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Nature & Nurture #164: Dr. Matt Zwolinski - The History of Libertarianism

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Nature & Nurture #163: Nicholas Wade - The Origin of Politics

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Nature & Nurture #162: Dr. Simon LeVay - The Science of Desire

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Nature & Nurture #161: Dr. Lars Krutak - The History of Indigenous Tattoos

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Nature & Nurture #160: Dr. Robert King - The Science of Orgasms

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Nature & Nurture #159: Dr. Jaap de Roode - How Parasites & Immune Systems Evolved

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Nature & Nurture #158: Dr. Eric Kaufmann - Universities & The History of Wokeness

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Nature & Nurture #157: Dr. Bill von Hippel - Evolutionary Psychology & Digital Health

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Nature & Nurture #156: Dr. Dean Hamer - The Genetics of Sexual Orientation

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Nature & Nurture #155: Dr. Helen Joyce - Making Sense of the Transgender Debate

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Nature & Nurture #154: Dr. Carl Marci - Protecting Your Brain From Screens

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Nature & Nurture #153: Dr. Robin Nusslock - Neuroinflammation, Emotion, & Mindfulness

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Nature & Nurture #152: Dr. Webb Keane - Technology, Morality, & Narrative

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Nature & Nurture #151: Dr. Michael Bernstein - The Placebo & Nocebo Effects

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Nature & Nurture #150: Dr. Michael Bailey - Gender Dysphoria and Sexual Orientation

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Nature & Nurture #149: Dr. Ogi Ogas - Autism, Sex, & Consciousness

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Nature & Nurture #148: Dr. Holly Bowen - Emotion, Motivation, & Memory

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Nature & Nurture #147: Dr. Jason Storm - From Postmodernism to Metamodernism

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Nature & Nurture #146: Dr. Susana Monsó - How Animals Understand Death

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Nature & Nurture #145: Dr. Karen Bales - Neurobiology of Care & Attachment

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Nature & Nurture #144: Dr. Alexey Tolchinsky - Chaos Theory in Psychology & Neuroscience

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Nature & Nurture #143: Dr. Nicholas Christakis - The Evolution of Social Networks

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Nature & Nurture #142: Dr. Mark Solms - A Journey to the Source of Consciousness

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Nature & Nurture #141: Dr. Jorge Morales - The Neuroscience & Philosophy of Perception

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Nature & Nurture #140: Dr. Beatriz Luna - Adolescent Brain Development, Dopamine, & Risk-Taking

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Nature & Nurture #139: Dr. Rob Chavez - Computational Neuroscience & Social Cognition

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Nature & Nurture #138: Dr. Adriene Beltz - Hormones, Sex Differences, & Contraceptives

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Nature & Nurture #137: Dr. Larry Young - Hormones & Sexual Behavior Across Species

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Nature & Nurture #136: Dr. Steve Rathje - The Global Social Media Experiment

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Nature & Nurture #135: Dr. Rob Henderson - Childhood Instability, Poverty, Education, & Resilience

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Nature & Nurture #134: Dr. Sergio Pellis - The Neurobiology of Play

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Nature & Nurture #133: Angel Millar - The Path of the Warrior-Mystic

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Nature & Nurture #132: Dr. Daniel Quintana - Oxytocin & Sex Hormones

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Nature & Nurture #131: Dr. Lee Cronin - Evolution, Entropy, & The Chemical Origins of Life

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Nature & Nurture #130: Dr. Alex Byrne - There Is No Gender Without Sex

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Nature & Nurture #129: Dr. Wolfram Schultz - All About Dopamine Neurons

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Nature & Nurture #128: Dr. Camilla Nord - Neurotransmitters, Prediction Error, & Mental Health

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Nature & Nurture #127. Dr. Rachel Marsh - Self-Regulation, Brain Development, & Anxiety

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Nature & Nurture #126. Dr. Walter Veit - Animal Consciousness, Evolution, & Morality

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Nature & Nurture #125: Dr. Ellen Langer - The Mother of Mindfulness

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Nature & Nurture #124: Dr. Henning Tiemeier - Hormones, Brain Development, & Public Health

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Nature & Nurture #123. Dr. Willem Frankenhuis - Development, Evolution, Ecology, & Adversity

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Nature & Nurture #122: Dr. Lars Chittka - The Mind of a Bee

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Nature & Nurture #121: Dr. Jack Schultz - Cultural Anthropology, Religion, & Relativism

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Nature & Nurture #120: Dr. Kevin Mitchell - Evolution, Entropy, Neurogenetics, & Free Will

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Nature & Nurture #119: Dr. Edward Hagen - Evolutionary Anthropology, Sex Differences, & Drugs

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Nature & Nurture #118: Dr. Jennifer Silvers - Brain Development, Puberty, & Emotion Regulation

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Nature & Nurture #117: Dr. Cory Clark - Meta-Science, Morality, and Psychological Bias

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Nature & Nurture #116: Dr. James Roney - Sex Hormones, Motivation, & Evolution

