THE COMPLETE ARCHIVE
67 episodes with researchers exploring the evolutionary roots of human behavior.
67 episodes
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof interview anthropologist Kathrine Starkweather about her fieldwork studying the Shodogore boat-dwelling community in rural Bangladesh. They explore how human …
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Athena Aktipis to explore cooperation, conflict, and the extended phenotype across biological and social s…
In this episode, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof speak with philosopher Hanno Sauer about moral progress, status competition, and the evolution of human cooperation. The conversation explore…
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by anthropologist Manvir Singh to explore the evolutionary origins of shamanism, magical practices, and human social cooperation. The discussion co…
In this episode of "Politics with Antoine Marie," hosts David Pinsof and Dave Pietraszewski are joined by guest Antoine Marie to explore political psychology through an evolutionary and computational …
In the podcast episode "Summer Break!," host Dave Pietraszewski announces a brief summer hiatus for Evolutionary Psychology the Podcast, with new episodes returning on August 18th. During this intermi…
In this episode, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Michelle Sugiyama to explore the evolutionary psychology of storytelling and cultural transmission. Sugiyama discusses ho…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by philosopher of science Lauren Ross to discuss the concept of mechanisms, causation, and explanation in the life …
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Pascal Boyer to discuss cultural evolution, cognitive attractors, and the production side of human beliefs…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Josh Snodgrass to discuss the Shuar Project, evolutionary medicine, and the complex health transitions ass…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Kris Smith to discuss anthropological fieldwork, cooperation, and social norms across diverse East African…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Josh Ackerman to explore the evolutionary psychology of pathogens, disease avoidance, and human social beh…
In this episode of "Design with Dave & David," hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof explore whether natural selection can be properly characterized as a designer of biological traits. They contra…
In this mini-episode, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof celebrate their podcast's one-year anniversary from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference in Rabat, Morocco. Joined by gue…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Steve Neuberg to discuss the integration of evolutionary theory into social psychology. Steve recounts his…
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof, alongside co-host Zach Garfield, interview professor emeritus Ray Hames about his pioneering work in human behavioral ecology, quantitative fieldwork with th…
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Dan Conroy-Beam to explore the evolutionary biology of sex and gender using agent-based modeling. The discussion addresses limitations in …
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Mike McCullough, professor of psychology at UC San Diego, to explore the evolutionary and psychological un…
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Tadeg Quillien from the University of Edinburgh to explore the cognitive and evolutionary science of causality, building on David Hume's c…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts David Pinsof and Dave Pietraszewski are joined by founding evolutionary psychologist Leda Cosmides. Cosmides reflects on her intellectual journey during the turbu…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof interview guest Martin Daly about the interdisciplinary origins of evolutionary behavioral sciences. Daly reflects on early ac…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Greg Bryant to explore the intersection of music, acoustics, and vocal communication. The discussion cover…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Jen Byrd-Craven to explore the endocrine system, stress, and evolutionary psychology. The speakers discuss…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest co-host Christina Moya and guest Rob Boyd to discuss cultural evolution, evolutionary psychology, and the …
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Amy Boddy from UC Santa Barbara to discuss microchimerism, evolutionary medicine, and cancer biology. The …
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Patrick Durkee to explore evolutionary perspectives on status and personality. The speakers examine how st…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Katrine Whiteson from UC Irvine to explore the human microbiome from an evolutionary perspective. They dis…
In this episode of Views of Mind, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Clark Barrett to discuss evolutionary psychology, moral cognition, and cultural evolution. Barrett share…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof speak with guest expert Josh Tybur about the behavioral immune system, disgust psychology, and pathogen avoidance. Tybur share…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Paul Smaldino to explore mathematical and computational modeling in evolutionary science. Smaldino discuss…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsoff speak with guest Michael Graziano about consciousness, moving past nebulous mysteries to examine it through an evolutionary a…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Luke Glowacki to discuss the evolutionary origins and cultural mechanics of intergroup conflict and peace.…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts David Pinsof and guest Dave Pietraszewski explore the topic of free will through an adaptationist and evolutionary psychology perspective. They examine how the hu…
