Modern Wisdom25 Helmi 2023

#594 - Dr Richard Wrangham - The Incredible Evolution Of Human Violence

Dr Richard Wrangham is an anthropologist and primatologist, a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and an author whose research focuses on ape behaviour, human evolution, violence, and cooking. Humans have the capacity for incredible benevolence and kindness, but also are able to be execute other members of our species with a uniquely effective ruthlessness. Why would evolution give us such differing capacities to chimps and apes and what can this tell us about our nature? Expect to learn the fascinating evolutionary story of human aggression through the ages, how humans actually selectively bred ourselves to become less aggressive, how our capacity for violence informed the evolution of morality, the true reason for why humans might have a sense of right and wrong, what would have happened to a hyper aggressive male ancestrally and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy The Goodness Paradox - https://amzn.to/3YVQz6Z Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Environmental Toxins Killing Your Health - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon - #1038

Dr Gabrielle Lyon is a functional medicine physician and Founder of the Institute of Muscle-Centric Medicine. The most overlooked aspect of health optimisation might be hiding in plain sight. Your en...

27 Joulu 20251h 13min

Life Hacks: A Christmas Special (2025) - #1037

I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle upon Tyne, with Jonny, a virtual Yusef & George to catch up on what they've learned this year, what their best hacks were, and their reflections on 2025. Timest...

25 Joulu 20252h 10min

The Best Moments of Modern Wisdom (2025) - #1036

2025 is nearly over, so I decided to put together a compilation of some of my favourite moments from the show over the last year. It was going to be a top 20, but I couldn't choose, so it's 23. Expec...

22 Joulu 20253h 15min

How to Engineer a Life You Love - Mark Rober - #1035

Mark Rober is an engineer, science communicator, and YouTuber known for viral experiments and STEM education. Expect to learn what it was like to wor on the Mars Rover for NASA, how NASA rewired the ...

20 Joulu 20251h 53min

23 Lessons from 2025 - #1034

It’s the end of 2025 and to celebrate I thought I’d run through some of the best lessons I’ve picked up over the last 12 months. This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there wa...

18 Joulu 20251h 25min

Why Comedies Suck Now - Judd Apatow - #1033

Judd Apatow is a filmmaker, producer, comedian, and writer. The movies that shaped so many of us were unapologetically funny and often pushed boundaries. As the culture has changed and concerns aroun...

15 Joulu 20251h 35min

The Dark Subcultures of Online Politics - Joshua Citarella - #1032

Joshua Citarella is an artist, writer, and cultural researcher focused on internet subcultures and online politics. We’ve all doom-scrolled our fair share of online politics, some of it funny, some u...

13 Joulu 20251h 53min

18 Harsh Realities of Modern Dating - Macken Murphy - #1031

Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer and a podcaster. Modern dating is in the middle of a cultural reset. Attraction science is evolving, men and women ...

11 Joulu 20252h 41min