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Did 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 truth is far less straightforward and far murkier, sometimes even downright biz
What 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 of Religion. He's also the co-host of the Data over Dogma podcast and runs a brill
NEANDERTHALS 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 Museum in London. He comes back to Smart Cookies to share of his vast knowledge on
The 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 relentless reign of terror, the bloody civil wars that rocked France... as well as t
The 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 most important revolution of all time, the deteriorating social conditions b
The 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 of Japan and East Asia. We talk about the REAL HISTORY behind the "Shogun" TV show
Why 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, Christendom, and most recently Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the We
WITCH 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 about medieval beliefs in the supernatural, witch trials, the Inquisition, torture, t
Life 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 German man when he signed up and became one of the few Illegals who sent straight
The 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 Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land." Jacob and I talk about t
FILMMAKING 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 some of the biggest names in show business. We talk about his everlasting passion f
Flukes, 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 and chaos all play a crucial role in our lives (as well as our societies) - and th
The 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 Reich, the mass consumption of methamphetamines by the German army, as well as Ado
Leaving 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 "Some Dare Call It Conspiracy" podcast, through which he's trying to help peo
NAPOLEON 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 French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. In this episode of Smart Cookies we talk ab
Badass 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 about some of the most powerful women of the Mongol Empire. We also talk discuss up
Is 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 more than 45 years and is one of the world’s leading experts on their science and si
The 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 political commentator published on every continent. His books include The Clash of Fund
Funding 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 report released by the IISD exposed the fact that our governments are pumping RECO
The 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 Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astr
VAMPIRES 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 have been released in recent editions - these are "Dracula or the Timeless Path of t
SUPERSTITION 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 Psychological Science and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, as well as a contribu
Dreams 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 grant awards from the National Institutes of Health, to further study sleep and
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 theories. Since 2018, he has specialized in examining the QAnon conspiracy cult and
"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 systems with the social and cultural lives of humans, our ancestors, and a few of the
"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 Consciousness Science. His latest book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, is a
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: Blood and The Curious Lives of the Blood-Feeding Creatures and Pump: A Natural Hi
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 Innovation Fellow and the Deputy Director of the Cybercrime Awareness Clinic. Her rese
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 Society, and is also a Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway and UCL. His early researc
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, and laugh their way through different aspects of the Roman world... We talk about t
