387: The Black Sheep of a Genius Family
She grew up in a family of surgeons, a Google computer scientist, and a NASA astrophysicist, and she became a flight attendant who wanted to be a housewife. Now her genius-level family calls her the f...
22 Jul 33min
386: How to Handle Bad Advice Without a Fight
What do you say when a friend or family member recommends horse-assisted coaching, family constellations therapy, or the latest protein fix for your problems? Evolutionary psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle ...
10 Jul 45min
385: It's Not the Men. It's Who You Keep Choosing.
A listener who knows evolutionary psychology well asks Dr. Doug Lisle a painful question. If men seem satisfied once they have food and sex, and never care about her inner life, is she fighting a losi...
26 Jun 1h 12min
384: What Looks Like a Flaw Is Actually a Strategy
Why do some people freeze when they try to speak up in a group, while others jump in without a second thought? Dr. Doug Lisle says it is not shyness or a confidence problem you can train away. It is y...
10 Jun 1h 5min
Why Your Bad Moods Are Never Random
A listener noticed their kid gets dissatisfied after too much screen time and asked Dr. Lisle a deeper question: when your mood feels off, is it always worth analyzing, or are some bad moods just rand...
3 Jun 1h 9min
Perfect on Paper, But Not for Me - Mate Value, Attraction, and the Disagreeable Personality
Most people assume mate value is a fixed, rankable number and that attraction follows logically from it. Dr. Lisle says that is the wrong model entirely. Mate value has deep objectivity across a popul...
13 Mai 1h
When the Marriage Is Over, but the Mortgage Isn't
Most people think a marriage in trouble can be downgraded into a business arrangement to protect the house. Dr. Lisle says that is the previous investment trap talking, not your judgment. The four wal...
29 Apr 50min
