Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Episodes
Ep174 "Can Evolution Teach AI?" with Athena Aktipis
David Eagleman interviews evolutionary biologist Athena Aptippus to explore cooperation and conflict from cells to AI.
Re-Release "Why Do Brains Dream"
David Eagleman explores the neuroscience of dreaming, explaining how REM sleep and PGO waves generate visual experiences while the executive network shuts down.
Ep173 "Why Do We Have Emotions?" with Robert Kurzban
In this episode of Inner Cosmos, David Eagleman interviews evolutionary psychologist Rob Kurzban to explore the functional purpose of human emotions.
Ep172 "Can You Quantify Yourself to Improve Health?" with Michael Snyder
David Eagleman and Stanford geneticist Michael Snyder explore how continuous personal data transforms healthcare from static snapshots into dynamic movies.
Ep171 "Why Do Some Urges Feel Irresistible?" with Paige Gordon
David Eagleman explores the biological underpinnings of eating disorders with author and former model Paige Gordon, who shares her decades-long struggle with bulimia.
Ep 170 "Will Mars Create a New Species of Human?" with Scott Solomon
David Eagleman interviews evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon to explore how living on Mars would fundamentally alter human biology.
Ep169 "What Is Claude Thinking But Not Saying?" with Jack Lindsey
Neuroscientist David Eagleman interviews Anthropic researcher Jack Lindsey about a new study revealing a "J-space" in the AI Claude that functions like a human global workspace.
Ep168 "Will it Someday Make Sense to Elect an AI President?"
Ep167 "What Happens With Stone Age Brains + Godlike Tools?" with Steven Kotler
Neuroscientist David Eagleman interviews Stephen Kotler about their book *We Are As Gods*, exploring the clash between Stone Age brains and godlike technology.
Ep166 "Could the Next Brain Interface Get Sprayed Up Your Nose?" with Tetiana Aleksandrova & Scott Meek
Ep165 "What's a Doom Loop & How Do You Escape It?" with Jonathan Downar
Neuroscientist David Eagleman and psychiatrist Jonathan Downer explore "doom loops," where the brain gets stuck in repetitive thoughts seen in depression, OCD, and PTSD.