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Many Minds

Kensy Cooperrider

Booking Overview

An interview-led science podcast exploring cognition, intelligence, perception, and learning across humans, animals, and artificial systems, typically featuring university researchers and specialized experts. Strong pitch candidates include academics, authors, and field researchers with original work in animal behavior, language, human development, sensory ecology, philosophy of mind, or related cognitive sciences; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 173

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 861 subscribers

Instagram: 690 followers

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Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

kensycoop@gmail.com

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Host

Kensy Cooperrider - Cognitive scientist and writer whose work focuses on minds, intelligence, and cognition across humans and other beings.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
University researchers, professors, field scientists, philosophers, and authors with established expertise and original research in cognition, animal behavior, language, development, perception, or consciousness.
Required Achievements:  
Published peer-reviewed research, University appointments or research affiliations, Specialized fieldwork or original datasets, Authored books or major reviews, Research awards or invited conference keynotes

Recent Guest Discussions

Rachna Reddy - Chimpanzee Adolescence, Life History, Social Behavior, Caregiving, Dominance, Mentorship, Female Dispersal, And The Ngogo Chimpanzee Community.

Damin Blasi - Linguistic Diversity, Language Change, Language Evolution, Cognitive Science’s Dependence On English, Linguistic Inequality, And The Grambank Database.

Sam England - Electroreception, Electrical Sensing In Aquatic And Terrestrial Animals, Electrolocation, Electrostatic Pollination, And The Ecological Roles Of Electricity.

Sheina Lew-Levy - Childhood Across Cultures, Child Development Among Foraging Communities, Peer Cultures, Play, Teaching, Toys, And The Evolution Of Childhood.

Dorsa Amir - Childhood Across Cultures, Developmental Psychology, Risk, Peer Cultures, Parenting Norms, And The WEIRD Problem.

Recent Topics

Science, Cognitive Science, Animal Cognition, Human Evolution, Comparative Psychology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Many Minds
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Culture, from birth to death (metal)

October 23, 2026

Culture can be a little hard to wrap our minds around. It's seemingly everywhere, enveloping us—but where is it exactly? What are its core properties? How does culture change? Why does it change? What tools and techniques should we be using to understand its vagaries? How can we illuminate this living, breathing, omnipresent, amorphous thing?  My guest today is Dr. Jacob Foster. Jacob is a Professor of Informatics and Cognitive Science at Indiana University – Bloomington; he's also an Externa...

Island of the tool users

October 09, 2026

Tool use is rare in the animal kingdom—but maybe not as rare as we once thought. Since Jane Goodall famously observed a chimpanzee fishing for termites, many new examples of animals using tools have come to light. Birds using sticks to forage for grubs. Sea otters using rocks to smash open mussels. Digger wasps using stones to close off their burrows. But as these examples mount, so do the scientific questions. What is tool use, really? What different forms does it take? Does it always imply ...

Cognitive offloading and its consequences

September 25, 2026

For thousands of years—maybe for as long as we've been human—we've offloaded our thinking. We've counted on our fingers. We've carved tallies into bone. We've invented a long series of tools to help us reason, remember, and manage information—tools like abacuses, calendars, writing systems, calculators, smartphones, and many, many more. So cognitive offloading is hardly new—but the questions around it seem newly urgent. As cognitive technologies accumulate, as opportunities for offloading tem...

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What is the email for Many Minds?

The publicly listed email for Many Minds: kensycoop@gmail.com.

How many listeners does Many Minds have?

Podseeker estimates Many Minds reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Many Minds?

Many Minds typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: University researchers, professors, field scientists, philosophers, and authors with established expertise and original research in cognition, animal behavior, language, development, perception, or consciousness. Common among recent guests: Published peer-reviewed research; University appointments or research affiliations; Specialized fieldwork or original datasets. Recent guests include Rachna Reddy, Damin Blasi, and Sam England.

How hard is it to get booked on Many Minds?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Many Minds cover?

Recent episodes cover Science, Cognitive Science, Animal Cognition, Human Evolution, and Comparative Psychology. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

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