Here We Are

By Shane Mauss

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Episodes: 412


 Jan 30, 2020

Matthew Dames
 Jul 14, 2019
Great podcast!

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Globetrotting and mind exploring comedian Shane Mauss interviews scientists each week on journey to answer the biggest questions about the meanings of life (as well as a bunch of other random stuff you never imagined you would care about). Favorite topics include: psychology, biology, evolution, cognitive biases, behavioral economics, mating, animal behavior, neuroscience, and the subconscious

Episode Date
Hibernation w/ Frank van Breukelen
Jul 31, 2023
Astronomy and Planetariums w/ Andrew Kerr
Jul 17, 2023
Dung Beetles! w/Kimberly Sheldon
Mar 13, 2023
Virtual Education w/Shalaunda Reeves
Mar 02, 2023
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth w/Henry Gee
Feb 23, 2023
Birdsong and City Noise
Feb 11, 2023
La Crosse Virus
Feb 02, 2023
Modeling a way out of Extinction
Nov 30, 2022
Modern Humans w/David and Douglas Kenrick
Nov 23, 2022
Horticultural Therapy w/Dr. Derrick Stowell
Nov 16, 2022
Transdisciplinary Synthesis w/Dr. Nina Fefferman
Nov 09, 2022
The Human Network w/Tamas David Barrett
Nov 02, 2022
Casual Apocalypse w/Athena Aktipis
Oct 26, 2022
Counterfactual Thinking w/ Dr. Keith Markman
Oct 19, 2022
The Truth About the Middle Ages w/ Daniele Cybulskie
Oct 13, 2022
Thriving in the End Times w/Athena Aktipis
Oct 05, 2022
Phosphorus and The Environment w/ Dr. Jim Elser
Sep 28, 2022
Here We Are LIVE with Herman Pontzer
Sep 23, 2022
Humility w/Daryl R. Van Tongeren
Sep 07, 2022
Human Productivity w/Tara Behrend
Aug 31, 2022
Happier Hour w/Cassie Holmes
Aug 25, 2022
Human Factors w/Anne McLaughlin
Aug 17, 2022
Emotional Intelligence w/Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Aug 04, 2022
Set and Setting w/Cole Marta
Jul 28, 2022
Michael Garfield
Jul 21, 2022
Nature vs Nurture? w/ Marlene Zuk
Jul 14, 2022
Restrictive Mating Strategies w/Martie Haselton and Jaimie Krems
Jul 08, 2022
Ancestral Cousins w/Steven E. Churchill
Jun 22, 2022
Solo Travel w/ Peter McGraw
May 26, 2022
Special Announcements | Solo Episode
May 12, 2022
Culture + Cognition w/ Helena Miton
Apr 28, 2022
Internet Gurus w/ Dr. Chris Kavanagh
Apr 20, 2022
Philosophy + Emotion w/Cecilea Mun
Apr 13, 2022
Sustainable Living W/ Dave Ader
Mar 31, 2022
Genetics + Evolution w/ Itai Yanai
Mar 23, 2022
Conversational Science w/ Susanna Harris
Mar 17, 2022
Robert Sapolsky
Mar 09, 2022
Ayahuasca + The Rainforest w/ Sophia Rokhlin
Mar 03, 2022
Amphibians w/ Matthew J. Gray
Feb 23, 2022
Covid-19 + Emergency Rooms w/Graham Walker
Feb 16, 2022
Gurus Decoded w/ Matthew Browne
Feb 10, 2022
Child Rearing Across Cultures w/Melanie Martin
Feb 02, 2022
Nutrition w/Hollie Raynor
Jan 27, 2022
Diet + Evolution w/Herman Pontzer
Jan 19, 2022
Butterflies! w/ Emilie Snell-Rood
Jan 12, 2022
Omicron? w/Jessica Brinkworth
Jan 05, 2022
The Tailored Brain w/Emily J Willingham
Dec 30, 2021
Science + Mysticism w/ Duncan Trussell
