Bee Curious Podcast

00:00 - Let’s imagine we have magical emotional dials to affect everyone on earth

00:32 - Would you make the emotional state of the world more or less like yourself?

02:42 - How does having an identical twin sister change your view on others emotions?

05:58 - A nurture vs. nature debate about where emotions come from

07:36 - If all humans had the same emotional temperatures would that eliminate class discrimination?

09:59 - What’s the best way to optimize your emotional behavior?

10:40 - If you had a magic dial would you make all the humans on earth more altruistic?

11:04 - What is a monkey capable of doing for a banana?

11:38 - If you had a magic dial would you dial up or down the overall risk profile for the world?

13:37 - If you had a magic dial would you turn up or down the disgust dial?

15:18 - If you had a magic dial would you dial up or down the surprise dial?

18:45 - If you had a magic dial would you dial up or down the anger dial?

22:42 - Can you have rock’n roll in a world without anger?

24:31 - Do you think fear of making others angry is a good motivator?

25:09 - If you had a magic dial would you dial up or down the sadness dial?

28:30 - If we lower the sadness dial would we also have less art?

33:28 - If you had a magic dial would you dial up or down the happiness dial?

39:09 - If you had a magic dial would you dial up or down a fear dial?

39:39 - How fear can be used to help you achieve your career goals

40:09 - How has fear helped you in your career?

42:13 - Story of how focus helps a firefighter conquer his fear of heights

45:40 - Fear vs. Anxiety - What’s the difference?

49:39 - What are your favorite emotions?

52:49 - If we dial up the creativity in society without also adding more creative outlets will it cause problems?

02:49 - Charlie Horse & Usain Colt become world’s fittest pantomime horse team

06:11 - Tips a fitness trainer can use to assess a client’s personality

07:05 - How to train different muscle groups properly

08:16 - How to design a personalized workout routine

10:00 - Horse jokes and puns

10:46 - Are horses flexible?

11:44 - Do epsom salts work?

12:41 - How to design a personalized workout routine?

14:01 - When should I do cardio?

16:42 - Pavlovs horse

18:10 - Hilarious stories of fitness instructors heroic instincts gone wrong

25:37 - What to wear at the gym

27:01 - Tips for succeeding as a school mascot performer

27:20 - Would you recommend 2 pairs of underpants?

29:35 - Tips and stories for those who want to know what it’s like in a costume

31:59 - How to have fun working out?

34:39 - Do ice baths help with sore muscles?

38:07 - How to aproach girls at the gym, from a females perspective

39:32 - Nicholas Cage AirPods incident

41:18 - Best way to admit mistakes to my trainer

43:19 - If you are going to eat something unhealthy is it better in the morning or at night?

44:10 - Vegetarian bodybuilders, is the hype real?

45:24 - Is fruit flavored candy healthier than regular candy?

47:12 - Are bulking & cutting phases necessary?

48:03 - What about muscle memory, is that real?

49:11 - Breaking down stretching for beginners

50:04 - Where to put your hands when you are the back half of a pantomime horse

51:24 - Cautionary story about a hand infection from dirty equipment

03:25 - What is a fusion reaction?

06:35 - Can we make any element, even gold with a fusion reactor?

08:37 - What’s the difference between fusion and fission?

09:54 - How is it that fusion and fission both make energy?

10:34 - Why is Jupiter often called “a failed sun”?

10:58 - Why is carbon bad for the environment?

12:53 - What kind of exhaust comes from a fusion reactor?

13:21 - Are both fusion and fission considered nuclear power?

13:32 - Why is fusion safer than fission?

15:28 - How dangerous would a fusion-powered clown car accident be?

16:06 - Plasma, gas & compressions

17:59 - How fast can a fusion-powered car go?

20:33 - Clown size and clown car math

22:26 - When can we get more energy out than we put in?

23:11 - Comparing clowns’ behavior to neutron behavior

23:52 - How massive would a ball of solid neutrons be?

25:26 - What would happen if you held a tiny neutron star in your hand?

26:02 - How much fuel would it need?

