Beat Your Genes Podcast
BeatYourGenes
Evolutionary psychology with Dr. Doug Lisle, PhD and Nathan Gershfeld, D.C.
Most psychology advice treats your brain like a broken machine. Beat Your Genes starts somewhere different: your instincts aren't broken. They're just optimized for a Stone Age environment that no longer exists.
Dr. Lisle - Evolutionary psychologist, former Stanford lecturer, and co-author of The Pleasure Trap - has spent decades developing frameworks that explain human behavior from the ground up.
Nathan Gershfeld, D.C. - trained first as an electrical engineer and then spent 14 years as a Doctor of Chiropractic. He brings a systems thinker's curiosity to every conversation. He mostly lets Dr. Lisle talk.
Topics include relationships and attraction, self-esteem, personality, depression and anxiety, willpower, the ego trap, and how pushy people exploit agreeable ones.
380+ episodes. New episodes every other week.
New here? Start at beatyourgenes.org/start-here
Most psychology advice treats your brain like a broken machine. Beat Your Genes starts somewhere different: your instincts aren't broken. They're just optimized for a Stone Age environment that no longer exists.
Dr. Lisle - Evolutionary psychologist, former Stanford lecturer, and co-author of The Pleasure Trap - has spent decades developing frameworks that explain human behavior from the ground up.
Nathan Gershfeld, D.C. - trained first as an electrical engineer and then spent 14 years as a Doctor of Chiropractic. He brings a systems thinker's curiosity to every conversation. He mostly lets Dr. Lisle talk.
Topics include relationships and attraction, self-esteem, personality, depression and anxiety, willpower, the ego trap, and how pushy people exploit agreeable ones.
380+ episodes. New episodes every other week.
New here? Start at beatyourgenes.org/start-here
Episodes
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May 17, 2018 • 52min
117: Cost/benefit of displays, directing esteem cues, evo psych of economics, internet trolls, and
Q1: What makes certain people do more for others than they would for themselves? Q2: What's the scoop on altruism? Q3: What's wrong with socialism? Q4: Why do internet trolls say mean/harsh thing online? One caller has a question about her special needs son. Second caller has a question about identity politics in 2018.
May 10, 2018 • 51min
116: Beauty standards for women, Prostitution, and Emotional Intelligence
An instagram model recently stopped shaving her armpits and wearing makeup as a sort of protest against the "societal programming" of beauty standards. What does Dr. Lisle think about this? What's the Doug Download on Prostitution? Is emotional intelligence a thing?
May 3, 2018 • 58min
115: Depression, Psychedelics
Depression, Psychedelics
Apr 26, 2018 • 57min
114: Evo Psych in academia, advertising, music
Evo Psych in academia, advertising, music, and leadership
Apr 19, 2018 • 46min
113: Fear of commitment, Live callers, Evo Psych in academia, advertising, music
Caller questions are about "Fear of commitment, Evo Psych in academia, advertising, and why do we love music? Live caller asks about video game addiction in young men. Another live caller asks about his pinball teammates' differing views on children.
Apr 12, 2018 • 55min
112: Intervention overconfidence, Caller question, Alcoholism, Evo Psych in academia, advertising,
Questions today: 1) Listener has a friend who is an alcoholic. What can be done as a friend? 2) Why can some people drink heavily and not become addicted to alcohol? 3) Is it worth being an evolutionary psychologist in academia? 4) How does advertising & media influence people? 5) Why do people love music?
Apr 5, 2018 • 58min
111: Evolution of language, Emotional first-aid, helping a friend
Evolution of language, Emotional first-aid, helping a friend
Mar 29, 2018 • 49min
110:Co-dependency, child attachment styles, advice on losing a child
Questions for this show are: 1. Strategies for "healing" from an abusive relationship. Do spouses that escape a narcissist spouse need therapy and support on codependency? 2. Are children's attachment styles bogus in predicting their personalities? Also, what's the earliest age at which you can see a person's personality characteristics? 3.What advice would you give to a parent who's lost a child (say 18 years old) under tragic circumstances, such as suicide? Are there any useful techniques or ways of thinking to really help ease the pain of such a profound biological loss?
Mar 22, 2018 • 34min
109: What can our behavior signal to a romantic partner?
Questions for tonight are as follows: A listener's husband spends money on certain displays but not others - what does it mean? How does a 10-year married couple navigate being swingers when one of them no longer wants to do it? Why do some men feel guilty or nervous about Valentine's Day? Why do romantic partners act surprised when their spouse/partner leaves despite threatening to do so for a long time? Why does it feel so devastating when a spouse cheats?
Mar 15, 2018 • 46min
108: Punishing children, advice to psychology students, cynical from evo psych..
Questions today are about: Influencing children - how does punishment work? Advice to psychology students who want to learn evo psych in a school that teaches conventional psychology Phobias like snakes, heights, etc.. are briefly explored Brief question regarding Big Five personality and how/if those traits can change as we age and gain status. Sharing evolutionary psychology knowledge in social settings. Getting cynical from evolutionary psychology - accepting the tragic view of existence.
