Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music "I Can't Breath" by Spirit Of The Bear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here We Are 2019 Highlights Daniella Chusyd 234 Sophia Rokhlin 238 Jeff Shulman 231 Jesse Bengson 226 Kira Schabram 232 Marry Steffel 248 Paul Eastwick 222 Ryan Rahinel 237 Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn 224 Zoe Donaldson 227 Barrett Klein 239 Keely Rees 202 Mathew Isaac 201 Heather Kirkorian 200 Mark Forehand 199 Merry Weisner-Hanks 198 Charan Ranganath 220 Herman Pontzer 217 Mark Allen Smith 195 Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Shane interviews nine Psychedelic Scholars and Enthusiasts recorded live from the Psychedelic Symposium at The University of Michigan. They discuss Psychedelic Therapy, DMT, Consciousness and Neuroscience. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of The University of Michigan. Psychedelic Therapy and History Rick Doblin, PhD Executive Director Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Chair of the Board of Directors MAPS Public Benefit Corporation Alan K. Davis, PhD Licensed Psychologist and Assistant Professor College of Social Work, The Ohio State University Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Nick Denomme, PhD Candidate Department of Pharmacology, Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan DMT and Consciousness Chris Timmermann, PhD Candidate Centre for Psychedelic Research Group, Imperial College London Jon Dean, PhD Candidate Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Nick Glynos, PhD Candidate Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Psychedelic Neuroscience: Salvia, Ketamine, LSD Katrin Preller, PhD University of Zurich Yale University Michael Brito, PhD Candidate Department of Neuroscience, Center for Consciousness Science University of Michigan Emma Trammel, PhD Candidate Department of Neuroscience, Center for Consciousness Science University of Michigan Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE I look forward to editing more awesome episodes in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Associate Professor of Biology Amy Schmid, about the nucleus free microorganism called Archaea. What is an "extremophile?" Are these free-living cells redrawing the tree of life and how do they compare to other domains of life like bacteria. Charities of the Week: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society https://www.teamintraining.org/ American Lung Association https://www.lung.org/ Girls On The Run https://www.girlsontherun.org/ Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Audio Production - Jimmy Fro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Shane is joined by special guest host Sophia Rokhlin talking with Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olsen Chair of Political Science from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kevin B Smith. They dive deep into personality research and how genetics and environment influence political beliefs. Charity Of The Week - Center For People In Need http://www.cfpin.org The Chaikuni Institute https://chaikuni.org/support-us/ Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane talks about anxiety, depression, and how the holiday season can gaslight depression with Associate Professor of Psychology at The University of Buffalo, Kristin Gainey. Can awareness of our emotions help us manage depression and when someone asks us how we are doing, do we answer honestly and if not, should we? Charity of the week: Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals http://www.aspca.org/ Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music “Sator Rotas” by MoonStation Burning Audio Production - Jimmy Fro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane talks about holiday gift buying and gift giving with Assistant Professor of Marketing at The D’Amore Mc-Kim School of Business at Northeastern University, Mary Steffel. Is giving the gift of cash really a bad idea and what is the smartest approach to buy gifts without blowing your budget. Charity of the week - Make-A-Wish https://www.worldwish.org/en Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music “Sator Rotas” by MoonStation Burning Audio Production - Jimmy Fro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane talks about the human eye and visual perception with The Head of The Attention Lab at Bringham & Women's Hospital, Jeremy Wolfe. Do humans see in 3d and do our eyes perceive 100% of everything in our visual field? Charity Of The Week - Rabbis for Human Rights https://rhr.org.il/eng/ Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music "The Winnowing Hand" by The Long Hunt (Live at Mindrocket) Check out more of Jeremy's work at http://search.bwh.harvard.