In this episode, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Léo Fitouchi from the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse to explore the evolutionary psychology of self-control, pu…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof talk with guest Dan Nettle about integrating evolutionary psychology with macro-level social science. Nettle explains that hum…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof interview Sarah Mathew, a professor at Arizona State University. The conversation explores Mathew's anthropological fieldwork …
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof interview researcher Hugo Mercier about the evolutionary psychology of human reasoning and epistemic vigilance. Mercier outlines the argumentative theory of r…
In the podcast episode "Love and Regret with Cari Goetz," hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Cari Goetz to explore evolutionary psychology, human mating, and emotional dynam…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by behavioral economist and Max Planck Institute research group leader Dr. Hannes Rusch. The discussion explores Ru…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof interview biological anthropologist Dr. Brooke Scelza from UCLA regarding her extensive fieldwork among the Himba pastoralists…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by Dr. Zach Garfield to explore leadership, status hierarchies, and cultural evolution through an evolutionary lens…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Bret Beheim from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig to explore cultural dyn…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by Anne Pisor, director of the Sociality Lab at Penn State, to explore the complexities of inter-group relations, c…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof interview guest Daniel Sznycer about evolutionary approaches to self-conscious emotions such as shame, pride, and guilt. The d…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by Dr. Keelah Williams to explore the intersection of evolutionary psychology and the legal system. The speakers di…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Coltan Scrivner to explore the evolutionary psychology of horror, morbid curiosity, and human fascination …
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof speak with anthropologist Karen Kramer about cooperative breeding and human life history. They explore how humans manage to su…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by their first philosopher guest, Dan Williams from the University of Sussex and author of Conspicuous Cognition. T…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by anthropology professor Mike Gurven from UC Santa Barbara to discuss human longevity, life history, and his upcom…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof speak with guest Thom Scott-Phillips about human communication, evolutionary psychology, and academic structures. Scott-Philli…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof explore the evolutionary psychology of humor. David Pinsof introduces his new preprint theory proposing that humor and laughte…
In this episode, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Annie Wertz to discuss the evolutionary origins of human plant learning and infant cognition. Wertz shares her pioneering…
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Pat Barclay from the University of Guelph to discuss cooperation, altruism, and social partner choice. The conversation covers proximate v…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof speak with evolutionary anthropologist Ed Hagen about mental health, plant neurotoxins, and leadership through an evolutionary…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by anthropologist Cristina Moya from UC Davis to discuss evolutionary social sciences, group boundaries, and the so…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof celebrate the life and legacy of the late anthropologist John Patton. They are joined by his wife and lifelong collaborator, B…
In this episode of their evolutionary psychology podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof welcome guest Chris Von Rueden from the University of Richmond to discuss his anthropological resear…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by veteran evolutionary psychologist Deb Lieberman to discuss evolutionary psychology, kin detection, and the compl…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by international law scholar Michael Moncrieff to explore the intersection of evolutionary psychology and internati…
In this bonus episode, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof, alongside guest Pat Barclay, read and react to constructive listener reviews. They explore how to balance deep evolutionary psychology…
In this episode of the podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof explore what constitutes good evolutionary psychology by contrasting surface-level behavioral descriptions with underlying cog…
In this episode, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by human behavioral ecologist Sheina Lew-Levy to discuss childhood, learning, and cooperative foraging in the Congo Basin. The con…
Hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof are joined by guest Jaimie Krems to explore evolutionary psychology and the scientific study of human friendship. The conversation examines how cognitive mech…
In the podcast episode "Mating with Daniel Conroy-Beam," hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof speak with evolutionary psychologist Daniel Conroy-Beam about the application of computational and ma…
In this episode of "Controversies in Evolutionary Psychology," hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof examine why evolutionary psychology often provokes strong negative reactions and public misunde…
In this episode of "Basement Cults," hosts Dave Pietraszewski and guest David Pinsof explore evolutionary psychology, examining how innate human universals contrast with the standard social science mo…
In this episode of their podcast, hosts Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof examine evolutionary psychology, focusing on status-seeking, academic incentives, and institutional dynamics. David Pinsof s…