Dec 22, 2021
Peace Making w/Doug Noll
Dec 15, 2021
Sleeping + Dreaming w/ Barrett Klein and Dr. Zlatan Krizan
Dec 08, 2021
Why I Started This Show (Solo Episode)
Dec 01, 2021
Economics and One Health w/Charles Sims
Nov 18, 2021
4.6 Billion Years in 2 Hours w/Henry Gee
Nov 10, 2021
A Shot to Save the World w/Greg Zuckerman
Nov 04, 2021
The Knowledge Illusion w/Steve Sloman and Phil Fernbach
Oct 28, 2021
Recreational Fear w/Mathias Clasen
Oct 20, 2021
Emotional Labor w/Nicholas Coles
Oct 15, 2021
Morbid Curiosity w/Coltan Scrivner
Oct 12, 2021
Influencing Environmental Norms w/Adam Willcox
Sep 29, 2021
The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles w/Sean Doody
Sep 22, 2021
Well-being and Personality
Sep 08, 2021
Phallacy w/Emily Willingham
Aug 25, 2021
Artificial Intimacy w/Rob Brooks
Aug 19, 2021
Backyard Chickens w/Marcy Souza
Aug 11, 2021
Science of Play w/Gordon Burghardt
Aug 05, 2021
Biomimicry + Space
Jul 28, 2021
Dog is Love w/ Clive Wynne
Jul 21, 2021
Viruses + The Apocalypse
Jul 14, 2021
Cicadas!
Jul 07, 2021
Vaccine Hesitancy
Jun 30, 2021
Fungal Pathogens
Jun 23, 2021
Quarantine Life
Jun 16, 2021
Geometry + Everything
May 26, 2021
Body Farm
May 19, 2021
Neuroscience and Ethical Marketing
May 12, 2021
Illuminating Conspiracy Thinking
May 05, 2021
The New Science of Self-Actualization w/Scott Barry Kaufman
Apr 28, 2021
The Psychology of Comedy
Apr 21, 2021
Farming + Stress
Apr 13, 2021
Comedy + Business
Mar 27, 2021
Covid-19: 1 Year Later w/Jessica Brinkworth
Mar 16, 2021
Multiple Sclerosis Research
Mar 10, 2021
The New Science of the Human Metabolism
Mar 03, 2021
Kratom
Feb 23, 2021
Preparing for Climate Change
Feb 17, 2021
Quench
Feb 09, 2021
Lost Wallet Study
Feb 02, 2021
Anthropomorphic Health
Jan 26, 2021
Applied Cognition
Jan 19, 2021
Gender Norms
Jan 12, 2021
Wearable Tech + Covid w/Prof. Michael Snyder
Jan 05, 2021
The Courage to Suffer
Dec 29, 2020
Comedy Sex God | Pete Holmes
Dec 22, 2020
Holiday Covid Update w/Nina Fefferman
Dec 15, 2020
Anthropologists on Witchcraft
Dec 08, 2020
Biodiversity Loss
Dec 01, 2020
The Economics of Covid | Solo Episode
Nov 27, 2020
Your Brain on Birth Control w/ Dr. Sarah Hill
Nov 24, 2020
Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?
Nov 20, 2020
Underwater Volcanoes + Scallop Porn
Nov 09, 2020
Narcissism + Social Psychology
Oct 26, 2020
The Media Dilemma
Oct 23, 2020
Gene Editing Flies
Oct 14, 2020
DMT and The Structure of Reality
Oct 10, 2020
Volcanoes + A Submarine
Oct 08, 2020
Bored in the House w/ Joe Reddin
Sep 23, 2020
Birdbrain
Sep 14, 2020
Neuroplasticity + Alzheimer's
Sep 10, 2020
The Changing Environment
Sep 07, 2020
Consciousness + Simulation w/ Dr. Eliot Winer
Aug 25, 2020
Evolutionarily Speaking w/ Herman Pontzer
Aug 17, 2020
Siding With Science
Aug 14, 2020
Why I Started The Here We Are Podcast
Aug 12, 2020
Neurodiversity Ft. A Little Cerebral
Aug 03, 2020
Quarantine + Love
Jul 28, 2020
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Pt 2
Jul 26, 2020
Murder Hornets!
