The Biology of Good Relationships (text)
ACT I Scene 1 For the past 5 episodes we’ve been talking about many different ways men’s and women’s reproductive instincts affect how we think. That can lead to a…
Buildings and Bridges by Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco invented her own genre of folk-punk back in 1990. She started her own record label to produce her music. Today she has 32 albums out. "Buildings and bridges…
The Biology of Consent (text)
ACT I Scene 1 I’m going to be talking about sexual assault in this episode again. Our story of Being Human on Planet Earth has brought us up to talking…
When We Need Her by Fanny (Walked the Earth)
Fanny was the first all female band to be signed to a major record label in the US. June and Jean Millington and Brie Howard are Filipina-Americans who started playing…
The Biology of Sexual Assault (text)
ACT I Scene 0 Are you listening? Are you paying attention? Good. This episode deals with sexual violence. And it’s very long. Because there are a lot of primal…
Til It Happens to You by Lady Gaga
Here's another song that starts a discussion. The lyrics are abstract, about feelings whose cause is never specified in the song. In one way, that could make it a song…
The Mathematics of Gender Differences (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Men and women reproduce differently. So we’ve evolved different instincts for reproducing. Those affect how we think about a lot of things. Neither way of…
Time After Time cover by Pink
What makes powerful songs so powerful? I love listening to covers of great songs because I love to hear how many interpretations of the lyrics other singers can find. Cyndi…
The Biology of Attraction (text)
ACT I Scene 1 We’ve been using the Web of Human Behavior to break human behavior down into areas, and then talking about why men and women think differently about…