Horror and Morbid Curiosity with Coltan Scrivner
Grab some candy (or brains): Halloween is here! This week, we talk to Coltan Scrivner about why we can't look away from the macabre, what exactly the "horror" genre is, and why a self-dose of fear and...
7 Okt 20252h 6min
Cooperative breeding with Karen Kramer
How are humans able to sustain large families? What is our "true" reproductive strategy as a species? Are kids designed to raise younger children? And is it unnatural for us to live in such strongly a...
30 Sep 20251h 16min
Belief with Dan Williams
Why do we believe what we believe? And our we aware of why we believe what we believe? And what is a belief anyway? And what should we think of people like Jordan Peterson? We tackle these questions a...
23 Sep 20251h 54min
The Evolution of Human Longevity with Mike Gurven
Did we evolve to live long lives? Is heart disease a human universal? In this episode, we talk to Mike Gurven (UCSB), who has run a number of large-scale studies on the life and health of non-Western ...
16 Sep 20251h 52min
Language and Communication with Thom Scott-Phillips
What do the lindy hop, ostensive communication, and the evolution of language all have in common? Thom Scott-Phillips! In this episode, we discuss if language is an adaptation, why art museums have th...
9 Sep 20251h 38min
The Evolutionary Psychology of Humor
Humor is one of the great puzzles of evolutionary psychology. Co-host David Pinsof (UCLA) presents the coordinating “mix-up” hypothesis of humor, in which….well, you’ll have to listen to find out. By ...
2 Sep 20251h 45min
Plants, Infants, and the Evolution of Social Learning with Annie Wertz
Plants are mini chemical weapon factories! Learning and evolution are not opposed! This week, Annie Wertz (UCSB) joins us to describe her groundbreaking world on the evolutionary psychology of what ba...
26 Aug 20251h 58min
Cooperation with Pat Barclay
Pat Barclay (Guelph) joins us to discuss his work solving the mysteries of the evolution of cooperation. Pat is a wonderful human being and an exceptional scientist, whose work is at the forefront of ...
19 Aug 20251h 55min