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks in-depth about spiders with Collections Manager at the Sam Noble Museum at The University of Oklahoma, Melissa Sadir. Charity Of The Week - The Humane Society https://www.humanesociety.org/ Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music “Know Past Know Future” by The Multiple Cat Audio Production by JimmyFro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks about empathy and product marketing Vs service marketing with Professor of Marketing at The University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Nese Nasif. How does one communicate the value of intangible services to consumers? How is responsiveness, assurance, and empathy relevant to marketing? Charity Of The Week - YWCA La Crosse https://www.ywcalax.org/ Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music - The Long Hunt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane talks about birds, songs, and communication with Associate Head of The Department of Psychology and Evolutionary Biology from The University of Tennessee, Todd Freeberg. Does an animal’s social environment have anything to do with how they communicate? Charity Of The Week - SOCM Save Our Cumberland Mountains http://www.socm.org Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm. https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooksp directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music by MoonStation Burning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks about microbes, gut biomes, bacterial infections, and using baker's yeast to understand how to kill certain kinds of cells to fight with Biology Professor Anne Galbraith from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. Charity Of The Week - The Hunger Task Force Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm. https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro Music "MK Ultra" by MoonStation Burning http://www.moonstationburning.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Associate Professor of Psychology at The University of Wisconsin La Crosse about learning how to learn and the mythology of learning styles. Is there really such thing as a "visual learner," and do studies suggest that students respond differently to different modes of sensory teaching. How can bias impact learning? Charity Of The Week: https://www.feedingamerica.org/ Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm. https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro music by The Long Hunt https://listentothelonghunt.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane shares another amazing interview recorded at the Cincinnati zoo with Theriogenologist, Lindsey Vansandt. They discuss the other A.I. artificial insemination, electronic sperm collecting, and the science of sustaining genetic health and diversity of animals while managing their population. Charity Of The Week - CREW https://cincinnatizoo.thankyou4caring.org/donatecrew Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm. https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Outro music by MoonStation Burning moonstationburning.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane finishes his deep discussion about Insects and talks about insect sleep. How important is it for bees and other colonized insects to sleep. Charity Of The Week - Xerces Society Invertebrate Conservation https://xerces.org/ Please visit our sponsors https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE The Great Courses Plus www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane tastes several insects and talks about entomology and culture with UW-L Assistant Professor of Biology, Animal Behaviorist and Entomologist, Barrett Klein. Please visit our sponsors https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE The Great Courses Plus www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian, psychonaut, and science advocate Shane Mauss talks about experiencing Ayahuasca with the Co-Author of “When Plants Dream” Sophia Rokhlin. Does this plant-brew help people and do you need a balance of vulnerability and courage to dive into the unknown and experience it. Learn more about Sophia and the Chaikuni Institute here: https://www.sophiarokhlin.com/about Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Charity Of The Week - The Chaikuni Institute https://chaikuni.org/ Outro Music "MK Ultra" by Moonstation Burning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane talks with Assistant Professor of Marketing at The University of Cincinnati, Ryan Rahinel. They get deep into brand marketing and how it motivates us and how brands affect how we live our lives. Charity Of The Week - http://www.nokidhungry.org Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music - The Long Hunt http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Shane talks about broken brains, behavior, and opiate addiction with Northern Kentucky University Vice President for Health Innovation and Saint Elizabeth Healthcare Executive Director of the Institute of Health Innovation, Valerie Hardcastle. Charity Of The Week - Northern Kentucky University Foundation https://inside.nku.edu/universityadvancement/foundation.html Outro Music - The Long Hunt http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Please visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks about goals and self-regulation with Associate Professor of Marketing from The University of Cincinnati, Anthony Salerno. Should we list our accomplishments; what are the benefits and pitfalls of being aware of our pride? How do emotions and pride influence our behavior? Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks about elephant sociality and biology with Elephantologist and Postdoctoral Fellow at The School of Public Health from The University of Indiana Bloomington, Daniella Chusyd. What do elephants eat, what is elephant P.T.S.D.? How do elephants and humans interact and what can studying the cells of elephants tell us about cancer? Charity Of The Week - S.O.P.H. Forest Elephant Study https://publichealth.indiana.edu/about/displayProfile.shtml?user=dchusydGame Rangers International Elephant Orphanage https://www.gamerangersinternational.org/Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music “Know Past Know Future” and “His Masters Voice” by The Multiple Cat http://themultiplecat.bandcamp.com/album/the-return-of Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks about Ticks & Mosquitoes with Assistant Professor of Biology from the University of Cincinnati, Joshua Benoit. Joshua researches Insect Molecular Physiology, Parasites, and Insect Population. How long have ticks been around and what can their behavior tell us about disease and ecology. Charity Of The Week - The Girls and Boys Club (www.bcba.org) Please visit our sponsors: Yooforic CBD Gum: http://chewchillenjoy.com The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music - The Long Hunt http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Comedian Shane Mauss talks about meaningful work with Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at The Foster School of Business at The University of Washington, Kira Schabram. What can we learn from The Patenting Paradox and professional “burnout.” What is a meaningful calling and does having a meaningful career always create happiness? Charities Of The Week - The Seattle Animal Shelterhttp://www.seattle.gov/animalshelter/ SPCA British Columbia Animal Shelterwww.spca.bc.ca Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane peels back all the layers and presses The Marion B. Ingersoll Professor of Marketing at The University of Washington’s Fosters School of Business, Jeff Shulman, to cough up answers to his questions about Game Theory. Is it a belief system? Is “Personalized Pricing” fair and do consumers care? How does Game Theory give qualitative insight into dynamic pricing and marketing? Check out Jeff’s Podcast!http://seattlegrowthpodcast.com/author/professorshulman/ Charity of the Week Y.M.C.A.www.ymca.netPlease visit our sponsors The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music - The Long Hunt http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Professor of Psychology at The Center for Mind & Brain at UC Davis, Simona Ghetti, who specializes in childhood development and memory. How do children build representations of memories and what part does certainty, confidence, and accuracy signaling play in childhood development. Charity of the Week Saint Jude’s Children's Hospitalhttp://www.stjude.org Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music by MoonStation Burning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Tom Volk, who is a Professor of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He teaches courses on Mycology, Medical Mycology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Food & Industrial Mycology, Advanced Mycology, Organismal Biology and Latin & Greek for Scientists. Can fungi communicate with one another and do they share a common ancestry with humans? What can’t...mushrooms do? Check out Tom’s website http://www.tomvolkfungi.net Charity Of The Week: The Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corpshttp://www.bluestars.org/ Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro music by The Long Hunt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks about the evolution of childbirth and the history of the female pelvis with Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The University of Colorado Denver, Anna Warrener. Charity Of The Week - UNRWA The United Nations Work and Relief Agency https://www.unrwa.org Outro music by The Long Hunt Please visit our sponsorshttps://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane chats with Associate Processor of MCDB and Psychology & Neuroscience at The University of Colorado Boulder, Zoe Donaldson. How do hormones like Vasopressin and Oxytocin impact social behavior? Can studying Prairie Voles tell us anything about human social behavior? Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music by Rebreather - http://rebreather-ohio.bandcamp.com/album/rebreather-ep-2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks about brain signals, electrical field study, and time perception with Assistant Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Assistant Professor at The Center of Mind and Brain Activity at UC Davis, Jesse Bengson.What do FMRI scans tell us and how close are we to being able to think a message to someone and hit SEND with our brain. Are dendrites ticklish? Charity Of The Week - www.donate.usawrestling.org Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music - The Long Hunthttp://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host of HWA and Stand Up Science, Shane Mauss talks with Ph.D. Janie Wilson from the University of South Carolina. Specializing in Experimental Psychology, Janie studies ego depletion, self-control, and shares with Shane her focus on rapport with students. Is it really that important for teachers to make good first impressions on their students? Charity Of The Week - https://www.autismspeaks.org/ Please visit our sponsorshttps://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Outro Music - "Run My Mouth" by Spirit Of The Bear http://www.spiritofthebearband.