Beat Your Genes Podcast
Let's look at life through the lens of our ancestors. Our instincts were shaped by their struggles in an environment much different than our current environment. Our instincts haven't changed much but our environment has changed dramatically. We blend the science of evolutionary psychology with the clinical experience of Doug Lisle, PhD to explore common problems and stumbling points in our pursuit of happiness.
New episodes come out Wednesdays at 8:30 PST. If you have a question or comment, or maybe even a complicated situation that you'd like some advice on, feel free to call us and leave a voicemail at (714) 900-2601 or send in a question through www.BeatYourGenes.org
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 382
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
327: Is Pseudoscience in Psychology CAUSED by Academia?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld
Today's question:
Is psychology doomed to remain a pseudoscience…
E326: Priest broke confession seal and told husband I cheated
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD & social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following situation with host, Nathan Gershfeld:
I cheated on my husband three years ago while traveling for …
325: Prove-'em-wrong Motivation, Managing child's outbursts, Aunt is very disagreeable
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld:
1. Help! My son just turned 8. He has acquired part of his perso…
324: Is Attachment Theory WRONG? Do parents owe you support?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses the following listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld:
1. I'm trying to decide whether to go back to work a year after my second child, o…
323: Can everyone be happy? Does online dating change the cost-benefit?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions:
1. Can all personality types be equally happy if they apply diligent effort t…
Love him when he's here, but hate him when he's away, Solving social anxiety? Are SJW's really more noble?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions:
1. I have a friend who is very active in fighting for workers' rights. In fact…
321: Processed stimulation - How social media competes for our attention
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener question:
Why do people love formulaic media and entertainment? Most of the pop music tha…
320: Diet considerations, Disease-reversal, Losing weight, Metabolism Dynamic, Cram circuit
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD, social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD, and Nathan Gershfeld, DC discuss the following listener questions:
- I am curious about the work of David Sinclair from Ha…
319: Free will vs. decision making, Best political system aligned with human nature
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions:
1. If I am understanding what you have said in the past about decision making …
318: Jen Howk on Buddhism, Philosophy, The Matrix, Simulations, and Sentience
Social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following topics:
- I loved your last podcast about Buddhism and other perspectives in psychology. I'd love to hear more of your perspectives on spiritualit…
317: When Nobody Else Gets It! Could my Cost-benefit calculator be faulty? Do men love their children like moms do?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses the following listener questions:
1. I have read "Blueprint" many times and am still learning so much from that book. It is obvious to me how much…
316: Buddhism & Evolutionary Psychology, Is Evo Psych only controversial to other Psychologists? Corporal punishment
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions:
- Do the realizations of Buddhism hold any credibility through an evolutionary …
315: Does wealth reduce IQ? Can emotions be unresolved? If able, would men pair bond with two women?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions:
- A while back, you mentioned that when someone is financially strained, they c…
314: Are men right more often than women? Own personality distortions, Getting flustered in arguments, Do children's personality evolve through adulthood?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss the following listener questions:
1. How does one go about getting an objective personality test? I have a fri…
313: Dr. Lisle & Nate: Why are people snobby? Why doesn't my spouse want to improve their health? Can you sleep train an infant? Single by choice but lonely
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses the following questions:
- I find snobbish behavior fascinating (sometimes irritating, sometimes amusing), but I don’t really understand the evolu…
312: Fraud in Lancet journal, Should I stay in an unhappy or sub-par relationship?
Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD and social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD discuss a very misleading graph in a recent paper published in Lancet Journal along with the following listener question…
311: Can you screw up a good relationship? Finding the courage to break up.
Evolutionary Psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD, and Harvard social scientist, Jen Howk, PhD. discuss physical attractiveness & general health, whether a relationship can fall apart from a simple misunder…
310: Do women dangle sex? Maintaining friends when income becomes disparate, Are Modern-day office jobs feminized? Does society prefer sons?
In today's episode, Dr. Lisle & Howk discuss:
- You talk about Tears, Anger, Force, Fraud and Free Trade RA strategies. Why did you exclude sex from this list? And in particular, women dangling sex t…
309: Resentful of Cheating Dad, Do Men Prefer to Earn More than Spouse, Moving In with Partner but Marriage is Off the Table
In today's episode, Dr. Lisle and Howk discuss the following questions:
- I listened to your talk discussing whether humans actually have Free Will: If we, as an organism are just doing what we percei…
308: Dumped but then he came back, Can't eat healthy unless I live in the woods, Do introverts need to socialize more
In today's show, Dr. Lisle & Howk review the following questions:
- How do you reconcile Dr. Jen's potted plant theory with Dr. Lisle's ego trap? As someone that is over 90th percentile introverted a…