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Nature & Nurture #115: Dr. Joseph Henrich - Culture, Cognition, & Coevolution

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Nature & Nurture #114: Dr. Massimo Pigliucci - Evolutionary Biology, Philosophy, & Skepticism

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Nature & Nurture #113: Dr. Stephanie Bugden - Children's Math Learning & Education

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Nature & Nurture #112: Kevin J. DeBruin - Rocket Science, Education, Fitness, & Perseverance

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Nature & Nurture #111: Dr. Jonas Kaplan - The Neuroscience of Narrative

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Nature & Nurture #110: Dr. Paul Bloom - Evolution, Language, & Morality

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Nature & Nurture #109: Dr. Ben Smith - Decision Neuroscience & Effective Altruism

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Nature & Nurture #108: Dr. Emily Jacobs - Sex Hormones & Brain Aging

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Nature & Nurture #107: Dr. Judith Fan - Pictures, Numbers, & Cognitive Tools

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Nature & Nurture #106: Dr. Roy Baumeister - Sex, Willpower, & The Self

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Nature & Nurture #105: Dr. Lindsey Powell - Infant Social Neuroscience

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Nature & Nurture #104: Dr. Colin DeYoung - Personality Neuroscience & Cybernetics

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Nature & Nurture #103: Dr. Barry Giesbrecht - The Neuroscience of Attention

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Nature & Nurture #102: Dr. Mahzarin Banaji - Myths & Facts About Implicit Bias

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Nature & Nurture #101: Dr. John Delony - Neuropsychology, Storytelling, & Mental Health

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Nature & Nurture #100: Dr. Leah Somerville - All About Adolescent Brain Development

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Nature & Nurture #99: Dr. Karl Friston - Active Inference & Free Energy

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Nature & Nurture #98: Dr. Lixing Sun - The Evolution of Lying

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Nature & Nurture #97: Dr. Mark Moffett - Society from Ants to Humans

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Nature & Nurture #96: Dr. Ovul Sezer - Comedy & Impression Management

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Nature & Nurture #95: Dr. Edouard Machery - Free Will, Value, & Decision Making

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Nature & Nurture #94: Dr. Scott Grafton - The Neuroscience of Goal-Directed Movement

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Nature & Nurture #93: Dr. Deon Benton - Is Learning Innate?

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Nature & Nurture #92: Dr. Alan Fiske - Kama Muta: Being Moved by Love

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Nature & Nurture #91: Dr. Dan Conroy-Beam - The Evolution & Computations of Mating Psychology

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Nature & Nurture #90: Dr. Rob Henderson - Luxury Beliefs & Status Signals

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Nature & Nurture #89: Dr. C. Sue Carter - Sex, Love, & Oxytocin

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Nature & Nurture #88: Dr. Adam Morris - Mindfulness & Decision Making

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Nature & Nurture #87: Dr. Brynn Sherman - Sleep, Stress, & Memory

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Nature & Nurture #86: Dr. Michael Levin - Animal Regeneration, Learning, & Memory

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Nature & Nurture #85: Dr. Daniel Schacter - The Seven Sins of Memory

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Nature & Nurture #84: Dr. Joshua Greene - Moral Psychology & Pragmatism

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Nature & Nurture #83: Dr. Dorsa Amir - Child Development, Evolution, & Culture

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Nature & Nurture #82: Dr. Anita Collins - The Music Advantage

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Nature & Nurture #81: Dr. Samuel Gershman - What Makes Us Smart

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Nature & Nurture #80: Dr. Frank von Hippel - The Chemical Age

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Nature & Nurture #79: Dr. Robert Epstein - The Case Against Adolescence

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Nature & Nurture #78: Dr. Jason Mitchell - The Neuroscience of Mindreading

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Nature & Nurture #77: Dr. Bryce Huebner - Embodied, Micro, & Macrocognition

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Nature & Nurture #76: Dr. Randolph Nesse - Good (Evolutionary) Reasons for Bad Feelings

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Nature & Nurture #75: Dr. Steven Pinker - Why Rationality Matters

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Nature & Nurture #74: Dr. Ilan Dar-Nimrod - Genetic Essentialism & Existentialism

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Nature & Nurture #73: Dr. Imac Zambrana - Language Development & Social Learning

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Nature & Nurture #72: Dr. Valerie van Mulukom - Imagination, Memory, & Belief

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Nature & Nurture #71: Dr. Anna Lembke - Pain, Pleasure, & Dopamine

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Nature & Nurture #70: Dr. Alan Levinovitz - Nature, Goodness, & Uncertainty

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Nature & Nurture #69: Dr. Frans de Waal - Sex & Gender in Primates

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Nature & Nurture #68: Dr. Kim Meidenbauer - Environmental Neuroscience & Social Cognition

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Nature & Nurture #67: Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar - The Science of Happiness

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Nature & Nurture #66: Dr. Sofie Valk - Social Neuroscience & Genetics

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Nature & Nurture #65: Dr. Courtney Hilton - Music & Cognition