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Many Minds Podcast

Our world is brimming with beings—human, animal, and artificial. Many Minds explores how they think, sense, feel, and learn. Conversations and audio essays, every two weeks.

Follow Many Minds on Twitter @ManyMindsPod

Hosted by Kensy Cooperrider

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Image by DeepMind via Unsplash

What does ChatGPT really know?

Jan 25, 2023

Image by Surya Deepak via Unsplash

The thoughtful giant

January 11, 2023

Image by David Troeger via Unsplash

A hidden world of sound

December 14, 2022

Image via numismatics.org (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Myths, robots, and the origins of AI

November 30

Image by Claudio Guglieri via Unsplash

The point of (animal) personality

November 2, 2022

Image by Clement Delhaye via Unsplash

Happiness and the predictive mind

October 19, 2022

Image by Tom Watkins via Unsplash

The ritual species

October 5, 2022

Image via the David Rumsey Map Collection

Cities, cells, and the neuroscience of navigation

September 21, 2022

Image courtesy of the Alex Foundation

Birds with words

September 7, 2022

Image by Birger Strahl via Unsplash

A smorgasbord of senses

July 20, 2022

Image from Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

Of chimps and children

July 12, 2022

Image via the Met Museum

The ABCs of writing systems

June 22, 2022

Image by Tony Phan via Unsplash

The brilliant swarm

June 8, 2022

Image via the Walters Art Museum

Children in the deep past

May 25, 2022

Image by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen via Unsplash

The quest for human uniqueness

May 11, 2022

Image by Bisakha Datta via Unsplash

Animal minds and animal morality

April 27, 2022

Image by Ajay Karpur via Unsplash

What is language for?

April 13, 2022

Image by Tobi via Unsplash

Blindness, neuroplasticity, and the origins of concepts

March 16, 2022

Image by Ashim Ayed via Unsplash

Magic and the bird mind

Mar 2, 2022

Image by Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash

Many Minds turns two! Looking back on some favorite moments

February 16, 2022

Image by Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

Why did our brains shrink 3000 years ago?

February 2, 2022

Image courtesy of Dr. Walter Tschinkel

Architects of the underworld

January 19, 2022

Image by Timothy Dykes via Unsplash

Intoxication

December 22, 2021

Image by Quinn Buffing via Unsplash

Why do we dream?

December 8, 2021

Image by Rock’n Roll Monkey via Unsplash

Why is AI so hard?

November 24, 2021

Illustration by Camillo Golgi via Wikipedia

The brain’s many maps

November 10, 2021

Image by Kunal Shinde via Unsplash

Plants, languages, and the loss of medicinal knowledge

Oct 27, 2021

Image by Ben Pauer via Unsplash

Monkeys, monogamy, and masculinity

October 13, 2021

Image by v2osk via Unsplash

The eye’s mind

September 29, 2021

Photo by Geoff Brooks via Unsplash

Bat signals

September 15, 2021

Image by Ahmad Odeh via Unsplash

The roots of rhythm

Sept 1, 2021

Photo by Nikoline Arns via Unsplash

Babies, grandmas, and our most human capacities

August 18, 2021

National Cancer Institute via Unsplash

Mind everywhere

July 21, 2021

Image by Unseen Histories via Unsplash

Changing cultures, changing minds?

July 7, 2021

Detail of painting by Alexander van Haecken via Rijks Museum

The scents of language

June 23, 2021

Photo by Vinicius “amnx” Amano via Unsplash

Is speciesism in our nature?

June 9, 2021

Image by Geran de Klerk via Unsplash

The puzzle of piloerection

May 26, 2021

Photo by Gabriel Dizzi via Unsplash

Cultures of the deep

May 12, 2021

Photo by Peter Conlan via Unsplash

Why some see spirits

April 28, 2021

Via the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The story of numerals

April 14, 2021

Photo by Braydon Anderson via Unsplash

An animal in denial

March 17, 2021

Photo by Chris Charles via Unsplash

Our pranking primate cousins

March 3, 2021

Photo by Markus Spiske via Unsplash

Aligning AI with our values

February 17, 2021

Photo by Angela Compagnone on Unsplash

Culture, innovation, and the collective brain

February 3, 2021

Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

The savvy cephalopod

January 20, 2021

Photo by Kensy Cooperrider

Telling Tracks

January 6, 2021

Photo by Jonathan Cosens Photography on Unsplash

Humans, Dogs, and Other Domesticated Animals

December 9, 2020

Photo by Deo realist on Unsplash

From Where We Stand

November 25, 2020

Image courtesy of Bill Thompson

Lost in Translation?

