Views of Mind with Clark Barrett
In this episode, we talk to Clark Barrett (UCLA) about all the ways we understand the mind, and all the ways that that understanding may be weirder and wider that our intellectual inheritance would ha...
10 Feb 2h 19min
The Behavioral Immune System with Josh Tybur
It stinks to be sick. Our guest, Josh Tybur (VU Amsterdam), is the one of the foremost experts on how our brain--or better yet, our "behavioral immune system"--helps us avoid pathogens while still nav...
3 Feb 2h 17min
Selection with Paul Smaldino
Intentions be damned! Whats matter is selection! In this episode, Paul Smaldino (UC Merced) takes us on a tour of his work on social signals, social identities, the perverse incentives of science, the...
27 Jan 2h 4min
Consciousness with Michael Graziano
Consciousness: is it really that hard of a problem? In this episode, we talk to our favorite mechanistically-minded (and possibly clearest) thinker about consciousness we've had the pleasure to stumbl...
20 Jan 2h 9min
Peace with Luke Glowacki
The evolution of war has occupied science. But what about the evolution of peace? In this episode, we talk to Luke Glowacki about his framing of peace as requiring just as much, if not more, explanati...
13 Jan 1h 53min
Free Will with David Pietraszewski
Free will: Do we really have it? And what is it, exactly? In this episode, co-host David Pietraszewski takes the role of guest and explains his recent evolutionary, adaptationist approach to the prob...
6 Jan 2h 2min
Moralizing Self-Control with Léo Fitouchi
Why do we care about delaying gratification? Why do we judge others for moral failings that have no apparent consequences on us? In this episode, we talk to Lêo Fitouchi (IAST Toulouse) about all thin...
30 Des 20251h 50min
Evolutionary Social Sciences with Dan Nettle
Poverty? Universal basic income? Do we really crave sugar because of evolutionary mismatch? How do you train for an 800meter and a 100K running race? We cover this and much more with Dan Nettle (Jean ...
23 Des 20251h 44min
