Natural Reward Podcast
Owen Gilbert
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Explore Statistics
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Hamilton’s Rule and Inclusive Fitness, Part I: What Did Hamilton (1964) Actually Define?
KeywordsInclusive fitness, Hamilton’s rule, kin selection, altruism, social evolution, population genetics, gene substitution, Fisher’s average effect, relatedness, evolution of cooperation,…
Composite-trait evolution in pitcher plants: Ulrike Bauer
Ulrike Bauer discusses the evolution and diversity of pitcher plants, focusing on the spring trapping mechanism found in some species. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that capture insects in a…
Using Drones and AI to Find Illegal Dumping Sites: Interview with Brian Johnson
Illegal dumping is a widespread problem in cities throughout the world and differentially affects disadvantaged neighborhoods. Brian Johnson is a software engineer who moved to San Francisco nearly…
Supplement to "Updating the Software of Social Evolution"
In this episode, Jon and I discuss some of the background to the previous episode. We discuss generalized versions of Hamilton's rule, Fisher's fundamental theorem, and Wright's fitness maximization…
Updating the Software of Social Evolution to Patch the Kin-Recognition Bug
In this episode, my brother Jon and I discuss my work on the evolution of kin recognition. Jon is a software engineer and likes to put my arguments in terms of debugging software. For many years, the…
Innovation in Technology, Science, and Nature with Chris Fortier
This is my first conversation with Chris Fortier, Vice President of the Web 3.0 company Rally. It begins when Chris questions me on what he calls my "natural forces" theory, which invokes two…
Addressing Inequality and Rising Costs of Living with Market-Based Approaches with Jon Gilbert
Today, my brother Jon Gilbert addresses problems of income inequality and rising costs of living in the USA. In the first half of this episode, Jon presents figures showing the problem as it has…
Local-Scale Approach to Conservation in Costa Rica with Andrés Vega
Andrés Vega is a native Costa Rican who has devoted his life to conservation, education, and research in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. In this episode, I speak with Andrés about how he got…
Spatial Sorting with Nikunj Goel
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Nikunj Goel about about spatial sorting, which refers to the build up of dispersal morphs on expanding edges of populations. Dr. Goel is a postdoctoral researcher at…
Follow up with Komi German: reviewer’s reaction to her work
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Komi German about a reviewer’s reaction to her book proposal. All academics deal with rejection. How a researcher deals with rejection determines whether she gets…
S1E1 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Academia with Komi German
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Komi German about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies in academia and related issues. Komi is a Research Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights…
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Natural Reward Podcast has published 11 episodes since August 2021, covering topics in Life Sciences, Natural Sciences.
Natural Reward Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes semi-annually. Average episode length is 1h 17m.
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