Nature & Nurture #162: Dr. Simon LeVay - The Science of Desire
Dr. Simon LeVay is a neuroscientist and author of Attraction, Love, Sex: The Inside Story.
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Nature & Nurture #161: Dr. Lars Krutak - The History of Indigenous Tattoos
Dr. Lars Krutak is an anthropologist, a research associate at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, host of the Discovery Channel series Tattoo Hunter, and author of Indigenous Tattoo Traditions.
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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.Â
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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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