Our Lives Matter S1E22: Geography and the Spread of Farming
Farming was developed first in the Middle East, about 10,000 years ago. It was developed in China 1,000 years later, and in three parts of the Americas several thousands of…
Thank God I’m a Country Boy by Home Free
Another good way to use art to learn about psychology is to listen to cover songs. How do musicians reinterpret old songs and find new meanings in the words and…
The Evolution of Farming (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Our story is up to 8,500 BC. Humans are spread over all the continents, and their mental abilities are essentially equal. Everyone in the world are…
Our Lives Matter S1E21: The Evolution of Farming
The first people in the world ate wild food that they hunted and gathered. Over the millennia they learned about the lifecycles of plants and animals and used that to…
Thank God I’m a Country Boy by John Denver
Our story has reached the development of farming. John Denver probably sang the best known song in America about life on a farm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHhsmpOzttY
The Critical Race Theory of Evolution (text)
ACT I Scene 1 You down with the Theory of Evolution? You down with Critical Race Theory? Now what about the Critical Race Theory of Evolution? What does human evolution…
Our Lives Matter S1E20: The Critical Race Theory of Evolution
Genetic evolution for our species is slow, because it depends on parents passing genes down to children generation by generation. Human intelligence evolved over millions of years and hundreds of…
One Love by Playing for Change
Here's a modern interpretation of One Love. Playing for Change is a worldwide band, where musicians each record their own versions of a classic song and blend them together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjPODksI08
Around the World in 40,000 Years, and 7 Failed Explanations of Race and Intelligence (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Humans evolved in Africa. But for all of recorded history, we’ve lived all over the world. So what happened in between? There has been a lot…
Our Lives Matter S1E19: Around the World in 40,000 Years, and 7 Failed Explanations of Race and Intelligence
Our ancestors originated in a small part of Africa and spread all over the world. They adapted to life in different places by using their intelligence to figure out how…