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Aug 12
39m 49s

Robert Sapolsky: Why Do We Do That?

Alan Alda
About this episode

An old friend of Clear and Vivid is back to enlighten Alan on some of the oddities of human behavior – both good and bad – and to talk about his entertaining new podcast, Father Offspring Interviews, hosted by his daughter.

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