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Armin Schulz
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
Episode: Armin W. Schulz, "Presentist Social Functionalism: Bringing Contemporary Evolutionary Biology to the Social Sciences" (Springer, 2025)
Christopher Kemp
Journalist, writer, and research scientist
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Episode: Christopher Kemp, "Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation" (Norton, 2022)
Eugene Rosenberg
Professor and co-author of the book Where Did We Come From?: The Origin and Evolution of Life
Episode: Eugene Rosenberg and Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg, "Where Did We Come From?: The Origin and Evolution of Life" (Austin Macauley, 2025)
Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg
Dr. and co-author of the book Where Did We Come From?: The Origin and Evolution of Life
Episode: Eugene Rosenberg and Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg, "Where Did We Come From?: The Origin and Evolution of Life" (Austin Macauley, 2025)
Athena Aktipis
Author of The Cheating Cell, a researcher at Arizona State University.
Arizona State University
Episode: Athena Aktipis, "The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Heather Browning
Lecturer in philosophy and former zookeeper
University of Southampton
Episode: Heather Browning and Walter Veit, "What Are Zoos For?" (Policy Press, 2024)
Walter Veit
Lecturer in philosophy with a focus on animal consciousness
University of Reading
Episode: Heather Browning and Walter Veit, "What Are Zoos For?" (Policy Press, 2024)
Aline Nardo
Author and scholar specializing in educational theory.
Episode: Aline Nardo, "Evolutionary Theory and Education" (Brill, 2025)
Rene Almeling
Professor of Sociology at Yale University, researcher on gender, medicine, and reproduction.
Yale University
Episode: Rene Almeling, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Brian T. Nguyen eds., "Seminal: On Sperm, Health, and Politics" (NYU Press, 2025)

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Carrie Figdor
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Athena Aktipis, "The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Q: How does adaptive therapy work?
It maintains a population of sensitive cells to better control cancer, drawing inspiration from pest management.
Athena Aktipis, "The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Q: What are some trade-offs that underlie our susceptibility to cancer?
Certain beneficial traits related to survival can also increase cancer risk.
Athena Aktipis, "The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Q: Can you differentiate between human evolution and evolution of other systems?
The reasoning about evolution should apply similarly to humans and other organisms.
Paul Thagard, "Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?" (MIT Press, 2021)
Q: Can you describe a few examples of perhaps animal intelligence that fascinate you?
There are lots of fascinating studies about bird intelligence, such as crows and ravens, and the capacity for jealousy in dogs.
Paul Thagard, "Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?" (MIT Press, 2021)
Q: Can you tell us how did you come to writing it?
It grew out of a course that I taught at the University of Waterloo that combined the study of humans and machines.

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