On Humans
A podcast by Ilari Mäkelä
78 Episodes
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14 | What Can Hunter-Gatherers Tell Us About Our Origins? Going Beyond the Bestsellers ~ Vivek V. Venkataraman
Published: 1/19/2023 -
13 | Tracing the Roots of the Wealth of Nations ~ Oded Galor
Published: 1/14/2023 -
12 | An Economic History of Homo Sapiens ~ Oded Galor
Published: 1/4/2023 -
Holiday Highlights ~ Patricia Churchland on Free Will & Neurophilosophy
Published: 1/1/2023 -
Holiday Highlights ~ Ruth Feldman on Empathy, Xenophobia, and Gay Dads
Published: 12/29/2022 -
Holiday Highlights ~ Philip Kitcher on Secular Humanism & Religion
Published: 12/27/2022 -
11 | A Cultural Biology of Sex, Love, and Monogamy ~ Helen Fisher
Published: 12/22/2022 -
10 | What Can Science Tell Us About Happiness? ~ Anna Alexandrova
Published: 12/10/2022 -
9 | Do Dogs Feel Love & Other Questions in Animal Neuroscience ~ Gregory Berns
Published: 12/3/2022 -
8 | Is War Natural For Humans? ~ Douglas P. Fry
Published: 11/19/2022 -
7 | Psychology of Love & Hate ~ Robert Sternberg
Published: 11/12/2022 -
6 | Are Grandmothers the Key to Our Evolutionary Success? ~ Kristen Hawkes
Published: 11/5/2022 -
5 | Psychology of Conspiracy Theories & The Limits of Science ~ Michael Shermer
Published: 10/25/2022 -
4 | The Harmful Delusion of a Singular Self ~ Gregory Berns
Published: 10/18/2022 -
3 | A Musical Biology of Love ~ Ruth Feldman
Published: 10/13/2022 -
2 | Humanistic Ethics in a Darwinian World ~ Philip Kitcher
Published: 10/8/2022 -
1 | Origins of Our Warm-Blooded Morality ~ Patricia Churchland
Published: 10/1/2022 -
Trailer | Welcome to the On Humans Podcast
Published: 9/26/2022
Where do we come from? What brings us together? Why do we love? Why do we destroy? On Humans features conversations with leading scholars about human nature, human condition, and the human journey. From the origins of war to the psychology of love, each topic brings fresh insights into perennial questions about our self-understanding. Support: Patreon.com/OnHumans Articles: OnHumans.Substack.com Focus areas: Anthropology, Psychology, Archaeology, Philosophy, Big History