Beat Your Genes Podcast

A google engineer wrote a memo explaining biological differences between men and women.

Child prodigies, Cat-fishing, Being born w  a deformity

Some fun listener questions

Helping friends/family, self-confidence vs. self-esteem

Millenials

Parenting styles, Millenials, Bringing back purpose

We'll go over an interesting study, some listener emails/questions.

Tonight's episode:  - Two recent studies  - Listener emails - A very funny caller with a great question

Most people assume finding yourself is a spiritual or therapeutic journey. Dr. Lisle says it is something much more mechanical. Your identity is just the set of conditional relationships between you and the world, and the only way to map it is to go have experiences and watch your own nervous system react. In this live on-air session, a longtime listener named Dan brings Dr. Lisle a full picture o...

1.  If evolutionary psychology considers parental investment theory and the investment in kin as essential why do so many people in the West keep animals.  2.  I used to get really upset when my partner watched . I have relaxed and now feel like it's not the worst thing he can do and will not end my relationship so I shouldn't get upset. What do you think? 3.  Can a person's placing on the agreeab...

Explaining enablers, dating with psychiatric disorders, and having grit

Part 2 of Dr. Lisle's interview on Andrew Taylor's Spud Fit podcast.  He disusses the Myths of Moderation along with the Ego Trap with regards to making healthy lifestyle changes.

We'll get to know a little more about how Dr. Lisle became a psychologist and how he learned about evolutionary psychology.  This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.  Stay tuned next week for part 2.

I'll read a follow-up email with one of our listeners. And some fun questions from our listeners this week as well.  We will try to get to as many as possible.

Most people assume a micromanaging boss is a control freak who needs to be put in his place. Dr. Lisle says that's exactly the wrong read. Your micromanager isn't a jerk, he's terrified, and the strategies your instincts are telling you to use will only make things worse. In this on-air session, a listener describes a new boss who demands daily itineraries, audits his expense reports over the week...

Question we will try to get to: 1. Is the concept of self limiting beliefs the same as ego traps in evo psych? Why do these occur? 2.  My boyfriend and I are very nice people (very agreeable). Frustrating and funny at the same time. We have a problem figuring out what we want, since our first reaction is to please other people. But because we are not alone in the world, what happens a lot is that...

Listener questions we will try to get to for today: 1. For a successful first date, Dr. Lisle said the goal is to not get ruled out.  I'm using online dating and it seems like every time that I've met a girl that meets my standards physically, we'll have a pretty good first date, but then when I try to set up another date I usually hear from them that they didn't feel a connection.  Based on what...

Marxism, Affairs, Video Games, Tattoo signaling

What if your mate rival drives a Porsche, Succeeding at job interviews

How different do we act when we're being watched?

-Do men appear more desirable when seen with attractive women? What does the science say?   -Stanley Milgram's famous study demonstrated people's capacity for obedience to an authority figure in the name of the common good. Recently, Milgram's work was replicated.  The results may surprise you. -One transgender athlete has made it to the spotlight in competitive lifting.  Listen to what happened. ...

57: Listener emails

How to deal with flakes part 2

Vicious cycles, listener questions

Most people try to fix a conflict with a difficult parent by defending themselves better, explaining themselves more clearly, or finally landing the point that wins the argument. Dr. Lisle says that approach guarantees failure. When two people are locked in what he calls a vicious cycle, the only move that actually reverses it is the one that feels most counterintuitive. In this on-air clinical se...