Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran.
Signalling is something everyone is doing all of the time. We are constantly leaking information about ourselves and our motives, but most of that information is involuntary.
Expect to learn why signalling and status are intrinsically linked, how a standing next to ... Show More
Yesterday
How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171
Joe Hudson is a coach, entrepreneur and a podcast host. Expect to learn how important it is to develop the skill of decision-making, why intelligent people often struggle the most with making decisions, how to spot the biggest indicators you are about to make a terrible decision, ... Show More
1h 43m
Oct 31
Expelled, Arrested & Somehow Winning At Life - James Smith - #1170
James Smith is a podcaster, author, personal trainer, and co-founder of the world's greatest clean energy drink, Neutonic. Expect to learn why solving your problems never leaves you with fewer of them, why more money buys less happiness than you’d expect, how James got arrested a ... Show More
1h 20m
Oct 29
35 Emotions Explained By Evolutionary Psychology - Rob Kurzban - #1169
Rob Kurzban is a psychologist and an author. Expect to learn why we should view emotions through the lens of evolution, the hidden reason why humans aren’t filled with existential anxiety at all times, what happens to your brain when you don’t express gratitude often, the secret ... Show More
2h 28m
Mar 2022
143. How To Be More Attractive To The Opposite Sex | Rob Henderson & Mikhaila Peterson
In this episode, Mikhaila hosts Rob Henderson—a PhD student in evolutionary and social psychology. His writing has appeared in The NY Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Quillette—among others.
Peterson and Henderson cover Rober’s notion of ‘luxury beliefs’, the dark triad of pe ... Show More
1h 16m
Mar 2024
429. The Psychology of Social Status and Class | Rob Henderson
Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with best-selling author, Air Force veteran, and psychologist Rob Henderson. They discuss his recent memoir “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class” and go through Rob’s tumultuous upbringing within the California foster care system, ... Show More
1h 47m
Mar 2018
#119 — Hidden Motives
Sam Harris speaks with Robin Hanson about our hidden motives in everyday life. They discuss selfishness, hypocrisy, norms and meta-norms, cheating, deception, self-deception, education, the evolutionary logic of conversation, social status, signaling and counter-signaling, common ... Show More
59m 23s
Aug 2024
What It Takes To Survive And Thrive Growing Up In Poverty - Rob Henderson
On today's episode Charlie from Charisma on Command interviews Dr. Rob Henderson.
Rob Henderson's life story is out of a movie he never knew his father, was abandoned by his mother as a toddler, grew up in the foster care system in 10 different homes where he faced abuse, ... Show More
1h 23m
Jun 2025
495: Look. Is Your "Check Engine" Light On? . With Human Performance Specialist, Rob Wilson.
>Join Jocko Underground< Get "Check Engine Light", by Rob Wilson >> HERERob Wilson is a Human Performance Specialist with over twenty years of manual therapy, coaching, and education experience. Rob's work spans a variety of avenues in the field of health and human performance. T ... Show More
3h 27m