Jul 20, 2020
The Human Immune System
Jul 16, 2020
The Politics of a Pandemic
Jul 13, 2020
Myths of Happiness
Jul 10, 2020
SoundSelf with Robin Arnott and Topher Sipes
Jul 06, 2020
All About Mushrooms
Jun 29, 2020
COVID 19 Update with Olamide Jarrett
Jun 28, 2020
The Psychology of Disgust
Jun 23, 2020
Language + Perception
Jun 19, 2020
Bees
May 26, 2020
Science vs Human Nature
May 26, 2020
The Emergence of E-Learning
May 21, 2020
X + Perception = Threat
May 18, 2020
Bats + Disease (Pandemic Edition)
May 14, 2020
Forestry + Diversity (Pandemic Edition)
May 08, 2020
Living in Biosphere 2
May 08, 2020
Women + Workload + Quarantine
Apr 29, 2020
Post-Corona Communication
Apr 26, 2020
Video Games + Quarantine
Apr 19, 2020
Change Climate Change
Apr 15, 2020
Herpes and Comedy
Apr 12, 2020
Scientific Couple Quarrels
Apr 11, 2020
Sleeping in a Quarantine
Apr 09, 2020
Shtick + Business Part 2
Apr 07, 2020
Schtick + Business Part 1
Apr 07, 2020
(Pandemic Edition) Guilty Pressures
Apr 06, 2020
(Pandemic Edition) Exponential Growth & Emotions
Apr 03, 2020
(Pandemic Edition) Math + Virus + Us
Mar 31, 2020
(Pandemic Edition) Scarcity and Marketing
Mar 28, 2020
(Pandemic Edition) History and Literature of Disease
Mar 28, 2020
(Pandemic Edition) Zombie Apocalypse Medicine
Mar 27, 2020
(Pandemic Edition) Animals & Societies
Mar 26, 2020
Disgust & Morality (Pandemic Edition)
Mar 24, 2020
Teaching + Learning + Strategy
Mar 24, 2020
Birds + Brains
Mar 19, 2020
Brains + Language
Mar 08, 2020
Cognitive Bias + Decision Making
Mar 02, 2020
Cognition + Consciousness
Feb 19, 2020
Fort Worth Zoo Part 3: Medical Care + Animals
Feb 17, 2020
Insects + Flying + Breathing
Feb 06, 2020
Psilocybin + Retreat (Bonus Episode!)
Feb 03, 2020
Fort Worth Zoo Part 2: Pollinators + Butterflies + Milkweed
Feb 01, 2020
Fort Worth Zoo Part 1: Animals + Nutrition
Jan 28, 2020
Television + Social Connection
Jan 24, 2020
2019 Highlight Reel
Jan 01, 2020
Psychedelics + Neuroscience + Symposium
Jan 01, 2020
Origin Story + Archaea
Dec 23, 2019
Genetics + Environment + Politics
Dec 07, 2019
Disorder + Depression
Dec 02, 2019
Holiday Shopping + Gift Giving
Nov 25, 2019
Visual Perception + Attention
Nov 19, 2019
Spiders + Spiders
Nov 15, 2019
Empathy + Marketing
Nov 06, 2019
Birds + Communication
Nov 02, 2019
Biology + Epigenetics
Oct 26, 2019
Brains + Learning
Oct 15, 2019
Animals + A.I.
