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ChonkservationsMissing microbes and weightgainA deep dive into new research on the role of soil-based microbes on weight gain that was covered in the HumanOS newsletter #351. Subscribe to the HumanOS newsletter by friend of the podcast, Dr. Dan Pardi at https://blog.humanos.me/. And subscribe to this podcast produced by Dr. Aaron Blaisdell. https://pigeonrat.psych.ucla.edu 2025-02-0112 min

ChonkservationsEpisode 7: The scientific journey of Dr. Aaron BlaisdellA 10 minute dive into the scientific journey of Dr. Aaron Blaisdell, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at UCLA. For more about Aaron Blaisdell, visit his lab website at http://pigeonrat.psych.ucla.edu.2025-01-0910 min

ChonkservationsEpisode 5: Rise of the AI Agents The content of this podcast was curated by Professor Aaron Blaisdell (@aaronblaisdell). Donations to support this podcast can be sent to aaronblaisdell.eth The AI agents aren’t just coming, they’re already here! Spreading the word on one of the most transformative, exponentially game-changing revolutionary technological developments that will take the world by storm. Thanks to the team at Bankless (Bankless.com), especially Ryan Shawn Adams (@RyanSAdams), David Hoffman (@TrustlessState), and Ejaaz Ahamadeen (@cryptopunk7213) Other builders and thought leaders in this AI Agent space to follow: Shaw...2024-12-2513 min

ChonkservationsEpisode 3: Bug Harold and the SnapdragonIn Episode 3 we discuss a new children's book, Bug Harold and the Snapdragon. The book was written by Aaron Blaisdell and illustrated by his daughter, Helen Blaisdell. The book is available on Amazon.com. You can learn more about Bug Harold, the origin story of the book, and a glimpse of more Bug Harold books to come at www.bugharold.com.2024-12-2115 min

ChonkservationsEpisode 1: Exploring animal creativity through NFTs Episode 1. In the inaugural episode of Chonkservations, 505 and 507 discuss the Pigeon Art Project. The Pigeon Art Project is led by UCLA Professor Aaron Blaisdell and his team of graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Blaisdell is a comparative psychologist in the Department of Psychology, in the Behavioral Neuroscience area. He and his team study cognition in rats, pigeons, and people. In this episode, 505 and 507 discuss the origin of the Pigeon Art Project, which involves the study of digital art making by pigeons. The conversation goes deep and ranges far and wide, with interesting philosophical questions about...2024-12-1619 min

Starting Now with Jeff SarrisOrigin Story: Aaron Blaisdell, PhD (Neuroscientist)Dr. Blaisdell is a Neuroscientist and UCLA Professor where he directs the Comparative Cognition Lab. He's also cofounder of the Ancestral Health Society and founder of the Journal of Evolution and Health.This is a fascinating conversation about cognition and what pigeons can teach us about our own brains.We also talk about ancestral health, the founding of the Ancestral Health Symposium, how Aaron's lab discovered a pigeon creating art, and the Pigeon Art NFT project that lets the pigeons themselves help fund future research.pigeonrat.psych.ucla.edupigeonart.xyz——S...2022-11-101h 24

A Song Called LifeEpisode #93: Dr. Aaron BlaisdellDr. Aaron Blaisdell is a UCLA Psychology Professor where he directs the Comparative Cognition Lab. He is also a member of the Brain Research Institute, the Integrative Center for Learning & Memory, and the Evolutionary Medicine program. Dr. Blaisdell joins Osi to discuss his work with comparative animal cognition, and the various ways animals build and use representations of their world. Listen to find out what your pet's really thinking!2022-10-201h 16

The Good, the Bad, and the ScienceZOOTOPIA w/ Dr. Aaron Blaisdell & Michael LongfellowWhat's with bunnies and carrots?! Brilliant questions like this get answered on today's show about ZOOTOPIA w/ Dr. Aaron Blaisdell & Michael Longfellow! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 2021-06-1559 min

The Good, the Bad, and the ScienceBLACK MIRROR: HATED IN THE NATION w/Emily Feld and Dr. Aaron BlaisdellThe only thing more exciting than robotic bees is finally getting to hear from our own associate producer Emily Feld! She's on the show today with our old pal Dr. Aaron Blaisdell (Professor of Psychology - UCLA)! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 2020-02-2559 min

Peak Human - Unbiased Nutrition Info for Optimum Health, Fitness & LivingPart 54 - Chris Masterjohn, PhD Questions CarnivoreAlright everyone, we’re back, Brian Sanders here with another episode of Peak Human where I talk to the leading experts around the world about health, nutrition, exercise, and how to live a long and healthy life. I’m a bit behind this week due to the holiday and filming a couple more awesome interviews for the Food Lies documentary. Every time I think we’re done, I get a new opportunity to talk to an amazing expert. Yesterday we filmed with Professor Craig Stanford a USC anthropologist and world-renowned authority on primates who walked us through how sa...2019-09-061h 30

