Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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The Center for Evolutionary Psychology: Publication List

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Matrix Scene

Status is a Four-Letter Word Paper

David’s Politics as Alliances Paper

David’s Social Paradoxes Paper

Dave & Annie Wertz’s Modularity Paper

Music by David Pinsof

Produced by Naomi Monahan-Miller

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Basement Cults

Épisode 2

mardi 27 mai 2025 • Durée 02:09:33

Co-host Dave Pietraszewski explains how he learned to love evolutionary psychology despite hating it at first, why attending basement cults as a child in upstate New York wasn’t all bad, really, and why he thinks understanding the human mind will require eventually understanding the evolutionary psychology of psychologists.

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Planetary Regression

Dave’s How our intuitive psychology shapes our science paper

Wayne Wu's paper on attention

Controversies in Evolutionary Psychology

Épisode 3

mardi 3 juin 2025 • Durée 02:01:28

Dave and David plunge (or dip a toe) into the controversies surrounding evolutionary psychology and try to make a good-faith effort, while not suffering fools (or internet trolls) lightly.

Listen through to the end of this one.

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Computational Mate Choice @ UCSB

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Mating with Daniel Conroy-Beam

Épisode 4

mardi 10 juin 2025 • Durée 01:58:11

Guest Daniel Conroy-Beam (UCSB) explains why human mating has occupied the interest of evolutionary psychologists, what consequences this has had on science, and how things might be done better. If you want to understand the science behind why we prefer certain other people to bonk, don’t listen to this episode (we’re kidding, this is exactly what Dan studies).

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https://psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/daniel-conroy-beam

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Friendship with Jaimie Krems

Épisode 5

mardi 17 juin 2025 • Durée 02:01:51

Why is the study of friendship so lonely, and what makes Philadelphia Philly? Guest Jaimie Krems (UCLA) explains why friendship is a blindspot in science, and why she has no advice to give you if you’re feeling lonely (we’re only half-kidding). If you do want friends, don’t want friends, or have friends, you should listen to this episode.

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UCLA Social Minds Lab

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https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/sheina-lew-levy/

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Childhood in the Congo Basin with Sheina Lew-Levy

Épisode 6

mardi 24 juin 2025 • Durée 01:52:55

Helicopter parenting is not a human universal! Guest Sheina Lew-Levy (Durham) explains what drew her to studying childhood among BaYaka foragers in the Congo Basin, and what parenting and childhood is like there and how this helps us understand who we are and what we need growing up. In this episode we also cover why field anthropologists are bad*ss and how, for David, “roughing it” involves staying at a 3-star hotel without room-service.

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Examples of Good Evolutionary Psychology

Épisode 7

mardi 1 juillet 2025 • Durée 02:18:36

Dave and David move beyond the controversies to explain—and give examples of—evolutionary psychology done well. Topics covered include the science of racial categorization and why we get angry. If you’re looking for examples of novel insights in evolutionary psychology, this episode is for you.

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Bonus: Dave & David (and guest Pat Barclay) Read Some Reviews

Épisode 8

jeudi 3 juillet 2025 • Durée 17:16

Dave and David read a review of the podcast, and future guest Pat Barclay (Guelph) joins them for a second reading. Topics include why it may be good to be skeptical of high production values, and the tradeoff between focusing on basic research findings versus their broader implications.

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Terrorism, Drag Queens, and International Humanitarian Law with Michael Moncrieff

Épisode 10

mardi 8 juillet 2025 • Durée 01:53:49

From offering the UN insights into the psychology of terrorists to interviewing victims of war-torn Croatia, guest Michael Moncrieff has seen a lot of life and yet remains hopeful. Dave wonders aloud why we are so blind to the civilian impacts of war and David and Michael discuss predatory rationality. Michael explains the history of the drag-queen phenomenon from an evolutionary psychological perspective.

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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OhbXo2kAAAAJ&hl=en

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Disgust, Morality, and Kinship with Deb Lieberman

Épisode 11

mardi 15 juillet 2025 • Durée 02:31:40

Why do we appeal to disgust when we moralize, and why do we moralize what we find disgusting? Guest Deb Lieberman (UMiami) explains why our human propensity to gang up on others may be driving a lot of our moral sentiments, and why she gets uncomfortable when people appeal to disgust to argue for what is right and wrong.

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https://people.miami.edu/profile/820e96aef57fc53a0625013a86f7ecee

https://www.amazon.com/Objection-Disgust-Morality-Debra-Lieberman/dp/0190491299

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