37 Episodes

  1. More... Football fanatics with Martha Newson

    Published: 2/7/2025
  2. 2. Why do I get so upset when my team loses?

    Published: 2/7/2025
  3. More... Gossip with Nicole Hagen Hess

    Published: 1/31/2025
  4. 1. Why do we gossip?

    Published: 1/31/2025
  5. Welcome to Why Do We Do That? Series 2

    Published: 1/23/2025
  6. Introducing… Uncharted with Hannah Fry

    Published: 10/2/2023
  7. 10. Why do we doomscroll?

    Published: 12/2/2022
  8. 9. Why doesn't everyone clear up?

    Published: 12/2/2022
  9. 8. Why do we wear make-up?

    Published: 12/2/2022
  10. 7. Why do we sit down to poo?

    Published: 12/2/2022
  11. 6. Why can't we all be morning people?

    Published: 12/2/2022
  12. 5. Why do we shake hands?

    Published: 10/28/2022
  13. 4. Why do we procrastinate?

    Published: 10/28/2022
  14. 3. Why do we kiss?

    Published: 10/28/2022
  15. 2. Why do we do things that are bad for Us?

    Published: 10/28/2022
  16. 1. Why Is Heartbreak So Painful?

    Published: 10/28/2022
  17. Welcome to Why Do We Do That?

    Published: 10/25/2022

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Why Do We Do That? An anthropologist's guide to the modern world.There are lots of everyday things which, when you think about them, are pretty weird. Like kissing, doomscrolling and sitting down to go to the loo. Social media may tell you to blame the latest influencer who went viral. Your therapist might tell you to blame your parents. But palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi is here to tell you to blame your great, great, great, great, great, etc. grandparents. For some stuff at least. In this series, Ella is joined by some wonderful guests to dive into the cultural, historical and evolutionary story of everyday human habits and behaviour.Photo: Sarah Cresswell / The Times / News Licensing