November 11, 2020

Painting by Charles R. Knight via Staten Island Museum

Revising the Neanderthal story

October 28, 2020

Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

The Root-Brain Hypothesis

October 14, 2020

Photo by Hadis Safari on Unsplash

When the Mind’s Eye Can’t See

September 30, 2020

Image courtesy of Alecia Carter

Do Baboons Understand Death?

September 16, 2020

Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash

Clever Crows and Cheeky Keas

September 2, 2020

Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash

What Kindled Your Interest in Minds?

July 29, 2020

Photo by William Henry Jackson via Wikimedia Commons

The Shaman, the Witch, and the Folktale

July 15, 2020

Photo by Carl Solder on Unsplash

WEIRD: Adventures of an Acronym

July 1, 2020

Photo by USAID Africa Bureau via Wikimedia Commons

How Do Chimps Communicate?

June 17, 2020

Photo by Robert Anasch on Unsplash

A Mini Minds with Many Voices

June 3, 2020

Photo by NASA via Wikimedia Commons

Message to the Stars

May 20, 2020

Photo by Michelle Tresemer on Unsplash

Me, My Umwelt, and I

May 6, 2020

Photo by Tanaphong Toochinda on Unsplash

Born to be Cultured

April 22, 2020

Photo by Goban1 via Wikimedia Commons

Can Artificial Minds Think Creatively?

March 25, 2020

Image courtesy of Matt Crosby

Artificial Olympians

April 8, 2020

Photo by Joe deSousa on isorepublic.com

The Monkey in the Mirror

March 11, 2020

Photo by Dmitry Grigoriev on Unsplash

Of Bees and Brains

February 26, 2020

Introducing ‘Many Minds’

February 15, 2020

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Introducing ‘Many Minds’

February 15, 2020

Photo by Dmitry Grigoriev on Unsplash

Of Bees and Brains

February 26, 2020

Photo by Joe deSousa on isorepublic.com

The Monkey in the Mirror

March 11, 2020

Photo by Goban1 via Wikimedia Commons

Can Artificial Minds Think Creatively?

March 25, 2020

Image courtesy of Matt Crosby

Artificial Olympians

April 8, 2020

Photo by Tanaphong Toochinda on Unsplash

Born to be Cultured

April 22, 2020

Photo by Michelle Tresemer on Unsplash

Me, My Umwelt, and I

May 6, 2020

Photo by NASA via Wikimedia Commons

Message to the Stars

May 20, 2020

Photo by Robert Anasch on Unsplash

A Mini Minds with Many Voices

June 3, 2020

Photo by USAID Africa Bureau via Wikimedia Commons

How Do Chimps Communicate?

June 17, 2020

Photo by Carl Solder on Unsplash

WEIRD: Adventures of an Acronym

July 1, 2020

Photo by William Henry Jackson via Wikimedia Commons

The Shaman, the Witch, and the Folktale

July 15, 2020

Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash

What Kindled Your Interest in Minds?

July 29, 2020

Loading…

Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash

Clever Crows and Cheeky Keas

September 2, 2020

Image courtesy of Alecia Carter

Do Baboons Understand Death?

September 16, 2020

Photo by Hadis Safari on Unsplash

When the Mind’s Eye Can’t See

September 30, 2020

Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

The Root-Brain Hypothesis

October 14, 2020

Painting by Charles R. Knight via Staten Island Museum

Revising the Neanderthal story

October 28, 2020

Image courtesy of Bill Thompson

Lost in Translation?