26:43 - Would this car require an international effort?

27:23 - When would you expect this car to be delivered?

29:09 - How long can a fusion reaction power the car?

30:00 - How much will this fission powered car cost?

31:12 - Is fusion still the answer if fission is becoming safer?

32:35 - What kind of materials make up a fission reactor?

32:59 - Why do some materials dissipate heat better than others?

34:29 - World record for fitting clowns inside a car

34:48 - How small can you envision a fusion reactor being in the future?

37:13 - Do you think humans make it another million years as a species?

37:27 - Dark matter chit-chat

38:37 - At your neutron facility, are you worried about stray neutrons hurting you?

39:27 - Rank your favorite subatomic particles

00:36 - How cute is it that dogs shaking hands?

01:24 - Biological differences when greeting dogs with touch

02:09 - Is a cute dog nuzzle a greeting?

02:31 - Dog psychology of nose-to-nose touching

03:03 - The “probing handshake” was ranked as the worst handshake.

04:55 - Do you use the handshake emoji?

06:22 - Thoughts on the secret hand-off handshake

07:12 - Why do humans even do handshakes?

08:25 - Are handshakes for transferring social-chemical signals?

11:08 - Do a person’s sins transfer through handshakes?

12:00 - Is the Pledge of Allegiance a greeting?

13:16 - How do you define a good handshake and a bad one?

13:40 - Have you had any experiences with greetings that were miscommunicated?

14:56 - What was your favorite greeting?

16:08 - Thoughts on the finger guns greeting?

17:05 - What do you think about a firm handshake?

18:19 - Variants of the alpha handshake

20:57 - What do you think of taking the handshakes out of sports?

22:16 - Preferred socially-distanced greeting?

25:03 - Do you have any multiple-step handshakes?

26:27 - What about the hand hug?

29:22 - Psychic palm reading?

31:25 - Have you ever done a secret handshake to get into a club?

34:31 - Proper assessment of handshake greetings

36:23 - Prolonged eye contact - fight or kiss

37:16 - Smiling facts from Catie

40:06 - Final question: What is the world’s most awkward handshake?

00:34 - How would you explain the concept of a “livewired” brain?

01:54 - History behind the phrase “fly by the seat of your pants”

03:37 - How can a monkey incorporate a rake into its sense of self?

04:35 - Why would reverting to a fully plastic brain be a bad thing?

05:51 - Difference between working and cognitive memory

06:32 - How are older memories “burned in deeper”?

07:20 - What is David Eagleman’s theory about why we dream?

08:44 - How does social babbling influence us?

10:46 - What is changing in the bilingual brain?

11:51 - How do learning speeds differ between generations?

14:30 - Potato Head model of cognition

15:57 - David Eagleman’s Neosensory Buzz wristband story

16:29 - How does a pattern become qualia?

18:44 - What I wished I had asked David Eagleman

20:13 - Are beans the answer to America’s health problems?

20:56 - What is acetylcholine’s role in memory formation?

22:13 - Do you lose one skill when you gain another?

23:11 - How do you divvy up praise?

24:11 - Experiences with synesthesia

26:10 - Have you ever livewired yourself out of a funk?

28:34 - How does isolation affect our livewired brains?

29:11 - Why does the brain tune out constant patterns?

30:37 - Could the body learn an algorithmically compressed data signal?

32:38 - What would happen to the brain if someone lost the ability to dream?

33:46 - Was dreaming necessary for the brain to name itself?

34:05 - Evolutionary benefit of being aware of one’s own consciousness

35:21 - Do you have a voice inside your head?

36:57 - How the brain interprets in-group vs. out-group empathy

38:39 - “World traveler” metaphor for learning

39:48 - “Location of the economy” metaphor

41:10 - How are competing Twitter topics similar to competing thoughts?

42:24 - What would a conscious Earth say to a conscious Mars right now?

44:46 - Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought deeply about your reflection?

45:53 - How are you planning to keep your brain plastic as you age?

47:51 - Dylan’s feet experience a more optimal environment

50:01 - How did the brain name itself?