Our Lives Matter S1E15: The Stone Age + 50,000 Years
Archeology shows us that 50,000 years ago our ancestors had invented art, religion, music, and all the other patterns of behavior we have today. That means people 50,000 years ago…
I’ve Been Everywhere by Johnny Cash
A big part of my inspiration for this podcast has been my adventures around the country. My back yard is the entire US. I've met a lot of different people…
The Five Mental Traits of Evolutionary Psychology (text)
ACT I Scene 1 What does biology show us about psychology? At the level of molecular biology, genes are molecules that keep making copies of themselves. That’s why we…
Our Lives Matter S1E14: The Five Mental Traits of Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligence, for any animal species, starts with brains doing five basic things. All of animal behavior is the results of the interaction of those five mental functions. Everything people…
Bob by Weird Al
The next step in using music to learn psychology is to listen to songs whose lyrics are so abstract they don't fit together on their own. How does the singer's…
The Three First Principles of Evolutionary Psychology (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Charles Darwin’s discovery of evolution brought together centuries of observations scientists had made of living things into the science of biology. That was with The Origin…
Our Lives Matter S1E13: The Three First Principles of Evolutionary Psychology
Our story has led us from philosophy to math to physics to chemistry to biology to the origin of our species and the evolution of our intelligence. The next…
Third Act
Third Act is an activist movement for people 60 and over. People who have lifetimes of work experience, life experience, connections, money, property, and social status, and who have a…
Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan
One way to use art to learn about psychology is to listen to popular songs. What are the underlying themes of the words? And why do people feel those ideas…
Africa 7 Million Years Ago (text)
ACT I Scene 1 7 million years ago, in southeastern Africa, there was a forest, where chimpanzees lived. They weren’t chimpanzees as we know them today. They were the ancestors…