Why Do We Love? ~ Arthur Aron
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 to grow ourselves through connecting with others. ...
1 Feb 202438min
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 the links between evolution and psychiatry. In thi...
23 Jan 202414min
Family Lessons From Hunter-Gatherers ~ Nikhil Chaudhary
We expect a lot from parents, especially from mothers. “Maternal instincts” are such, we are told, that mothers should gain almost literal superpowers from the joy of parenting. Unfortunately, many pa...
15 Jan 20241h 4min
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: which conversation moved people the most? I already kn...
7 Jan 20241h 38min
Could Homo Floresiensis Be Alive Today? ~ Gregory Forth
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 theories of indigenous peoples. Forth was doing thi...
24 Dec 20231h 2min
The Evolution of Inequality Under Capitalism ~ Branko Milanović
Capitalism can cause massive economic inequalities. Indeed, a century after Adam Smith wrote the Wealth of Nations, the richest 1% owned a record-breaking 70% of England’s wealth. Not surprisingly, th...
16 Dec 20231h
Meaning of Life Beyond Space and Time ~ Donald Hoffman
The tension between science and religion is perhaps the greatest tension of our age. Is the world fundamentally made of atoms, quarks, and quantum fields? Or is the material world but a secondary real...
28 Nov 202333min
Could Consciousness Explain The Laws Of Physics? ~ Donald Hoffman
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 the feelings and meanings of our mental lives? Thi...
22 Nov 20231h 3min
