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The Smart Cookies podcast
Deep-dive conversations with the world's leading minds. European host Zaza looks beyond the mainstream to explore history, technology, philosophy, psychology, and science.
Episodes
The Smart Cookies podcastDid we domesticate DOGS or did dogs domesticate us? With prof. Greger Larson
The story of dog domestication seems as simple as pie - humans took some wolf puppies, brought them over to the campfire and the rest is history... However…
The Smart Cookies podcastWhat does the BIBLE really say? With dr. Dan McClellan
Daniel McClellan is a scholar of the Bible and religion, and an honorary fellow at the University of Birmingham's Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding…
The Smart Cookies podcastNEANDERTHALS with Prof. Chris Stringer
Chris Stringer is a physical anthropologist celebrated for his work on human evolution, as well as a research leader in human origins at the Natural History…
The Smart Cookies podcastThe French Revolution with Prof. David Andress: The Terror (Part 2)
In the second part of the fantastic conversation about the FRENCH REVOLUTION with historian David Andress, we discuss the downward spiral of Louis XVI, the…
The Smart Cookies podcastThe French Revolution with Prof. David Andress (Part 1)
Professor David Andress is a renowned historian of the French Revolution at the University of Portsmouth. In this episode we talk about the prelude to arguably…
The Smart Cookies podcastThe real history behind SHOGUN with Thomas Lockley
Thomas Lockley is Associate Professor at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo, where he teaches courses about the international and multicultural history…
The Smart Cookies podcastWhy did Rome fall? And will the West follow? With Professor Peter Heather
Peter Heather is Chair of Medieval History at King's College London. Some of his most famous books include The Fall of the Roman Empire, Rome Resurgent…
The Smart Cookies podcastWITCH TRIALS with Professor Alison Rowlands
Alison Rowlands is a Professor of European history at the University of Essex researching witchcraft of the early modern period in central Europe. We talk…
The Smart Cookies podcastLife of a KGB spy with Jack Barsky
The Illegals was a network of sleeper agents created by KGB, who were sent into western countries, pretending to be ordinary citizens. Jack Barsky was a young…
The Smart Cookies podcastThe History of EASTERN EUROPE with Jacob Mikanowski
Jacob Mikanowski is a Polish-American journalist, writer and academic who's recently published an amazing book on the history of EASTERN EUROPE called "Goodbye…
The Smart Cookies podcastFILMMAKING and HOLLYWOOD with Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll is an infamous German film director, a Hollywood outcast consistently panned by critics, who produced and directed more than 30 films, working with…
The Smart Cookies podcastFlukes, Chance, Chaos and Why Everything We Do Matters with Brian Klaas
Most of us believe our lives are ordered by reason, or at least some kind of a sensible narrative... However, much as we hate to admit it, chance, randomness…
The Smart Cookies podcastThe bizarre history of DRUG USE in NAZI GERMANY, with Norman Ohler
I talk to Norman Ohler, the author of the best-selling book Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany. We discuss the hidden history of widespread drug use in the Third…
The Smart Cookies podcastLeaving the world of CONSPIRACIES behind, with Brent Lee
Brent Lee is an ex-conspiracy theorist who's managed to escape the rabbit hole after dwelling in its depths for 15 years. These days he's known as the host of…
The Smart Cookies podcastNAPOLEON with dr. Michael Rowe
Dr. Michael Rowe is a Reader in modern European History at King's College London. Over the last two decades he has published extensively on the period of the…
The Smart Cookies podcastBadass Women of the Mongol Empire with dr. Tobias Jones
Dr. Tobias Jones is a researcher, historian and lecturer of Mongol history at Leiden University. Back by popular demand, he returns to Smart Cookies to talk…
The Smart Cookies podcastIs there Life after Death? Near-death experiences with dr. Bruce Greyson
Bruce Greyson is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neuro-behavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, who has studied near-death experiences for…
The Smart Cookies podcastThe Other Face of Winston Churchill, with Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali is a writer, filmmaker and a leading figure of the international left since the 60s. He is a long-standing editor of the New Left Review and a…
The Smart Cookies podcastFunding our own Demise: Why do we keep pumping money into FOSSIL FUELS, with IISD's Tara Laan
During one of the most dramatic summers in recent memory, filled with record breaking temperatures, devastating wildfires and destructive floods, a bombshell…
The Smart Cookies podcastThe Search for EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE with Prof. Avi Loeb
Professor Avi Loeb is a former Chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and director of…
The Smart Cookies podcastVAMPIRES and SLAVIC FOLKLORE with Prof. Stanley Stepanic
Stanley Stepanic is an Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia. To date he has published three textbooks that…