Science FridayApollo Anniversary And Bird Book Club. July 19, 2019, Part 1Celebrating Apollo's 'Giant Leap' July 20, 1969 was a day that changed us forever—the first time humans left footprints on another world. In this segment, Ira Flatow and space historian Andy Chaikin celebrate that history and examine the legacy of the Apollo program. Apollo ushered in a new age of scientific discovery, with lunar samples that unlocked the history of how the moon and the solar system formed. It accelerated the development of new technologies, like the integrated circuit. And most of all, says Chaikin, it taught us how to work together, to achieve seemingly impossible goals. W...2019-07-2044 min

The Good, the Bad, and the ScienceTHE LION KING w/ Robin TranMakuna Hatata! Learn all about lions, tigers, and hyenas (not bears) on this episode about THE LION KING with Robin Tran and Dr. Aaron Blaisdell (Professor of Psychology - UCLA). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 2019-07-161h 01

The Good, the Bad, and the ScienceMEMENTO w/ Alana JohnstonI was going to tattoo this episode summary on my chest but I think this might be easier for all of you to see... Anyways today we're breaking down MEMENTO with Alana Johnston and Dr. Aaron Blaisdell (Professor of Psychology - UCLA)! Learn about short term memory loss and how to improve your memory! That's important, remember? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 2019-06-251h 05

30/30 Health PodcastEpisode #18 - An Interview with Allyson Chrystal & Aaron Blaidsdellwww.3030health.com Today's podcast features two close friends of mine, Allyson Chrystal and Dr. Aaron Blaisdell. We recorded this podcast a couple of months ago, since then, we have learned that the Ancestral Health Symposium will be hosted in Seattle Washington. I will be presenting alongside both Dr. Blaisdell and Allyson Chrystal. For more information, check out the AHS website http://www.ancestralhealth.org If you use the code " AHSstrong " you will receive a discount on the conference price, and for every ticket sold using the code, I will make a donation to...2017-05-301h 11

Hound Tall with Moshe KasherAnimal MindsToday everyone attempts to forget the animal in us all and focus on the animals beneath the floorboards! Who are rats? How do they think? Why do pigeons cuck their little heads when they walk? How do animals think? Also they talk Paleo! Please enjoy! With comics: Jon Daly, Nikki Glaser and out animal brain expert from UCLA's Cognative Psychology Dept, Dr. Aaron Blaisdell.2016-11-1100 min

Spit and Twitches: The Animal Cognition PodcastEpisode 5 - Aaron BlaisdellAaron Blaisdell is a Professor in Learning & Behavior and Behavioral Neuroscience in the UCLA Psychology Department. He presides over the Comparative Cognition Lab, studying cognitive processes in rats, pigeons, hermit crabs, and humans.Aaron knows the best way to carry a rat is on your shoulderAfter receiving his BA and MA in Biological Anthropology (at SUNY Stony Brook and Kent State University, respectively), Aaron realized that animal cognition was even more interesting than dead humans. So he trekked on over to SUNY Binghamton for his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with Ralph Miller, where he studied learning, memory, and t...2015-09-0300 min

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional HealthcareGut evolution to determine carbohydrate intake with guest Aaron Blaisdell, Ph.D.Dr. Ruscio interviews UCLA professor Dr. Aaron Blaisdell, Ph. D. They discuss controversies in gut evolution in attempts to determine your ideal carbohydrate consumption. Dr. Blaisdell provides a very interesting account of evolution of the gut. Dr. Ruscio proposes a theory that connects gut types with risk of SIBO after eating Neolithic foods.2015-05-0556 min

The Roots of Health Archives - WebTalkRadio.netThe Roots of Health – Ancestral Health with Dr. Aaron Blaisdell: Part 2In Part 1 of Meredith’s interview with Dr. Aaron Blaisdell, professor in Learning & Behavior and Behavioral Neuroscience in the UCLA Psychology Department and founding member of the Ancestral Health Society they introduce the topic of Ancestral Health, what it is, how a diet may in fact influence motivation, how you should develop your own […] The post The Roots of Health – Ancestral Health with Dr. Aaron Blaisdell: Part 2 appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.2014-12-2900 min

The Roots of Health Archives - WebTalkRadio.netThe Roots of Health – Ancestral Health with Dr. Aaron Blaisdell: Part 1The Roots of Health explores the disconnect between our health and our modern environment. In other words, we look through an ancestral health lens to evaluate how we eat, move, sleep, and create community today might be harming our human health, which evolved under a completely different set of circumstances (different foods, movement, sleep, and […] The post The Roots of Health – Ancestral Health with Dr. Aaron Blaisdell: Part 1 appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.2014-12-2200 min

The Evan Brand ShowAaron Blaisdell: Questioning Happiness in Modern Life and the Effects of Stress on the BrainDr. Aaron Blaisdell received a B.A. in Biological Anthropology from SUNY Stony Brook an M.A. in Biological Anthropology from Kent State University and his Ph.D. in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience focus) from SUNY Binghamton. He is the president of the Ancestral Health Society and comes on the show to discuss his research in the lab as well as us questioning how modern life is helping us or hurting us. We also talk briefly about what stress does to the brain.2014-05-211h 02