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Latest episodes

The Psychology of Cultural Evolution with Olivier Morin

October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

Is cultural evolution a blind process, or one intrinsically impacted by individual cognition and insight? Olivier Morin (CNRS Jean Nicod) simultaneously pulls no punches while remaining distinctly nonpartisan as we traverse these and other…
Ecology and Social Connections with Kathrine Starkweather

October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

How do we remain resilient and flexible under difficult conditions? In this episode, we talk to Katie Starkweather (UCSB) about her work with the Shodagor, who spend appreciable amounts of life living on small boats in rural Bangladesh…
The Extended, Cooperative Phenotype with Athena Aktipis

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

They say that if you do what you love you never have to work a day in your life. In this episode, polymath Athena Aktipis (ASU) shares her enthusiasm and love for all things cooperative. Topics include music, Zombies, borderline…
Moral Progress with Hanno Sauer

September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min

Philosopher of Ethics and Politics Hanno Sauer (Utrecht) examines whether moral progress is all its cracked up to be. Topics include social class, being slightly more moral than others, rationalization costs, the relationship between…
Magic, Shamanism, and the Scale of Cooperation with Manvir Singh

September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

This week, we talk about ice-age megafauna, Shamansim, magic, and the scale of ancestral cooperation with Manvir Singh (UC Davis). More about Manvir: https://www.manvir.org/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z…

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Politics with Antoine Marie

September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

We're Back! This week, we (well, David) talks with Antoine Marie (Paris) about all things politics. More about Antoine: https://www.antoinemariesci.com/ https://www.sciencespo.fr/cevipof/en/directory/marie-antoin…
Summer Break!

July 15, 2026 · 1 min

We will be on a much-needed summer break for the next four weeks; returning on August 18th with a slew of fresh, new episodes. Thank you all for listening!
Stories with Michelle Sugiyama

July 8, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

Sit back and relax as we tell you a story about....well....stories. In this episode, we talk with Michelle Sugiyama (U Oregon), who explores human nature through the lens of understanding how, when, and why we decide to tell each other…
Mechanism, Function, and Philsophy of Science with Lauren Ross

June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min

What is a mechanism? Are claims about function doomed to fail? And why are explanations in psychology and human behavior so fraught and contested? We pose these and other mysteries to one the shining stars in modern philosophy of science…
Producing Belief with Pascal Boyer

June 23, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min

Pascal Boyer (St. Louis) is one of the greats! We talk about his shifting thinking in terms of belief selection to belief production, and why this is a subversive idea. Other topics include birthdays, shamanism and magic, and why we should…
Health and the Shuar Project with Josh Snodgrass

June 16, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

Is leaving a hunter horticultural lifestyle for a more westernized, market economy good or bad for one's health? And what does it take to run a field site? In this episode we talk to Josh Snodgrass (Oregon), one of the co-directors of the…
Cooperation in the field with Kris Smith

June 9, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

Do we choose how we choose others? Kris Smith gives us a tour of his fieldwork in across Tanzania, from the arid plains of Hadza Land to the shores of village fisheries, Kris explains what he's learned about understand partner choice…

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About the show

Actual evolutionary psychology by actual evolutionary psychologists. Hosted by Dave Pietraszewski and David Pinsof. Every week, Dave and David bring cutting-edge work in the evolutionary behavioral sciences to you. patreon.com/epthepod