Nature & Nurture #160: Dr. Robert King - The Science of Orgasms
Dr. Robert King is a researcher at the School of Applied Psychology of University College Cork in Ireland. He is an expert in evolutionary psychology, sexual selection, and the science of orgasms, as detailed in his book Naturally Selective: Evolution, Orgasm, and Female Choice.
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Nature & Nurture #159: Dr. Jaap de Roode - How Parasites & Immune Systems Evolved
Dr. Jaap de Roode is the Samuel C. Dobbs Professor of Biology at Emory University, and the author of Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, & Other Animals Heal Themselves. He is an expert in the population biology of parasites and virus transmission, and how animals defend themselves against these threats.
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Nature & Nurture #158: Dr. Eric Kaufmann - Universities & The History of Wokeness
Dr. Eric Kaufmann is a Professor of Politics at The University of Buckingham and Director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science. He is the author of several books including The Third Awokening: A 12-Point Plan for Rolling Back Progressive Extremism.In this episode, Eric and I discuss The Third Awokening, beginning with the history of the term woke, its intellectual foundations in postmodernism and ties to Marxism, and its connection to identity politics.
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Nature & Nurture #157: Dr. Bill von Hippel - Evolutionary Psychology & Digital Health
Dr. Bill von Hippel is a social psychologist and author of The Social Paradox: Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness.
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Nature & Nurture #156: Dr. Dean Hamer - The Genetics of Sexual Orientation
Dr. Dean Hamer is a geneticist, author of several books including The Science of Desire and The God Gene, and a filmmaker. In this episode, we talk about Dean’s background in genetics and how the science of sexual orientation helped shape the “born this way” movement in gay civil rights. We talk about ethical debates surrounding the biological study of sexual orientation, and why it should be prioritized, and examine various evolutionary, genetic, hormonal, and neurological theories for sexual orientation. We talk about the role of prenatal sex hormones, fraternal birth order, the maternal immune hypothesis, the evolutionary gay uncle hypothesis, antagonistic pleiotropy, and more. We also discuss connections between sexual attraction and philosophy of mind, sex differences in sex drive, animal research on mating psychology, and more. Lastly, we talk about Dean’s recent work on gender and sexuality in the Pacific Islands, cultural anthropology documenting gender and sexual diversity across history, and how to best approach ethical discussion and research on sensitive topics related to sex and gender.
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