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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)
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Actual evolutionary psychology by actual evolutionary psychologists.

Website: https://epthepod.podbean.com
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@EvolutionaryPsychologyThePod
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epthepod.bsky.social
Dear listeners: We would like to solicit questions from our audience for upcoming episodes. If you have questions you'd like us to tackle (either with a guest, or on our own). Please ask them here in this space. Or send us an email at: epthepod@gmail.com. Happy New Year!
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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robsica.bsky.social
Another superb episode -- and, as usual, great for generating Google NotebookLM reports -- stuff on victim compensation and justice resonates closely with work of the great honor culture scholar William Ian Miller (e.g. Eye for an Eye) and the second essay of Nietzsche's Genealogy.
December 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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This week, we talk to Léo Fetuchi about the moralization of self-control and the lack thereof.
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Moralizing Self-Control with Léo Fetuchi
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December 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This week, we talk to @danielnettle.bsky.social about big picture issues in the evolutionary social sciences, craving sugar, income inequality, running, and more!
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Evolutionary Social Sciences with Dan Nettle
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December 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
epthepod.bsky.social
This week, we talk to Sara Mathew about the psychology of killing, PTSD, and the relationship between our evolved psychology and cultural evolution.
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Culture, Killing, and PTSD with Sarah Mathew
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December 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This week, we talk to @hugoreasoning.bsky.social about all things "epistemic". Are we gullible and prone to misinformation? Are we vigilant in favor of our interests? Enjoy the wide-ranging conversation!
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Reasoning and Epistemic Vigilance with Hugo Mercier
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December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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This week, love and regret with Cari Goetz!
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Love and Regret with Cari Goetz
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December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This week we talk to @hannesrusch.bsky.social about human exploitation from an evolutionary and economics perspective. New methods turned on an important topic.
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Exploitation with Hannes Rusch
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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This week we talk to @bscelza.bsky.social about Polygamy and the state of the evolutionary behavioral sciences.

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Polygamy with Brooke Scelza
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November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
epthepod.bsky.social
This week, we talk about all things leadership with Zach Garfield. @zhgarfield.com
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Leadership with Zach Garfield
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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This week we talk to @babeheim.bsky.social about culture, change, modeling, running red lights, and the game of go.
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Cultural Dynamics with Bret Breheim
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November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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annepisor.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to chat with Dave & David on @epthepod.bsky.social about all things groups: how people think about groups, when we'd expect to see intergroup tensions, and intergroup dynamics in 2025. Thanks for having me, both!
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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This week we talk to @annepisor.bsky.social about inter-group relations, and how they are more complex and subtle than we might think.
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Inter-group relations with Anne Pisor
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This week, we discuss the evolved logic of shame, guilt, and other self-conscious emotions with Daniel Sznycer

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Shame, Pride, and Guilt with Daniel Sznycer
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October 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
epthepod.bsky.social
This week, we talk to Keelah Williams about Evolutionary Psychology and the Law.
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Evolutionary Psychology and the Law with Keelah Williams
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October 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
epthepod.bsky.social
The evolutionary psychology of horror, morbid curiosity, and what they do to anxiety with @morbidpsych.bsky.social! Happy Halloween!! 🎃 🎃 🎃

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Horror and Morbid Curiosity with Coltan Scrivner
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October 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
epthepod.bsky.social
This week we talk to anthropologist Karen Kramer about our unique reproductive strategy as humans, and what it means for childhood, work, and the social contexts our minds evolved to be in.

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Cooperative Breeding with Karen Kramer
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September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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robsica.bsky.social
"I think a lot of our beliefs are pseudo-beliefs and that the goal is to make it difficult to tell the difference between real belief and fake belief, and that is why it's so hard for psychologists to tell the difference because that difficulty is by design."
September 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
epthepod.bsky.social
This week we talk to Dan Williams about belief. Is it veridical or social or both or neither?

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Belief with Dan Williams
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September 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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mgurven.bsky.social
Had a fun time talking with the Daves… thanks for having me on. check it out!
September 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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This week, @mgurven.bsky.social discusses the evolution of human longevity (and he has a new book out today)!

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The Evolution of Human Longevity with Mike Gurven
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September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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This week, Language and Communication (and the Lindy Hop) with @thomscottphillips.bsky.social!

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Language and Communication with Thom Scott-Phillips
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September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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This week: The evolutionary psychology of humor with @davidpinsof.bsky.social! An account of why the mind finds things funny, and why "funny" has the features it has.

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The Evolutionary Psychology of Humor
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September 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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This week, @anniewertz.bsky.social talks about her ground-breaking work exploring what infants know, and come prepared to learn, about 🌱plants🌿! (Annie gets credit for all plant-based puns in this episode).

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Plants, Infants, and the Evolution of Social Learning with Annie Wertz
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August 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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This week, we discuss the evolution of cooperation with Pat Barclay.

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Cooperation with Pat Barclay
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August 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM