Serious Inquiries Only
Hosted by Thomas · seriouspod.com
4.6from 1,143 ratings
- 933
- Episodes
- 58
- Transcribed
- 1,143
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 1K
- YouTube views
About Serious Inquiries Only
Join Thomas for some critical thinking on questions of science, philosophy, skepticism and politics. These serious topics are discussed with some serious guests, but in an entertaining and engaging way! This is not your typical interview podcast; it's a friendly dialogue, conducted thoughtfully and with plenty of humor. It's Serious Inquiries Only; but like, not boring or anything.
- Publisher
- seriouspod.com
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 21 Jan 2014
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
58 of 933 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
SIO531: Your Brain Is Actually Two Separate Organs, According to a New Stanford Study
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
SIO529: AI in Schools Makes Students Feel Smarter. The Tests Say Otherwise.
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
SIO528: The Marshmallow Test Is Mostly BS, and It's Not the Only Classic Psych Test Like That
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SIO531: Your Brain Is Actually Two Separate Organs, According to a New Stanford Study
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] All animals. Right. Do have those three germ layers of mesoderm, ectoderm and endoderm. Actually, some don't have mesoderm, but they do have that gastrulation and that differentiation into the different germ layers. I was going to call you on that. And so we really are talking highly, highly conserved processes. And that shows because this differentiation happens super early in development. This is somewhat oversimplified, but there's a saying that ontology recapitulates phylogeny. I say that all the time to my kids. But what it basically means is you can trace the history of your evolution through embryonic development. […]
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- Eric Jaffe
- Jenessa Seymour
- David Souther
- Tania Lombrozo
- David O'Brien
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,000
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 1,003 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 140 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 98
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Thomas host the show. Published by seriouspod.com.
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