Hello already and welcome to the show. This is the episode that I've been looking forward to for a long time. Have my hero back on the show Robert Sapolsky.

My favorite scientist that there is just a wonderful human being incredible work. I had him on for the first time in episode 22 of this show about five years ago.

If you want to go and check that out on my other podcast mind under matter my comedy and philosophy show with my good friend for me and nasor.

We blabbed about his work for an extended period of time recently on episode 42 behaviors past. If you're interested in hearing us.

Rift more about some of the things that we talk about at the very beginning of this podcast and at the end of this show.

I'm going to give you just a little bit of a Robert Sapolsky starter kit if you're if you're new to him where to go.

What books you might want to check out classes etc. a few other things as well.

Great guy also has kind of a loud dog in his house a little bit of a loud dog.

My my editor Matt worked triple time on this one to clean up the sound a little bit and get rid of doggy noises.

This is not bad, but it pops up here and there for a couple seconds for all you audio files out there.

But I just know that we worked extra hard to to make this as the best sounding product.

That was possible and if you you know about 98% of our of the consumers of this podcast are listening on audio only.

But if you ever have questions, comments, anything like that you can go to our little YouTube channel that I started during COVID with this and ask a comment.

I recommend scientists or topics or even follow up questions for Robert for the next time that I have them back on which will be sooner than the five years ago.

The last time that I had them on I assure you I just generally don't like bothering the guy and get intimidated by my idols quite frankly.

But we keep up so I'll have them back on much sooner and I just hope you enjoy today's episode and it's it was a thrill.

Are we yes? Where are we here? Why are we here not entirely clear? We are misfits thrust into existence by random chance with no hints at all as to how we're supposed to make sense of it all.

It's immensely bizarre. Here we are.

Hello everybody and welcome to the here we are podcast. We have a very special episode for you. If you listen to this show regularly you've heard you've heard my guest today probably referenced more than any other scientists on the show not just by me but by a bunch of other scientists guests that I have on Robert Sapolsky is joining us today. Hello Robert.

Thanks for having me on.

Yeah thanks so much for joining me. Can you introduce yourself to the listeners those of you that didn't those that didn't hear you on the show three years ago and may not already be familiar with your work.

Let's see my name is Robert Sapolsky I'm a professor of neuroscience at Stanford University over the years I've sort of alternated between doing laboratory neuroscience and studying populations of baboons in East Africa so I'm kind of a primatologist also.

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