Culture, Killing, and PTSD with Sarah Mathew
How do evolutionary behavioral scientists think about the interplay between our psychology and culture? What causes some cultural norms to persist and spread? Do non-Western combatants in war have som...
16 Joulu 20252h 1min
Reasoning and Epistemic Vigilance with Hugo Mercier
Is the evolved mind prone to believing misinformation? Are people gullible? What is reasoning, anyway? And what is it for? In this episode, we talk all things reasoning with Hugo Mercier (Institute Je...
9 Joulu 20251h 37min
Love and Regret with Cari Goetz
What is love? What is regret? What are we missing in our understanding of mating? In this episode we talk to Cari Goetz (Cal State San Bernardino) about the (still largely unexplored) emotions surroun...
2 Joulu 20251h 50min
Exploitation with Hannes Rusch
What is exploitation? Why does it happen? And how can we better understand what makes it more or less likely? In this episode, we talk to Hannes Rusch (Max Planck Crime, Security, & Law) about all thi...
25 Marras 20251h 57min
Polygamy with Brooke Scelza
Are humans designed to be monogamous? Polygamous? In this episode, we talk to Brooke Scelza (UCLA) about her work with the Himba and the complex web of social norms at play in that society and what it...
18 Marras 20251h 51min
Leadership with Zach Garfield
Are mothers the evolutionary crucible of leadership psychology? And is leadership more misunderstood and cryptic than we might think? In this episode, we talk to Zach Garfield (UM6P, Morocco) about al...
11 Marras 20251h 46min
Cultural Dynamics with Bret Beheim
What is cultural diffusion, why do need models of cultural change and distance, and what is on Bret's whiteboard? In this episode, we do a deep on how cultural change and distance are measured and stu...
4 Marras 20252h 4min
Inter-group Relations with Anne Pisor
Are group boundaries solid, impermeable, and red in tooth-and-claw? Is animosity between groups inevitable? In this episode, we talk to Anne Pisor ( Penn State) about all things inter-group from an ev...
28 Loka 20251h 46min
