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Published on:

8th Jan 2026

Supplementary Material 42: Chimpanzee Testicles, Home Alone Statistics, and Influencer Research

We dig deep into the online world to DO OUR OWN RESEARCH and return with horrors never dreamt of by man.

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Supplementary Material 42

00:00 Introduction

11:13 Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes vs Piers Morgan

17:49 Jimmy Carr's Physics Insights

24:00 The comedian shuffle

25:12 Andrew Huberman teams up with Goop!

30:41 Huberman injects his dog with testosterone.

32:09 Bryan Johnson and the secret longevity of the penis

35:41 The Science Behind Huberman's Careful Product Endorsements

39:48 The Statistics of Home Alone

41:22 Bryan Johnson's Love Tweet

46:24 Bryan Johnson's horrible treatment of his ex-fiancée

51:30 Andrea Botez and Influencer Health Research

57:41 Bespoke Treatments with Medical AIs

01:04:28 Self-Research, Stock Picking, and Gambling

01:07:47 Health Systems and their imperfections

01:12:37 Doing Your Own Research...

01:17:38 Matt's Content Recommendations

01:20:45 Outro

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Decoding the Gurus
A psychologist and an anthropologist try to make sense of the world's greatest self-declared Gurus.
An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights.

Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About?

Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur?

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Christopher Kavanagh

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A Northern Irish cognitive anthropologist who occasionally moonlights as a social psychologist. Chris has long standing interests in the psychology of conspiracy theorists and pseudoscience. His academic research focuses on the Cognitive Science of Religion and ritual psychology. He lives happily in Japan with his family.

Matthew Browne

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An Australian psychologist and numbers-guy. He does research on all kinds of stuff, but particularly enjoys looking into why people believe the things they do: religion, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine and stuff. He's into social media in the same way people slow down for car accidents.