325: Prove-’em-wrong Motivation, Managing child’s outbursts, Aunt is very disagreeable

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld: 1. Help! My son just turned 8. He has acquired part of his personality from my mother- he can be loud and will…

324: Is Attachment Theory WRONG? Do parents owe you support?

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD  discusses the following listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld: 1.  I’m trying to decide whether to go back to work a year after my second child, or to stay home with her till preschool. I…

323: Can everyone be happy? Does online dating change the cost-benefit?

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions: 1.  Can all personality types be equally happy if they apply diligent effort to worthwhile goals? ie all other things being…

Love him when he’s here, but hate him when he’s away, Solving social anxiety? Are SJW’s really more noble?

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions: 1. I have a friend who is very active in fighting for workers’ rights. In fact he has a high level job in one of my country’s…

321: Processed stimulation – How social media competes for our attention

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener question: Why do people love formulaic media and entertainment? Most of the pop music that dominates the charts is nearly identical. It uses…

320: Diet considerations, Disease-reversal, Losing weight, Metabolism Dynamic, Cram circuit

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD, social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD, and Nathan Gershfeld, DC discuss the following listener questions:  I am curious about the work of David Sinclair from Harvard about his anti-aging research. He makes…

319: Free will vs. decision making, Best political system aligned with human nature

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions: 1. If I am understanding what you have said in the past about decision making and free will, the main thing that…

318: Jen Howk on Buddhism, Philosophy, The Matrix, Simulations, and Sentience

Social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following topics: I loved your last podcast about Buddhism and other perspectives in psychology. I’d love to hear more of your perspectives on spirituality such as how you would describe the personality…

317: When Nobody Else Gets It! Could my Cost-benefit calculator be faulty? Do men love their children like moms do?

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses the following listener questions: 1. I have read “Blueprint” many times and am still learning so much from that book. It is obvious to me how much of who we are and what we do is heritable. So, what…

316: Buddhism & Evolutionary Psychology, Is Evo Psych only controversial to other Psychologists? Corporal punishment

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions: Do the realizations of Buddhism hold any credibility through an evolutionary psychological lens? Does suffering really come from…