In this episode, The Two Humans discuss COLORS and what happens when “our brains and the universe meet.” Oh, wow, man; like, far out!!

Episode 79: Well, Sex Me Up and Color Me Bad!! A Kaleidoscopic Look at Colors

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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