312: Fraud in Lancet journal, Should I stay in an unhappy or sub-par relationship?

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss a very misleading graph in a recent paper published in Lancet Journal along with the following listener questions: 1.To what extent would you say children, money…

311: Can you screw up a good relationship? Finding the courage to break up.

Evolutionary Psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD, and Harvard social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD. discuss physical attractiveness & general health, whether a relationship can fall apart from a simple misunderstanding, choosing one passion from many, and…

310: Do women dangle sex? Maintaining friends when income becomes disparate, Are Modern-day office jobs feminized? Does society prefer sons?

In today’s episode, Dr. Lisle & Howk discuss:  You talk about Tears, Anger, Force, Fraud and Free Trade RA strategies. Why did you exclude sex from this list? And in particular, women dangling sex to get men to do stuff. I guess we can…

309: Resentful of Cheating Dad, Do Men Prefer to Earn More than Spouse, Moving In with Partner but Marriage is Off the Table

In today’s episode, Dr. Lisle and Howk discuss the following questions: I listened to your talk discussing whether humans actually have Free Will: If we, as an organism are just doing what we perceive is optimal for the species in survival and…

308: Dumped but then he came back, Can’t eat healthy unless I live in the woods, Do introverts need to socialize more

In today’s show, Dr. Lisle & Howk review the following questions:  How do you reconcile Dr. Jen’s potted plant theory with Dr. Lisle’s ego trap? As someone that is over 90th percentile introverted and emotionally unstable I find I prefer to keep…

307: Where Does Evolutionary Psychology Evidence Come From?

In today’s show, Dr. Lisle discusses in detail “Where does the evidence for evolutionary psychology come from?” Our first question from a listener begins, ” I am incredibly fascinated by EP and feel that I have learned so much from the show. I do…

306: Romance novel villains, Boyfriend admits he kissed an ex, Socially awkward or self-preservation, Is population getting dumber & flakier?

Why do women fall in love with villains in romance novels? I was reading through my girlfriend’s provocative novels and the men in these books are not noble or kind, they are dark, twisted, cruel, violent criminals, stalkers, vampires, demons or…

305: AI Fears, Frustrated Serial monogamist – Am I a whore? Daughter is wasting life living with me, Looking for your hometown

In today’s episode, Dr. Lisle & Dr. Howk discuss artifical intelligence and some of their fears for the future.  Then at , the discussion turns to answering these listener questions:  1. I am a frustrated serial monogamist female…

304: Information Overload, Do Humans procreate for help later in life?, How much does income/status matter for a woman?

In today’s show, Dr. Lisle and Howk discuss the following questions: 1.  Has the team discussed how information overload impedes progress and making changes to one’s health? I’d assume one can overdo information gathering, whether it’s from…

303: Awakening a Dormant Circuit, Social Climbing vs. Meaningful relationships

In today’s episode, Dr. Lisle & Howk discuss the following questions:   1. Jordan Peterson mentioned briefly in a video that increasing oxytocin can increase agreeableness. He also gives advice that agreeable people can become more disagreeable…