Oct 14, 2019
Insects + Sleep
Oct 07, 2019
Insects + Food + Art
Sep 27, 2019
Ayahuasca & Dreaming Plants
Sep 18, 2019
Brands + Social Behavior
Sep 11, 2019
Addiction + Broken Brains
Sep 07, 2019
Emotions + Goals
Aug 26, 2019
Elephants + Biology
Aug 19, 2019
Ticks + Population
Aug 13, 2019
Work + Meaningful + Happy
Aug 05, 2019
Game Theory + Marketing
Jul 29, 2019
Development + Memories
Jul 25, 2019
Fungi + Medicine + Mycology
Jul 22, 2019
Evolution + Childbirth
Jul 15, 2019
Hormones + Monogamous Rodents
Jul 08, 2019
Brain Signals + Electrical Fields
Jul 02, 2019
Education + Rapport
Jun 27, 2019
Depression + Disorder
Jun 25, 2019
Animals + Zoo + Research
Jun 20, 2019
Mate Value + Relationships
Jun 13, 2019
Behavior + Self Promotion
Jun 04, 2019
Curiosity + Memory
May 28, 2019
Memory + Reactivation
May 22, 2019
Sperm + Competition
May 16, 2019
Burning Energy + Evolutionary History
May 09, 2019
Memories + Childhood
Apr 29, 2019
Genes + Evolution
Apr 22, 2019
Humans + Technology
Apr 20, 2019
Sloths + Fossils
Apr 12, 2019
Fruit Flies + Genetics
Apr 08, 2019
Screen Time + Addiction
Apr 01, 2019
Vocalization + Genomics
Mar 25, 2019
Personality + Neuroscience
Mar 18, 2019
Mindfulness Vs Pursuing Goals
Mar 12, 2019
The Evolution Of Language
Mar 08, 2019
Iboga + Healing
Mar 06, 2019
Paleo-Anthropology + Archeology
Feb 26, 2019
Aging + Memory
Feb 20, 2019
Masculinity + Culture
Feb 11, 2019
Health + New Years Resolutions
Feb 04, 2019
201: Lists + Psychology
Jan 24, 2019
200: Digital Media + Childhood Development
Jan 15, 2019
199: Association + Bias
Jan 07, 2019
198: History + Science
Jan 02, 2019
197: Self Deception + Evolution
Dec 23, 2018
196: Habits + Health
Dec 10, 2018
195: Politics + Religion
Dec 05, 2018
194: Stress + Child Development
Nov 26, 2018
193: Human Health + Virtual Reality
Nov 19, 2018
192: Marketing + Human Nature
Nov 15, 2018
191: CO2 + Coral Reef Ecosystems
Nov 05, 2018
190: Biochemistry + Gender
Nov 03, 2018
189: Sex + Education
Oct 29, 2018
188: Mobile DNA
Oct 15, 2018
187: Teaching + Science
Oct 08, 2018
186: Evolution of Alcohol
Oct 04, 2018
185: Why We Buy What We Buy
Sep 29, 2018
184: Coral Reef Restoration + Reproduction
Sep 24, 2018
183: Disgust + Morality + Law (Part 2)
Sep 17, 2018
182: Disgust + Morality + The Law
Sep 06, 2018
181: Algae + Ecosystems
Aug 31, 2018
180: Robots + Employment
Aug 24, 2018
179: Forgiveness + Peace
Aug 14, 2018
178: Hearing + Communication
Aug 10, 2018
177: Exercising Efficiently
Aug 06, 2018
Human + Artificial Intelligence
Jul 25, 2018
175: The State of the Internet
Jul 19, 2018
174: Work + Organization
Jul 11, 2018
173: Psychedelic Integration + Skepticism
Jul 09, 2018
172: OCD + Psychedelics
Jun 27, 2018
171: Marketing + Boredom
Jun 22, 2018
170: Emotion Regulation
Jun 11, 2018
169: MDMA in Clinical Settings
Jun 09, 2018
168: Psychedelic Research
Jun 06, 2018
167: Sleep + Social Behavior
Jun 02, 2018
166: Neuroscience + Parkinson's
May 26, 2018
165: MycoMeditations #2
May 18, 2018
164: Religion + Racism
May 11, 2018
163: Guns + Gorillas
May 04, 2018
162: Biodiversity + Speciation
May 01, 2018
Dung Beetles + Recycling
Apr 20, 2018
BioME
Apr 13, 2018
Space Exploration
Apr 06, 2018
Neuroplasticity + Addiction
Mar 30, 2018
The Wandering Mind
Mar 23, 2018
Intersectionality (Part 2)
Mar 16, 2018
Medicine Hunting
Mar 07, 2018
Happiness
Mar 02, 2018
Awards + Incentives
Feb 21, 2018
Intelligence + Hormones
Feb 14, 2018
Death + Telepathy
Feb 07, 2018
Is Intersectionality a Religion?