The Smart Cookies podcastSUPERSTITION and IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOUR with Prof. Stuart Vyse
Stuart Vyse is a behavioral scientist and writer with a PhD in psychology and BA and MA degrees in English Literature. He's a Fellow of the Association for…
The Smart Cookies podcastDreams with Professor Patrick McNamara: Lucid and Demonic, Nightmares, REM Sleep, Sleep Paralysis and Dreams within Dreams
Professor Patrick McNamara has over 15 years of experience working directly on the problem of the nature and function of dreaming. He has been the recipient of…
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In the Eye of the Storm: QAnon and (other) conspiracy theories with Mike Rothschild
Mike Rothschild is a journalist and author, focused on the intersections between internet culture and politics as seen through the dark glass of conspiracy…
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"Why We Believe?" with Professor Agustín Fuentes
Agustín Fuentes is a professor of anthropology at Princeton University. His research focuses on the biosocial, delving into the entanglement of biological…
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"Is Consciousness a Controlled Hallucination?" With Professor Anil Seth
Anil Seth is a professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he is also Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for…
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Cannibalism with Professor Bill Schutt
Bill Schutt is Professor Emeritus of biology at LIU Post and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the author of Dark Banquet…
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The Manosphere with dr. Lisa Sugiura
Dr. Lisa Sugiura is a Reader in Cybercrime and Gender at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Portsmouth, Themes Strategic…
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Human Origins with Chris Stringer
Professor Chris Stringer has worked at The Natural History Museum London since 1973. He is now Research Leader in Human Origins and a Fellow of the Royal…
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The Scandalous Life of Emperor Augustus' Only Daughter with The Partial Historians
The Partial Historians is a renowned podcast about ancient Roman history, hosted by historians dr. Fiona Radford and dr. Peta Greenfield, who discuss, spar…
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The Evolutionary Importance of drinking Booze with Professor Edward Slingerland
Edward Slingerland is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, where he also holds appointments in…
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Getting to Know the Ultimate Historical Bogeyman; the Mongols with Tobias Jones
Toby Jones has just finished his PhD at Leiden University in the Netherlands, where he is also teaching. His work focuses on the irruption of the Mongols onto…
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The Many Ugly Faces of Climate Breakdown with Professor Bill McGuire
Bill McGuire is a Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London, a co-director of the New Weather Institute and was a…
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The Ottoman Empire with dr. Mostafa Minawi
Mostafa Minawi is an associate professor of history at Cornell University and the director of the Critical Ottoman and Post-ottoman studies. He is the author…
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How the Stoics can help us become better people with Philosopher dr. Massimo Pigliucci
Prof. Massimo Pigliucci has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He is…
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Dispelling Stereotypes about the Vikings and Norse Mythology with dr. Mathias Nordvig
Dr. Mathias Nordvig is a visiting assistant professor of Nordic and Arctic studies at the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at…
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Digging Deeper into Greek and Roman Mythology with Professor dr. Peter Struck
Dr. Peter Struck is Professor and Chair of the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his A.B. at the University of…
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The Unbelievable World of Women's Spirituality and Mysticism in the Middle Ages with Researcher dr. Delfi-Nieto Isabel
Dr. Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel is a Scholar and Historian who holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics, a BA in History and a PhD in Medieval Cultures from the…
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Reimagining the Black Death with Plague Historian dr. John Aberth
Dr. John Aberth is a medieval historian, author and professor. He received his M.A. in Medieval Studies from the University of Leeds in England and his Ph.D…
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On Our Perceptions of Inequality and the Wealth Gap with Sociologist dr. Jonathan Mijs
Dr Jonathan Mijs is a Dutch sociologist who earned his PhD at Harvard University and is currently teaching at Boston University. His research describes the…
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Exploring the link between Nutrition and Mental Health with Clinical Psychologist dr. Julia Rucklidge
Dr. Julia Rucklidge is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of…