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Does It Matter Who Brings In The Meat? ~ Katie Starkweather
Season 3 Episode 3
How do hunter-gatherers live? Do they wage war? Are they egalitarian? Do they really work for less?
These are fascinating questions. I’ve tried my bes…
1 year, 10 months ago
Why Agriculture? Climate Change and the Origins of Farming ~ Andrea Matranga
Season 3 Episode 2
Agriculture changed everything. Traditionally, this “Neolithic Revolution” was celebrated for opening the gates of civilisation. Recently, it has bee…
1 year, 11 months ago
What Can Moral Dilemmas Tell Us About Ourselves? ~ Peter Railton
Season 3 Episode 1
You are driving a car. The brakes stop working. To your horror, you are approaching a busy street market. Many people might be killed if you run into…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part IV: Grasping Towards Equality (with Branko Milanovic)
The Industrial Revolution played in the hands of the rich. A century after James Watt revealed his steam engine in 1776, the richest 1% owned a whopp…
2 years ago
The Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part III: Power to the People (with Daron Acemoglu)
The Industrial Revolution did not create modern prosperity. Indeed, the British workers saw little or no improvements in their wages between 1750 and…
2 years ago
The Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part II: Laboratories of the New Era (with Brad DeLong)
For millenia, patriarchy, population growth, and extractive elites made the world a bleak place for most humans. But there are good news, too: everyt…
2 years ago
The Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part I: The Shape of the Story (with Oded Galor)
We live longer and grow taller than ever before. We are healthier and wealthier. Our ancestors could hardly have imagined a life of such prosperity. …
2 years ago
Mothers, Fathers, And The Many Myths We Have Held ~ Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Season 2 Episode 20
Over half a century, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy has challenged many of our myths about parenting, attachment, and "human nature".
In this conversation, we di…
2 years, 1 month ago
Did Humans Evolve In Small Groups? ~ Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias
Season 2 Episode 19
Modern cities are unique. Never before have so many people lived so close to each other. But just how unique is our modern cosmopolitanism?
Completely…
2 years, 2 months ago
Can We Understand Infinity? ~ Adrian Moore
Season 2 Episode 18
Infinity is a puzzling idea. Even young children ponder its various manifestations: What is the biggest number? Does the universe have an edge? Does …
2 years, 2 months ago