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
Mentioned books
Dec 29, 2016 • 45min
47: Free will, Basis of EvoPsych, Positive/Negative Reinforcement
We discuss free will, take a call from a behavioral therapist asking about the scientific validity of evolutionary psychology, and Dr. Lisle explains the flawed thinking of positive & negative reinforcement.
Dec 22, 2016 • 57min
46: Listener emails & questions
Episode 46: Listener emails & questions
Dec 15, 2016 • 1h 2min
45: Willpower & Change Part 2
Understanding willpower and change part 2. A follow up from last week.
Dec 8, 2016 • 1h
44: Willpower and Change
Willpower & Change, an evolutionary psychology take.
Dec 1, 2016 • 54min
43: Inside the Criminal Mind
Dr. Lisle shares his experiences as a forensic psychologist for the criminal justice system in Dallas, Texas. We will go inside the psychology of a criminal mind with some insights & stories.
Nov 24, 2016 • 57min
42: Listener questions, comments, and emails. Callers welcome!
Listener questions, comments, and emails. Callers welcome!
Nov 17, 2016 • 45min
41: Why is academia so left wing?
Why is academia so liberal/left-wing?
Nov 10, 2016 • 50min
40: Sexual Abuse/Trauma
How does sexual abuse or trauma affect us?
Nov 3, 2016 • 55min
39: Procrastination
Understanding procrastination.
Oct 27, 2016 • 1h 5min
38: More listener questions/comments
Lots of emails and questions from our last few shows so I'll be reading the emails on air and Dr. Lisle will be answering your questions.
