Best Dr Josh Stout Podcasts (2025)

Calming ADHD with dopamine gardening of the microbiome. 00:00 Treating ADHD With Diet and Lifestyle 01:23 ADHD is a low dopamine condition 02:05 The Gut, The Vagus Nerve and The Brain, a Deep Relationship 03:19 As Individuals, We Are Communities 03:32 Where the Dopamine Happens: The Limbic System and Basal Ganglia 04:31 What Makes You A Working Ani…

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Brain Size Determines Psychology 31:14

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Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses how our psychological evolution is necessitated by our physiological evolution; big brains = big emotionsBy Dr. Josh Stout

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Stories from the Underground Railroad 42:25

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Through family stories and historical records, Dr. Josh Stout discusses how abolitionists orchestrated the daring rescue of Jane Johnson and others, as confrontations between state and federal authorities eerily mirror today's developing constitutional battles.By Dr. Josh Stout

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ADHD As a Superpower 16:23

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Low dopamine causes ADHD which is a disability but also a super power. Constantly seeking new stimulation can drive research and innovation, but what happens when a whole society is addicted to dopamine stimulation and we have no attention left to give?By Dr. Josh Stout

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A New Dopamine Model Explaining ADHD 15:31

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Dopamine mediated desire and reward explains why when dopamine is reduced we increasingly show ADHD symptoms. We combine low motivation with frantic reward seeking due to low dopamine.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Sumer and the Birth of Religion 27:46

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The Sumerians were ancient when the pyramids were built. Their religion and culture shaped ours, yet they were forgotten for 3,000 years.By Dr. Josh Stout

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True Crime, Archaeology, and Art 20:46

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There is a hill around the Tigris or Euphrates that has bulldozers digging into a lost civilization from the period of Sumer. From the very earliest civilizations on Earth, they are destroying their own heritage right now and selling it to me.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Syria and the Cycle of History 37:36

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Ibn Khaldun wrote in the 14th century and spoke about the spiral nature of history. He saw the Mongol invasion do the exact same thing the contemporary rebels just did - move through the same cities in the same order because that's the only way to get to Damascus. And it happened very quickly.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Balancing Selection and Our 50/50 Nation 24:04

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How Balancing Selection keeps our two party system in unstable equilibrium to the benefit of the ultra wealthy 1 percent.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Memes and Anti Memes 48:00

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In this episode Dr. Josh Stout discusses theories on why we are experiencing a decline in concentration and memory, and why daily life feels so disconnected from reality. Truth vs “truth” is destroying our minds.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Neurobiology and Narcissism 54:44

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Did that person intend to bump into me? Or were they just daydreaming? Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the difference between narcissistic and non neurotypical behavior and how media, society and our very culture misses the point.By Dr. Josh Stout

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AI In The Classroom Revisited 23:05

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Students might not be doomed by AI. I see them becoming “prompt engineers”, structuring their writing with detailed instructions for the AI. Students are now using a multi-step writing process that produces well thought through essays even when fluency is difficult.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Out of Africa or From Africa 33:13

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How climate change, genetic bottlenecks, and migration work together to make the Nile the tree of life for our African species.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Throwing Makes Us Human 36:27

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The Hand Axe was humanity's technology for more than two million years. Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses what these objects were and why they were so important to our survival and evolution.By Dr. Josh Stout

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The Non-Science of Individuals 31:58

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Science can only look at groups - but only individuals exist. Today Dr. Josh stout discusses how we can see the individuals, and why this is vitally important for climate, ecology, biodiversity, medicine, and in our own daily life.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Treating the American Lifestyle 49:31

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For the majority of us, the American lifestyle causes physical problems that need medical treatment. Dr. Josh Stout explains how statins and Metformin are used and how to minimize side effects.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Neuroscience of Meditation 46:21

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Dr. Josh Stout's personal research on meditation, what science knows and what it doesn't, the mind-body connection and how we can manipulate it, and how and why a meditation practice can reduce stress and improve imagination.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Osteoporosis 46:33

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In today's episode of the mindbodyevolution podcast, Dr. Josh Stout discusses how to maximize bone density early and maintain it throughout life.By Dr. Josh Stout

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The Science of Seeing 44:23

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Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the difference between perception and seeing. What begins as a mechanical process turns philosophical as our brain constantly interprets everything we see.By Dr. Josh Stout

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God, The Devil and Consciousness 39:14

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Dr. Josh Stout Discusses God, The Devil, Atheist Faith, the Universe, cosmology, spirituality, Truth, lies, race, religion, genetic similarity, music, math, spiritual experience, daimons, faith, and the eclipse.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Evolutionary Diet 1:01:19

