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How Did Humans Evolve? Why Did We? ~ Ian Tattersall
Season 2 Episode 17
Why are we furless? Why do we cook our food and use spoken language? And how does climate change, sashimi, or the banks of Central America relate to …
2 years, 3 months ago
How Did Consciousness Evolve? Did It? ~ Eva Jablonka
Season 2 Episode 16
We are conscious creatures. But why? Why did consciousness evolve? Can we use biology to explain the origins of feeling and meaning? Or will consciou…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why Do We Love? ~ Arthur Aron
Season 2 Episode 15
Why do we love? What brings us together? How to heal ethnic hatred?
According to my guest, the answer to all these questions lies in the human desire…
2 years, 4 months ago
Mental Health Bonus | The Origins of ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression ~ Nikhil Chaudhary
Can evolution shed light on our mental health?
Nikhil Chaudhary thinks so. He is an anthropologist at the University of Cambridge who specialises in …
2 years, 4 months ago
Family Lessons From Hunter-Gatherers ~ Nikhil Chaudhary
Season 2 Episode 14
We expect a lot from parents, especially from mothers. “Maternal instincts” are such, we are told, that mothers should gain almost literal superpower…
2 years, 5 months ago
Encore | This Conversation Touched The Most Hearts in 2023 ~ Helen Fisher
Happy New Year 2024!
To celebrate the new year, Spotify sent me a bunch of data points about 2023. I was particularly interested in one question: whi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Could Homo Floresiensis Be Alive Today? ~ Gregory Forth
Season 2 Episode 3
This is the final episode of 2023. And it is a very odd episode.
My guest is Gregory Forth. He is an anthropologist who specializes in the biological …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evolution of Inequality Under Capitalism ~ Branko Milanović
Season 2 Episode 12
Capitalism can cause massive economic inequalities. Indeed, a century after Adam Smith wrote the Wealth of Nations, the richest 1% owned a record-bre…
2 years, 6 months ago
Meaning of Life Beyond Space and Time ~ Donald Hoffman
Season 2 Episode 11
The tension between science and religion is perhaps the greatest tension of our age. Is the world fundamentally made of atoms, quarks, and quantum fi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Could Consciousness Explain The Laws Of Physics? ~ Donald Hoffman
Season 4 Episode 10
The world is governed by objective laws of physics. They explain the movements of planets, oceans, and cells in our bodies. But can they ever explain…
2 years, 7 months ago