# Consciousness, Pet Parents, Galápagos Tortoises | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews #78

An episode of [Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1782280922), 18 Sep 2025, 33 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7477641121.mp3

Episode 78 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This episode discusses whether pet parenting makes you attractive to mates, the role of consciousness with no free will, and how a Galápagos tortoise is coming back from extinction. Captions available soon for translation. Social & Websites Question Submission: https://ha66meqrpqz.typeform.com/sapolsky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.sapolsky 00:00 Intro 00:01:34 Question 1 (Pet ownership and attraction) 00:10:22 Question 2 (Consciousness with no free will) 00:17:50 Question 3 (Galápagos Tortoises)

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