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn. The two of them discuss the correlation between depression and stress, hormones, and personality disorder. Shane also talks about his bouts with depression and binge-watching TV. Please visit our sponsorshttps://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Charity Of The Week - Backpack Beginninghttps://backpackbeginnings.org/donate/donate-items/ Outro Music - MoonStation Burninghttps://moonstationburning.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Curator of Mammals Christina Gorsuch and Animal Excellence Manager, David Orban from The Cincinnati Zoo. They go into great detail about Hippos, Penguins, and many of the other the animals from A to Zebra that you might see at The Cincinnati Zoo, as well as their relationships with each other and with their keepers. Please visit our sponsors: https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. www.betterhelp.com/hereweare The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Charity Of The Week - More Home To Roam www.cincinattizoo.org/support/more-home-to-roam Outro Music by Sam Goodwill http://samgoodwill.bandcamp.com/track/the-opposite-of-love Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host of Stand Up Science, Comedian Shane Mauss talks with Associate Professor at The University of California and Director of The Attraction and Relationships Research Laboratory, Paul Eastwick. They talk about mates, traits, sex, relationships and mate value. Please visit our sponsors https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Charity Of The Week - Donors Choose www.donorschoose.org Outro Music “I Can’t Breath” by Spirit Of The Bear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host of HWA and Stand Up Science, Shane Mauss talks with Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ovul Sezer. They discuss self-promotion, sincerity, humblebragging, and what drives the behavior that connects these things. Please visit our sponsorshttps://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Quip - www.getquip/hereweare Outro Music - The Long Hunt http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane continues his discussion with Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University at UC Davis, Charan Ranganath. How does curiosity, prediction error, anxiety, and even mania relate to memory. Charities Of The Week - STEAC http://www.steac.org/programs.phpThe Pantry - https://asucd.ucdavis.edu/the-pantry/ https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music by Here Knows Whenhttp://hereknowswhen.bandcamp.com/album/lost-moon-ep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane and Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University at UC Davis, Charan Ranganath, talk about why and how the brain stores, organizes, and recalls memories. Does stress and trauma negatively impact our memories. https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music by MoonStation Burninghttps://moonstationburning.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Shane Mauss sits down with Post Doctoral Fellow from The University of Maryland, Kristin Hook and they talk about mice sperm, speciation, and what science has learned about the behavior of sperm and the egg. Can other cellular tissue become or function as sperm? Charity Of The Week - 500 Women Scientists https://500womenscientists.org/ Please visit our sponsors https://Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. BetterHelp Online CounselingHttp://www.betterhelp.com Outro Music by Tooth Lures A Fang http://toothluresafang.bandcamp.com/album/sharon-is-karen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks with Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University, Herman Pontzer. They dive deep into how ancient humans, primates and non-primates burn energy and what we can learn from it. What is Persistence Hunting, and when did humans split from chimps? Charity Of The Week: The National Center For Science Education www.NCSE.org Visit our sponsor - Quip www.getquip/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. Outro Music - “Crucial Conversation” by Chrash https://chrash1.bandcamp.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Shane Mauss, host of Stand Up Science, talks with Professor of Psychology at The College of Charleston, Gaby Principe. They discuss false memories, childhood, and why our memories become so inconsistent with what actually happens in real life. Please check out Gaby’s book “Your Brain on Childhood: The Unexpected Side Effects of Classrooms, Ballparks, Family Rooms, and the Minivan.” https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616144254/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-.nXCbNRGZ66J Please visit our sponsorsQuip - www.getquip/hereweare Outro Music - The Long Hunt http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane talks to Associate Professor of Biology Itai Yanai about gene expression, single cells, and understanding disease through evolutionary biology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Shane Mauss talks about human beings, drones, robots, AI and Virtual Reality Technology, with Design Psychologist and Founder of Designology, Alex Proaps. Charity Of The Week - Metavivor https://www.metavivor.org/ Please visit our sponsorsRobinhood HereWeAre.Robinhood.comBetterHelp Online Counseling betterhelp.com/hereweare Outro Music - The Long Hunt http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices