Is War Natural For Humans? ~ Douglas P. Fry
Thomas Hobbes famously wrote that life in the state of nature was “nasty, brutish, and short”. Recently, various scholars have claimed that Hobbes was basically right: our ancestors lived in a state o...
19 Nov 20221h 13min
Psychology of Love & Hate ~ Robert Sternberg
We often treat love as a single emotion. But simple questions like “how much do you love me?” can be misleading. Love is not a single dimension. It is a multitude. To really understand romantic bonds,...
12 Nov 202241min
Are Grandmothers the Key to Our Evolutionary Success? ~ Kristen Hawkes
Humans live long, much longer than any of our closest relatives. For human females, this means living a large part of adulthood without being able to produce new offspring. This is an evolutionary puz...
5 Nov 202250min
Psychology of Conspiracy Theories & The Limits of Science ~ Michael Shermer
Why do conspiracy theories seduce the minds of so many? Michael Shermer is a historian of science, best-selling author, founder of the Skeptic Society, and the host of a popular science podcast, Micha...
25 Okt 20221h 7min
The Harmful Delusion of a Singular Self ~ Gregory Berns
We like to box things into neat categories. We like to box ourselves into a ‘Self’, a ‘Me’, an independent ‘Soul’, caged away from the rest of the world by the bags of our skin. When something goes wr...
18 Okt 202247min
A Musical Biology of Love ~ Ruth Feldman
Can biology expand our appreciation of love? What is the relationship between jazz and neuroscience? What does it mean to be in "synch" with someone? Ruth Feldman is a professor of neuroscience at Rei...
13 Okt 202239min
Humanistic Ethics in a Darwinian World ~ Philip Kitcher
Is there a tension between biology and philosophy? Why should Homo sapiens care about ethics? What, if anything, does evolution tell us about human nature?To discuss these topics, Philip Kitcher joins...
8 Okt 202258min
Origins of Our Warm-Blooded Morality ~ Patricia Churchland
Why do we care for others? Why did morality evolve? Is unselfish behaviour possible in a Darwinian world? Patricia Churchland joins to discuss these topics with your host, Ilari Mäkelä.Author of Consc...
1 Okt 20221h 7min