November 11, 2020

Photo by Deo realist on Unsplash

From Where We Stand

November 25, 2020

Photo by Jonathan Cosens Photography on Unsplash

Humans, Dogs, and Other Domesticated Animals

December 9, 2020

Photo by Kensy Cooperrider

Telling Tracks

January 6, 2021

Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

The savvy cephalopod

January 20, 2021

Photo by Angela Compagnone on Unsplash

Culture, innovation, and the collective brain

February 3, 2021

Photo by Markus Spiske via Unsplash

Aligning AI with our values

February 17, 2021

Photo by Chris Charles via Unsplash

Our pranking primate cousins

March 3, 2021

Photo by Braydon Anderson via Unsplash

An animal in denial

March 17, 2021

Via the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The story of numerals

April 14, 2021

Photo by Peter Conlan via Unsplash

Why some see spirits

April 28, 2021

Photo by Gabriel Dizzi via Unsplash

Cultures of the deep

May 12, 2021

Image by Geran de Klerk via Unsplash

The puzzle of piloerection

May 26, 2021

Photo by Vinicius “amnx” Amano via Unsplash

Is speciesism in our nature?

June 9, 2021

Detail of painting by Alexander van Haecken via Rijks Museum

The scents of language

June 23, 2021

Image by Unseen Histories via Unsplash

Changing cultures, changing minds?

July 7, 2021

National Cancer Institute via Unsplash

Mind everywhere

July 21, 2021

Loading…

Photo by Nikoline Arns via Unsplash

Babies, grandmas, and our most human capacities

August 18, 2021

Image by Ahmad Odeh via Unsplash

The roots of rhythm

Sept 1, 2021

Photo by Geoff Brooks via Unsplash

Bat signals

September 15, 2021

Image by v2osk via Unsplash

The eye’s mind

September 29, 2021

Image by Ben Pauer via Unsplash

Monkeys, monogamy, and masculinity

October 13, 2021

Image by Kunal Shinde via Unsplash

Plants, languages, and the loss of medicinal knowledge

Oct 27, 2021

Illustration by Camillo Golgi via Wikipedia

The brain’s many maps

November 10, 2021

Image by Rock’n Roll Monkey via Unsplash

Why is AI so hard?

November 24, 2021

Image by Quinn Buffing via Unsplash

Why do we dream?

December 8, 2021

Image by Timothy Dykes via Unsplash

Intoxication

December 22, 2021

Image courtesy of Dr. Walter Tschinkel

Architects of the underworld

January 19, 2022

Image by Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

Why did our brains shrink 3000 years ago?

February 2, 2022

Image by Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash

Many Minds turns two! Looking back on some favorite moments

February 16, 2022

Image by Ashim Ayed via Unsplash

Magic and the bird mind

Mar 2, 2022

Image by Tobi via Unsplash

Blindness, neuroplasticity, and the origins of concepts

March 16, 2022

Image by Ajay Karpur via Unsplash

What is language for?

April 13, 2022

Image by Bisakha Datta via Unsplash

Animal minds and animal morality

April 27, 2022

Image by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen via Unsplash

The quest for human uniqueness

May 11, 2022

Image via the Walters Art Museum

Children in the deep past

May 25, 2022

Image by Tony Phan via Unsplash

The brilliant swarm

June 8, 2022

Image via the Met Museum

The ABCs of writing systems

June 22, 2022

Image from Biodiversity Heritage Library via Flickr

Of chimps and children

July 12, 2022

Image by Birger Strahl via Unsplash

A smorgasbord of senses

July 20, 2022

Loading…

Image courtesy of the Alex Foundation

Birds with words

September 7, 2022

Image via the David Rumsey Map Collection

Cities, cells, and the neuroscience of navigation

September 21, 2022

Image by Tom Watkins via Unsplash

The ritual species

October 5, 2022

Image by Clement Delhaye via Unsplash

Happiness and the predictive mind

October 19, 2022

Image by Claudio Guglieri via Unsplash

The point of (animal) personality

November 2, 2022

Image via numismatics.org (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Myths, robots, and the origins of AI

November 30

Image by David Troeger via Unsplash

A hidden world of sound

December 14, 2022

Image by Surya Deepak via Unsplash

The thoughtful giant

January 11, 2023

Image by DeepMind via Unsplash

What does ChatGPT really know?

Jan 25, 2023

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