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Dr. Stout provides an evolutionary explanation of why we want what is bad for us - and avoid what is good for us. Today's episode explores the co-evolution of our microbiome and our hunter-gatherer heritage.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Encoding and Decoding 31:50

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Today Dr. Josh Stout invites Jed Zion to speak with us about the implications of understanding writing as a technology and AI as in coevolution with humanity.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Human Sex 39:43

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In this episode Dr. Josh Stout discusses how human sex is unique in the animal kingdom.By Dr. Josh Stout

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A Mathematical Cosmology Model 28:46

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Observable distances (OD) in the universe are bounded by the age of the universe cubed. Distance (D) = OD+(1/13.8bly-OD)^3By Dr. Josh Stout

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AI and Evolution 21:31

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Coevolution of humans and our technology defines our species. Dr. Josh Stout discusses how the development of AI as a new tool could shape our cultural evolution.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Teaching in the Age of AI 1:02:00

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Dr. Josh Stout discusses how AI is changing student's work, but not in the way we expected.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Alchemy, Newton and the Cosmological Principle 1:09:05

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Dr. Josh Stout believes Google is wrong. The universe is 13.7 billion light-years in all directions. Every point is the center, AND every point is the edge. Any direction you look is back in time.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Sugar and Our Evolutionary Health 51:26

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Evolution wants us to do nothing more than eat potato chips and make babies. Our evolutionary history has encouraged us to convert starch into sugar, and sugar into fat, as fast as possible, to feed our giant brains.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Demographics Revisited 31:42

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Going beyond increased immigration and public daycare to solve the coming demographic collapse. Dr. Josh Stout discusses how new data from the IMF show how classist demographic models are no longer true. Rich and poor alike are having fewer babies.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Spiritual Binaries and the Cultural Evolution of Gender Roles 53:31

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Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses his theories on Spiritual Binaries and the Cultural Evolution of Gender Roles.By Dr. Josh Stout

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The Barbie Movie and Primate Mating Systems 40:04

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Today Dr. Josh Stout talks about male and female stereotypes without biological sex in the Barbie Movie and resource based mating patterns in the Great Apes.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Dopamine Revisited 31:42

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Hierarchical Stress 46:52

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In primates, being the bottom of the hierarchy is stressful. All the dominants bite you, and you have no one to bite. Unfortunately this is true of Capitalist Society as well. This episode explores the relationship between hierarchy and stress and offers solutions for the individual and the greater society.…

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Gendered Speech In the Classroom 5:14

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Dr. Josh Stout briefly discusses the use of gendered speech in the classroom.By Dr. Josh Stout

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RvK - An Ecological Theory That Is Saving The World 53:02

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Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the evolutionary reason parenting styles are so different today than they were in the last century. Investing in our children is necessary in the modern cubical meritocracy, and keeping them in school is saving the world.By Dr. Josh Stout

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From the Neolithic to Today - How Are We Still Evolving 59:16

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From the modern no-sex revolution to the agricultural revolution of the neolithic, in this episode Dr. Josh Stout looks at how we evolved and are still evolving in coevolution with our culture.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Interval Training 18:13

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Today Dr. Josh Stout describes how interval training is able to provide the benefits of exercise in a very short time by briefly exceeding the body's maximum output.By Dr. Josh Stout

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The Goddess - The Heroine’s Journey 40:50

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Today we discuss with Dr. Josh Stout how the Goddess represents feminine power and spirituality, but how society has repressed Her image and the fundamental aspect of Her femininity in the world.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Intermittent Fasting 18:35

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Today Dr. Josh Stout is discussing intermittent fasting to promote health and reduce metabolic disease including hypoglycemia, type 2 diabetes, high triglycerides and high blood pressure.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Art and the Imagination 45:26

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What is art? Today with Dr. Josh Stout we discuss cave art, and the development of art as a social and individual practice through the present moment where we see art uncoupled from time and medium.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Serpentinization Makes Jade 17:01

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Serpentinization Makes Jade - Dr. Josh Stout's theory on How it will Save the World and May be the Origin of LifeBy Dr. Josh Stout

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It’s (Mostly) Not Your Fault - And It’s Not Theirs Either 55:35

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Dr. Josh Stout believes it's time for compassion for ourselves and others, and that our evolutionary heritage demands it for our survival.By Dr. Josh Stout

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The Farming Trap 28:19

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Dr. Josh Stout on 'The Farming Trap' - how farming led to disease, famine, war and slavery.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Dopamine - The Reason We Do Things 26:33

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Dr. Stout's thoughts on dopamine and his research into dopamine: the reason we do things.By Dr. Josh Stout

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Abstract Thought and the Birth of the Imagination 35:32

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Today Dr. Josh Stout discusses the growth of the brain and how that related to our change in diet from mostly carbohydrate based high fiber roots to a more meat rich diet.By Dr. Josh Stout