Mating Matters Podcast

We are talking fetishes and fantasies of the sexual minority. Los Angeles based Marriage and Family Therapist, Nicoletta Heidegger talks sexual minorities and gives us a greater understanding.

The Neuroscience of Attachment. We are talking to Dr. Omri Gillath, a professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Kansas. He has spent over 20 years doing research. What motivates human behavior when it comes to attachment, giving care, and sexual mating? Dr. Omri and Dr. Wendy explain it all!

Humans are very social creatures! In order to have all this cooperation in society, we have to smile and be cheerful to let others know we are friendly and not part of the opposite tribe. What is it isn't how we truly feel? We are talking to Dr. Whitney Goodman a psycho therapist out of Miami Florida. She is the author of Toxic Positivity, keeping it real in a world obsessed with being happy. We a...

Why do females live on way past the age of reproduction? Science answers all. Let's talk Darwin's Golden Girls!

We are looking at Battle of the Sexest. The battle is real and can sometimes be dark and dangerous. Unfortunately the majority of perpatrators are men. It is a rare and very specific kind of man according to Dr. David Buss, an Evolutionary Psychologist and the author of the book When Men Behave Badly.  It is deeper and way more prevalent than we could even know. 

Ever wonder why people get sexually aroused by kind of strange things? Could there be an evolutionary reasons?  

We have the widest range of sexual behaviors than any primate. Evolution wired us with very little rules except the big one, don’t have sex with your sibling.  Ew! So why does it happen sometimes? We are talking accidental incest. We look at the psychological phenomenon that can override mother nature’s programed aversion to incest and even draw brothers and sisters together. Let’s talk genetic se...

Laughter is good for our health but is this why a sense of humor evolved in humans? Could it be that humor is really good for our mating lives. Let’s look at humor in humans and it’s role in courtship. 

Laughter is good for our health but is this why a sense of humor evolved in humans? Could it be that humor is really good for our mating lives. Let’s look at humor in humans and it’s role in courtship. 

Love and attachment may come in stages, phases, and flavors.  The order of these stages is changing. Millennials are showing us how our anthropological ancestors sampled from the shmorgishborg of human relationships all in the name of good reproductive choices. In this episode we are talking to renowned Biological Anthropologist of the Kinsey Institute, Dr. Helen Fisher about a mating trend she ca...

Who are these couples that last a lifetime or a large portion of their lifetime? Most of us feel like we are barely holding it together. What is their secret? We are talking Super Attachers and their secrets!

Why do women have sex? Most of the sex people engage in is not for reproductive purposes. Women have a host of psychological reasons to be turned on by you. We are talking 12 reasons women have sex.

Sexual assault is a painful topic. We must study it in order to understand how to prevent it. Is it true that any man could be a rapist? Let’s talk Rape a Love Story.

Is rape natural? Why did it evolve? What does it feel like emotionally for a victim or even an offender?  We are talking the dark side of human mating.

Many humans struggle with monogamy. It makes me wonder is monogamy natural? Is the growing trend of Polyamory part of evolution? In Poly Wants a Cracker, we break it down!

It feels like pornography is everywhere. Is it addictive? Are our relationships being hurt or helped with pornography? Why did people evolve to copulate with a screen? In this episode we answer these questions using science!

Ever wonder why girls and woman can be so mean to each other? Even when they appear to be friends. There is an evolutionary reason for all this cattiness. We are getting into the evolutionary underpinning of female competition for

Ever wonder about men emotionally? Why did so many men evolve to keep their feelings inside or did they just learn it? Is there a physical and emotional toll to being super masculine? Is there a mating advantage? We are talking all about it!

Ever wonder why we evolve to have childfree women and men? In this episode women are getting real about reproduction!

Ever wonder what the one right way to become a mother is? There is no one right way! For many millennia, woman have used all different kinds of reproductive strategies to keep their genes on the planet. We are talking women’s reproductive strategies!

Ever wonder why same sex behavior evolved in our species? Survival of the fittest may also mean Survival of the Gayest! Let's explain, with science!!!

Why do men make money? To have access to women. Sexy money!! We're talking the true price of sex.

What is Love? It's the eternal question! Love is an interesting combination of psychology, biology, and sociology. It is also our favorite drug. We are talking the science of love and our favorite love movies.

Why is it that we swipe away on dating apps until we are so bored we don't even want to date? Dating apps are actually biohacking our evolutionary programing if we dont use them correctly. Let's talk Dating APPathy!

The God Who Clubs- What's God got to do with our bedroom antics? How has religion created clubs with rules around love, sex, and marriage? All those rules serve a surprising purpose.