Feb 01, 2018
Evolution + Improvisation
Jan 24, 2018
MDMA The Movie
Jan 17, 2018
My Commeditations
Jan 02, 2018
Evolutionary Theory + Infanticide
Dec 26, 2017
Sex + Psychology
Nov 17, 2017
Aggression + Anger
Nov 08, 2017
Mating + Conflict + Feminism
Nov 03, 2017
Brains + Mice + Mazes
Oct 26, 2017
Psychedelics + Soap
Oct 19, 2017
Suicide + Bargaining
Oct 03, 2017
Art + Philosophy
Sep 27, 2017
Noggins + Education
Sep 19, 2017
Noggins + Education
Sep 19, 2017
Addiction + Evolution
Sep 12, 2017
Noggins + Networking
Sep 05, 2017
Language + Information Systems
Aug 30, 2017
Mental Health
Aug 22, 2017
Illusion of Explanatory Depth
Jul 31, 2017
MAPS (Live from Asheville)
Jul 24, 2017
Live from Athens
Jul 18, 2017
Mindfulness + Meditation
Jul 10, 2017
Meditation + Mushrooms
Jul 03, 2017
Sex Drive + Masturbation
Jun 26, 2017
Psychedelic Science
Jun 20, 2017
Suicide + Leadership
May 31, 2017
Live from Nashville
May 22, 2017
Behavior + Biology
May 01, 2017
Live from Boulder
Apr 30, 2017
Meditation + Motivation
Apr 18, 2017
Evolution of Desire
Apr 10, 2017
Lucid Mood
Apr 03, 2017
Shane's Gestalt Therapy (Pt. 2)
Mar 27, 2017
Music + Memory
Mar 20, 2017
Marketing + Psychoactives
Mar 13, 2017
Shane's Gestalt Therapy (Pt. 1)
Mar 06, 2017
Gender + Psychology (Live #5)
Mar 01, 2017
The Aging Mind (Live #004)
Feb 09, 2017
LIVE #003
Feb 03, 2017
Dieting + Self-Control
Jan 24, 2017
Science Literacy + Evolution
Jan 17, 2017
Addiction + Narcopolitics
Jan 10, 2017
Time + Perception
Jan 05, 2017
Neurons + Olfactory
Dec 30, 2016
Digital Learning
Dec 21, 2016
Psychotherapy + PTSD
Dec 05, 2016
Psychedelic Therapy
Nov 22, 2016
Mindfulness + Movement
Nov 16, 2016
Sting of the Wild
Oct 24, 2016
Live in Wilmington
Oct 10, 2016
Drug Policy
Oct 04, 2016
Photos + Psychology
Sep 28, 2016
Laughter
Sep 20, 2016
MAPS
Sep 13, 2016
Neurons + Language
Sep 06, 2016
Philosophy + Artificial Life
Aug 31, 2016
Organizational Behavior
Aug 22, 2016
Chimp Haven
Aug 14, 2016
Botany
Aug 08, 2016
Happiness
Aug 03, 2016
Psychedelics + Policy
Jul 18, 2016
Evaluation + Expression
Jul 11, 2016
Time + Decisions
Jul 04, 2016
Psychedelics + Healing
Jun 27, 2016
Pregnancy + Maternity
Jun 20, 2016
Threat + Decision
Jun 13, 2016
We Are All Criminals
Jun 06, 2016
Live
May 31, 2016
Wine + Terroir
May 23, 2016
Hacking
May 16, 2016
Primates
May 11, 2016
Depression
Apr 25, 2016
Music + Psychology
Apr 18, 2016
Sustainability + Veganism
Apr 13, 2016
Sexual Selection + Evolution
Apr 06, 2016
Just Float
Mar 28, 2016
Personal Growth
Mar 22, 2016
Self Deception
