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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 10h

🥁🥁 And our all-time top 5 episodes are... (This is a bit silly, of course—but for the launch of our new newsletter, we decided to recommend five key episodes from our catalogue of 130+. We settled on five beloved episodes that represent the show's major themes.) ... in no particular order... 🥁🥁

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New episode!! 🎉🎙️ A conversation w/ @samgilbert.bsky.social all about cognitive offloading. We humans have long used tools to help us remember and reason. But as new technologies emerge, it's a good time to take stock: What does offloading do for us—and to us? Listen: disi.org/cognitive-of...

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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · 28/09/2026

A fun episode on one of my favourite topics, cognitive offloading. Offloading (to our body, culture, technology, environment!) is one of the human superpowers, if you may. And now, for better or for worse, it's being taken to the extreme.

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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the most thought-provoking points that @samgilbert.bsky.social makes here is about calculators. Despite widespread fears, calculators do not seem to harm children's math abilities—in fact they improve them. But the timing of the introduction seems to be critical...

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What makes a good "mentor" for a chimpanzee? Why are adolescent chimps drawn to certain older individuals, and what do those individuals offer them? Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @rachnare.bsky.social! Listen: disi.org/coming-of-ag...

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Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This episode of @manymindspod.bsky.social featuring @damianblasi.bsky.social is IMO the best I've listened to, and I'm saying that despite having been a previous guest on the podcast! I'll admit to some bias as a fellow-traveller in this field, but still, it's absolutely a banger!

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our latest Spotify playlist: 13 of our episodes that explore different aspects of language! open.spotify.com/playlist/1Qx...

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Many Minds explores language

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our latest Spotify playlist: 13 of our episodes that explore different aspects of language! open.spotify.com/playlist/1Qx...

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Many Minds explores language

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Often an adolescent female chimpanzee will, one day, strike off from her home territory and try to join the neighbors. She may face rejection and violence and yet try to stay. Why? Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @rachnare.bsky.social! Listen: disi.org/coming-of-ag...

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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A truly puzzling behavior. I suggested it might be driven by something like the zugunruhe ("migratory restlessness") that birds experience. @rachnare.bsky.social's proposal was more surprising / interesting...

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

News!! 🎉🎉🎉 We've officially re-launched our newsletter! Our first post is a "starter pack"—a brief orientation for newcomers to the show, with suggested episodes on different themes. Feel free to make alternate suggestions in the comments! manymindspodcast.substack.com/p/many-minds...

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Many Minds podcast: A starter pack

A guide for new listeners

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Travis J. Wiltshire @tjwiltshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Highly recommend listening to Many Minds!

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Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

An absolutely first rate podcast. manymindspodcast.substack.com/p/many-minds...

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Many Minds podcast: A starter pack

A guide for new listeners

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Laurie O'Neill @laurieoneill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Can't recommend this podcast enough!

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Urte Laukaityte @laukas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Come one, come all - it's a great place to start!

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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Stoked for this! Among other impetuses, hoping to create a better forum for listeners to engage with us (and each other).

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Many Minds podcast: A starter pack

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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Had a ton of fun with this one! Touching on: - the enigmatic "pant-grunt" greeting - deference, reassurance, rejection - playing "airplane" - boundary patrolling - the Ngogo "civil war" - social curiosity and how it peaks in adolescence - why adolescent females one day just up and leave home - etc.

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New episode!! 🎉🎙️ A conversation w/ @rachnare.bsky.social about chimpanzee adolescence. Coming of age is intense and turbulent—and not just for us humans. What are the parallels between chimpanzee and human adolescence? And what do these tell us about ourselves? Listen: disi.org/coming-of-ag...

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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Featuring DISI alum and 2026 DISI faculty member, @rachnare.bsky.social!

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Loved this episode of the Many Minds podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/2NHw...

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Coming of age in Ngogo

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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I try not to talk too much on my podcast—and mostly succeed, I think? On the off chance that someone out there would actually like to hear me say more, here I am in conversation with Alexa Firmenich on her (delightful) podcast 'Lifeworlds': open.spotify.com/episode/39fV...

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Soulfire Sessions III: Many Minds – with Kensy Cooperrider

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You should definitely check out the latest episode of the Many Minds podcast, where @damianblasi.bsky.social discusses the natural history of linguistic diversity. A special collaboration between the Cognitive Science Society and @manymindspod.bsky.social Give it a listen! 👇

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What if we approached our species' 7000+ languages as a natural historian might? What could we learn? We partnered with @cogscisociety.bsky.social to bring you this interview with @damianblasi.bsky.social, winner of this year's FABBS Early Career Impact Award! Listen: disi.org/the-natural-...

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congrats to @matildabrindle.bsky.social on her team's 2026 Ig Nobel Award! The award cites their definition of kissing ("non-agonistic interactions involving directed, intraspecific, oral-oral contact..."). We discussed this definition (and much more!) in our episode from February.

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great idea—always excited to see our episodes assigned in courses!

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What can the world’s languages tell us about the human mind? In this special @manymindspod.bsky.social episode, @damianblasi.bsky.social explores the natural history of linguistic diversity and why cognitive science needs to look beyond English. Check it out 👇

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great idea—always excited to see our episodes assigned in courses!

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Pat Savage @patrickesavage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is a great episode with a great scholar! Everything was fascinating, but I particularly enjoyed hearing Damián describe how he's shifted over his career from focusing on universals to focusing on diversity.

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New episode!! 🎙️🎉 A conversation with @damianblasi.bsky.social about linguistic diversity and what it can tell us. Linguistic diversity is a precious part of our species' heritage. It also offers a wellspring of clues about history, culture, and the human mind. Listen: disi.org/the-natural-...

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Damián Blasi @damianblasi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Had a great time chatting with the inimitable @kensycoop.bsky.social on my favorite podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social about linguistic diversity!

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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Season 8 off to a great start! In which we discuss: the "golden age" of linguistic diversity, teeth, pronouns, the (mistaken?) idea that children change language, mono- vs polygenesis, linguistic inequality, Babel, scientific aesthetics, and the (wilder than we realize?) design space of language.

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Vera Kempe @vkempe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@damianblasi.bsky.social on the science of linguistic diversity is a must-listen: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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The natural history of linguistic diversity

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We humans are not really tuned in to electricity, but many other creatures are. And scientists are starting to appreciate the many roles it plays in diverse habitats and lifeworlds. A listener favorite conversation from our archives w/ @samjakeengland.bsky.social! Listen: disi.org/electric-eco...

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hello friends, just an FYI: you can now also find us on LinkedIn! www.linkedin.com/company/many...

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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Still trying to figure out which platforms (if any!) our listeners are using these days...

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hello friends, just an FYI: you can now also find us on LinkedIn! www.linkedin.com/company/many...

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you enjoyed this episode, check out our new collection—10 of our (evergreen) episodes on different aspects of babies, children, parents, and grandparents! open.spotify.com/playlist/0WC...

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Many Minds on children

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you enjoyed this episode, check out our new collection—10 of our (evergreen) episodes on different aspects of babies, children, parents, and grandparents! open.spotify.com/playlist/0WC...

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Many Minds on children

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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · 17/08/2026

Ha – we actually discussed this research in the Many Minds @manymindspod.bsky.social podcast under an episode titled String Theories. We truly don't apply string theory in our work, but we *do* use knot theory, which is also originally rooted in physics. disi.org/string-theor...

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String theories - Many Minds podcast

Exploring our world's diverse forms of mind—human, animal, machine—from diverse perspectives

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