Mar 16, 2016
Why We Have Sex
Mar 07, 2016
Life History Theory
Mar 01, 2016
Pay It Forward
Feb 22, 2016
Life + Biology
Feb 16, 2016
Perception + Attention
Feb 08, 2016
Plants + Biodiversity
Feb 01, 2016
Personal Finance
Jan 26, 2016
Understanding + Opinions
Jan 19, 2016
Hip Hop + Science
Jan 12, 2016
Consumer Behavior
Dec 31, 2015
Veterans + Homelessness
Dec 21, 2015
Culture + Careers
Dec 15, 2015
Emotions + Affect
Dec 09, 2015
Evolution + War
Dec 01, 2015
Addiction + Recovery
Nov 26, 2015
Homelessness + Self-Sufficiency
Nov 24, 2015
Stories + Narrative
Nov 17, 2015
Archaeology + Argriculture
Nov 09, 2015
Memory (Part 2)
Nov 02, 2015
Social Needs + Our Brains
Oct 26, 2015
Brain Circuits + Plasticity
Oct 19, 2015
Video Games + Learning
Oct 13, 2015
Comedy + Therapy
Oct 06, 2015
Gestalt Therapy + Awareness
Sep 30, 2015
Language + Time
Sep 21, 2015
Cocaine + Brains
Sep 14, 2015
Stereotypes + Cognition
Sep 07, 2015
Laughter VS Humor
Sep 01, 2015
Meditation + Mindfulness
Aug 24, 2015
Manatees + Marine Biology
Aug 18, 2015
Gender + Gift Giving
Aug 11, 2015
Marketing + Consumption
Aug 03, 2015
Decisions + Procrastination
Jul 27, 2015
Laughter + Audiences
Jul 20, 2015
Pronouns + Social Status
Jul 13, 2015
Alcoholism + Drug Addiction
Jul 10, 2015
Cancer + HIV Vaccines
Jul 07, 2015
Lying + Cheating
Jun 29, 2015
Happiness + Sustainability
Jun 22, 2015
Dolphins + Plankton
Jun 15, 2015
Cognitive Bias + Loss Aversion
Jun 08, 2015
Psychedelics + Philosophy
Jun 01, 2015
Locusts + Ecosystems
May 26, 2015
Cancer + Game Theory
May 25, 2015
Stereotypes + Perception
May 18, 2015
Social Organization + Insects
May 11, 2015
Evolution of Eyes
May 05, 2015
Orthopaedics + Health Care
Apr 28, 2015
Perception + Reality
Apr 21, 2015
Parenting + Female Orgasm
Apr 14, 2015
Fitness + Handicap Principle
Apr 07, 2015
Behind The Zoo
Mar 30, 2015
3D Printed Dildos + Anal Probes
Mar 24, 2015
Riddled With Life
Mar 16, 2015
Out-Groups + Lesser Minds
Mar 09, 2015
Emotion + Self Deception
Mar 02, 2015
Evolution + Immigration
Feb 23, 2015
Eye Surgery + Curing Blindness
Feb 16, 2015
Marketing + Auto-Responses
Feb 09, 2015
Butterflies + Conservation
Jan 26, 2015
Comedy + Science
Jan 19, 2015
Strangers + Social Anxiety
Jan 12, 2015
Sperm Competition
Jan 05, 2015
Immigration + Anthropology
Dec 29, 2014
Cheating + Dishonesty
Dec 22, 2014
Marketing + Consumerism
Dec 16, 2014
Memory
Dec 12, 2014
Emotion + Expression
Dec 08, 2014
Brain Scan + Joke Writing
Dec 01, 2014
Gift Giving
Nov 24, 2014
Gender + Attraction
Nov 20, 2014